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   M to Ahkenaton   
   Re: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly   
   04 Sep 03 18:30:08   
   
   XPost: alt.movies.monster   
   From: xplar@netscape.net   
      
   Kaneko also realizes the radius of the battlefield would be huge, unlike the   
   early Hesei films that somehow contained G and his opponent with a few   
   blocks.   
      
      
   "Ahkenaton"  wrote in message   
   news:MWZXPwNI9XmWdNqrCiykPDHw0vP3@4ax.com...   
   > On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 14:17:11 GMT, "M"  wrote:   
   >   
   > >The point of film is to see, not tell, and bad scenes fail at not   
   conveying   
   > >the emotional charge through the image. Kaneko is the best kaiju eiga   
   > >director working because he understands the scale and depth kaiju would   
   have   
   > >in the real world.   
   >   
   > I saw GMK for the first time during the Sci-Fi channel marathon, and   
   > this sense of scale is what I liked most about the movie.  People were   
   > squashed underfoot or by pieces of crumbling buildings or terrain.   
   > Godzilla blasted a jet fighter and it flew into pieces and demolished   
   > a house.  There was no sense of safety for being anywhere near the   
   > kaiju fight, which is something I felt was missing from alot of the   
   > recent G films.   
   >   
   > Another thing I liked is that Mothra's and Ghidorah's wings FLAPPED!   
   > This is especially refreshing after viewing GvMegaguirus(sp) for the   
   > first time.  I was dissappointed in that final battle because   
   > everytime I saw Megaguirus on the screen I'd have trouble suspending   
   > by disbelief because he was just hanging there in midair.   
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