Godzilla is back

Rating: 7/10 (1 June 2014)

This American Godzilla is true to its heritage. They added Hollywood budget, changed the location but kept the spirit.
There are some who complain about the story. A Godzilla movie and a logical script? Sure, one would definitely expect that. Main characters and psychological depth? Absolutely necessary?
The story is - of course - full of plot holes big enough to let Godzilla pass. The human characters are more or less one dimensional. But what do you expect. This is a silly monster movie.
And it is really fantastic in showing the thread. For example the bridge scene, where one gets a good idea of the helplessness of man.
And the film excels in showing the size of what is happening. In the last year's I have seen a lot of movies depicting the destruction of cities on a fabulous technical level. Transforers, Man of Steel, just to name a few.
But never I felt the sheer size as in Godzilla. The scene where he gets on land for the first time is a masterpiece in this sense. He doesn't simply leave the sea, oh no. He evokes a tsunami first before wrecking a whole city.
And as in most Toho films Godzilla is the good guy, sort of. While human efforts are futile he saves the world from monstrous muto. The director proved in "monsters " that he can bring alien ecosystems to life and create an eerie atmosphere. He succeeds with the muto. However they look too much like Cloverfield and too little like Japanese Toho monsters.
The human storyline fortunately doesn't interfere too much with the action. Still I would have liked to see more of Godzilla.
A good Godzilla movie and a must for.fans.