History TearJerker / Godzilla2014

--->'''Sandra''': "Joe, it's too late."\\
'''Joe''': ''[on the verge of tears]'' "No no! Don't say that! Don't you say that! Run as hard as you can, Honey!"\\
'''Sandra''': "Take care of Ford. Be a good father. Tell him we didn't make it."

** Even worse: [[spoiler: ''He'' was the one who had to shut the containment door with his own hand, effectively killing her. He'd ordered his co-workers to set the emergency doors to manual, and very nearly let thousands of people suffer radiation, just to make sure his wife got out. And they failed. And what's worse? That's when the workers reach the door, too late, with Sandra smiling and waving at a devastated Joe before the door fully shuts.]]
** [[spoiler: Joe is not only devastated that he doomed his wife, but also her other co-workers. He can see them pounding at the door. Just before Sandra pushes through them to the window, he tearfully apologizes to them through the sealed door for sealing their fates. ]]

* The reaction the Mutos give when [[spoiler:Ford blows up their nest]]. The noises Femuto makes really hit hard.
** It's hard ''not'' to interpret those sounds as Femuto screaming [[spoiler:"MY BABIES!"]] And then, the moment she sees Ford, she puts two and two together and attacks him for it.
** After fighting for their lives, the Mutos [[spoiler:finally have Godzilla at their mercy, only to abandon the fight as soon as they notice the explosion.]] Their first instinct was to protect their children, even if it means giving their mortal enemy another chance to kill them. [[spoiler: He does, and [[AllForNothing their efforts to protect the nest were all in vain anyway]].]]
** There's also the fact that while she doesn't know it, [[spoiler:Godzilla kills the male Muto while the female is trying to avenge their children. Either she doesn't realize her mate has died, or she does and feels {{revenge}} is all she has left. For added icing on the Crying Cake, the male, just before expiring, looks down at the rebar piercing through its chest and wraps one of its smaller arms around it, as if asking "Why...?"]]

* Let's not forget Serizawa talking about his defective pocket watch with US Admiral Stenz. The frozen date on the watch? [[spoiler: 8:15 AM, August 6th, 1945. The nuclear bomb drop on Hiroshima.]]

* [[spoiler: The death of Joe]].
** Ford's breakdown following it is tough. He is a soldier who's come back from dangerous situations and shows hints of psychological trauma, but [[spoiler:his dad's death]] is the one thing to cause him to truly break down.

* Ties in with a CMOA, the final minute of the film, with [[spoiler:Godzilla walking towards the ocean, roaring one last time, then swimming off]]. It's magnificent in every aspect, how it's filmed, how it's synced up with the music. We really don't want him to go.

*** The fact that apparently Ford is [[spoiler: the only one of the warhead-retrieval unit to make it out alive. Those other soldiers most likely had families of their own...]]
* The Mutos might be monsters, but [[MonsterIsAMommy Femuto's]] howl of sorrow, when she finds Ford has [[spoiler:torched all her eggs]], is still sad.
** Unlike the [[Film/Godzilla1998 1998 film]], where depressing music plays [[spoiler: when Zilla sees their dead children]], Femuto howls over [[spoiler: her young ones]] as soul-crushing silence takes over.

* There are a lot of scenes in the late parts of the film that reminds us just how ''old'' Godzilla is...[[DentedIron and how that's]] [[FeelingTheirAge a negative thing.]] Several points in the conflict Godzilla appears flat out ''exhausted'' from everything. Heck, [[spoiler:he passed out for ''hours'' after killing Femuto, and Serizawa had silently feared that he had died]]. It's another thing that is rarely touched on in other ''Godzilla'' films, but here, Godzilla is eons old, and we get to see how far he is past his prime.

-->''"They evacuated us so quickly... I don't even have a picture of her."''

-->'''Sandra''': "Joe, it's too late."\\
'''Joe''': ''[on the verge of tears]'' "No no! Don't say that! Don't you say that! Run as hard as you can, Honey!"
-->'''Sandra''': "Take care of Ford. Be a good father. Tell him we didn't make it."

** Unlike the 1998 film, where depressing music plays [[spoiler: when Zilla sees their dead children]], Femuto howls over [[spoiler: her young ones]] as soul-crushing silence takes over.

