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Post by Action Ace on May 18, 2014 14:58:09 GMT -5
Your number 14 was called Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster when I saw it in the theater in 1974. Still the only one of these I've ever seen on a big screen (that may change soon). Naturally, I loved it. My mom took me and my brother and a bunch of my friends to see Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster for my birthday. The theater was packed and we were running late (because that's my mom) so the movie had already started, and my mom made the usher move some people so we could all sit together in the fifth row. (Yup. That's my mom!)
I saw it again within the last few years and I was amazed at how entertaining it is! I love the Godzilla movies, but some of them are more watchable than others, and I was very pleased that Smog Monster is so crazy, surreal, environmentally conscious, whacked out and FUN FUN FUN all at the same time.
And also, kinda creepy!
It was the last Showa era film I saw and I had to wait until it showed up on cable in the 1990s. It is one of a kind and if someone told me Andy Warhol consulted on this film I wouldn't be surprised. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 18, 2014 15:20:27 GMT -5
The song "Save the Earth" alone is worth the price.
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Post by Jesse on May 18, 2014 20:32:18 GMT -5
For a Godzilla film , as the main selling point he's not in the film nearly as much as you'd expect. So just like most Godzilla films since 1954.  |
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Post by superecwfan1 on May 18, 2014 23:56:15 GMT -5
For a Godzilla film , as the main selling point he's not in the film nearly as much as you'd expect. So just like most Godzilla films since 1954. Well if Godzilla was in 20-30 minutes of films since 1954 I doubt that. |
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Post by The Man of Tomorrow on May 19, 2014 8:12:21 GMT -5
Godzilla Half Century War was quite good. I thought Gangsters & Goliaths was a good mini series as well. One recent issue in the current Rulers of the Earth series I really liked was issue #10 with the Gargantuas.  The first Godzilla movie was actually good. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 19, 2014 8:30:17 GMT -5
The title of this movie is Godzilla, not Godzilla vs the Brood Queen, so it is not unreasonable for the audience to expect a movie in which the big G is either the main character or the centre of attention. He doesn't have to be there all the time (and I even prefer when he's shown sparingly, so as not to dilute the awesomeness of his presence) but it is surprising how much he ends up being a mere supporting character in his own film: he's not the hero, he's not the villain; he's a cool-looking Deus ex machina. One that breathes radioactive fire!!!
It could be said that was also the case in the older Godzilla movies, but then the billing made it clear: "Godzilla vs Whoever". And the plot was essentially Godzilla fighting another monster while humans talked about stuff and shot a few rockets. Today it's the people who are the heroes, and though Big G comes to pull their fat out of the fire eventually, we get the impression that the humans would have won anyway.
More than the inevitable sequel, I now look forward to the Honest Sequel version. These things are hilarious!
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2014 16:19:39 GMT -5
Finally saw the movie today. It was great to see Bryan Cranston in this, he has that "brilliance with a dash of crazy" thing going for him which helped as the movie slowly set itself up.
*Possible Spoiler Warning*
This Godzilla is one of the best I've seen. Too bad the other kaiju (or MOTU's) weren't up to par. I kept hoping that another monster like Ghidrah or Gigan would show up out of nowhere and surprise the hell out of me...sadly that never came to fruition.
Not a fan of the way the movie was cut. When you first see Godzilla vs. the MOTU, he gives out a loud roar for the camera and you're expecting a big battle scene, but instead they cut to something else. This kept happening a few times and I could not stand it. The movie would have been so much better if they showed a long monster fight scene near the middle of the movie. Instead, they saved everything until the last 30 minutes or so.
I do like how they portrayed Godzilla as this world savior, and to see military ships cruising along with him as he glides through the ocean was pretty damn awesome. There is never one moment where Godzilla is the nemesis...unless the military happens to be in the way, which I loved.
Definitely a fun movie, and I hope the sequel introduces a few of the more classic kaiju monsters!
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Post by Polar Bear on May 30, 2014 14:39:41 GMT -5
I do like kaiju, both movies and comics. I watched the three 1990s Gamera movies a few weeks ago--surprisingly good.
I own the Gorgo HC and runs of Marvel's Shogun Warriors and Godzilla, as well as Half Century War and some of the Dark Horse version. What I've never tried was the black and white Daikazu (sp?) from the late 80s/early 90s. Does anyone remember what I'm talking about? Was that any good?
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Post by paulie on Jun 2, 2014 10:35:41 GMT -5
I was comp'd a ticket and went and saw Godzilla this weekend.
((((((SPOILERS)))))
Losing Bryan Cranston midway through the movie seemed pointless. Why ditch the best actor in the cast so far from the eventual denoument?
Ken Wantanabe was good but everyone else seemed completely forgettable. I'm assuming he'll be signed on for the sequel.
Which begs the question: Why wasn't the big guy in the movie more?
The source material seemed to be well-respected so I didn't find myself slapping my forehead like I did with the 1998 film.
