Sure it may be better than the awful american godzilla films. But it doesnt hold a candle to SHIN GODZILLA or many of the older TOHO godzilla films, even godzilla 2000 is better than this.
Major issues with this film including:
1. Sympathizing with kamikaze pilots. Meaning this is a pro-imperial japan film. What the !@#$ ?
2. dialog feels like a modern american soap opera not typical japanese cultural/period dialog. A woman berating a man for not doing his suicide pilot mission? What?
3. godzilla now has nothing to do with japan thinking that they can tame nature or nuclear power. Now godzilla is just 100% american's fault for nuclear bomb testing. The entire anti-nuclear-power message is gone and the movie loses its message and power. No doubt this is the japan govt and tepco censoring godzilla after the disaster that is the 2011 fukushima nuclear power meltdown.
4. godzilla is not tied to japan and is just a sea lizard that can go anywhere.
5. feels like a remake of godzilla 1998. If godzilla has no attachment to japan, why does it attack japan? Godzilla in this film loses its soul and motive.
In addition, the film's pacing is slow, slower than the pacing for a regular godzilla film. The runtime is long , and the screentime of godzilla is short.
On the plus side, what little action there is in the picture is fine. Godzilla looks ok , and there are some good cgi destruction sequences involved.
As for the ending, wheres randy quaid shouting "i'm back" as he flies into the alien mothership laser beam? Hah.
Major issues with this film including:
1. Sympathizing with kamikaze pilots. Meaning this is a pro-imperial japan film. What the !@#$ ?
2. dialog feels like a modern american soap opera not typical japanese cultural/period dialog. A woman berating a man for not doing his suicide pilot mission? What?
3. godzilla now has nothing to do with japan thinking that they can tame nature or nuclear power. Now godzilla is just 100% american's fault for nuclear bomb testing. The entire anti-nuclear-power message is gone and the movie loses its message and power. No doubt this is the japan govt and tepco censoring godzilla after the disaster that is the 2011 fukushima nuclear power meltdown.
4. godzilla is not tied to japan and is just a sea lizard that can go anywhere.
5. feels like a remake of godzilla 1998. If godzilla has no attachment to japan, why does it attack japan? Godzilla in this film loses its soul and motive.
In addition, the film's pacing is slow, slower than the pacing for a regular godzilla film. The runtime is long , and the screentime of godzilla is short.
On the plus side, what little action there is in the picture is fine. Godzilla looks ok , and there are some good cgi destruction sequences involved.
As for the ending, wheres randy quaid shouting "i'm back" as he flies into the alien mothership laser beam? Hah.