1) Similarity with "Edge of Tomorrow": It can be said that they are both representative of the American patriotism propaganda and education film commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landing: "Edge of Tomorrow" replicates the overlord operation. The film is designed to deal with the beauty of giant monsters. The imperial organization is known as the "imperial action," and even the nuclear tests of the United States and Russia in the Cold War have a fair rhetoric. In "Edge of Tomorrow", the veterans recounted the past in the tavern. In this film, Watanabe took out a pocket watch that stopped time. The recorded time was exactly the moment of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The plots of the two films are blunt, and both powerful species suddenly appeared. The earth is facing a major crisis, and then the American soldiers made various efforts. Finally, because the seemingly powerful aliens or new species cannot survive in a self-consistent logic, they took advantage of the loopholes to win. Both films have carried out positive renderings and propaganda on both individual and organizational aspects of American soldiers, subtly emphasizing the identity of the United States as a terrestrial policeman. What's interesting is that both films are imported from Japan in terms of settings. Their original versions were originally not contaminated with the American complex at all, but the core ideology in the film has been radically transformed. There are many related scenes in this film. For example, when Godzilla is on TV, the protagonist's child is playing on the table with dinosaurs; two dragons are pushed up on the archway in Chinatown, and they are also monsters. But the protagonist, the American soldier, made (albeit accidentally) the wooden faucet in Chinatown sinking in oil and then was burned (although not filmed). It would be okay if the metaphor xxx was burned down, but it is hard to say that there is no ideological problem. . There is another point. In the past, Godzilla used to breathe fire. Blue energy), but this time Godzilla sprayed some kind of blue "energy"-this blue is actually not valid in the visual effect design, it has no momentum, but it is easy to fall into the laughter, and the blue pigment It is the standard color of the United States, the Allied Forces, and the NATO camp.
2) There is more or less a tribute to "Breaking Bad"-please pay attention to the clothes when Lao Bai took his son to the "radiation zone". The characters performed by Lao Bai, after all, are limited by the length of the movie, and are more simple and flat than "Breaking Bad". Some people say that the parts of the film that are not old are not good-looking, but I think that under the premise of the current plot design, it is better to have no old white. On the contrary, it is the wife and child of the male protagonist set up to reflect the alternation of the old and the new generation. Apart from the fact that the child is more cute and the wife is more beautiful, it is of little significance. In addition, although Lao Bai's wife didn't make many scenes, it was Juliet Binoche who played and also had a kiss scene with Lao Bai! I didn't pay attention to the cast list before I watched it, and there was an unexpected surprise (it belongs to the kind of surprise that a favorite character who has no relationship with Baganzi suddenly bumps into one another).
3) The sound of Godzilla's roar in this film is excellent. Combined with the picture, it can really give people a feeling of instinct and fear-this is one of the reasons why I recommend going to the theater to watch imax 3d. Many people commented that they didn't see the whole monster from beginning to end, and the article was over before the end. I feel that this approach is actually quite clever: not for everyone, just to highlight the hugeness of Godzilla and Muto. In the two scenes of the aircraft carrier and the Golden Gate Bridge, Godzilla's "sense of hugeness" is very obvious. The presentation methods of one claw, one head, one glance, and one perspective also give people a sense of presence when facing a terrifying monster. On the other hand, the headshot and full body shots at the end of the film do not appear to be "big" at all-but this kind of treatment is exactly what another "big monster film" "Pacific Rim" has always carried out, from this aspect. In other words, "Godzilla" beats "Pacific Rim".
4) Another part that won the "Pacific Rim" is the monster design. The monster design in the Pacific Rim is actually derived from the capcom game "Lost Planet": the monster has some kind of juice that can emit fluorescence, and some of it can perform energy-based attacks (the monster design in "Edge of Tomorrow", although the size Smaller, but it also has such a tendency), the fluorescent juice part will appear in many joints. Such a design gives the monster a "light" and "crispy" beetle feel, which is fleshy and easy to be killed. In "Godzilla", the shell of Godzilla is turtle or dinosaur. It looks as thick as a rock under normal conditions, and it can reflect the sense of hugeness. The way to deal with an energy attack is to light up section by section like a weapon-interested viewers can experience it on their own when Godzilla performs an energy attack. Is there a feeling of "lightening" in an instant, this is The beauty of the material in the monster design. On the other hand, Muto, whether flying, jumping or searching, has a very strong "muscle aggregate" texture. This feeling is completely different from Godzilla, but the monsters in "Pacific Rim" are not different except for their appearance and texture. The above are almost the same.
5) I don't know how everyone feels, the atmosphere of this film is created with a strong sense of tribute to "Alien 1&2": the first half of the truth is confusing, and "monsters" rarely show up face-to-face. In the middle stage, the cause and effect were concatenated, and the completely passive side began to resist and eventually won. In details, such as Muto's own image design and appearance, as well as the division of labor, nests, and spawning, etc., correspond one by one (so it seems that Godzilla came directly from Japan on business). Another point worth noting is that the pace of the film is very fast. The protagonist feels like switching from one location to another, just like "Zombie World War", and the ending is very simple and clear.
6) The beginning of the imax countdown (watch a movie or be part of one) before the start of the feature film is specially made, with shaking and roaring monsters, which is quite interesting. But to be honest, after watching the whole movie, the 3D effect is probably only a little better than "Edge of Tomorrow". In addition, there will be no easter eggs after the subtitles are over, so you don’t have to wait.
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1) According to the logic of the movie, Muto theoretically should have keen radiation Sense of smell. When I attacked the ammunition truck, I was expecting the male Muto to take the nuclear bomb, and then the female Muto would eat it (and even the male Muto, like a praying mantis-in fact, Muto’s design reminded me of the hugeness the first time. Praying Mantis) and doubled in size, and confronted Godzilla at the peak, but the film didn't go that route in the end.
2) The male protagonist crashed into the ship with a nuclear bomb beside him. Two Mutos have been defeated by Godzilla. According to the previous American drama routines, I expected the hero to stand up, open the lid to stop the nuclear bomb, and protect San Francisco from being destroyed. This will more fully reflect the protagonist’s no longer confused and prove that he is commemorating the father’s praise of the strength of the US military and the spirit of the United States. . But in the end, the film did not follow this route, nor did it follow the humanitarian, ordinary and reflective route.
3) Watanabe took off from the aircraft carrier midway and planned to fly to San Francisco. In San Francisco, there were shots of a large number of crashes caused by electromagnetic interference. Watanabe was supposed to die at that time, but he was safe. Thinking about Watanabe's scenes, there are not many useful ones, and he often does it in a thoughtful manner, which affects the smoothness of the film to some extent. When he sees his head, he subconsciously thinks, "I haven't woken up in Inception? You".
4) When the male protagonist took the airport express train in Hawaii and planned to fly back to San Francisco but was attacked by a monster. In order to avoid the monotony of the previous episode, he forced a child who was separated from his parents in and planted a soldier for the US military. . It is quite interesting-that child is a Japanese.
5) I privately thought that if the people who died in this play turned upside down, Lao Bai's son died, and then Lao Bai rose up because of the key information, and in the end it was Godzilla who saved the audience. When Lao Bai was lonely, his grandson would come over and it would look much better. Today’s approach has a slight sense of plot pause. The hero is still Aaron Taylor-Johnson. The presence is extremely low, and there is no interesting slot. It is somewhat of a failure.
6) Godzilla will actually frown and bear palms. , More than one said he was cute xD
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