What is this Godzilla to you?

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Well, first and foremost, I see Godzilla. When discussing America's last 'attempt' at Godzilla with non-fans, I feel the need to stress that the iguana was not Godzilla. This new guy? Him, I have no problem with. He's a little unconventional, being CGI and all, but I'm perfectly comfortable treating him as the newest ruler in a long, proud dynasty.

Apart from that? He is... alien, I suppose. A seemingly impossible creature from another time, that doesn't belong in the modern world. Yet here he is. There is an element of godhood to him, being as massive and powerful as he is; most if not all of our weapons are meaningless to him. We humans, supposedly this planet's dominant species, are insects compared to him. But the movie does a good job showing that he is not, in fact, omnipotent. He can be injured, he can tire, and it is entirely possible that he can die. For all his age and power, he is mortal, and may have to struggle to survive just as we do. The MUTOs were a good enemy for this movie, but I hope the future movies give him some really closely-contested, life-or-death battles.
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I see this Godzilla as a Legendary Pokemon to be honest; he is this ancient powerful creature with a lot of history that is awakened when an ancient rival is also awakened and threatens the globe. After finishing his job, he leaves without noticing mankind or anything else.
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An old, sumo assassin god of nature.
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Godzilla 2014= Anakin Skywalker. Restoring balance to the force.
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godzilla 2014: mediocre

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This Gojira is Superman.
He is an alien that suddenly shows up to protect us from his evil alien brothers but breaks some stuff while in the process of saving us.

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He's a fusion of all previous incarnations, sans the really goofy pro wrestling Godzilla and GINO. They made him the earth alpha with universal appeal. The result is a marketing success that feels a bit tepid. He's not compromised, but safe. The "King Kong Killshot" tribute that took it up a notch made up for a lot.
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Ghost_Ultramantis wrote: The result is a marketing success that feels a bit tepid. He's not compromised, but safe.
Bingo.
In my opinion, of course.

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JAGzilla wrote:Well, first and foremost, I see Godzilla. When discussing America's last 'attempt' at Godzilla with non-fans, I feel the need to stress that the iguana was not Godzilla. This new guy? Him, I have no problem with. He's a little unconventional, being CGI and all, but I'm perfectly comfortable treating him as the newest ruler in a long, proud dynasty.

Apart from that? He is... alien, I suppose. A seemingly impossible creature from another time, that doesn't belong in the modern world. Yet here he is. There is an element of godhood to him, being as massive and powerful as he is; most if not all of our weapons are meaningless to him. We humans, supposedly this planet's dominant species, are insects compared to him. But the movie does a good job showing that he is not, in fact, omnipotent. He can be injured, he can tire, and it is entirely possible that he can die. For all his age and power, he is mortal, and may have to struggle to survive just as we do. The MUTOs were a good enemy for this movie, but I hope the future movies give him some really closely-contested, life-or-death battles.
This WAS life or death. He exhausted himself, traveling to the ends of the earth to destroy the MUTOs, using every bit of energy he had, collapsing into a coma immediately afterwards.
I hope Wanigumagoji's fighting style lives up to his design.

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mystic. cosmic, in a way. a legend. the repeated and subtle mentions of Godzilla through time, especially in the beginning sequence and each little piece of history etched into the film, such as the dragon's head in the last battle, kinda built up this feeling that...

...monsters are really. that we really don't know much of anything about our world, or how it was before us. that we need to reevaluate things we thought were just fanciful stories: things like sea monsters and the like -- there were really great beasts that lived through hell and high water here. and finally, a scheme might exist at the most basic level. that we, humans, are bystanders and occasionally participants in a great game that plays out over and over again, and only does so because someone must win and someone must lose.

this Godzilla, to me, is a mystical incarnation of a grander scheme. again: he's a legend.
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