Staff Writer
A
modern remake of the legendary Godzilla premiered
over the weekend on Friday, May 16, taking in a whopping $93.2 million in ticket
sales. The action-packed film featured a few highly proclaimed actors such as
Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad. Cranston
gave an excellent, convincing performance as the ‘crazy’ man whose unruly theories
actually ended up being true. In addition to him, actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson did
an outstanding job of portraying the main character, Cranston’s son who works
hard to help save both his family and the city from disaster. Even the actors
with smaller roles in the film
demonstrated admirable acting capability.
The
movie puts a twist on the classic Godzilla
story, adding in a new creature for the enormous monster to take on. The
new creature, appropriately named a Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism
(M.U.T.O.), was the real threat in the film as it was the one to primarily
decimate parts of the United States as well as Japan and Europe. In fact, while
the movie was titled ‘Godzilla,’ its
focus seemed to be centered on the new monster instead. Although this was one
of the movie’s few weaknesses, factors such as the visual effects were
incredible and highly compelling. The explosions, attack scenes, and city
destruction come to life right before your eyes. Godzilla itself as well as the
M.U.T.O. creature were convincingly realistic.
Although
the non-stop action of the movie was slightly overwhelming, overall it was an
exciting, fast-paced, riveting film that you don’t want to miss. Take a nice
break from work and school to see this movie.
