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Big Mac posted:I thought about not seeing a body meaning she might still be alive, but at the same time I was so struck with how intensely the atomic blast hit and leveled everything, that I believed not showing a body was another callback to the atomic bombs and the total vaporization of so many of the victims. I was actually theorizing earlier today about this. We see multiple times Godzilla regenerating from battle damage, and even regrowing in some sort of membrane after being destroyed in the final confrontation. We also get that cliffhanger shot of dark black veins on Noriko's neck. This makes me wonder if what happened is simply that Noriko survives the blast and we dont see her body in order to have the reveal at the end, plus she has some sort of infestation/cancerous mass from the explosion- or something about her exposure caused her dead body to regenerate and this is why the black veins are there. Admittedly an out there theory, but I wonder if they are setting up a sequel film about some sort of transformation that victims in the Godzilla attack undergo- The dead coming back to life but changed.
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checkplease posted:That does like a good movie alternative though. sounds dumb and typical US action movie script not sure how he would convince godzilla to help them beat down the americans and win WWII would make for a very different movie GateOfD fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Dec 5, 2023 |
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Bip Roberts posted:I wonder if Godzillas super regeneration ability came from the A test or if it predated it. This is WRT if the 20mm canon would have done anything at all Probably not, it was a kamikaze plane, he'd be lucky to have AP rounds in there at all.
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GateOfD posted:sounds dumb and typical US action movie script he and the other soldiers would join godzilla, to help godzilla beat both imperial japan and the united states. dictatorship of the proletariat optional ungulateman fucked around with this message at 09:02 on Dec 5, 2023 |
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Big Mac posted:I thought about not seeing a body meaning she might still be alive, but at the same time I was so struck with how intensely the atomic blast hit and leveled everything, that I believed not showing a body was another callback to the atomic bombs and the total vaporization of so many of the victims. We didn't see any bodies at all, so I'll give it an exception to the "no body" rule. I was assuming there'd be a bunch of absolutely wrecked people in the rubble, but everyone around got completely wiped out when the shockwave hit.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:"Monsterverse" is just embarrassing at this point. No thanks. Hilarious how it’s one of the only successful ones lol
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Saw G -1 on the weekend and yup agree with most of what's already been said. The minesweeper crew are all really well done, especially the captain. You can tell he's seen, and maybe done, some awful poo poo and his easygoing attitude is his way of coping. Hope we get to see the actor in more movies that make their way here. I appreciate the direction letting so many scenes breathe - someone's feeling anguish, or pain, or fear, and there's no conclusion to it. They just have to kind of sit in it, and then it's a day or half a year later and life's moved on. The atomic breath effects were astonishing, and yeah lol at the idea of Nolan watching this and going "aw, dammit". As soon as they said "we have a fighter plane, but it's... different" I was expecting the Shinden and they sure didn't disappoint. It's one of those really cool planes that never really got the chance to exist. Apparently the one on set was a full scale replica. Even if it was made of prop material and not sheet metal it can't have been cheap. Also a touch aggrieved about the constant use of "jet fighters" in the subs. Hopefully that'll get amended for the home releases. E: Big Mac posted:
Oh, I'd say the bit at the end where he's charging up the atomic breath one last time, and even though his eyes are fogged over from the world's worst case of the bends, the light is still pouring through them like pure hate is worse, but that's my opinion Phy fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Dec 5, 2023 |
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Outside of OG Godzilla, Shin, and -1, what are the other good Japanese Godzilla movies?
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Spacebump posted:Outside of OG Godzilla, Shin, and -1, what are the other good Japanese Godzilla movies? Depends on what you're looking for in a Godzilla movie. There's like 30 of them and they range wildly in tone, effects, themes etc. Godzilla vs. Biollante, Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, Godzilla vs Destroyah, or Godzilla vs Mothra might be good places to start. Zore fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Dec 5, 2023 |
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GMK!
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If you’re looking for less silly type of Godzilla then it’s pretty hard to recommend a lot of Showa era stuff outside of the original. The only really egregious missteps in the Heisei/Millennium films are Space Godzilla and Megaguirus, I think.
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There's also the really wacky time travel plot of the 91 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah movie.
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Spacebump posted:Outside of OG Godzilla, Shin, and -1, what are the other good Japanese Godzilla movies? the thing you need to know going in is that besides these 3, all of them are various levels of silly, and i don't just mean the effects. the plots get absolutely bonkers pretty quick. that said '64 ghidorah invasion of astro monster destroy all monsters vs megalon (for the one scene, you know the one) '91 vs king ghidorah '93 vs mechgodzilla 2 '95 vs destoroyah FINAL WARS site fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Dec 5, 2023 |
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Spacebump posted:Outside of OG Godzilla, Shin, and -1, what are the other good Japanese Godzilla movies? For pure fun go with Final Wars. It is the best kind of crazy godzilla.
