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Godzilla's return to the big screen mixes old and new; this monster of a flick infuses '90s special effects into the classic tale of a lizard gone awry. In effect, the movie's soundtrack embraces a similar resurrection: established artists either breathing new life into well-worn tunes or showcasing exclusive tracks and new lineups. And, like the movie, the soundtrack only succeeds on certain levels. The Wallflowers' recording of David Bowie's "Heroes" (the album's single) is hardly groundbreaking, and the predictable Puffdaddy treatment to Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" drags on. The Foo Fighters, here in their first recording to feature new guitarist Franz Stahl, take a mellow pop tromp. Ben Folds Five's "Air" and Green Day's "Brain Stew," the latter remixed especially forGodzilla, are the album highlights. As the saying goes, sometimes bigger isn't better.--Jason Verlinde
Barf................... Stupid remake of a film that no one cares about anyway. Hollywood is so unoriginal anymore, we need more Kevin Smith's input, and Mariah Carrey films.
There is some fun in the parody This film is not very original as for the monsters which are a cross between Spielberg's dinosaurs and Ridley Scott's aliens. The plot itself is very similar too and yet there are a lot of new elements that make the film interesting. First the cause that produced the monsters is plausible : the French nuclear tests in the South Pacific caused some « lizards » to mutate into giant and intelligent creatures. Then the main place is New York. The film can thus allude to many other situations, King Kong of course, but also all those urban catastrophe films and the Ghostbusters, without forgetting Batman. This enables the director to show how trite and cowardly a New York mayor can be. Finally most of the action takes place in tunnels, underground and this is disquieting for many who are easily afraid by such situations. A little bit of sentimentalese mish mash, plus some French bravado about coffee and croissants, and you may even have a humoristic dimension. And you have to remember you must not trust a Frenchman even if he is an insurance salesman because all French people are somewhere secret agents working for their republic.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, Université Paris Dauphine, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne Really Bad!! What in the name is up with this movie? It does not(like many others have said before me)deserve the title Godzilla!! I do think,however, that it is a pretty-kinda-good movie, I'll give you that, but the ending, WAS A TOTAL RIP-OOOFFF!! Why in the world did they take the most important part of Godzilla?? Without his heat-beam he is total not cool!!(it sounds corny,doesn't it??) I can go on and on and on, but I really don't feel like. but anyway, JUST DON'T GET THE MOVIE OR DVD O.K., PLEASESSSS!!!