* A meta example, but Haruo Nakajima, the original actor who played Godzilla in the 50s, thoroughly enjoyed this film. Unfortunately, he died in 2017, and he never lived to see the sequel.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TakeCareOfTheKids Take care of Ford.]]'']]

* There are a lot of scenes in the late parts of the film that reminds us just how ''old'' Godzilla is...[[DentedIron and how that's a negative thing.]] Several points in the conflict Godzilla appears flat out ''exhausted'' from everything. Heck, [[spoiler:he passed out for ''hours'' after killing Femuto, and Serizawa had silently feared that he had died]]. It's another thing that is rarely touched on in other ''Godzilla'' films, but here, Godzilla is eons old, and we get to see how far he is past his prime.

* Elle giving up Sam in a city-wide evacuation. [[AdultFear Imagine her reaction if she saw Godzilla plow through the Golden Gate Bridge where her son's bus was]].

** Even worse: [[spoiler: ''He'' was the one who had to shut the containment door with his own hand, effectively killing her. He'd ordered his co-workers to set the emergency doors to manual, and very nearly let thousands of people suffer radiation, just to make sure his wife got out. And they failed. And what's worse? That's when the workers reach the door, too late, with Sandra smiling and waving at a devastated Joe before the door fully shuts.
** Joe is not only devastated that he doomed his wife, but also her other co-workers. He can see them pounding at the door. Just before Sandra pushes through them to the window, he tearfully apologizes to them through the sealed door for sealing their fates.]]

** Even worse: [[spoiler: ''He'' was the one who had to shut the containment door with his own hand, effectively killing her. He'd ordered his co-workers to set the emergency doors to manual, and very nearly let thousands of people suffer radiation, just to make sure his wife got out. And they failed. And what's worse? That's when the workers reach the door, too late, with Sandra smiling and waving at a devastated Joe before the door fully shuts.]]

* The premise of Godzilla being the LastOfHisKind in general. Sure, he's a frightening and exceptionally massive "alpha predator", but at the end of the day, he's still a living animal, [[NotSoDifferent no different from anything]] (and anyone) else on this planet. Furthermore, with his implied intelligence and perhaps semi-sentience, it's likely that as any other animal would, Godzilla can feel pain, frustration and confusion, and that's what he really is: a poor, confused and lost animal, suddenly awoken to a time where everything has changed so much. At least the MUTO pair have a chance to rebuild their kind's population. Even when Godzilla defeated the MUTO's, as much of a happy victory it was for mankind, it was a bittersweet one for Godzilla; and the way he just calmly walks off, tired yet confident, was enough to make induce sympathy for the big lad--because, where else ''can'' he go?
* The scene where Godzilla and Ford [[MeaningfulLook lock eyes with each other]]. These two have been through a lot in the past few days--[[NotSoDifferent perhaps to a certain extent, they understand each other's pain.]]

* There are a lot of scenes in the late parts of the film that reminds us just how ''old'' Godzilla is...[[RealityEnsues and how that's a negative thing.]] Several points in the conflict Godzilla appears flat out ''exhausted'' from everything. Heck, [[spoiler:he passed out for ''hours'' after killing Femuto, and Serizawa had silently feared that he had died]]. It's another thing that is rarely touched on in other ''Godzilla'' films, but here, Godzilla is eons old, and we get to see how far he is past his prime.

* The paper cranes next to the nuclear power plant are reminiscent of Sadako Sasaki. Given that the original Gojira had a TearJerker moment with a little girl who'd been heavily irradiated, this may have been intentional.

* The army knows they're going up against beasts that are ''much'' bigger than them and are immune to everything they throw at them. In fact, two have the ability to emit an E.M.P. which renders everything except for ballistics, grenades, spring-loaded or small-arms fire obsolete. But even so, they are risking '''everything''' [[HeroicSacrifice just to keep the people they are supposed to protect out of harm's way]].

** Even worse: [[spoiler: ''He'' was the one who had to shut the containment door with his own hand, effectively killing her. He'd ordered his co-workers to set the emergency doors to manual, and very nearly let thousands of people suffer radiation, just to make sure his wife got out. And they failed. And what's worse? That's when the workers reach the door, too late, witb Sandra smiling and waving at a devastated Joe before the door fully shuts.]]

