Board Thread:Movie Discussions/@comment-24868748-20140518055647/@comment-1763304-20150821131145

The King of the Monsters wrote:

Lady Blue wrote:

Meeston Falcon wrote: Come on guys!

Godzilla 2014 is not "horrible", that's why it will have a sequel in 2018.

Look at the 1998 film, the sequels of the film was canceled because the film is "horrible". I don't think either one is horrible. In fact, every time I watch 1998 again, I want a live action sequel even more. 1998 will probably always be my favorite Godzilla movie. (I'm not joking, being sarcastic, or anything.)

You may not find it horrible, but you need to at least grasp the fact that the movie was a disaster with critics and fans alike, and lost every company that did merchandise for it a ton of money. Most people refuse to even consider it a Godzilla movie, because the director specifically said he hated the series and had very low opinions of people who liked the films. In fact, Dean Devlin and Patrick Tatapoulos even apologized for making the film in recent interviews, even saying they "screwed it up."

The film is regarded as a disaster and a disservice to the franchise by almost every circle. If you really like the film and don't share the negative opinions, then that's understandable and there is nothing wrong with that. But the objective fact is that the film was made with nothing but utter disrespect and contempt for the series, and it was absolutely blasted by critics and fans alike and performed far below studio and media expectations. The film isn't objectively "horrible," but you should be easily able to see why so many people hate it and don't consider it a Godzilla film. I'm aware of that and I know why people don't like it, but I don't understand why people can't accept it as a good movie on it's own. There's a huge difference between not seeing why people hate it and not seeing why people can't accept it.

Sure, I grew up with '98 Godzilla since I was a kid, but I like it even more than ever now that I'm an adult.