After hearing mixed reviews for the latest production of the classic lizard-like monster Godzilla, I was determined to make my own decision and check it out at the cinemas, instead of waiting for the DVD, which was my initial plan. I'm certainly glad that I made that decision, because I thought it was great!
Our synopsis for this latest retelling, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth Olsen, suggests a slightly different spin on the world famous fictional creature:
"Godzilla fights malevolent creatures that threaten humanity."
That's right, Godzilla is the good guy!
Now, I'm not old enough to remember the first Godzilla movie from the 50's, but I was a fan of the 1998 blockbuster starring Matthew Broderick. The most exciting part has always been Godzilla's scream (and the theme song, performed by Puff Daddy!). Obviously, sound and video effects have come forward in leaps and bounds since the inception of Godzilla in the 1954 movie of the same name, so this rendition is by far the best movie, in terms of cinematography.
Generally speaking, I'm a horribly cynical pessimist with an acid tongue when it comes to film (...not bragging, these are myflaws) and although I scoffed once or twice in the cinema, I really found Godzilla (2014) to be very enjoyable and will now shamelessly promote it as if I were being paid.
Bryan Cranston played a very emotional role with ease and Aaron Taylor-Johnson played his heroic role well also, despite one poorly delivered line in which he professes his love to his wife as if he were an embarrassed teenager telling her for the first time. He did also make me feel a little inadequate - what a rig! Although it's never fully exposed on screen, you can just see that he's a big unit.
Onto the monsters, the evil nuclear radiation guzzling monsters, known as M.U.T.Os, were sufficiently scary and bug like. While the main attraction looked like a black mountain covered in boulders and wearing a jagged-jutting-rock like mohawk from shoulders to the tip of his (or her) tail.
And the scream! At first I thought it was a little lacklustre, but then I realised that Godzilla was putting on a big show that night and was simply warming the vocal chords. He put on quite a show for us with a deeper scream than in previous movies, however, still retaining that strange metallic Godzilla twinge that makes him (or her) the beloved havoc-wreaking icon that he (or she) is.
Again, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND WATCHING GODZILLA AT THE CINEMAS if at all possible. If you decide to wait for the DVD or On-Demand or Netflix or whatever, just promise me you'll at least hire or buy a fitting sound system to fully appreciate the awesome power of sound.
Its only downfall was the complete lack of Puff Daddy.
Check out the trailer below:
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http://ift.tt/1pggDmn