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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1      Non-Film Score Discussion: GODZILLA (2014) - I Couldn't See Anything!   Last Post   Posted:   Oct 16, 2014 - 10:02 PM     By:   Montana Dave   (Member) I had not seen any trailers, nor did I see the film at a theater. I was so excited in anticipation of this new Godzilla too. I got the Blu Ray from Netflix today and viewed the film this evening. I thought I was losing my eyesight, nearly everything is shot in the dark. Even the daylight scenes in San Francisco are so black and shades of black, I couldn't make out what was happening. To be fair, even if there was some light thrown onscreen, I still would not have been able to tell what was happening - the film was a total mess! This is the DARKEST film I can ever remember seeing, even when I back lighted it and / or turned up the brightness - nope. I can't blame this film's 'look' on the late and talented 'Prince of Darkness' D.P, Gordon Willis either. Was it just me or my blu ray disc, or was this a problem in theaters as well?    Posted:   Oct 16, 2014 - 10:32 PM     By:   Jim Cleveland   (Member) .    Posted:   Oct 17, 2014 - 1:06 AM     By:   gone   (Member) I rented it this week and thought the same basic thing ... a lot of night scenes to help ease the cost of better CGI I assumed. SPOILERS: ------------- The movie was somewhat better than I expected (I had set the bar at floor level), but basically it is a mess of a screen play and story line in general. It seemed interesting that they spent so much time dealing with nuclear warheads and then nothing blows up. I didn't even realize til the end that Godzilla is a 'good guy'. Perhaps it's for a sequel that I hope does not happen. (or part of the Godzilla mythology I'm not acquainted with)    Posted:   Oct 17, 2014 - 1:42 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) That's strange. Yes, there are a lot of night sequences, but I can't remember them being particularly dark compared to other night scenes in other movies (I saw it in the theatre). For the most part, I thought it was wonderfully shot by Seamus McGarvey. I also loved the film itself and the way the whole thing was conceptualized (more emphasis on the monster & less on the humans, sometimes just an observation instead of full-on action etc.). Very philosophical.    Posted:   Oct 17, 2014 - 5:27 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) Nothing wrong with your eye sight, Godzilla was MIA in the film.    Posted:   Oct 17, 2014 - 5:51 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) Nothing wrong with your eye sight, Godzilla was MIA in the film. He was in it for the perfect amount of time and with perfect amount of screen exposure.    Posted:   Oct 17, 2014 - 6:07 AM     By:   mastadge   (Member) However much he was in it, he really enjoys coming out of smoke and fog and disappearing into smoke and fog!    Posted:   Oct 17, 2014 - 7:23 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) However much he was in it, he really enjoys coming out of smoke and fog and disappearing into smoke and fog! Who doesn't?    Posted:   Oct 17, 2014 - 2:23 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) sOUNDS LIKE Del Toro's PACIFIC RIM! cgi always looks better if you cant see it LOL! brm    Posted:   Oct 17, 2014 - 3:26 PM     By:   CinemaScope   (Member) There's been comments on other sites about the darkness of the Blu-ray, even from our own Hainshisway. Funny, none of the reviews ever mention it.    Posted:   Oct 17, 2014 - 4:10 PM     By:   TM2-Megatron   (Member) I've watched the Blu-Ray, both 2-D and 3-D, and didn't notice any unusual darkness to the picture.     Non-Film Score Discussion: GODZILLA (2014) - I Couldn't See Anything!    < 1  >   Go to page:  1   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1

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