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Horrible character indeed with stupid Marvel-esque quips that were incredibly annoying. I was waiting the entire movie for Godzilla to eat him 
 
I agree that, when you can actually see Godzilla battling the MUTOs in San Francisco it's actually very exciting, especially when the big G uses his atomic breath to rip the MUTO's head off 
 
But Aaron Taylor Johnson's character is probably one of the blandest protagonists of a blockbuster movie in recent years. Tom Hiddleston was much more engaging and fun in K:SI.

every time this guy opened his mouth....
 
 

 
 
 
i fully understand the frustration of the cutaways....but the battles felt so much more real and grounded when they were actually happening.
 
The way Edwards filmed them, gave it so much more reality.  And that's what I like about Godzilla in the first place.... is that it's a spawn of our own creation/reality, nukes.
 
the kiss of death at the end is the payoff to all the cutaways in my opinion.

These movies are enjoyable and frustrating to different degrees.
 
With G14 I appreciate that they were trying for a grim and realistic tone, but the constant cutting off the kaiju scenes that even became a meme on social media to cut to stupid human drama was more frustrating than tantalizing. I think they were trying to do a Jaws kinda thing, but Gareth Edwards is not Steven Spielberg. The score by Alexandre Desplat is amazing, an unusual but inspired choice of composer by Edwards.
 
Skull Island is beautifully shot, has great CGI and I like that the action is set in a tropical jungle during the Vietnam war instead of a metropolis during night time like most of the other movies, it gives a different vibe. The kaiju scenes were a bit frustrating though, particularly the final battle which could've been more memorable. Decent Henry Jackman score.
 
KOTM tried to go for the same dark & epic angle of the 2014, but the movie is way less smart than it thinks it is. Some beautiful shots though by Lawrence Sher, and surprisingly you can understand and see the action even though the battles are set at night. Great Bear McCreary score.
 
GvK is dumb fun, but way more dumb than fun lol. Awful characters and dialogue, serviceable action scenes and a bad score (I guess JXL was way more focused in Zack Snyder Justice League).
 
Haven't seen GxK yet, I'll wait for streaming. 

both American and Japanese.
 
Godzilla 2014 struck a chord with me.
 
 
 
the actors.  there was like a million.  and i didn't care for a single one of them.

It's the day after TV theme song day.

"What a vivid imagination." 

Willie... Willie....what is that? Is that short for something?
 
Willie is my professional name...Indiana.
 
Hey, lady! You call him Doctor Jones!
 
MY professional name.
 
*flips a coin*

wake me up when it's National Film Song Day

wake me up when it's National Film Song Day

wake me up when it's National Film Song Day

Gonna go with my two favorites:
 
Crystal Skull trailer #2.  the syncing of the 'rocket sled timer' with that fanfare part of the Raiders March, still get chills to this day.  the hype for that movie back then was palpable.
 
 
 
and of course, War Horse.  i will still tear up to that theme
 
 
 
War Horse crushes me, man 

Willie... Willie....what is that? Is that short for something?
 
Willie is my professional name...Indiana.
 
Hey, lady! You call him Doctor Jones!
 
MY professional name.
 
*flips a coin*

Gonna go with my two favorites:
 
Crystal Skull trailer #2.  the syncing of the 'rocket sled timer' with that fanfare part of the Raiders March, still get chills to this day.  the hype for that movie back then was palpable.
 
 
 
and of course, War Horse.  i will still tear up to that theme
 
 
 
War Horse crushes me, man 

No jokes today, just an unfortunate apparent reality.

Gonna go with my two favorites:
 
Crystal Skull trailer #2.  the syncing of the 'rocket sled timer' with that fanfare part of the Raiders March, still get chills to this day.  the hype for that movie back then was palpable.
 
 
 
and of course, War Horse.  i will still tear up to that theme
 
 
 
War Horse crushes me, man 

I am not sure if this is JW or not, but I LOVED the Big Bold Brassy sound of the Main Star Wars theme at 1:@6
 
 

Nixon, IMO, is hands down the single greatest trailer ever cut with the single greatest piece of trailer music of all time! Nothing comes even close.

I think the worst use of Williams' music in any trailer is the Dial of Destiny trailer. 
 
-Erik-

Not written by JW himself, but I'll always remember the creepy version of the Jurassic Park theme for the first World:
 
 
The Zimmerized Force theme that ends TLJ's trailer is so cliche and silly that it's actually fun:
 
 

Although a rarity, from time to time, JW has written music to score the trailer to films he's worked on. Other times, his music for the film is used in the trailer for said film. What do you consider to be the best and worst of the bunch?
 
Not at all a hot take, the best has to be the HP1 teaser trailer:
 
For me, runner up would be Nixon, the music truly does capture "the turbulent years":
 
What are your picks? Which are the worst?

It's between the War Horse trailer and the Lincoln trailer.  Both were peak "JW score anticipation" events

I'm not religious but this and The Rugrats Passover special were staples for me growing up!
 
I remember they used to split The Ten Commandments into two nights! (Sun/Mon)
 
I don't know what drew me to it as a kid, I guess even at such a young age i realized how much of an epic it truly was!
 
Also.... hot take....Exodus: Gods and Kings was dope.

This sums it up so well.
 
Deep down I think we all (besides Thor) have a kink for cues never getting released and chatting about them here 😏

This sums it up so well.
 
Deep down I think we all (besides Thor) have a kink for cues never getting released and chatting about them here 😏

I’m jealous too. I wish I could remove it from my memory and enjoy it for the first time again. 
 
Really that’s what being a soundtrack fan is, chasing a high. 

For anyone who can tune in to the ABC network, get ready to hunker down for several hours of "Chuck" Heston—accompanied by Elmer Bernstein's glorious score!