Godzilla-King of the Monsters .2019

Recent giant monsters flicks from the past 2-3 decades that work on most levels besides The Host include the 90's Gamera trilogy, Godzilla All Monsters Attack and Shin Godzilla. I'd even lump Peter Jackson's King Kong, and Pacific Rim as decent giant monster flicks, flawed though they are and much of Kong Skull Island.

 

Yeah, after the first Pacific Rim I had high hopes it would turn in to a decent franchise but wow did they loose course with the second film.

 

I saw Godzilla:King Of The Monsters a couple days ago. I enjoyed it for what it was: a big overblown monster-on-monster death match spectacle. Nothing more. Nothing less. I think the 2014 movie is better overall, and it only comes up short because it lacked sufficient exposure time of the star attraction. But hey, they do say, "Leave them wanting more".

Shin Godzilla is also superior to the current flick, but it is flawed in that--like the 2014 Godzilla flick--it has a bit too much in the human dialogue/drama department and not enough in the monster rampaging department. Too many talking heads. (We get it. There is a lot of government red tape in Japan. Please move on!) However, I do have to add that the creature (in its finished, fully grown form) in Shin Godzilla is the most terrifying of all the Godzilla films. That thing is the stuff of nightmares, and I hope that there is a followup to that film.

 

Oh, they're monster movies all right. The best remains
the original in whichever form. Some prefer Burr.

"Jaws"? Easily among the most terrifying films I ever saw.
NO shark would loom as large as the mighty Bruce!

Horror is just as comedy, something is far out of alignment
and there is the horror. Or humor, depending on your disposition.

 

( cringes ) The first time I saw that it was a genuine WTF moment.
Godzilla, chased with two tabs of Purple Sunshine. Lulz

 

How dare anyone be critical of this cinematic masterpiece!!

 

I had to laugh when David Edlestein (sp?) from Vulture wrote that the film is so convoluted that a major character was revealed as dead that he totally missed. Same with me! All of a sudden the fisher-hugger from Shape had her face plaster up with DECEASED over it, and I went: "What?"

 

I shoulda stopped with..,,

 

Oh yeah LOUDEST movie I’ve seen in years. I had to chew up a napkin for makeshift ear plugs so I could relax and enjoy the movie without worrying about a week of tinnitus. (By the way, I bought an ultrasonic app and can clearly heat up to 18,000hz. Huzzah)

 

LOL, I like the guy with the pipe, thoughtfully planning a diplomatic response. "Perhaps we can reason with the monster"

 

So-so likeness of Raymond Burr.

John K.

 

Dudes with pipes, instant ambassadorship. Ever seen
a chick with a pipe other than Granny Clampett?

 

"Let's got to Hokkaido!"
"Yea, Let's go to Hokkaido!"

Cut to newscast:

"Do not go to Hokkaido."

 

OK, I'll go with that.

Jaws was a well cast, scripted and well made movie.

Except for the basic concept. Jaws is a fish.

I don't get overly excited about fish as monster's.

Go fishing, catch fish, serve Jaw's appetizer's, everyone back in the water.

 

That's what made the film so affective. Sharks rarely attack
so they're out of mind. We've enjoyed the beaches en mass
for over a hundred years and until that movie came along
continued our swimming in ignorant bliss. That changed.
I still get a little creeped out when I bathe ... that's why
these days I prefer fresh water. But I LOVE riding the tide!

 

... which is why I'm very surprised no G movie has had
any scenes that describe a spate of missing swimmers ...
Green Gargantua, to my recollection, is the only creature
in this franchise that hunted humans for food. This film
does have a couple of unfortunate dinners, though.

 

Oh man, the funniest exchanges are on Faro Island.
The radio? Cigarettes? LMAO! Good stuff.

 

I don't know. I live in Florida and there have always been shark attacks. But, shark attacks on swimmer's in shallow water is not that common, though sharks do at times come close to shore.

Which is why, when it came out, I was, it is a shark that's eats people movie.

I will grant that the movie had profound affects on people swimming in the ocean, that I was never aware of before.

I'm originally from Miami and Miami Beach was probably the most famous beach in the world.

People came there from all over the world to lay in the sun and swim in the ocean.

After we moved to Fort Lauderdale, we used to ride our bikes and go swimming in the ocean when I was in elementary school.

As you can see the ocean in the background of my avatar photo, I ran a motel across the street from the beach.

There are so many people I have met as an adult who don't like to swim in the ocean because of "sharks".

I think 100% of this stems from Jaws.

Now I wouldn't go swimming in rivers around the world, lots of big monsters lurking in them.

 

Giant sewer rats!

I'd argue "Jaws" got people in a similar frenzy as the original 1931
"Frankenstein". Man, people REALLY got their money's worth!

 

... and to the feller who wanted an American Gargantua,
I say: Too small a market. I suppose one could be pulled off, but ...

 

"This is reporter Steve Martin looking down at the ruins of a once-great Japanese city..."



Note that all of Burr's scenes were shot in like 2 days at a little 10 x 15 foot insert stage on Western Avenue in Hollywood, kind of a grimy, run-down neighborhood (then and now). Noted Asian actor George Takei ("Sulu" from Star Trek) has said that this was the first movie he ever worked on, and is apparently in the film for a moment or two as a background character in the newly-shot Raymond Burr scenes.

 

George as also doing English dubbing for some Toho films. His voice is very recognizable in "Rodan" along with Key Luke.

 

I think the dubbing is expertly crafted.

Good Point about Key Luke: "Rodan" and "... Counterattack".
We know him best for "Gremlins".

 

I remember Key Luke primarily from Charlie Chan and Kung Fu. He also painted some of the murals at Grauman's Theatre in Hollywood.

 

"Kung Fu" was one of those HUGE shows I never saw.
I think that was around the time TV was BANNED at my house.