A great disaster flick

Rating: 8/10 (28 October 2019)

One of the biggest reasons why I love "Gojira", amongst a bevy of other things, is that it felt like a disaster movie just as much as a monster movie. It's a style only the original possessed, until 2014 when Gareth Edwards got ahold of the product. That's why one of the main reasons Godzilla 2014 worked for me, it pays more tribute to the Original 1954 piece more than the others. It could have easily been a Pacific Rim-style beat em up, but it took the risk to not go with that style. (Instead it waited for "King of the Monsters" to do that) A G-fan may watch this movie and complain about the lack of action and more anthesis on the characters, and to that I say the original 1954 one had more anthesis on the characters too and, once again, this film is paying tribute to more of that then all the other ones where the action and entertainment is higher. When the monsters fight in this movie though, it is one of the best brawls of all time. It is extremely satisfying and that's why I don't mind the rest of the movie having slow buildup. This film is not only a good monster movie, it is also a great disaster flick.