And would you say that theme is adequately supported by the plot, the characterizations, and the visual style/visual storytelling choices?_JNavs_ wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 11:31 amI'd say theme-wise it was a bit all over the place, but the main one would be that we're all to blame, for all of these monsters, all of this destruction, all of this in-fighting between humans, even with the Xiliens. It may look cool, and it may be action-packed to the brim, but they're saying, none of this should be happening, none of this is okay. Genetic super soldiers taken from their families, kaiju being left to run amok on cities across the planet, we've reached the brink of extinction.eabaker wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 11:14 am I wasn't really thinking in terms of comparison to other movies, but I suppose the obvious point of reference would be to the rest of the Godzilla series, or the kaiju genre as a whole.
Question for you: What would you say is the central (or at least one major/dominant) theme of GFW?
"We're trying so hard, We're dying in vain, We're hopelessly blissful and blind" was used in what's arguably the most notable song in the film, Sum 41- "We're All To Blame". I think that song single-handily gives us, the viewers, the main understanding of this other-wise crazy intense movie.
All of the events transpiring in the film, this is what happens when humanity has absolutely no regard for what they're doing to their planet, it's what happens when we reach that peak of disregard.
To me, this is the basic bar which GFW fails to clear. Too many choices seem to have been made more in the interest of "cool" the in the interest of supporting any kind of point or significant perspective.
Also, I cannot think of another performance by a major character in a Godzilla movie played by an actor as flat-out incompetent as Don Frye.