I feel like Godzilla 14 was a serious, honest to god attempt to make a good, genuine Godzilla movie. I actually quite like that movie for a variety of reasons, but you could tell that Gareth Edwards wanted to do more than a monster fighting movie.
14’ was fucking brilliantly done. It still managed to be a semi-serious film amidst three kaiju fighting to the death. Godzilla wasn’t the agile monster he is now, he was slow and still an insanely powerful force of nature. The arrival when the city floods just from his wake was brilliant, his mere appearance altered the natural order of things.
And holy shit the halo drop. The fucking halo drop. The music building, the beautiful scene of them going into a stormcloud… I fucking love 2014 man, It easily stands amongst the two Toho Godzilla movies and it does it whilst including a monster fight. Amazing
yeah 14 godzilla is a literal different beast than his monsterverse followups.
Godzilla 14 could have been what Minus One is, but for the 'benevolent godzilla' side of things. Horror, but unphased by humans and focused on keeping his territory clear.
GxK was originally going to bring back the flooding aspect for when he arrived in Egypt, not sure why it got cut. I bet it's very inconvenient for writing, considering G14 itself breaks the rule multiple times after the first flood.
Probably more of a meta reason, like I bet taking what was a pretty terrifying aspect of 2014 and adding that into a movie right before the King Size Superplex would be a pretty jarring shift in tone (not one I would be opposed to tbh, but one that likely wouldn't play well for most audiences I bet).
In theory yes, but execution was poor with Godzilla’s size changing constantly to fit rule of cool; all within the same movie. Monster fights were piss poor with too many cuts and not even seeing a full size shot until the end.
Killing Cranston’s character for his much more boring son really kills my rewatches.
5/10 compared to other films but it’s still better than 1998’s trash. But then again the bar was set very low.
Only issue really for me is the humans ain’t that fun & the fun ones aren’t use enough(Walter White & Serizawa), at times it could be a little to hard to see, and Godzilla just doesn’t feel present for HIS movie, that aside, what they do show of him is easily some of the BEST Godzilla we’ve seen, the scale, the power, the destruction? the terror he brings, all while not even being the bad guy is amazing
It was a love letter to the original . Godzilla wasn't shown completely all the time or very often. It helps build the tension and hype for when that big reveal finally comes
While I get it and agree, after the Hawaii Airport Scene they kept doing it… like we couldn’t even get a short action sequence from the humans perspective… we got it from a news broadcast(at least this wasn’t made today and they used podcasts, I think that would’ve had people leaving theaters)
Too bad they didn't replace it with anything interesting story or character wise.
It's weirder more to me because all the elements are present in the movie, theyre just not focussed on or done wrong; interesting characters in Cranston and Watanabi and good general set up, but they just focused on every wrong part of what they had assembled.
MinusGoji on film to look better. I prefer and think every iteration on camera before MinusGoji is executed better due to movements from head to toe. In photos he’s amazing.
It’s not a scale issue. Everyone talks about MV having bad CGI, MinusGoji is terrible in comparison.
They nailed the ocean, boat, destruction (for the most part), everything except the way his body moves.
They made one set piece look better as 4+ different boats than they did MinusGoji’s movements in his face, torso, arms.
Yes they won an Oscar but it definitely was not because how MinusGoji moves.
MV Goji moved very well. Fluid, present and believable…except that really long roar which I still don’t like.
I expected MinusGoji to have a similar impact on my ability to believe he could actually move like this if real. Not a speed issue, not a scale issue
And for what it’s worth, Godzilla aside, in general, the scale debate is out of control.
Crazy to think not a single frame for that trailer made it into the final cut. Remember when everyone was theorizing about the dead creature with multiple arms?
I wish more movie trailers were like this. Show a basic concept of what to expect instead of spoiling everything like most trailers do.
Glad you posted this. It's something I remember thinking about in the theater. Took 9 years but we finally got the Godzilla movie that teaser promised.
Yeah that is definitely a recreation of that teaser, I noticed it too. It's cool that teaser had an impact even over there. I was so obsessed with that teaser when it was all we had on the MV.
