My experience with Godzilla has been limited to MST3K riffing the especially bad movies, and the 1998 abomination. But all that's changed: America put the God back in Godzilla!
Ahem.
So anyway, a good summer blockbuster in the vein of Jaws. They reserve showing the monster until about an hour in, and the buildup is great. There have been complaints about cutting away from Godzilla to show the protagonist more, but its less about Transformers-style 'screw the interesting creature, watch this doofus!' and more about atmosphere.
The marketing was BRILLIANT. Bryan Cranston isn't the main character, and I don't even mind. The MUTAs being the real bad guys, while Godzilla is a people-avoiding anti-hero? Awesome choice? ATOMIC BREATH MAKES A COMEBACK AND HE FRIES THE FEMUTA WITH A LASERBLAST DOWN HER THROAT?!???!!! WIN! WIN! WIN!
I loved it. Loved it, loved every minute of it. And guess what? That's right: SEQUEL BITCHES! I'm as happy as a jump roping dog.
Okay, I do realize how wrong this could go. The only hope is for the creative team to stick together and keep the movie characters rational and reasonable. Oh, you want to take a train with a nuke to your family?! TOO BA--Oh, wait, your an expert and have the exact skills we need to successfully complete the mission? Okay, sure, go. OH, you don't like the bomb plan, huh?! Well, do you have any suggestions? I'd like to hear them if so, because you're the expert scientist. We just want to save as many lives as possible.
All real things, all awesome. Go go Godzilla!
LOOK AT THAT MAGNIFICENT BASTARD, I'M SO EXCITED, LETS GO BURN DOWN THE POST OFFICE
Ahem.
So anyway, a good summer blockbuster in the vein of Jaws. They reserve showing the monster until about an hour in, and the buildup is great. There have been complaints about cutting away from Godzilla to show the protagonist more, but its less about Transformers-style 'screw the interesting creature, watch this doofus!' and more about atmosphere.
The marketing was BRILLIANT. Bryan Cranston isn't the main character, and I don't even mind. The MUTAs being the real bad guys, while Godzilla is a people-avoiding anti-hero? Awesome choice? ATOMIC BREATH MAKES A COMEBACK AND HE FRIES THE FEMUTA WITH A LASERBLAST DOWN HER THROAT?!???!!! WIN! WIN! WIN!
Just go die already.
I loved it. Loved it, loved every minute of it. And guess what? That's right: SEQUEL BITCHES! I'm as happy as a jump roping dog.
Okay, I do realize how wrong this could go. The only hope is for the creative team to stick together and keep the movie characters rational and reasonable. Oh, you want to take a train with a nuke to your family?! TOO BA--Oh, wait, your an expert and have the exact skills we need to successfully complete the mission? Okay, sure, go. OH, you don't like the bomb plan, huh?! Well, do you have any suggestions? I'd like to hear them if so, because you're the expert scientist. We just want to save as many lives as possible.
All real things, all awesome. Go go Godzilla!
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