Godzilla1998
Godzilla (1998)
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Critic Consensus: Without compelling characters or heart, Godzilla stomps on everything that made the original (or any monster movie worth its salt) a classic.
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Cast
as Philippe Roache
as Nick Tatopoulos
as Audrey
as Animal
as Lucy
as The Mayor
as Colonel Hicks
as Sgt. O'Neal
as Charles Caiman
as Dr. Elsie Chapman
as Dr. Mendel Craven
as Dr. Mendel Craven
as Gene--Mayor's Aide
as Jean-Luc
as Military Communications Guy (uncredited)
as Jean-Claude
as Jean-Pierre
as Jean-Philippe
as Ed
as Murray
as Old Fisherman
as Governor
as General Anderson
as Caiman's Secretary
as Admiral Phelps
as Leonard
as Jules
as Arthur
as Lt. Anderson
as Freddie
as Jimmy
as Japanese Tanker Cook
as Japanese Tanker Captain
as Japanese Tanker Skipper
as Japanese Tanker Crew Member
as Kyle Terrington
as Pharmacist
as WIDF Co-Anchor
as WKXI Anchor
as WFKK Anchor
as Utah Captain
as Utah Ensign
as Utah Sailor
as Utah Sailor
as Utah Sailor
as Anchorage Captain
as Anchorage Ensign
as Anchorage Ensign
as Anchorage Ensign
as Anchorage Sailor
as Apache Pilot
as Apache Pilot
as Apache Pilot
as Apache Pilot
as Apache Pilot
as Apache Pilot
as Apache Pilot
as F-18 Pilot
as F-18 Pilot
as F-18 Pilot
as F-18 Pilot
as Raven Pilot No. 2
as Officer
as Soldier on Bridge
as Soldier
as Soldier
as Soldier
as Soldier on Plane
as Radio Technician
as Radio Technician
as Radio Operator
as Radio Man
as Rodgers
as Homeless Guy
as Homeless Guy
as Spotter
as Taxi Cab Driver
as Tunnel Guard
as Gun Technician
as New York Cop
as New Jersey Cop
as Forklift Driver
as Field Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
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Critic Reviews for Godzilla
All Critics (75) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (63) | DVD (8)
Despite some clever and exciting sequences, though, this $120 million epic of reconstituted Atomic Age trash... lumbers more than it thrills.
Despite all the flash and filigree, this monster movie is curiously - and conspicuously - lacking in heart.
After a promising start, the movie falls apart almost as soon as Godzilla arrives in Manhattan.
"Godzilla"... is an overblown action monstrosity with no surprises, no exhilaration and no thrills.
Forget the plot, though: All these guys know how to do is high-tech bang-bang, and at times they do it pretty well.
You have to absorb such a film, not consider it. But my brain rebelled, and insisted on applying logic where it was not welcome.
Audience Reviews for Godzilla
Shlock artiste Emmerich regurgitates his "blockbuster" formula and directs a bigger, leaner, CGI generated, fire breathing lizard from traditional home stomping ground Japan to New York City where we discover ... but that would be telling. Jean Reno is the most fun as the Frenchman in the Big Apple. This film is one of my guilty pleasures.
Super Reviewer
Humanity is thrown out the window, real laughs are impossible to find and this film is too bad to have fun laughing at it's sheer dumbness. I felt insulted by this film, because Emmerich has a little more talent than this and this film focusses on too much dumb humour when it's supposed to be thrilling. The cast in this film is fine, but the way they react to everything is hilariously bad, the direction is sloppy, the camerawork is unfocussed, and the script is honestly one of the worst I've seen in a long time. This remake of "Godzilla" did not need to happen and it should never have happened. Sure the technicalities of the film show in certain moments, and for it's time I'm sure it pleased a lot of people, but to me, it's complete Hollywood trash at it's finest. It doesn't even work as a guilty pleasure. I'm fine with other people liking this film, but it's one of the worst I've ever seen!
Super Reviewer
In one scene, Matthew Broderick buys pregnancy tests from the local store and uses them to find out Godzilla is...pregnant. He deduces it's because Godzilla is asexual, to which his girlfriend replies, "where's the fun in that." This is an example of how remarkably lame and poorly constructed this film is. Dismissing the fact the monster keeps changing size as well as stupid Mayor Ebert and his sidekick Gene (way to bash the critics Roland Emmerich), Godzilla is a lame studio attempt to cash in on the Jurassic Park craze by using an established brand. But like Xander Harris said, Matthew Broderick killed a big, dumb lizard that was NOT Godzilla.
Super Reviewer
Godzilla Quotes
| Colonel Hicks: | I want it all sealed up. |
| Sergeant O'Neal: | Yes sir! How...how do we do that, sir? |
| Colonel Hicks: | You fill 'em up with cement, brick 'em up, put landmines in 'em, bombs, I DON"T CARE! Make sure the damn thing doesn't leave the island! |
| Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: | That's a lot of fish. |
| Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: | I've always wanted to join the French Foreign Legion. |
| Audrey Timmonds: | Who was that French guy, anyway? |
| Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: | Oh, just some insurance guy. |