Shin Godzilla
A mysterious creature surfaces in Tokyo bay and begins trashing the city. However it seems to be evolving and growing and the threat increases. The Japanese government is beset by Bureaucracy and red tape, can it resolve to destroy the creature before America decides to drop a nuke on it?
Given America's two attempts to bring the big lizard to the screen with modern effects technology, its nice to see the Japanese taking a smaller budget and modern digital effects and successfully capturing the feel of classic Godzilla in a way the two bigger budgeted films didn't quite capture. The plot is somewhat strange. The obsession with having lengthy scenes of attempts to stop Godzilla thwarted by bureaucracy were a little baffling at first. I can only surmise that this is how the Japanese government operates as in western countries, we may bog certain things down more than we should, we certainly have the capability to act when under attack or in event of natural disaster. However there's still way more actual Godzilla on screen than the previous American entry. To be fair to that film, when he was onscreen Gojira looked correct however here they've one-upped that film by capturing the movement style of of the creature. It feels quite odd at first that they've spent time and money making a more plausible looking creature while also making it look like it has the movements of a guy in a suit stamping on models but it works. If your a fan of the older films then you'll understand what I mean. Also kudos to the film-makers for including the original Godzilla theme.
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