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OK, so who cried at the end?

posted 16 years ago by JohnnyOldSoul
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I know I'm opening myself up to a lot of ribbing, but I've had a few Vodkas, so I'm feeling brave.

Did anyone find the end of this film remarkably touching? I first saw the film (in it's adulterated, 1985 American makeover) while I was working at a movie theatre in the early 1990s. As the Godzilla creature was dying, crying out as he burned to death in the volcano, I actually started crying!

Godzilla (in this film, anyway) was simply a product of our human ingenuity when it comes to finding ways to destroy ourself (nuclear weapons, etc) and in turn it came to bit us on the bum (Godzilla.)

I can't be the ONLY one who was genuinely touched by the creature's demise, can I? Hey, at least I'm man enough to admit it publically!

[–] Godzilla1981 9 years ago

I did, as a kid. I was totally shocked that they put him in a volcano (even though I'd already seen the original film where he gets oxygen destroyed).

Of course I found out in Biolante many years later, in my teens, that they actually had him survive even a volcano, and that there was a whole other 90s series I didn't even know about lol.

[–] Woodyanders 8 years ago

Yeah, that ending was very poignant indeed. You could tell that none of those Japanese people really wanted to kill Godzilla, but clearly had no choice but to do exactly that just the same.

I've been chasing grace/ But grace ain't easy to find

[–] millsey72 (10539) 6 years ago

How can any grown adult cry over a fantasy like Godzilla?

[–] Washingtonnative (2613) 5 years ago

I didn't cry at the end. But I sure felt sad for Godzilla then.

[–] FilmBuff (7343) 5 years ago

If done well, a movie can bring me to tears, but not the maudlin, cornball ending to this one.

[–] lm362 (341) 4 years ago

I admit it. I cried on first view and still cry when I see that scene

[–] jk90us (7657) a year ago

My 7 year old son did. He was — and still is — a huge Godzilla fan.

I saw this in the theater (and didn’t cry) and showed it to him on VHS years later. He cried when Godzilla died.

Then I put in the next movie, Godzilla vs Biollante, to show him he was just fine. He survived the volcano.