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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Seriously, name one for which this is not the case. Rodan's is pretty decent. Apart from the original? Ghidorah the 3 Headed Monster, Godzilla vs. Mothra, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, Godzilla vs. Biollante
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Apr 14, 2016 14:19
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I will grant you Ghidorah, Mothra and Biolante. Biolante's story is especially cool, Mothra's is probably the most unique. I think part of it is also that traditionally Godzilla movies are much fleeter, so even if there is only 10-15 minutes of monster action, the pacing helps it to never feel logy. Godzilla 2014 is only a hair over two hours, but iirc that still makes it the third longest Godzilla movie after Godzilla Final Wars and Godzilla '98.
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Apr 14, 2016 15:35
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Detective Dog Dick posted:The aliens who turn into Ape-Men when you kill them in Mechagodzilla were badass. I don't know which I prefer, them or the ones who turn into roaches in Godzilla vs. Gigan
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Apr 14, 2016 15:47
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Detective Dog Dick posted:It's honestly a really lovely movie. Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla and Terror of Mechagodzilla are both really dope, I should rewatch those soon. Anguiras getting the holy hell beaten out of him by Mechagodzilla is still startling, even though taking a beating is kind of Anguiras' thing.
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Apr 14, 2016 15:54
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Heavy Metal posted:He does have a second brain around there, classic second rear end brain. (mentioned in Destoroyah or some 90s movie I think) Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla I think. That one has that subplot about the dude with the weird blood coagulant bullet out for revenge on Godzilla
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Apr 14, 2016 18:48
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:I can't believe Gareth Edwards didn't say at some point, "Dude, are you awake? You can emote, I won't get angry." Godzilla '14 and Age of Ultron should definitely be enough to get this dude barred from acting
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Apr 15, 2016 22:22
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:He's Keanu without the awkward physical charisma. He wasn't distractingly bad in Kick-rear end, which I guess makes that his closest equivalent to a Bill & Ted in this scenario.
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Apr 15, 2016 22:33
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:Compared to Godzilla, he was a loving spitfire in Age of Ultron. Sure, but what about if you hold it to the standards of, like, any other acting?
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Apr 15, 2016 22:45
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Vintersorg posted:Actually Aaron Taylor Johnson was perfectly serviceable as a army guy with a distant, hosed up dad who just returned from a army mission being shell shocked that there is a 100-story monster running around the globe chasing 2 other monsters the size of skyscrapers. I think he was less than serviceable as a human being with thoughts or emotions of any kind. But then David Straithairn wasn't really up to anything interesting either, and he's an actual actor.
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Apr 17, 2016 13:35
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:What's your favorite shot in that movie? Didn't ask me, but the bit where the MUTO is bearing down on the protagonist in that really awesomely framed widescreen shot near the end. And of course the bit with the stomping foot on tha airport tarmac. I have a lot of complaints about that movie but Seamus McGarvey crafts some incredibly striking images. Do we know if he's returning for the sequel?
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Apr 24, 2016 17:19
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it's weird after how fugly The Avengers was that McGarvey immediately helmed one of the most visually striking popcorn movies in recent memory.
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Apr 24, 2016 18:51
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Godzilla vs Mothra is probably the greatest monster movie ever made
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May 4, 2016 13:37
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K. Waste posted:i can't believe i have to be stoop this low: Mothra vs. Godzilla is the '64 film, Godzilla vs. Mothra is the '90s one with Battra. The former is superior and, as Boogeystein says, probably (one of) the best giant monster movie(s) ever made. but, like Italian horror movie titles, kaiju movie titles have a lot of variants floating around. This is the VHS tape i and i'm sure a lot of others of my generation had:  (yes i still have it) my way of differentiating them is that the '90s one is Godzilla vs. Mothra: The Battle For Earth. it kinda falls right in the middle of the Heisei movies, quality-wise. Battra is very cool.
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May 4, 2016 15:29
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Godzilla vs Hedorah kicks so much rear end and I still wonder why it hasn't caught on in the midnight movie circuit
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Jul 20, 2016 16:23
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I had a feeling that first part might be the case, that's a shame.
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Jul 20, 2016 17:05
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K. Waste posted:It's almost like Godzilla fans don't really like Godzilla. Jesus are we really gonna do this
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Jul 30, 2016 14:56
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I just really hate the look of Godzilla in that one compared to the other Heisei movies but I should give the original japanese version a shot. The sea lice freaked me out good as a kid.
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Sep 15, 2016 02:25
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The amount of Godzilla could've worked if the scenes without Godzilla in them were any good.
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Oct 12, 2016 01:10
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Spatulater bro! posted:Yeah, the problem with G14 isn't Godzilla's limited screen time - that's actually in keeping with many of the originals - the problem is how horribly uninteresting every single actor who isn't named Bryan Cranston is. It should be a crime to waste David Straithairn like that.
