Godzilla King of the Monsters (Sequel)

pixelburp · 24-07-2018 09:58AM

Pffh, yeah, as if a weighty message should ever be in a Godzilla movie ... pffh! :cool::pac:

edit: to be fair the theme in the trailer does seem to be a weird eco-nihilism going on via Vera Farmiga's character, but who knows what it's supposed to be in the final film ...

conorhal · 24-07-2018 10:15AM

pixelburp wrote: »

Pffh, yeah, as if a weighty message should ever be in a Godzilla movie ... pffh! :cool::pac:

edit: to be fair the theme in the trailer does seem to be a weird eco-nihilism going on via Vera Farmiga's character, but who knows what it's supposed to be in the final film ...

I think most Godzilla fans are aware of it's themes and subtext, especially the original, but they were themes and subtext, not, as you put it wierd preachy eco-nihilism as a plot.

I'll bet dollars to donughts that 'we are the scourge that king ghidorah must eliminate' and the titans are there to ensure it doesn't end in a literal schorched earth as a result.
Either way I dont care, I just want to see them fight, but it's always nice (but very rare) to get a Godzilla movie worth seeing for more than that. I'm just saying that occasionally an interesting plot that doesn't make you roll your eyes and compelling characters would be nice. The last film started out with some of that ...and then killed them all... and left us with Blandy McBlanderson and an urge to hit the skip button to get to the next monster mash.

Tony EH · 24-07-2018 02:00PM

I wouldn't mind if there is an eco plot. But, it would have to make sense. Finding all the titans, in some sort of pokemon contest to save the eco system just sounds stupid. Not that the central thrust of Godzilla films aren't stupid, with monsters and whatnot. But, we all know that going in and if that's a deal breaker, then you don't watch. But the stuff that's hung around it has to add up.

Maybe as someone else said, she's a "baddie" out for her own reasons entirely? And she couldn't give a hoot about what's happening to the world. Who knows.

The trailer looks interesting enough and I thought Gareth Edwards did a decent job with the "first" Godzilla film, even though killing off Bryan Cranston's was a major miss-step.

pixelburp · 24-07-2018 05:04PM

All I ask of any giant monster FX is that they remember to give the creatures the appropriate amount of heft & weight that any 40 foot lizard should have. Pacific Rim 2 really dropped the ball there, for instance.

As above, for all its faults, the one thing Godzilla 2014 captured brilliantly was that colossal scale and heaviness (indeed I thought Edwards was one of the few Star Wars directors who really captured the sheer size of its capital ships in Rogue One)

Tony EH · 24-07-2018 06:46PM

AFAIK, Edwards has a background in digital art. So that's, possibly, helped him with issues regards weight in CGI, and how objects relate to their environs.

J. Marston · 25-07-2018 12:33AM

That shot of Mothra in the waterfall is amazing.

pixelburp · 25-07-2018 09:17AM

Tony EH wrote: »

AFAIK, Edwards has a background in digital art. So that's, possibly, helped him with issues regards weight in CGI, and how objects relate to their environs.

That's probably it then: I know as a conventional director he's a bit sloppy and not most peoples' preferred, but in being an outlier who seems to understand the scale and spatial context of CGI better than most directors, he gets a lot of time from me. I've lost count how often some floaty, rubbery & weightless FX have just completely shattered the artifice, the suspension of disbelief.

Tony EH · 25-07-2018 04:19PM

pixelburp wrote: »

That's probably it then: I know as a conventional director he's a bit sloppy and not most peoples' preferred, but in being an outlier who seems to understand the scale and spatial context of CGI better than most directors, he gets a lot of time from me. I've lost count how often some floaty, rubbery & weightless FX have just completely shattered the artifice, the suspension of disbelief.

Oh, it's one of my pet peeves Pix. Can't stand it when I see some computer generated vehicle or animal defy physics in a film. It really sets me off.

I also hate the way it allows film makers to indulge in their most absurd and ill-conceived ideas too.

