by Pkmatrix » Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:15 am
I went to a showing of the Rifftrax version last week. It's been years since I last saw this movie and, honestly, I'm not sure I would've been able to make it through this showing without the jokes. Various thoughts and things I noticed:
1. Wow, I don't remember this movie being so BORING. The RT guys pointed it out a few times, but this movie has LONG stretches where it forgets its supposed to be a Giant Monster movie and turns into a really bad Romantic Comedy. Say what you will about G'14's lack of Goji, at least it never bored me and still had exciting stuff going on throughout the whole film. This movie stops dead so many times it's just sad.
2. Did the soundtrack HAVE to be JP-ish "whimsical" the WHOLE time? Seriously, even in the action sequences the score sounds like the piece from Jurassic Park when the dinosaurs are revealed. It's all whimsy all the time, and it gets really monotonous after a while.
3. OH MY GAWD, MARIA PITILLO. I remember not liking her character much, but sweet Jebus her performance is just awful and her character the most idiotic/annoying female lead IN THE ENTIRE GENRE. SERIOUSLY.
4. Man, I remember liking Jean Reno's character and performance a lot more than this. I didn't remember the coffee jokes, which were just plain dumb.
5. All of the above being said, does anyone else think we might've had a MUCH better movie had Hank Azaria's character been the hero? He's more likeable than Broderick's character and actually does things. Broderick gets shuffled from set to set, never actually doing or accomplishing anything - he's the hero because the movie had declared that he is the 'charming nice guy' hero. Azaria, meanwhile, is the one who grabs a camera and goes after Godzilla. He's the one who takes the initiative to follow Broderick and discovers the French hideout. He's the only reason Maria Pitillo's character is even involved with the third act. I think a movie that focused on Azaria and Reno would've been a lot stronger.
Then again, that movie wouldn't have been a romantic comedy, which seems to be what D&E wanted this to be. >_>