** Even worse: [[spoiler: ''He'' was the one who had to shut the containment door with his own hand, effectively killing her. He'd ordered his co-workers to set the emergency doors to manual, and very nearly let thousands of people suffer radiation, just to make sure her wife got out. And they failed. And what's worse? That's when the workers reach the door, too late, witb Sandra smiling and waving at a devastated Joe before the door fully shuts.]]

* The premise of Godzilla being the LastOfHisKind in general. Sure, he's a frightening and exceptionally massive "alpha predator", but at the end of the day, he's still a living animal, [[NotSoDifferent no different from anything]] (and anyone) else on this planet. Furthermore, with his implied intelligence and perhaps semi-sentience, it's likely that as any other animal would, Godzilla can feel pain, frustration and confusion, and that's what he really is: a poor, confused and lost animal, suddenly awoken to a time where everything has changed so much. At least the MUTO pair have a chance to rebuild their kind's population. Even when Godzilla defeated the MUTO's, as much of a happy victory it was for mankind, it was a bittersweet one for Godzilla; and the way he just calmly walks off, tired yet confident, was enough to make induce sympathy for the big lad--because, where else ''can'" he go?
* The scene where Godzilla and Ford lock eyes with each other. These two have been through a lot in the past few days--[[NotSoDifferent perhaps to a certain extent, they understand each other's pain.]]

-->''"[[TheConspiracy You're not fooling anybody]] when you say that what happened 15 years ago was a 'natural disaster,' alright? It was not an earthquake, it wasn't a typhoon, okay?... You're lying! Because what's really happening is that you're hiding something out there. I'm right, aren't I? ''[[SuddenlyShouting MY WIFE DIED HERE! SOMETHING KILLED MY WIFE! AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW!! I DESERVE ANSWERS!]]''" *lights flicker* "You see? There it is again. This is what caused everything in the first place! Don't you see that?! [[PersonOfMassDestruction And it is going to send us back to the Stone Age]]! [[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith You have no idea what's coming...]]"''

*** Hell, the whole power plant SEQUENCE is a TearJerker. They were going to buy a birthday cake, and they get ''this'' instead.

** After fighting for their lives, the Mutos [[spoiler:finally have Godzilla at their mercy, only to abandon the fight as soon as they notice the explosion.]] Their first instinct was to protect their children, even if it means giving their mortal enemy another chance to kill them. [[spoiler: He does, and their efforts to protect the nest were all in vain anyway.]]
** There's also the fact that while she doesn't know it, [[spoiler:Godzilla kills the male Muto while the female is trying to avenge their children. Either she doesn't realize her mate has died, or she does and feels {{revenge}} is all she has left. For added icing on the cry cake, the male, just before expiring, looks down at the rebar piercing through its chest and wraps one of its smaller arms around it, as if asking "Why...?"]]

* The movie does have some beautiful shots of the aftermath of destruction throughout the film. Then it hits you that this is the ''aftermath'' of the stomping and thrashing. We are shown a side of a ''Godzilla'' movie we typically never see. Many focus on the fights, the monsters, and the military's futile ways of trying to stop it. This movie shows just how dangerous these creatures are. The shots are just as equally jaw-dropping as they are absolutely heart-breaking. These places, like San Fran and Vegas, are reduced to rubble, collapsing buildings, footprints and thousands of dead bodies. It cements that Godzilla, in a certain way that harkens back to the 1954 Original, is and always will be a destructive force of nature.

'''Ford:''' *smiling weakly* Yeah... I'll be here tomorrow.
** Even worse, Ford ISN'T there tomorrow. Yes, they all get reunited at the end, but think about it from Sam's point of view...not to mention the bridge escape....

* When Ford calls Elle at the hospital she works at via phone. Prior to this, Elle seems like she's completely calm when her friend tells her that her husband is on the phone, however as soon as Ford talks to her, she utterly breaks down.

