Godzilla (2014)

[MichaelMyers]

Originally Posted by Baron Von Marlon

Just read the sequel is confirmed.

Would you say you looked like your sig watching part one?

[ferretchucker]

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[The Villain]

Saw this yesterday.

Once i got over my disappointment that it wasn't the movie i wanted it to be, i really enjoyed it. The monster designs were really good and the fights were awesome. I liked that the humans storyline was all about them trying to fix the mess they made and having nothing to do with defeating the MUTO's.

It wasn't without it's flaws though. Aaron Johnson's acting was terrible, the reasoning behind Godzilla's awakening and him fighting the MUTO's was a little weak IMO. Godzilla wasn't featured enough however i thought the build up to his reveal really good. The movie dragged in some parts too but all in all i really enjoyed this and am excited for the sequel.

One last thing which i'll include as a spoiler just in case

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When Godzilla used the atomic breath, i got super excited like a little kid
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[Sculpt]

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One thing that bugged me was, the story presented the theory that Godzilla was the top predator to the Muto. But they never showed Godzilla eating the Muto. Predators eat their prey.

The fact Godzilla didn't eat the prey made Godzilla honing in on, and killing the Muto, rather odd, confusing, and begging the question.

Also, the original Godzilla had no Planet-X connection. I wondered if this film would. With the Godzilla universe, I'd expect space aliens to come up eventually.

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by Sculpt

The fact Godzilla didn't eat the prey made Godzilla honing in on, and killing the Muto, rather odd, confusing, and begging the question.

Remember the skeleton and the parasite attached to it? That shows a natural enemy sort of thing (although referring to Godzilla as an "alpha predator" is a mistake).

There's the territorial angle as well. "Stay away from my turf!"

Originally Posted by Sculpt

Also, the original Godzilla had no Planet-X connection. I wondered if this film would. With the Godzilla universe, I'd expect space aliens to come up eventually.

With the sequel now greenlit, all sorts of possibilities have opened out. We might even see Jet Jaguar!

[ferretchucker]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

With the sequel now greenlit, all sorts of possibilities have opened out. We might even see Jet Jaguar!

Might even be really lucky and get the song in too


Whilst realism certainly isn't an issue in the Godzilla world so I don't consider this a real flaw of the film so much slight oversight, I guess I did wonder about the predator idea - mostly that it's suggested Godzilla, the MUTOs and the creatures from that time feed on radiation emittedfrom Earth - for Godzilla it comes from deep in the Ocean etc. In this situation...why would anything need to develop a predator prey relationship?

[roshiq]

As V said, referring Godzilla as an "alpha predator" thing was mistake or just to put a reason to create "Let them fight" scenario. I think the territorial dispute would be more reasonable one or for their limited amount of 'food' source availability. But I'd like to mention, besides all of these flaws, one thing they did clever was making one of the MUTO monsters 'fly', cause without that flying MUTO, I've doubt on how much exciting the war between Godzilla & MUTO couple would look like. When Godzilla arrived at San Francisco and at the same time as the flying MUTO showed up, the jets were dropping around & thus the pilots were Parachuting to save their lives...I loved those scenes! Great build up...that eventually ended up just at the peak of the moments..MUTO attacked Godzilla & the screen goes black as some door/gate was shut right in front of our view/the camera!

Originally Posted by _____V_____

With the sequel now greenlit, all sorts of possibilities have opened out. We might even see Jet Jaguar!

Found this 1 on a facebook Godzilla fan group...

[Angra]

Originally Posted by MichaelMyers

Would you say you looked like your sig watching part one?

I should hope not.

[Sculpt]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Remember the skeleton and the parasite attached to it? That shows a natural enemy sort of thing (although referring to Godzilla as an "alpha predator" is a mistake).

There's the territorial angle as well. "Stay away from my turf!"



With the sequel now greenlit, all sorts of possibilities have opened out. We might even see Jet Jaguar!

Oh... at the beginning, that was Godzilla bones, and the 1st Muto was a parasite that fed off a Godzilla? I didn't really get that the Muto was a parasite from that. I'm not saying it wasn't, it just went over my head. Well that makes more sense, but I think the movie should have made that more clear for the remedial audience members.

And please, no Jet Jaguar!

Originally Posted by ferretchucker

Might even be really lucky and get the song in too


Whilst realism certainly isn't an issue in the Godzilla world so I don't consider this a real flaw of the film so much slight oversight, I guess I did wonder about the predator idea - mostly that it's suggested Godzilla, the MUTOs and the creatures from that time feed on radiation emittedfrom Earth - for Godzilla it comes from deep in the Ocean etc. In this situation...why would anything need to develop a predator prey relationship?

Good question. I thought about that too. If they feed on radiation released in the ocean depth, why come up at all. If that was the key situation, why not say climate change has stifled radiation in the depths so they are looking for new sources, or something like that.

Originally Posted by roshiq

As V said, referring Godzilla as an "alpha predator" thing was mistake or just to put a reason to create "Let them fight" scenario. I think the territorial dispute would be more reasonable one or for their limited amount of 'food' source availability. But I'd like to mention, besides all of these flaws, one thing they did clever was making one of the MUTO monsters 'fly', cause without that flying MUTO, I've doubt on how much exciting the war between Godzilla & MUTO couple would look like. When Godzilla arrived at San Francisco and at the same time as the flying MUTO showed up, the jets were dropping around & thus the pilots were Parachuting to save their lives...I loved those scenes! Great build up...that eventually ended up just at the peak of the moments..MUTO attacked Godzilla & the screen goes black as some door/gate was shut right in front of our view/the camera!

Yes, that's true. If godzilla and Mutos are in competition for radiation sources, then after Godzilla was done killing the Muto, godzilla should have started attacking and feeding on nuclear power plants in the area. That's what I was expecting Godzilla to do. He's dead. No, he's alive. Ah, now he's going for some nuclear power plants...

Originally Posted by roshiq

Found this 1 on a facebook Godzilla fan group...

Ah! LOL! that's hilarious!

[roshiq]

So...there's some Frank Darabont treatment in the movie!

"And Frank Darabont, he came in and gave a pass of the screenplay about two or three months before we started filming. A lot of his work remains in the film, but a big part of it is when the doors close on Juliette Binoche – this whole idea that there’s a gateway or a check point they have to get through, and that it would close, and you would see her die, and we’d have that very emotional moment. That was his biggest contribution. It’s the emotional peak of the film, potentially. That’s why he’s Frank Darabont." -- Gareth Edwards, the Director of GODZILLA (2014)

And even from Andy Serkis:

"We called Andy Serkis very late in the day, towards the end of post production. [Effects house] MPC did pretty much all the Godzilla effects shots in the movie, and there’s a limited time to get everything right, and hand animation is a slow process. To do back and forth reiterations… it takes at least a day or longer to animate something well. So using a real actor, and having a conversation with one, taking their performance and saying, 'Copy that, we'd like that!' was a fast way to reach a solution.
So Andy came in for the key, soulful Godzilla moments: when he fell, when he looks at Ford, things like that. So we could use the same eye movement, the same eye darts, to try and give it some soul."-- Gareth Edwards

Source: empireonline.com