Godzilla Rises

I really enjoyed the original movie, except from some parts with the super soldier and the over the tone drama it was nicely directed and the atmosphere was superb.

Being so I was intrigued to see how could the movie be better cutting out more than 40 minutes, but the end result is great. Better pace, loss of inconsequential scenes and all the fortuity of some events.

I only have one minor issue, there is one scene that feels off in which the main character is on a plane when he supposedly was on the destroyer.

I really enjoyed the original intro and the janjira scene, nothing is really lost leaving them out of this edit though.

I totally recommend it.

This was fantastic.
7 years after the theatrical release I‘m finally able to love this. Thank you very much!

I think leaving out the bulk of Cranston's part to play in this story was definitely the right call by Kris for this edit. Everything we need to know is already there in the moments with his son, and it is better to envision this all in our heads, as the imagination of what happened provides even greater attachment and atmosphere.

Other changes really help make this feel a bit more urgent, and altogether a bit more real, I appreciate that not everyone makes it out, it raises the stakes significantly and makes us think about how much of survival is down to not just skill, but luck.

The edit moves at a quick pace and the tone, slightly more downbeat, is more appropriate for this kind of film. Expect monster movies to always be monstrous, ripe with conflicts and, more importantly, consequence. Rangerkris serves Godzilla's spirit well in this effort.

I guess myself and Ranger had the same feeling about the theatrical version of this movie. I liked the theatrical one when I saw it in theaters but that's it, I just liked it. I wasn't blown away as I felt I should have been after viewing the trailer for it. So coming Into this I was very excited and anxious to check it out. Everything you did with this edit I feel is better than the theatrical cut of this Godzilla movie. People can argue about the power plant scene and shows the emotion of the Dad and son part in the movie, but I feel the whole sequence in the fathers apartment pretty much explained everything. All the emotion was there and you knew it without having to see it (power plant scene that is). This edit flowed very well with me and gives me another alternate version to go and watch again. The visuals were gorgeous and the editing top notch. I really enjoyed this edit Excellent job Ranger! I will definitely check out your other edits for sure.

I'll start off by saying that much like the theatrical version, this edit has some good and some not so good. The audio and visual quality were top notch and there was just one instance where the visual editing felt abrupt but not enough to deduct any points (the scene where Serizawa is asked what other team members he needs). The opening credits were very cool and well executed.

The narrative is where I have the most issue with this edit. I understand why the scene at the nuclear plant was cut, but the acting by Juliette Binoche and Bryan Cranston in that scene is very good and it also is an important factor to Bryan Cranston's character development. Cranston doesn't get enough screen time as it is, along with the titular character Godzilla. By cutting out that scene it introduces Ford as the main antagonist but because his scenes in the theatrical cut are lackluster, most of them have been cut in this edit, which causes some structural issues.

Cutting Ford out of the monorail in Hawaii and cutting him from the train tracks in somewhere USA was a great decision but this causes some confusion about how the character is getting around and makes Ford even more generic and uninteresting when compared to the original version. His family suffers similarly. Cutting the scene where Ford's wife pawns off their son to a friend has wisely been removed as well as some other "character developing" scenes, this causes a disconnect between the audience and the character, which again exists in the original version but are exacerbated in this edit.

That being said, this is a short edit and once the action starts it doesn't really stop until the end and it does feel like a more Godzilla centric movie overall in this case. I would tell most people who haven't seen Godzilla to watch the theatrical cut, but the people who were disappointed in the original versions and just want to see Godzilla kick some ass, I would have them watch this edit.