Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.
View MoreWhile it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
View MoreThis is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
View MoreI really don't even see the point of this movie to be honest. I mean yeah, there's some good monster action, and the young Godzilla makes it a little more fun to watch. Never quite understood why they called it "Jurassic City" either. I guess the fact that Rodan, or should we say "Fire Rodan" is in the movie makes it a little more dinosaur oriented I suppose. I never much was a fan of MechaGodzilla II's design. He looks like a big metal barney to me. I mean, the incorporation of the guns on his back were pretty cool, but why name it "Garuda"? I mean, is this jetpack gun thing alive or something? Who knows. I guess it's a decent edition to the franchise but I really just didn't care for it.
View MoreYe, I gave it 5/10, but that purely goes to the fight-choreography, which is the sole good thing in this movie.This thing which barely if at all deserves to be called a film is just incoherent rambling on the level of Troll 2, but there at least was a foundation for a story. This lacks even that.From undeveloped ideas (the loosely soldier-psi girl-scientist's daughter love triangle to start with) to Mr. Lame pretending to be Green Goblin for several minutes to such details that Godzilla destroys some electric cables just because every G-movie has to at some point but when the camera angle changes there is no damage, this piece of cinematography is an insult on every level.Heck, I was even bored by the action. Why? Because it happened in the middle of some city. But instead of making me worried for property-damage, cost of lives, whether the citizens can escape in time, whether they'll be able to divert the rampage before something famous like the Tokyo Tower gets destroyed, I just waved this away lazily with the thought "ye, that looks cool" like an insomniac at 2 AM high on marijuana while his apartment gets on fire.The reviewers usually give The Worst G-movie title to Godzilla vs Megalon (not counting All Monster Attack), but they are strongly mistaken. This is worse. I might even blame this for the recent Transformers-movies where you don't even see anything but colored lines blurring over. That's this on steroid.
View MoreThe United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.Godzilla scholar Ed Godziszewski wrote that "of all the films of the (Heisei era), Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla II represents Toho's most technically and artistically successful effort." He would know better than I would, so I will just have to go along with that.Overall, this was one of the more polished Godzilla films I have seen, and with plenty of action. In many ways, far less cheesy than earlier incarnations and still not taking itself seriously (which is good). This would be worth seeing for any fan.
View MoreOMG! We have a little Godzillasaurus, and momma is coming for her baby, flattening everything in the way.After Godzilla leaves empty handed, the G-Force is to use the baby inside their new Mechagodzilla to attract Godzilla and Radon.I have to say that things have really gotten futuristic in the almost twenty years of Godzilla.G-Force's new Mechagodzilla is clearly the eye-catcher in this film, and he is really well done. He can shoot great beams out of his mouth like his role model, and when he launches his rocket nozzles and takes off, then we rally get the testosterone raised as we would love to be the pilot of this giant beast.This is definitely one of the most successful films of the Godzilla series.
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