Your DEFINING Godzilla moment

basically, anytime he roars for the first time in a movie

or anytime, really

like, sonictiger would agree with me on this probably, MV Goji's first EPIC roar

Oooo, that’s also a great one!!! That Airport entrance still gives me chills to this day. For me it’s that silence after Godzilla foot touches down which makes that moment feel so epic to me

yeah everyone's just like

AAAAH WEIRD GIANT BUG GUYS BACK

then suddenly

BADOOOM

big lizard guy

1954 - Godzilla Comes Ashore. Barely disturbs the water, it’s kind of unsettling 

oh yeah i really need to watch the original again

Also like the atomic breath power up in G 14

I ALWAYS FORGET THAT PART AND ITS LIKE ONE OF MY FAVORITES

same with the ending

Him pulling the electrical wires down in the original. It's the first line in the Blue Oyster Cult song, which was one of my first introductions to the character, so seeing him do it in the movie was pretty iconic for me. 

I LOVED THE BUILDUP OF THE AIRPORT SCENE FROM THE TSUNAMI TO EVERYONE GOING QUITE WHEN GODZILLA STEPS. THAT GUY UNDER THE PLANE WING WHEN WATER CAME WAS LIKE, “what the fu-“

SasquaDash

You just made me notice the wires thing that song. I feel like the train scene is also Iconic

The kiss of death in G14

SarcasticGoji

That scene has one of my favorite effects shot in the series when Godzilla uses his atomic breath to melt the towers.

I'll say the Honolulu Incident as well.

SasquaDash

I like it too, I like how the metal turns bright before folding, kinda like how you’d expect.

7amey

This isn’t a godzilla moment, but that train with the muto being lit up is amazing

SarcasticGoji

The towers were apparently made of painted wax and the film crew supposedly shined a heat lamp on it causing the effect of the metal turning white hot and melting.

SasquaDash

People talk about the early godzilla films spfx and compare them to monsterverse, but When I saw 1954 i didn’t expect it to look as amazing as it did

All of Godzilla 2014

@SarcasticGoji

That really just shows why Practical effects are so important. Whilst CGI will always evolve over the years causing older stuff to look outdated easily, there's something about practical effects like suitmation which makes it timeless. Even after 65 years those effects still hold up!

SarcasticGoji

Most of the effects in the 1954 film hold up incredibly well Today, the rest of the Showa series is sort of a mixed bag with some effects looking amazing and others not so much...*cough* *cough* 1962 Kong suit...

the kong suit is flawless what are you talking about?!!

SarcasticGoji

1962 Kong has a lot of issues (not just his design)…

For example, he kind of has a drinking problem...

ack reminds me what happened like last weekend

it was...not good

that is all the information you're getting lol

yes he's flawless besides that

i was talking about the design, and was being a word in my username

well i stole your face!

Godzilla’s epic 2014 roar in Chinatown

yes that is like my favorite scene

Wait I’m list mine,

-Godzilla Comes Ashore

-Godzilla’s Entrace in Terror Of Mechagodzilla

-Godzilla Underwater Beginning scene in GMK

-Godzilla Atomic Breath G 14

-Godzilla Comes Ashore in 4th form (Shin)

-Atomic Breath Shin

-Godzilla Earth Wakes Up, (whether or not you like the anime, this scene is awesome)

-Godzilla Terristrius First scene, Singular Point

I feel these scenes do godzilla the most justice.

G. H. (Gman)

I like that scene too, but it doesn’t seem like it defines godzilla for me. I guess I can’t say much about my scene either though, It’s just Godzilla getting out of the water

just gojira rolling out of bed lol

I'd 100% go with when Godzilla defeats Orga, the victorious roar G does is just so beautiful. I even had it as a ringtone once.

but yeah, i really like Shin's Atomic Breath scene. mixed with the beautiful score, and the slow opening of his mouth before suddenly, BOOM

This isn't really a defining moment, but I really thought the score in GVK was just ok.  But fast forward the Hong Kong part of the score to 10:40 and listen till the end.  Absolutely a masterpiece by Tom Holkenborg even though Bear Mcreary did ol' Goji better.

Bear Mcreary Actually paid homage to the original themes and just remastered them. Tom Holkenberg just used the same types of chords but randomly not really seeming to care where it went

Holkenborg's a hack. He's just a sound engineer who got lucky and was promoted to composer who successfully wrote the worst score of the franchise. I'll take Riichiro Manabe's wonky, weird themes over anything "Junkie" has done. At least Manabe made some interesting sounds.

Ok, admit that there were some high points you MonsterVerse hater.  Mcreary succeeded at making an amazing score but never made a moving piece in the slightest.  The end of Hong Kong's score was moving being reminiscent of Stranger Things and The Snyder Cut and accomplished it's goal of being the end of a conflict.  It feels very similar to the end of G'14's score when Godzilla leaves to the ocean again. 

 And Back To The Ocean was a hauntingly beautiful piece in G'14's score.

"Mcreary succeeded at making an amazing score but never made a moving piece in the slightest."

This is a contradictory comment, but given what seems to be your criteria for "moving piece":

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