Film Review: GODZILLA
Thought about creating another page
dedicated to film reviews... however, I don't attend the cinema very
often. So, I'll just pretend Becket saw
the film (Even though I'd have no idea what she would think because I'm not a
cat). So, scratch that idea. ONTO Z REVIEW!
Today: Godzilla (2014).
I won't write about some of the
technicalities, realism, or anything of that nature. I go to the cinema to be entertained. If I wanted something real, I'd watch the
History Channel, Discovery, or the Food Network (Awesome channels btw) Besides, this is just my opinion.
P.S. This may be a little bit of a PG-13 review
(meaning innuendos will be included) because a regular review has already been
done so many times.
I've always been a fan of monster
films. Pacific Rim, is by far one
of my most favourite. Large creatures
known as the Kaiju versus the colossal, manmade Jaegers, fight to the death in
epic combat.
Godzilla has always been one of my
favourite monsters, probably due to the fact that it's a giant creature that
wrecks havoc in large cities as humanity desperately tries to subdue it.
I've been waiting for a good
Godzilla film since seeing the original Japanese version back when I was a
kid. Let's not discuss the Matthew
Broderick, (1998), Godzilla film, however I will reference it... once.
Honestly, I was skeptical spending
the $10 bucks to watch this film.
(Actually, I paid $7.75, yay for matinees, eh?) But I've heard great things about the new
Godzilla and had to see for myself what the hype was about.
The film begins, well, I won't
spoil anything. I'll just tell you how I
felt.
First, character introductions were
done fairly well. It gave a little bit
of a back story.
Then, about fifteen minutes into
the film, comes the real deal.
Godzilla
(2014) did a good job at the foreplay portion.
Watching the film as the creatures make their way to the battlefield, San Francisco), you had a
sense of thrill and a tingling sensation as you knew an epic battle was about
to happen. The whirling blades of
hovering helicopters and the sound of fighter jets breaking the sound barrier
made me feel, "Wow, they're preparing for the apocalypse".
The action starts off in the
distance. Gunfire and explosions erupt
on the mountain sides as civilian onlookers watch in terror and curiosity. We know we're going to soon dive into the
center of the chaos, but as I've said, this film performed foreplay very well.
As the film progressed and we got
closer to the action, I personally felt those scenes were too short and not the
grandeur fights I thought they would be.
The monster battles weren't as epic, but still pretty cool, as I'd hoped
nor was the feeble attempts of the military to make a dent in any of the creatures'
skin or exoskeleton or whatever their outer layer of tissue was made of...
(Obviously, the creatures were naked because they're monsters and not
talking/thinking/problem solving sentient beings like humans) So there's your porn... pervs...
There was a small time where the
CGI department seemed to have been on a lunch break when they rendered a fight
scene... It was like X-Men Origins:
Wolverine, all over again (Bathroom scene.
Like, really? Props might as well
have taped real blades onto Logan's
knuckles).
I found the beginning, the rising
action to be enjoyable. However, I felt
the film failed at the climax. Great
foreplay but when it finally came down to business, the action was dodgy and
the ultimate release wasn't as satisfying as I thought it would be. (My profile pic is a cat. So, unless you're into beasti... you know
what? I'm not even going to engage on
that topic. Eww...)
Don't get me wrong. Overall, I found the film to be highly
entertaining and I enjoyed it. I simply
had higher hopes and expectations of it that weren't met. Like I said, this review is completely my
opinion.
One thing I did enjoy very much was
that it's great to have a Godzilla film where the MONSTERS DO MORE DAMAGE to
the surrounding cities as opposed to the human military doing all of the
destruction (Reference Godzilla
1998). Told ya I'd reference it. But yes, look back at the 1998 Godzilla and
you'll quickly realize that the military destroys most of New York as Godzilla tip toes around
skyscrapers and houses and everything else.
That should NOT have been the case.
Would I recommend Godzilla? Actually, yes, I would. I'm hard to please when it comes to the
following film genres: Comedies, Sci-Fi,
and Monsters. Action and Adventure films
are hard to go wrong... unless it's Indiana Jones 4, which I've already forgotten
the rest of the title...
Godzilla (2014) is a worthwhile
film to see, even if it's only once.