** It's even worse in the novel where Elle and Sam get separated in a mass of evacuating citizens.
* The premise of Godzilla being the last of his kind in general. Sure he's a frightening and exceptionally massive creature, but at the end of the day he's still a living animal. Furthermore, with his implied intelligence and perhaps semi-sentience, it's likely that as any other animal would, Godzilla can feel pain, frustration and confusion, and that's what he really is, a poor confused and lost animal suddenly awoken to a time where everything has changed so much. At least the MUTO pair have a chance to rebuild their kind's population. Even when Godzilla defeated the MUTO's, as much of a happy victory it was for mankind, it was a bittersweet one for Godzilla and the way he just calmly walks off tired yet confident was enough to make induce sympathy for the big lad, because where else can he go?
* The scene where Godzilla and Ford lock eyes with each other. These two have been through a lot in the past few days--perhaps to a certain extent, they understand each other's pain.
* There are a lot of scenes in the late parts of the film that reminds us just how ''old'' Godzilla is...and how that's a negative thing. Several points in the conflict Godzilla appears flat out ''exhausted'' from everything. Heck, [[spoiler:he passed out for ''hours'' after killing Femuto, and Serizawa had silently feared that he had died]]. It's another thing that is rarely touched on in other Godzilla films, but here Godzilla is eons old and we get to see how far he is past his prime.

-->''"[[TheConspiracy You're not fooling anybody]] when you say that what happened 15 years ago was a 'natural disaster,' alright? It was not an earthquake, it wasn't a typhoon, okay?... You're lying! Because what's really happening is that you're hiding something out there. I'm right, aren't I? ''[[SuddenlyShouting MY WIFE DIED HERE! SOMETHING KILLED MY WIFE! AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW!! I DESERVE ANSWERS!]]''" *lights flicker* "You see? There it is again. This is what caused everything in the first place! Don't you see that?! [[PersonOfMassDestruction And it is going to send us back to the Stone Age]]! [[YouDontKnowWhatYoureDealingWith You have no idea what's coming...]]"''

-->''"[[TheConspiracy You're not fooling anybody]] when you say that what happened 15 years ago was a 'natural disaster,' alright? It was not an earthquake, it wasn't a typhoon, okay?... You're lying! Because what's really happening is that you're hiding something out there. I'm right, aren't I? ''MY WIFE DIED HERE! SOMETHING KILLED MY WIFE! AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW!! I DESERVE ANSWERS!''" *lights flicker* "You see? There it is again. This is what caused everything in the first place! Don't you see that?! [[PersonOfMassDestruction And it is going to send us back to the Stone Age]]! You have no idea what's coming...."''
** Even worse: according to the latest trailer [[spoiler: he was the one who had to shut the containment door with his own hand, effectively killing her.]]
** This line from a couple of the TV spots makes things slightly more depressing, with Creator/BryanCranston's acting being the icing on the Tear Jerker cake.

** More recent TV spots have revealed that [[spoiler:the scene with Sandra smiling and waving at him before the door fully shuts happens '''after''' he shut the door on her, meaning that her seemingly innocent smile and wave takes a darker meaning...]]
*** Hell the whole power plant SEQUENCE is a TearJerker.

'''Joe''': (on the verge of tears) "No no! Don't say that! Don't you say that! Run as hard as you can, Honey!"

* The paper cranes next to the nuclear power plant are reminiscent of Sadako Sasaki. Given that the original Gojira had a Tear Jerker moment with a little girl who'd been heavily irradiated, this may have been intentional.

** There's also the fact that while she doesn't know it, [[spoiler:Godzilla kills the male Muto while the female is trying to avenge their children. Either she doesn't realize her mate has died or she is and feels revenge is all she has left. For added icing on the cry cake, the male, just before expiring, looks down at the rebar piercing through its chest and wraps one of its smaller arms around it, as if asking "Why...?"]]
* Dr. Serizawa's heartbroken reaction to hearing the Muto chrysalis is to be destroyed.

* Let's not forget Serizawa talking about his defective pocket watch with the US Admiral. The frozen date on the watch? [[spoiler: 8:15 AM, August 6th, 1945. The nuclear bomb drop on Hiroshima.]]
-->'''Serizawa:''' It was my father's...
** This hits harder considering it is subtly implied Ichiro's father in this continuity is Daisuke Serizawa.

