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watched it yesterday
Epic monster stuff but I am bored of watching cities be smashed to bits by all and saundry... Superman, Transformers, Avengers, Godzilla .... rinse and repeat etc...
Visuals are great but some serious plot holes and utterly crap acting! Godzilla's acting was much better than the humans
Epic monster stuff but I am bored of watching cities be smashed to bits by all and saundry... Superman, Transformers, Avengers, Godzilla .... rinse and repeat etc...
Visuals are great but some serious plot holes and utterly crap acting! Godzilla's acting was much better than the humans
Thoroughly enjoyed it as the first use of my unlimited card.
Even the good lady enjoyed it bar 20 minutes of fighting monsters at night, and she isn't a big sci-fi fan.
Loved the look, set pieces and sound design. Godzilla looked boss, and re Nuclear Fire...I wasn't disappointed.
Only gripe was playing fast and loose with nuclear fallout range and waste...but what's a few rads between friends.
X-Men next
Even the good lady enjoyed it bar 20 minutes of fighting monsters at night, and she isn't a big sci-fi fan.
Loved the look, set pieces and sound design. Godzilla looked boss, and re Nuclear Fire...I wasn't disappointed.
Only gripe was playing fast and loose with nuclear fallout range and waste...but what's a few rads between friends.
X-Men next
I wasn't/didn't look for plot holes, I wanted an intense action film, I wanted it to be more serious than the previous attempts and I wanted it to feel like the Godzilla I remember as a kid back in the 80's.
It delivered.
A crticism, if you can call it that, is thet it's clear the director is the same as Monsters (which I also liked) as he teases with skill and never lets you have too much of what you think you want....very Jaws (as was his intention), I left feeling I needed to see more of Godzilla, but of course the upshot of that is I can't wait and hope for a sequel....good things always leave you wanting more...
Also whilst I agree that MASSIVE set pieces are de-rigeur these days with Avengers/MOS etc... you can expect nothing less in Godzilla....it's HIS MO! destroying entire cities (whilst saving humanity from the weird and wonderful alternative disasters)is HIS signature....the others just copy IMO.
You can't have him just duking it out in a featureless desert, or in the murky fathomless deep. He needs scale.
It delivered.
A crticism, if you can call it that, is thet it's clear the director is the same as Monsters (which I also liked) as he teases with skill and never lets you have too much of what you think you want....very Jaws (as was his intention), I left feeling I needed to see more of Godzilla, but of course the upshot of that is I can't wait and hope for a sequel....good things always leave you wanting more...
Also whilst I agree that MASSIVE set pieces are de-rigeur these days with Avengers/MOS etc... you can expect nothing less in Godzilla....it's HIS MO! destroying entire cities (whilst saving humanity from the weird and wonderful alternative disasters)is HIS signature....the others just copy IMO.
You can't have him just duking it out in a featureless desert, or in the murky fathomless deep. He needs scale.
richtea78 said:
I loved it but I have to say I agree about the acting. I also felt more empathy for Godzilla than any of the humans.
I was gutted when it looked like he was dead at the end, so much so I may have whooped when he got back up
I hope there's a 2nd one
Isn't that the point?I was gutted when it looked like he was dead at the end, so much so I may have whooped when he got back up
I hope there's a 2nd one
I loved it.
Take brain out, enjoy the carnage.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/...
"Godzilla sequel announced
After a $93 million opening weekend for Godzilla, Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros have announced that a sequel is in the works"
"Godzilla sequel announced
After a $93 million opening weekend for Godzilla, Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros have announced that a sequel is in the works"
Saw it at the IMAX Waterloo yesterday afternoon.
Pretty disappointed to be honest.
It just felt like there was no threat, no danger somehow.
At times it looked the monsters were just back-projected with actors in front, like the way films were made years ago.
Also the story - and I wasn't expecting much - had so many holes in it. The escalation from small arms fire to the nuclear option seemed ludicrous.
Cringed at some of the dialogue as well. The Admiral barking out "right find out where they are" erm...not thought during all this time you've been buzzing them with helicopters to drop a GPS transmitter on them? Or just look on the TV - there they are on camera, you can't miss them.
Without giving too much away I suspect that if you are storing nuclear warheads and other dangerous materials underground you would have some sort of seismic monitoring of the site......
Also, if an area is reported for years to be highly radioactive if your detector showed zero radiation I suspect you wouldn't just whip off all your protective gear, I'd probably want a few more readings with a few different monitors. Almost as bad as in Prometheus when the xenobiologist reacts to a creature that looks like some kind of mad cobra by reaching out to it and not backing the hell away...
Rant over.
Even as a B-Movie I can only give it a 4/10
Pretty disappointed to be honest.
It just felt like there was no threat, no danger somehow.
At times it looked the monsters were just back-projected with actors in front, like the way films were made years ago.
Also the story - and I wasn't expecting much - had so many holes in it. The escalation from small arms fire to the nuclear option seemed ludicrous.
Cringed at some of the dialogue as well. The Admiral barking out "right find out where they are" erm...not thought during all this time you've been buzzing them with helicopters to drop a GPS transmitter on them? Or just look on the TV - there they are on camera, you can't miss them.
Without giving too much away I suspect that if you are storing nuclear warheads and other dangerous materials underground you would have some sort of seismic monitoring of the site......
Also, if an area is reported for years to be highly radioactive if your detector showed zero radiation I suspect you wouldn't just whip off all your protective gear, I'd probably want a few more readings with a few different monitors. Almost as bad as in Prometheus when the xenobiologist reacts to a creature that looks like some kind of mad cobra by reaching out to it and not backing the hell away...
