tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post9096367089373889909..comments2024-02-18T08:45:16.295-08:00Comments on The Film Connoisseur: Godzilla : Final Wars (2004)Franco Macabrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-33371671051221999092012-05-07T13:00:37.108-07:002012-05-07T13:00:37.108-07:00Looking forward to that new American Godzilla movi...Looking forward to that new American Godzilla movie, but I havent heard a thing about in a long while...I hope it wont get caught up in development hell...lFranco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-7312731474670177162012-05-06T14:44:53.576-07:002012-05-06T14:44:53.576-07:00A great idea that went bust, and caused the temp. ...A great idea that went bust, and caused the temp. shut down of the Godzilla series. Writers tried to appeal to the super-hero fans as well as the Godzilla fans - and failed on both. Great idea to bring all the classic monsters back, but the short 'tease' of seeing them for a few seconds was terrible. Especially the long awaited battle between classic Godzilla and the fake U.S. Godilla which only lasted a few seconds. Hope the Warners re-make will learn from past mistakes, make Godzilla look like Godzilla! ....and maybe have him visit New York again - this time do it right. The fans are waiting!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-52734016512383684232011-06-15T17:46:11.375-07:002011-06-15T17:46:11.375-07:00@Venom5: That is one of the things I disliked abou...@Venom5: That is one of the things I disliked about the film, the cutting back and forth between the Matrix fights and the Monster fights. If the Matrix style fights between the humans had been something special, I probably wouldnt complain as much, but they were anything but. <br /><br />That scene where Gigan cuts his head off, that was an awesome scene! I loved it, but like you say, a lot of things dont work on this one. Its a very uneven film when it should have been a very special one considering it was the 50th anniversary and that we wouldnt be seeing Godzilla in a while. <br /><br />I mention the differences between the old and new Godzillas on this one a bit, and I'll be talking a bit about that on my review for Monster Zero which should be up by tomorrow, if Photobucket hurries with its damn maintanances! I hate it when they shut down the site for long periods of time like that. <br /><br />I'll be revisiting your review for Final Wars soon, to see what I think about it now that I've actually seen the film. Thing is that even with all its flaws, I still managed to enjoy this one, well parts of it anyways. <br /><br />Thanks for commenting Venom5!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-69251619627940222882011-06-15T13:26:08.234-07:002011-06-15T13:26:08.234-07:00I thought it was right stupid that they build Giga...I thought it was right stupid that they build Gigan up so much then when we see him in action, he's killed in a matter of seconds. Then the second time we see him, he's onscreen longer because there's a 20 minute battle between the humans to cut back and forth between. And his second appearance, which isn't much longer in total, he ends up killing himself with his own weapon. Considering Kitamura's career pretty much went down the tubes after this fiasco, it's safe to say he won't be doing a Godzilla movie any time soon.<br /><br />I wanted to like this one but there's too many other things that cripple this one beyond repair. I mentioned some of the other stuff in my review for it. <br /><br />It's a shame this one wasn't in the hands of a more responsible director. It was a bold move for Toho to do what they did, but this was the one time they should have interfered instead of letting this guy throw shit to a wall to see how much of it was going to stick.<br /><br />I'll be on the look out for MONSTER ZERO, that's one of my favorites. The differences between the two versions of that one are negligible if I remember right. Seeing it with Nick Adams' real voice is essential to why that one is such a fan favorite, though.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-38446602487135973132011-06-13T20:45:46.976-07:002011-06-13T20:45:46.976-07:00Yeah, there's 28 Godzilla movies to go through...Yeah, there's 28 Godzilla movies to go through, Im currently having a blast watching some of them. Did you try Amazon, they always have dvd's from various regions, try it out, it could help. Stores that specialize in selling films must have a couple of them around, good luck in your search Odenat. Thanks for commenting!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-8492657950528799302011-06-13T20:08:17.350-07:002011-06-13T20:08:17.350-07:00too many Godzilla movies out there. i never watche...too many Godzilla movies out there. i never watched them, Pay TV is not showing them here, no DVDs on store. My country is totally unprepared for the monsters ! lolodenathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101175561103761095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-27460552377254367822011-06-12T11:23:39.793-07:002011-06-12T11:23:39.793-07:00@Cal (YB): This is a Godzilla movie that you eithe...@Cal (YB): This is a Godzilla movie that you either love or hate as far as I could tell from my serch on it, but, I guess I fall under one of the ones that enjoyed it a heck of a lot, even with all its flaws. <br /><br />@Venom5:Agree, about this films divisiveness Venom, I read some reviews for it where people would go from love it to hate it, but most seem to enjoy it even with all the things that bring it down. <br /><br />The older films seem to have waaay better actors than the new ones. For example, I was watching Invasion of Monster Zero and I could clearly tell the difference between a Godzilla film with good performances, and the more recent ones. My review for Monster Zero will be up next week, I'll love to hear what you have to say about that one, cause I personally dug it LOTS! <br /><br />Oh, I watched Monster Zero with its original Japanese dialogue already, I enjoy these movies better that way. Also, sometimes the American releases of these films edited scenes or changed whole sequences, and I'd rather experience these films the way they were released originally. Though I will say, Im also curious for the U.S. versions of these films. <br /><br />@Mr.Fiendish: Action is welcome, I just didnt like the Matrix-y fights, those bore the hell out of me because they've been so over done in so many films. But I did enjoy that motorcycle sequence, it was pretty awesome, but also extremely influenced by John Woo's style of action, which isnt necesarilly a bad thing in my book. <br /><br />Agree about how these movies feed off of each other. Final Wars feeds from The Matrix which fed off of Ghost in the Shell and it goes on like a never ending chain. <br /><br />True about Gigan looking all sorts of bad ass with his new suit and weapons. <br /><br />By the way, the dvd has an awesome makiang off featurette in which they show the director telling the Godzilla and Gigan actors hot to perform, I trulyl dug that featurette! You could see a lot of how these movies get made. Highly recommend it to those who havent seen it! <br /><br />@Venom5: I loved how they ripped off Gigans head like that! That scene was awesome! Gigans fight was certainly one of the longest fights in the whole film. <br /><br />Agree about it being more of a Kung Fu film, to the directors benefit, I will say that most of this action like the scene where the Earth Defense Force takes up their guns to go up against that Crab monster and the guy goes running through a wall shooting his gun at the monster, that was pretty cool stuff. I just wish they had done more of it and less of the wire fu stuff that we'd seen in The Matrix. <br /><br />The extras were awesome on this dvd, I loved seeing how they shoot those Monster scenes, I'd never seen that, you could see them planning the fights and the choreography, you could see the actors who play the monsters, I loved those extras! <br /><br />@Jose Ramon: Primer reply poetizado en la historia de The Film Connoisseur! Comparta el blog con todos los que usted quiera, me alegro que el blog sea de su agrado, espero verlo comentando por ahi pronto! Saludos.Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-22688425730456024472011-06-11T17:38:14.385-07:002011-06-11T17:38:14.385-07:00wow Jose Ramon, lay off the pipewow Jose Ramon, lay off the pipeMr. Fiendishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400272984451242034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-87872673962650407482011-06-11T10:26:33.428-07:002011-06-11T10:26:33.428-07:00...traigo
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