Monday 19 May 2014

Take #2 : Godzilla (2014)

Image result for godzilla imagesWhere do I begin ? Since it has very good ratings all round, I need to be suitably circumspect here. 

But seriously, if I were given bits of metal and a workbench, I'd probably produce miniature versions of the MUTOs, who at the villains of this particular piece of high-tech cinema. (Massive Underwater Terrestrial Organism or something.....a clear dragonfly-Transformers crossbreed).

There's a hero too - and surprise, it's Godzilla himself !

Everyone else has bit parts.

If you decide to see the film, please see it as a disaster, end-of-world flick and not a King Kong picture, and you'll really be entertained. There ARE a couple of phenomenal sequences.

The movie's mostly shot in the dark, which is a good thing, because the grey bits in the storyline merge in beautifully.

There are some things that technology can't replace; for everything else there's Mastercard.......duh.....I don't think !