by Gojiraknight » Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:57 pm
Godzilla, like Batman, is a character blessed with multiple interpretative possibilities – though the most traditional and most popular version is a dark, city-stomping, ambivalent, anti-hero bad@ss.
GINO was not that (and the only reason I'm saying GINO is because it comes more naturally to me)…but neither was Godzilla in the late 60's, early 70's. If you dismiss GINO as "Not Godzilla", then you have to do the same with the Saturday morning, planet-saving superhero from the late Showa films.
GINO is still a valid interpretation of Godzilla – just one nobody liked then or wishes to see repeated.
As for the movie itself…I honestly don't see why anyone would be entertained by a giant, pregnant iguana who hangs out in a subway for 2 hours. For two filmmakers known for their kitchen sink approach, this picture was ridiculously constrained.
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