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[Expendable.]

Here it is, my spoiler-free review....

[Review] Godzilla

 

[munchie64]

IGN gives it a 9.0

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/11/godzilla-review

Gooood, gooood.

 

[BLACKLAC]

Is the 3D worth it?

 

[The Driver]

Here it is, my spoiler-free review....

[Review] Godzilla

My body is ready.

 

[a secret-boss]

Is the 3D worth it?

No

 

[BLACKLAC]

No

Guess that saves me $8. Wish IMAX-2D was still a thing. -_-

 

[chickdigger802]

are there gonna be any high quality posable figures of this? only see kids toys that look all weird.

 

[The Driver]

are there gonna be any high quality posable figures of this? only see kids toys that look all weird.

Think Bandai is gonna do a MonsterArts (basically highly articulated, in-scale, collector oriented figures) of the 2014 Godzilla but that might be a bit off. Probably in the Fall/Winter.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

Here it is, my spoiler-free review....

[Review] Godzilla

nice, appreciate it being spoiler free. I had to stop reading a few of the others.

Do you have a ballpark guess at where the rottentomatoes score might end up?

 

[Expendable.]

nice, appreciate it being spoiler free. I had to stop reading a few of the others.

Do you have a ballpark guess at where the rottentomatoes score might end up?

80%, I'd wager. The lack of Godzilla in the first two-thirds will stupidly make some reviewers mad.

 

[chickdigger802]

kinda hesistant seeing godzilla in IMAX atm with godzilla not being around for much, buuuut i assume the audio mix is fantastic for this?

eh fuck it, need my 1 or 2 imax movies of a year, and i can't think of anything else this summer.

 

[Bulzeeb]

Can't wait so hyped

wtf, where is that from? hahaha

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

80%, I'd wager. The lack of Godzilla in the first two-thirds will stupidly make some reviewers mad.

I think it's going to be a bit lower than that judging by the first few reviews. I'd guess it will end up in the 60% -75% percent range. I'm reading a lot a mixed responses on the characters and the lack of Godzilla screen time.

 

[munchie64]

I think it's going to be a bit lower than that judging by the first few reviews. I'd guess it will end up in the 60% -75% percent range. I'm reading a lot a mixed responses on the characters and the lack of Godzilla screen time.

Has there been any bad reviews though?

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

Has there been any bad reviews though?

Most of the reactions are positive to mixed the only bad ones right now are Time, Forbes, Guardian, Bloody Disgusting and the Wrap. I won't be able to see the movie till next Friday to put my opinion out there.

 

[gconsole]

Here it is, my spoiler-free review....

[Review] Godzilla

Its spoiler free but your pretty much telling the while movie sequence ...

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Faraci at BadassDigest posted his review about an hour ago.

http://badassdigest.com/2014/05/11/godzilla-2014-movie-review-using-cgi-to-make-man-in-suit/

 

[munchie64]

Most of the reactions are positive to mixed the only bad ones right now are Time, Forbes, Guardian, Bloody Disgusting and the Wrap. I won't be able to see the movie till next Friday to put my opinion out there.

Scanning all the reviews seems to indicate the biggest problem is not enough Godzilla/action. Not sure how I feel about this.

EDIT: That Guardian review at least seems horrible though.

 

[The Driver]

Scanning all the reviews seems to indicate the biggest problem is not enough Godzilla/action. Not sure how I feel about this.

EDIT: That Guardian review at least seems horrible though.

Seems overblown to me. Wondering if many of these reviewers are thinking of the original or the general pop culture memory of Godzilla when they think of this. As long as the final battle lives up to the teasing I'm happy.

Kinda find it dumb where every other movie's climax builds up to a city smashing finale, people seem to be expecting 2 or 3 monster attacks in this. It's the first movie, damn. No patience anymore.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Faraci at BadassDigest posted his review about an hour ago.

http://badassdigest.com/2014/05/11/godzilla-2014-movie-review-using-cgi-to-make-man-in-suit/

No one cares about his review. He'll just turn on the movie in a few weeks when everyone likes it and the Hulk finds something wrong with it.

 

[M.W.]

Ruh roh, reviews.

 

[Blablurn]

Little disappointed with the lack of Godzilla but I guess I'm just gonna stuff myself with Popcorn until he appears.

 

[Toxi]

Reviews seem decent so far. Percentages tend to go down after the first initial bunch, but we're a long way from that point.

No one cares about his review. He'll just turn on the movie in a few weeks when everyone likes it and the Hulk finds something wrong with it.

???

 

[raindoc]

Faraci at BadassDigest posted his review about an hour ago.

http://badassdigest.com/2014/05/11/godzilla-2014-movie-review-using-cgi-to-make-man-in-suit/

lots of spoilers there.

 

[Amalthea]

Little disappointed with the lack of Godzilla but I guess I'm just gonna stuff myself with Popcorn until he appears.

Next weeks headlines: Man bursts at Godzilla Premiere because of too much Popcorn.

 

[Blablurn]

Next weeks headlines: Man bursts at Godzilla Premiere because of too much Popcorn.

:lol

 

[Nokterian]

Going to see it next week!

 

[Blablurn]

Wednesday for me. Im stoked as fuck. Bring it on.

