Review of Godzilla (1998) by Conner R — 23 Jul 2011

Call me crazy, but I actually like this. Granted, i've always been a Godzilla fan and seeing this at age nine was like heaven on earth. When I look back on this I can say that it was well made, has some great special effects and the characters are fun.

Now it's not a wonderfully constructed story and it basically revolves around showcasing Godzilla destruction, but honestly I don't really care. The movie works for what it is: a big budget monster movie.

While it basically changes everything about Godzilla's origins and everything about the character basically, we do get to see him destroying Manhattan and that's good enough for me. For what it's worth, Matthew Broderick does a good job here and so does the always awesome Jean Reno.

Roland Emmerich succeeded in making an incredibly larger than life disaster movie that at times appears extremely surreal, other times goofy, but always entertaining.