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Oct 12, 2016 01:24
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Jimbot posted:That film is an underappreciated piece of genius. It's a great follow-up of to the very weird Biollante entry. Yeah I agree. Both by the same director, I think it's a shame he didn't get to do more. The way he frames the fight scenes is outstanding.
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Oct 15, 2016 17:33
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Spatulater bro! posted:Yeah, the problem with G14 isn't Godzilla's limited screen time - that's actually in keeping with many of the originals - the problem is how horribly uninteresting every single actor who isn't named Bryan Cranston is. Quoting this from a few pages back because I just got out of Godzilla: Resurgence and boy does it prove this. If anything, this movie probably has an even higher ratio of people standing around talking to giant monster action, and yet the human characters are so much more rich and compelling even as the movie deliberately pushes the idea of most of them being anonymous bureaucrats. Great movie. It was a little slow, but in that good way, like how 2001 is slow, where it enhances the movie. My only real complaint is the sound mixing. A lot of the sound effects don't quite have that oomph to them to really sell the destruction, and while the music selection is brilliant and works as a counterpoint to the action as well as any movie I've seen in recent memory, it often feels poorly mixed in with the rest of the soundtrack.
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Oct 16, 2016 19:13
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Maxwell Lord posted:The thing about Godzilla 2014 is, I suppose the human characters are kind of flat, but even though Godzilla has very little screen time, the entire movie is essentially about him. The characters don't have time to be developed or get "interesting", every scene is about how they're reacting to monsters being unleashed on the Earth, and what the gently caress do you do in that situation, can you even do anything, etc. Again, Godzilla: Resurgence flatly disproves this.
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Oct 16, 2016 19:56
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Invoking Ozu makes more sense here. That's what I was gonna say too if I really liked this movie should I watch Evangelion? I'm not an anime super fan (clearly, since I've never seen Evangelion), but neither do I have a problem with anime.
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Oct 17, 2016 00:52
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Mechafunkzilla posted:Never seen one of his films. Where should I start? Tokyoooooo Stoooooory Have tissues handy, will cry.
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Oct 17, 2016 00:55
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The back lasers are basically just an updated version of that full-body beam attack he did sometimes in the Heisei moves.
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Oct 18, 2016 18:29
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OB_Juan posted:I want to see Shin Mothra gently caress yeah. Also Shin Rodan.
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Oct 18, 2016 20:11
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I'm really glad it's doing so well. This was my first time getting to see a Japanese Godzilla movie on the big screen. Even though show times were weird (11 AM and 12 PM on a Sunday), it sold out both showings.
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Oct 19, 2016 02:53
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BattleTech posted:You're kidding yourself if you think G98 is even close to being the worst one when this exists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uICJrR7HRE Counterpoint: Godzilla '98 is literally twice as long as Godzilla's Revenge. And all things being equal, i'd still rather watch Godzilla's Revenge twice than Godzilla '98 once.
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Oct 20, 2016 15:17
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as annoying as Minya is, I think Godzilla's Revenge is kinda fun actually. It's just so batshit.
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Oct 20, 2016 17:46
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DeimosRising posted:I haven't seen this yet, but I watched The X From Outer Space with my 2 year old the other day and now he's breaking his toys and blaming it on Guilala. If this little kaiju flick resurgence continues, X From Outer Space should get a modern remake that's a cross between 2001 and Shin Godzilla. X From Outer Space loving rules.
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Oct 20, 2016 19:29
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I wish Classic Media could redo those in blu ray, they were great DVDs. I have Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster, Mothra vs. Godzilla, and the Rodan/War of the Gargantuas two-pack.
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Oct 24, 2016 00:40
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King Kong Escapes is super good. I'm a big fan of both Mechani-Kong and Gorosaurus as kaiju.
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Nov 18, 2016 23:24
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:ehhh Aliens isn't even the best Vietnam movie of 1986.
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Nov 22, 2016 22:00
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Platoon doesn't count because it is about Vietnam. Fair enough
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Nov 22, 2016 22:17
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I enjoy GMK, but it's definitely not even 1/10th as good as any entry in the Gamera trilogy.
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Nov 29, 2016 22:19
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Rodan is incredible. yeah its a top 5 Toho Kaiju movie for sure.
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Dec 7, 2016 17:28
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who the hell complains about Godzilla being unrealistic
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Dec 7, 2016 17:56
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DeimosRising posted:Similarly, the 90s Gamera trilogy is extremely good and no goofier than a movie about a fire breathing rocket turtle has to be on its face. hell, by the end of the trilogy they get shockingly intense. that trilogy kicks so much rear end.
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Dec 7, 2016 19:03
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Shin Godzilla had a lot of laughs, it's a dark comedy as much as anything.
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Dec 12, 2016 17:09
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