Cinepals - GODZILLA (2014) Movie Reaction & Review!

Episode Date: February 29, 2024

With the latest Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire coming soon, we wanted to catch up on any Kong movies we have missed to watch throughout the years, with Achara and Kristen continuing with Godzilla (2014) Join our Patreon www.Patreon.com/JabyKoay for the full length reaction to this show and many others ans subscribe to our YouTube channel for the cutdowns www.youtube.com/@cinepals   SOCIAL MEDIA ~CinePals~ Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok: @TheCinePals ~Achara Kirk~ Twitter & Instagram: @AcharaKirk ~KRISTEN STEPHENSONPINO~ Instagram: @Kris10Kesp

Sinha. Pals. What is up, everyone? Welcome back. I'm A Chara Cook, joined by Kristen Steffinson Pino, and we are going to be watching Godzilla, the 2014 movie that neither of us have watched. Have you got hiccups now? No. Are you sure?

No. Okay, I thought I heard you. I mean, I did have one hiccup. But I think I'm good. Oh, God, it's a hiccup attack. Why is it any time I'm with you? I get hiccups. It's because I'm just so amazing.

It's from laughing prior to, and I'm like, I'm taking too much air. when I love. Just to give you context. I ponged, okay? It's been a sweaty day. I had no deodorant. She's going there. Sometimes these things happen. And then you smell yourself and you're like,

God, I'm offended. I am so offended at my stench right now. So I had to do something about it. And then we were laughing about that. I came over. She's like, I stink. She's like, I know. And then I was like, it's okay

One day, like, you know, I was in here filming I was really sweaty and Jambi And I was like, told Javvy, I was like, hey, I was like sneak And he's like, yeah, I smoke I'm like, you're not alone, join the glove Yeah, keep it. It happens. We keep it real here on the channel, you guys. This is why Char and I are so like, we get it.

Besties. We're very self-aware. We're like, ugh. Yeah, we're rough. We'll, yeah, we'll roast ourselves. Anyway, all right, you guys, with that being said, let's start the reaction. Can we lower your mind?

Yes, I'm quite loud right now. Okay, I'm like, just a little, please. It is quite loud. I know, I'm not usually this, you know what? I always have a lot more energy in the beginning, and then you'll be like. No, you're good, you're good. Okay, cool. Some days I'm like really deaf.

And other days I'm like, ah. Anyway, dang. It's stressful. Yeah. This movie felt long. I think it felt longer than it actually was. Yeah. Honestly.

Yeah. Okay. I'll start with the things that I liked about it. I thought that the movie did a really great job of showing the scale of the monsters. Yes. And I really like those shots where you're just seeing people in the frame and then you see just like a leg come in. And then your imagination goes, holy crap. Like if that's just like a foot, then how big is this thing?

And I think that they did a really great job with scaling it. And the thing that Jabby often complains about is like, when a creature is that big, it can't move that quick. So, like, I feel like it got the physics down pretty well with, like, the movement and everything. But then again, it's just like sometimes because it's moving so slow, it feels slower. Yeah. You know, so it's like, I don't know what the proper balance is. one of the more recent ones,

the one before the new one that's coming out. Yeah, like, Godzilla was moving fast. He was like, but it was fun. I don't know. She said, you know, you know what I mean? He was just like getting some fighting down really quick.

I didn't actually mind it, I think, at the time. But yeah, maybe there's like a kind of split the difference type of thing that can be done. But, like, there are a lot of really cool looking, shots as well, like the wide shots, I think this director is really good at just kind of setting the scene and giving you

a beautiful piece of scenery to check out. But yeah, what did you think? What were your favorite parts? My favorite parts? Honestly, I actually like Godzilla. I like the way he looked. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I really like the way he looked. I think they did a really good job with him. I did

like the scene with the little boy in the in the train. Yeah. That was nice. I did like that because it just shows, like, the empathy, but also, like, it showed our main character in a different light. Like, he's still a dad at the end of the day, but he's also a protector. I do wish that the dad was more involved. Oh, Brian Cranston.

Yeah, because I feel like the film was so long, like that he could have been in it a lot longer. You know? Almost was she, like, witnessed it or helped somehow defeat it in some shape of form. I didn't like the bat creatures, the spider bats, whatever. I mean, they looked good. You just didn't. Or is it, what is it? No, I felt like they looked out of place to me because they look like aliens.

And I guess in some type of shape or form, they could have been, they could be like alien form. I wish they looked more dinosaur form, like dinosaur-ish. Well, there's lots of... Or more animal, like, kind of like Godzilla. Like, Godzilla looked like he was a creature from another time. time and like which made sense where they just look like if it was going to come from the same Godzilla time frame they just look like they were aliens from outer space yeah no I'll give you that I mean I don't know an awful lot about the Godzilla lore I know that sometimes there are

other creatures as well like I think mothra which is just like a giant moth which is really cool but then they should look more like a moth yeah exactly like animalistic I mean I guess they kind of did look like cockroaches, but I think it was just the way the head looked and like the... At first. At first, when they first came out, I thought they looked better until they started really showing what they were

and I feel like they lost that bug aspect. Sure. That's all. That's all I'm saying because it also looked a little bit too, like, a little too sharp, like a little bit too futuristic, like, alienish. Yeah. That's all. That's all. Other than that... Godzilla looked really good.

