Gareth Edwards who is the
director of the latest edition of well-known Godzilla seems to be building his
career with monsters, aliens and atomic bombs. His previous works give ample
evidence for that fact and this time Godzilla comes with a combo of all of
those. There are plenty of humongous monster action and earth shattering
destruction. Seems to be like demolishing crew has hit the big city and they don’t
know where to start or where to end.
I have mixed reactions toward
this movie. On one side it is very good with CG and cinematography but on the
other side there is nothing much to gain from the plot overall. Though the
movie is supposedly centered on Godzilla in most scenes the monster takes a
backseat. But that’s not entirely negative as maybe we are to see it in action
in movies yet to be made. But for anyone who wanted to see lot of Godzilla in
Godzilla will be somewhat disappointed. Maybe this time the movie is more
concentrated on creating a Godzilla image in a different way and find its
routes with the legendary Godzilla movie character unless for hardcore fans of the comics and the
previous movies for the rest it’s making little sense.
The story goes through several
phases and they are not stitched perfectly to have the smoothest of flow. The
movie is long and there are plenty of things happening yet we all see where it’s
headed. It starts to build a solid plot concentrating on one character but
suddenly the batten is handed over to someone else who seems to be less competent
and enthusiastic. All of these little things make Godzilla this time quite
different than previous ones. It is obvious that the director wanted to build a
solid foundation from the point of humans than from the point of the monster
itself. But the message will be communicated to different fans differently.
I’m not going to compare the
previous Godzilla movies with this one as obviously at this age the industry
has evolved quickly and more can be done on the screen. But to answer the
question if the Godzilla 2014 has the same amount of heart as previous ones are
up to the fans.
Genre: Action | Sci-fi | Thriller
Director: Gareth Edwards
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