Review of Godzilla (2014) by Brandon S — 07 Mar 2017
This movie had two distinct jobs: to restore Godzilla back to Hollywood relevance, and to simultaneously satisfy the audience with disaster and destruction.
People have been complaining about a lack of definition in all the human characters. I agree with that given that there's no real arch to any of the humans, but is that really what we wanted? I will agree that we see too much of the humans, and not enough of Godzilla at times, but the final forty minutes or so of this movie was beyond wonderful.
Gareth Edwards broke new ground with his masterpiece "Monsters", and he was clearly like a kid in a candy store with this material. If I have any complaints, it would be that he tried to do the same human drama within significantly more ridiculous subject matter. Needless to say though he did a masterful job with the action, and he created a scene that I will likely never forget in the skydiving sequence.
This review of Godzilla (2014) was written by Brandon S on 07 Mar 2017.
Godzilla has generally received positive reviews.
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