Talk:Godzilla (2014)

Are people going to whine and cry about this Godzilla not being of the same tired old 1950s monster design, too? Spartan198 (talk) 03:08, 13 May 2014 (EDT)

I thought the biggest criticism of the 1998 film was that it just wasn't a very good movie. --Funkychinaman (talk) 03:41, 13 May 2014 (EDT)

Excluding semantic stuff (i.e., New York instead of Tokyo, American cast instead of Japanese, etc.), was the plot really that different from the original 1954 film? Mutated iguana the size of a skyscraper attacks city, residents flee in terror while military proves woefully ineffective against said mutated iguana. That's both movies in a nutshell, so what makes the 1998 movie any worse than the original? Spartan198 (talk) 09:18, 13 May 2014 (EDT)

Matthew Broderick --Clonehunter (talk) 12:46, 13 May 2014 (EDT)

You can't look past one actor? I'm not that fond of Jake Gyllenhaal or Mark Wahlberg, but I still thoroughly enjoyed The Day After Tomorrow and Shooter. Spartan198 (talk) 20:13, 13 May 2014 (EDT)

Guys, you do realize that talk pages are supposed to be used for discussing guns in the movie, not for expressing opinions about the film? I realize I'm not really active on the site too much, which means that I've more-or-less surrendered my admin cred, but I think you're better off keeping this discussion in the "Off Topic" section of the forum. -MT2008 (talk) 22:26, 13 May 2014 (EDT)

As a Godzilla fan myself, here's my take on the film; the first act isn't done too well, by by the second act the movie gets a whole lot better, especially with the final monster battle. The only things worth nitpicking about this film is that a character that was overhyped in the trailers died in the middle of this film, the monsters (or MUTOs) that Godzilla fights in this film were unoriginal and recycling the "Cloverfield monster look" just like every other monster film is doing these days (except Pacific Rim), the human characters and the dialogue were a bit bland, the MUTOs took the center stage way too much while Godzilla seemed to take a backseat the whole time, and the backstory they gave for Godzilla and the MUTOs was meh, at best.

But the positives are as follows; Godzilla and the other monsters' near-invincibility towards military weaponry, seeing both him and the MUTOs fuck the shit out of major cities and places like Janjira, Waikiki, Honolulu, Las Vegas, the Golden Gate Bridge and San Fransisco was MILES better than the 'minor damage' that the 1998 "iguana-Godzilla" caused, the monster battles and the battles between the monsters and the military was very well done and shows how these monsters are almost god-like with their presence and power, and for all the scenes involving the humans, it was ok at best. Maybe they could've drawn more inspiration from the original 1954 film, but for what it was worth, it worked well for the most part. And lastly, Godzilla's appearance and characteristic traits; much, MUCH better than the previous American adaptation.

This film is definitely a 7 to 8 star film. --ThatoneguyJosh (talk) 08:15, 25 May 2014 (EDT)