Mastodawn

Reading this makes me feel like I'm reading something written under the influence of caffeine. A lot of caffeine. Stuff like "the the" appears in some places. Probably due to extremely fast typing, and a head overflown with ideas.

@blenderdumbass Actually I wrote most of the review, but didn't save the file and had to very hastily rewrite everything. It was late, something like 12:00 pm when I finished.

It feels like you are describing the disconnect between Japanese and American Monster / Disaster flicks. In the US it is all about spectacle. It is all about the scale of the destruction. About the overwhelming sense of everything being fucked up. And it is not a bad thing per se. This sort of epic film-making has its merits. But from I can tell, the Japanese Monster / Disaster flicks don't put the spectacle part as their main goal. They simply use the promise of the spectacle to get people in their seats. And then give them a lecture on something important.

@blenderdumbass That's precisely what I wanted to say. That's why I am not that interested in American monster films, besides the technique used to create them.
Godzilla is a symbol for WW2, it is the force of destruction that brought Japan to its knees. Mothra is a later stage of Japan, it is not destructive, it assists. Mothra, like Japan, no longer is aiming to stage war and destroy, rather help and assist fledgling nations, take care of the environment.
I may be reading too much into this.

@Troler Actually there might be directors that are trying to shove messages with the spectacle. Good example would be James Cameron with his last few films. All huge. All very much about the message.

@blenderdumbass Today, college classmates discussed Avatar. The emphasis was put on the spectacle of the film. How the second Avatar film Avatar: The Way of Water didn't really progress lore wise. The fact it still relied heavily on spectacle to draw in viewers. I haven't seen any of the Avatar sequels, I cannot comment. Maybe you could say if that is true? Or I can just read your review of Avatar: The Way of Water.

@Troler I was mostly reviewing the technical difference between the first two avatars. But I can tell you that. You can feel the message very strongly in Avatar 2. I have not yet seen the third one. Maybe tomorrow I will go.

@blenderdumbass Also it seems the spectacle levels were reduced for 2. In the first one is that huge movie building to a huge battle. In the second, it feels cameron wanted a calmer film with a lot of pretty shots of the underwater stuff. And then a battle, that is not even as big as in the first one. Though the battle in the second one does have a sinking ship, where he uses his techniques from Titanic for good effect.