★★★★☆
5 word summary:
Godzilla is the good guy!
5 sentence review:
I am judging this film based on the decision that it is very, very self-aware and pointing out that it is a remake/typical blockbuster because there were so many points that were so obvious that I feel they had to be poking fun at themselves.
You have, mad/obsessed scientist because he’s lost his love; children in a bus trapped on a bridge; the main woman is a nurse and the main man is a soldier; the government has been hiding secrets for ‘the greater good’ and it gets messed up; it rained during the final sequences.
These things can’t just be there accidentally, one or two clichés, yes, but almost every aspect must be tongue in cheek.
Mostly, the way Ken Watanabe said ‘Godzilla’ just screams that they knew what they were doing, and I so hope that they were aware of what they were doing.
This hasn’t been a review, but rather me trying to rationalise that this film is good but you need to be aware that it is aware (I’m now sounding as obsessed/odd as Bryan Cranston’s character) but I feel as though you could enjoy this film so much, if you think that every cliché is put there purposefully.
5 good things:
1. Despite clichéd points, there were some surprises
2. Self awareness
3. Parachuting/skydiving bit looked really amazing
4. The cast was good
5. Some of the main people actually died
5 bad things:
1. The other monsters were kind of boring
2. The fight sequences seems to yield no wounds at all. One of the things had wings and they weren’t even punctured.
3. Literally stole the ending from The Dark Knight Rises
4. It doesn’t really pass the Bechdel Test, which shouldn’t be allowed in a film that will undoubtedly be watched by millions.
5. Not enough of the main people died for it to be believable.
Godzilla is the good guy!
5 sentence review:
I am judging this film based on the decision that it is very, very self-aware and pointing out that it is a remake/typical blockbuster because there were so many points that were so obvious that I feel they had to be poking fun at themselves.
You have, mad/obsessed scientist because he’s lost his love; children in a bus trapped on a bridge; the main woman is a nurse and the main man is a soldier; the government has been hiding secrets for ‘the greater good’ and it gets messed up; it rained during the final sequences.
These things can’t just be there accidentally, one or two clichés, yes, but almost every aspect must be tongue in cheek.
Mostly, the way Ken Watanabe said ‘Godzilla’ just screams that they knew what they were doing, and I so hope that they were aware of what they were doing.
This hasn’t been a review, but rather me trying to rationalise that this film is good but you need to be aware that it is aware (I’m now sounding as obsessed/odd as Bryan Cranston’s character) but I feel as though you could enjoy this film so much, if you think that every cliché is put there purposefully.
5 good things:
1. Despite clichéd points, there were some surprises
2. Self awareness
3. Parachuting/skydiving bit looked really amazing
4. The cast was good
5. Some of the main people actually died
5 bad things:
1. The other monsters were kind of boring
2. The fight sequences seems to yield no wounds at all. One of the things had wings and they weren’t even punctured.
3. Literally stole the ending from The Dark Knight Rises
4. It doesn’t really pass the Bechdel Test, which shouldn’t be allowed in a film that will undoubtedly be watched by millions.
5. Not enough of the main people died for it to be believable.
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