Toho Kingdom

AtomicMorningBreath wrote:I enjoy listening to Kevin Smith' podcast, he's very entertaining. I want to know what he thinks since he is not an uninformed professional critic who is speaking from a filmmaker's perspective who understand's niche genres. Not sure if the sarcastic response was justified.

G2000 wrote:

AtomicMorningBreath wrote:I enjoy listening to Kevin Smith' podcast, he's very entertaining. I want to know what he thinks since he is not an uninformed professional critic who is speaking from a filmmaker's perspective who understand's niche genres. Not sure if the sarcastic response was justified.

I don't think Rodan95 was being sarcastic, just stating filmmakers who he would like to get reactions from (several of whom are documented Godzilla fans). My now-deleted response was intended to be derogatory toward Kevin Smith, yeah, but Rodan95 comes off as fairly earnest

JesstrK wrote:Well guys...we are at 46 with 74 reviews. Looks like we are probably stuck in the rotten zone.

G2000 wrote:

AtomicMorningBreath wrote:I enjoy listening to Kevin Smith' podcast, he's very entertaining. I want to know what he thinks since he is not an uninformed professional critic who is speaking from a filmmaker's perspective who understand's niche genres. Not sure if the sarcastic response was justified.

I don't think Rodan95 was being sarcastic, just stating filmmakers who he would like to get reactions from (several of whom are documented Godzilla fans). My now-deleted response was intended to be derogatory toward Kevin Smith, yeah, but Rodan95 comes off as fairly earnest

neo kaijubait wrote:Richard Roeper liked G'14 and didn't like this, that's somewhat disappointing...

G2000 wrote:Richard Roeper hates it, unfortunately, in part because he finds it "too serious"

i'm sick and tired of being ninja'd

I think this movie has a bit of an identity crisis... You don't know if they're trying to be a cheesy, 1990s action movie or if they're trying to elevate the genre and take it more seriously.

GojiDog wrote:I don't like to turn things into an "Us Vs. Them" fight. Politics, religion, video games, comics, movies and TV shows...it feels like everything turns into a gigantic group shouting match of South Park "Rabble Rabble Rabble" level proportions.

So I don't necessarily want to turn my nose at all critics, flip them off, or shout them down. They have a job. They get paid to give their thoughts and review movies, and their tastes might not be the same as mine. Sometimes I agree with the consensus (Planet of the Apes Caesar trilogy), sometimes I don't (Rambo 08).

They didn't like Godzilla? Hey that's fine. Doesn't change my opinion of the movie at all.

BUT, I am more than willing to politely response to the criticisms.

For example, the whole argument that the movie showcases the monsters and has weak characters...um...aren't the monsters characters in and of themselves? Maybe this comes with being fans of these creatures like we have been most of our lives, but I have a hard time saying that this film had weak characters when it gave me a hero that I loved (Godzilla), a villain that was legitimately intimidating and imposing (Ghidorah), and gave personalities to Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra, and Rodan. Just because they aren't human and they don't talk like we do doesn't mean they aren't characters in the story. Hell, I might like the Transformers movies more if they centered the stories on Optimus Prime instead of Shia LeBouf and Marky Mark.

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gottatalktothefake wrote:

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Haven't watched this guy since back in 14'. When did he get that annoying "hot girl" intro anyways? Also, he gave a shoutout to Quartering, which is, well, yikes.

Kaiju-King42 wrote:

gottatalktothefake wrote:

LegendZilla wrote:This video helps ease some pain.



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Haven't watched this guy since back in 14'. When did he get that annoying "hot girl" intro anyways? Also, he gave a shoutout to Quartering, which is, well, yikes.

Who's Quartering and why is that a yikes? Some cringey alt-right channel?

gottatalktothefake wrote:

Kaiju-King42 wrote:

gottatalktothefake wrote: Haven't watched this guy since back in 14'. When did he get that annoying "hot girl" intro anyways? Also, he gave a shoutout to Quartering, which is, well, yikes.

Who's Quartering and why is that a yikes? Some cringey alt-right channel?

Pretty much, some of what he says is true, such as RT making drastic changes to protect a single movie, and the fact that critics fluff their reviews depending on the studio. But he also pushes inane conspiracy theories such as "Disney is buying most of the tickets for Captain Marvel to artificially inflate their Box office records".