Godzilla (2014) Part Three (NON-SPOILER DISCUSSION)

[Shonokin]

[msweets13]

Man, waiting for Saturday is so hard! My excitement level is a bit nutty right now.

[Gman2887]

Boxoffice Mojo has Godzilla down for around a $200 million domestic take-- which would be a solid showing here. The rest of the world would probably boost it into the $500 million area of things.

[snowfall]

ok so a facebook video just spoiled the Godzilla atmoic breathe for me, goddamnit. it autoplayed (someone recorded a theater screen) and i already saw too much to now be surrprised, so tread lightly theres a video going the rounds.

[msweets13]

[msweets13]

[snowfall]

[jellydonut25]

Part of me wants to save this video, just so that after everyone has seen this movie, you can watch this 14 second clip and hear this guy recording it as he sounds like the Pilsbury doughboy (literally his laugh sounds like the doughboy's) throughout.

but if you wanna not be spoiled, then do NOT search youtube for "Godzilla 2014 atomic breath"

[msweets13]

[Benjamin Haines]

[jellydonut25]

^and before people start thinking that would mean Godzilla 2014 won't do well enough for a sequel because 1998 didn't, just remember some of the following things:

-1998 bankrupted its toy tie-in partner
-1998's ad campaign was WAY bigger
-1998 ran WAY over the approved budget just for the film (let alone the ads)
-1998 had little to no competition at the box office for weeks
-1998 had the biggest opening of the year and then finished 9th
^2014 will likely have NONE of those problems. I doubt Bandai over-ordered 2014 merch; we know the ad budget is less; we know there aren't budgetary issues and as such the adjusted-for-inflation budget is actually LESS for this movie than 1998; this movie will have some rather stiff competition; this movie will absolutely NOT have the biggest opening of the year...if it does $230 million domestic, it'll be a bit less frontloaded.

All of that adds up to a film that would be considered a bigger success even if its adjusted for inflation sales are right about on-par, or just a bit higher.

[Gman2887]

[VeryMacabre]

[lhb412]

Got my tickets for tomorrow night.

[Cookie]

Till said 450 million is when the profit starts coming in. I think it'll go about 500 to 600. Even though Xmen comes out next week, its still memorial day weekend... It'll do good next weekend too.

[davezilla]

Less than 26 more hours to go and I can't wait. All my coworkers have been hounding me! Bring in the big Godzilla!!!! I tell them, it'll come in the day I'm going to see the film to celebrate. Tomorrow. 10 years of waiting for a new G flick! My hopes are high! Don't let me down Gareth!

[msweets13]

Pretty envious of you guys getting to see it tomorrow night. I'm doing my best to save myself for Saturday's showing in the Imax! I guess starting tomorrow night I'll have to keep myself off of most of the internet to avoid spoilers... Come on Saturday!!

[mrbluehair]

I gave it 4.5 out of 5 bluehairs. Top 3 Godzilla movies for me and that's not with superfan goggles on, I went in with a clear mind and really enjoyed it.

That's the key, clear your head, take in each scene and character as it is and you'll see how well it works. Is it perfect? No, but no movie is. That said it's truly a Godzilla movie that does the franchise justice and should get a sequel, I see no reason for this not to succeed and it really leaves the future wide open.

If you want more detail go to the spoiler thread. If you have the ability to go into the movie with no spoiler or reviewer bias, you'll really have fun.

[mrbluehair]

Oh and right before we left for the movie the Jakks Godzilla arrived at the door...that thing is badass!!! He's battling Shogun Godzilla as we speak.

[Jorzilla]

[Dorkzilla]

It'll probably rank higher than Biollante, for me.

However, yeah, I don't see it cracking the top four: Gojira, Ghidrah, Monster Zero, and vs. Mothra.

[Gwangi]

Since this will be a different type of Godzilla movie, not sure I would want to compare it with Toho’s versions. Heck somehow, I always leave out GINO when putting a list together of G films. If there was all a sudden, a string of American Godzilla films these next couple of years, then comparing those features alone is something much more adaptable. Though I have yet to see this movie, by default, it is already better than GINO!

1. 2014
2. GINO

[jellydonut25]

If I were to rank it RIGHT NOW...it'd probably fall at 5. It has the potential to stay right there, which I think personally would be about as good as I could POSSIBLY have hoped. It has the potential to go as high as 3, and it has the potential to go as low as probably like 10.

I wanna see it at LEAST once more and maybe two or three more times before "officially" placing it.

[mrbluehair]

[Russzilla]