Godzilla
by Roland Emmerich
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Actor: Hank Azaria, Jean Reno, Kevin Dunn, Maria Pitillo, Matthew BroderickDirector: Roland Emmerich
Brand: Sony
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 138 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-11-03
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Godzilla
Movie Review: A nice Giant Monster movie - BUT IT'S NOT GODZILLA!!!
Summary: 3 Stars
OK, the monster design is good - BUT IT'S NOT GODZILLA!!!
I was one of many who anticipated this film, when perhaps dreading it would have been wiser. I would have liked it better had it been a remake of "Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", since that film lacks the legendary status of the Great Gray-Green One. It simply doesn't deserve the name, since the monster can be killed, and has no radiation-breath. The whole point of Gojira/Godzilla is the concept of a living creature that has the status of a tsunami or earthquake: it causes massive, widespread destruction just by walking around; you can't stop it, you can only try to get to shelter (if there can BE shelter from something that weighs about 30,000 tons and breathes a combination of fast neutrons and Beta particles and Gamma rays) and rebuild after if you survive. Also, you'd better pray he doesn't SEE you. And one more thing: HE COULD COME BACK TOMORROW, AND THE DAY AFTER THAT.
So this big lizard may be neat, but it AIN'T Godzilla.
Summary of Godzilla
A giant radiation-mutated lizard Godzilla is pregnant and chooses Manhattten as a nest site. Godzilla causes havoc in New York as a team of scientists and the military desperately try to destroy him and his offspring.System Requirements:Directed by Roland Emmerich Writing credits Ted Elliott (story) & Terry Rossio Cast overview first billed only: Matthew Broderick Jean Reno Maria Pitillo Hank Azaria Kevin Dunn (I) Arabella Field Michael Lerner Philippe Bergeron Vicki Lewis Doug Savant Harry Shearer Malcolm Danare Jack Moore (IV) Steve Giannelli Brian Farabaugh Runtime: 140Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating:?PG-13 UPC:?043396231290As "gigantic monster reptile attacks New York" movies go, you've got to admit that Godzilla delivers the goods, although its critical drubbing and box-office disappointment were arguably deserved. It's a shameless, uninspired crowd pleaser that's content to serve up familiar action with the advantage of really fantastic special effects, and if you expect nothing more you'll be one among millions of satisfied customers. There's really no other way to approach it--you just have to accept the fact that Independence Day creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin are unapologetic plagiarists, incapable of anything more than mindless spectacle that can play in any cinema in the world without dubbing or subtitles. The whole movie plays out like a series of highlights stolen from previous blockbusters of the 1990s; it's little more than a rehash of the Jurassic Park movies. The derivative script is so trivial that it's unworthy of comment, apart from a few choice laughs and the casting of Michael Lerner as New York's mayor, whose name is Ebert and who closely resembles a certain well-known movie critic. Perhaps that's a clever hint that this movie's essentially critic-proof. It's stupid but it's fun, and for most audiences that's a fitting definition of mainstream Hollywood entertainment. The widescreen Special Edition DVD includes a wealth of bonus materials--audio commentary by the film's special effects supervisors, a "making of" featurette, the Wallflowers' music video "Heroes," a photo gallery, and a variety of features related to this and all the classic Godzilla films from Japan. --Jeff Shannon
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