And like, when you looked at the detail and stuff of the creatures even like when they open their mouth I kind of like that because it looks like real yes no I like that but it reminds me of men in black the aliens going you know

and all the saliva and then I thought like Godzilla just was incredible like he just looked so good really really good that I feel like they kind of missed it with the other two and they could have been even like it could have looked just as good as Godzilla you know what I mean yeah no I do know what you mean

that's the only that's the only thing that kind about me other than that I thought it was like it's it they did a really good job I think this is one of those things where maybe the director was trying to make a story a Godzilla story where you could focus more on the human characters but honestly I didn't really care I like the traveling too yeah that that was actually fun I'm I'm I liked the journey yeah like all the different locations yes it's really fun and I love that Godzilla the whole time like I like that he kept going under the ships and then every once in a while I was like it was almost like

oops my bad but you know whatever I'm an animal so like I don't know any better kind of deal yeah like I like that I really did whatever reason I wasn't feeling the connection yeah through the TV do you know what I mean yes I was right there no I've got connection through the screen I felt the same I don't know what it is because they are they are good actors and so I just have to think that maybe it's just I think it had the storyline yeah because it didn't really have this okay if you think about it, there wasn't that much dialogue. Yeah. It was more of like watching a scenery, like beautiful sceneries.

The dialogue was minimal. Yeah. Yeah. I'm like, hold on. Translation. You know, sometimes that's great, but I feel like this one, because there wasn't much dialogue, I almost feel like that's what made it feel extra long because we were, we were,

it fell short a little bit on the storyline. And the pacing. The moment we lost, I almost feel like I'm going to throw myself under the here. I almost felt like this was like a Kristen storytelling moment where, you know, you forgot what you're doing and you're just kind of like, yeah, you're meandering a little. You lost the moment. You lost the story the moment you killed the dead. Yeah. Let's be real. It was a Christianism of like, whoops. Yeah. And then I went off to do something else and I

forgot. Yeah. But you're absolutely right because I was really interested in having this adventure between the father and the son and the potential reconciliation between the two of them. But then he just died. And then he just died. And then he was really interested in having this adventure between the father and the son. Yes. And then He was also the one who potentially had, like, exactly had information. So it did, yeah. So that was the only thing I had a problem with it. It didn't make sense to me why they would off, like, eliminate him so early in the game.

Because it was almost like a wasted storyline. Like, there was no point, I feel like, because the son didn't really, to me, the son didn't really have a strong role as the father did. I wish, like, along the way he was like, a. learning with his father. Yeah. And then from there, if his father happened died, then he'd be like, hey, you know, I, like, I filled you in to kind of deal. And then he's like, all right, boom.

And he became like, you know. Yeah. And then also, like, potentially, I'm throwing this out there. But I'm fully aware that this is probably a big, ripe, stinky cheese. But sometimes I want a little bit of cheese. You know, like, have them go through this adventure. And then at the end, either he can reconcile with the entire family. and get to see his grandson and daughter-in-law or whatever.

Or, like, he dies right before, and he's like, oh, my God, tell my grandson, whatever. I wanted to feel more things, and I didn't. I wanted to feel more, too. I actually felt like I was more connected to Godzilla than anybody else. And that's fine, actually. And Godzilla didn't even speak. I just felt like he was like this rescuer,

and then he was awakened because he was like, hmm, food. You know, and I'm like, all right, we're on a hunt for food. I get it. I get it. I'm hungry. We're in the wild. And it just became more of like, I was watching lions, tigers and bears. And maybe that's just the way that we have to approach the movies.

Or at the very least, these Godzilla films, it's like, if we just focus our interest on the creatures, then we're probably okay. But it's interesting because I recently watched Godzilla minus one, the Japanese film, which is excellent, and perhaps we'll have you react to it at some point. But that one actually did a very good job with the human characters. So you actually, like, really cared for what they were going through. And, like, yes, Godzilla was really cool and all that. But, like, the main focus was more on them and how they handled it. Did I see that one? No, you saw Shin Godzilla.

Okay, no, remember, that's a different one. Yeah, it's a different one. Okay, I was like, that one was pretty interesting, too, though. Yeah. Like, that one was very, very different than this. But, like, I actually really did like the way it was filmed. Yeah. Stunning.

It looked amazing. I like the concept of it. Yeah. And I think, like you said, you know, I think we do have to just appreciate it for what it is, like, the nature of it. Yeah. Because maybe it would be terrifying, but, and maybe it was, it was just is what it is. I mean, here, here it says in this little blurb that we have on Amazon, it says, a story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature.

Godzilla pits the world's most famous monster against malevolent creatures that bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance threaten our very existence. Most of that is correct except for the reconciliation part. Yeah. And I really wanted the reconciliation part. I did too. I wanted the dad to have a moment of something, but I needed more of him. Okay, I take that back. There was a little bit reconciliation, they had a little moment where son's kind of like, I'm sorry, I didn't believe you. Like, you were right. And then he died. It was too soon. Yeah. Too soon. You dropped the ball. Yeah. That's it. That's it. It was, I think the dad was the most interesting part of the story and that whole dynamic as a whole. Yeah. One. And it's like, you pulled a christenism. You like

forgot. You like forgot. You forgot. Stay focused. I know. I know I understand. You know, sometimes I'm unfocused. I get it. understand. I understand what happened, but you try to make a comeback and, you know, BS your way through and, you know, I mean, overall. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. You know, anyway, let us know what you guys think in the comments below and what Godzilla movie should we watch next. I'm a Chara Kirk. This is Christmas Savesvino. Ciao!