Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

Oh no... the other has returned!

Welcome back, Brian!

I haven't seen Monsters since its initial release, but I just bought the blu-ray and am actually kind of looking forward to watching it.

I recently re-watched "Monsters" and wasn't enamored with it. It was OK.

The conversations felt a little too cutesy and casual for the circumstances. And I never really felt the weight and urgency of the situation.

None of this is to say "Monsters" was bad, or that I think it spells doom for "Godzilla". Solid 3 stars out of 5, I'd say.

I got to watch "Monsters" over the summer as it was playing on either Showtime or Encore or Starz or whatever movie channel I saw it on. I have to say, I wasn't really impressed... I had seen people gushing over it and everything and, for me, it was just 'meh' overall... I mean, it is Edwards' first film, so I wasn't really expecting something that would blow me away. I came away from it feeling just sort of confused. Edwards had been picked to direct a big budget Hollywood movie, but I wasn't seeing anything in the film that pointed it out to me that he had the chops for the job. I felt like "Monsters" was an obvious amateur film that Edwards probably felt as a passion project but the execution overall seemed rather constrictive and forced. It seemed ambitious and suffered from the budget -- not to mention that I felt the acting was kinda stilted and odd... I wasn't feeling the chemistry. But that's just my opinion. I guess others are simply seeing things in it that I just didn't see or perhaps I was just not in the right mood when I saw it; regardless, it didn't really sell me on the idea of Edwards being able to handle a big budget film right afterward.

By now, I'm just expounding on a personal problem that's long past due. I would have to wait and see "Godzilla" before I wrote Edwards off, but the seemingly random choice of Edwards for director still confounds me after viewing "Monsters"...

tldr; I didn't care for "Monsters" and am no closer to understanding Legendary's choice of picking him to helm "Godzilla" off of a small, low budget indie film that happened to feature giant monsters in the story.

Yeah, they got married shortly after the film was finished.

If I didn't enjoy Monsters I'd probably have no hope for Godzilla 2014, but I liked it quite a bit! I thought the ending was very moving. Godzilla could still end up either way but from such an impressive directorial debut I can't help but be excited (other than it being Godzilla and all).

First post here by the way.