Nazulu said:
I can't remember if I liked it or not. Can you tell why it's so bad?
It's a mediocre monster movie with Godzilla's name slapped on it for brand recognition and to trick people into paying for it.
In and of itself, this isn't that bad a thing. It's disappointing, but it ultimately would have been acceptable if not for one teensy little thing: It ignores, tramples, spits on, and otherwise utterly destroys all of the subtext and themes of the other films in the franchise.
The best example of this is that the military managed to kill Godzilla. In the original movies, Godzilla was basically a stand-in for nuclear weapons. An indiscriminate, violent, and utterly unstoppable force that trampled over conventional militaries like they weren't even there. It would appear, ransack Tokyo and the humans would be almost completely helpless against it, then it would leave as suddenly as it came. It was a fitting symbol of nuclear weapons.
The American Godzilla was a big lizard.
You should be able to see why fans were upset by it all.
