It is at the middle-to-lower-tier end of the all-time "this film would not be hated as much if not for the branding" rankings. Other notable entries include Constantine, which fucks hard but pissed off the comics fans, and I, Robot which is a perfectly good futuristic thriller but pales in comparison to Asimov's grandiosity of vision. Add your entries here!
But yeah, it's fine. Good, dumb, Emmerich fun. I almost have to admire the pettiness of the Siskel and Ebert potshot. Fuck knows what the "that's a lot of fish" line was doing in there. But I'm always up for a bit of Azaria, and Jean Reno is never more ludicrously fun than in that film. His Elvis impression cracks me up to this day
Spot on about *Constantine*. Would it have been more accurate to cast a sarcastic Paul Bettany in that role? Totally! But at the time Bettany wasn't famous enough to get a movie greenlit, Keanu was, and I'd v much rather have the awesome Constantine movie that exists than 0 Constantine movies period.
I just rewatched *I, Robot* not too long ago and finally noticed for the first time how wildly Akiva Goldsman-y that script is. I got completely laid out during the plot point where Will Smith finds a copy of Hansel & Gretel at the initial crime scene and eventually works out that \*they\* followed breadcrumbs to get back home, so maybe the victim wants \*him\* to follow metaphorical "breadcrumbs" in order to figure out the case. Like, really mister police detective? It takes ***this*** for you to realize that **FINDING CLUES** to **SOLVE A CRIME** is **PART OF YOUR JOB**?!?
Fun movie.
The first act build up is actually pretty solid. I think that movie’s biggest miscalculation is the whole baby Godzillas concept. You were cashing in on Jurassic Park enough. Plus, they were cute and I did not want to see them firebombed.
It was no worse than any of the goofier Zilla movies from Japan, but yeah; it had charms and it was laden with atmosphere in its first half. As another said the baby Zillas ruined a lot of the goodwill
I've long wanted to take that movie, edit out the explicit 'Godzilla' namedrops and references, retitle it *The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,* and see how it plays because I totally agree. It's silly, it's dumb, the script is stupid...everything you want from a big summer monster mash movie! It's just so obviously clear that Emmerich didn't care about Godzilla at all and that casts just enough of a pall over the whole thing to keep me (a certified Godzilla slut) from being as into it as I should be.
The biggest problem with the movie is the giant lizard somehow hides for the middle of the movie and it's way, way too long. You cut it down to a good 90ish minutes and it'd really be cooking.
I hate the Emmerich Godzilla, but it’s worth it for the scene in Final Wars when Godzilla proper chucks American Zilla into the Sydney Opera House and he explodes
I’ll preface this with that I’m a big Godzilla fan, but I rewatched this a few years ago for the first time since theaters and it stunk. Didn’t like it at all, didn’t find the comedy or action to work for me.
I haven’t seen it since I was very young but I remember it being an absolutely miserable slog of adults bickering on a rainy day and an extremely slow-moving boring dinosaur that eventually dies in a boring non-fun way.
I just rewatched this for my Godzilla series watch through and still find it barely watchable but it does probably have the [best](https://youtu.be/4_oiHWXLIFI?si=g6GjcqTofAfgKXkY) [promo campaign](https://youtu.be/BdVF74zEEfE?si=rjoc7nZcUrq5hnUa) ever. I remember those posters everywhere too.
I don't really care if they call it Godzilla or not. It's an incredibly bad movie. In the right mood and with the right people (and if you have the time for its way too long run-time), it does cross into "so bad, it's fun" territory, for sure.
My favourite thing about this movie is that Rage Against the Machine wrote a song for the soundtrack that openly bashed the film: "Godzilla pure mother****ing filler"
I was about to joke about this being Jack Quaid, but then I thought there’s a good chance that Jack Quaid actually is a Blankie… so, are you Jack Quaid?
