Godzilla (2014)

The world's most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

Director:

Gareth Edwards

Writers:

Max Borenstein (screenplay), Dave Callaham (story)

Stars:

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston

3 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aaron Taylor-Johnson	...	Ford Brody
CJ Adams	...	Young Ford
Ken Watanabe	...	Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Bryan Cranston	...	Joe Brody
Elizabeth Olsen	...	Elle Brody
Carson Bolde	...	Sam Brody
Sally Hawkins	...	Vivienne Graham
Juliette Binoche	...	Sandra Brody
David Strathairn	...	Admiral William Stenz
Richard T. Jones	...	Captain Russell Hampton
Victor Rasuk	...	Sergeant Tre Morales
Patrick Sabongui	...	Lieutenant Commander Marcus Waltz
Jared Keeso	...	Jump Master
Luc Roderique	...	Bomb Tracker
James Pizzinato	...	HALO Jumper

Storyline

In 1999, the Janjira nuclear plant was mysteriously destroyed with most hands lost including supervisor Joe Brody's colleague and wife, Sandra. Years later, Joe's son, Ford, a US Navy ordnance disposal officer, must go to Japan to help his estranged father who obsessively searches for the truth of the incident. In doing so, father and son discover the disaster's secret cause on the wreck's very grounds. This enables them to witness the reawakening of a terrible threat to all of Humanity, which is made all the worse with a second secret revival elsewhere. Against this cataclysm, the only hope for the world may be Godzilla, but the challenge for the King of the Monsters will be great even as Humanity struggles to understand the destructive ally they have.

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Plot Keywords:

kaiju | monster | disaster | japan | u.s. navy | 

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Taglines:

The world ends, Godzilla begins

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Facebook [Brazil]

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

16 May 2014 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Godzila

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$160,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$93,188,384 (USA) (16 May 2014)

Gross:

$200,661,309 (USA) (22 August 2014)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures, Disruption Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos SDDS Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Legendary Pictures filed a complaint for declaratory relief in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that producers Dan Lin, Roy Lee, and Doug Davison had threatened to sue the production company for exercising its option to remove the producers from the movie. The complaint said that the trio's efforts had consisted of introducing a screenwriter and contributing notes that were not used.

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Goofs

It's well established that the MUTOs are sensitive to radiation, enough to detect the reactor of a deep-diving submarine. So when they decide to use a nuke for a decoy, instead of removing the warhead and putting it in a radiation-proof container to try to hide it, they put the whole missile on an open flatbed railcar and transport it over open country.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Boyd: Dr. Serizawa? Jerry Boyd. Just to warn you, it's a mess. A total mess.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits are a montage of Monarch documents and 1950s videos. All text on these documents are blacked out except for the names cast/crew members. The montage ends with a nuclear bomb going off, which causes a white-out in which the film title appears.

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Connections

Referenced in Nook's Nifty Nitpicks: Godzilla (2014)

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Soundtracks

Ka Huila Wai
Written by Alfred Alohikea
Performed by Isreal "IZ" Kamakawiwio'ole
Courtesy of Mountain Apple Company HAWAII / Big Boy Records

User Reviews

Don't understand why people hate this movie

As I was reading through the other reviews I noticed one thing. People have split (mostly) into two camps. In one camp you can find those that utterly hate the movie, and in the other one you find those that adore it. Weird enough, there were very little that were in between the two camps.

Let's talk about why people hated this movie. From what I have read those that hated the movie, hated it because:

1. Because Godzilla was not center stage. "ugh incredible, I have to wait to see Godzilla? Gawd what a draagggg.. like in Pacific Rim I didn't have to put up with this, I want my money back!!". 2. And because of the way he was designed. "Ugh, that design omg... they put no effort in creating him".

I for one have to say that I love the fact that Godzilla is not in every-freaking-frame of the movie. The first half of the movie you barely see him and in the second part you have glimpse of him and later on entire scenes with our beloved lizard kicking ass and taking names.

And I really love that! They managed to build up the suspense, making Godzilla look very mysterious and making you say "oh look, there he is!" and then poof, he disappears after a building. I had the feeling that I was witnessing those events, like I was right there. This kind of filming should be done more often, I find it a really smart and a more spectacular way of shooting a movie.

Of course, when you compare this way of filming with Pacific Rim (because everybody compare the two) you'd naturally say that yes, Pacific Rim has and advantage over Godzilla.

But in all honesty you cannot compare the two because from my perspective, Pacific Rim is an upfront, here is everything we have to offer kind of movie. It is really generic, you are not surprised by anything. But if you look at Godzilla, oh my... you really have all of the suspense and intrigue that keeps you hooked and makes you want more and more! I think that this movie would have not been as good if Godzilla would have been non-stop from start to finish. It's really refreshing to see a movie like this rather than the generic-action movies like Pacific Rim, Transformers etc. that give you everything on a silver platter and a lot of the times make you say *pfft, boring*.

*Being mean* I think that the people that hate having to wait in order to see Godzilla, are those types of people that have no patience, they are those people that need action, lots of explosions, effects and mindless fighting and a bad script. You have transformers and lots of other such types of movies. If you have half of a brain you would understand this movie.

And concerning the design of Godzilla I think it's great. It looks a lot like the classic lizard but with a couple of tweaks here and there.

I myself was a big fan of the 1998 Godzilla (hey, don't judge... I was 7 years old back then, I didn't know better) and because I hadn't seen any of the old and classic versions of this monster (except from what I saw on cartoon network)I had to compare the 2014 with the 1998 lizard. But I love love love the new version.

Everything about this new Godzilla is great! From design, script and shooting, everything in my opinion is an improvement to an otherwise bland way of making movies like we have nowadays.

So try to have some critical thinking and don't judge this movie because you don't have everything thrown at you from the get-go. Sometimes a little bit of mystery is good and in my opinion they were just building the suspense for the sequel where we will probably have more prim-time lizard action.

Looking forward to seeing the sequel!!!