p-jonsson

30+ years ago I might have found this movie to be a good one but today I cannot help but wondering why this movie is so hyped up? To me this was a rather mediocre movie.

The good parts of this movie is that the camera handling, acting and other aspects of film making is quite good. In that aspects it outshines most things Hollywood seems to be capable of producing these days. And it is not filled with agenda driven nonsense which of course is a plus.

However, the movie, taking place in postwar Japan is quite melancholic during large parts of it. The choice of a main protagonist being a Kamikaze pilot that chickened out and then goes around and mopes about it all the time was, in my personal opinion, not the best choice.

The story is also somewhat far fetched and ludicrous, even if we ignore the entire giant nuclear lizard part of it.

First, that other nations should just leave Japan to fend for itself with disarmed destroyers when a huge monster with nuclear breath, that could attach anywhere, goes on a rampage is not plausible.

Second, the overcomplicated plan to kill it was just plain ludicrous. Yes the physics for causing something to sink in salt water by blowing bubbles around it exists but such a overcomplicated plan to execute is more suited for a Roadrunner & Coyote short.

I could have lived with these shortcomings if it would have been a good FX movie but it is not unfortunately. The FX is mediocre at best.

First, the disproportionate anatomy of Godzilla with his huge fat legs and large belly makes him look more like a toy for children than a monster menace. Yes, it might be somewhat in line with the original Godzilla but you would not really make the Mummy look like Boris Karloff if making a new Mummy movie today would you?

Second his movements are just weird and almost makes him look like he was done by Ray Harryhausen back in the days. A lot of the times the forearms are just dangling there not being animated at all. When he walks he takes one step forward, then pauses, then takes another step forward and so one.

Also, in the final battle he is literally standing still in water that was supposed to be over a thousand meter deep like his feet were planted on solid ground.

Overall a bit of a disappointment given how much hype this movie have received.

Well, the dinosaur special effects are quite decent. Unfortunately that is more or less the only reason to watch this movie.

I really do not understand how the Hollywood idiots can decide to spend loads of money on special effects but not bother to get a decent story/script writer? I mean come on, the story of this movie is just another thirteen on a dozen "big companies are bad" story with dinosaurs thrown in.

The story is convoluted to say the least and there is as much logic in it as you would expect from a Hollywood writer hack. Things more or less just happen and the "heroes" fight off one dinosaur attack after another on their way to the bad gay without ever tiring. And why the hell can Hollywood never produce a movie where the "heroes" doesn't just stare like idiots at something until they are screwed?

Idiotic nonsens like being able to train a dinosaur to home in on someone like a heat seeking missile and chase them forever after having pointed a laser marker on them for a couple of seconds is also the usual unintelligent Hollywood nonsense that just ruins a movie for anyone with anything like average intelligence.

They brough back some of the old characters but they do not really help. The mostly act like they cannot wait to get paid and get out of there. Jeff Goldblum is his usual climate cult procelyte. I did not really like him in the first movie and he is even worse in this one. The bad guy totally lacks charisma. The only character I really liked was DeWanda Wise as Kyle Watts.

It is really a shame to see another franchise destroyed by today's Hollywood morons. I've been a dinosaur fan since I was a kid and when the first Jurassic Parc came out with real, life like dinosaurs it was just wow. But now, not even the special effects can save this movie. It is not a good movie, plain and simple.

This is a Michael Bay movie. I could probably stop the review here because that says all about the movie. Lots of special effects and a mediocre story at best.

This Michael Bay movie is no different. The two stars I gave it is solely for the action and the special effects. The script is not even mediocre. It is rubbish.

I think what grated on me the most is that there are two characters in the whole movie that are somewhat likable. The rest are either a--holes or idiots. Mostly both.

The actions of almost everyone are just annoyingly stupid and illogical. The constant bickering and shouting is frustrating. This "criminal mastermind", Danny Sharp, is alternating between being a psychopath and just an idiot. His idiot comment towards the end that they were not the bad guys, they were just trying to get home was so braindead it was unbelievable. The police force is not really any better.

The entire chase part is just so ridiculous most of the time and the constant shouting and arguing drags it down further. The idea of doing an operation, over the phone, during a high speed chase while taking 90 degree turns every two minutes or so is laughable.

Then they had all this silly work up to where the baddies were going to assault the cops with their customized vehicles and the one time I expected Michael Bay to shine and even go a bit over the top it ended up being rather meh and mediocre.

Normally I do not really care that much if the script is not top notch in these kind of movies as long as it is good enough to drive the action but this script was too ludicrous and devoid of intelligence even for me.