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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780800141325 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 0800141326 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: November 03, 1998 Running Time: 139 minutes Sales Rank: 34281 Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: May 19, 1998
Amazon.com: As "gigantic monster reptile attacks New York" movies go, you've got to admit that Godzilla delivers the goods, although its critical drubbing and box-office disappointment were arguably deserved. It's a shameless, uninspired crowd pleaser that's content to serve up familiar action with the advantage of really fantastic special effects, and if you expect nothing more you'll be one among millions of satisfied customers. There's really no other way to approach it--you just have to accept the fact that Independence Day creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin are unapologetic plagiarists, incapable of anything more than mindless spectacle that can play in any cinema in the world without dubbing or subtitles. The whole movie plays out like a series of highlights stolen from previous blockbusters of the 1990s; it's little more than a rehash of the Jurassic Park movies. The derivative script is so trivial that it's unworthy of comment, apart from a few choice laughs and the casting of Michael Lerner as New York's mayor, whose name is Ebert and who closely resembles a certain well-known movie critic. Perhaps that's a clever hint that this movie's essentially critic-proof. It's stupid but it's fun, and for most audiences that's a fitting definition of mainstream Hollywood entertainment. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Derivative and Bland
Godzilla is just one more sad product of a film industry more interested in lining its pockets than creating quality entertainment. The film is unimaginative, predictable, and entirely forgettable. The fact that the name of a beloved classic was besmirched in the process only adds insult to injury.
Stay away from this mess and check out Jurassic Park, or even Cloverfield, instead. If you see Mathew Broderick give him a nice kick in the groin for signing on to this vapid and derogatory piece of trash. You can try to do the same to Jean Reno, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Rating: - A nice Giant Monster movie - BUT IT'S NOT GODZILLA!!!
OK, the monster design is good - BUT IT'S NOT GODZILLA!!!
I was one of many who anticipated this film, when perhaps dreading it would have been wiser. I would have liked it better had it been a remake of "Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", since that film lacks the legendary status of the Great Gray-Green One. It simply doesn't deserve the name, since the monster can be killed, and has no radiation-breath. The whole point of Gojira/Godzilla is the concept of a living creature that has the status of a tsunami or earthquake: it causes massive, widespread destruction just by walking around; you ... Read More
Rating: - America Harleys Chevrolet NOT GODZILLA
Hey I love my country but the Japanese had something. And the producers and the director of this film should not have Americanized it! Rubber suit and cheesy back drops made the Kaiju the best. The problems begin with a horrible plot not very original. Pathetic acting from some decent actors.
Chalk this one up with the remake of Lost in space as bargain bin fodder!
This phony Lizard gets DEALT with in Godzilla final wars youll be happy to know.
What killed this is...GODZILLA is NOT a female! Everyone knows Godzilla is a dude!Him and Anguirus use to pound beers then beat up on ... Read More
Rating: - Bad Script, No Emotion, Godzilla looks cool
Godzilla
Godzilla came out during a splurge of "epic" titles began appearing. The creators of Independence Day had so much success with that movie, they decided that Epic was the way to go. So, taking the extremely cheesy Godzilla and turning it into a high-budget epic movie seemed like a good move right? Sadly, no it is not. There are some good things about this film, but there is also a lot that I dislike.
If you have ever heard of Godzilla before, you know the premise of this story. Godzilla is a giant dinosaur-like creature that has been created due to radiation mutation. ... Read More
Rating: - good action movie
The product itself was in brand new condition ans it was exactly how it was described.
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