Godzilla

Reviewed by: Raskolnikov

November 25, 1998

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Godzilla was the worst, in my opinion. Irredeemably bad. I could at least laugh at moments in Lost in Space, even if the moments weren't intended to be funny, and I thought some of the CGI stuff, like the spiders, were cool. Godzilla was completely ineptly made. The FX sucked (rain obscured them,frequently, which I am sure was intentional), Broderick and the female lead were painful to watch, the story had about 50 "Huh?" moments (why in hell would you ever think about performing a pregnancy test on a one-of-a-kind mutant monster, and why would a human pregnancy test work?, for example). Even the moment with the most potential, with Godzilla chasing the taxi, wa ruined by several "Huh?" moments in and of itself (if this damn lizard can out run and outmanuever helicopters, how is a checker cab giving it trouble?).

The one thing that will almost always cause me to hate a film is for it to insult my intelligence and make me feel like an idiot for sitting their watching it.