Review – Godzilla 2000

This ain’t the goofy, Cookie-Monster-esque Godzilla from the 70s. Nor is it the iguana-looking thing from the most recent American version. Instead, this is vintage Toho Studios Godzilla, mean and menacing. The budgets have gotten a little bigger and the effects have consequently gotten a bit more sophisticated over the years. For example, our anti-hero’s atomic breath looks less like a fire extinguisher and more like a blast furnace. But technical quality aside, this is still the same old monsters-stomping-models fun. This time around the giant lizard battles a UFO that looks like a big, silver lump of cat barf. Only at the very end does it turn into a big, rubber opponent truly worthy of Godzilla’s notice. The human protagonists are members of the Godzilla Prediction Team (tomorrow’s forecast: partly cloudy with a 30% chance of Godzilla), sort of an atomic, fire-breathing monster answer to storm chasers. If you liked the original, black and white movie, this one should be good for 90 minutes or so of entertainment. Mildly amusing