Godzilla (2014)

paddy kerins

Not much is known about this yet although a presentation will be featured at this summers Comic-Con.

Gareth Edwards (Monsters) is directing from a script by David Goyer which has been rewritten by Max Borenstein, set for release in 2014

Here's some early concept art for the man himself

johnny_ultimate

The 1954 original shall not be beaten. Dodgy monster effects aside, its reflections on nuclear energy are surprisingly poignant and timeless.

Monsters was solid if overhyped. Could be interesting, but American Godzilla is inherently wrong.

krudler

set in Japan, yay, set in America, boo.

Galvasean

Can't imagine it being set in anywhere other than America TBH.

DrumSteve

Yeah, I'd imagine the Japanese might be a bit sensitive about Nuclear disaster films at the moment...

JohnnyRyan99

Monsters was a gem of a film, but a Godzilla film will be an entirely different tone you'd imagine! Monsters had a great heart and was at times beautiful.

But ye give me a large angry monster tearing down cities and I'll be gobbling that shít up all day long! I look forward!

Gareth Edwards proved what he could do with an almost-micro budget; Monsters had top notch effects, most of which were done from his own computer. I'm excited to see what he could do with a big-budget movie.

Corkfeen

Seems an appropriate time as any...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG0z_EALv6U

In regards to a new Godzilla, I have as low expectations as ever... :pac:

Turtyturd

They should go the shaky cam, recorded by the survivors route to give it some originality.









Where is that Cloverfield sequel?

Mickeroo

I want anti-hero Godzilla saving the day against Mothra or Mechastreisand and I want it now.

kenyard

DrumSteve wrote: »

Yeah, I'd imagine the Japanese might be a bit sensitive about Nuclear disaster films at the moment...

win comment :P

anyways cant beat another godzilla.. they never followed up on the ~2000's one even though they had the ending they had

Scanlas The 2nd

kenyard wrote: »

DrumSteve wrote: »

Yeah, I'd imagine the Japanese might be a bit sensitive about Nuclear disaster films at the moment...

win comment :P

anyways cant beat another godzilla.. they never followed up on the ~2000's one even though they had the ending they had

It was released in 1998.

Ridley

kenyard wrote: »

win comment :P

anyways cant beat another godzilla.. they never followed up on the ~2000's one even though they had the ending they had

Godzilla: The Series was the sequel to that film apparently.

Galvasean

Mickeroo wrote: »

I want anti-hero Godzilla saving the day against Mothra or Mechastreisand and I want it now.

I'd imagine they will save that for a sequel. I liked that anti-hero dynamic played out in many of the Japanese films where Godzilla was our only hope of defeating some other monster, but more than capable of tearing us a new one if not managed properly.

Looking at that concept art it seems they are going for the more traditional appearance. I might get crucified for this, but I quite liked the more 'modern dinosaur' appearance of the American 'zilla.

johnny_ultimate

Galvasean wrote: »

I might get crucified for this, but I quite liked the more 'modern dinosaur' appearance of the American 'zilla.

Oi, get back to the paleontology forum, dinosaur boy! :P

Galvasean

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Oi, get back to the paleontology forum, dinosaur boy! :P

Feathered Godzilla FTW! :pac:

Antar Bolaeisk

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

It was released in 1998.

Now I feel old, thank you very much.

I remember going to see it in the cinema and thinking throughout that the velociraptors were so much better in Jurassic Park.

Scanlas The 2nd

Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

It was released in 1998.

Now I feel old, thank you very much.

I remember going to see it in the cinema and thinking throughout that the velociraptors were so much better in Jurassic Park.

Remember think inking that too, the baby godZillas were like bambi on ice.

candy-gal1

Watching 2001s, or after reading this was it 1998 i cant remember tis the one with Matthew Brodrick, Godzilla right now and just saw this thread, im actually looking forward to this tbh, i do imho think that the american version is and will probably be a bit better but we shall see

PerrinV2

Randomly landed on the Godzilla imdb page.
Some cast are listed Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen

Riddle101

Bryan Cranston seems to be in everything nowadays. It's funny how far he's come since Malcolm in the Middle.

