I Watch Films: Godzilla: King Of The Monsters
One interesting thing about Godzilla and the other monsters from the very start of the series(es) is that they are the wrong size for human-scale constructions (they are Too Big). This is occasionally used to good effect in this film (the Antarctic base where Gidorah is trapped within a glacier has scaffolding on the ice face that has been built to a gigantic scale, the final fight, many of the shots of the weirdo monsters rampaging through cities). Unfortunately more fights take place in the air with Monarch’s oversized stealth bomber mothership (also Too Big) hiding the scale.
Charles Dance is Colonel Jonah, the disappointingly named eco-terrorist who unleashes the Titans onto the world with the help of the bio-acoustic Orca device. It was built by an estranged husband and wife who are on opposite sides of the conflict. Basically there’s a tug-of-love story about their daughter that may destroy the world and/or save it. Several people think only Godzilla can save us so they try and help him become King of the Monsters, along the way destroying Atlantis with a nuclear torpedo.
Anyway, some monster fighting action, a few good scenes where the difference in scales works pretty well and a whole fleet of V-22 Osprey tiltrotors which I always like to see.
Watch This: For a slightly self-serious po-faced monster movie
Don’t Watch This: For either an actually serious or amusing monster movie
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