Board Thread:Movie Discussions/@comment-7732249-20140528153025

I watched the movie about four days ago, and since then I've been think over what was seen. In it'self the movie was quite long, but due to pacing, felt a bit shorter. The opening is similar to 1998's, should I say, "Prototype", showing clips from the past such as the spikes (or scutes, however strange that sounds to me), the island, military, and the bomb. This scene ended with a quick glimpse of the monster's sheer size and resistance.

Then we have 1999, where the Larva of the Male Winged Muto nests in a Nuclear power plant killing Joe Brody's wife and many others. Personally, by the time they showed a full frame of the Male Muto in it's Imago form, I could have sworn that I've been sitting in that chair for only about 40-60 minutes.

Then we get to the present day, 2014. The Male Muto escapes from an airport and we finally see Legendary's take on the King of Monsters. They did a fantastic job, the proportions were switched around a bit, Godzilla is no longer 5 of his own heads tall, and that roar just puts all the questions to rest. When I got to this part of the movie, everything that followed went so fast that I'd only believe someone who told me I sat through a film 80-90 minutes long.

The Male and Female Mutos started ganging up on Godzilla, Ford Brody burns the nest, Male Muto is impaled. and then, The Atomic Breath.

You first see a light forming behind the Female, it starts from the tail and works it's way up      (Like a Power Meter, it goes up the longer you charge it). the attack is a concentrated jet of flame that engulfs the Muto and sends it flying backwards.

Finally, my favorite scene, the Kiss of Death. The Female Muto is chasing down Ford Brody, the ship, and the bomb. Just as it lunges for the explosive Godzilla grabs it from behind the neck, splitting the jaws with his claws and then charging that blast one final time...

Godzilla lifts his head back, you see the force of him keeping those jaws open (The Female Muto struggling frantically and uselessly against him), the muscles bulge, his chest pushes out, and the Atomic Breath finishes this battle once and for all, all in just one roar.

The Female Muto beheaded, and Godzilla victorious, the movie comes to a close, with the mighty beast's return to the living, and his escape.

This movie was everything I wanted it to be, slow, but fast, and fit in well. They showed plenty of the monsters while at the same time, giving you even human involvement to see just how much of a toll this event would take on the world (if it actually happened of course).

Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. paced their movie well, giving you minimal gaps, plenty of action that only few could imagine, and a good human story/perspective. I think that Godzilla did have a slightly smaller head than would have been believable for a monster of his size, the spikes (Scutes) were a bit smaller during the final seen than what I really wanted (the opening and the first encounter were the best, showing MOUNTAINOUS plates). This Godzilla wasn't really "fat", but he was definitely Bulky, with layers on top of layers of muscle, a strong neck to support the Atomic Breath, huge hands sporting what seem like calluses, and a Barreled chest.

Here are my ratings:

Length: 8/10

Pacing: 8-9/10

Design: 11/10

Human Plot and acting: 9.5/10

And finally

Overall: 84-98 of 100 pure diamond lightning bolts

I hope you enjoyed my thoughts, I Thank you for reading, and as always, more to come

Naku "Cold" Mun 