Crappler El 0 M
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on May 22, 2014 8:50:31 GMT -5
Overall I thought it was very good.
I hate to be nitpicky, but I get so tired of close-up shots of people looking in awe, especially when they are extras.
I also thought the introduction of David Strathairn's character was shot in a weird way. As he gives his speech, the camera focuses in on the back of his head, and when they finally show his face, it comes off like it was setting up a big reveal. I didn't think David Strathairn was big enough to pull off that kind of big-reveal effect, and his voice is easily recognizable. If it had been a big star we are not used to seeing any more like Sean Connery or Gene Hackman or Jack Nicholson, then it might have had an effect, but it seemed strange to shoot the scene that way with David Strathairn. The friends I saw it with also commented on how weird that was.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on May 22, 2014 9:35:50 GMT -5
And don't have the rights to the Classic Godzilla music either I did really miss the classic music. That would have been really cool to hear, at least during the credits or something.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 22, 2014 13:22:34 GMT -5
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 22, 2014 15:07:36 GMT -5
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on May 22, 2014 15:17:46 GMT -5
Not everyday you see something that awesome.
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Post by SenorCrest on May 22, 2014 19:43:27 GMT -5
i loved it. {Spoiler}{Spoiler} I love that they build towards mutos more so than godzilla. The teasing got me frustrated but it payed off. I hope we get two more at least.
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andrew8798
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Post by andrew8798 on May 22, 2014 21:54:31 GMT -5
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Post by Push R Truth on May 23, 2014 6:36:30 GMT -5
Trilogy?
COME ON JET JAGUAR
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Post by BRV on Jun 5, 2014 9:59:27 GMT -5
So I finally got around to seeing this last night and after reading the last half-dozen or so pages of reviews, I guess my complaints are in line with the consensus opinion. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}- I paid $16 to see "Godzilla", I kind of expected to see, y'know, Godzilla. If he were an actor, I don't think he'd even have enough screen time to qualify for a Best Supporting Actor nomination. He's a tertiary character.
- For a while, I was actually getting frustrated with it. It felt like Gareth Edwards was trying to be the smartest guy in the room. "I'm going to make a Godzilla movie that has absolutely no Godzilla in it. And when he is on screen, we're going to tease an epic fight, only to cut away at the last second and give the viewer absolutely nothing."
- The teases. Oh, the teases. Believe me, as a professional wrestling fan, I'm completely accustomed to waiting for an interminable amount of time for a payoff, so I kept saying to myself, "Alright, we just got screwed out of the battle at the airport. We'll get it back later.", "OK, so they cut away from the monster destroying Las Vegas, we'll get something soon.", "So they square off in downtown San Francisco in broad daylight and we barely get a snippet. I'll wait and see where this goes." By the time the actual fight at the conclusion comes, yes, it's insanely awesome. It's akin to wading through eight months of crap with Daniel Bryan and then he kicks everyone's ass at WrestleMania XXX. But it's also frustrating to realize that we could have had three more of the scenes, but they were kicked to the side so we could get more Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
- Speaking of Aaron Taylor-Johnson, he's got a bright future ahead of him as a piece of cardboard. Maybe not the best idea to pair up your young star on screen with Bryan Cranston, David Strathairn, and Ken Watanabe. It was like watching a 19-year-old single-A pitcher get called up to the majors to face off against the 1927 Yankees.
- A few minor things about background characters made me chuckle. Like when they cut away from the monster destroying Las Vegas to the hospital in San Francisco, where everyone's going about their business. Or when the monster flies by a San Francisco skyscraper, people are just casually looking up from their cubicles to peer out the office window. Look, I get that we all gotta work and put food on the table, but I'd think that when a colossal monster is invading my hometown, I'm probably taking that day off from work.
- Another part that made me laugh at the end was when the news reported that Godzilla was "King of the Monsters" and "Savior of the City." So let me get this straight, Godzilla washes ashore in Hawaii, causing a massive tsunami that presumably killed thousands of people. He arrives in San Francisco and just stomps through buildings and offices, again presumably killing thousands, and outside of Ken Watanabe, nobody knows the situation at hand and who is supposed to be the protagonist. How did everyone just tip their caps and say, "Well done big guy!" mere hours later? Godzilla alone probably killed as many, if not more, innocent victims than either monster. Some hero. It may sound like I'm jaded, but I'm not. It was good, not great. A decent enough way to spend a Wednesday night.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 21, 2014 12:44:55 GMT -5
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