#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Oh, him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,027 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 How behind-the-times am I? Didn't even know they were planning another Godzilla reboot. Still have a bad taste in my mouth from the last one.The Desplat choice for such a project is . . . interesting. Not what I would've guessed, but whatever.- Uni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 What was wrong with the Matthew Broderick one exactly?It was a big ass monster destroying a big city. Isnt that what Godzilla is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Godzilla films have their own set of rules, and Emmerich threw it all out the window. Except for buildings being destroyed (not that much anyway), practically no element was present in Godzilla. It was a stupid stereotypical, Americanised disaster movie.Really, if you don't see the difference between the two Godzillas, you can't know much about it.I think a new film was in the making for years and years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 Godzilla is not a big pussy iguana who runs from a fight and gets taken down by 4 missiles or gets knocked out by a submarine. Godzilla would have reduced New York to rubble and bitch slapped the Statue of Liberty on his way back out to sea. Not every Godzilla film is good but what made certain ones stand out were the human characters and story. That's something the 2014 film appears to be focusing on as opposed to mindless destruction without good characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I've always tried to rationalise the '98 Godzilla film as more of a remake of Beast from 20,000 Fathoms because the stories and creature design are so similar. Only it has the wrong title because they had to do something with the "Godzilla" licence they purchased from Toho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Who would destroy more skyscrapers? Godzilla or the Snyder/Goyer Superman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 I've always tried to rationalise the '98 Godzilla film as more of a remake of Beast from 20,000 Fathoms because the stories and creature design are so similar. Only it has the wrong title because they had to do something with the "Godzilla" licence they purchased from Toho.Correct.Who would destroy more skyscrapers? Godzilla or the Snyder/Goyer Superman?. Probably their Superman, unless Godzilla had a $200 million plus budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 As a kid I remember I really liked Emmerich's Godzilla. I still the design is kinda cool, but now that years have passed I really dislike it. I remember being really confused that Godzilla returned to life like nothing, I always assumed there were two. A male and a female, but seems it's the same one. The only moment I still like is when Godzilla is about to die and there's a little moment of sadness regarding his (her?) death. But then it gets ruined when everybody starts cheering, whoop-dee-doo.Also, the shots stolen right off Jurassic Park is an embarassing sight. That's all this film was to Emmerich. His try at a dinosaur movie, not a Godzilla one. Remember the ads of Godzilla's foot crushing a T-Rex? But as Spielberg treated the dinosaur like animals, Emmerich treats his giant lizard like a mindless monster. Too bad. Godzilla was the only character I liked from the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Godzilla is not a big pussy iguana who runs from a fight and gets taken down by 4 missiles or gets knocked out by a submarine.Godzilla would have reduced New York to rubble and bitch slapped the Statue of Liberty on his way back out to sea.Not every Godzilla film is good but what made certain ones stand out were the human characters and story.That's something the 2014 film appears to be focusing on as opposed to mindless destruction without good characters.I would take any film from the Heisei era over Emmerich's trash on any given day. I think they are just genuinely better movies.Godzilla vs. King Gidorah (the 80s film) has great action, a nice story and kick ass music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 But as Spielberg treated the dinosaur like animals, Emmerich treats his giant lizard like a mindless monster. Too bad. Godzilla was the only character I liked from the movie.I think Emmerich really tried to generate sympathy for the creature by demonstrating its intelligence and suggesting that it's not really its fault. Curiously it's the American military that was portrayed as bumbling hicks, which heavily contrasts with his previous movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,355 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Beneath Alex or Alexandre?Alex and Alexandre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Beneath Alex or Alexandre?Alex and Alexandre.Sounds like a Russian tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,355 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I like Desplat but he's doing too many movies. He should've said no to Godzilla. Knowing one has to compete with super loud sound effects for two hours, it's completely uninteresting for a composer.Maybe he has for the past couple of years, but Godzilla is only his second 2014 movie on tap (after Suite Francaise). I think he's slowing down now, at least for the moment. And if he really enjoys his work, why shouldn't he do as many as he like? Because, as we JWfans all know, one day the well will be dried up . That's why he shouldn't waste his precious creative juices on projects that are so very beneath him. He should give it to Zimmer. Godzilla and Zimmer are made out of the same crude elements. They are one and the same thing.Imagine if they announce that John Williams will be writing the score to The Smurfs 3! How would you feel about that, huh?! Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I like Desplat but he's doing too many movies. He should've said no to Godzilla. Knowing one has to compete with super loud sound effects for two hours, it's completely uninteresting for a composer.Maybe he has for the past couple of years, but Godzilla is only his second 2014 movie on tap (after Suite Francaise). I think he's slowing down now, at least for the moment. And if he really enjoys his work, why shouldn't he do as many as he like? Because, as we JWfans all know, one day the well will be dried up . That's why he shouldn't waste his precious creative juices on projects that are so very beneath him. He should give it to Zimmer. Godzilla and Zimmer are made out of the same crude elements. They are one and the same thing.Imagine if they announce that John Williams will be writing the score to The Smurfs 3! How would you feel about that, huh?! AlexOscar nominated score!