Comments on: Review: Godzilla’ Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston & Elizabeth Olsen

By: likeucare

likeucare — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

I think the reviewer like many no name,self important reviewers would never give a monster movie a good review. It is obvious that when you are talking about a Godzilla picture there is a certain amount of human development required,but it is not going to be Shindler's List. The audience for this film is going to be what all of the pompous douches who critique cinema like to call derisively"fanboys" or are at least interested on some level in seeing a monster movie. If the reviewer is forced to go for his job it is hardly a good barometer of how the film will be received by it's actual audience. And anything short of a scathing indictment should be viewed as a positive review.

By: Jorge Clooneigh

Jorge Clooneigh — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Monsters was not that great a movie. Plenty of potential and promise but let down by a poor female lead and poor execution. The bar isn't exactly high for Edwards.

By: Nick Thomason

Nick Thomason — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

I thought this was supposed to be a review, not a plot synopsis.

By: lee

lee — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Hollywood needs to get its leading actors s**it together, far too many bland young male leads, pretty but indistinctive, charisma free zones, they fail to connect with audiences yet are still given leading role after role. Women have been making great strides evolving complex screen personas – on the small screen mainly – time now for a male lead reinvention.

By: josh

josh — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Ever since the trailer showed that shot of Aaron Johnson saying "Can you kill it?" in as bland, self-serious and wooden a way as possible, I was always a bit worried his would be the performance that pulled the movie down a notch.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Now here's a review that's trying too hard. Sophomoric, and trapped within a myriad jumble of ill conceived prose, the reviewer writes much like a Junior College student trying to impress his teacher. I give this review a C-.

By: ray

ray — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

i got words for you: proof reader!, your grammar makes your review look look it was done by a 1st grader

By: SilkyRay

SilkyRay — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Its freaking Godzilla! Your looking at it wrong.

By: Brent

Brent — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

"As monster spectacle, âGodzillaâ is fine and should please any monster movie fanatics. It looks good, sounds good, the creature looks totally convincing and the scale of it can be awe-inspiring (though Alexandre Desplatâs score gets a little too melodramatic when Godzilla shows up). So if youâre looking for a good monster fight movie where Godzilla mashes other villains, youâve probably come to the right place." ok so why did you give it a rotten on rotten tomatoes? Its a movie called Godzilla and you said yourself its a great monster flick "But if youâre engaged in the emotional story the filmmakers have set-up for the audience â one that should ride throughout the entire movie â on that level the picture totally fails itself to a really disappointing degree." then you go on to say that… which doesn't make sense. Its a movie about a giant monster? Did it do that right? if yes… which it appears then you should have given it a fresh, if no then why? All other flaws of the movie don't really matter that much because of the former question so does that bring it to a rotten? Or are you just being a snob?

By: David

David — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Well thank god the movie isn't called Aaron Johnson!

It's called Godzilla.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Good review. Sounds like they got a quarter of the film right. Better than I expected. Don't mind the fanboy and plant attacks. It's what they do…

By: Blifeds76

Blifeds76 — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

No lie, from reading this review, sounds like you want the transformers version of Godzilla. He's a super star! He should be doing super star things! Let's Micheal Bay-i-fy him!

Slow build creates suspense. This is good that they didn't show him till the end.

By: Naveed

Naveed — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Actually, the editing for Monsters was $15,000. The budget for the actual film was $500,000. Still folds under Godzilla's $160 million budget.

By: Thomas The Tank Engine

Thomas The Tank Engine — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Just seen the film and can't argue with any of this review. Aaron Taylor-Johnson was just really bland. It's worth mentioning how awesome Godzilla is as a monster though; they really tease his reveal and it makes it all the more exciting when we see him let rip.

By: Derubael

Derubael — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Stopped reading after the reviewer attempted to claim Pacific Rim was some kind of failure. I wasn't aware that over 220million in profits was a failure.

Try harder.

By: Anurag

Anurag — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Wow aaron johnson is the godzilla and he failed the movie!!!!!was it a review or Spoiler!IDIOT

By: Coxy

Coxy — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

I love this movie but I have to agree, as soon as they moved from Cranston that human element just dropped like a lead balloon. Aaron-Taylor Johnson's character just wasn't very interesting. Loved the monsters and the action was amazing but yeah they screwed up the character side of things big time.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

"Pacific Rim" wasn't remotely a fail, it took in $110,000,000 in the USA and well over $450,000,000 worldwide. It was positively reviewed by 75% of those who reviewed it. Please, as a journalist, do a little research before making blatantly wrong statements as fact.

By: billblack

billblack — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Pacific Rim, a fail?
Godzilla, expected an engaging emotional story?
You don't even know what you're talking about, do you?

By: Brin

Brin — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

After reading all the reviews of Godzilla, there is only one way the critics would have liked this film. In the second act show Godzilla "briefly" and then continue on with the human characters as the film morphs into "The Notebook" or "The Butler". This is a "Popcorn Movie" for Godsake! It may have earned and "A" if after Godzilla appeared, they cut to the French film "Amour" and after the end of the film; we have a Morgan Freeman voice over about how Godzilla defeated the monsters, humanity would learn its lesson as we see the Big G returning to the sea. Cut and roll credits.

By: Ron Rowan

Ron Rowan — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Why is it that movie critics like Rodrigo Perez think the general movie goer gives a crap about his opinion of a film. I for one don't Mr. Perez, and at 63 year old have probably watched a lot more films that you have. I can't even find you on Wikipedia. That's how important you are. So, you have an education and can write well, and even pick a film apart for what YOU think is wrong with it. Big deal! People like myself go to a film to have a good time, to be entertained, to have fun and escape for awhile from the mundane and banal activities of everyday life. But what do I read here? Another mundane and banal opinion of a film that's unfortunately, just like the rest. Perhaps some day you film critics will come up with something new. Or is it in reality that you write this reviews only for the elite cognoscenti, which probably aren't going to watch this film anyway. Grow up!

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

I think the reviewer does not understand what the Director is trying to say. People are at the center of all things but sometimes, people and their own stories, whatever they may be, get swept aside by events of calamitous proportion.

By: Noelle

Noelle — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Apparently this reviewer didn't want to see a monster movie. His critique is meaningless to those of us who are going to see what the title of the movie implies, Godzilla. Honestly I couldn't care less about the interaction between the humans. I want to see monsters fight, and the Big G prevail.

By: Mirco

Mirco — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Dude! I'm in it for the monsters. Please tell me you didn't go into this thinking it was going to be about people. We didn't care about the people in the originals (i sure as hell didn't waste time trying to read text at 7 years old) and we don't care about people in the this one! At least I don't… As long as they're being squished and their cities destroyed, I'm good! WE'RE IN IT FOR THE MONSTERS!!!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:34:00 +0000

"but has a vague odor of studio heads wanting to place a 30-something, good looking white male as the lead of their movie."

He's 23, research please.

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