Galvasean

He deserves his success TBH. Fine actor.

JP Liz V1

Interesting that both David S. Goyer and Frank Darabont were involved with the script for this reboot

Galvasean

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Frank Darabont

Let's just hope utilizing him doesn't turn out to be a big Mistake.

paddy kerins

Poster



Concept art

mike65

Ah one of the big flops of 2014, you read it here first.

NothingMan

I'm confused? Are people here prasing Broderick's Godzilla? It was tripe!

pixelburp

My expectations for this couldn't be lower. Despite there being a promising director at the helm, there's no reason to believe this will be even remotely watchable or competent. Thus, I can only be pleasantly surprised by the end result. With any other way lies madness.

Galvasean wrote: »

[...]
Looking at that concept art it seems they are going for the more traditional appearance. I might get crucified for this, but I quite liked the more 'modern dinosaur' appearance of the American 'zilla.

Of all the things wrong with the 1998 production, and by god there were plenty, the design of Godzilla wasn't the worst offender. There's only so much creativity you can bring to the 'Giant Lizard' table, and the dinosaur appearance kinda worked. Still doesn't forgive the baby Godzillas though.

pixelburp

Worth mentioning as well btw that for those who hated the 1998 design, Toho acknowledged this, retconned that particular monster as 'Zilla' and included him as cannon-fodder in one of the subsequent Godzilla movies. Now that's how you do fan-service

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIcExdpsEcQ

Why are people branding this as a failure so early on?

Galvasean

Deleted User wrote: »

Why are people branding this as a failure so early on?

So they can say I told you so?

Call me old skool, but I like to wait until I've at least seen a trailer before making such predictions.
That said, I did claim that Michael Bay's Transformers would become a multi-billion dollar franchise before there was even any concept art out.

goose2005

Nothing could ever top this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEa6Hum0b4

pixelburp

Deleted User wrote: »

Why are people branding this as a failure so early on?

What, all of one person? In fairness it's a second attempt at transferring a relatively niche genre from Japanese cinema to American shores, with the first US Godzilla being something of a well-known trainwreck (that could still figure in the public's mind) Then you look at Pacific Rim's apparently unimpressive takings at the Box Office & one wonders if the appetite exists for big Monster movies such as Godzilla.

Time will tell of course, and it's all supposition for now & maybe I sounded earlier like I'm writing the film off completely, but nobody's silly enough to judge too harshly before even a single trailer has aired; wisest option is to temper expectations way back, in case of another disappointment. I know I will

Zombienosh

Look at cloverfield, that done well did it? I loved Cloverfield. A monster movie done with that darkness works well.

.ak

Would I be lynched if I admitted liking the American Godzilla?

pixelburp

Zombienosh wrote: »

Look at cloverfield, that done well did it? I loved Cloverfield. A monster movie done with that darkness works well.

True, though from what I recall Cloverfield benefited from a pretty strong viral / marketing campaign that got the public interested by way of being a massive mystery; it had a brilliantly ambiguous & edited initial trailer that kept its cards close to its chest - for the longest while it wasn't clear what Cloverfield was - with 'normal' news outlets joining in the mystery...

We shall see though; hopefully Comic Con will yield some form of trailer anyway...

.ak wrote: »

Would I be lynched if I admitted liking the American Godzilla?

Depends on what you liked about it, but generally? Yes, you're a bad person. Go to a corner :P

.ak

Just liked it as a big, leave your brain at the door, blockbuster... in the same way I like independence day. Guilty pleasures, I guess.

endacl

DrumSteve wrote: »

Yeah, I'd imagine the Japanese might be a bit sensitive about Nuclear disaster films at the moment...

Maybe not. The original was a reflection on Hiroshima/Nagasaki. Which was very recent history at the time.

