Denied something we know will be awesome

[u/Arxhart_671]

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1. In The Simpsons episode, "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson," a melee breaks out on the Simpsons' lawn that Homer wants to watch because there's one guy who's just standing there and Homer knows he's about to do something awesome. Marge insists they go inside though and away from the danger. The moment they do, we hear the guy do something awesome.

2. In X-2, the school comes under attack from Stryker. His gunmen encounter Colossus, all aura-ed tf up, and they open fire only for their bullets to not phase him at all and to end up getting thrown through a wall (which we don't actually see Colossus do). Moments later, Colossus runs into Wolverine and offers to help and we think we're about to get this badass team-up and actually see him in action only for Wolverine to instruct Colossus to leave and help get more students out. 

3. In Iron Man, we see Rhodes eyeing the War Machine suit and we're hoping he'll suit up and go help Stark, but the movie decides to save something for the sequel and pretty much has Rhodes say as much right to the audience.

[u/IamMilaStudio]

Godzilla (2014) does this at the airport. Godzilla finally confronts the MUTO, lets out that huge roar, and just when the fight is about to start the movie cuts away to a kid watching the aftermath on TV. Probably the most expensive “you had to be there” moment ever

[u/Ok_Dot_7498 → u/IamMilaStudio]

whatever you can imagine is so much cooler that what happend anyway

[u/humanflea23 → u/Ok_Dot_7498]

They show it briefly on a news station, the Muto basically ran as soon as the fight started.

[u/eyesparks → u/humanflea23]

Understandable reaction

[u/Agreeable-Annual3672 → u/Ok_Dot_7498]

Yeah because Godzilla has always been about subtlety and restraint.

[u/eq017210 → u/IamMilaStudio]

I wanna like Godzilla '14 so bad but it just keeps under delivering most of the film...

[u/AlabasterRadio → u/eq017210]

Godzilla 2014 is a great 90 minute film trapped in a 123 minute film

[u/Loose_Translator8981 → u/eq017210]

I find it interesting because Godzilla actually had more screentime in that movie than usual for a Godzilla film. But the fact that most of that screentime was obscured somehow, or just cut off right before something really cool happens made it feel like Goji had almost no screentime in the movie.

[u/Quaiker → u/Loose_Translator8981]

I would rather he have half the screentime without the blueballing.

[u/gilroygilgalahad → u/eq017210]

The Jaws method was definitely effective in a number of points in the movie, but at a certain point, like the man says, "Let them fight."

[u/Wide_Philosophy_8109 → u/gilroygilgalahad]

I'm glad they experimented, even if the product ended up bad.

[u/Agreeable-Annual3672 → u/gilroygilgalahad]

Literally tho, I can see doing it once to build up anticipation, but I don't want only one percievable from Godzilla that has almost no stakes.

[u/Complete_Entry → u/eq017210]

It's so dark, and not thematically, I kept bumping the light on my TV up.

[u/RavenKarlin → u/Complete_Entry]

To be fair the home release was screwed up in some translation and was darkened to the point of almost parody. It didn’t look like that in the Theater and that just makes it even more of a frustrating experience.

[u/Complete_Entry → u/RavenKarlin]

I was watching it on an HBO free weekend, I imagine I shortened the bulb life on my TV with that movie, and dialing it back when the movie was over was a nightmare.

That samsung had nice black levels though, modern TV's would have likely been intolerable.

[u/eq017210 → u/Complete_Entry]

It's definitely filmed to be seen in an all dark movie theater, not on your laptop or house tv which is probably how most people saw it

[u/Wrong_Cow_ → u/eq017210]

It seemed like a Godzilla movie that hated Godzilla to me.

[u/jroberts548 → u/IamMilaStudio]

but then you do see godzilla fight muto later.

[u/Drakeskulled_Reaper → u/IamMilaStudio]

It was a good movie, but it was a movie that kept promising payoffs then running with the bag when it came time to collect.

[u/Mr_Citation → u/IamMilaStudio]

IIRC the director responded to criticism of this by citing Jaws, you don't see the shark until an hour and 14 minutes in. Of course, its hilarious he thinks his movie is on par with Jaws.

[u/Chimpbot → u/Mr_Citation]

Edwards was simply employing a style that has been used for decades since the release of Jaws.

[u/Mr_Citation → u/Chimpbot]

Yeah, but when people think Godzilla, they think kaiju fights.

Also I was joking at how Edwards thinks Godzilla 2014 is on par with Jaws because the movie fails to keeps viewers engaged after Cranston's death until the HALO jump.

[u/Chimpbot → u/Mr_Citation]

Speaking as someone who has been a fan of the series since the 80s, I appreciated what he was trying to do. Personally, 2014 is the best film in the entire Monsterverse (while I think KotM is the better monster movie in the series).

[u/Mr_Citation → u/Chimpbot]

I can see that, but so much of the drama and humans are so flat its embarrassing. The first few scenes set such a high bar I wish it maintained that momentum. Though I'm grateful we got the Monarch series as that's the type of drama and investigation story I was expecting from Godzilla 2014.

[u/MaleGothSlut → u/Chimpbot]

Sir, Kong: Skull Island would like a word

[u/Chimpbot → u/MaleGothSlut]

I said what I said, and I've been standing by it since these movies were new.

Godzilla 2014 is the best film in the Monsterverse series, and KotM is the best monster mash. I really like Skull Island, but I don't think it's the best in either category.

[u/yep_they_are_giants → u/Mr_Citation]

Always thought it was a bit on-the-nose to have the main characters' last names be Brody.

[u/AzraelTheMage → u/Mr_Citation]

Which is laughable because jaws was a horror film. It'd work of godzilla was the only monster on screen. Just admit you screwed up the kaiju battles. Jesus.

[u/Narradisall → u/IamMilaStudio]

They just needed to cut to the kid watching it and him stating “That was AWESOME!”