Editorial Product Review:Amazon.com:As 'gigantic monster reptile attacks New York' movies go, you've got to admit that
Godzilla delivers the goods, although its critical drubbing and box-office disappointment were arguably deserved. It's a shameless, uninspired crowd pleaser that's content to serve up familiar action with the advantage of really fantastic special effects, and if you expect nothing more you'll be one among millions of satisfied customers. There's really no other way to approach it--you just have to accept the fact that
Independence Day creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin are unapologetic plagiarists, incapable of anything more than mindless spectacle that can play in any cinema in the world without dubbing or subtitles. The whole movie plays out like a series of highlights stolen from previous blockbusters of the 1990s; it's little more than a rehash of the
Jurassic Park movies. The derivative script is so trivial that it's unworthy of comment, apart from a few choice laughs and the casting of Michael Lerner as New York's mayor, whose name is Ebert and who closely resembles a certain well-known movie critic. Perhaps that's a clever hint that this movie's essentially critic-proof. It's stupid but it's fun, and for most audiences that's a fitting definition of mainstream Hollywood entertainment.
--Jeff Shannon
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Derivative and Bland
Godzilla is just one more sad product of a film industry more interested in lining its pockets than creating quality entertainment. The film is unimaginative, predictable, and entirely forgettable. The fact that the name of a beloved classic was besmirched in the process only adds insult to injury.
Stay away from this mess and check out Jurassic Park, or even Cloverfield, instead. If you see Mathew Broderick give him a nice kick in the groin for signing on to this vapid and derogatory piece of trash. You can try to do the same to Jean Reno, but I wouldn't recommend it.
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A nice Giant Monster movie - BUT IT'S NOT GODZILLA!!!
OK, the monster design is good - BUT IT'S NOT GODZILLA!!!
I was one of many who anticipated this film, when perhaps dreading it would have been wiser. I would have liked it better had it been a remake of "Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", since that film lacks the legendary status of the Great Gray-Green One. It simply doesn't deserve the name, since the monster can be killed, and has no radiation-breath. The whole point of Gojira/Godzilla is the concept of a living creature that has the status of a tsunami or earthquake: it causes massive, widespread destruction just by walking around; you can't stop it, you can only try to get to shelter (if there can BE shelter from something that weighs about 30,000 tons and breathes a combination of fast neutrons and Beta particles and Gamma rays) and rebuild after if you survive. Also, you'd better pray he doesn't SEE you. And one more thing: HE COULD COME BACK TOMORROW, AND THE DAY AFTER THAT.
So this big lizard may be neat, but it AIN'T Godzilla.
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America Harleys Chevrolet NOT GODZILLA
Hey I love my country but the Japanese had something. And the producers and the director of this film should not have Americanized it! Rubber suit and cheesy back drops made the Kaiju the best. The problems begin with a horrible plot not very original. Pathetic acting from some decent actors.
Chalk this one up with the remake of Lost in space as bargain bin fodder!
This phony Lizard gets DEALT with in Godzilla final wars youll be happy to know.
What killed this is...GODZILLA is NOT a female! Everyone knows Godzilla is a dude!Him and Anguirus use to pound beers then beat up on monster zero and his gang while they were stationed on monster island.
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Bad Script, No Emotion, Godzilla looks cool
Godzilla
Godzilla came out during a splurge of "epic" titles began appearing. The creators of Independence Day had so much success with that movie, they decided that Epic was the way to go. So, taking the extremely cheesy Godzilla and turning it into a high-budget epic movie seemed like a good move right? Sadly, no it is not. There are some good things about this film, but there is also a lot that I dislike.
If you have ever heard of Godzilla before, you know the premise of this story. Godzilla is a giant dinosaur-like creature that has been created due to radiation mutation. This is all explained very well in this movie. A French territory in the Pacific has been used for Nuclear weapon testing for a long time. This caused a certain Lizard to evolve into the empire state building-size Godzilla. The creature has been swimming around the ocean terrorizing ships and people along the way. Eventually, Godzilla finds his way to New York City. The United States Military and French Secret Service are trying to stop Godzilla.
Our main characters are Nick, a nuclear radiation specialist, and Audrey, a girl looking to become a reporter. Nick soon discovers that Godzilla could possibly be reproducing asexually. This could create over 40,000 Godzillas in just a year if they do not stop the single Godzilla they have now. Audrey tries to get information from Nick in order to better her career. This is not a bad group of characters.
The problems with this movie come in the script. The actors are constantly making corny jokes about what is going on. It seems like the characters are not fearful of the monstrous Godzilla. In addition, there is a complete lack of screaming in this film. The characters are too busy making corny jokes about there death defying experiences. Therefore, Godzilla comes off as a goofy character that people make fun of; this ruins any mood that the film could possibly set up.
Godzilla himself is animated well at time and poorly at other times. Considering when this movie was made, the animation is good. Sometimes lighting does not work correctly with the background. Other times Godzilla comes off as just too fake looking.
I like the idea that Godzilla can swim and burrow in the ground. It makes him feel more lizard like. Some of the animations of Godzilla swimming or crawling through a subway are the best in the movie. One animation I hate seeing in this movie is Godzilla dodging missiles constantly in this movie. Godzilla seems to dodge every single attack that comes at him. Then when he finally is hit with a missile, he drops down dead. It makes him feel like he was never a threat at all; the pilots just had bad aiming.
No one who is a fan of the cheesy Japanese flicks should expect that type of movie. I have never seen them, but I know they are nothing like this movie. This movie is an epic, high-budget American film. Unless you are a Godzilla freak, this is a waste of time. I would also like to point out that the ending leads into a cartoon series that aired on Fox Kids. There will be no sequel, and that is a good thing.
