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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The King of the Monsters returns!
Shin Godzilla is a great return of the giant monster we all know and love. While it can be a little boring when the movie sticks to the humans for a while, that's kinda the standard for Godzilla movies. Overall, a good reboot from Toho. Personally, it's more fitting to watch it with English subtitles rather than watching the English Dub. Not that the Dub is bad, of course. It just seems better to watch the original voices, regardless if you have to read subtitles. It's worth the watch, really.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A return to form
A return to form the best Godzilla film since the orginal.
This is a pretty good take on the Godzilla concept. It's altered and more modern than the original, but it has a strong social context (knowing about it ahead of time increased my appreciation of the movie so I recommend reading about it before watching) which makes it feel like it has real depth. It falls into some overused tropes like the very young, very gorgeous, single, young woman in a high ranking position to offset the similarly big-screen handsome, single male hero. It does not, however, become a story of two people falling in love as they single-handedly save the world. There's more to it than that. The changes to Godzilla may bug some long-time fans, but there is purpose behind his design. He looks good and feels dangerous.