 

[Wilbur]

Empire Review - 3/5

And a really effusive review from Little White Lies - http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/theatrical-reviews/godzilla-26588

 

[The Librarian]

Little disappointed with the lack of Godzilla but I guess I'm just gonna stuff myself with Popcorn until he appears.

So it's basically like most Godzilla films and the original: rarely showing up until the end, and then there's a huge monster fight.

Expectations, reviewers. Expectations.

 

[Blablurn]

So it's basically like most Godzilla films and the original: rarely showing up until the end, and then there's a huge monster fight.

Expectations, reviewers. Expectations.

yeah, im sure it will be fine. even emmerich didnt go all out with his monster lol.

 

[Messofanego]

And a really effusive review from Little White Lies - http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/theatrical-reviews/godzilla-26588

Gareth Edwards' Godzilla is one of the great blockbusters of modern times. Believe.

 

[Faith]

May 16 for me, can't wait to see the movie

 

[.la1n]

My interest has dropped significantly since finding out that the main reason I want to see the movie is missing for 2/3rds of it

 

[The Librarian]

My interest has dropped significantly since finding out that the main reason I want to see the movie is missing for 2/3rds of it

You haven't seen the original Godzilla nor any other Godzilla movie, have you?

 

[Messofanego]

Empire Review - 3/5

Wilbur, did you read this part of the review? wtf (also spoilers, so don't bother)

Happily, the Brit director’s take on the Toho studio icon gives full reign to his ability to create compelling imagery and a knockout monster mash. It’s a shame, then, that the movie gets caught between honouring the character’s B-movie conceit AND delivering a let’s-take-everything-super-seriously approach de rigueur in post-Dark Knight blockbusterdom. If any film needed a sense of levity, it is one about a 355-foot lizard hitting stuff.

Did they rewatch the original movie? "post-Dark Knight" "Nolanised tone" bullshit.

 

[The Librarian]

Wilbur, did you read this part of the review? wtf (also spoilers, so don't bother)



Did they rewatch the original movie? "post-Dark Knight" "Nolanised tone" bullshit.

Godzilla 2014 has been an excellent case study in revealing who has and who has not seen the original movie — or any Godzilla movie, for that matter.

 

[Comfort Jones]

Godzilla 2014 has bee an excellent case study in revealing who has and who has not seen the original movie — or any Godzilla movie, for that matter.

People seem to forget things lose their effect when they're on screen too much.

 

[Nintyb]

I'm fine with the Jaws approach. Almost all CG fests bore me these days. Looking forward to seeing it next weekend.

 

[Blablurn]

I'm so fucking impatient. My gf went through weeks and months of Godzilla talk and hype. Glad she didnt leave me yet.

 

[Real Hero]

Did they rewatch the original movie? "post-Dark Knight" "Nolanised tone" bullshit.

It's Empire. Christophe Nolan and Simon Pegg films are all they know.

 

[Blablurn]

The Telegraph Review - 4/5

The Guardian - 2/5

 

[Messofanego]

It's Empire. Christophe Nolan and Simon Pegg films are all they know.

If there was ever a advertisement, I'd always pay attention to Empire's review. Now that has diminished for some reason. It's not a terrible review or anything but man...

The one thing I hate about movie reviews is when they lay out the whole plot of the movie as if I give a shit about that before watching it. The fact that Expendable had to put a Spoiler Free disclaimer is worrying in itself. No, just one sentence on the premise and then talk about the quality of the film.

Some movie critics are as bad as those 2:30min trailers that give everything away.

 

[Messofanego]

The Guardian - 2/5

This is becoming a joke at this point.

As well as draining the film of any true suspense, the dramatic premise of Godzilla is delivered entirely po-faced. There's some kind of subtext about the abuse of nuclear power, perhaps an environmentalist thread too. It's all a bit muddled. But whatever the message is, it's delivered at the expense of humour. Even Cranston, who in his role as eccentric whistleblower is channeling the spirit of Malcolm in the Middle, gets just one joke to deliver. "I don't get many visitors," he says when Taylor-Johnson pays a visit to his conspiracy pit. Even that comes over as sad.

 

[jackissocool]

This is becoming a joke at this point.

What? Oh my god what the fuck kind of complaints are that. They expected a comedy?

 

[Wilbur]

Wilbur, did you read this part of the review? wtf (also spoilers, so don't bother)



Did they rewatch the original movie? "post-Dark Knight" "Nolanised tone" bullshit.

Yeah, it's a pretty bad review. Empire have been slacking a lot recently.

Thankfully the 54 Godzilla is also pretty average because it has dat post dark knight tone

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

What? Oh my god what the fuck kind of complaints are that. They expected a comedy?

It's not light-hearted enough! We need ice puns.

 

[Deap92x]

How many monsters in the movie? Not including Godzilla

 

[kurahador]

I feel like alot of these reviews are comparing them to the 1998 Godzilla.

 

[The Librarian]

This is becoming a joke at this point.

I'm not one to gripe about reviews – especially when I haven't seen or played what they're reviewing in questioned – but...I...I don't get it. Were they expecting a comedy?

So while many people might want to go to the cinema to see Godzilla, what they get instead is a load of homosapiens desperately trying to put a human face on the drama.

HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THE ORIGINAL MOVIE FROM WHICH THIS FILM IS BASED