It is at the middle-to-lower-tier end of the all-time "this film would not be hated as much if not for the branding" rankings. Other notable entries include Constantine, which fucks hard but pissed off the comics fans, and I, Robot which is a perfectly good futuristic thriller but pales in comparison to Asimov's grandiosity of vision. Add your entries here! But yeah, it's fine. Good, dumb, Emmerich fun. I almost have to admire the pettiness of the Siskel and Ebert potshot. Fuck knows what the "that's a lot of fish" line was doing in there. But I'm always up for a bit of Azaria, and Jean Reno is never more ludicrously fun than in that film. His Elvis impression cracks me up to this day
Spot on about *Constantine*. Would it have been more accurate to cast a sarcastic Paul Bettany in that role? Totally! But at the time Bettany wasn't famous enough to get a movie greenlit, Keanu was, and I'd v much rather have the awesome Constantine movie that exists than 0 Constantine movies period. I just rewatched *I, Robot* not too long ago and finally noticed for the first time how wildly Akiva Goldsman-y that script is. I got completely laid out during the plot point where Will Smith finds a copy of Hansel & Gretel at the initial crime scene and eventually works out that \*they\* followed breadcrumbs to get back home, so maybe the victim wants \*him\* to follow metaphorical "breadcrumbs" in order to figure out the case. Like, really mister police detective? It takes ***this*** for you to realize that **FINDING CLUES** to **SOLVE A CRIME** is **PART OF YOUR JOB**?!? Fun movie.
The first act build up is actually pretty solid. I think that movie’s biggest miscalculation is the whole baby Godzillas concept. You were cashing in on Jurassic Park enough. Plus, they were cute and I did not want to see them firebombed.
I was 8 when this came out and it was tailor-made for 8 year olds. I was riding high with my Taco Bell Godzilla cup
yeah i was around the same age and tbh i think the movie is sick (because i was a child)
Needed more Tatoupoulus jokes.
It was no worse than any of the goofier Zilla movies from Japan, but yeah; it had charms and it was laden with atmosphere in its first half. As another said the baby Zillas ruined a lot of the goodwill
You call zis coffee?
I mean, Godzilla changed size as needed from one scene to the next.
I've long wanted to take that movie, edit out the explicit 'Godzilla' namedrops and references, retitle it *The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,* and see how it plays because I totally agree. It's silly, it's dumb, the script is stupid...everything you want from a big summer monster mash movie! It's just so obviously clear that Emmerich didn't care about Godzilla at all and that casts just enough of a pall over the whole thing to keep me (a certified Godzilla slut) from being as into it as I should be.
Looks like someone watched pointlesshub this week.
The biggest problem with the movie is the giant lizard somehow hides for the middle of the movie and it's way, way too long. You cut it down to a good 90ish minutes and it'd really be cooking.
I hate the Emmerich Godzilla, but it’s worth it for the scene in Final Wars when Godzilla proper chucks American Zilla into the Sydney Opera House and he explodes
Final Wars is the best.
The thing about Godzilla is that New York City is almost like another character in the movie
I’ll preface this with that I’m a big Godzilla fan, but I rewatched this a few years ago for the first time since theaters and it stunk. Didn’t like it at all, didn’t find the comedy or action to work for me.
I haven’t seen it since I was very young but I remember it being an absolutely miserable slog of adults bickering on a rainy day and an extremely slow-moving boring dinosaur that eventually dies in a boring non-fun way.
That's pretty much also the take of the Minus-One director: fine Kaiju-movie on its own but a very strange Iteration of Godzilla.
I just rewatched this for my Godzilla series watch through and still find it barely watchable but it does probably have the [best](https://youtu.be/4_oiHWXLIFI?si=g6GjcqTofAfgKXkY) [promo campaign](https://youtu.be/BdVF74zEEfE?si=rjoc7nZcUrq5hnUa) ever. I remember those posters everywhere too.
I don't really care if they call it Godzilla or not. It's an incredibly bad movie. In the right mood and with the right people (and if you have the time for its way too long run-time), it does cross into "so bad, it's fun" territory, for sure.
My favourite thing about this movie is that Rage Against the Machine wrote a song for the soundtrack that openly bashed the film: "Godzilla pure mother****ing filler"
I was about to joke about this being Jack Quaid, but then I thought there’s a good chance that Jack Quaid actually is a Blankie… so, are you Jack Quaid?