The "Godzilla" 2014 monster is too fat, and Japanese fans are angry how Hollywood fed the iconic character with too many burgers and fries. Will the "fat-shaming" counter the hype surrounding the Gareth Edwards' movie?
The "Godzilla" reboot is set to open in theaters on May 16 but the trailer has already Japanese fans buzzing, but for all the wrong reasons as it veers away from the original concept of how the monster looks like based on the 1954 Japanese classic "Godzilla, King of the Monsters."
According to one superfan, Fumihiko Abe, the "Godzilla" 2014 monster is "fat from the neck downwards and massive at the bottom," reported AFP.
Fans have been having fun laughing at the newest Hollywood version in online community forums, according to TIME, calling the "Godzilla" 2014 CGI as a "calorie monster" and "Godzilla Deluxe."
"It's true that you gain weight in America. It's a calorie monster," another fan told AFP during the exhibit of Godzilla paintings in Tokyo earlier this month.
The criticisms from true-blue fans of the monster are clearly different from what director Gareth Edwards promised-that "Godzilla" 2014 will be what "Dark Knight" was for the Batman movie franchise.
And it's not clear whether the criticisms will affect the hype (and sales) surrounding the new film starring Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche and Ken Watanabe.
Japanese fans complaining about the fat monster in "Godzilla" reboot might take solace in the fact that the whole monster wouldn't be shown probably until the final showdown, but they go get to catch a glimpse of its "fat neck" and "massive bottom."
"What we were trying to do when we designed the movie was to incrementally build and build. So hopefully, you get the big climax at the end and it has the maximum power possible-and then it's the end credits," he told Vulture.