thismeintiel on 19 May 2014
| NightDragon83 said: I saw the new 'Zilla on Saturday with some buddies. It started off promising, but OP is right in that the star of the movie has hardly any on screen time. In fact we see the MUTO WAAAY more than the big guy himself. And GZ is never really introduced the way the MUTO is, he just kinda shows up little more than halfway through the film and you only see glimpses of him until the end. Also, another big negative is the not-so-subtle anti-nuclear power and global warming messages that the movie tries a little too hard to push. Obviously nuclear power and the a-bomb have always been themes of the Godzilla franchise, but Hollywood really needs to ease up on the holier-than-thou political messages. |
Yea, there is definitely a much more focused effort to showcase the MUTOs. Which wouldn't be bad if this was a sequel and we had already established Godzilla. All we really get of Godzilla is a old film (which I liked, just needed a little more to establish him) and basically "Oh, he's coming, too." I think Gareth just loved the MUTO creatures he created so much, he wanted them to get as much screen time as possible. Unfortunately, that took away from the monster who was supposed to be the real star.
