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In Reply to: RE: 'Godziller': That's one nasty lizard . . .. posted by mkuller on May 18, 2014 at 19:36:56
...this Godzilla was much ado about nothing. Pacific Rim was better in nearly all respects.
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Ouch! I thought that film sucked beyond sucking. Godzilla must really be a dud.
-Wendell
and several times you felt like you were part of the crowd near them (Godzilla and Mothra) for a visceral experience PR was more like Transformers just endless fighting...
...this one I found mind numbingly slow paced, esp the first hour, predictable, formulaic and derivative. Needless sub plots and a high degree of implausibility even considering the basic subject. They even ripped off 2001 a Space Odyssey: near the end when the paratroopers are jumping in from 30,000ft! the music is "Atmospheres" / Ligeti, same as the "trip" at the end of 2001.
Even the 3D was sub-par with a flat, non-immersive feel to it. At no time did I feel like I was part of the action or immersed in anything but a twenty something audience. Obviously a post-production addition.
"Pacific Rim" was no masterpiece but at least there was some originality to it, was entertaining and didn't have me looking at my watch wondering how much more I had to endure.
...I thought Elizabeth Olsen was too young to be cast as the mom and did poorly.
fun and our 'friend' saved the day despite looking beaten at first.
I did not like the Pacific Rim ending, after getting their butts whipped the entire film, suddenly, at the end, the robots beat the monsters with no explanation. The little girl scene in PR was well done and I have no problem with it in general but found the fight scenes a bit more ordinary when Godzilla had a more 'arcade' feel to it, especially the greater sense of scale that worked for me.
ymmv
...Godzilla tried too hard to be a drama with too much plot/actitng and then a lot of grey CGI action at the end.
Pacific Rim was an action movie with little plot, wooden characters and creative, colorful CGI all the way through which made it more fun.
Neither was a great film but PR was more memorable.
That's bad news for me because while Pacific Rim was better than I thought it would've been (I was expecting Transformers... I watched about 30 minutes of the 1st one) I still didn't think much of the story/acting. The CGI was pretty great though. I was hoping Godzilla would be a large-scale 'Battle Los Angeles', which I thought was pretty good as far as those types of films go.
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