As for Edwards, I don't have a problem with him. He's made, easily, the best Star Wars film since 1983 and I liked 'Monsters' and 'Godzilla'. There are flaws in there, sure, but I'm hard pressed to think of a film without a couple of rough edges, and how responsible Edward's was for those flaws remains a matter for debate.

Slydice · 08-12-2018 09:23PM

Trailer at some point tomorrow:
https://twitter.com/Mike_Dougherty/status/1069784620961394688

this may be a tease:
https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/1071479526574702593

Mr Crispy · 08-12-2018 09:32PM

Was just about to post those teaser tweets from "Monarch".

https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/1071117138801364992

https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/1070755633631191040

Looking forward to the trailer.

pixelburp · 10-12-2018 06:37PM

New trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDnKuFtdc7A

Slydice · 10-12-2018 07:38PM

:eek::eek::eek:
Want!

Want NOW!

Agent Coulson · 10-12-2018 10:25PM

That looks impressive.

Can't wait to see a Monsters vs Cloverfield film.

Mr Crispy · 10-12-2018 11:52PM

Very excited for this. Mothra and Ghidorah look (and sound) great.

J. Marston · 10-12-2018 11:54PM

I haven't been this excited for a movie in years and years.

"So you want to make Godzilla our pet?"

"No...we would be his."

Slydice · 11-12-2018 01:20AM

Just rewatched. Full Bass. That last fight is gonna be epic!

Mr Crispy · 11-12-2018 01:32AM

Pity we don't have real IMAX here. I'd love to see this in that type of theatre.

JJayoo · 11-12-2018 01:34AM

I wanna see all the monsters wipe out humanity, like an epic heel turn.

jones · 14-12-2018 03:19PM

Looking forward to this definitely a cinema job!!!

p to the e · 14-12-2018 05:09PM

Slydice wrote: »

Full comic con trailer

Saw this trailer in the cinema yesterday. This looks and sounds amazing. This will be an IMAX job.

Slydice · 14-12-2018 07:29PM

p to the e wrote: »

Saw this trailer in the cinema yesterday. This looks and sounds amazing. This will be an IMAX job.

I NEED to see the new trailer on the IMAX screen!!

Mr Crispy · 28-03-2019 11:34AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHzJSvVGn8k

Slydice · 06-04-2019 12:33AM

The trailer for this was shown before Shazam on the IMAX this evening! What a spectacle!

Dave_The_Sheep · 06-04-2019 12:48AM

Looking forward to Rodan's suicidal charge against Ghidorah ... and presumably Mothra getting some semblence of revenge. It looks to be filling the spectacular meter rather nicely, this one.

pixelburp · 23-04-2019 02:58PM

A final trailer just dropped; looks like they've really rammed up the Kaiju action to 11, and thankfully the human characters appear potentially more interesting this time around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFxN2oDKk0E

MisterAnarchy · 23-04-2019 04:55PM

The CGI looks very poor ,had expected better.

expectationlost · 24-04-2019 11:15PM

seems very crowded

Slydice · 26-04-2019 03:35PM

Japanse Trailer!

Feels like it's really trying to clarify things for anyone who might have thought this about any character other than Godzilla

Slydice · 26-04-2019 06:28PM

Two songs from the soundtrack released in advance.

Composer Bear McCreary got nominated for awards for the soundtrack to the computer game God of War. I'm not very familiar with it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_McCreary

He also did a rake of episodes for Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Walking Dead, Agents of Shield, Constantine and Outlander:

MisterAnarchy · 26-04-2019 06:49PM

Slydice wrote: »

Two songs from the soundtrack released in advance.

Composer Bear McCreary got nominated for awards for the soundtrack to the computer game God of War. I'm not very familiar with it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_McCreary

He also did a rake of episodes for Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Walking Dead, Agents of Shield, Constantine and Outlander:

McCreary is a very talented guy ,his work on Battlestar Galactica was superb.
Should do a good job on Godzilla.

Godzilla King of the Monsters (Sequel)

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