Has there ever been a good giant monster movie? I mean one that really hits the mark?
Godzillas/Japanese monster movies are fun because they are so laughable. The love story theme in King Kong detracted from any terror evoked by a giant creature. Is there anything that you guys know about and could reccomend? I'm a big nerd for monster movies. I would really like to see a giant monster movie that just makes you go "Holy ." and mean it. Hopefully Cloverfield will be able to deliver something close to that.
P.S. - J1, Hi friend! :)
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jupiterone
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They really are laughable, I always love seeing toy tanks and APC's blown up with little firecrackers. It's always so much more creative than CGI, though. :(
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Ygrene
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Originally posted by jupiterone
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They really are laughable, I always love seeing toy tanks and APC's blown up with little firecrackers. It's always so much more creative than CGI, though. :(
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I was a big fan of Gamera. You have to give it up for imagining a giant turtle that can displace his rear legs with afterburners. And then to be able to take that concept and execute it on the screen is pretty spectacular. :p
tubularbills
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Originally posted by jupiterone
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They really are laughable, I always love seeing toy tanks and APC's blown up with little firecrackers. It's always so much more creative than CGI, though. :(
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CGI movies nowadays just aren't the same as those older ones from the 80s. robotics, puppetry, and other live props were the best.
remember Aliens?
jupiterone
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Originally posted by tubularbills
CGI movies nowadays just aren't the same as those older ones from the 80s. robotics, puppetry, and other live props were the best.
remember Aliens?
YES. That is exactly what I wish would come back, that type of CGI. Everything now is so....glossy and fake. Aliens was such a great classic.
mezzir
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Originally posted by Ygrene
Has there ever been a good giant monster movie? I mean one that really hits the mark?
Godzillas/Japanese monster movies are fun because they are so laughable.
Have you actually watched the original Godzilla? Not the ty engligh dubbed one, but the original Japanese one. It's actually a ing excellent movie, and not so much about the monster, but more about what Japan was going through as a country at the time. And yeah, the american version added a few characters, dubbed it terribly, and completely took away the actual heart of the movie in loo of a crazy monster movie.
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tubularbills
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Originally posted by jupiterone
YES. That is exactly what I wish would come back, that type of CGI. Everything now is so....glossy and fake. Aliens was such a great classic.
glad someone else thinks so :)
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that's one of the things i hated the most about war of the worlds (new)...it was just one big ing computerized movie. blah.
also, ps, Jurrasic Park i think was the last movie i remember seeing with "live" robotics/puppets.
if JP came out now, it would really suck
Halcyon+On+On
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Originally posted by mezzir
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bas
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
lololol
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SuspicionVandit
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Originally posted by Ygrene
Has there ever been a good giant monster movie? I mean one that really hits the mark?
I liked The Host
I wouldn't doubt that Cloverfield took some inspiration from this
SuspicionVandit
three videos were released regarding the online campaign:
there is also a german and italian version
Yuris
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Have you actually watched the original Godzilla? Not the ty engligh dubbed one, but the original Japanese one. It's actually a ing excellent movie, and not so much about the monster, but more about what Japan was going through as a country at the time. And yeah, the american version added a few characters, dubbed it terribly, and completely took away the actual heart of the movie in loo of a crazy monster movie.
