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Godzilla Review - Spoiler Free
11 years ago
So, yes, I've seen it … and I will definitely be seeing it again soon! Now, I’m gonna stay spoiler free (in spite of a MUSH person inadvertently spoiling something major for me *grumble*), but I wanted to give my initial impressions after digesting it for a day.
Much like 2010’s “Monsters”, Garrett Edwards’ “Godzilla” is a very somber, character driven story full of eye-popping visuals and emotion. He has a way of having his actors put EVERYTHING on the table in every scene. There are very little laughs or smiles in this movie. Everything is played very straight and the sense of dread and impending catastrophe grows throughout the movies’ 123 minute runtime.
Everything felt VERY real in this movie. I like that Edwards chose new locations for this movie. Hawaii and San Francisco are the primary locations in this movie, so Tokyo and New York are spared this round. Don’t fret Japanese Goji fans, there's plenty going on in Japan as well!
In short, I loved this movie a lot. It’s a very different sort of Godzilla movie compared to most of its predecessors. It’s probably closest in tone to my favorite Godzilla movie of all time: Godzilla 1984 – which also carried a very somber tone and felt like a horror movie rather than your typical Kaiju film.
I think the coolest part of the entire experience what that this was the very first Godzilla movie my friend Dave ever saw. He literally had no frame of reference and was excitedly asking me about Goji after the movie was over. To see this reaction out of someone who went into this movie as a clean slate tells me one thing: Garrett Edwards did his job and he did it well.
Lastly, I’ll touch upon Godzilla’s design. This is not my favorite Godzilla design, that prize I give to Millennium Godzilla, but I’m fine with it. I’m a large cuddly fellow myself and I’m fine with the King of the Monsters being like me. This design has a lot of personality and I can’t wait to see what he does next!
Much like 2010’s “Monsters”, Garrett Edwards’ “Godzilla” is a very somber, character driven story full of eye-popping visuals and emotion. He has a way of having his actors put EVERYTHING on the table in every scene. There are very little laughs or smiles in this movie. Everything is played very straight and the sense of dread and impending catastrophe grows throughout the movies’ 123 minute runtime.
Everything felt VERY real in this movie. I like that Edwards chose new locations for this movie. Hawaii and San Francisco are the primary locations in this movie, so Tokyo and New York are spared this round. Don’t fret Japanese Goji fans, there's plenty going on in Japan as well!
In short, I loved this movie a lot. It’s a very different sort of Godzilla movie compared to most of its predecessors. It’s probably closest in tone to my favorite Godzilla movie of all time: Godzilla 1984 – which also carried a very somber tone and felt like a horror movie rather than your typical Kaiju film.
I think the coolest part of the entire experience what that this was the very first Godzilla movie my friend Dave ever saw. He literally had no frame of reference and was excitedly asking me about Goji after the movie was over. To see this reaction out of someone who went into this movie as a clean slate tells me one thing: Garrett Edwards did his job and he did it well.
Lastly, I’ll touch upon Godzilla’s design. This is not my favorite Godzilla design, that prize I give to Millennium Godzilla, but I’m fine with it. I’m a large cuddly fellow myself and I’m fine with the King of the Monsters being like me. This design has a lot of personality and I can’t wait to see what he does next!
