Board Thread:Movie Discussions/@comment-24868748-20140518055647/@comment-24214574-20141212150041

NINmann01 wrote: I think Godzilla 2014 was the closest experience we have had; and will ever have to the original 1954 film.

Many of the complaints I dismiss completely. I didn't watch the movie to see Bay' level explosions. I was there to see Godzilla. And the scenes he was in portrayed his power very well. Also, EVER Godzilla has had an excessive Human related sub-plot.

I would take the Godzilla 2014 sub-plot over many of the original series' films. While I do like this movie, I disagree with a few points.

I hope my reply makes some (not all, i.e. "OH NO HE HAS GILLS" or "HE LOOKS SO FAT OMFG" or "TEH JAPANEEZ R TEH ONLEE WUNS TAT MAEK GUD GOJI MOOVEES") of the arguments against this film more credible. Before anyone calls me a hater, I'm going to say right here and now that I really enjoyed this film and it was my second Godzilla flick, the first being Invasion of Astro Monster. I'd also like to say that I've seen many other films since, having watched the near entirety of the Heisei and Millennium eras as well as quite a bit of Showa.
 * While it is a good movie, I don't really see any parallels to the original '54 film. I may get some hate for this, but I see more of a resemblance to the '98 film but in a good, non-sucky or disrespectful way, like the female M.U.T.O.'s rage after her eggs were destroyed. That being said,
 * It seemed like most of the (very little) monster action focused on the M.U.T.O.s instead of the titilular Godzilla. Sure, we saw a bit of the Big G himself, but he was almost always in the background, even during the (very few) battles. The only time we really got to see him in action at all was near the very end of the movie and at the very end of the movie.
 * Speaking of the battles, there was very little action. Before you say anything, no I was not expecting "The Bay Treatment" or Final Wars, but I was at least expecting something. Back in the Showa, Heisei, and Millennium eras there was always at least two or three minor bouts before the epic finale (which featured human action in the background), so I was expecting at least the same proportion of monster action in this film. Yes, there were fights, but they were in reverse; it was only human action with very little monster action going on in the background. The number of fights was disappointing a well; a paltry two. As I said before, most (not all) previous films had a few minor fights to build up anticipation for the final showdown. To me, the reason why the lack of monster action is so troublesome is because of one major thing-film length. Most of the earlier Godzilla films (Final Wars being a notable exception) were about an hour and a half long, a decent time stretch for a film back then. This new film is a whopping two hours long. In short, the older films were shorter but had more action while this new film was longer but had less action, making the problem much more noticeable that it would if the film were shorter.
 * Since other people stated it better, the protagonist was so boring. Almost every other character was so much more interesting, especially his father.