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

[Dorkzilla]

The cgi for the 1954 flashback(with Godzilla rising out of the water before the bomb goess off) looks a lot better now.

[Hybrid Gojira]

[jellydonut25]

This poster is SO GOOD

[Hybrid Gojira]

Beat me to it - yes it's quite awesome. That poster is worthy of being on my wall.

[HannibalBarca]

For once, no flares or helicopters. Thank God.

[Hybrid Gojira]

[The_Terminated]

Notice how the vegas shots from weeks back did not have the Muto in that exact spot and now it does...Very sneaky marketing..I like it!!!

[jellydonut25]

[The_Terminated]

Let's take bets:

The femuto carves a path of destruction from Vegas all the way to San Francisco...Remember that scene where we see a small destroyed town and train on a beach with the black smoke billowing upwards?? I am betting that's her doing as well..

[jellydonut25]

I'd say that's a fairly safe bet...

that's fine. Safe bets are totally fine. I'm gonna go out on a limb though just a tad:
The halo jump sequence is a way to attempt to attract MUTO to Godzilla. MUTO, being that it glows bright red, is attracted to that red glow, and the flares are a way to attempt to force the two to fight.

[Gorjira54]

im pretty sure Femuto is behind the train on fire and destroying that bridge

[C.Miller719]

[jellydonut25]

It's only in that NEWEST Japanese trailer...not in the older ones. Must be a recently completed piece of CG.

[sachiel]

[jellydonut25]

It cuts away SO FAST, it's impossible to tell if it's "not moving" I would appear to be unmoving too if you showed me for half a second.

[Gargantuan Gargantua]

Maybe...

It's "dead" from a barrage of missile attacks and it just sort of curls up in a defensive position, then sheds it's outer shell and pop's out an even bigger femuto.

It would be kind of a tiny twist for the monster.

[Baltan II]

[HannibalBarca]

[jellydonut25]

(assuming it's good) if it OPENS to $75 million, I may pass out with glee.

[Henry88]

good ,very good.

[Gargantuan Gargantua]

Curse of Mid May openers?

Speed Racer... Battleship... Poseidon...?

Ya it's the month of May that is cursed when they give those examples... Give me a break. Do these guys even read their own sh!t?

or maybe im taking it the other way.

[msweets13]

[GFan]

[Gorjira54]

I love that tag line

[John Schuermann]

Not sure why so many seem to be concerned about seeing the film at a "real" IMAX, as "real IMAX" screens have a 1.43:1 aspect ratio and GODZILLA is shot in 2.40:1. Godzilla will be letterboxed in "real" IMAX theaters, since none of the film was shot 1.43:1. It would look much the way letterboxed 2.40:1 films used to look on old 4:3 television sets.

Many digital theaters have switched over the 4K digital projectors anyway, which actually outperform even 70mm 15 perf IMAX. Personally, I would check which local theater has 4K projectors and then choose the auditorium that has the largest 2.40:1 screen (some theaters mask down to 2.40:1 from 1.85:1 - bad - while others open up to 2.40:1 - good). The other thing to look for is Dolby Atmos sound, as the film is being mixed for Atmos and that is a rather dramatic improvement over standard 5.1 or 7.1 surround.

My personal preference would be to see the film in 2D at a Dolby Atmos theater with the largest 2.40:1 screen possible. Fortunately there are a couple up in Denver. I do think I will be stuck with 3D, though.