Overall, I thought the movie was pretty good. I'm a big action-movie fan and was looking forward to this from the moment I saw the teaser trailer involving the T- Rex skeleton (man, that was cool!).
Let's start with the good parts of this movie: the special effects were superb. Godzilla and his/her children looked flawless, and I especially like the new look. If you look at the pictures of the iguanas (or komodo dragons, whichever they were), you can see a lot of similarities in design, skin patters, everything. For the first time, I can see see exactly how a creature like that would have evolved. Though a lot of people complained about the eggs being useless time-filler, I thought the idea was pretty good; after all, how long can an audience watch the army shoot at Godzilla before they officially get bored?
Right here, I think I have to put a positive note on my favorite part of the movie: right after the attack on the eggs, when the supposedly "destroyed" Godzilla shows up and sees the dead babies... and then sees the humans responsible.
You can hear the entire audience saying, "Oh man, now he's pissed."
However, the actors were poorly picked, obviously chosen because no major actor would touch this role with a 10-foot pole. Matthew Broderick is a great actor (he's proves himself on stage and screen), but he just doesn't fit into the action-move leading man, coming off more as a wuss than anything else. Maria Pitillo is in the same situation; even though her character is supposed to be a "nice-girl stereotype", even when she is trying to show how tough she can be, we just can't help but laugh. Aww, the sweet little girl wants to be a bitchy reporter! Sorry, just doesn't work. Jean Russo, Kevin Dunn, and Hank Azaria are the best parts of the whole movie, though most of Azaria's lines were put in for comic relief than anything else (mostly good, but often excessive).
Unfortunately, the second bad part is the realism of the whole movie (besides the giant lizard walking through downtown trying to catch a cab). Read any other review and it will give you countless reasons why nothing in this movie won't make sense. My main complaints include the stupidity of the army, the needless jab at Siskel and Ebert, and how I couldn't stop comparing the babies to the raptors of Jurrasic Park. Seriously, did someone cut and paste?
Not bad, but not very good either. 5/10.
Let's start with the good parts of this movie: the special effects were superb. Godzilla and his/her children looked flawless, and I especially like the new look. If you look at the pictures of the iguanas (or komodo dragons, whichever they were), you can see a lot of similarities in design, skin patters, everything. For the first time, I can see see exactly how a creature like that would have evolved. Though a lot of people complained about the eggs being useless time-filler, I thought the idea was pretty good; after all, how long can an audience watch the army shoot at Godzilla before they officially get bored?
Right here, I think I have to put a positive note on my favorite part of the movie: right after the attack on the eggs, when the supposedly "destroyed" Godzilla shows up and sees the dead babies... and then sees the humans responsible.
You can hear the entire audience saying, "Oh man, now he's pissed."
However, the actors were poorly picked, obviously chosen because no major actor would touch this role with a 10-foot pole. Matthew Broderick is a great actor (he's proves himself on stage and screen), but he just doesn't fit into the action-move leading man, coming off more as a wuss than anything else. Maria Pitillo is in the same situation; even though her character is supposed to be a "nice-girl stereotype", even when she is trying to show how tough she can be, we just can't help but laugh. Aww, the sweet little girl wants to be a bitchy reporter! Sorry, just doesn't work. Jean Russo, Kevin Dunn, and Hank Azaria are the best parts of the whole movie, though most of Azaria's lines were put in for comic relief than anything else (mostly good, but often excessive).
Unfortunately, the second bad part is the realism of the whole movie (besides the giant lizard walking through downtown trying to catch a cab). Read any other review and it will give you countless reasons why nothing in this movie won't make sense. My main complaints include the stupidity of the army, the needless jab at Siskel and Ebert, and how I couldn't stop comparing the babies to the raptors of Jurrasic Park. Seriously, did someone cut and paste?
Not bad, but not very good either. 5/10.