Movie Review
Review Godzilla
The movie opens in 1999, with nuclear physicist Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston) researching a strange pattern of seismic activity that could threaten the stability of the power plant where he and his wife (Juliette Binoche) are employed. While officials dismiss the readings as aftershocks from an earthquake in the Philippines, Joe suspects otherwise, but a tragic accident levels the entire facility, splintering the Brody family and leaving Joe unable to complete his research.
Fifteen years later, the area surrounding the plant is still under quarantine, and Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is summoned to Japan to retrieve his father, who was arrested while trying to sneak into the family's old home. Joe has become obsessed with discovering the source of the accident, and his current research indicates that the same incident that destroyed his life is on the verge of happening again. Ford reluctantly agrees to help out his old man, and before long the duo find themselves back at the site of the accident, where the Japanese government is hiding something big. Something very big.
The characters of the movie are pretty bland and forgettable. Ford is
your typical main character who is a husband and father trying to do
what's best for his family. His family is just his family, though they
did not bother me like a lot of families in movies do. Ford's dad,
played by the brilliant Bryan Cranston, is misused as a character who
mostly spouts exposition and then dies. Dr. Ishiro Serizawa is just a
scientist. There isn't anything interesting about the characters, but
that is made up for by the scale of the movie and the amazing effects.
The fight scenes are less intense and more
majestic, like any classic monster movie, and as such the human aspect
of the combat is relatively insignificant, less so than any other
monster movie I've ever seen. There are no little monsters for anyone
to shoot at, if that's your thing.
In short, didn't feel that high and buzz as the credits rolled but its definitely
an absolute must watch for Godzilla fans and will surely stand the test
of time as one of the best of its kind simply because it really is !
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