Godzilla (2014)

Wow, this is actually a very difficult movie for me to review...

It is actually more true to it's first inception (1954, Japanese).

Japan is the ONLY country in the world to be at the receiving end of a nuclear bomb (two actually).

Godzilla (made 9 years after the bombing) is a reflection of Japan's feeling towards nuclear? (A defenseless creature, changed by a nuclear explosion, and become Godzilla. Mankind pays for unleashing the nuclear power)

The 1998 American version evolves around the same theme, except instead of Tokyo, San Francisco was the battle ground!

This version... accomplished what Roland Emmerich wanted to achieve but fail, to make a Godzilla movie from a human ground level P.O.V.

Technically this movie is an astounding achievement,, the first and half of the second act are great!!, the issue starts somewhere in the middle of the movie...

The director "lost" me!!...

Before that let me just say my, how much Aaron Taylor-Johnson (kickass) had grown...

They got good actor for most of the roles and no real big names, I believe the producer wanted the attention to focus on the lead, Godzilla himself...

And there lays the issue...
The human interest parts were draggy.

Oh I lie, there is a well known actor here, Ken Watanabe. You need Ken Watanabe to do THAT role?? What the...

Oh!?!


They built up alot of tension for the final show down and...

Frankly, I still have not decided if I like or dislike this movie... Need more processing time...

My Less Than Two Sen...

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: May 16 2014, 01:39 AM

Nope, Just Christopher Nolan, Interstellar and then 2014...

Edge of Tomorrow yes

Thanks for the heads up

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

Honestly... I fell asleep...

I think I fell asleep in the middle of the second act

The story-line is SO convoluted...

Or lack thereof story...

My complain for the first movie (2014) was, Ken Watanabe was in THAT for what?

Well, at least here, he has something to do

The last and inevitable fight between Godzilla and his... nemesis, King Ghidorah was actually worth watching.

And Warner paid homage to the Japaneses culture, by making Godzilla, walking in like a sumo wrestle at the end battle....

Not sure what else I can add this this...

Oh yes, I can think of something to add. All the leads here at super resistant to radio active.... Can stare straight into nuclear blast and not go blind!!!

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Jun 4 2019, 07:25 PM

Kinda wish I was not so tired going into this movie...

I have to admit I was impressed by the monster fights scene.

Yes, I admit it is not easy to make a monster fest movie.

I missed the end credit scenes... I did not know there are going to be end credit scene...

I really am not sure how Godzilla vs Kong is going to work... I cannot imagine Kong is anywhere near the size of Godzilla...

What is Kong supposed to do, suck Godzilla's toes until Godzilla say uncle???

Well, will rewatch this again when the bluray is out

Cheers

Interesting that you brought out the BvS...

It is going to be a Warner Movie...

Will "Martha" coming into play?

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Jun 5 2019, 09:16 AM

Clever. Very clever

Wow, you are really testing my memory...

I found it... Cast heavy

I think the first Japanese Godzilla (1954) movie, was a statement of protest against anything to do with nuclear (Eg. to date, Japan is the only country in the world, that had to live through not one but town nuclear bombs...).

And the second, a strange twist in the script, Godzilla ended up being a savior of mankind...

And the rest to me, is your basic, monster vs monster fest...

SO in short their have B movie quality stamped all over them.

The makers of the American Godzilla (1998) movie, hot off their Independence Day (1996) success put Godzilla on a diet and tried to bring Godzilla to the 21st century. Reviews for that movie was mixed to say the least. Even with Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno and Hank Azaria in the movie.

The 2014 movie really really tried hard to make it a major money churning fpr Warner, which meant that Warner pulled out all the stop in term of casting. Ken Watanabe and Bryan Cranston was cast. I am not sure they were the right fit...

Ken Watanabe had next to nothing to do.

And I felt Bryan Cranston, over hammed it.

It short, Warner tried too hard.

Godzilla is not an easy subject to do.

Even the result of the Japanese 2016 Shin Godzilla was a "huh"????

I was actually in Japan that year. At Shinjuku, they actually made a building size Godzilla next to a building to promote the movie!!

So to answer your question, I thought that the 2014 Godzilla movie, tried to hard to be relevant. sucked almost all fun from the movie.

I have to admit, that the movie seem so uneventful, that when Gidzilla unleashed his atomic breath at the end, I actually went YES, because most of the movie was so uneventful....

Just my another two sen... Don't kill me...