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Darabont Offers Insight On New Godzilla
As Legendary Pictures continues to lay the groundwork for its upcoming reboot of 'Godzilla,' under the direction of Gareth Edwards, the project's latest scribe is being rather forthcoming with what we can expect from the new film. Frank Darabont, who was hired at the beginning of the month to rewrite 'Godzilla,' has revealed some of the nuances he and his team hope to bring to both the titular lizard, and to the human characters as well. With a purposeful grimace, here's what Darabont said during a recent interview...
"What we're trying to do with the new movie is not have it be campy. We're kind of taking a cool new look at it. But with a lot of tradition in the first film. We want this to be a terrifying force of nature. And what was really cool, for me, is there was a very compelling human drama that I got to weave into it. It's not that cliched, thinly disguised romance or bromance, or whatever. It's different, it's a different set of circumstances than you're used to seeing. And that's tremendously exciting as a writer when you're asked to do something else."
One of the reasons I was glad Darabont came aboard precisely relates to what he mentioned in the latter half of this quote. It's not enough to just have a bombastic monster movie, the script has to effectively develop the human element as well. Darabont has already shown twice that he can craft sensational human drama amidst a backdrop of an overwhelming monster invasion: first with 'The Mist,' and then as the showrunner on 'The Walking Dead.' This allays most of my concerns of the new 'Godzilla' therefore suffering the same problems as, say, the first 'Transformers' movie. As to the idea of making Godzilla a terrifying force of nature, I think that's the right approach to take, but it does sort of contradict the origins of the beast. The original Japanese 'Gojira' was created as a denouncement of the nuclear age, and as a portent about the danger of man's continued foray into atomic warfare. He was therefore a direct consequence of, as The Blue Oyster Cult notes, "the folly of man." It's interesting that now he's being referred to as a product of nature. I'm not criticizing this take on Godzilla, it's just an interesting switch.
What do you guys think? Do Darabont's comments instill confidence toward 'Godzilla?' Do you like the idea of Godzilla being a "force of nature."
Source: io9
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Comment by Carnage Kosmic on January 24, 2013 at 10:21pm -
From Darabont's comments I get the feeling that he's referencing the original Godzilla movie where he is unstoppable. More of a force of nature than just a giant animal. I just hope they make Godzilla scary again.
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Comment by Vyndicate on January 24, 2013 at 5:38pm -
I love Kaiju films for the versus aspect of it, seeing Godzilla take on Gigan or Space Godzilla, kinda like every movie was a new foe for Godzilla to wreck. I'm pretty sure the first film will focus solely on Godzilla to establish him. That's fine, but I hope they bring in the other kaiju for him to fight in the sequels. I'm hoping this will be good.
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Comment by GojiraG on January 24, 2013 at 4:36pm -
@ Mr. Bubbles
But that was what was so great about the first Godzilla film, Gojira(1954) It emphasized the destructive nature of nuclear power and how people messed up. I hope they convey that in the film
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Comment by Mr. Bubbles on January 24, 2013 at 12:10pm -
As long as it doesn't turn into some "WHO ARE THE REAL MONSTERS?" lecture, I'll be fine with it.
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Comment by 31 on January 24, 2013 at 1:56am -
Godzilla being "a force of nature" would be a nice update for him. referring to nature is something relatable today with all the natural disasters we as a planet have been having the past 10 years. we've had so many, nearly anyone on the planet who goes to the movies can relate. Godzilla, much like a hurricane, a flood, a crazy storm, is an uncontrollable unstoppable force of nature. i dont see them chaning the origin of Godzilla, because its so well established that it cant be changed (I.E. - Michael Bay's attempt at "Ninja Turtles"). but how he is portrayed in the film can be updated to this nature thing. Godzilla has gone through several of these updates before. a result of nuclear testing, a bad guy, a good guy, a father, a friend, an enemy of the state, and a hero. hes been all these things.
so im excited to see how this goes
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Comment by adam on January 24, 2013 at 12:02am -
This speech is from Raymond Bur in Godzilla 1985 sums up what Darabont says.
"Nature has a way sometimes of reminding man of just how small he really is. She will Occasionally throw her terrible off springs of our pride and carelessness to remind us of how puny we are in the face of a tornado, an earthquake or Godzilla. The Reckless ambitions of man are often dwarfed by their dangerous consequences. For now, Godzilla, that strangly innocent and tragic monster has gone to earth. Whether he returns or not, or is never again seen by human eyes, The things he has taught us, remain."
The above perfectly illustrates what Godzilla was in 1954/56 and 1984/1985. And if you're a follower of Japanese mythology, Godzilla could be seen as a reflection of the dragon god king Ryujinn. Whenever mankind on surface toyed with the sea, Ryujinn would become angry and would punish japan with terrible ocean occurrencse and sometimes would come himself to kick some human asses. But then there are times when Ryujinn would protect the poeple of japane from threats, just as godzilla would in the showa series.
I personally always saw godzilla as the champion of the planet, not man, but the planet. An avenger to the earth his home against all threats, human or otherwise, but coming to our aid in times of peril.
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Comment by DaveTheBrave on January 23, 2013 at 8:39pm -
Godzilla is a force of nature, just corrupted by mankind's foolishness. I think what Darabont means is that Godzilla will be utterly implacable and unstoppable, like a walking volcanic eruption or earthquake. Frank is the man, if the producers are smart and let him do his thing then it will be amazing!
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Comment by Dustin L. Tabor on January 23, 2013 at 8:28pm -
I'm looking forward to it. I just hope means force of nature like a hurricane, or an earthquake, and not necessarily some heavy handed message, where Godzilla is sent to destroy us for our sins against the environment. I've liked most of what Frank Darabont's had a hand in, and I dig both versions of the original, so I'll give it a shot.
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Comment by Marz on January 23, 2013 at 8:02pm -
this sounds like a lot of bull shit to me.
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Comment by Giant Ground Sloth on January 23, 2013 at 6:33pm -
I fully agree with Cheezyspam. The major drive for most irradiated giant movie monsters is animalistic needs and instincts, like the monster from Roland Emmerich's movie. She was driven by hunger and a need to nest, but once you understand what an animal wants, it is much less terrifying. The Godzilla from the 1954 Japanese film attacked for what seemed like no reason at all. It was simply a living embodiment of nuclear warfare, and its motivations were either beyond our understanding, or it had no motive. Hurricanes and earthquakes don't act with intent, they just happen.
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