Postby herbsmall » Mon May 19, 2014 4:30 pm
I saw the movie this weekend. It isn't my favorite Godzilla movie ever by any stretch, but it was much better than the Matthew Broderick crapfest from 1998, and, to be honest, much better than the last Toho entry, Godzilla: Final Wars. I did get a bit irritated that the director kept cutting away from the monsters just when it looked like some good mayhem was about to go down. He saved all the monster action for the end of the movie. The director admitted in interviews that he used Jaws as a template, and I'm sure that is why the main family in the movie is named Brody. If you enjoy the classic Godzilla films, you should like this one.
Just FYI, for those who don't know....most fans of the "real" Godzilla series refer to the 1998 Matthew Broderick movie and monster as GINO (Godzilla in Name Only). There was even a line in Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (or GMK for short) that stated: "American experts believe Godzilla attacked New York in 1998. But that wasn't Godzilla." I have no problem accepting the 2014 film as a "real" Godzilla movie. BTW, if you haven't seen GMK, I think it was the best Godzilla movie of those released in the 2000-2004 series.