Matthew Broderick, Hank Azaria, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo
I'm so happy that I got in to see this movie for free (Thanks, Jane!). Otherwise I would have ripped all the hair from my head because I had paid money to sit for 2 and a half hours and wish I was dead. Perhaps a more apt title would have been "Suckzilla" or "Godawful" or "Put your money in your pockets and back away from the ticket booth, this movie is mentally painful to watch for anyone that can think for themselves."
Seriously, this movie took itself too seriously. Had they just realized it was crap and gone with that...maybe less lives would have been lost.
I myself, rooted for the Nuked-Up Lizard. Hoping against hope that he would stomp out all of New York and then head for L.A., but this wasn't to be. I was to be amazed that the bumbling U.S Army could somehow actually kill this animal, when all they had succeeded in doing before is blowing up other, larger targets. Obviously, any target smaller than Iraq is hard for the U.S Armymen to hit.
Matthew Broderick is a good actor and it pains me to see him in such an unworthy film. But, for what he was given he gave a 90% good performance. As well, Hank Azaria, as always, was entertaining, and I'm glad the lizard didn't get those two. Another entertaining performance was given by French Actor Jean Reno, who has previously been seen in Mission Impossible and French Kiss. These three were the best the movie had to offer. Oh, and don't forget the lizard.
I can't think of much to write about this movie, except to quote a very poignant line from the movie...."GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNOOOOOO!" Well said, Godzilla.
Another, better ending for this movie would have been that all of NYC was stomped out, including the Blonde Bimbo. Hank and Jean Reno ride off into the sunset talking like the king and finding croissants and coffee. Matthew and the lizard make friends and head for L.A to star in their own doomed sitcom on CBS. I would have enjoyed that. Even liked it!
The biggest problem with this movie was the fact that it tried to be too deep and intellectual, when its target audience couldn't even spell intellectual. There was no deep connection and understanding between the big reptile and the wee lil' biologist (Broderick). NOTHING! NOTHING I tell you!
I also found the babies to be less like large, nuclear enhanced kimodo dragons, and more like the raptors from Jurrasic Park, or The Lost World. They walked on two legs instead of four...
My Advice: If you like loud movies with a lot of action, and don't care about plot, then you would more than likely enjoy this movie. However, if you're NOT american, then go see something else.
TRIVIA! Sgt. O'Neal was Matt the Gay Guy on Melrose Place. AND, for all my Canadian readers, one of the doomed F-18 pilots is Pat Mastroianni, of Joey Jeremiah\Degrassi fame.