Godzilla — A Review

2nd October, 2018.

Yes: it’s another night off.



Again.

Although, unlike last night?

I’m in less of a bleak mood.

Less bleak, thankfully, but equally as bored: and wanting to catch another movie.

You guessed it.

The 2014, Gareth Edwards directed, version of Godzilla.

‘Hmmm’ … ?

Seems rather appropriate … 

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Godzilla opens in 1999: showing us Ishiro Serizawa and Vivienne Graham — Ken Watanabe and Sally Hawkins — investigating sweet strange fossils.

Whilst Nuclear power plant manager Joe Brody — Brian Cranston — leaves for work on a day that sees his wife, Sandra — Juliette Binoche — in what, at the time … 

Seems to be ‘merely’ a dreadful nuclear accident.

It’s only years later, when he’s arrested for trespassing on the remains of his old home, he realises somthing else is going on.

And when Ford — Aaron Taylor-Johnson —, Joe’s estranged son, comes to pick up his father?

Things only go down hill … 

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Now … 

‘Hmmm’ … ?



I’ll have to admit, this isn’t the first time I’ve seen this version of Godzilla.

The LAST time?

Was back in 2014, not long after it’s original DVD release.

The rating I gave it then is one that — in my notes — I’ve sarcastically written ‘mostly forgettable’ besides.

That tells me a few things.

For starters, I’m going to have to double check on what I’ve seen: before I dive back in.

The rating I gave it, that first time arounds reminds me I could maybe have pick something else from the collection.

Back then?

I came away distinctly unimpressed with Godzilla*.

Just as I have tonight.

Frankly, Pacific Rim, Monsters and Solo: A Star Wars Story — both of the latter ALSO directed by Edwards — are better choices.

Godzilla★☆☆☆

*        It wasn’t until I saw this second viewing that something of a conviction struck me.   There’s a rather good scene of troopers doing a high altitude parachute jump.   The music accompanying that jump sounded familiar.   I was was right.   According to the film’s IMDb entry, the music is ‘Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, 2 Mixed Choirs and Orchestra,’ and something I’d last heard in 2001: A Space Odyssey.   I THINK I prefer the way it was used in 2001 …