Rant over.
Even as a B-Movie I can only give it a 4/10
I would rather watch the awesome teaser trailers over and over than have to watch this from start to finish again. I was so excited, but it was incredibly disappointing imo.
I was hoping Bryan Cranston would carry this film, but...
Godzilla looked derpy and seemed to be more of an extra. Most of it was just the American Army being useless. Story was meh, effects were meh. Much preferred Pacific Rim!
I was hoping Bryan Cranston would carry this film, but...
Godzilla looked derpy and seemed to be more of an extra. Most of it was just the American Army being useless. Story was meh, effects were meh. Much preferred Pacific Rim!
croyde said:
Complete waste of Ken Watanabe.
This.Edited by Nerve on Tuesday 20th May 15:45
Edited by Nerve on Tuesday 20th May 15:46
Nerve said:
I would rather watch the awesome teaser trailers over and over than have to watch this from start to finish again. I was so excited, but it was incredibly disappointing imo.
I was hoping Bryan Cranston would carry this film, but...
Godzilla looked derpy and seemed to be more of an extra. Most of it was just the American Army being useless. Story was meh, effects were meh. Much preferred Pacific Rim!
Completely agree. I was really looking forward to this after watching the trailer, much like when Prometheus came out. Both were equally disappointing IMO.I was hoping Bryan Cranston would carry this film, but...
Godzilla looked derpy and seemed to be more of an extra. Most of it was just the American Army being useless. Story was meh, effects were meh. Much preferred Pacific Rim!
croyde said:
Complete waste of Ken Watanabe.
This.Edited by Nerve on Tuesday 20th May 15:45
Edited by Nerve on Tuesday 20th May 15:46
Crap acting doesn't help!
Pesty said:
richtea78 said:
I loved it but I have to say I agree about the acting. I also felt more empathy for Godzilla than any of the humans.
I was gutted when it looked like he was dead at the end, so much so I may have whooped when he got back up
I hope there's a 2nd one
Isn't that the point?I was gutted when it looked like he was dead at the end, so much so I may have whooped when he got back up
I hope there's a 2nd one
I loved it.
Take brain out, enjoy the carnage.
Brain out, monsters and carnage.
For all those moaning about bad acting and poor story, it's not Shakespeare . I think you missed the point.
Just got back from it. Seems from the comments here it is a fairly marmite film...
I was disappointed if I'm honest.
This will certainly sound ridiculous (given the amount you have to suspend belief to go along with giant lizard creatures knocking about) but there were so many bits where I was left thinking "riiiiiiiight - because that is possible"
. So many plot holes (I'm not one to go looking for them either) and scenes which just left me feeling that they had gotten lazy.
Saying that, I didn't like Pacific Rim either, so perhaps take my moaning with a pinch of salt.
I was disappointed if I'm honest.
This will certainly sound ridiculous (given the amount you have to suspend belief to go along with giant lizard creatures knocking about) but there were so many bits where I was left thinking "riiiiiiiight - because that is possible"
. So many plot holes (I'm not one to go looking for them either) and scenes which just left me feeling that they had gotten lazy.Saying that, I didn't like Pacific Rim either, so perhaps take my moaning with a pinch of salt.
Art0ir said:
I think this film is split into two camps; those who wanted a Godzilla movie and those who wanted a stellar cast with amazing plot twists, loosely centred around a giant lizard.
Personally I went to see Godzilla, I couldn't care less if the whole cast dies personally.
best summary so far.Personally I went to see Godzilla, I couldn't care less if the whole cast dies personally.
Going to the cinema in search of a thought-provoking-oscar-winning-accurate-potrayal-of-a-true-to-life-story?.....yeah Godzilla will serve that up in spades
kapiteinlangzaam said:
Quickmoose said:
Art0ir said:
I think this film is split into two camps; those who wanted a Godzilla movie and those who wanted a stellar cast with amazing plot twists, loosely centred around a giant lizard.
Personally I went to see Godzilla, I couldn't care less if the whole cast dies personally.
best summary so far.Personally I went to see Godzilla, I couldn't care less if the whole cast dies personally.
Going to the cinema in search of a thought-provoking-oscar-winning-accurate-potrayal-of-a-true-to-life-story?.....yeah Godzilla will serve that up in spades
I wanted brain out action, perhaps a bit of suspense in the build up and maybe acting / plot that wasnt completely laughable.
It was dire.
The whole thing.
Get Bambi on dvd
Nerve said:
I would rather watch the awesome teaser trailers over and over than have to watch this from start to finish again. I was so excited, but it was incredibly disappointing imo.
I was hoping Bryan Cranston would carry this film, but...
Godzilla looked derpy and seemed to be more of an extra. Most of it was just the American Army being useless. Story was meh, effects were meh. Much preferred Pacific Rim!
this ^^^ I much preferred PR. My take to a friend of mine was:I was hoping Bryan Cranston would carry this film, but...
Godzilla looked derpy and seemed to be more of an extra. Most of it was just the American Army being useless. Story was meh, effects were meh. Much preferred Pacific Rim!
"Godzilla – got to be honest a very accomplished film but… but… but… I just couldn’t care for any of the characters. There were quite a few disaster movie clichés (tied up dog? Check. Kids notices stuff before everyone else? Check. Main character losses mum/dad/both as a kid? Check. Mahoosive destruction of cities/property? Check). Sadly I think I preferred the 1998 version (and I realise that I may well be alone in this!)"
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