Thursday, 15 May 2014
For
a movie about a giant lizard, you might be surprised to hear that one of the
greatest strengths of “Godzilla” is its restraint.
It’s
all in the way director Gareth Edwards decided to handle the classic monster.
To make Godzilla seem even more powerful, the audience only hears about him for
the first 40 minutes, and then he’s kept just off screen until the grand
finale.
The
result is one of the most rewarding summer movie experiences in a long time,
and it was all by design.
“It
was always the intention to incrementally build…” Edwards told MTV News.
“Nowadays, you can do absolutely everything in a computer. A lot of films do.
Even though, individually, you look at that shot in the trailer and you go
‘Aww, that’s amazing.’ You take this shot, ‘Aww, that’s amazing.’ If you put a
thousand of them together, you kind of get a fatigue where you stop caring
about what you’re seeing. I was more worried about committing that crime than
the crime of ‘It’s 40 minutes. Where is he?’ ”
Edwards
has taken up the same method of restraint in regards to any sequel talk as
well. He said that he has an idea of where a potential follow-up might go, but he’s
waiting for people to see and enjoy “Godzilla” before going down that road.
Perhaps… Mothra?
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