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As "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. --Jeff Shannon

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Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Hank Azaria, Michael Lerner, Maria PitilloDirector: Roland Emmerich
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Typical Roland Emmerich, 16 Dec 2005
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This review is from: Godzilla (1998) [DVD] (DVD)
If you like these films this should be a thrill for you: Independance Day, The Core and The Day after Tommorow. All of which are directed by Roland Emmerich, who relies on not necarsarily story but more on thrills like speicial effects and big budgets. If you're like me and you occasionally stumble into a mood where you can't be bothered to think and just want entertaining, get this. But everyone should at least give it a try, so rent it if you're not going to buy it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Nasty reptiles, bad actors., 31 Jan 2002
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This review is from: Godzilla / Anaconda [VHS] [1998] (VHS Tape)
The stars of these two films are realistic in their appearance, their sound and their actions. If only the human actors could act as well. I must say that Godzilla's SFX are exceptional, and Anaconda's are alright too. What lets these films down is the lack of a decent plot and the over-acting and the underwhelming performances of the human leads.
In Godzilla, the big lizard decides to make Manhattan his nesting ground, causing a great deal of carnage. Broderick is the scientist (PERRRR-LEEEASE!!) who is brought in to aid in GZ's downfall and he is poor as the leading role. Jean Reno should have been the headliner for this movie as his presence is a grace to this film.
Overall this isn't a bad movie, in fact it's quite good if all you want is brainless fun, however, the performances are generally poor, and the dialogue and plot are shockingly bad (apart from the French who liven up proceedings).
Anaconda is not that bad a movie either. However, it is again the actors and the plot who spoil quite a decent action flick. Voight just plainly overacts as the bad guy. He is almost a rival to the snake for the prize of biggest slitherer. Ice Cube (I think that's who he is) is actually the better actor in the film, even though he's a rapper. J-Lo is really only there for eye-candy as she does nothing constructive throughout the film.
Everyone on the boat is actually quite dumb as they all fail to realise what a dangerous place the Amazon can be. In fact, people seem to have a deathwish throughout the film.
Over the two movies, the action is quite good, and the reptiles are convincing, however, the hams are a major downer and you'll just end up wishing that the creatures killed everyone in the movie bar a couple of people (Reno & Ice Cube).
The movies are a good choice though for kids and those who just like brainless fun.
A better choice in my mind would be Deep Blue Sea or even Arachnaphobia.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Succeeds as a "popcorn" movie, but Godzilla it ain't, 5 Aug 2005
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This review is from: Godzilla (1998) [DVD] (DVD)
This movie's biggest problem is its title. I can't imagine how much money it took for Toho to permit American filmmakers to completely reinvent Godzilla in such an appalling way. As a Godzilla purist, I have to say that the monster in this film is a CGI imposter who has little if nothing to do with the real thing. Godzilla does not have remarkably svelte, feminine legs and he most certainly does not lay eggs - even the son of Godzilla was adopted. I was willing to play along with Toho in 1985 and pretend that all of the Godzilla sequels up to that point never really existed, but I'm not going to accept this Americanized monster as Godzilla. It would have been much better (and probably much cheaper) just to call this thing Reptilosaurus or Freakin' Huge Monster or The Monster That Ate New York - anything but Godzilla.

All my Godzilla issues aside, this really isn't that bad of a movie. This was intended to be a "popcorn" movie, a summer action blockbuster that sought merely to entertain - and I did find it entertaining. Heck, I even liked the French guy, and that almost never happens. Of course, it was the French who got New York into this mess with their atomic tests, but here they actually recognize that a problem exists and do something to rectify the situation - that, even more than the CGI Godzilla's wake of destruction - is how you know this is pure fiction. Matthew Broderick carries the film pretty well as "the worm guy," and that Maria Pitillo is just cute as a button. Harry Shearer's rather needless role as the smarmy local news anchor is interesting only because of the Simpsons connection (apparently, his real voice is that of Principal Skinner). Hank Azaria, who can be annoying at times, adds some great comedy to the film, which prevents him from being completely overshadowed by the mysterious French agent Philippe (Jean Reno).

There's plenty of action - there's no denying that fact. What Godzilla doesn't tear up himself, the military destroys in the process of trying to kill the world's biggest illegal alien. Bombs, explosions, tanks, rifles, missiles by land, sea, and air - they're all here in droves. Then, of course you have the whole siege of Madison Square Garden by untold numbers of baby monsters. And then, just when you think the credits are about to roll, the biggest chase scene of the whole movie takes place. None of it is remotely plausible, but it's not supposed to be. For some, such as me, the film is ultimately rather sad. Here's this monster created by radiation, and all he wants is to raise a family - and then he has to watch his whole world fall apart and ultimately fail.

There is a bit of the oddball in this film. I am still trying to figure what the heck the deal was with the Siskert and Ebert parody (Mayor Ebert and his assistant Gene). Where in the world did this come from? Did someone actually think this would be funny? It's really just extremely silly, and it does the film no good whatsoever. You can also add some really stupid lines of dialogue to the movie's faults -New Yorkers arguing over driving directions while the monster is breathing down their tail, the "That's a lot of fish" throwaway line, etc. The movie is also pretty long - many will find it too long, but I rarely mind getting extra minutes for my money. Ultimately, though, this film relies far too much on special effects; give me the guy in the big rubber suit any old day. Notwithstanding this, however, the film does what it sets out to do, and it succeeds rather well at meeting its less than lofty goals; first and foremost, this is, after all, nothing more than a "popcorn" movie.

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