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This remake of the classic film; Godzilla, came out a while ago. Wanting to see the remake of the classic movie (and to see how it stacked up to all the hype) I saw it with my brother and frankly, I enjoyed every bit of it! Like my previous reviews, I'll give a brief, spoiler-free synopsis of the movie and highlight my personal pros and cons of the film. This, again, is so that you may judge for yourselves whether or not this movie is good. Personally, I enjoyed this movie (as I mostly do) so I'll do my best to make things as clear cut as possible so that you can decide whether or not to see Big G himself!
Rundown
The movie takes place in a variety of locations, but first takes place in Japan 15 years before the main storyline. The parents of the protagonist, Ford, work in a nuclear reactor when something bizarre happens and kills his mom. Fast forward to the main storyline in San Francisco, we find out that Ford's father, Peter, suspects that something unnatural caused the "accident" at the plant. They go to Japan, discover a government cover up, are arrested, Peter dies, (this isn't a spoiler, it happens after 15 minutes) and the whole thing suddenly explodes into a monster vs. monster fight. Though this summary seems very short, that is the basic premise of the movie, but don't worry, it's full of explosions, tension and amazing and beautiful special effects.Pros
-The nice thing about this version of Godzilla is that the monsters are scientificially explained (in a brief, acceptable way) so that modern movie goers aren't wondering why Godzilla came about all of a sudden-The sets that are used are beautiful! The coastal town in Japan and bright, sunny San Francisco was very pleasing to the eye
-Characters are realistic with feelings, worries and concerns we can relate to
-Special effects are great! Godzilla looks menacing as always.
-This movie is fast-paced, which is good since people don't want to get bored with everything.
-When you realize that there's an unexpected hero
Cons
-"Wait!" You call out, "you got the character's names wrong in your summary!" Yeah, well, sorry about that. But the thing is the characters don't really stick with you. There is so little character developement that in the death of Ford's father, you don't feel sad for him. We hardly even knew him! It sucks that your dad died Ford, but I didn't really feel anything since we've only known him for 20 minutes. ...Sorry.-Characters can sometimes be too monotone. In (assuming the name's right) Peter's death scene, I don't remember Ford being too sad. Maybe he was, but it might've been too suttle to remember.
-Movie feels too fast in the emotional parts
-Godzilla is OP