TALKBACK: Godzilla (2014) - (OBVIOUS SPOILER DISCUSSION)

[Rody]

Jellydonut, did your FB comment happen to be in The Godzilla Collectors Group? I'm pretty sure I liked that before the post was axed.
I never did get into collecting G-Fan - and the more I hear about it, the less inclined I am to.

It would indeed be interesting to hear Kaneko's thoughts about G14; and speaking of American fans/publishers, does anyone know what Mr. Godzizewski thought of it?

[Psycho Soldier]

The stuff about G-Fan and J.D. Lees is kind of disappointing. I let my subscription expire back in '08 because it was lacking interesting content. It'd be nice to support a Canadian kaiju magazine again, but I don't think it'll be that one.

So... I read the G2014 novelization a week ago. God, is it irritating. The differences between it and the movie are interesting at times, and Cox can write decently, but I swear half of the book comprises Ford obsessing over Elle and Sam. The repetitive "introspection" (such as it is) is hard to take. And unfortunately, when you don't have awesome visuals, actors, or music to help out, the plot's flaws become more aggravating. I wouldn't call it recommended reading. Just watch the movie again, and maybe revisit one of Cerasini's novels.

[XvGojira]

[jellydonut25]

[DannyBeane]

I would just like to say that I still get chills during the airport scene. Everything about that scene is perfect.

[william newell]

[daikaijusaurus]

[Hybrid Gojira]

[jellydonut25]

[walshiam]

They should have left it in.

[daikaijusaurus]

[XvGojira]

[Hybrid Gojira]

[MekaGojira3k]

[daikaijusaurus]

I remember last year I read an interview with Ken Watanabe (sorry I don't have the link), that there was an important scene with him and David Strathairn that was cut. This was where Serizawa handed his father's pocket watch to Stenz, and there he said it was a very emotional scene of him talking about his father and how he ended up with his broken watch. Watanabe said the scene was so emotional for him that it made him cry.

It's scenes like this that should have ended up in the movie, giving more depth and emotion to the characters. I also remember another interview with Gareth Edwards (again sorry I don't have the link) where he mentioned that he was pressured in cutting quiet a few scenes that he loved because the movie would've ended up longer that two hours. I don't know, I can't imagine how many more scenes were cut that would've given the characters some more depth and emotion. I really hope these scenes end up in the extended cut, if we ever get one.

[jellydonut25]

We know that there is at least one shot, if not scene of kaiju action cut as it was in the trailers and never shown in the movie.

[Hybrid Gojira]

[daikaijusaurus]

You know, not that I ever...ever...EVER want this guy anywhere near a Godzilla movie, but I watched this video the other day about "What if Michael Bay had directed a Godzilla movie". The idea of him directing a Godzilla movie scares me, since I hated most of his awful Transformers movies (the first one was okay). I'm sure we would have gotten wall to wall monster action and destruction, toilet humor and hot women. I'm sure the movie would have made a billion dollars worldwide if Bay had directed it. Here is the video if anyone is interested.

[Zack Metoyer]

I saw over in another thread that Universal is now handling Pacific Rim 2. Has there been any indication that WB is still involved with Godzilla 2?

[Gman2887]

[Specium Ray]

WB was just the distributor I thought? Legendary and WB have a contentious relationship, so I imagine Legendary wouldn't work with them if they didn't have to.

[Gargantuan Gargantua]

What could have been?



meh... with this one...

[Gman2887]

[Psycho Soldier]

The concept art is not terribly exciting, IMO. It's not that any of it is bad, but that I'd rather just have Angilas and Rodan.

[Rice]

My feelings on the movie were basically this...

They nailed the "OH GODZILLA! WHAT TERRIBLE LANGUAGE!" out of Godzilla. Nailed. Godzilla was perfect. Needed more of him though.

The human characters outside of Cranston's character were boring as hell. I hope the next movie has a better lead. I feel like the movie would have been much better had Cranston's character lived.