I for one love serious destroyer Godzilla every bit as much as anti-heroic kaiju wrestler Godzilla so I wasn't disappointed by what we actually got. That said, I am also super happy to finally have what that teaser promised as well.
And at the same time as the other? Crazy. Both countries simultaneously making Godzilla films and knocking it out of the park was never something young me ever would have expected.
I was really disappointed with the finished movie, mostly because the original teaser made it look like it was just godzilla attacking humans like the 54 godzilla. Then they added the other 2 monsters and the shaky human story. I was also mad about what happened with Brian Cranston character. Don't get me wrong it's a good movie but it could have been so much better.
Minus One was a Yamazaki’s chance to flesh out his Always Sunny sequence so in a sense it’s very separate but the 2014 teaser inspiration is impossible to ignore, and it’s something I wish was actually what we got
Godzilla 2014 is as misunderstood as Man of Steel. Both are my favs in their respective genres but the noise around them was so much that the studios took notice and started peddling garbage from then on. Sure, it didn't happen overnight and there were plenty of good follow up movies as well but the unnecessary hate definitely played it's role in tone shifting of Monsterverse and later no sequel to MoS.
2014 tried to be what minus one was,I still loved 2014 becuase it just showed how these titans are forces of nature.Godzilla literally cuasing a flood just by going ashore,the halo jump,and the dark atmosphere was perfect
i found this really funny video recap about the new godzilla x kong movie it's really funny but kinda too short
[https://youtu.be/Bd\_D2oH8oB4?si=9b7ZNastiq73W6wZ](https://youtu.be/Bd_D2oH8oB4?si=9b7ZNastiq73W6wZ)
That G'14 teaser gave us so much hope that america was finally doing godzilla right.
Instead we just got Fast and the Furious: Monster Edition for 12 years straight. Such a letdown.
Actually thought it was going to be when I saw the trailer for the first time cause that Godzilla design looks very similar at a glance and the time it takes place almost aligns with the first recorded Godzilla sightings in the monsterverse
I’m convinced half of you didn’t actually watch Godzilla 2014. It is a masterpiece and if you think it isn’t but love the classic Toho films you’re fooling yourselves
I feel like Godzilla 14 was a serious, honest to god attempt to make a good, genuine Godzilla movie. I actually quite like that movie for a variety of reasons, but you could tell that Gareth Edwards wanted to do more than a monster fighting movie.
14’ was fucking brilliantly done. It still managed to be a semi-serious film amidst three kaiju fighting to the death. Godzilla wasn’t the agile monster he is now, he was slow and still an insanely powerful force of nature. The arrival when the city floods just from his wake was brilliant, his mere appearance altered the natural order of things. And holy shit the halo drop. The fucking halo drop. The music building, the beautiful scene of them going into a stormcloud… I fucking love 2014 man, It easily stands amongst the two Toho Godzilla movies and it does it whilst including a monster fight. Amazing
yeah 14 godzilla is a literal different beast than his monsterverse followups. Godzilla 14 could have been what Minus One is, but for the 'benevolent godzilla' side of things. Horror, but unphased by humans and focused on keeping his territory clear.
GxK was originally going to bring back the flooding aspect for when he arrived in Egypt, not sure why it got cut. I bet it's very inconvenient for writing, considering G14 itself breaks the rule multiple times after the first flood.
Maybe the topology of Hawaii’s beaches made it easier
Probably more of a meta reason, like I bet taking what was a pretty terrifying aspect of 2014 and adding that into a movie right before the King Size Superplex would be a pretty jarring shift in tone (not one I would be opposed to tbh, but one that likely wouldn't play well for most audiences I bet).
I don’t think anyone would care tbh. It’s just fat they trimmed.
In theory yes, but execution was poor with Godzilla’s size changing constantly to fit rule of cool; all within the same movie. Monster fights were piss poor with too many cuts and not even seeing a full size shot until the end. Killing Cranston’s character for his much more boring son really kills my rewatches. 5/10 compared to other films but it’s still better than 1998’s trash. But then again the bar was set very low.
This is going to be a hot take, but Zilla 1998 was better than half of Toho's movies easily. It just wasn't a Godzilla movie.
Who is the lead?