Star Lord

.ak wrote: »

Just liked it as a big, leave your brain at the door, blockbuster... in the same way I like independence day. Guilty pleasures, I guess.

I did too, but I'm looking forward to this one too.

BlitzKrieg

I really hope they run with some monster island or similar scenario, trying to redo the Godzilla vs man scenario does not translate to hollywood mostly because they wont (cant?) show the US army getting its ass proper whooped in american cinema*. They always got to come back and win which every Godzilla fan knows DOES NOT HAPPEN in a Godzilla movie.



*I mean proper whooped, sure you might see a battle or two go bad, but usually at the end of every movie the US army is still organized still fighting and winning. See: Independence day, transformers, Godzilla 98, war of the worlds, battle los angelus etc etc

Handsome Bob

Well, going by those posters this Godzilla will be absolutely gigantic, or maybe it's just misleading marketing. :pac:

I liked the 98 Godzilla.


There I said it, actually I think I love it!

The Manhattan project coming back to bite it in the arse. Great stuff.

Can't sleep and its far too warm to do anything so I decided to throw on Godzilla kill two hours. The decision to throw out the original script where Godzilla fought other monsters and instead focus on Godzilla vs. the Army was the films first mistaken. It's simply not that interesting and not all that fun. Casting Matthew Broderick was the second mistake, he's the least imposing hero you could imagine and is about as interesting as a damp sponge. He has absolutely no screen presence here and you really wish that Jean Reno had been given more to do.

Visually the film is quite nice though the decision to shoot every screen in the middle if a rainstorm makes everything look murky. I'm sure it was done do as to make the FX work look more impressive by hiding any shortcomings but all it really accomplishes is make a truly impressive FX creation look cheap.

Galvasean

Handsome Bob wrote: »

Well, going by those posters this Godzilla will be absolutely gigantic, or maybe it's just misleading marketing. :pac:

They exaggerated his size in the '98 one too.

cena

I liked the 98 movie. A family friend brought myself and the two brothers. She used to mind us if the parents had to go somewhere.

Galvasean

I loved it as a kid. I watched it a year or two ago and it's nowhere near as rubbish as it is made out to be. It's far from a classic, but I've seen a lot of much worse blockbusters.

Duggy747

I always found it to be a passable film, not a very good film by any means but watchable.

Broderick, though, is completely annoying in it. Anybody cast in his role would have been better and probably would've given the film a bit more fun, he has the on-screen personality of a wet shìte.

krudler

Galvasean wrote: »

I loved it as a kid. I watched it a year or two ago and it's nowhere near as rubbish as it is made out to be. It's far from a classic, but I've seen a lot of much worse blockbusters.

It's not that bad, the final act with the mini Zillas is awful but it has some good moments in the first half. Cardboard cutout characters and cliches aplenty but meh, seen a lot worse in recent years blockbuster wise. 1998 was a pretty terrible summer for movies, Armageddon was probably the best of the bunch and that ain't saying much, in a summer with The Avengers, Lost In Space, Deep Impact, shudder.

missingtime

I liked the Jamiroquai song that was on its soundtrack.

Duggy747

missingtime wrote: »

I liked the Jamiroquai song that was on its soundtrack.

You bastard, now it's stuck in my head again after getting it out of there all those years ago!

Just after finishing up the second half of the film and I'm not going to lie, it's a bloody enjoyable film. It's far from a great film and the script could seriously do with a rewrite or three but for a bit of throw away spectacle it's a lot of fun and I can see why I enjoyed it so much in the cinema when it first came out. It's big, dumb fun and at the time those FX were astounding. Much of the CGI looks dated now but there are moments such as when Godzilla is trapped on the suspension bridge that hold up very well.

If you removed Broderick, the love story, the baby Zillas and instead focused on Godzilla tearing his way across the US with the Army in pusuit then you could have quite a better film but considering how low my expectations were what I got was pleasantly surprising and a film that's no where near as bad as it's reputation would lead you to believe.