The infamous monster rises to battle against ancient creatures that threaten the very existence of humanity. The hunt is on as mankind is thrown in the middle of an epic warfare between gods.
Yes, it's about giant monsters kickboxing in the ruins of heavily populated cities. Yes, I've always been a Godzilla geek. Yes, I know how dumb it sounds, but I think it's worth it. It tells a great story and still provides the viewer with a good amount of suspense and action. It's got some problems, sure, but overall, I think it's a winner. Plus you get to see creatures use stuff like skyscrapers as weapons. Now that's worth it.
First off, the animation was stunning. Godzilla wasn't just a monster that roared--he was showing emotion every second. He was practically an actor in the movie. Plus with all the destruction, the animation had to be top notch, otherwise the entire movie would flunk. However, Godzilla was a little on the pudgy side. I mean with all that mass, his legs did have to be huge. We love him just the way he (she?) is.
While the monsters were outstanding, the humans were just...stupid. When they knew that one of the creatures had destroyed an entire city, they kept the other one to "study" it. Then it took a scientist, whose only purpose was to explain the plot, to realize where the plot was going so the humans could find out that they were missing half their bunker where they kept all their nuclear equipment. You'd think they'd have a little security there. Or at least satellite images--somehow they kept losing the gigantic monsters. The creatures were great, the humans were dumb...maybe that was the theme.
The actors were great (Brian Cranston will always have my heart), and I definitely liked Gareth Edwards' version of Godzilla. There's a reason he immediately was offered a job after the movie came out. I suggest watching it but take note that it's also fairly depressing. Several major cities are absolutely demolished and possibly a million or more die. This fact is glided over to make room for action, but it's hard to think about. Especially when you couple it with the fact that the humans do nothing in the movie. Every move they make either fails or backfires, and in the end, it only shows that they're helpless. That's just what I realized though. Hopefully you'll find some hidden nugget of meaning that'll transform the entire movie for you. For me it's a story of narrowly avoided worldwide devastation, only avoided due to interference of a god. It basically showed me that humans are not God. Pretty interesting.
Now, there are other options. If you can't afford to see Godzilla, talk to my brother Luke (see Luke: Part I and II) who recreated the entire movie, shot for shot, line for line as best as he could, for my mother who was unable to go with us. He even did in an half the time, and now my mom doesn't have to go see the movie. Everybody wins!
...Except for the Godzilla franchise. They lost a couple bucks.
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