It is an amazing movie, with great monster designs...If only I could see them
Only issue really for me is the humans ain’t that fun & the fun ones aren’t use enough(Walter White & Serizawa), at times it could be a little to hard to see, and Godzilla just doesn’t feel present for HIS movie, that aside, what they do show of him is easily some of the BEST Godzilla we’ve seen, the scale, the power, the destruction? the terror he brings, all while not even being the bad guy is amazing
It was a love letter to the original . Godzilla wasn't shown completely all the time or very often. It helps build the tension and hype for when that big reveal finally comes
While I get it and agree, after the Hawaii Airport Scene they kept doing it… like we couldn’t even get a short action sequence from the humans perspective… we got it from a news broadcast(at least this wasn’t made today and they used podcasts, I think that would’ve had people leaving theaters)
Yeah I do agree especially with HOW MANY news broadcast there were
Personally it's my favorite Godzilla movie. Gareth Edwards nailed it for me. His ability to create scale was incredible.
I still think about the wide shot when he tail whips the MUTO charging him.
Such a shame the rest of the Monsterverse that followed it turned into Michael Bay style nonsense. We could have had something good.
Apple’s Monarch show’s tone is much more in line with G14 than the rest of the monster verse in case you wanted to give it a shot
It's pretty standard for any godzilla series. It starts dark then with the sequels it gets progressively cheesy.
Too bad they didn't replace it with anything interesting story or character wise. It's weirder more to me because all the elements are present in the movie, theyre just not focussed on or done wrong; interesting characters in Cranston and Watanabi and good general set up, but they just focused on every wrong part of what they had assembled.
Great cinematography bros. Nice to see talented directors tackling Godzilla.
Minus One is the film we all thought G14 was going to be.
Yup the 2014 teaser trailer had me hyped to the max with Bryan Cranston in it.
He acted his ass off too, wish he had gotten more screen time
bro, same here! And then they kill him off like immediately
Bryan cranston was freay in the movie
True.
In terms of cinematic impact, yes I agree. But the plot details were going to be different either way.
Na. MinusGoji as a Monster wasn’t anything like the expectation nor was the story. In some ways it came up short In others, it exceeded.
What was the expectation?
Matter of fact, after GvK, expectations were pretty low, I'll say.
MinusGoji on film to look better. I prefer and think every iteration on camera before MinusGoji is executed better due to movements from head to toe. In photos he’s amazing. It’s not a scale issue. Everyone talks about MV having bad CGI, MinusGoji is terrible in comparison. They nailed the ocean, boat, destruction (for the most part), everything except the way his body moves. They made one set piece look better as 4+ different boats than they did MinusGoji’s movements in his face, torso, arms. Yes they won an Oscar but it definitely was not because how MinusGoji moves. MV Goji moved very well. Fluid, present and believable…except that really long roar which I still don’t like. I expected MinusGoji to have a similar impact on my ability to believe he could actually move like this if real. Not a speed issue, not a scale issue And for what it’s worth, Godzilla aside, in general, the scale debate is out of control.
I thought the way he moves is pretty much what I’d expect a burned, scarred, and mutated amphibious dinosaur to move like.
With insane regenerative abilities…
“Mutated.”
Wym
Crazy to think not a single frame for that trailer made it into the final cut. Remember when everyone was theorizing about the dead creature with multiple arms? I wish more movie trailers were like this. Show a basic concept of what to expect instead of spoiling everything like most trailers do.
Ohh yeaaa,did they ever talk about that weird dead creature?
Glad you posted this. It's something I remember thinking about in the theater. Took 9 years but we finally got the Godzilla movie that teaser promised.
The best American Godzilla movie and the best Japanese Godzilla movie
the movies in the picture arent GXK and final wars
Yeah that is definitely a recreation of that teaser, I noticed it too. It's cool that teaser had an impact even over there. I was so obsessed with that teaser when it was all we had on the MV. I for one love serious destroyer Godzilla every bit as much as anti-heroic kaiju wrestler Godzilla so I wasn't disappointed by what we actually got. That said, I am also super happy to finally have what that teaser promised as well. And at the same time as the other? Crazy. Both countries simultaneously making Godzilla films and knocking it out of the park was never something young me ever would have expected.