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Godzilla x Kong looks dumb as hell but I’ll keep watching that garbage
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badjohny posted:For pure fun go with Final Wars. It is the best kind of crazy godzilla. https://x.com/godzilla_shots/status/1731750214749331829?s=61&t=fWsm-upldseXptBaVlet9Q
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Godzilla Vs Mothra (the original, called Godzilla vs the Thing in a bunch of US releases) is pretty good for a Showa film. Really anti-Imperialistic capitalism at points, but still has some goofy stuff like tiny fairy twins and some questionable "natives are savages" stuff, but definitely the Showa film with the most meat on its bones. GMK is probably the most interesting of the Millenium era, and the Tokyo SOS films are decent monster bashes.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:I will 100% forgive Monsterverse for all their stupid poo poo if they do Jet Jaguar. That would help make up for the lack of Infant Island fairies in the prior movie.
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alright, seeing this bad boy on imax in an hour and a half  mad respect to whoever reserved center seat front row entirely by choice
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If I have time to see it again in the theatre I'm absolutely doing this.
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Rented the Criterion Showa Era set, I've only seen OG and vs Hedora. I'll probably skip Hedora for this watch, but I'm excited to rewatch OG after seeing Shin and Minus One this past week. Then I'll blast through as many of the 13 others as I can before I get sick of it, probably partway through the weekend.
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My current random realization that might change on a dime on any given day is that I prefer my Godzillas to be fairly "realistic" and darker in tone, but I prefer my Kongs to be total wacky nonsense. I would like monkey to have a giant laser rifle in this film or the next, thanks.
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Looks like Godzilla might have been extended at the theaters! I get to take my wife!
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It did really well so I'm not surprised they extended it
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flashy_mcflash posted:If I have time to see it again in the theatre I'm absolutely doing this. I did center seat, 4th row for a 4DX showing. Owned. Would sit exactly there again.
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mllaneza posted:I did center seat, 4th row for a 4DX showing. Owned. Would sit exactly there again. Are the bouncy seats distracting? I don't really go for 4DX for that reason but would consider it if the sound is even better than the IMAX. E: also has anyone seen it in Screen X? Does it add, detract, or have any measurable effect on the experience? I've never done one of those but that's an option here too.
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Wish there was a 4DX near me. I love that gimmicky poo poo. Spray my face with some water mist
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Spacebump posted:Outside of OG Godzilla, Shin, and -1, what are the other good Japanese Godzilla movies? All of them. I’m only half joking. I genuinely think there’s something worth seeing in basically every Godzilla film. Even the shittier entries like Raids Again or Son of Godzilla.
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GateOfD posted:Wish there was a 4DX near me. I love that gimmicky poo poo. Spray my face with some water mist I had thought about this, but we wanted to relax and not smell weird poo poo or be rocked back and forth Spacebump posted:Outside of OG Godzilla, Shin, and -1, what are the other good Japanese Godzilla movies? I have a weakness for Final Wars.
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Now the question is to watch subbed or dubbed. Subbed is likely superior.
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Spacebump posted:Outside of OG Godzilla, Shin, and -1, what are the other good Japanese Godzilla movies? Godzilla vs. Hedorah and Godzilla vs. Megalon are my favorite wacky 70s godzillas, the former one has so much hippy stomping.
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Spacebump posted:Now the question is to watch subbed or dubbed. Subbed is likely superior. I think there's a bit of charm to the dubs of the Showa era films in particular, but it doesn't matter. This is my letterboxd ranking that I made a while back: https://letterboxd.com/smayta/list/godzilla-ranked/
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Any watched the actual stand-alone movies with just Rodan or Mothra origin movies
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The 90s ones are fine but every movie is handicapped by the fact that the kaiju fights are a turtle spinning like a top the whole time. Gamera the Brave at least had a unique perspective, maybe my favorite overall,
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Yep this was awesome. I think I preferred Shin Godzilla but it's hard to compare movies at home to seeing this on a giant movie screen. My ears were literally ringing after one scene, and I was like "hell yeah." I love how hard the main dude sends it with his performance. I'm not super picky or one to quickly judge which acting is "better" than other acting because I think people get too hung up on realism, but I definitely think it makes sense to go ham when you're competing with a giant monster.
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Bip Roberts posted:Godzilla vs. Hedorah and Godzilla vs. Megalon are my favorite wacky 70s godzillas, the former one has so much hippy stomping. Man, a modern Hedorah could look so cool and terrifying if they really went for it. Legendary’s gone too silly for it to work, but I continue to dream.
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