Talkback: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)

[edgaguirus]

Godzilla took a real stinging, but kept on ticking.

[PitchBlackProgress]

Megaguirus was the only real sex offender in this film.

Godzilla really is a trooper, he took one for the team.

Dude took a ******* to the mouth

[MechaGoji Bro7503]

Megaguirus was the only real sex offender in this film.

Godzilla really is a trooper, he took one for the team.

Dude took a ******* to the mouth

Megaguirus is a whore.

[Grievous]

So...does anyone else here love the opening montage/altered history/action scene as much as I do?



Seriously...its SO good...well...it is to me.

[SonOfGorgo]

So...does anyone else here love the opening montage/altered history/action scene as much as I do?



Seriously...its SO good...well...it is to me.

Here.

[eabaker]

So...does anyone else here love the opening montage/altered history/action scene as much as I do?



Seriously...its SO good...well...it is to me.

Yeah, I generally stand by that sequence. Particularly the shots from the alley towards Godzilla, which give a nice sense of scale.

[Maritonic]

It's a cool sequence. The trash cans in the alley always take me out of it, though. Not really sure how they could have done it better, but there is something about how they move or sound or look that really looks cheap to me.

[Grievous]

Here.

Yeah, I generally stand by that sequence. Particularly the shots from the alley towards Godzilla, which give a nice sense of scale.

Oh Good...its not just me then.

It's a cool sequence. The trash cans in the alley always take me out of it, though. Not really sure how they could have done it better, but there is something about how they move or sound or look that really looks cheap to me.

Yeah...I agree with you on that.

That's part of the biggest problem with vs. Megaguirus...
the effects are so uneven in places...and yet in some
shots & scenes look fantastic.

Perhaps a slightly larger budget with a little more time
would have helped "iron out" those issues.

I guess for me personally its a "50/50" Godzilla film...
50% of it I love...but the other 50% makes me cringe.

[Maritonic]

It's a bottom 5 for me, but to each his own.

[Grievous]

It's a bottom 5 for me, but to each his own.

And honestly...I can understand why.

Its not one of my favorites...but for
some reason I have watched it many,
many times.

*Thinks*

[Dr. Professor]

It's a cool sequence. The trash cans in the alley always take me out of it, though. Not really sure how they could have done it better, but there is something about how they move or sound or look that really looks cheap to me.

For me it's definitely how they sound.

[Terasawa]

Kenji Suzuki’s special effects in his two Godzilla films are ambitious but not very good. At least in G2K he had the luxury of hiding some bad mattes and CGI characters in dark nighttime sequences.

I agree that the trash cans in the alley shot is bad but I appreciate the intent. Also poorly executed is Godzilla moving his head side to side in the alley trying to track to soldiers below. The Godzilla suit wasn’t built for that kind of movement but nevertheless Suzuki has Kitagawa do it and it looks awful. Even worse is Suzuki having Godzilla snap his head around to glare at Kiriko. The idea isn’t necessarily bad but again, it’s obvious the Godzilla suit wasn’t supposed to be able to move that way.

[Maritonic]

Kenji Suzuki’s special effects in his two Godzilla films are ambitious but not very good. At least in G2K he had the luxury of hiding some bad mattes and CGI characters in dark nighttime sequences.

I agree that the trash cans in the alley shot is bad but I appreciate the intent. Also poorly executed is Godzilla moving his head side to side in the alley trying to track to soldiers below. The Godzilla suit wasn’t built for that kind of movement but nevertheless Suzuki has Kitagawa do it and it looks awful. Even worse is Suzuki having Godzilla snap his head around to glare at Kiriko. The idea isn’t necessarily bad but again, it’s obvious the Godzilla suit wasn’t supposed to be able to move that way.

This is all extremely on point. The intent is cool, but the execution is where it falls short.

[Major sssspielberg!]

Megaguiris is mad underrated!

[LSD Jellyfish]

Megaguiris is mad underrated!

Yeah, barring Mothra, easily the coolest insect Kaiju.
I also liked how they brought back the Meganulon. I wish they did something similar with Matango.

One thing that always bothered me though is how Megaguirus only has one big scene on screen, and then the final fight. I get that the Meganulon turn into Megaguirus, but I wish the creature had more screentime independent of Godzilla in order to develop more. Also it sortve bothers me how Megaguirus just leaves, only to randomly come back when Godzilla shows up. I guess the easy implication is that Megaguirus sensed the energy in Godzilla?

[eabaker]

Megaguiris is mad underrated!

Yeah, barring Mothra, easily the coolest insect Kaiju.
I also liked how they brought back the Meganulon. I wish they did something similar with Matango.

One thing that always bothered me though is how Megaguirus only has one big scene on screen, and then the final fight. I get that the Meganulon turn into Megaguirus, but I wish the creature had more screentime independent of Godzilla in order to develop more. Also it sortve bothers me how Megaguirus just leaves, only to randomly come back when Godzilla shows up. I guess the easy implication is that Megaguirus sensed the energy in Godzilla?

Essentially, Megaguirus is the b-plot of the movie. Godzilla vs. Megaguirus is one of the few Godzilla movies that's really driven by the actions/choices of its human protagonists (Son of Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Gigan and Godzilla vs. Biollante also leap to mind). When the humans are really the ones instigating the plot, sometimes the enemy monsters get reduced to plot complications is more of a Godzilla vs. people story. Megaguirus just didn't make its monster central enough to the action, so she got short-changed.

[LSD Jellyfish]

Megaguiris is mad underrated!

Yeah, barring Mothra, easily the coolest insect Kaiju.
I also liked how they brought back the Meganulon. I wish they did something similar with Matango.

One thing that always bothered me though is how Megaguirus only has one big scene on screen, and then the final fight. I get that the Meganulon turn into Megaguirus, but I wish the creature had more screentime independent of Godzilla in order to develop more. Also it sortve bothers me how Megaguirus just leaves, only to randomly come back when Godzilla shows up. I guess the easy implication is that Megaguirus sensed the energy in Godzilla?

Essentially, Megaguirus is the b-plot of the movie. Godzilla vs. Megaguirus is one of the few Godzilla movies that's really driven by the actions/choices of its human protagonists (Son of Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Gigan and Godzilla vs. Biollante also leap to mind). When the humans are really the ones instigating the plot, sometimes the enemy monsters get reduced to plot complications is more of a Godzilla vs. people story. Megaguirus just didn't make its monster central enough to the action, so she got short-changed.

Yeah. I would say that the dimension Tide is actually the bigger threat of the movie to Godzilla.

The first “fight” with the Meganula is actually interrupted by the dimension tide.

Also, the Japanese title makes more sense because it includes the dimension tide. It makes the film seem more about then Godzilla fighting Megaguirus.

[Grievous]

Megaguiris is mad underrated!

Anguirus is mad underrated...

Megaguirus is just kind of awkward...and annoying.

The Meganulon are great though.

Yeah, barring Mothra, easily the coolest insect Kaiju.

Yeah...No.



Legion Queen FTW!

[Major sssspielberg!]

Fellas, I was talking about the movie actually but...

Anguirus is mad underrated...

Big facts Grievous, big facts. Also about Legion too but I'm too lazy to skreeonk with the quote any more....

[Grievous]

Fellas, I was talking about the movie actually but...

Oh...

Big facts Grievous, big facts.

Thanks?

Also about Legion too but I'm too lazy to skreeonk with the quote any more....

Oh...don't be like that.