Saw Godzilla. As an initial observation, Godzilla needs to lighten up on the carbs and go gluten-free, ;). He has developed Fat Elvis Face and is noticeably rotund, which is accented by a weak chin and quite an overbite. Just dont tell him I said any of the above since he now seems to have a built-in GPS that allows him to swim oceans and find anything and everything, including Vegas. I had very low expectations going in but still hoped for what I call quality gar-bage (say it with a French accent). I was surprised that I ended up liking the movie even more than that. Especially the beginning, which I liked a lot. I did not, however, like the creature villains, which look like a 300 foot tall cross breed of a cockroach, a stink bug, and a crab. One of them is pregnant with a mega-sac of young uns on the way. She is huge but her super-bug boyfriend is mega-gigantic compared to her. Still, she has a mean bite so I doubt he ever tells her she has a big butt. But I still think King Kong would have made for a far more entertaining adversary for Godzilla. Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad plays one of the key characters. Although he hams it up quite a bit at times, the best part of the movie were the scenes early on in which his character lays out the foundation of the movie. As for Godzilla himself (or herself -- I never check out a monsters junk since he or she might take that a bit personal), he is, as always, one of film historys masterful thespians. Robert DeNiro, Sir Laurence Olivier, Daniel Day Lewis, Pee Wee Herman -- sure, they get all the acclamation and/or awards. But they cant hold a candle or a flame thrower to Mr. G. His acting chops are almost as towering as his overbite. In this 60th version of Godzilla, however, the G man has gone somewhat soft. He somehow picks up on the mating calls of the radiation eating, Giant Bug villains, then sets out in hot pursuit to kill them, starting in Japan, then onwards to crush Honululu, followed by final rounds in Oakland/San Francisco and somewhere around Vegas. The action is intense, as to be expected, but the effect is somewhat diminished by a pervasive blanket of fog or smoke during most of the fight scenes. Not sure, but perhaps that was done to avoid terrifying young children in the viewing audiences, or maybe G just had bad gas all the time. I do think it is about time that Godzilla gets himself a Jillzilla. He is badly in need of a nookie monster, though she would probably refuse to French kiss him due to his fire breath. Instead of dueling with a pregnant monster bug and her crabby ass, mega-boyfriend, the plot could evolve into a classic Shakespearean romance, peppered with a lot of gleefully, mind numbing destruction. Or devolve, for those with their own crabby attitude. And the movie could perhaps further develop the environmental, cautionary tale that provides the framework for the current film. Yes, the film is predictable but come on, you knew that going in. And of course, the final scene leaves the door open for a sequel. Or two, or three, or ten. Godzilla has many scales in this movie, but on a 5-point scale, I would give it 3. Put on your French accent, for the movie does, IMO, pass the quality gar-bage test. I think kids and college students in particular will like it, just like many of us older- than-age-30 dinosaurs enjoyed the original Godzilla back in that previous century, especially back in the 50s and 60s.
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 03:36:29 +0000
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