The King of Monsters, much like an emperor without clothes is pretty much an embarrassment to this G-Fan. Such a sad farewell to an old friend made by possibly the worst director that Toho could have chosen for this type of film, Ryuhei Kitamura.
Many folks will say, "well what do you expect? its a Godzilla film!" To them i'd say, lets look at the last 3 g flicks to come out... GMK, GxMG & GMMG: Tokyo SOS. All three have: 1.)An excellent story, 2.)Amazing effects, 3.)More monster action per scene. And while some scenes are brilliant, the vast majority of G:FW is rather dull and laughable (yes even for a Godzilla film, especially after seeing the 3 afore mentioned films). While I will agree the three films that come before final wars aren't perfect. They outshine final wars by leaps and bounds.
Let me lay it out for you all. The movie is over 2hrs long... of that 2hrs, only 35min or less deals with any monster action at all...and what do you get for your trouble of 85+ minutes of seemingly random human drama? Big G blasting his way through every monster without so much as breaking a sweat. The final battle between, Monster X and big G is constantly interrupted, and when Kaiser Ghiddorah arrives on the scene and things get interesting its all over. The ending theme music for the farewell before the credits roll just kill anything that might have been going on in the climatic final battle. Its a down right shame.
See it because as a fan you must. Yet as far as this fan is concerned, it is by far the worst g-flick ever made. The poor lighting hides the details of Big G, and becomes annoying. Especially after being used to the fine work from GMK and Tokyo SOS, it always tickled me to see Godzilla snarl or pull a WTF face when something happened...or even smirk like in GMK. From the overly dark scenes, to the rip off scenes, and plot devices from such films as X-men, Matrix, ID4 and countless other films... Other disappointments include Gigan...such a cool new look... and a total waste...TWICE!!! Hedora, I mean Kitamura shouldn't have even bothered putting him in... and yes people there is a deleted scene of Godzilla battling Hedora it was cut out in the interest of time...a monster movie with more human drama than monster drama... People who love this movie will also love G98... they can have it... Tokyo SOS is a better end to the legacy anyhow...
Damn you Ryhei Kitamura.... damn you to hell... (and before you even start...Kitamura is not a Godzilla fan, he said so himself)
Many folks will say, "well what do you expect? its a Godzilla film!" To them i'd say, lets look at the last 3 g flicks to come out... GMK, GxMG & GMMG: Tokyo SOS. All three have: 1.)An excellent story, 2.)Amazing effects, 3.)More monster action per scene. And while some scenes are brilliant, the vast majority of G:FW is rather dull and laughable (yes even for a Godzilla film, especially after seeing the 3 afore mentioned films). While I will agree the three films that come before final wars aren't perfect. They outshine final wars by leaps and bounds.
Let me lay it out for you all. The movie is over 2hrs long... of that 2hrs, only 35min or less deals with any monster action at all...and what do you get for your trouble of 85+ minutes of seemingly random human drama? Big G blasting his way through every monster without so much as breaking a sweat. The final battle between, Monster X and big G is constantly interrupted, and when Kaiser Ghiddorah arrives on the scene and things get interesting its all over. The ending theme music for the farewell before the credits roll just kill anything that might have been going on in the climatic final battle. Its a down right shame.
See it because as a fan you must. Yet as far as this fan is concerned, it is by far the worst g-flick ever made. The poor lighting hides the details of Big G, and becomes annoying. Especially after being used to the fine work from GMK and Tokyo SOS, it always tickled me to see Godzilla snarl or pull a WTF face when something happened...or even smirk like in GMK. From the overly dark scenes, to the rip off scenes, and plot devices from such films as X-men, Matrix, ID4 and countless other films... Other disappointments include Gigan...such a cool new look... and a total waste...TWICE!!! Hedora, I mean Kitamura shouldn't have even bothered putting him in... and yes people there is a deleted scene of Godzilla battling Hedora it was cut out in the interest of time...a monster movie with more human drama than monster drama... People who love this movie will also love G98... they can have it... Tokyo SOS is a better end to the legacy anyhow...
Damn you Ryhei Kitamura.... damn you to hell... (and before you even start...Kitamura is not a Godzilla fan, he said so himself)