MOVIE FACTS 

GENRE: ACTION/ADVENTURE
DIRECTOR: ROLAND EMMERICH
CAST:  MATTHEW BRODERICK, JEAN RENO
YEAR: 1998
DISTRIBUTOR: TRISTAR PICTURES
RATING :  PG-13

MOVIE REVIEW ()             REVIEW BY PHIL
WHEN THIS $125M PICTURE WAS RELEASED IN 1998, IT WAS TORE APART BY MOVIE REVIEWERS.  EVERYBODY HAD A GRIPE ABOUT IT.  BUT THIS REVIEW IS DIFFERENT, BECAUSE FOR ONE, I ENJOYED THE FILM.  THE MOVIE IS ABOUT GODZILLA, AND UNLESS  YOU’VE BEEN IN A COMA THE LAST 50 YEARS, THEN YOU ALREADY KNOW WHO GODZILLA IS.  AND FOR THOSE WHO DON’T, THE MOVIE PROVIDES A VISUAL DESCRIPTION DURING THE OPENING CREDITS.  BRODERICK PLAYS A SCIENTIST WHO IS BROUGHT IN TO FIND OUT WHAT GODZILLA IS AND WHERE HE CAME FROM, AND HOW TO STOP HIM.  NOW IF YOU’VE WATCHED YOU’RE LOCAL UHF CHANNELS ON THE WEEKEND YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN THE MAN IN A MONSTER SUIT RUNNING AROUND DESTROYING A MINIATURE CITY.  BAD ACTING, BAD DUBBING.  BUT THIS TIME GODZILLA RECEIVES THE CGI TREATMENT.  HE’S NO LONGER A BIG SLOW DUMB LOOKING LIZARD, HE MOVES QUICK AND HE RUNS OVER BRIDGES AND CLIMBS BUILDINGS JUST LIKE A REAL LIZARD (IF HE WAS 120 FEET TALL).  AND, JUST WHEN YOU THINK THE MOVIE IS OVER, IT GIVES YOU SOME MORE.  CHARACTERS ARE ALL PRETTY LAME, BUT THE DIRECTION AND SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE WHERE IT’S AT.  A FUN MOVIE.

DVD REVIEW ()
THE DVD ITSELF IS GOOD.  WHILE IT DOESN’T BEGIN TO TOUCH THE GREAT EFFORT PUT INTO INDEPENDENCE DAY’S (1996) SPECIAL EDITION DVD, IT HOLDS IT’S OWN.  QUITE A FEW EXTRAS, INCLUDING SOME BEHIND THE SCENES FETERETTES.  THE 5.1 SOUND MIX IS GREAT, USING THE SURROUNDS AT ALL THE KEY MOMENTS, AND THE PICTURE QUALITY IS REALLY TOP NOTCH.  THE ANIMATED MENU IS A BIT MUCH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE READY TO JUST GET INTO THE MOVIE, BUT IT’S NOT INTRUSIVE.  SIT BACK, PUMP UP THE VOLUME ON YOUR SURROUND SOUND AND ENJOY A SEVERELY UNDERRATED MOVIE. .

facts :
RUNTIME:  139 MIN
LANGUAGES:  : ENGLISH (DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1)
RATING:  PG-13
SUBTITLES:  ENGLISH
REWATCH: 3X

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