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| Godzilla Final Wars(2004); Discuss the film here. | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 8 2006, 11:36 AM (3,150 Views) | |
| packmule | Feb 8 2006, 11:36 AM Post #1 |
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In December of 2004, Toho, to celebrate Godzilla's 50th birthday, and also his "retirement" at the same time, released Godzilla Final Wars. This film is, to say the least, a departure from previous G films, and seems to have polarized Godzilla fans everywhere. Post your thoughts and opinions on this film here. :) |
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| Legionmaster | Feb 8 2006, 08:38 PM Post #2 |
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I'm at the "This film kicked ass" pole. Captain Gordan is the best G-Character ever, and Gigan finally gets to be seen in his full glory. All the kaiju returning are awesome, and Keizer Ghidorah was sweet. The Gotengo was so cool, and it had some hot chicks! |
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| packmule | Feb 9 2006, 10:16 PM Post #3 |
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I take it you are referring to Rei Kikukawa and Maki Mizuno. Assuming you are I would agree they are very hot 
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| Legionmaster | Feb 9 2006, 10:53 PM Post #4 |
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Nah, I was talking about the old EDF lady. [/sarcasm] |
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| Ro-Dan | Feb 10 2006, 06:42 PM Post #5 |
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That old EDF lady, Kumi Mizuno, was an absolute beauty back in the 60's. Anyway, I'd say GFW was a breath of fresh air after the last two run-of-the-mill Tezuka outings. Much like GMK, at least GFW attempted to push the envelope. Sure it fell short on certain things but at least it was bold and brash. 2013 seems like such a long way away, doesn't it? |
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| packmule | Feb 14 2006, 07:57 PM Post #6 |
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Seems like it...course I was probably saying the same thing back in 1999 about this year -I was not terribly disheartened(maybe a little for a time) when it was announced that Godzilla was going to be on hiatus-I think, with all that has been said about his declining popularity in Japan, it is indeed the right thing to do, giving G a rest, and letting interest in Godzilla films build back up. In the meantime I, as a fan and collector of Toho and other Asian films, still have plenty to whet my appetite: the 2006 Gamera movie, the remake of Submersion Of Japan, in addition to titles being officially released for the first time ever e.g. Latitude Zero. Also, there is Ultraman, past and present TV series to blow my wallet on. :)
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| Ro-Dan | Feb 16 2006, 12:17 PM Post #7 |
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Toho absolutely made the right decision to give the Godzilla series a rest. I think the chief factor that lead to the previous series' demise was overexposure. There was a new film every year. Godzilla became passe. Hopefully when they ressurect the series they won't release the films annually. Toho should really put more thought and time into each film instead of just churning out a product like on an assembly line. |
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| packmule | Feb 16 2006, 07:36 PM Post #8 |
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Agreed. I think releasing a Godzilla film every two to three years might keep the franchise from going stale. The Spiderman and X-Men films are spaced apart similarly. ;) |
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| Legionmaster | Feb 16 2006, 08:20 PM Post #9 |
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Yeah, good call. Anyway, it's hard to keep up with a film a year. :( |
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| packmule | Feb 18 2006, 01:10 AM Post #10 |
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Indeed. It's also harder to buy them, at least from my financial standpoint, when they come out more often.
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| Ro-Dan | Feb 19 2006, 12:48 PM Post #11 |
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It also allows excitement to build between films. I used to love/agonize over the long three-year waiting periods between Star Wars films. Each time a new SW movie was released it felt like a special event. That's how Godzilla should be. |
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| china | Feb 25 2006, 12:18 AM Post #12 |
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This is easily my pick as worst Godzilla movie ever. To me it's just dumb. There was little effort to make a quality movie. Just a bunch of random ideas taped together very loosely. To me this is Charlie's Angles style movie making but with a few scenes of monsters thrown in... A big 0 out of 4...Sorry! |
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| packmule | Mar 13 2006, 11:28 PM Post #13 |
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Indeed a good analogy. The Charlie's Angels films disrespected the 1970's TV series of the same name. Not suggesting the 70's "Angels" TV series was Emmy material mind you but there were regular characters and coherent plots, unlike the rapid-fire, kaleidoscopic mess of the CA films, whose campiness and far-fetched action scenes were mostly way to unbelievable for Packmule. I also think this applies to GFW in respect to the other Godzilla films. eyebrow |
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| china | Mar 14 2006, 01:27 AM Post #14 |
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Yeah! They are very similar. Both have fake CGI kung Fu, bad humor, washed out cinematography, unreal characters that seem to live a world that is not our own. All style no substance. And the style to both these movies were just ripped off from other much better made movies. Godzilla Final Wars should have been called Godzilla Full Throttle haha! |
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| packmule | Mar 14 2006, 10:37 PM Post #15 |
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Another thing I neglected to mention was the wireworks, used ad nauseam in both McG's Charlie's Angels films and GFW-your alternate title suggestion for GFW is pretty much correct. 
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