Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, Dougherty) S: Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, Eleven
#426
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Re: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, Dougherty) S: Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, Eleven
Well, I’m a 59 year old Godzilla fanboy, and my wife is going with me tomorrow, even though she could really care less, so when I write my review, between the two of us we’ll be able to come up with an honest balance on how good or bad it really is.
#427
Re: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, Dougherty) S: Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, Eleven
I didn't see the first one in theaters but I'll probably be checking this one out soon. I was a big fan of the Godzilla movies as a kid, even had the NES game. The films where he teams up with Ultraman, or has a kid, or fights King Kong were good, cheesy fun. As an adult, I much more appreciate the original 1954 Godzilla, with the Hiroshima anti-nuclear bomb allegory, and even Godzilla 1985.
I'm hoping the tone of this one shows how the devastation of these "titans" affect humanity, and it's not just humans cheering "kick his ass Godzilla! Yeah!!!!"
I'm hoping the tone of this one shows how the devastation of these "titans" affect humanity, and it's not just humans cheering "kick his ass Godzilla! Yeah!!!!"
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Re: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, Dougherty) S: Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, Eleven
question, did they film the Godzilla vs Kong movie? im surprised that its coming out next year and no word on it.
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Re: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, Dougherty) S: Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, Eleven
Word... as in... marketing? They aren't going to market that until after this comes out.
I’m assuming a post credit scene will tease it.
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#430
Re: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, Dougherty) S: Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, Eleven
Thanks to Entertainment Weekly's coverage of this film, I have now learned that Millie Bobby Brown has absolutely no relation to Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston.
https://ew.com/movies/2019/05/29/mil...ranger-things/
https://ew.com/movies/2019/05/29/mil...ranger-things/
#431
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Re: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, Dougherty) S: Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, Eleven
Thanks to Entertainment Weekly's coverage of this film, I have now learned that Millie Bobby Brown has absolutely no relation to Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston.
https://ew.com/movies/2019/05/29/mil...ranger-things/
https://ew.com/movies/2019/05/29/mil...ranger-things/
#432
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Re: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, Dougherty) S: Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, Eleven
Sounds like this is a true Godzilla movie. When I was a kid, I taped a lot of these kaiju fests off of late night TV and after an initial viewing, would pretty much fast forward through the human stuff and only watch the monster fights. While it would be nice to see a movie like the 1954 undubbed original that had some rather interesting human characters, I am fine with this approach as it is consistent with 95% of what I have seen. We get Godzilla vs. Kong regardless, and we've got all our famous kaiju in this one, so I think we've won.
#433
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Re: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, Dougherty) S: Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, Eleven
I went to buy tickets for tomorrow night for my birthday and accidentally bought them for tonight so I guess we're seeing it sooner than expected. My wife and son will be with me, my son enjoys them and my wife likes a variety of movies, so I think we'll all have a good time.
#434
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Re: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, Dougherty) S: Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, Eleven
I love how tons of people (no one here in particular) complained that 2014 Godzilla didn’t show enough of him. Now the complaint is there’s too much.
Fucking humans. We deserve to get crushed and dominated by Kaiju.
Fucking humans. We deserve to get crushed and dominated by Kaiju.
#435
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Re: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, Dougherty) S: Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, Eleven
Bingo....with many or most of these so-called "Professional Critics, like everything else Political Correctness has gotten out of hand along with taking things way too seriously especially in the area of Sci-Fi/Fantasy IGN has their review up...7.8....with heaps of praise on the CGI, action, fights and Godzilla kicking serious booty.....but then does a slight put-down on the characters, their use, the plot.....which how many times have we seen that complaint in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movies.... https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/05...onsters-review.
I'm not saying you (or anyone) will have the same response to the characters and plot of this that I did (I actually think the skeleton of the plot is fine, it's just the dialog and characters leave a lot to be desired), but I just think it's unfair to scoff at people who want a better movie surrounding the giant monster action. Doesn't have to be oscar worthy shit either, but again I use Skull Island as a good example of a movie like this delivering on most fronts.
I think that IGN review is more than fair. Maybe even a bit generous.
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Re: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, Dougherty) S: Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, Eleven