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by **msunz27** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:57 pm

Figured I'd write down my thoughts and "what-if" ideas about GFW. I haven't gone through all the comments on this thread, so I don't know if I'm repeating anybody else's thoughts/opinions. So I'll get this out of the way.

I dont mind Kitamura directing a G film. It fits in with the Millenium series vibe of different directors with their own take on the genre. BUT I dont think GFW should have been a 50th anniversary film.

- After the opening credits, it should have commenced with something like the scene where the mutants are lined up to go battle Ebirah in he city. But instead its Titanosaurus on the loose. (This is before the aliens show up). The soldiers battle him, he dives in the ocean THEN the Gotengo comes and battles him underwater. OR maybe its Varan they fight, then the Gotengo streaks out of the water persued by Titanosaurus. Both monsters fight, Varan loses, Titanosaurus goes back to the ocean, Gotengo follows and puts him down. It'd be kind of an homage to Episode 1 of "Return of Ultraman". I think that has similar narration at the beginning as FW. Pollution and wars awaken monsters throughout the world and a special force is formed to combat them.

- Instead of various different monsters controlled by the aliens, it could have been a swarm of Hedorahs.

- The ancient monster to rival Gigan wouldn't have been Mothra, but King Seesar. Gigan wakes up, causes havoc, King Seesar is revived to combat Gigan and the Hedorahs. Then the aliens somehow take control of Seesar and send him to join the destruction, so they have to get Godzilla as a last resort. Later, Seesar would break free and we got the 4-way battle at the end. Also having a female prophetess as a main character whose linked with Seesar (obviously similar to GvMG).

- Probably would have had Minilla. And Monster X wouldn't have become Kaizer Ghidorah. I dunno. Maybe turned into something else new.

- Mostly everything else in the film would be the same in line with Kitamura's style. The exaggerated acting, the frentic fighting, etc.

I guess in short what would've been different for me should've been the monsters involved:
Godzilla
Monster X
Gigan
King Seesar
Hedorah(s)
Titanosaurus
Varan (maybe)

Something along these lines probably would've been a more enjoyable film to me. Consdering how Kitamura likes the 70's G films. But I understand why GFW was what it was. And that's what we got. I just think it shouldn't have been a 50th anniversay film.

by **Green Dragon** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:19 pm

I was looking forward to the Kyle Cooper credits and then when we finally saw it, all I could think is that he took the money and ran.

What an ugly mess. This, coming from the guy who made some fantastic credit sequences in some very creepy movies/shows, and continues to do so. I wish he would have applied some more intriguing images....collages of diagrams, closeups of skin/bone samples (not unlike the shots behind title cards from a lot of Showa scenes), newsreel footage, and what we got was an ugly colorization of cheezy lightning effects that moved to quickly, with nearly unreadable credits. I have no problem with scenes from past films, but the overall effect was just bland. Who knows, though, maybe Toho had a hand in what we ended up seeing....

Here's a cut-n-paste of a list of some of his accomplishments from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Cooper I've not seen all of these, but GFW, imo, is clearly the weakest effort of his that I have seen.

Immortal Beloved (1994)
Braveheart (1995)
Seven (1995)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
Flubber (1997)
Arlington Road (1999)
The Mummy (1999)
Zoolander (2001)
Spider-Man (2002)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Superman Returns (2006)
Across the Universe (2007)
Iron Man (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Tropic Thunder (2008)
The Orphan (2009)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)
The New World (2005)
Tron: Legacy (2010)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
The Walking Dead (2010)
Arthur (2011)
Rango (2011)
American Horror Story (2011)

His list at IMDB is much bigger.... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178204/

Then, there's the matter of music.....

I'll save that for later.

by **EricDent** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:30 pm

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by **Benjamin Haines** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 5:39 pm

If I recall correctly, this was the first Millennium film since Megaguirus to not have a Hamutaro short preceding it.

by **EricDent** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:06 pm

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