This week's Illustration Friday prompt is "Retro", and I didn't actually do an illustration because my artsy place is still surrounded by dorm clutter, but I managed this sketch to accompany this post. For Meego's Birthday outing, we ended up going to see Godzilla at IMAX.
I'm not necessarily a Monster Movie aficionado. I appreciate good special effects now and then, but can usually take them or leave them. Also, after that 1998 Godzilla, which I found pretty forgetful, I thought I would be content to never see another Godzilla movie.
But a few months ago, we were at IMAX and caught this trailer (pretend you're seeing it on the ginormous IMAX screen in 3D with their patented sound system...):
And after that trailer, I was all, "Gee, that looks really good".
So when it was decided we would go see it, I was cautiously optimistic, and DANG, it was good! I really liked it, and that was also the family consensus. Poor Wolfgang went to see it at the regular theater on Friday with some friends, so he knew what was going to happen. Afterwards, he said he wished he'd seen it at IMAX first instead of second.
As I watched, I remembered getting excited to watch the old Japanese Godzilla movies when I was a kid. Were they black and white? I don't know because we only had a black and white TV, so everything was black and white, whether intentional or not. But anyway, this movie goes back to that retro Godzilla in a good way.
Without going into spoiler detail, I'll just say that it's just very "artistic", and different from typical action movies big on CG. Really a visual delight. It's not big on character development, but that's really not the aim of this movie, and the characters felt developed enough.
Thank you, Godzilla people
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15 comments:
What? They didn't give poor old Godzilla a personality that we could all emphasize with? It looks very enticing. I might even forego my self imposed ban on going to the movie houses (I tend to wait until it hits NetFlix) unless it is a really good one (aka The Hobbit movies, Star Wars, etc.) This one sounds like it has enough in it to justify going to see it in IMAX.
You're such a good mom. I saw all the Harry Potter movies with the boys... does that count for something? I'd probably pass on the Godzilla movie, which works because they would probably never ask me to go... That being said, I bet anything shown on an IMAX screen would be quite impressive. Glad you enjoyed it! And super glad you were inspired to sketch him for Illustration Friday! I miss your works of art. :)
About the only time I go to movies is at one of the kids' requests, and this is one I probably wouldn't have seen otherwise. So it's good to have those guys around to make me go.
I've seen all the the Transformer movies, some multiple times. That's surely worth some mom award, right?
I was surprised at how much I liked Godzilla. Sometimes IMAX gives me vertigo, but this one is really worth seeing in that format.
I plan to get all weird and arty soon!
I must admit that we like the look of this one, although the lack of man-dressed-as-dinosaur--trashing-model-city is a bit sad. Maybe I should find some Power Rangers stuff to watch! :-)
Reminds me of the time we were on our ONE vacation evar, and saw "Avatar" on "The Biggest IMAX Screen in the WORLD". Seriously? In the WORLD? How can we NOT do this?! And yeah, it was a HUGE screen....
.....but the movie itself covered only a portion of it. Doh!
At least it was in color ("Go turn on the (B&W, tube-type) TV so it'll be warmed up when I get down there.").
Yes, it wasn't quite the same without the shaky toy army tanks and dialogue not in unison with lip movements, but I suppose there's always compromise.
HA - well, technically you saw it on the biggest IMAX screen in the WORLD.
Hmmm... I love a good flick at the IMAX theater. Do I go see this one? You've gotten me somewhat sold.
Pretty sure I won't be seeing that one. If there isn't singing or animation, I'm out.
Bring the girls! There's a love story.... sort of...
Yeah... uhm... no.
Yeah, they don't make them like they used to...
I love the sketch! Usually I'm not into monster movies either, but we're going this weekend.
That DOES look really good! I don't remember ever watching Godzilla as a kid, although I knew about the movie. The new version wouldn't typically be one that would catch my attention, but now that you've pointed it out, I'm intrigued!
Sounds like a fun family outing. Glad you all enjoyed it!
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