Being a great step forward for director Gareth Edwards, Godzilla, on its own, is a good movie. There was just enough action and drama to please all audiences to an extent: the fact that my mom enjoyed this movie gives you a little clue.
We follow a soldier and his separated wife and kid as they try to survive the sudden global threat two giant monsters pose. Who will stop them? Godzilla!
Being a major league Godzilla fan, I was a little let down. They spent an unrealistic amount of time on character development, which was OK, but I didn’t get to see enough of Godzilla kicking butt to even it out. Unlike the 1998 film, Godzilla actually looked like Godzilla and contained his atomic breath (except he was really fat). The film also lacked the intensity it should have contained: the trailer made it look much crazier than it was.
If you wanted to watch a great recent kaiju film (Japanese monster movie), see Del Toro’s Pacific Rim. If you want to see a decent American monster movie, watch Godzilla.
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