Much like how
Tokyo SOS takes a few cues too many from
Mothra and
Mothra vs. Godzilla, BFE is
such a blatant, half-hearted remake of Mothra's debut film that it frustrates me greatly - even more so, having followed the solid
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah and the great
Godzilla vs. Biollante. Everything from the writing to the effects just screams "LAAAAAAAAZZZZZZY".
...Except Battra. Battra's cool - although again, effects and writing do him in. Why was he relevant to this film, anyway? For that matter, how was
Godzilla relevant?
I find it ironic that this film, as well as
Mechagodzilla '93 and
Destroyah (and SOS, for that matter), dominated my favorites list years ago; yet now I can barely stand them.