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Godzilla (2014)
May. 18th, 2014 10:40 amMeh.
This film really didn't grab me. Pacific Rim didn't take itself at all seriously, and had a huge sense of fun despite what was actually a very dark scenario. Godzilla is ponderously serious - or rather it tries to have a air of ponderous seriousness, without actually getting any gravitas or serious emotional investment out of its cast, despite having far more supposed human melodrama on screen than actual monster action.
There are some impressive scenes, although they tend not to be ones with the titular monster. The high-altitude parachute drop through a beautifully-rendered stormy sunset cloudscape, accompanied by theLigati Ligeti chorus from 2001, is amazing, but in hindsight feels as if it was ripped from a much better movie (Monster Apocalypse Now?)
( minor spoilers )
Frankly, I'd like an immediate re-release of Pacific Rim on the big screen so we can refresh our memories of what a cinema outing to a proper monster movie should be.
This film really didn't grab me. Pacific Rim didn't take itself at all seriously, and had a huge sense of fun despite what was actually a very dark scenario. Godzilla is ponderously serious - or rather it tries to have a air of ponderous seriousness, without actually getting any gravitas or serious emotional investment out of its cast, despite having far more supposed human melodrama on screen than actual monster action.
There are some impressive scenes, although they tend not to be ones with the titular monster. The high-altitude parachute drop through a beautifully-rendered stormy sunset cloudscape, accompanied by the
( minor spoilers )
Frankly, I'd like an immediate re-release of Pacific Rim on the big screen so we can refresh our memories of what a cinema outing to a proper monster movie should be.
