Godzilla

Godzilla1998

PG-13 Film · Science Fiction, Action, Thriller · 138 min · May 20, 1998 European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director1998 Awards: wins 1, nominations 0
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Size does matter.

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.

Roland Emmerich
Screenplay, Director, Story
Dean Devlin
Screenplay, Story

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Kevin Thomas · Los Angeles Times 90.00/100.00

An expertly designed theme park ride of a movie that packs nonstop thrills.

赱馬觀♣ 3.00/5.00

分明这哥斯拉,成名更早,块头更大,横行肆虐在观众更为熟识的都市周遭,却为何在影响力上被侏罗纪大幅反超呢?问题恰恰就在块头太大。太大之后,很多叙事细节就像那指缝间侥幸生还的摄影师一样被忽略掉了。比如你就不能让主人公独自面对危局,因为怪兽尺码和破坏威力已大到不允许聚焦个体,军队必须早早全面介入,但又不可能拐向黑鹰坠落,因为哥斯拉是纯虚构的敌人,提供不了战争片特有的写实残酷,于是影片难以避免地陷入虚实巨细双失的叙事困境中……反观侏罗纪。由于敌我力量被调整到一个相对适度范畴,角色始终聚焦,戏码层出不穷。就算最大只最残暴的霸王龙,你只需配上两辆汽车,四个人,外加一座移动厕所,它就可带来十五分钟的高潮迭起谐趣丛生。而换成哥斯拉,一脚下去,瞬间戏止。

Gary Kamiya · Salon 70.00/100.00

The plot is about as ridiculous as you'd expect, but for the most part its absurdities are tolerable.

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