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Godzilla...Yay or Nay?
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Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
#1 - 2014-05-22 22:32:23 UTC
So, Godzilla's been out in theaters. The only theater that's close to me that's playing it over the weekend is an AMC theater just of the highway I'm close to. Thing is, there pricing is **** and the "cheap" tickets are about ten bucks or more per adult. So, I was wondering if anyone has already went to see it and can tell me if it's worth it.

Note, I'm not expecting much in the way of story, I'm honestly just hoping it does a better job than the last Godzilla movie i went to see. The one the labeled Godzilla as a giant iguana and had terrible acting.

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"Trouble is, those things cost like a million and a half each."

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Riyria Twinpeaks
Perkone
Caldari State
#2 - 2014-05-22 23:18:34 UTC
I was entertained. Definitely more Godzilla than the iguana one.
Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
#3 - 2014-05-23 00:00:56 UTC
Gf down vote it.

So I changed plan to see x man for weekend instead it start screening tomorrow.

might do block session and see both.

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Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#4 - 2014-05-23 08:57:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Debora Tsung
Sobaan Tali wrote:
So, Godzilla's been out in theaters. The only theater that's close to me that's playing it over the weekend is an AMC theater just of the highway I'm close to. Thing is, there pricing is **** and the "cheap" tickets are about ten bucks or more per adult. So, I was wondering if anyone has already went to see it and can tell me if it's worth it.

Note, I'm not expecting much in the way of story, I'm honestly just hoping it does a better job than the last Godzilla movie i went to see. The one the labeled Godzilla as a giant iguana and had terrible acting.

Look here: Angry Joes Godzilla review

and here: Jeremy Jahns Non-Spoiler Godzilla review

EDIT: In essence both say, go watch it. Also, Jeremy Jahns has a spoiler review on his site if you want to be 100% sure.

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Aspalis
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2014-05-23 09:56:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Aspalis
No. Just no.

I expected to be entertained at least because if you go to see a big dumb monster movie with big dumb monsters slapping the everliving snot out of each other, not only do you expect that you are about to see a big dumb monster movie about monsters, you also expect to be entertained and while Godzilla has a couple of minutes of monsters pounding the crap out of each other, what you really are getting is a movie about people and people talking.

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JetCord
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#6 - 2014-05-23 12:44:20 UTC
I'm a fan of godzilla (got all the novels and the DVDs)

but for this movie i would say NO

i would recommend you to watch x-men days of future past instead or edge of tomorrow
Da'iel Zehn
Evil Frosty's Premium Liqours and Fine Wines
#7 - 2014-05-23 16:39:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Da'iel Zehn
I liked Godzilla 2014 okay, but there could have been a lot more time spent on monsters fighting, people being squished, and stuff being destroyed. Smile

If I had a choice, I'd go see X-Men and wait for Godzilla to come out on DVD.

Def better than the last lizard like Godzilla with babies one.
Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#8 - 2014-05-23 17:04:27 UTC
The movie is fine. The "big problem" is, that it focuses a lot on the people, but the people it relies on aren't written well enough to carry that load and give the needed emotional impact. It had two ways to be better. Either admit they can't write characters people get emotionally attached to and focus more on the monster aspect or learn to write characters and cast suitable actors to play the parts. Not killing off the likeliest character to be able to fill that part and replacing him with a wooden stick would also have been acceptable.
Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2014-05-23 19:41:00 UTC
I didn't know there were people who actually watch Godzilla. I thought that was one of those cheap movies they made back when it was difficult to make a movie entertaining. I watched about 15 minutes of it and realized that the monster bashing was boring and most of the movie wasn't monster bashing but was even more boring people talking about monster bashing.

I think that old famous line sums it up: "Gojira!!!"

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#10 - 2014-05-23 22:31:56 UTC
Cant be any worse than the last one.
Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
#11 - 2014-05-24 01:45:20 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback, guys. As it turns out, I'm gonna be strapped for the weekend anyways (my little cousin is having his birthday). No biggy, it wont kill me to wait for it on DVD, especially since I wouldn't be paying for much more either (one reason I hate AMC theaters, it's bad enough everything else in a theater cost an arm and a leg).

"Tomahawks?"

"----in' A, right?"

"Trouble is, those things cost like a million and a half each."

"----, you pay me half that and I'll hump in some c4 and blow the ---- out of it my own damn self."
JetCord
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#12 - 2014-05-25 12:54:12 UTC
Sobaan Tali wrote:
Thanks for all the feedback, guys. As it turns out, I'm gonna be strapped for the weekend anyways (my little cousin is having his birthday). No biggy, it wont kill me to wait for it on DVD, especially since I wouldn't be paying for much more either (one reason I hate AMC theaters, it's bad enough everything else in a theater cost an arm and a leg).



well that is what wrong for theater in US and Britain - they cost a lot to watch a movie
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2014-05-25 14:25:39 UTC
To quote one of my office minions.

"Why cant Godzilla wreck Tokyo for once?"

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Riyria Twinpeaks
Perkone
Caldari State
#14 - 2014-05-25 16:57:35 UTC
Graygor wrote:
To quote one of my office minions.

"Why cant Godzilla wreck Tokyo for once?"


Wasn't there lots of that in the past? ^^
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#15 - 2014-05-25 17:02:14 UTC
Riyria Twinpeaks wrote:
Graygor wrote:
To quote one of my office minions.

"Why cant Godzilla wreck Tokyo for once?"


Wasn't there lots of that in the past? ^^


He also attacked the hollywood godzilla in Sydney
Uriel Paradisi Anteovnuecci
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#16 - 2014-05-26 23:55:59 UTC
It was AWESOME.

I grew up watching old godzilla movies all the time, so this made me feel like a little kid again...haha

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Garandras
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2014-05-27 02:12:13 UTC
I think the main hate for this movie, is from people who haven't actually watched any of the 50years worth if godzilla movies that come from Japan.

This new American one is actually relatively true to the older movies
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2014-05-27 07:58:46 UTC
Destination SkillQueue wrote:
The movie is fine. The "big problem" is, that it focuses a lot on the people, but the people it relies on aren't written well enough to carry that load and give the needed emotional impact. It had two ways to be better. Either admit they can't write characters people get emotionally attached to and focus more on the monster aspect or learn to write characters and cast suitable actors to play the parts. Not killing off the likeliest character to be able to fill that part and replacing him with a wooden stick would also have been acceptable.


But are there explosions???

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