TheDude391
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The only major thing that bothered me with 2014 (aside from Cranston) is the cut away at the airport reveal. Up until that point I feel the film has done an excellent job building the tension and dread. Godzilla makes a truly epic appearance, the crowd inside the airport go silent as his foot hits the ground and we get a slow pan up as he roars. Then we cut away and don't get anything substantial until the ending, too little too late for me. I don't mind the teasing later but I think they should've given us something at the first reveal (small, short fight) and then save the big guns for the finale. The film always loses me as a viewer at that point.
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James Gunn’s pre Guardians R rated stuff was decidedly not mainstream friendly in the slightest. With an r rating and full creative freedom, I wonder if he’ll go back to his old ways or make his bad taste style more accessible. Movie looks really fun though!
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https://twitter.com/ComicBook/status/1374053401588236291
Michael Keaton says the Covid situation in the UK will determine whether his #Batman returns in #TheFlash movie: "We'll see what happens."
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Sounds like critical response will be tepid at best but reviews weren't strong for KOTM either and I loved that film.
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2 hours ago, cax16 said:
God I miss Bear McCreary. This new theme gets close to sounding like the Godzilla theme then changes it. Very generic sounding overall.
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1 hour ago, lorddemaxus said:
I’m sure Cry Macho is good but I think that tweet is making fun of this:
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I think this is the only time on a big release I’ve seen the Top Critics score be much higher.
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She would be perfect for Superman but it’s okay. We’ll get a snarky, formulaic JJ Abrams version that everyone is gonna LOVE.
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1 hour ago, TheDarkKnightOfSteel said:
Have to say that this scene kinda lessened my excitement. Still very excited but it is something that belongs to mcu. Like there is nothing wrong with it but the campy feel is their region and DC should strive for a different feel.
This looks nothing like the MCU? It looks like genuine camp not ironic sarcastic goofiness.
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I think it’ll be bigger than the first.
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As long as the trailer sells the tonal change from the first then audiences should be fine with it. Test audiences went in blind and would’ve been in for a shock ha.
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“Did you say cheesy? Cheesy is one of the words banned in my world. I’m tired of sincerity being something we have to be afraid of doing. It’s been like that for 20 years, that the entertainment and art world has shied away from sincerity, real sincerity, because they feel they have to wink at the audience because that’s what the kids like. We have to do the real stories now. The world is in crisis.
I wanted to tell a story about a hero who believes in love, who is filled with love, who believes in change and the betterment of mankind. I believe in it. It’s terrible when it makes so many artists afraid to be sincere and truthful and emotional, and relegates them to the too-cool-for-school department. Art is supposed to bring beauty to the world.“
-Patty Jenkins
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2 hours ago, Fielding said:
Hang on - Spider-Man 2 was campy?
Raimi’s films in general are campy but there’s great writing and directing behind it so it works. Like Spiderman, I think a character like WW can work with some campiness, it all depends on execution.
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47 minutes ago, Hermia said:
I think they overestimated the "Godzilla is the star" narrative, maybe because people thought that characters in the previous films didn't matter. The monsters need a human story and at least sympathetic human characters to work for the general audience, only few are monsters' die hard fans out there the rest need to more to get entertained..
That’s a very Japanese approach to the Kaiju genre. The monsters are characters themselves, something a lot of people missed or didn’t get. The movie doesn’t appeal to Western sensibilities at all, it’s very much a true Godzilla film. Hence why Japanese critics really liked it (and they usually are apathetic towards American adaptations) and Western critics are very split.
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4 minutes ago, Cappoedameron said:
This is ridiculous from Godzilla. The movie literally had every avenue of success. The biggest possible screens, a massive amount of showtimes on said screens the entire day, yet it delivers this performance.
Also I don't agree with the comparison to Pikachu. Pikachu didn't have all the accessible screens. Pikachu was pretty limited from release. It had many of it's best screens taken away mid-day because of Endgame still being what it was, it did not have any IMAX. These obviously were going to be factors in how much money it made. Pikachu is doing good all things considered.
Godzilla had everything on a silver platter.
They’re paying for the sins of the 2014 film unfortunately.
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8 minutes ago, ScoobyDoo21 said:
Ouch. I wonder if this is just a scenario of: Sequel being released Too late or the 2014 Godzilla movie's reception made people not want to come back.
I think people really underestimated just how badly 2014 burned audiences, the WOM on it was dreadful. KOTM so far has great WOM and should have decent legs ala Kong. It suffered from the last film but will help instill good will into the series for people which will help next years Godzilla vs Kong.
GODZILLA vs. KONG | March 31 2021 | Adam Wingard to direct
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I’m biased because I’m a big Godzilla fanboy but I loved KOTM as well. I really enjoyed GvK as well but it lacked a lot of the little things that I appreciated in the last film.