• Jimmycrackcrack
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    8 months ago

    I think the 98 Godzilla was unfairly maligned. It did everything I needed a Godzilla movie to do, and it didn’t take itself too seriously. Solid film.

    • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      did everything I needed a Godzilla movie to do

      This is kind of baffling, if I’m being honest. What exactly is your baseline for what a Godzilla movie “needs to do”?

      That being said, I agree that it gets a bit more hate than it probably deserve…but not by much. There are a couple fun sequences, I particularly always liked the Madison Square Garden raptor baby Zilla bit, even if it has no business being in a Godzilla movie.

      That’s really what it comes down to. It’s a passible Roland Emmerich popcorn flick at best, but it’s a terrible Godzilla movie.

      • Zozano@lemy.lol
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        8 months ago

        In my opinion, the best Godzilla movie was Shin Godzilla (I’ve heard Godzilla Minus One is GOAT but I haven’t seen it yet).

        What made Godzilla interesting was the subtext.

        Godzilla outside of Japan doesn’t make a lot of sense. Godzilla is explicitly a walking nuclear bomb.

        In Shin Godzilla, Godzilla is defeated by a competent government, a fantasy we can all enjoy.

        • BolexForSoup@kbin.social
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          8 months ago

          I would strongly disagree with that as well lol but it’s not a big deal either way. Some people enjoy it that’s great

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            8 months ago

            I’m just being dumb. I like it purely for nostalgia, but I’m pretty sure I remember the buzz/marketing campaign surrounding the movie more than the actual movie. It felt like the movie was stretched out over that entire summer.