Caesar Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 (edited) The movie showed Godzilla in brief snippets in the opening credits then focused on the MUTOs for about an hour before Godzilla is finally even mentioned the first time Godzilla is mentioned in the first scene with Watanabe, is described 45 minutes into the movie and the last hour switches between focusing on him and the MUTOs. Edited May 21, 2014 by Telemachos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Godzilla not being on screen doesn't mean he's not there. If the T-Rex or shark wasn't on screen through the whole film does that mean they aren't part of the story till the end? I swear people don't understand off screen presence.In the old Godzillas throughout the first half of most films he's mostly not there, does that mean the film doesn't revolve around Godzilla (On a side note, watched Godzilla versus King Ghidorah and Godzilla doesn't even show himself till the end of the film to kick Ghiorah's ass, it was mostly Rodan and Mothra).I don't feel it worked anywhere close to how it did in Jaws or JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Godzilla not being on screen doesn't mean he's not there. If the T-Rex or shark wasn't on screen through the whole film does that mean they aren't part of the story till the end? I swear people don't understand off screen presence. In the old Godzillas throughout the first half of most films he's mostly not there, does that mean the film doesn't revolve around Godzilla? In fact, the first portion is a misdirect... the expectation is that Godzilla is the MUTO. When it's revealed to be something else entirely, that's clever. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Moderation: Guys, we have to protect spoilers. ANYTHING SPECIFIC WHATSOEVER, please spoiler-tag it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeZ Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Moderation: Guys, we have to protect spoilers. ANYTHING SPECIFIC WHATSOEVER, please spoiler-tag it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 We've incepted ourselves, E. Between us, that quoted chunk is a hot mess. Let's start fresh. lmao i'm on the train and trying to type on thar bootleg tablet you recommended. I'll check back later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 lmao i'm on the train and trying to type on thar bootleg tablet you recommended. I'll check back later. What bootleg tablet I recommended? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviedweeb Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 I'll reiterate that IMO the only thing keeping this from being a modern classic in every sense of the word are the thin characters. So yes, of course they knock the overall rating down a bit. But so much of the film was so well done and so well put together. "Majestic" is a good word for it. I couldn't agree more and share the exact sentiment. It just shows how important well-developed characters are to help ground this kind of story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Tele recommending bootleg tablet.Seems like the guy I know. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bballman24 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 (edited) Honolulu cut was fine. But the second one when it closes at the shelter was too much. I think they should've added couple minutes of fight scene there. I'm curious. Why? Edited May 21, 2014 by Telemachos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2k Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 this monday numbers thread is epic..completely worthy of the monster god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted May 21, 2014 Community Manager Share Posted May 21, 2014 I don't feel it worked anywhere close to how it did in Jaws or JP Which I guess is a valid criticism if that's the standard you hold to every single monster film made from now on. Which, let me tell you, is such a high standard that you'll likely never enjoy another similar monster movie again. So you win? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Wang Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Dafuq? B&R is the god of good bad movies.Not even. That movie is more than two hours long. It's funny for like an hour and then it's just insufferable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPink Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The Room is King. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bballman24 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 (edited) I'm curious. Why? You messed up the edit on my post tele So I said the cuts were mostly fine when we understand the human approach, and it would've diminished the last big fight a bit with redundancy if we had bunch of fights. I was practically begging for Godzilla by the end fight, and I was satisfied with his sheer awesomeness against Muto.I really liked the Honolulu cut. It was a clear statement on where they were going for, and the reveal was really awesome so I was satisfied with it.The next cut when the shelter door closes was a bit too much for me in a sense that I was really eager to see Godzilla in action by now. I liked the way it was shot with the door closing because again it followed their approach. But I also really wanted to see perhaps a little bit of action there just to pump me more for the final fight.However, I personally think Serizawa was way underutilized, so if he had a bigger role, then I would've been completely fine with the second cut too. Edited May 21, 2014 by bballman24 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Which I guess is a valid criticism if that's the standard you hold to every single monster film made from now on. Which, let me tell you, is such a high standard that you'll likely never enjoy another similar monster movie again.So you win?No, it's just people bring up those two movies constantly saying that Godzilla was trying to do what those didI have no problem enjoying Godzilla on its own merits but I feel overall a lot didn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Wang Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The Room is King.Hard Ticket to Hawaii is one that doesn't get enough credit. It's fucking amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted May 21, 2014 Community Manager Share Posted May 21, 2014 No, it's just people bring up those two movies constantly saying that Godzilla was trying to do what those didI have no problem enjoying Godzilla on its own merits but I feel overall a lot didn't work Yes because that's what Godzilla was trying to do. Nobody is trying to argue that it did it as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire of Themyscira Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 I missed the fucking throwdown? I was ready to drag the wack and vocal hate group. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The movie showed Godzilla in brief snippets in the opening credits then focused on the MUTOs for about an hour before Godzilla is finally even mentioned the first time It's called introducing the character. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