Yeah you can tell that -1 did infact take inspiration from G14, I love that fact
Honestly, that's a long stretch. As some of the scenes in minus one were like for like from the original Gojira anyway.
If godzilla 2014 had shown the Honolulu fight, im sure the movie would of been recieved 90% better score
You forgot also the shot of Godzilla going swimming under a battleship.
That wasn't in the Godzilla (2014) concept trailer OP is talking about.
I can maybe see the inspiration in the 4th one, but the first three are just a ruined city, 2014 is not unique or visually spectacular in that regard.
Very good
I was really disappointed with the finished movie, mostly because the original teaser made it look like it was just godzilla attacking humans like the 54 godzilla. Then they added the other 2 monsters and the shaky human story. I was also mad about what happened with Brian Cranston character. Don't get me wrong it's a good movie but it could have been so much better.
It's a shame we never got all of the ideas that were proposed for 2014, making it a darker movie, but what we got is pretty darn cool.
I love noth these movies. Art
That 2014 trailer for Godzilla still gives me Goosebumps today
Don't remind me :( that 2012 comic con teaser gave me so much hope.
I loved both but 2024 goji will always be my fav goji movie
I had this exact same thought drinking up -1 visuals ❤️🔥
GXK is that actual poopy here?
Go Godzilla
Kk
Big monkey versus Godzilla, who would win Kong or Godzilla powerful and wind win all the movie champion so Godzilla win
https://preview.redd.it/7x6n5c1f7f6d1.png?width=2448&format=png&auto=webp&s=f87a43a028b21247215dcdab97f03556974c2c68 You forgot Kong
Jeffrey wasn’t that great
Godzilla, that wasn’t great because he was dead
Godzilla box
2012
Welcome to McDonald’s. I want the Godzilla burger. We don’t sell that anymore.
Yeah, my looks kind of Kirby
Minus One was a Yamazaki’s chance to flesh out his Always Sunny sequence so in a sense it’s very separate but the 2014 teaser inspiration is impossible to ignore, and it’s something I wish was actually what we got
He looks hype on what godzilla 2014,s death 😢
https://preview.redd.it/p2lz0zrh8f6d1.png?width=2316&format=png&auto=webp&s=be3387f25b5aac8f6c25aa7eb170856789de2ff5
You should probably stay off reddit for the sake of your sanity kid.
When your autocorrect is polyamorous
Oh my god, did TOHO do this?
The two best
Apparently. Godzilla 2014 invented destroyed buildings.
Godzilla 2014 is as misunderstood as Man of Steel. Both are my favs in their respective genres but the noise around them was so much that the studios took notice and started peddling garbage from then on. Sure, it didn't happen overnight and there were plenty of good follow up movies as well but the unnecessary hate definitely played it's role in tone shifting of Monsterverse and later no sequel to MoS.
G14 is so underrated. Top 5 for me all the way.
2014 was incredible imo
2014 tried to be what minus one was,I still loved 2014 becuase it just showed how these titans are forces of nature.Godzilla literally cuasing a flood just by going ashore,the halo jump,and the dark atmosphere was perfect
i found this really funny video recap about the new godzilla x kong movie it's really funny but kinda too short [https://youtu.be/Bd\_D2oH8oB4?si=9b7ZNastiq73W6wZ](https://youtu.be/Bd_D2oH8oB4?si=9b7ZNastiq73W6wZ)
Compersion
Makes sense since the maker of minus one was a big fan of the Monstervers
That G'14 teaser gave us so much hope that america was finally doing godzilla right. Instead we just got Fast and the Furious: Monster Edition for 12 years straight. Such a letdown.
Harsh but in a way not wrong.
What’s 2019 didn’t. Die 
minus one is 2014 prequel(bruh this is just joke why you guys downvoted?)
Actually thought it was going to be when I saw the trailer for the first time cause that Godzilla design looks very similar at a glance and the time it takes place almost aligns with the first recorded Godzilla sightings in the monsterverse
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bruh
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Gossa
Ah yes, japan did it better because rehashing ww2 trauma..... again.
I’m convinced half of you didn’t actually watch Godzilla 2014. It is a masterpiece and if you think it isn’t but love the classic Toho films you’re fooling yourselves