Reviews

Anyone remember the trailer for Godzilla ? Godzilla's foot smashes a T-Rex skeleton on exhibition in a museum. This was at a time when we weren't quite sure if Roland Emmerich had talent. ID4 was cheesy but no doubt had its moments. 15 years later we know for sure that he is one of the worst directors ever to have made it to Hollywood. Flicking through his works that were yet to come and insult our intelligence, I am now sure that Emmerich is the one big (not great!) Hollywood director to even make Michael Bay look "maybe not quite as bad". Comparing Godzilla to Jurassic Park fits quite nicely as both film makers had the ambition of creating a fun and exciting roller-coaster ride of a film. But JP was about ideas. It had some profundity to it where Godzilla was merely about size and discarded the actual appeal of the original. Spielberg was able to create suspense and tension. In JP he refined it to perfection. The T Rex was beautifully designed and somewhat had the weight of a believable entity. Godzilla's design was ridiculously puberty-boyish, had no weight, didn't scare. The set pieces were awful. The logic gaps were a disgrace. Matthew Broderick was a bad cast. The reporter's behavior was as non-sequitur as that of a schizophrenic idiot. And then the rain... Godzilla's dead.. Broderick waddles up to its carcass and now we seem to be supposed to feel sorry for this misunderstood creature.. I mean it just wanted to destroy the city and kill us all :( I can't understand how anyone could ever like or even appreciate this peace of cinematic horse.. manure. I hate the fact that I watched it all the way through. I'll never be able to get that time back.. ever.

Conclusion: Jurassic Park relates to Godzilla like Spielberg relates to Emmerich or like Marilyn Monroe relates to Paris Hilton or like Dolphins relate to Leeches. :)