# Godzilla 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006 "2013-12-10T19:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/1 "2013-12-10T19:24:30Z")
The trailer is now [available](http://youtu.be/kQeILlfdR-s). The dialogue and shots seem totally clichéd. I just hope there’s a Jean Reno / Matthew Broderick cameo ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/2 "2013-12-10T19:50:14Z")
Nice. I like the tone and approach the trailer suggests. It almost looks like a pandemic movie. Also, Cranston! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/3 "2013-12-10T19:54:59Z")
Well, this trailer alone is better than the entire 1998 movie, but that’s not saying much. This looks like it has a nice cast, too. I spotted Bryan Cranston, David Strathairn, and Elizabeth Olsen. > [@Quartz](#): > > I just hope there’s a Jean Reno / Matthew Broderick cameo God, I hope not. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/4 "2013-12-10T20:05:55Z")
And why is the monster grey? Can’t we have some decent colours for once? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/5 "2013-12-10T20:23:10Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > And why is the monster grey? Can’t we have some decent colours for once? I figured that was just to keep it dark and mysterious. There may yet be colors … sorry, colours. I was never that excited about Godzilla. I did watch the movies as a kid because they showed them a lot on Saturday afternoons. But I am excited about this, it looks like the way an updated Godzilla should look and not a way to sell Taco Bell. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/6 "2013-12-10T20:50:33Z")
Unless Godzilla grabs a top hat and cane and start singing "Putting on the Ritz’ I don’t see how it could be different than any other Godzilla movie that’s ever been made. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/7 "2013-12-10T20:55:10Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > And why is the monster grey? Can’t we have some decent colours for once? Godzilla has traditionally been a very muted tone, usually gray. From a quick Google search: [Wiki Answers](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_color_is_Godzilla) [Barry’s Temple of Godzilla FAQ](http://www.godzillatemple.com/godfaq.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/8 "2013-12-10T21:05:42Z")
Any word on the rating? I suspect The Brood is going to want to see this. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/9 "2013-12-10T21:13:06Z")
It will be interesting to see this on the heels of Pacific Rim. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/10 "2013-12-10T21:13:52Z")
Pleasebegoodpleasedon’tsuck. I mentioned this in the last Godzilla 2014 thread, but if you’re curious about this check out Gareth Edward’s previous monster movie _Monsters_. I think it’s on Netflix streaming. I thought the movie had a lot of flaws–unlikeable leads for one–but it had a cool tone to it, something I can see maybe being replicated here. It’s different and worth checking out. > **[Monsters (2010) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470827/)** > > Monsters: Directed by Gareth Edwards. With Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides, Annalee Jefferies. Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an... ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/11 "2013-12-10T21:23:30Z")
Is this a Japanese film? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/12 "2013-12-10T21:24:53Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > Unless Godzilla grabs a top hat and cane and start singing "Putting on the Ritz’ Godzilla is not Taco. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/13 "2013-12-10T21:49:33Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Is this a Japanese film? Sure doesn’t appear to be. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/14 "2013-12-10T22:02:35Z")
They are still using the music from _2001_. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/15 "2013-12-10T22:08:39Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Is this a Japanese film? It is being made by Legendary Pictures and Warner Brothers. Toho apparently has a production credit, but I expect that’s just because they were the creators of Godzilla. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/16 "2013-12-11T00:45:17Z")
It looks pretty damn good to me, but I’d watch a romcom as long as it had giant monsters destroying cities in it. For instance, I actually like Godzilla Vs. Megalon. I’m pretty sure I’m their target audience. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/17 "2013-12-11T01:14:21Z")
More disaster porn. How visually exhausting. I have never seen any of the classic or traditional Godzilla movies, so I thought the updated one they made in 98, or whenever it was, was fine entertainment. Now I’m too old to care. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/18 "2013-12-11T03:57:56Z")
Looks really good. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/19 "2013-12-11T09:45:02Z")
This is even better than the first trailer, the one Oppenheimer narrated! Monster movies are the same as superhero movies, unless you take them seriously (Burton’s & Nolan’s Batmans, Man of Steel, Donner’s Superman) they become nothing more than ridiculous kid’s movies. That, or if you’re just an incompetent filmmaker (like Emmerich & Deavlin…) ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006/20 "2013-12-11T09:52:04Z")
Interesting use of the music from the end of 2001: Space Odyssey. Certainly lent the trailer a creepier, darker feel. Probably could to be some dumb pop music in the movie though 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-2014/676006.md?page=2)