New Replies (Page 485)
First movie I actually saw was Shin Godzilla back in 2017... dunno why it took me so long to watch one, I absolutely love dinos since I was a kid, and from there started to like giant monsters, of course I'd love Kaiju movies!
Big lizard with atomic breath? Love at first movie! Especially with Kamata-kun in there!
Honestly I don't see how they can make Kong win AND have a satisfactory ending. I'm a Godzilla fan, but c'mon, it be unfair even to Kong fans if they just make him strong as fuck with no explanation or make him win just because.
I'm rooting for them fighting together against revived Guidorah, as that would make more sense (Kong only won in 62 because Godzilla was a villain at the time, seems weird to see 'good guys' fight)
Precisely. #Team Rodan to the very end!
Fat chance that I would ever join the Team of ANOTHER False King.
I didn't make that connection initially, but you bring up a good point. Definitely a similar shot.
Its going to be one of four things IMO. Mecha King Ghidorah, MechaGodzilla, Destroyah, or a brand new Titan made by Jonah Alan. I do like the Gigan idea though even though it is a long stretch unless they made him more robotic like in Final Wars now that could work.
Niiiiice!
But I will stay with the kaiju constantly overshadowed, passed by, beaten, and overall people generally don't care about, I serve team R O D A N !
MechaGodzilla or MechaGidorah. Or Gigan.
We getting a commentary this time?
That was Mothra man.... I'm pretty sure she said that too....
Maybe, maybe it's Mechaghidorah, because of the Ghidorah head at the post credits scene. Maybe Destoroyah, or as I like to call him, DESESTROYAH!!!!!! I mean, Dougherty said he wants to bring him into the ring.
Considering he was able to lift a being that weighs almost 70,000 tons more than him--his raw physical strength is absurd.
Critics are st00pid
My main complaint with the movie is that the humans kept talking when the Kaijus were fighting. Damn Kaiju-teases..... Other than that, movie was bloody amazing! Especially loved the callbacks in the music and Godzilla's roars to the OG 1954 Godzilla. 9.5-9.999999/10 for me!
Well that's so blimmin stupid! I mean, I can kinda see the initial idea, but as you pointed out, with a little bit of thought you realize "Huh, I guess I was wrong about the villain thing". Seriously... I hope I never stumble upon this youtuber...
Woops, sorry! No idea what I was thinking then XD
He also said there will be a clear winner though, so there is going to still be some stir in the communities, even though they probably won't die.
G. H. (Gman): We'll find out eventually. The true cost only the studio knows and despite what pundits say, ultimately it is the studio who decides whether a film fails or succeed in terms of box office. We can only make educated guesses.
I haven't seen the show since I was a kid, so I completely forgot about this scene XD
I'm not entirely sure it will fail, but I do think it has a massive uphill battle. On a $200M budget, the breakeven point is $400M worldwide. It won't be safely out of the woods unless it makes $500M+.
G. H. (Gman): Or maybe the problem is with the projection? I stand by my view 130 million may not be fantastic, but neither is it so dreadful. Anyhow, what really matters is what the studio thinks of the box office. It's funny, sometimes you almost sound like you are so sure this movie will fail. But I'll agree we'll have to see if it has legs.
Godzillatheking123,
The problem is that $130M take was much higher on Friday. We were initially projected for a $230M worldwide opening, now we're at $180M? Where did that $50M go?
Even China, which we tend to rely on for these kinds of movies opened lower than expected. The initial numbers were $70M+. It's looking more like $67M now.
There's a chance the $49M domestic estimate is low, but it won't be much higher than $50M--In fact there's even a chance the actuals are lower, since that's been known to happen.
Hopefully it has decent legs.
CAUTION: KING OF THE MONSTERS SPOILERS
Dougherty stated in a previous interview that he was hoping to bring destroyah back into the ring and we know that at the end of King of The Monsters that a certain someone has the head of Ghidorah. Because Ghidorah can regenerate body parts, and this means we might get to see Mecha-King Ghidorah. If either of the two previously mentioned kaiju return, it would make Godzilla vs Kong, a Batman v Superman type movie where both Godzilla and Kong would team up to fight the greater foe at the end of the movie, which wouldn’t be surprising and would make both Godzilla and Kong fans happy.
Titan of Water: With youtube reviewers you have to be a little careful, some are quite decent and knowledgable (like Mr H), but some reviews are just pure nonsense by people who simply want more views. They take extreme views and go off on rants and weak arguments to attract more hits, but they don't fundamentally care about the thing they are talking about. Bottom line, be careful in giving too much credibility to social media reviewers, they may not deserve it.
Saw it and absolutely loved it. I can agree with some that the cutting away from the action was a tad disappointment but this movie delivered on everything I wanted. I rarely disagree with the critic consensus these days but Imo they really missed the mark on this one (how is Pacific Rim uprising getting better reviews than this?).
I’m sure if one were to look there would be a lot to nitpick with filmmaking and storytelling but within the first 10 minutes I knew what standard to hold this movie to. Current ranking of the Monsterverse to me is:
Godzilla KOTM
Godzilla
Kong: Skull Island
G. H. (Gman): Well, it's not confirm the take will be under 50 million...yet. I'm not disputing the soft opening, but international take is very low? Uh? $130 million may not be out of this world but it is nothing to sniff at.
If you are right though, I guess you can blame RT and the reality that most moviegoer are sheeps (actually..no, it's usually due to more complicated issues than just one website, but I am digressing).
Maybe the wait between Godzilla 2014 and KOTM at 5 years was just too long and the appeal among the general audiencehas died down. Maybe WB was wrong to picked this summer period to open with so much competition. Maybe Godzilla is just a more niche product than WB want to admit.
Godzillatheking123,
Maybe, but now it hinges on Godzilla vs. Kong. With the confidence WB had in this movie and all the marketing pumped in to it, $49 million for the weekend is quite soft. The international debut is looking pretty low as well.
The movie might be lucky to break even.
TheLazyFish actually it's not an electromagnetic pulse it's a nuclear pulse it's just atomic energy like his atomic breath but it fires from every inch of his body. But I agree Godzilla considering he was able to just grab sling and chuck Monster Zero/Ghidorah around sending him crashing back and forth seemingly effortlessly tho the air and through buildings even though he weighs well over 100,000 tons I'd as he could easily ragdoll hedorah and destroy him.
Btw, on the Godzilla marathon forum is my review of KOTM review. Go check it out.
Oh.. we all know what Godzilla and King Kong will fight half or two-thirds of the film. Then they will unite against another ultimate monster.
I hope that Godzilla will win, but not by killing Kong.
Yea she/he was so sweet and innocent. It was just "trying to make it." An innocent death, though she could rejuvenate.
1.A lot us aren't kids.
2. A little premature to announce the failure of the monsterverse just yet.
Someone needs to take a chill pill...
