Godzilla (2012) (Page 4 of 5)

And I doubt that's what people want out of one of these films Almost no US filmgoer has seen the uncut version of that film, so it's not on the radar. No matter what they do, I'm betting half the people say "that's not Godzilla".

I disagree, I think you greatly over-estimate people's cultural familiarity with Godzilla. My guess is 90% of US audiences have never seen a Godzilla movie, except for maybe the shitty Emerich version. They'll be far more open to a grounded, scary-movie tone than to a silly Pacific Rim-type approach.

Of course, we know that Godzilla fights other monsters in this movie, so audiences (myself included) might still hate it.

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I highly doubt we see any over-exaggerated classic Godzilla monster fights. Gareth Edwards seems committed to making this a very dark and terrifying movie. I suspect the monsters fights we see will be more reminiscent of the T-Rex versus the Raptors at the end of Jurassic Park or Kong versus the T-Rexes from the Jackson remake. Speaking of which, hopefully any human versus monster stuff is similar to the pit scene.

Put me down for Deep Impact meets Cloverfield.

Well America said No to the Pacific Rim approach, maybe they'll embrace this darker more realistic take on it

It's a giant fucking monster created as a byproduct of mankind's destructive nature. How is it not inherently dark?

Yeah, it's not like other "dark and gritty reboots" that we've recently seen. The original is already really dark. All they have to do is match it.

EDIT: Boy, was I on the wrong page when I clicked 'Reply'. Bear with me.

Plus, destroying a city is kind of the whole point of Godzilla. He was destroying cities before destroying cities was cool.
It was mostly cuz of wars and nukes and stuff and people didn't really enjoy that so much.

Also, let's keep in mind... it's a movie about a giant lizard destroying a city. It ain't gonna be Inception.
I'm just hoping they find something new to discuss. The bit about nuclear tests being a coverup is a good start, not bad as historical retcons go. If Godzilla had helped mankind advance their civilization or was hidden on the moon this whole time, I wouldn't even rent it.

Oh come on, Resolute was awesome. Dark/gritty/realistic is cool and everybody knows it.
Besides, how else would you do a film like this nowadays? PacRim did the colorful/dark thing of the early 00's that was all *thought* was realistic (Oh, Spider-Man), but it did not go over well.

Last edited by Vapes (2014-02-27 03:39:43)

Nice to see Godzilla fucking up Las Vegas.

Joe Pesci v Godzilla (Unrated Edition)

I have to say, having never seen a Godzilla film, I'm absolutely stoked after seeing that trailer. (The real one not the Breaking Bad one. )

I'd recommend Mothra vs Godzilla from 1964, Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster from the same year, and Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla from 2002. Ghidorah is the film in which they start to turn Godzilla into a good guy (and the dub has the classic line, "There's no law against being a demagogue."