The film broke in "Obsession" IMMEDIATELY after the scene in the car with the, um, head injuries. The lights came on. Total silence. Those people in the audience were MESSED UP.
My friend was telling me the other day how he noticed head injuries being a common recurrence in this era of horror; wonder if that’s the subconscious reaction to this paradigm of overstimulation we’re living in.
Insane place to break though; I probably would have short-circuited too
Mothra vs. Godzilla was my favorite Godzilla movie. Still is although I have not seen it since I was a kid. All the Godzilla movies were the essence of humanity vs. the destructive instincts of humans. That conflict, the internal nemesis of any peace we may long for, is the stuff stories that only survive as long as we have imaginations.
I'm a huge Godzilla fan and this line was so eloquently put that I have to flag it and commend it:
"In fact, if we take Mothra’s lessons to heart and take stock of what is, we do much more for ourselves by watching the VFX as transparent craft instead of expecting realism from something that is not real."
That sums up the entire Showa era of Godzilla if I ever saw it.
The film broke in "Obsession" IMMEDIATELY after the scene in the car with the, um, head injuries. The lights came on. Total silence. Those people in the audience were MESSED UP.
My friend was telling me the other day how he noticed head injuries being a common recurrence in this era of horror; wonder if that’s the subconscious reaction to this paradigm of overstimulation we’re living in.
Insane place to break though; I probably would have short-circuited too
Mothra vs. Godzilla was my favorite Godzilla movie. Still is although I have not seen it since I was a kid. All the Godzilla movies were the essence of humanity vs. the destructive instincts of humans. That conflict, the internal nemesis of any peace we may long for, is the stuff stories that only survive as long as we have imaginations.
I'm a huge Godzilla fan and this line was so eloquently put that I have to flag it and commend it:
"In fact, if we take Mothra’s lessons to heart and take stock of what is, we do much more for ourselves by watching the VFX as transparent craft instead of expecting realism from something that is not real."
That sums up the entire Showa era of Godzilla if I ever saw it.
Cheers, Ray! The Millennium era was my gateway as a sheltered youngster, so diving into Showa as an adult has been really healing.