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- Godzilla 2000
(Reviewed August 8, 2000, by James Dawson)
- Watching this "return to form" Toho production, I kept wondering one thing: "Is it this bad on purpose, or only by accident?" "Godzilla 2000" is so cheesy, so dumb, so badly
written
and badly shot and badly directed and badly acted, it's hard to believe this is not a lost 1960s installment of the long-running series...or even a 1950s installment. There are some funny lines ("These
negatives are as blank as your mind!"), and the spunky female news photographer is cute, but absolutely nothing about this production is anywhere close to what was state-of-the-art even 30 years ago.
(Still,
even with all of its faults, I prefer this clunky version of Godzilla to the god-awful American version released two years ago.)
The big fella holds a certain everlasting charm for millions, but
a couple of guys in rubber suits hitting each other got old pretty fast for this reviewer. (Call me elitist.) Also, bring earplugs, because this is the most mind-shatteringly loud movie I've seen since "Titan
A.E."
Back Row Grade: C, because parts of it really are "so bad they're good." Unfortunately, there aren't enough of those parts...
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