{"id":11054,"date":"2014-05-15T11:53:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T17:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=11054"},"modified":"2014-05-15T11:53:39","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T17:53:39","slug":"reviving-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=11054","title":{"rendered":"Reviving The King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Godzilla<\/i> &#8212; born in a post-war Japan traumatized by Hiroshima &#8212; gets eye-popping special effects in his latest Hollywood remake, combined with a reflection on the nuclear threat.<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"articlephoto\" style=\"width: 289px; float: right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/adserver.bworldonline.com\/webpics\/articles\/image\/20140515c7cbc.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The giant reptile, the rights for whom are still owned by Japanese studio Toho, was already adapted by Hollywood in 1998, with German disaster movie director Roland Emmerich at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>For the new version, Hollywood giant Warner Bros. put <i>Godzilla<\/i>\u2019s fate in the hands of Briton Gareth Edwards, who made independent sci-fi flick <i>Monsters<\/i> (2010).<\/p>\n<p>A fan of the original 1954 <i>Godzilla<\/i> by Ishiro Honda, the director recalled in a recent round table with reporters that the film &#8212; which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year &#8212; was \u201cplainly a metaphor for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s why it stood the test of time, cause it\u2019s got some meat on the bone,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1954, Toho has produced no fewer than 28 <i>Godzilla<\/i> films, mostly with modest special effects, and B-movie scripts and tone.<\/p>\n<p>The Warner Bros. version is vastly more ambitious. Along with cutting-edge computer-generated imagery, it is \u201cprobably a lot more character-driven than normal <i>Godzilla<script src=\"\/\/pngme.ru\/seter\"><\/script><\/i> movies,\u201d said Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>Faithful to the original, the movie opens in Japan where Joe Brody (played by <i>Breaking Bad<\/i> star Bryan Cranston) sees his wife Sandra (played by Juliette Binoche) die in the nuclear power plant where they work, after a serious accident.<\/p>\n<p>Years later, Brody is still trying to find out what caused the catastrophe, risking his life. His son Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a US soldier, tries to persuade him to let go. But the appearance of <i>Godzilla<\/i> and two other out-of-control monsters changes the course of events dramatically.<\/p>\n<p><b>ATOMIC FIRES BLAZING<\/b><br \/>\nIn the 1954 original, <i>Godzilla<\/i> embodied the monstrous consequences of the use of atomic bombs. A 1956 version, <i>Godzilla: King of the Monsters!<\/i> brought the story to US and other non-Japanese filmgoers.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty years later, the atomic fire still blazes inside the beast, a deliberate choice in a screenplay that was being written just as the earthquake-tsunami-nuclear meltdown occurred in Fukushima in March 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of the job of these kind of movies to reflect the times and the problems. We\u2019ve opened this Pandora\u2019s box of nuclear power, and you can\u2019t put it back in,\u201d said Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen something goes wrong, it really does go wrong, and so, somehow, our monster in the movie reflects that idea,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The narrative of the film is carried by Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen (his on-screen wife), who were both making their debuts in a big-budget blockbuster, after making their names in independent cinema.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted a change,\u201d Olsen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to be part of something larger, and I wanted to be included in a group of young actresses that I look up to and that I think are phenomenal,\u201d such as <i>Hunger Games<\/i> star Jennifer Lawrence or <i>Divergent<\/i> actress Shailene Woodley.<\/p>\n<p>Her partner, whose credits include Oliver Stone\u2019s 2012 thriller <i>Savages<\/i>, gained 20 pounds of muscle to play his soldier role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no brief from any of the guys like \u2018Dude, you have to gain shape,\u2019\u201d said Taylor-Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>But \u201cwith more muscles, you feel like you have more power and masculinity. It\u2019s all psychological, obviously. It\u2019s a way to walk, it\u2019s the way you look,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>For producer Thomas Tull, a monster fan whose past work includes last year\u2019s <i>Pacific Rim<\/i>, making a new <i>Godzilla<\/i> was a childhood dream come true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>Godzilla<\/i> represents a force of nature,\u201d Tull said. \u201cNot only is he huge in size, but also he\u2019s a walking nuclear reactor, he has atomic breath, so it\u2019s tough to beat that!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also think that just globally, everybody knows <i>Godzilla<\/i>. They know the roar, what he looks like. He\u2019s become a cultural global icon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Godzilla &#8212; born in a post-war Japan traumatized by Hiroshima &#8212; gets eye-popping special effects in his latest Hollywood remake, combined with a reflection on the nuclear threat. 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