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

[Rodanex]

[Hybrid Gojira]

[Cookie]

So, the MUTOs were pretty awesome. For some reason I kept thinking a third enemy kaiju was gonna be in it... I guess I was thinking of that multi armed kaiju from the teaser.

[Henry88]

Loyal to actor-in-rubber-suit Godzilla, Japanese wary of Hollywood's computer-graphics monster
http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertai ... story.html

[Cookie]

The 98 Zilla film did pretty damn good in Japan, and it wasn't Godzilla. This is actually Godzilla.... Not sure what's wrong with the Japanese.

[Hybrid Gojira]

[daikaijusaurus]

[Jorzilla]

I think a lot of the negative press that I see are just conforming to American expectations of how the Japanese will think of the movie. That is to say, the original "Godzilla is fat" shenanigans started with the 2chan post by Kotaku. Other media organizations found the article, ran with it because it's a contentious article about a popular franchise that confirms American's expectations. You can retort these claims by easily pointing out that the comments were by a couple of 2chan posters, which is hardly representative. However, American's expect the Japanese to have issue with the movie. So, media outlets looking for page clicks continuously run articles saying "Godzilla is too fat."

Anyways, not to get into the politics of media too much, I definitely believe that it's a reflection of what audiences WANT to see and hear since they chase ad revenue (which means populism sells). Whenever I see an article about the Japanese and Godzilla, considering I am not Japanese, and the article is tailored to Americans, I see it purely as confirmation of what a general reader feels like a Japanese person should feel about an American take on the monster.

Negativity sells. Pure and simple.

[Hybrid Gojira]

I don't expect the new Godzilla to do extremely well in Japan, but that is mainly because kaiju movies in general haven't performed well in recent years. I am hoping the "hmm I wonder if this new American Godzilla film is good/sucks" curiosity draws a decent crowd to the movie. Then you have China, which could be the area that pushes G14 into the real money. I guess we'll see.

As for the Japanese not liking change - honestly that probably goes for many people. Change isn't always easy (or in some cases, good) and usually takes time. This is true for just about anything that people are passionate/have an opinion about. I've seen plenty of people that seemed to poo pop the new movie well before it came out, though many of them were at least willing to see it after expressing reservations.

[KingKaiju]

So, just to touch on the box office thing one more time. Apparently over the weekend, Godzilla made well over $300 million world wide. That means that it has, at the VERY least, broken even. I think it's safe to assume, that this movie had made some good money. I wouldn't be surprised to see this movie end up making close to $400 million world wide by the time it's out of theaters. Hell I might even be giving it too small of a number. Good news for is, and good news for future Godzilla films!

[Hybrid Gojira]

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

[Henry88]

Hollywood Set for Huge June in China
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/h ... ina-707837

[HannibalBarca]

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

I just wanna see Destoroyah or something like that chokeslam Godzilla like when Matt Frank drew it in Rulers of Earth

[KingKaiju]

[Dai]

I was planning to go for my third viewing tomorrow evening, but my local cinema of choice has made the bizarre decision to include subtitles for the hard of hearing on all screenings of Godzilla for the next week. They're not doing this for any other movie.

[HannibalBarca]

To be fair, a lot of Godzilla's dialogue is hard to properly comprehend. A lot of mumbling and lines being drowned out by loud noises.

[jrichreturns]

320,000,000 I believe it was, not 380. (160 million budget)

Well, we'll just have to see what Japan does. If there's good word of mouth and has been advertised much, we can see what happens. Besides, Legendary apparently is ecstatic over the numbers in all media outlet reports. Unless someone smacks them and says, "I know more than you! You should freak out like me!" and wave their arms around the room in a flailing movement.

[MouthForWar]

Blu-Ray coming Sept. 24th

http://www.tfaw.com/Profile/Godzilla-20 ... D___454710

[HannibalBarca]

[Hybrid Gojira]

[Gyaos1965]

[Gojira-2000]

MPC Godzilla VFX breakdown - sneak peak:

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