This was quite generic. Some nice set designs but bring on Xmen.
Godzilla (2014)
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shauner111 wrote:Im not sure if i can understand where you're coming from. Saying it's a bad movie feels weird to me considering it was visually stunning, the monster fights were incredibly fun and at least we had Cranston doing some good acting. A mediocre rating is perfectly understandable but saying that you enjoyed the last Die Hard but thought Godzilla was one of the worst films you've seen. Hmmm. You at least must see some pretty good movies most of the time.Erik wrote:Went to see it today.
I am usually the guy that still finds enjoyment in bad movies. I recall seeing the latest Die Hard in cinema and still being entertained (although, I will definately not say it's a good film). The new Godzilla however, is in my opinion one of the worst films I've seen in a long time. I read a critic review that gave it a 2/5. I couldn't believe that rating, but I can now.
Boom. On the other hand, at least he didn't say it was a 'piece of shit'.shauner111 wrote:Why not? Everything is a matter of opinion.
Edit: Godzilla is a b.o. king!
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3845&p=.htm
Godzilla-King of the Box office. Savior of 2014 Summer Movies?
In every scene they managed to let the charater do the most unlogical thing possible. Let me explain:shauner111 wrote:Im not sure if i can understand where you're coming from. Saying it's a bad movie feels weird to me considering it was visually stunning, the monster fights were incredibly fun and at least we had Cranston doing some good acting. A mediocre rating is perfectly understandable but saying that you enjoyed the last Die Hard but thought Godzilla was one of the worst films you've seen. Hmmm. You at least must see some pretty good movies most of the time.Erik wrote:Went to see it today.
I am usually the guy that still finds enjoyment in bad movies. I recall seeing the latest Die Hard in cinema and still being entertained (although, I will definately not say it's a good film). The new Godzilla however, is in my opinion one of the worst films I've seen in a long time. I read a critic review that gave it a 2/5. I couldn't believe that rating, but I can now.
In other news, holy shit Erik just posted in the entertainment section.
Here we go again, I guess. Time for people to nitpick the wrong things, a la Prometheus. Intense, adrenaline-pumping action sequences picked apart because characters in disorienting, life-or-death situations aren't acting in perfectly rational ways. Nevermind that the true sins of both Prometheus and Godzilla are the fact that their themes are half-baked and muddled by rewrites. No, it seems the movie's true failure is that characters who were just hit by an EMP and saw a gigantic monster ravaging their city aren't quick enough in finding and pulling the emergency break.
2/5. Why aren't characters as smart as the rational, removed audiences who sit in the comfort of their padded chairs munching popcorn and complaining that they weren't thinking clearly?
2/5. Why aren't characters as smart as the rational, removed audiences who sit in the comfort of their padded chairs munching popcorn and complaining that they weren't thinking clearly?
It's not one thing that bothered me, the list goes on and on. Even now, I remember I forgot two things:o SHAKESPEARE o wrote:Here we go again, I guess. Time for people to nitpick the wrong things, a la Prometheus. Intense, adrenaline-pumping action sequences picked apart because characters in disorienting, life-or-death situations aren't acting in perfectly rational ways. Nevermind that the true sins of both Prometheus and Godzilla are the fact that their themes are half-baked and muddled by rewrites. No, it seems the movie's true failure is that characters who were just hit by an EMP and saw a gigantic monster ravaging their city aren't quick enough in finding and pulling the emergency break.
2/5. Why aren't characters as smart as the rational, removed audiences who sit in the comfort of their padded chairs munching popcorn and complaining that they weren't thinking clearly?
Um, yeah.
Okay, apperently I missed that. Nevermind this point then .SilverHeart wrote:Um, yeah.
Then why didn't you list that as your primary criticism? Why a drawn-out laundry list of mistakes characters make during a truly harrowing and disorienting event of that size and scope? A lack of thematic cohesion is a much more important criticism than sitting back and judging the way in which scared people act from the comfort of your theater. Plus, as SilverHeart pointed out above me, some of your criticisms of how the characters act can be explained with a better attention paid to the movie.Erik wrote:A CGI fight between two monsters does not impress me anymore if there isn't a good story behind it. Everything is possible with CGI, except apparently a good script...
I guess my frustration comes from calling a movie the worst you've seen in awhile and then justifying that hyperbolic claim with an exhausting list of nitpicks. People acting irrationally during events of mass-death is not a damning or searing criticism worthy of your initial claim. There are many problems with this movie, I agree, but historical events (as recent as September 11th) have proven that people acting hysterically during catastrophes is not out of the realm of possibility.