Steve wrote:
No, no, no, not Godzilla, no, no, anything but that, argh, please no. It's
crap. Totally, irredeemably crap. Utter and ultimate (and I say again)
crap. It's worse than Jurassic Park, The Lost World and ID4 put together
in a large chamber pot. It about as much storyline as the back of a cereal
packet, and appropriately two-dimensional characters to match. It's the
worst kind of Hollywood schlock. Even the popcorn-munching masses who
normally go to see such mindless blockbusters said it was rubbish. The
film is (sadly like many other films today) all CGI and no trousers. The
American military does more damage to New York and each other than the
1000-foot-tall lizard they were hunting ever did, the characters are
wooden, and the plot can be summarized in three sentences: big lizard
comes to New York; big lizard trashes New York; big lizard gets blown up
by the Army. The End, the lights come up, everyone goes home feeling
cheated. Even the 1960s man-in-a-rubber-suit versions were better. The one
possible glimmer of redemption comes from Jean Reno (who is immeasurably
superior in Ronin), and even he seems to be taking the piss out of this
overgrown-radioactive-iguana turd of a movie. Three words of advice if
tempted to see this film: Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.
As you can probably tell, I was underwhelmed by this film.
That good was it. I agree about Ronin though - bloody excellentcrap. Totally, irredeemably crap. Utter and ultimate (and I say again)
crap. It's worse than Jurassic Park, The Lost World and ID4 put together
in a large chamber pot. It about as much storyline as the back of a cereal
packet, and appropriately two-dimensional characters to match. It's the
worst kind of Hollywood schlock. Even the popcorn-munching masses who
normally go to see such mindless blockbusters said it was rubbish. The
film is (sadly like many other films today) all CGI and no trousers. The
American military does more damage to New York and each other than the
1000-foot-tall lizard they were hunting ever did, the characters are
wooden, and the plot can be summarized in three sentences: big lizard
comes to New York; big lizard trashes New York; big lizard gets blown up
by the Army. The End, the lights come up, everyone goes home feeling
cheated. Even the 1960s man-in-a-rubber-suit versions were better. The one
possible glimmer of redemption comes from Jean Reno (who is immeasurably
superior in Ronin), and even he seems to be taking the piss out of this
overgrown-radioactive-iguana turd of a movie. Three words of advice if
tempted to see this film: Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.
As you can probably tell, I was underwhelmed by this film.
Cheers
Chris