Godzilla 2014 Movie Blurb by Shale May 17, 2014 Of course this was the movie to see this weekend and it was the box office leader. 72% of the aggregate reviews on Rottentomatoes rated this movie "fresh" and it seems to be one of those critics' movies that has some beauty that I did not see but going in I had this nagging thot: "Why are they making this movie?" Godzilla is nearly as old as me. This is the 60th anniversary since the first man in a rubber suit trashed Tokyo. I didn't see that one in theater, but have seen it on black & white TV in the '70s, just as I have seen in passing many of the 28 Godzilla movies made by Toho Films. Perhaps there is a cult following of Godzilla movies. Ppl often note that I try to enjoy movies and that my blurbs are seldom negative. Well, not only will this be one of the exceptions but I get to go against 72 % of the real movie critics in the other direction this time. To get in the mood for this movie I put in my video of the 1998 Godzilla movie, which I enjoyed seeing in theater and which I thot was infinitely better and more entertaining than this one. That movie did poorly in the box office and the critics fairly trashed it. Maybe something is wrong with me. Anyhow, this movie doesn't have Godzilla being a mutant because of the radiation from nuclear tests in the Pacific, he and the two other MUTO (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism) come from a time millions of years ago when the world was radioactive and they live on the stuff. The first appearance of the MUTOs and destruction takes place in 1999 when one escapes from its underground egg chamber and goes after a Japanese Nuke Plant for food. Nuclear Physicist Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston) and his wife Sandy (Juliette Binoche) are in that mess when the plant is destroyed. Years later, Joe is trying to figure out what went wrong and why the coverup when his military officer son Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) has to go to Japan to bail him out of jail for trespassing. Nuclear Scientist & Son They uncover the secret at about the same time that the radioactive, electromagnetic field inducing creature crawls out to wreak havoc again. Seems these huge things from another epoc are going to mate and lay eggs in San Francisco. Then Godzilla shows up and the monsters get to fight it out in some good old Godzilla style matches reminiscent of the old Toho movies. 1954 with 2014 CGI. These monsters have energy literally coursing thru their bodies and Godzilla can spew blue-light energy from his mouth - none of the smoke of the past. And the major cities that they fight in are left a ruined shambles. I really did not care for this movie. I didn't like the look of Godzilla - preferred the 1998 one better and the spindly-legged flying reptile thingies looked like they were from another planet (Which I suppose a radioactive earth woulda been) but they were too metallic and angular looking. So, if you're really into the Godzilla franchise, go see this movie and enjoy it in 3-D or IMAX. I won't be seeing it again. I'll stay home and watch Cloverfield, or Pacific Rim or Godzilla 1998.
I saw this flic last night, and one of the major problems was that Godzilla seemed like a secondary character for almost the whole movie. Then at the very end he dukes it out with the two MUTOs in the scene that made the whole movie worth, and almost let me forget that there was a dumb sub-plot about the family... Also, as a Godzilla freak, I was disappointed with the MUTOs, because that was the only name they ever gave them. At first, I thought it might be Mothra, just because of the wings, but the further into the movie I got, the more confused I was on the identity of the MUTOs... And S P O I L E R S P A C E Bryan Cranston is one of my favorite actors of all time, and he dies way too soon.... But I liked the CGI, and again, the final fight was so epic I almost shit myself...
I'll see this just cos I want to see what the CGI looks like, and on the big screen But Pacific Rim was such an awesome movie, silly in some parts, but the subplots were about the Jaegers, which where half the monsters, not just some lame on the ground as-seen-by family. I dont see how this will beat Pacific Rim, PR2 is the one I really want to see
I thought the CGI for Godzilla was great, but very lacking for the MUTOs. There were a few plot holes, and a few things that didn't make since to me. Plus, I didn't like how they skipped over the first 2 fights. Overall, it was a good movie, but not great. Sent from my XT1028 using Tapatalk
I loved it. Sure, there were a few inconsistencies in the driving plot. The two big ones being: "I know you just got home from the military but ignore me and your young son, go fly away to hang out with your crazy father whose got himself in trouble yet again." And Ken Watanabe's "Screw the civilians, I wanna see some monsters duke it out." But the plot isn't what we were here for, and it was good enough to serve it's purpose: as a vehicle for near-apocalyptic destruction and monster fights. And the destruction and the monsters were awesome. Sure, I felt teased by the fights that weren't shown; but I liked getting a sense of the human frenzy that such monsters would cause. And the monsters causing that frenzy, boy were they something. They seemed so real and possible. The little touches of realistic behavior, like when the male MUTO gave his lady a gift to feed on really made them. Both they and Godzilla were a great mix of terrifying and amazing, and I'd even say, a touch adorable.
I wan not expecting those laser beams then i realized it was there in previous Godzilla also just in that it fires from its eyes.
