Thought the score was absolutely terrific but the movie was a bit lacking. The last thirty minutes were really thrilling but I found the rest to be quite the slog honestly.
When I walked out of Godzilla 1998 I said "That was a wretched film, but that score was amazing! I can't wait to buy it".
It took a decade and the creation of my own record label to make it happen.
After walking out of Blahzilla tonight I can only say this -- I wouldn't start my own label to release that score.
MV
Wow, seriously MV? You weren't impressed at all? I remember the horror of experiencing the 1998 fiasco and hating the whole feel of the score as it conveyed very little sense of threat or dread but was that 'Hollywood action movie' sound. Not the talented Mr Arnold's fault as I'm sure I read he was told to go in that direction for the ultimate GINO experience!This new one on the other hand, for me perfectly balanced the feel of a modern score but also seemed to be channelling the feel of the great classic Ifukube works for the old series. I certainly walked out of the Theatre one happy G fan.
Really needed a Carl Gottlieb/John Milius script doctoring. The movie is too deadly serious about ignoring its utter absurdity, not nearly as much fun as it should be, and only leaves you wanting more, not because it was so good, but because it was so bland and could have so easily been a little better with just a few clever winks at the audience. Not a complete misfire, but really missed the mark. "Godzilla Interruptious" would have been a better title for it.
Based on what a few others here have said (particularly Charles whose word carries a fair amount of weight with me), I'm quite looking forward to seeing this.
I'm gonna wait a while until the fuss dies down, though. That's just my way. I might even be able to drag The Missus along.
When I walked out of Godzilla 1998 I said "That was a wretched film, but that score was amazing! I can't wait to buy it".
It took a decade and the creation of my own record label to make it happen.
After walking out of Blahzilla tonight I can only say this -- I wouldn't start my own label to release that score.
MV
Wow, seriously MV? You weren't impressed at all? I remember the horror of experiencing the 1998 fiasco and hating the whole feel of the score as it conveyed very little sense of threat or dread but was that 'Hollywood action movie' sound. Not the talented Mr Arnold's fault as I'm sure I read he was told to go in that direction for the ultimate GINO experience!This new one on the other hand, for me perfectly balanced the feel of a modern score but also seemed to be channelling the feel of the great classic Ifukube works for the old series. I certainly walked out of the Theatre one happy G fan.
The score on a technical level is fantastic but thematically lacking. The last 15 minutes is a lot of fun but everything leading up to it is boring as hell. So poorly written and horrifically acted . You can replace Aaron Taylor with a plank of wood and get a more emotional performance. And enough of the teasing. We paid to see Godzilla lets have him on the screen for more than 10 minutes .
We paid to see Godzilla lets have him on the screen for more than 10 minutes .
Having read a couple of reviews, this is what's holding me back from rushing out to go and see it... I was expecting King Kong screen time from this movie!
We paid to see Godzilla lets have him on the screen for more than 10 minutes .
Having read a couple of reviews, this is what's holding me back from rushing out to go and see it... I was expecting King Kong screen time from this movie!
Haven't seen the movie but it's refreshing to hear there is a movie that centers on story and characters and slowly ramps up the action with a grand final. Though it sounds like the journey towards the payoff sucked. No surprise, this directors first movie Monsters was painfully awful. Still I applaud the approach over the senseless non-stop action video games masquerading as movies nowadays.
I thought it was the worst movie I ever saw. No exaggeration. Simply the most boring film, ever made. It's not possible for me to have hated it more, or to have been more disappointed.
Unfortunely, this is what happens when you make a old fashioned film without recurring to a CGI fest, dumb humour and action every 5 minutes. People calls it boring and the worst thing ever? Thank God Spielberg didn't released Jaws and Jurassic Park on this time, they wouldn't have turned into classics.
