How good was this movie? Well, despite sitting in the perfect storm of obnoxious and annoying audience members it did not ruin the awesomeness of this movie for me. Before I get to the movie, I got to you about my experience sitting in the audience as one of the worst experiences I've ever went through with my wife. Behind us was an obnoxious 6 year old, who would not shut up. I don't know why her mother would even bring her to this but I did notice that this mom brought her 3 other kids too and she sat on the other side of the row with 3 kids separating her from the 6 year-old. I guess she didn't want her movie experience ruined by her own daughter. On the other side of the aisle was a dude, who was obviously on some form of drug either talking on his on the phone or talking at the movie. "Yo that's Godzilla!" he yells. No shit dumb ass, it's the name of the movie and you're surprised to see him?
Now here is the real kicker...On the other side of us was a younger couple where the girlfriend would not shut up. Seriously, why would you go to a movie and not even watch it to talk through out. Her own boyfriend/date was trying to watch the movie and she would just keep yapping. It got so bad that the couple in front of them asked her to keep quiet respectfully. Well, this chick took umbrage to this. She proclaims, that she has the right to talk and then even got louder. This is where even I and my wife (even her own date) had to step in and told her to keep quiet which I think caught her off guard. She got up and left "to get some air". Then I was literally in shock when she returned (this chick brought back reinforcements!) with the usher to make a complaint against the first couple to possibly get them kicked out. The usher was actually going to ask the couple to leave just for asking this girl to quiet down. The usher didn't know who the real culprit was so I had to intervene to bring him up to speed. The loud-mouth chick tried to say she was disrespected but by this point everyone was sick of her crap and told her to shut up. So finally she asked,"what was she supposed to do?" Then the usher rightfully told her, "Everyone says you're the problem so sit down, be quiet and enjoy the movie." So, she silently admits defeat and we didn't hear a peep out of her for the rest of the night. All that in the first 20 minutes of the movie. But like I said, the movie was still good enough to overcome this.
Bryan Cranston, literally acts his butt off in this. He gives by far the strongest performance in the movie and you really feel his presence and torment of his character. He is not in this enough and when he is not there, he is missed. Too bad it is only as a supporting role despite what you may think from the trailers. The rest of the cast are good but you feel that they are just there to move the story along and you are not too invested in them. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the kid who played "Kick-Ass" is the actual leading actor in this and he does a good job as the hero, who cares for his family but at the same time fighting the monsters as a soldier. His wife is played is played by Elizabeth Olsen (The good, non-Olsen twin). She's too good to not have a bigger role in this. The there is Ken Watanabe, after Cranston he gives the most heart-felt performance as a scientist who must find a way to stop these creatures but at the same time is in awe of them.
That leaves the real star of the movie, Godzilla himself and he looks great! You could feel his power and he is a beast in this but has a personality too. His foes are two other monsters and without revealing too much one comes off as combination of Rodan and Mothra and the other looks a lot like the Cloverfield monster. Both looks very impressive and they pose worthy threats to Godzilla and humanity.
"Godzilla" was very engaging and entertaining, the moment you see the opening credits to the final scenes, you are totally enthralled. I must admit that the general tone of the film changes as you watch it. It starts off very heavy in emotion when we are following Bryan Cranston's story, then it becomes more action oriented when Aaron's character takes over the story and then it becomes sick Kaiju-fun in the last half hour and you will literally be cheering and rooting for Godzilla in the end. I must admit that I did not expect this by the way the movie was being marketed to how it ended. Although, there is no end credit scenes, it's not needed. You just feel ready for more. As a Kaiju fan myself, I noticed a little similarity between this and another Japanese film, "Gamera: Guardian of the Universe". I won't go into details but if you're a giant monster fan, I suggest you check this film out too and see some of the similarities in the story lines.
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In the end, This movie thankfully makes you forget about the Godzilla'98 in that this is how you do Godzilla right. I have no doubt Toho studios will continue to make Japanese Godzilla films but I now feel when we see a Godzilla film done here it will be done right and hopefully Toho would take notes as to how it could bring their versions into the next century and leave the rubber suits behind. I say this is a must see! #Godzilla
MY RATING
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For a treat, here is a video to see the evolution of Godzilla.
I plan to include more monsters in upcoming videos but for now here is a pic from "Devla's Revenge" of Devla and her monster zombie as an extra treat. Check it out at www.UltraHeroix.com
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