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Directed By
Roland Emmerich
Written By:
Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
Cast:
Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner, Harry Shearer, Arabella Field, Vicki Lewis, Doug Savant, Malcolm Danare, Al Leong, Philippe Bergeron, Lorry Goldman, Christian Aubert, Philippe Bergeron, Frank Bruynbroek
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Godzilla (1998)
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Movie Review by Thom
August 31st, 2007
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God-Awful-Zilla
You have to try pretty hard to make a film as craptastic as Godzilla – not that the original source material is a great starting point: big radioactive lizard attacks cities in an effort to make scientists (and America) feel bad about using nuclear weapons. Even as summer fare goes, Godzilla was watered down to the lowest common denominator, and you have to wonder if they put retarded children into study groups in an effort to puzzle out the story.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulos (Matthew Broderick, here for a payday) is studying the effect of radiation on the growth of earthworms near Chernobyl when he is tagged by Colonel Hicks (Kevin Dunn) – proof that movie military officers fail upwards – to head up the study of big radioactive foot prints pointing towards New York (gasp). Also following the trail of the overgrown salamander is French Special Forces tough-guy Philippe Roache (Jean Reno). On the scene as the beast shows in the Big Apple is Niko's ex, reporter Audrey Timmonds (Maria Patillo), and her cameraman, Animal (Hank Azaria).
The beast, roughly ten stories tall, somehow remains hidden once it makes its appearance and wrecks some stuff. I know New York is a big place, but it ain't that big. In addition to that, the military seems to lack the firepower to kill, what is essentially, a 200-foot crocodile. With the kind of military incompetence and toothless bite exhibited by the United States military in Godzilla, it's no wonder people are paranoid about our national security.
There is no real redeeming quality to Godzilla; it's not even bad enough to be funny. It does however provide ammunition to pundits that claim that how you make movies is not nearly as important as how you market them. Sad but true.
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