Originally Posted by Brack (Post 12129083)

Tickets sold is a pretty meaningless statistic to any studio.

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy (Post 12129114)

I didn't have problems with Godzilla's screentime so much; it's just that when he was offscreen, there wasn't enough compelling content to make the wait worthwhile. The movie just went dramatically limp after the first act, and never recovered.

And yes, you can say "But all Godzilla movies are like that!!" and you'd be somewhat wrong, but letting go of that for a second here was an opportunity to make something BETTER, more substantial, more compelling while not sacrificing any of the classic Godzilla/kaiju/monster movie tropes... and they blew it.

Originally Posted by Brack (Post 12129252)

Or Pokémon ;)

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy (Post 12129114)

I didn't have problems with Godzilla's screentime so much; it's just that when he was offscreen, there wasn't enough compelling content to make the wait worthwhile. The movie just went dramatically limp after the first act, and never recovered.

And yes, you can say "But all Godzilla movies are like that!!" and you'd be somewhat wrong, but letting go of that for a second here was an opportunity to make something BETTER, more substantial, more compelling while not sacrificing any of the classic Godzilla/kaiju/monster movie tropes... and they blew it.

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema (Post 12129323)

Yeah, the shitty '98 version sold more tickets, but 16 years later, we have a lot more things that can take up our free time. Twitter, Facebook, smart phones/tablets, etc..

Originally Posted by Jules Winfield (Post 12129335)

I think if Brody, Hooper, and Quint were compelling as all hell, it would've taken away from the might of Jaws's scenes.

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy (Post 12129471)

Here's why I disagree with this assessment:

If anything, the strength of those characters made the "monster" scenes even more potent. There wasn't a single moment during Godzilla that wouldn't have been improved by every character you were allegedly "supposed to care about" getting vaporized as fast as humanly possible.

Were my expectations too high? Assuredly. I really wanted something better, more substantial, and more compelling than what we were left with, which was a decisively mediocre Saturday afternoon monster flick. If you put it up against every other dopey kaiju flick ever made, it's alright. As big-budget studio fare, it's meandering at the level of your average Transformers sequel.

Originally Posted by Mondo Kane (Post 12129549)

Wow. Who knew that a Godzilla movie would be one of the most heavily-discussed films of all time? :lol:

Originally Posted by Giantrobo (Post 12113549)

Also, Cranston is cool but people are so in love with him it's getting boring. Fact is...He could've have been dropped too. Ken Watanabe could have...SHOULD HAVE... done both Cranston's and Kick Ass' roles and it would have been a nice homage to the Japanese. But no...as always...they HAVE to put a WHITE MALE in the role or else American/European viewers will have issues.