Godzilla
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, and Bryan Cranston
Rating:
The Japs have been grumbling. Godzilla needs to go on a diet, they feel.Reports coming in have stated a sizeable section in Japan feels Hollywood's latest Godzilla is looking too fat. Well, the Japanese should know. They created the beast after all before Hollywood hijacked it for a monster killing at the global box- office more than once in the past.
Warner Bros.' new Godzilla is a fat load all right, not just because of the fuller figure the sea beast flaunts on screen. The priority obviously lay in stuffing in as much special effects and action. If Godzilla 2014 cuts a slim picture, it is in the neat runtime of two odd hours that pack in all the adventure. You wish there was more of it coming.
Warner handed over a colossal $ 160- million budget to greenhorn British filmmaker Gareth Edwards to helm this venture, obviously impressed by his earlier effort, the small sci- fi hit Monsters . Edwards' latest is not just about 3D bonanza and state- of- the- theart effects. He maintains a fine grip on the narrative as the action adventure gets going.
The film's script has an interesting spin which, if discussed in detail, would be a spoiler and rob all the magic. Suffice to say this film is not about humans fending against Godzilla the sea monster.
Rather, a clever yet simple twist of plot idea ensures Godzilla actually becomes a hero for humans, protecting the world from doom.
The film sets up a credible suspense quotient banking on that idea. A bare amount of human drama is also sustained all through to act as a prop for the spectacular creature mayhem. The script is a standard disaster drama recipe. If it works, it is because of the relish with which the dangers threatening humankind are imagined. In itself, disaster drama as a formula for the screen can hardly have any new dimension. Director Edwards, who had shown a flair in this genre with Monsters , treats Godzilla with due imagination to the keep the adventure enjoyable.
A reason why the film never seems too trite is also its cast. For a creature feature that is primarily meant to ride violence and special effects, Godzilla has assorted some interesting names from the Hollywood roster. Aaron Taylor- Johnson, Ken Watanabe and David Strathairn are all actors with fine skills. Out fending against a world problem of gigantic proportions, the cast was clearly having fun shooting against the green screen. Juliette Binoche in a two- scene cameo is a delight to watch.
If Warner wanted to reboot the Godzilla lore as a saleable commercial product in Hollywood ( rival studio Sony's 1998 effort was quite a misadventure), they have done a smart job. Expect a whole new franchise of fresh monster tales rising from the deep end of the ocean regularly over the next few years.
He may be fat, but he's fit for the fun grind. Go for Godzilla .
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, and Bryan Cranston
Rating:
Still from Godzilla
The Japs have been grumbling. Godzilla needs to go on a diet, they feel.Reports coming in have stated a sizeable section in Japan feels Hollywood's latest Godzilla is looking too fat. Well, the Japanese should know. They created the beast after all before Hollywood hijacked it for a monster killing at the global box- office more than once in the past.
Warner Bros.' new Godzilla is a fat load all right, not just because of the fuller figure the sea beast flaunts on screen. The priority obviously lay in stuffing in as much special effects and action. If Godzilla 2014 cuts a slim picture, it is in the neat runtime of two odd hours that pack in all the adventure. You wish there was more of it coming.
Warner handed over a colossal $ 160- million budget to greenhorn British filmmaker Gareth Edwards to helm this venture, obviously impressed by his earlier effort, the small sci- fi hit Monsters . Edwards' latest is not just about 3D bonanza and state- of- the- theart effects. He maintains a fine grip on the narrative as the action adventure gets going.
The film's script has an interesting spin which, if discussed in detail, would be a spoiler and rob all the magic. Suffice to say this film is not about humans fending against Godzilla the sea monster.
Rather, a clever yet simple twist of plot idea ensures Godzilla actually becomes a hero for humans, protecting the world from doom.
The film sets up a credible suspense quotient banking on that idea. A bare amount of human drama is also sustained all through to act as a prop for the spectacular creature mayhem. The script is a standard disaster drama recipe. If it works, it is because of the relish with which the dangers threatening humankind are imagined. In itself, disaster drama as a formula for the screen can hardly have any new dimension. Director Edwards, who had shown a flair in this genre with Monsters , treats Godzilla with due imagination to the keep the adventure enjoyable.
A reason why the film never seems too trite is also its cast. For a creature feature that is primarily meant to ride violence and special effects, Godzilla has assorted some interesting names from the Hollywood roster. Aaron Taylor- Johnson, Ken Watanabe and David Strathairn are all actors with fine skills. Out fending against a world problem of gigantic proportions, the cast was clearly having fun shooting against the green screen. Juliette Binoche in a two- scene cameo is a delight to watch.
If Warner wanted to reboot the Godzilla lore as a saleable commercial product in Hollywood ( rival studio Sony's 1998 effort was quite a misadventure), they have done a smart job. Expect a whole new franchise of fresh monster tales rising from the deep end of the ocean regularly over the next few years.
He may be fat, but he's fit for the fun grind. Go for Godzilla .
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