So we have a moderately successful 2014 Godzilla reboot, box office has been brisk and the reviews have been average. We'll get a sequel to this film in 3-4 years. Let's see if we can get Rodan, Mothra and King Gidhora back on screen because there was a lot missing from this version of Godzilla.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 8, 2014 22:10:19 GMT -5
I thought it was above average for a Godzilla movie, but some more action would've been better.
Loved the the back story and ties with nuclear.
Looking forward to more.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 9, 2014 5:22:42 GMT -5
Loved the the back story and ties with nuclear. "They were trying to kill it" is the best line of the movie. It puts everything in a new perspective. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 9, 2014 12:29:52 GMT -5
Saw the movie Sunday... I thought it was really fun.. definitely a throwback to the old ones. LOVED that it all tied back t nuclear radiations, and it was awesome that Godzilla was a good guy again!
I thought he was on camera plenty, as were the 'Mutos'...there were several logic holes you could drive a truck through, but that's sorta to be expected.
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Post by Pharozonk on Jun 10, 2014 20:15:24 GMT -5
I finally was able to watch Godzilla:Final Wars today. Holy shit, that was the most ridiculously awesome movie I've watched since Sharknado.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 11, 2014 11:57:45 GMT -5
The title of this movie is Godzilla, not Godzilla vs the Brood Queen, so it is not unreasonable for the audience to expect a movie in which the big G is either the main character or the centre of attention. He doesn't have to be there all the time (and I even prefer when he's shown sparingly, so as not to dilute the awesomeness of his presence) but it is surprising how much he ends up being a mere supporting character in his own film: he's not the hero, he's not the villain; he's a cool -looking Deus ex machina. One that breathes radioactive fire!!! It could be said that was also the case in the older Godzilla movies, but then the billing made it clear: "Godzilla vs Whoever". And the plot was essentially Godzilla fighting another monster while humans talked about stuff and shot a few rockets. Today it's the people who are the heroes, and though Big G comes to pull their fat out of the fire eventually, we get the impression that the humans would have won anyway. More than the inevitable sequel, I now look forward to the Honest Sequel version. These things are hilarious! He was definitely the hero! He killed the bad monsters, and rode off into the sunset.. even the pretend TV news gave him a tag line 'King of Monsters? New York's unlikely Savior' or something like that. I didn't get the impressive the humans would win at all... they were pretty much toast, actually. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 11, 2014 14:26:57 GMT -5
The title of this movie is Godzilla, not Godzilla vs the Brood Queen, so it is not unreasonable for the audience to expect a movie in which the big G is either the main character or the centre of attention. He doesn't have to be there all the time (and I even prefer when he's shown sparingly, so as not to dilute the awesomeness of his presence) but it is surprising how much he ends up being a mere supporting character in his own film: he's not the hero, he's not the villain; he's a cool -looking Deus ex machina. One that breathes radioactive fire!!! It could be said that was also the case in the older Godzilla movies, but then the billing made it clear: "Godzilla vs Whoever". And the plot was essentially Godzilla fighting another monster while humans talked about stuff and shot a few rockets. Today it's the people who are the heroes, and though Big G comes to pull their fat out of the fire eventually, we get the impression that the humans would have won anyway. More than the inevitable sequel, I now look forward to the Honest Sequel version. These things are hilarious! He was definitely the hero! He killed the bad monsters, and rode off into the sunset.. even the pretend TV news gave him a tag line 'King of Monsters? New York's unlikely Savior' or something like that. I didn't get the impressive the humans would win at all... they were pretty much toast, actually. Nah, that young soldier (Heisenberg junior, whose actual name eludes me) was the hero: he was the one with a high emotional investment in what happened, he's the one who undertook a difficult mission that would likely result in his death, and he's the one who finally saved San Francisco from the nuke. Plus he burned all the baby monsters thanks to quick thinking. Godzilla, meanwhile, even if he was clearly on the side of the angels (or mother Nature, Serizawa would say) never looked as if the two MUTOs presented any big threat. He whipped the male but good, and even when the two Brood-lookalikes ganged up on him, all he needed to beat them was to take a beauty nap and use his fiery breath. (Godzilla's Note to Self: "next time, lead with that"). Sure, he looked great while doing it, but had he not been there the army would have detonated their superduper H bomb and although San Fran would have been lost, the monsters would have been destroyed. Not that there was any big hurry anyway: as the movie's opening established, the baby monsters, had they hatched, would likely have spent the next 15 years or so incubating in big cocoons as their parents had done in Japan and Yuca Flats. Speaking of the latter: how come the US army didn't notice from the outside that half the mountain was missing? And how come Godzilla creates tsunamis when he comes out of the water but not when he goes in? And if the goal was to attract the monsters away from the city by luring them with a big H bomb, why was it a problem to use an EMP-sensitive aircraft to fly to a place where the monsters weren't? And how can creatures eat radioactivity anyway??? Godilla-sized plot holes! I demand a Honest Trailers treatment for this film!!!  |
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