I asked my Japanese friend if he liked Godzilla movies and he replied "Yes, when I was little". I think Godzilla movies, after the first, are best appreciated as a older children's movies.
Godzilla 2000 has all the hallmarks of the Godzilla genre, the precocious child, the dig at nuclear power, alien invaders, the inflexible bureaucracy and the heroic Japanese Defense Force. Modern Godzilla movies tend to cast the monster not as the mindless destroyer (an allegory of humankind's own ecological destruction) but rather as the representative of the earth saving us in spite of ourselves.
This is one of the better Godzilla movies in making the man in the rubber suit really look big and believable. It has a bit of romance and a little slapstick (demonstrating that Japan has come much farther in consumer electronics than they have in comedy).
The closest thing to a "bad guy" in the movie is the head of the agency tasked with destroying Godzilla - G-Force. This guy looks like one of the protagonists in an anime.
If you're a Godzilla fan, then Godzilla 2000 is one of the movies you have to see. It's better than most. If you're not into the genre, there's no pressing need to see it.
ObiwanBota
Godzilla 2000 has all the hallmarks of the Godzilla genre, the precocious child, the dig at nuclear power, alien invaders, the inflexible bureaucracy and the heroic Japanese Defense Force. Modern Godzilla movies tend to cast the monster not as the mindless destroyer (an allegory of humankind's own ecological destruction) but rather as the representative of the earth saving us in spite of ourselves.
This is one of the better Godzilla movies in making the man in the rubber suit really look big and believable. It has a bit of romance and a little slapstick (demonstrating that Japan has come much farther in consumer electronics than they have in comedy).
The closest thing to a "bad guy" in the movie is the head of the agency tasked with destroying Godzilla - G-Force. This guy looks like one of the protagonists in an anime.
If you're a Godzilla fan, then Godzilla 2000 is one of the movies you have to see. It's better than most. If you're not into the genre, there's no pressing need to see it.
ObiwanBota
