Shin Godzilla *SPOILER* Thread

[lhb412]

Oh, pink towel scientist actor is the director of Tetsuo, the Iron Man? I knew he was in the movie but didn't think he was one of the bigger parts.

[Benjamin Haines]

[jellydonut25]

I think they were meant to convey a crappy, rushed job.

That whole climax is a catastrophe on so many levels, it hurts to think about it.

[tbeasley]

I thought the film looked phenomenal, even the iffier moments are nowhere near as terrible as some are leading on. There was a cool CGI breakdown on YouTube I was going to share, different from the one with the EVA theme, but it was taken down for whatever reason. It had all the nice spoiler-y moments featured. One scene in particular I thought looked amazing were the buildings collapsing on Godzilla. I loved that so much of the film was in broad daylight with Godzilla proudly on display.

I think if you already disliked much of what the film was doing, you naturally weren't going to be very forgiving towards the more unpolished (or whatever you want to call them) moments in the movie. But if you were expecting anything like a Hollywood film visually you're just kidding yourself. I thought more fans would be aware of this. That's the mindset a lot of people have against these movies in the first place.

[Kiryu]

I went into this movie with strong Lovecraftian vibes on Godzilla, so the strange movement before hibernation didn't seem "wrong" or "bad" to me. He's a large, unnatural creature, so I expect that he'd have at least some unnatural movements. But, I'm not sure how many other fans see this incarnation as such.

[lhb412]

^It wasn't so much the movement, it was the fact the shot right before he stops moving and goes grey looks under-rendered.

Welcome to the board!

[jellydonut25]

[Kiryu]

[daikaijusaurus]

[Outkaster]

Also remember they are trying to kind of make it look like a guy in a suit.

[lhb412]

You know, while Shin Godzilla starts out steeped this satire of the Japan of today, the movie ends in full Honda mode with people banding together (many sacrificing their lives) to execute a crazy plan to save the world. Quite a journey!

The film resembles Honda's 'humanity unites against alien threat' movies more than anything: The Mysterians, Battle in Outer Space, Gorath, Atragon, and Monster Zero.

[Russzilla]

Any guesses on when the North America blu ray will be released?

[Benjamin Haines]

[tbeasley]

http://cebas.com/?pid=testimonial&tid=131

[tbeasley]

Some nice shots from the Godzilla subreddit -

[canofhumdingers]

Thanks for posting that sfx reel. I'm glad to see the demolition sequence again. I saw the movie two nights in a row in theaters and always maintained that the building demolitions look very unfinished, but enough people disagreed with me or thought it looked fine that I was second guessing my impression.

But now watching it again I can safely say, nope. My opinion still stands firmly. The explosions look terribly fake and the buildings collapsing look totally unfinished. I think a key element missing is smoke and dust. Go watch any REAL building demo video on YouTube. There should be TONS of smoke and dust. So much so that you'll hardly see the building.

As is, it just looks all too neat and tidy. And clean.

Still love the movie though. And a lot of the other destruction looks GREAT.

[tbeasley]

I think there might be an element of stylization to it. I mean, why cover all the destruction up with smoke and dust. You don't have any of that when practical models and miniatures are blown up or destroyed. The effects in Shin Godzilla are just as much influenced by practical elements as they are the real world.

Another cool shot -

[The Great MM]

Something to consider, I guess, but the Goji-people were NOT coming out of Godzilla's tail when he was frozen. They began emerging afterward.


This is right after his his freeze. Note the lack of things and his tail is normal.


This is the final shot of his full body, you can see the mutants stretching out from the tail.

[daikaijusaurus]

So what the heck are those grotesque figures on his tail supposed to represent? I remember seeing that in the theaters and thinking, "What the heck??"

Were those supposed to be Baby Shin Godzillas that died?? Someone please clue me in.

[Moonlight SY-3]

[Benjamin Haines]

I think this take on Godzilla represents cellular division run totally amok, an abomination of life as we know it. Like a god incarnate, he's a bringer of life but not what we would consider normal life on Earth. It's the kind of life that sprouts from the disfigured skin of a radioactively mutated, amphibious monster like cancerous tumors growing limbs, appendages and sentience.

[lhb412]

[Jorzilla]

Honestly: It's not a question worth asking because you aren't going to come up with satisfactory answers. It's just weird, apocalyptic and death oriented.

[william newell]

[O.Supreme]