Godzilla 4K 2014 Ultra HD 2160p

The most demanded monster of the world cinema decided to noisily celebrate its sixtieth anniversary of creative activity and again went to smash skyscrapers and trample entire armies. Gareth Edwards, the director of a cute low-budget film with the characteristic title "Monsters", was entrusted to bring the Japanese heritage to conform to today's Hollywood standards. And judging by the trailers, the rookie did it brilliantly. The world has never seen such a large-scale, modern, dark and realistic Godzilla.

Godzilla 4K Review
During an accident at a scientific station, Joe Brody's wife (Brian Cranston), Sandra (Juliette Binoche), dies, and Joe had to press the button with his own hands, which blocked the exit from the contaminated area for her and her team. As the years pass, Joe has become an obsessed fanatic, convinced that the accident was not accidental. His son Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), like many others, is sure that his father is going too far, but time will tell that Joe was right - because of human imprudence, something ancient and powerful is about to wake up, and then shreds will go nooks and crannies.

The role, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, was considered by Joseph Gordon Levitt, Henry Cavill, Scoot McNairy and Caleb Landry Jones.
Although "Godzilla" by Roland Emmerich is considered a film, if not a failure, then at least an unsuccessful one (and the director himself admits it too), while watching "Godzilla" by Gareth Edwards, you more than once recall with nostalgia about the lean monster that briskly demolished skyscrapers. Edwards chose to completely discard the developments of Emmerich and return to the origins - old Japanese films, which in the sixty years that have passed since the release of the very first of them, have become utterly cult.

When creating Muto, the main "villains" of the film, the artists were inspired by Aliens and "bugs" from "Starship Troopers"
It would seem that the decision was correct - after all, Peter Jackson and his "King Kong" also relied not on the version of John Guillermin in 1976, but on the black and white original of the 30s, but "Godzilla" is not "King Kong". This is by no means an entertaining pulp fiction with a Message, but rather a Message wrapped in an entertaining movie wrapper, a metaphorical message about the dangers of flirting with science and the forces of nature. In the 50s, such a combination was accepted with a bang, now three dramatic chords are not enough, so Edwards is trying to force a symphony orchestra to perform them.

One of the popular trends in blockbuster cinema in recent years is more dark, more realistic, that is, the landing of fantastic plots with human conflicts and an almost complete rejection of humor. As a result, in "Godzilla" we have a deadly serious attitude, which in places turns into such furious pathos that, on the contrary, tempts to laugh. Follow at least the hero Ken Watanabe, whose almost entire role consists of close-ups with a surprised or worried expression on his face.

At the same time, the story of Godzilla himself is not dramatic enough and, in fact, fits into one phrase: "I caught up, piled up, went into the sunset" (Godzilla here, as in the Japanese sequels, fights "for" people, ridding humanity of aggressive monsters). Therefore, the authors try to add coal to the furnace of "experience" at the expense of human heroes, whom the giant still stubbornly pushes to the periphery. That is, Godzilla, pursuing dangerous monsters, solves one problem, and the human heroes around him have another task - how not to die and do at least something that would justify their presence in the film. Therefore, they run after giant monsters, now and then throw themselves at their feet, then dust themselves off, exchange loud phrases and again rush into battle. Imagine "Transformers", in which the Autobots and Decepticons would not pay attention at all to the people scurrying around them, and here is "Godzilla" for you. Such a movie is about how one boy destroys an anthill, and the second tries to stop him, but for some reason the main characters in it are ants, on which nothing depends at all.

On the other hand, in technical terms, Godzilla is close to perfection - the film is sustained in dark brownish tones and everything in it works in the mood of something overwhelmingly grandiose. Godzilla as a monster is really quite impressive, his opponents are also very effective, you can't find fault with the scenery of destroyed cities and special effects with all the desire - they have all the power of modern Hollywood. And that is why Emmerich's "Godzilla" is so often remembered, who certainly would not have locked such visual beauty in the stuffy closet of a flat and whiny "family drama" about the reunion of several typical Hollywood stereotypes.

Info Blu-ray
Video
Codec: HEVC / H.265
Resolution: Upscaled 4K (2160p)
HDR: HDR10
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Audio
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles
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