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Godzilla 2014: Rumors, Pix and filming

More shots of Godzilla rising/swimming, and MUTO walking, can be seen in this 3D video:

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuAkTsbw1Ww[/yt]
 
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Old school refinery destruction...

Once again, Valandar's "generic" Kaiju from DAZ modified to more closely resemble Godzilla (using Gareee's add-on spinal plates). I placed it upon one of StoneMason's cityscape "greeblies", one resembling some sort of refinery. The "atomic breath" was achieved "in render" by positioning intersecting planes with "transparent" textures applied.

Sincerely,

Bill
 
^I wouldn't worry too much as a big part of that was cut from the final film, according to two of Edwards' recent interviews:

The British director added, “So the idea that you have these beautiful rain forests and within it is this big scar, this quarry—because we’re trying to take from the planet and through that action, we uncover this demon—felt very appropriate.”

He revealed, “There was a scene that didn’t make it to the movie but it’s in Tagalog, with translation, where a dying man talked symbolically about how people came, raped the earth and scarred her flesh and now she has given birth to a demon. Man versus nature is a big theme within the film.”

Gareth told me that this sequence will be restored in the movie’s DVD and Blu-ray disc version. He does not remember the name of the actor who played the dying old man. He said that Tagalog-speaking actors were flown from the US mainland to the set in Hawaii.
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Source: http://entertainment.inquirer.net/141796/this-godzilla-stomps-its-way-from-the-philippines
 
I hate when they cut things from movies that feel like they should have kept it and then leave things in that make me go "The movie is 90 minutes too long".
 
I caved in and read it. Well written and I look forward to seeing it very much on any screen - big or small.
 
bigdaddy said:
I hate when they cut things from movies that feel like they should have kept it and then leave things in that make me go "The movie is 90 minutes too long".
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Oddly one of the criticisms of the film is that in an age where most films are probably 30 minutes too long, this one could do with some more time added to it, especially where the characters are concerned.

I have no idea who they screened the film for, and said the film needed to come down in length (it's 2 hours and 3 minutes) but it resulted in a few things being cut, including Akira Takarada's scene.

"Sir Not-Appearing-in-this-Film"

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I will never understand modern Hollywood's insistence on fast pacing, its fear of losing the audience if they slow things down for even a minute. I mean, it's not like the audience can change the channel. These are people who have traveled a fair distance and spent a fair amount of money to sit in the theater. They've invested in being there. They're not going to walk out if things slow down for a few moments.
 
JuanBolio said:
Oh my god! They cut Akira Takarada!

You bastards!
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It's sort of interesting to note that a lot of Edwards favourite shots apparently aren't in the film:

There’s lots, to be honest with you. When you make a film there are many, many scenes and a lot of my favorite little ideas or shots are not in the movie because you’ve got to think about it as a whole. From an emotional point of view, in terms of my love of Godzilla, the hardest thing was Akira Takarada, who was in the original films, did a cameo for us on day one. And it felt very appropriate at the time because he played an immigrations officer that welcomes Aaron’s character to Japan, and so it was like this perfect day-one first shot. And then when we constructed the film, like everything, basically there was a lot of pressure to get on with the adventure and get to the monster, you know, as soon as you can and things like this, and so lots of things came out of that part of the movie, lots and lots, and I hung on to that until the last second and it was still deemed by the screenings when we tested it that we had to get it shorter. And so that ended up having to go. Which is probably my biggest regret.
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Source: http://screenrant.com/godzilla-interview-gareth-edwards-deleted-scenes/
 
Just came back from the preview screening in Berlin, Germany.

Visually it is a gorgeous movie, but as a Godzilla movie, there is very little Godzilla in it.
Characters a bland and boring, hardly any kajiu vs kajiu action.

It is a disaster movie where the disaster takes backstage to the boring characters, and Godzilla is not a character either.

D+ i would vote.
 
It's out now in the UK btw, saw it today.


For a movie called "Godzilla" I wouldn't have minded a little more... Godzilla in it tbh

Also for Bryan Cranston fans...
The trailer seems to sell that he's a major part of. I presume they're just cashing in on Breaking Bad popularity, as he's not in it that much.


But overall I enjoyed it, nothing too amazingly amazing but worth a watch.
A lot better than the 1998 version anyway!
 
Christopher said:
I will never understand modern Hollywood's insistence on fast pacing, its fear of losing the audience if they slow things down for even a minute. I mean, it's not like the audience can change the channel. These are people who have traveled a fair distance and spent a fair amount of money to sit in the theater. They've invested in being there. They're not going to walk out if things slow down for a few moments.
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but they will walk out and demand a refund if they've been given a product that they didn't want to buy. You sell something as an action movie and it turns out to be a drama, then they're going to get bored. Sell a horror movie as a comedy and they're going to walk out. Quite rightly too: Refund requested; product not as advertised.
 
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