Board 8 > Legendary really doesn't want me to see Godzilla.

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Don't get me wrong, I absolutely will, but every trailer and commercial for this thing over the past 2 months has been...horrible. I don't think I've seen a bigger disconnect between a movie and it's marketing like this in a long time.

"Mama Said Knock You Out", really?
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I thought the Somewhere Over the Rainbow trailer made the movie look incredible.
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That was the first trailer that really made me confused. A lot of it was the cuts of dialog they decided to include. It's only gotten worse form there.
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The point of a trailer for a franchise movie isn't to get fans to see it. It's to trick non-fans into seeing it by pretending it's something completely different.

Just remember that it's controlled by marketing, and the two requirements for a career in advertising are a) a complete lack of understanding of human thought processes, and b) a void of purest evil where their soul should be.
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I'm not a fan of Godzilla but like, if the movie looked good I would see it. This would, I assume, be the kind of person marketing should be aimed at convincing. To me the movie looks absolutely dreadful, and I audibly groaned when the trailer was like "oh my God" "zilla", like....this movie looks joyless, only a camp fest could get away with that quality of writing.

Nrrr posted...

I audibly groaned when the trailer was like "oh my God" "zilla"

This is the worst line of them all, and I hope to christ it's trailer edit and not in the movie. That's the kind of like that can single-handedly stop people from seeing a film.
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Nrrr posted...

this movie looks joyless, only a camp fest could get away with that quality of writing.

"camp fest" and "joyless" are nearly polar opposites to me
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got my tickets yesterday, can't wait
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Out of curiosity, did you like the 2014 movie? I'll fully admit I'm not an entrenched Godzilla fan but I thought that one was pretty solid and this one looks better.
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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

Nrrr posted...

this movie looks joyless, only a camp fest could get away with that quality of writing.

"camp fest" and "joyless" are nearly polar opposites to me

Yeah, that was my point. Terrible dialogue would work in a campy movie. This movie is played straight and looks joyless, so that line was atrocious.

I did not really enjoy the 2014 film that much and I thought this film looked infinitely better just based on trailers. It actually looks somewhat focused on the monsters this time.
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Ive had my tickets for weeks, cant wait
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Nrrr posted...

Yeah, that was my point. Terrible dialogue would work in a campy movie. This movie is played straight and looks joyless, so that line was atrocious.

the marketing campaign for this movie is definitely done by people who thought "let them fight" was the highlight of the last movie (which it was), while the writing is almost certainly from people who thought there was pathos in all the spousal and parental deaths.
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LapisLazuli posted...

Nrrr posted...

I audibly groaned when the trailer was like "oh my God" "zilla"

This is the worst line of them all, and I hope to christ it's trailer edit and not in the movie. That's the kind of like that can single-handedly stop people from seeing a film.

Fine then, dont see the damn thing. Are you looking for approval from us for nor going?
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What? Literally the first thing I said was I'm seeing the movie.
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no he's looking for an outlet to complain, which is like... internet 101
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@LapisLazuli @ZenOfThunder @iiicon

Godzilla 2014 sucked. Everything about the movie was dark, moody, grey, depressing and devoid of life.
Every scene was a shade of grey sucking interest I had with the movie. Showing the baby morph into a young grown adult, with a crappy transition effect that lasted 30 seconds was jarring and killed flow with the movie. He had a family now even though his family was gone due, to the nuclear plant meltdown blah blah blah yada yada yada.

1/10 movie.

who are you and why did you tag me
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Uh.
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alright I wasn't talking about Godzilla 2014 I was talking about Godzilla KotM
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I only saw the trailer with those monsters awakening and I thought it looked great

But after the shit they pulled in the last movie with Bryan Cranston I am not going to see another Godzilla movie in theather ever again
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LapisLazuli posted...

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely will, but every trailer and commercial for this thing over the past 2 months has been...horrible. I don't think I've seen a bigger disconnect between a movie and it's marketing like this in a long time.

"Mama Said Knock You Out", really?