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Who would destroy more skyscrapers? Godzilla or the Snyder/Goyer Superman?Laughably, the Godzilla destruction will be far more acceptable to the nerds. The divvies who actually gauge and justify such inane silliness amongst themselves. "Superman demonstrated no morals!"Heh heh lord give me strengthLee - zero interested in Godzilla movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,722 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Desplat sounds like a trendy if a bit curious choice for a Godzilla type movie but I am interested in hearing what he comes up with and how does his style lend itself to a monster film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I like Desplat but he's doing too many movies. He should've said no to Godzilla. Knowing one has to compete with super loud sound effects for two hours, it's completely uninteresting for a composer. Maybe he has for the past couple of years, but Godzilla is only his second 2014 movie on tap (after Suite Francaise). I think he's slowing down now, at least for the moment. And if he really enjoys his work, why shouldn't he do as many as he like? Because, as we JWfans all know, one day the well will be dried up . That's why he shouldn't waste his precious creative juices on projects that are so very beneath him. He should give it to Zimmer. Godzilla and Zimmer are made out of the same crude elements. They are one and the same thing. Imagine if they announce that John Williams will be writing the score to The Smurfs 3! How would you feel about that, huh?! AlexGodzilla = Ifukube.Zimmer < Desplat < Ifukube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Lee - zero interested in Godzilla movies.Superman < Godzilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Nuclear Man > Chaac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Who the fuck is Nuclear Man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Radioactive Man's brother-in-law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 ^That guy looks like YOR The Hunter From The Future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coscina 4 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 New trailer is up and it's....stunning. Using Ligeti's Requiem is about the ballsiest move I've seen to market a summer monster film. Shows what direction the director is taking with this.http://vimeo.com/76248443 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 yea, we talked about the trailer here:http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16439&p=941051 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Godzilla revealed http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=111668 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Image removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 The design is freakingtastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 455 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Official teaser trailer: Looks far more promising than WB's Jupiter Ascending. Love the ominous tone to it. Muad'Dib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 The ghostly choral music from 2001 really works well here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,027 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Yes, Ligeti steals yet another show!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 If The Rapture ever comes, that piece is perfect for the coming of Satan to Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Would be amazed if Desplat's score was as half as cool as Ligeti's Requiem.If The Rapture ever comes, that piece is perfect for the coming of Satan to Earth.I want it played at my funeral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,027 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Actually, this music has a very interesting background. James Horner talked about it in Vienna: I took time off and I went to Hamburg and studied with György Ligeti. We didn’t study so much his music, but we studied Renaissance music which was a love of mine in college and a love of his, and if you study Lux Aeterna or his requiem or a lot of the Ligeti pieces, they are put together in a way that I very much admired in a very traditional way ends up sounding very atonal. When we first heard Lux Aeternain 2001, when you first heard these pieces, they were considered as avant-garde in those days; but, really, they were put together like Renaissance pieces and his voicing was very similar. I was intrigued by that and I did study with him.And also remember that scary chanting in The Shining?It's actually a joyful Easter music revolving around the resurrection of Christ. Surprising, if you think about it.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I want it played when my coffin goes down to the crematorium.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 That trailer looks great! And using Ligeti to accompany those opening shots was very effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Actually, this music has a very interesting background. James Horner talked about it in Vienna: I took time off and I went to Hamburg and studied with György Ligeti. We didnt study so much his music, but we studied Renaissance music which was a love of mine in college and a love of his, and if you study Lux Aeterna or his requiem or a lot of the Ligeti pieces, they are put together in a way that I very much admired in a very traditional way ends up sounding very atonal. When we first heard Lux Aeternain 2001, when you first heard these pieces, they were considered as avant-garde in those days; but, really, they were put together like Renaissance pieces and his voicing was very similar. I was intrigued by that and I did study with him. And also remember that scary chanting in The Shining?It's actually a joyful Easter music revolving around the resurrection of Christ. Surprising, if you think about it.KarolFirst: Yeah his Lux Aeterna is basically a mensuration canon, but with rhythms all funked up and with no regard for "proper" intervals/harmony. It's great. Second: Ah, Utrenja by Penderecki, who's music is even more wonderfully disturbing to me than Ligeti's. Third: Sure he says it himself but.. did Horner really study with Ligeti?Fourth: This movie looks interesting but I'm more interested in the score, provided that Desplat finally really cuts loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,027 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Third: Sure he says it himself but.. did Horner really study with Ligeti?Yes. And Speaking of Penderecki... one of his students was Abel Korzeniowski.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Loving that trailer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Fantastic trailer! I just hope Desplat delivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Fantastic trailer! I just hope Desplat delivers.Indeed.Although the one with Matthew Broderick wasn't that great at least Arnold delivered a kick ass score.I do like the trailer for this and thank god they made Godzilla LOOK like Godzilla this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 He does seem to dwell in the subway this time too, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I just watched this again. Was I completely not paying attention the first time? What a stunning trailer. That's how you tease a movie, damn it. Trent B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Looks like they nailed the whole atmosphere of it perfectly. Love the screech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Actually looks like they took the theme from the '54 movie, namely using Godzilla as a metaphor for the traumatising effects of nuclear weapons, and adapted it a bit to fit the West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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