MOVIE REVIEW: Godzilla (1998)

RELEASE DATE: May 20th 1998

DIRECTOR: Roland Emmerich

MAIN CAST: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo

IMDB Storyline

A giant, reptilian monster surfaces, leaving destruction in its wake. To stop the monster (and its babies), an earthworm scientist, his reporter ex-girlfriend, and other unlikely heroes team up to save their city.

WHAT I LIKED

The over all monster movie genre of a monster destroying New York and Man vs Monster while local officials are trying to minimize the problem because of a mayoral election. That part was kind of dumb, but I can imagine it happening. The destruction parts where great on a massive scale. 

WHAT I DID NOT LIKE 

Was a romance story and a reporter that was trying to become big league. This movie should have been about how to beat a terrifying monster destroying the city, However Godzilla has always been the good guy in previous movies. He has always been mans unwanted best friend that has always been rejected. This story had too many sweet tender moments in it, The acting was great but I just did not like the over all story line. I also did not like the Godzilla invasion in the arena. I thought that was too much. I became confused with Jurassic Park 1993.

SIDE NOTES

I did see the movie in the theater and I bought the DVD because over all it was a good movie. It was given a well deserve PG-13 and depending on family standards it could be a adventurous family night movie. I gave this movie a 6 on the IMDB scale     

MOVIE REVIEW: Godzilla (2014)

RELEASE DATE: May 16th 2014

DIRECTOR: Gareth Edwards

STARS

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Elizabeth Olsen

Bryan Cranston

IMDB Synopsis

The world's most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

WHAT I LIKED 

This was a Godzilla movie in true form. it looked and sounded like the Godzilla we all know and love. This was the Saturday matinee, It was a fun movie to watch. Great story line to bring the monster out and talk of history of the monster to pay homage to the original, it had a great dark edge to the story.It was believable like the original Godzilla movies. The immature boy in me loved it from beginning to end. This was a true apocalyptic story.  

WHAT I DID NOT LIKE

For all the serious dramas I watch, I was too much of a kid to find anything I did not like in this movie, If the adult could find anything wrong,  I think it got a little slow in the drama of how to stop or kill the monster that Godzilla was fighting, I was a little lost in that part of the story line, and that is reaching, and I would have like to see Godzilla make his appearance sooner, at one point I forgot this was a Godzilla movie. Maybe that was the plan, to surprise you with the big guy

Movie was rated PG-13, fair, and self explanatory

I gave this movie a 10 on the IMBD scale, simply because I love these types of movies.

I truly wish I would have been able to see this movie on the big screen, but it was not in the budget

But I did get the Blue Ray