All set now, going to have a cinema day on Sat and this is on the slate as first. Gonna take it as its own thing but also stored up a couple of older Godzilla films to sate my nostalgia/curiosity. Not seen any since Channel 4 had a season donkeys years ago. To be honest the darkness of the action concerns me a little, it was PR's issue at times and spoils events but we'll see how we go. I tried watching PR again on NowTV but it really is an almost unredeemable stinker.
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Is this worth watching?
Specific Rim bored the hell out of me.
The only good bit was when Mako Mori had that memory of one of the monsters chasing her when she was a child.Comment
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Oy vey. Really regardless of negative or positive associations, Pacific Rim is not the comparison movie and will have little bearing on whether you enjoy this or on. Is it worth watching? Well do you like Godzilla movies? If you haven't watched them, do you like disaster movies? Can you buy a world with giant monsters in it? If the answer is 'yes' to some of these, then yeah it's worth watching.Comment
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Did you know Gareth Edwards used to watch the Channel 4 Creature Feature series too?Originally posted by Superman Falls View Post
That's when I got into them too. They followed Vic Reeves' Big Night Out.Did you watch the classic Godzilla movies as a kid?
When I was a teenager they got shown on Channel 4 in the U.K, on Friday nights. Lots of people that saw them, if you said, name one or tell me a storyline, they get a bit stuck and I think that?s what?s so exciting about making this film is that he?s such an iconic character that everybody knows and loves. I felt like this is a great opportunity because you can go make the movie that you feel is missing from the DVD shelf for adults.
Godzilla Vs. Megalon is my favourite. Jet Jaguar FTW.
The Jackie Chan and martial arts seasons inspired Gareth Huw Evans to make The Raid series too.
Channel 4 used to be IMMENSE. Bits, Vidz, 4Later, manga (Legend of the Four Kings, Fist of the North Star) and film seasons. It's proper tat on at night these days.I read that you were shown the spectrum of action movies by your dad on VHS, but I was wondering if you also watched any of these series on Channel 4 too?
I absolutely remember that Jonathan Ross show with Jackie Chan. At that time I was already obsessed with ARMOUR OF GOD, the PROJECT A films and POLICE STORY and I came home from a weekend school trip to find out that the episode had already aired. I was beyond pissed that I'd missed it until I found out my dad had taped it for me and I ended up watching that episode religiously.
Being able to see little clips for films that hadn't been released yet in the UK was just the best, so that show in particular was like a holy grail to me at the time and I wore that VHS thin. Similarly we had all those films play on S4C (the Welsh version of Channel 4 at the time) and it was great to be able to see those classics in widescreen [in their] original language and English subtitles for the first time. Uncut too!Comment
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****, we're the same age and grown up with the same **** as these guys, thats why I like them so much. It's like, yes, good for you, some of us actually made it and are living their dreams!Comment
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I loved those shows, the buget feel of Vidz, that little fella was hilarious.Originally posted by QualityChimp View Post
And Bitz was probably the 2nd best game show ever after GM.
Emily Booth, so freakin sexy.Comment
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Watched this last night, enjoyed it but I've felt it fell down in regards to the characters and the attempts to introduce some kind human interest into the plot.
Aaron thingme looked stoned or bored for almost the entire film and Ken Watanabe's constant look of amazement verged on ridiculousness at times.
Much of it looked a bit low rent and TV movie at times, except for the CG which was really well done.
I actually thought the pacing and mystery of the film was really great, but it was full of cringey moments.
was one of these, really out of place and not in tone with the rest of the film.Comment
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Had no idea why the lead was shown as much as he was, as you said, he just looked bored the whole film, dito for watanabe.Originally posted by EvilBoris View Post
Needs more Cranston!Comment
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Boris, that last point is kind of twisted and it's something I've found weird in Godzilla movies generally.
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Originally posted by Dogg Thang View Post
It wasn't even the fact he was the good or bad guy, it was just that the events of the film were generally pretty devastating. And the world didn't seem to react in the way it actually would. I suppose the same could be said for many films where these type of films happen.
Also, the main characters communication skills were terrible! In a world of mobile phones, Facebook and the internet, I don't know how they found it so hard to keep in touch. Film makers haven't really got the hang of writing films that take this into account, because prior to their existence they didn't have to.
They are gonna having to set films in 2003 to make it easier to ignore these things.Comment
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You're waaaaaaaaay over thinking this one Mr ThangComment
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Well i loved it. Loooooooved it.
I actually though the pacing was spot on and there was a lot more action than i was anticipating, sure it was a little slower paced in places but it always got to either Muto or Godzilla doing something pretty quickly.
From the moment Muto was revealed to Godzillas first reveal i was just like a big kid grinning ear to ear, at Godzillas reveal i almost had tears in my eyes just with shear excitement.
Muto was the big surprise for me, i really liked their design and roar and they actually gave G some trouble, really well done and sets the stage for introducing other Toho monsters, although i do feel Mothra should be off the table for the sequel.
Godzilla......man they did such a great job on him, you just don't get anything from the still images of him but him in motion it just killed......atomic breath was YES YES YES YES!
I loved the spin on the story too, i'm glad they didn't just go with "Nuke made Godzilla, now Godzilla kills everything" the way they went really reminded me of GMK, this time with Godzilla being the Guardian of the earth and also making him more hero like like in the later showa movies.
Also the military were rubbish, it's kinda a Godzilla tradition and they did a fine job on screwing everything up here too lol.
If you are any sort of Godzilla or Monster movie fan you'll be seeing this anyway, for anyone else i think the slightly slower pace might put people off but this is america doing Godzilla and doing a fine job on it a last.
Edit : Also the music and sound overall was excellent, the music definitely had similarities in places to Classic Godzilla themes and the sounds and the roars from the Mutos and Godzilla were excellent.Last edited by NeoDragoN; 22-05-2014, 16:16.Comment
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Oh yeah don't bother with 3D. It wasn't blurry or anything....it just wasn't 3d lol, it was really subtle...so much so you couldn't see it 99% of the time.Comment
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