I, for one, couldn't disagree more about the opinions voiced so far...I found Higuchi's Submersion of Japan to be the BEST disaster movie I've seen, bar none. The characters(and story) were believable and likeable. I found myself really caring about their fates as they unfolded, the pacing was excellent(imo), the effects were top rate, I just found the movie to be phenomenal overall. Apparently, many in Japan agreed as the movie did great box office. I don't have the numbers handy, but I believe the film broke records. One thing I will agree with is that the "J-Pop" scene could have been shortened, but this is a minor quibble with what I found to be an excellent film. In fact, the many friends I've shown it to agree, one friend in particular, who doesn't care for Japanese films and hates subtitles, loved the film and keeps pestering me to get him a copy. Of course, the opinions expressed are my own, but before listening to anyone else and condemming the movie, I heartily recommend hunting down a copy and checking it out for yourself. As for the topic itself, I would have no qualms whatsoever with Higuchi directing a Godzilla film(no suprise
)and feel that he would be best qualified to bring the "Big G" back to the silver screen. Unfortunately though, I think the giant monster craze(at least as far as Godzilla goes) is as dead as it can get, but if anyone could bring it back, Higuchi's the man to do it!