This movie is one of my favorite monster movies (maybe evolution is better) and I don't get why people trash it? I love the style, action interlaced with cool lines and funny comic relief.
Viewing it the 2014 version REALLY stinks, it is implausible and a boring mess of a plot. This is straight forward action and suspense. Great acting and cute and bad ass characters.
Is it one of these fanboy things?
A giant monster movie where the monster does nothing but run away from the military. GINO is a huge pile of trash, one of the worst monster movies ever made
shareThe people that "hate" the film -- fans of the original series, mostly -- are just very vocal about it.
"Dreams die hard and you hold them in your hands long after they've turned to dust."
Frankly i never got why hardcore godzilla fans thought godzilla was seem to be some deep character like Batman. Who needs to be protected from cheesiness. When it comes down to it. Godzilla is a monster. Who comes out the ocean to destroy the city while killing thousand and stops some other monsters. And after the mayham. Some character says something stupidly ironic. like "Godzilla save us." No he didn't you dumbass. He destoryed your *beep* city. Now i love watching Godzilla Movie. But i don't follow some stupid idea that godzilla is a deep character. And the only time the Godzilla ever came to being dead serious was the original. And its not like Toho dose have its fair share of stink bombs and cheesy movies. Godzilla vs the Smog Monster is far worse than this. At Best Godzilla is a metaphor.
shareI only watched one or two godzilla movies as a kid. Since then I just find the effects and the story too cheesy and silly. It's just too old and nostalgic to capture me. But this movie was perfect? The right mix of science and fiction. Plus good storytelling.
shareYeah, it's a great piece of storytelling...if you never saw JAWS, JURASSIC PARK, ALIENS, or the 1976 KING KONG, which this "classic" lifts from wholesale. And that Maria Pitillo went on to such a great career!
shareLike how half of the Godzilla series (including the original) lifts from other films?
Hint: it's not a bad thing.
I saw worlds burning. I saw more; I saw the birth of a star..
I'm not sure how many of the creative minds behind the original GODZILLA saw THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS other than Tomoyuki Tanaka, but there ARE a few plot elements borrowed from KING KONG. The islanders in both films feed the monsters young girls and worship the title beasties as gods. Both monsters attack trains, but there's at least one storyboard where Godzilla resembles the Rhedosaurus.
shareQuite a lot of visuals and ideas are lifted from/inspired by/influenced by BEAST (excluding the whole 'it was awakened/mutated by the nuclear radiation!' ordeal): the creature attacks a boat in the beginning; throughout, the creature is lit by big flashlights; there is a scene where the creature has a nice meeting with electric cables; and so on and so forth.
The point is: if I were to criticize films based on what is not in any way reminiscent of other works, I'd have quite a few 'good' films on my table.
I saw worlds burning. I saw more; I saw the birth of a star.
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It just so happens that a Japanese fishing called The Lucky Dragon No#5. wandered into an H-Bomb testing site, and the opening scenes of GODZILLA were based on that. But in favor of your case, there are sketches of Godzilla on storyboards that look like the Rhedosaurus.
shareCan I have a link to said storyboards? This is incredibly intriguing.
I saw worlds burning. I saw more; I saw the birth of a star.
"it is implausible"
LOL
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