Godly.

I have not realized until today that Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen star in both Godzilla and Avengers Age of Ultron smart move from both directors

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Early on in the film I thought we would get a Batman Begins esque genre defining origin story. While this turns out to be a shorter and becomes more IRON MAN than BB, it's equally as impressive.

The entire film feels like build up to the fights but it works very well because it's still exciting and there sa lot of tension - it is extremely atmospheric. It is a classic monster movie/creature feature in that sense. There is plenty of eye candy even though Godzilla is just being teased. ATJ is really bland sadly but everybody is good and most importantly it doesn't really matter.

Regardless, I loved this movie. In a lot of ways it is what KING KONG 2005 should have been. There is just the right amount of back story and explaining to make us stop questioning without over thinking it. The feel is extremely "JURASSIC PARK once they get to the island"...there is no funny Newman character or even a Jeff Goldblum, but the film is thrilling you really dont notice.



Godzilla 2 is going to gross over 1 billion dollars.

Ill have to wait until saturday

me too

pwns

MONSTER PORN. But this needs more Bryan Cranston.



Godzilla vs other monsters was epic. But human stories were such waste after the Japan stuff.

God's honest truth...

Godzilla is bad.

Colossally bad.

Dull, dull, dull, scattered-brained soap opera with bad acting throughout... including Godzilla himself - - even Fred Flinstone played it better in The Monster From The Tar Pits...






1 out of 5.

If only!

This is more like the opposite - - a weepy romance with just a little bit of rather chaste physical contact.

Monster porn wouldn't bother with an hour and a half of set-up - - they'd be rolling around in the first five minutes.

Seriously, Bryan Cranston chews more scenery than Godzilla himself.

Heh - - that's the funniest thing I've read all week!!!

I wonder if people will complain about Godzilla destroying skyscrapers and not rescuing people.

This was pretty damn good. Not amazing. Could have used more action/humor/Cranston. The sustained tense atmosphere is what makes it work though. And some of the money shots are incredible, I'm amazed the marketing department was able to show so much restraint. The shot where we're in the reflection of a building, watching explosions chain into more explosions until a giant foot blocks the action. A pan up to see Godzilla in his full glory ends the sequence and made me mark out. I wish we got more moments like this, but we got enough to make this a satisfying experience.

One question. Is the film to boring for kids... like for 7-8 year olds?

The countless kids in the film certainly looked bored

Thanks. I was planning on taking my niece but i wasnt sure if shes going to enjoy herself.

I'd probably rate it a B+. My crowd (about 100 people, pretty good for a non midnight show) was great for the money shots. They marked out every time, so fun! There were definitely some people annoyed with the early exit of Bryan Cranston. A few of the plot holes annoyed me. Normally, in a movie like this I would let them go, but they tried to explain where the monsters came from in a serious manner, and so the plot holes annoyed me. Still, the continuous tension really added to the movie, and the effects and sound are Oscar worthy. The movie sorely needed some humor during the human parts of the movie though. Not so much to make it cheesy such as Independence Day or Pacific Rim, but a bit to help with the overall entertainment. This movie is REALLY dry in that department.

I'm satisfied, but it didn't WOW me. And I think that's going to hurt it's legs because I think a lot of people are going to think that way.

FYI, as excited as the crowd was for the money shots, they were surprisingly dead during the trailers. Only one got any reaction (a good one). Try to guess which movie...

Lucy
Deliver Us From Evil
Malificent
Into The Storm
Expendables 3
Edge of Tomorrow

he means the lifeless actors

Lucy got the best reaction from my crowd.

I domt think they can enjoy the film... There is ZERO comedy. And there's no one to root for after The Japan setting.

You weren't rooting for Godzilla?

well I wasnt expecting comedy at all i meant about the action, you know, enough destruction to keep her entertained... but OK, i wont take her hehe

There's plenty of destruction. The winged dude is destroying things for the entire movie. We don't get to see them fight until the end though.

Well, of course!, the final battle was seriously awesome . But i dont think kids would like rooting for the big, fat dinosaur. Plus I don't think they would like all the cockteasing fights.

Also the makeup they used to age Cranston 15 years was incredible. This film was not really good at all outside of 3 great shots. A lot of non-intentional humor as well. Also I feel like they showed the monster in Cloverfield more than Godzilla, kind of a jip. The big scene with Godzilla really is probably less than 3 minutes in length. And it's really the only time you see him fully. And yes the acting is bad across the board. The film should have been called The Boring Johnson Family Meets Godzilla

I'd give it a C to C+ right now.