* The movie does have some beautiful shots of the aftermath of destruction throughout the film. Then it hits you that this is the ''aftermath'' of the stomping and thrashing. We are shown a side of a ''Godzilla'' movie we typically never see. Many focus on the fights, the monsters, and the military's futile ways of trying to stop it. This movie shows just how dangerous these creatures are. The shots are just as equally jaw-dropping as they are absolutely heart-breaking. These places, like San Fran and Vegas, are reduced to rubble, collapsing buildings, footprints and thousands of dead bodies. It cements that Godzilla, in a certain way that harkens back to the 1954 Original, is and always will be a symbol of destruction.

* Ford and Joe's argument earlier in the film. Especially the part where Ford asks, in a tearful sounding voice, "Why can't you let her [Sandra] rest?" To which Joe responds, "Because I sent her down there." It really hits hard when Ford refuses to listen to his father.
-->'''Ford''': ''[choking]'' I-I don't want to hear this!\\
'''Joe''': ''[sympathetically]'' I know. I know.

-->'''Elle:''' He lost ''everything'' that day!
-->'''Ford:''' (coldly) So did I... But you know what? ''I'' got over it.

-->Sandra: ''"Joe, it's too late.''"
-->Joe: (on the verge of tears) ''"No no! Don't say that! Don't you say that! Run as hard as you can, Honey!"''
*** "Take care of Ford. Be a good father. Tell him we didn't make it."
* The army knows they are going up against beasts that are ''much'' bigger than them and are immune to everything they throw at them. In fact, two have the ability to emit an E.M.P. which renders everything except for ballistics, grenades, spring-loaded or small-arms fire obsolete. But even so, they are risking '''everything''' [[HeroicSacrifice just to keep the people they are supposed to protect out of harm's way]].

* The reaction the Mutos give when [[spoiler: Ford blows up their nest]]. The noises Femuto makes really hit hard.

* Let's not forget Serizawa talking about his defective pocket watch with the US Admiral. The frozen date on the watch? [[spoiler: 8:15 AM, August 6th, 1945.]]

** This hits harder considering it is subtly implied Ichiro's father in this continuity is Daisuke Serzawa.

** Ford's breakdown following it is tough. His is a soldier who's come back from dangerous situations and shows hints of psychological trauma, but [[spoiler: his dad's death]] is the one thing to cause him to truly break down.
* The movie does have some beautiful shots of the aftermath of destruction throughout the film. Then it hits you that this is the ''aftermath'' of the stomping and thrashing. We are shown a side of a Godzilla movie we typically never see. Many focus on the fights, the monsters, and the military's futile ways of trying to stop it. This movie shows just how dangerous these creatures are. The shots are just as equally jaw dropping as they are absolutely heart breaking. These places, like San Fran and Vegas, are reduced to rubble, collapsing buildings, footprints and thousands of dead bodies. It cements that Godzilla, in a certain way that harkens back to the 1954 Original, is and always will be a symbol of destruction.
* Ties in with a CMOA, the final minute of the film, with [[spoiler: Godzilla walking towards the ocean, roaring one last time, then swimming off]]. It's magnificent in every aspect, how it's filmed, how it's synced up with the music. We really don't want him to go.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1aZYf48aQQ Goodbye now Godzilla, until then...]]

--> Ford: (choking) I-I don't want to hear this!
--> Joe: (sympathetically) I know. I know.
* Joe coming across a picture of him, Sandra and a younger Ford before seeing the birthday banner Ford made him on the day of the meltdown.

-->'''Ford:''' (coldly) So did I... but you know what? ''I'' got over it.

* The M.U.T.O's might be monsters, but [[MonsterIsAMommy Femuto's]] howl of sorrow, when she finds Ford has [[spoiler:torched all her eggs]], is still sad.

* The scene where Godzilla and Ford lock eyes with each other.
* There are a lot of scenes in the late parts of the film that reminds us just how ''old'' Godzilla is and how that's a negative thing. Several points in the conflict Godzilla appears flat out ''exhausted'' from everything. It's another thing that is rarely touched on in other Godzilla films, but here Godzilla is eons old and we get to see how far he is past his prime.