Great monster picture

Rating: Null/10 (23 August 2018)

Gareth Edward's Godzilla is a good science fiction film and one most people will enjoy- provided they aren't fans of the Godzilla myth and history. Then perhaps they may feel the film is overlong, it doesn't show the giant lizard as much as it should or other trivialities. The setup is simple- We meet a research couple in Japan trying to figure out why the surrounding areas around a nuclear plant has strange activity going on. There is an accident and the wife is killed leaving the husband to go eccentric. We transport to the future where the couple's son- our hero has his young family. Soon a giant lizard appears on the fray and starts creating chaos in the American cities as we follow the young son's travails. The film is competently directed and features some nice scenes. The characters are also relatable. CGI is not over the top even though later on there are quite a few giant bugs and monsters onscreen. Edwards's first film Monster has a similar blueprint to Godzilla in that he prefers to show the characters with the monsters in the backdrop servicing more as an underlying theme.