It makes more sense than Gangster's Paradise with Sonic!
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LapisLazuli posted...

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely will, but every trailer and commercial for this thing over the past 2 months has been...horrible. I don't think I've seen a bigger disconnect between a movie and it's marketing like this in a long time.

"Mama Said Knock You Out", really?

Thats a reference, to something I dont remember
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Stop watching trailers for movies you already know you want to see. My movie watching experiences have been significantly improved by ignoring them over the last couple of years.
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paperwarior posted...

LapisLazuli posted...

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely will, but every trailer and commercial for this thing over the past 2 months has been...horrible. I don't think I've seen a bigger disconnect between a movie and it's marketing like this in a long time.

"Mama Said Knock You Out", really?

It makes more sense than Gangster's Paradise with Sonic!

that was also very bizarre. could not get over what a weird choice it was. I also kept thinking like...did coolio approve this? the guy who got mad when weird al made light of his songs message?

htaeD posted...

LapisLazuli posted...

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely will, but every trailer and commercial for this thing over the past 2 months has been...horrible. I don't think I've seen a bigger disconnect between a movie and it's marketing like this in a long time.

"Mama Said Knock You Out", really?

Thats a reference, to something I dont remember

It played back in 1996 during MTV's lifetime achievement award presentation for Godzilla.
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Xiahou Shake posted...

Stop watching trailers for movies you already know you want to see. My movie watching experiences have been significantly improved by ignoring them over the last couple of years.

This this this.

I haven't intentionally watched a trailer pre-movie in years (except during the pre-movie trailers, and I do my best to not pay attention).
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Yeah, if you know you're already going to see a movie, watching trailers is bad. Like 99% of them are bad, not aimed at people already interested, or contain spoilers.
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I stopped watching trailers BECAUSE of Godzilla. With few exceptions (like Avengers)

when the reboot happened, I went and watched it and was STUNNED to see the Mutos in the movie, it was crazy and hype. I thought it was just gonna be a remake of the very first Godzilla movie

so yea, it was totally amazing, but then everybody told me they were in the trailers. If I had watched those, then I would've totally lost all of that excitement

so yea, glad I haven't watched the trailers for this one either
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I thought the trailers were fine. I haven't really paid attention to any of the other marketing though.
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BlackMageJawa posted...

Just remember that it's controlled by marketing, and the two requirements for a career in advertising are a) a complete lack of understanding of human thought processes, and b) a void of purest evil where their soul should be

As someone in advertising, I would like to print this out and hang it on my office door.
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Starting to hear reports that the studio totally fucked up this movie and cut apart all the fights with people standing around in rooms talking. Apparently totally different from the test screenings
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LapisLazuli posted...

Starting to hear reports that the studio totally fucked up this movie and cut apart all the fights with people standing around in rooms talking. Apparently totally different from the test screenings

jesus christ no
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Like these movies ARE the monster fights

it's like pro wrestling where you build up to the main event and then take two commercial breaks during it
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...Hasn't Godzilla always done that? Interrupt the fights with scenes of the people, often in random rooms away from the fighting? The people doing random shit like talking with aliens that look just like them, or hiding out with the love interest, etc. and so on basically being commercial breaks.
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Godzilla totally ruled
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StealThisSheen posted...

...Hasn't Godzilla always done that? Interrupt the fights with scenes of the people, often in random rooms away from the fighting? The people doing random shit like talking with aliens that look just like them, or hiding out with the love interest, etc. and so on basically being commercial breaks.

Yup. The best Godzilla movies usually have great human parts. The 2014 movie did not, and it blatantly teased and denied us Godzilla until the end. King of the Monsters is much better.
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The fight breaks are fine in KotM, some cut to humans with the monster fight in the background. This was a very good modern American take on classic Godzilla imo.
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This was an excellent Godzilla movie and I feel like anybody saying it's a bad Godzilla movie never truly watched Godzilla

Obviously how much "Godzilla movie" translates to "good movie" will have mileage vary, but it being exactly what you should expect from a Godzilla movie is certainly not the problem
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