Godzilla (1998)
Following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing eastward through the Panama Canal.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Roland Emmerich
Written By: Ted Elliott, Dean Devlin, Terry Rossio
Starring: Frank Welker, Michael Lerner, Jean Reno, Matthew Broderick, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright, Glenn Morshower, Doug Savant, Maria Pitillo, Arabella Field
Genres: Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller, Action, Horror
Franchise: Godzilla
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| 8 |  |
Seryxa | 0 15% |
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An expensive, but dull, remake of the first Godzilla movie, in which the monster is a baddie; unlike the Japanese original, the lizard king is here created by computer graphics; it is the remainder of the cast who seem to be played by men in rubber suits.
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joseywales | 29 7% |
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What a pile of garbage this movie is, not even Jean Reno could save it. Roland Emmerich is a poor-man's Michael Bay.
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Gregzilla | 30 5% |
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I took two things away from this movie, That the French are bad for creating Godzilla and that the American military would have a hard time finding Godzilla and his kaiju-fascist nest hiding in the hills of Manhatten. And boredom. Three things! And a low groaning noise. Four things!
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BillyShears | 50 21% |
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Big and stupid. No I’m not describing Godzilla 1998 I’m describing me clicking play on this knowing what was ahead. If you have to hide everything in your movie with rain maybe you shouldn’t make the movie. I’d still take big bad stupid 90s blockbusters over today’s almost every single time. Introducing Broderick driving like an idiot was too bold, but luckily there were no mothers with their daughters for him to obliterate.
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Cinema_Asia | 20 1% |
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90's remake fodder with no redeeming value. Please note: If you do a big budget monster movie then for fuck's sake invest some of that budget into CGI effects and not shit promo music videos by one hit wonders. They would have been better off having Broderick jam his hand up the ass of a Godzilla puppet with action scenes comprised of matchbox cars and toy soldiers in front of a green screen. Emmerich didn't do jack shit with Jean Reno either. This is total ass and Emmerich sucks a fat cock.
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Pickpocket | 0 4% |
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Too long, too unoriginal, too many shitty writers, but not enough plot or story that actually makes it interesting. Matthew Broderick hit an all time low here.
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| 3 |  |
Kojiless | 10 11% |
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When the best thing about your movie is a Green Day song spliced with Godzilla roars, it's time to fold up the director's chair and call it a day.
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| 2 | untrustable | 42 18% |
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True story I saw this at a drive in and my mom bought me a light up Godzilla shirt beforehand and I was like a godking at school that day.
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Paxton | 18 1% |
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I tried to watch this for laughs and couldn't even finish it. It was nice of them to cast Matthew Broderick's wife as the monster though.
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TedDedon | 24 7% |
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Wow this movie sucked!
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evrana | 4 0% |
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Unbearable even in Tv while having your lunch. Sub-par effects, a plot coming out of a stoned-mind, ludicrous french critcism about the nucleatr testing( multimillion dollar movies have big shot backers right), Worst part is it wasnot even silly enough to become funny.
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DavidBlast | 10 3% |
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Stupid, stupid, stupid. Watch as Godzilla grows and shrinks through-out the movie. Also note the moronic helicopter pilots, that are chased down by Godzilla, instead of just flying upwards. Idiots all.
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QtheAlmighty | 52 12% |
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It's Titopoulos.
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djross | 30 13% |
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Has the distinction not only of foreshadowing major destruction in New York City, but of depicting the response of the French state apparatus as more rational than the American. The fact the commercial and critical success of this movie was not greater than what it was is wholly attributable to this decision. And to the fact that the plot depends on celebrating the extermination of an endangered species, and the murder of two hundred baby animals along with it. Not too bad as a kids' movie.
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doctor7 | 27 16% |
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Trying to make Godzilla serious just does not work. Jean Reno is pretty awesome though and the only good part about this movie.
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comepelicula | 10 0% |
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Horrible idiotic film, I didn't care if the city was destroyed or not, in fact I would've liked to see them get destroyed and Godzilla die of natural causes. Worst of all it leaves an "open end"... I can't think of someone wanting to do a sequel of a terrible film, but then I think of "Transformers"
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bof | 35 10% |
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Half the cast are Simpsons regulars. If they'd gone all out and actually had this animated as a Simpsons movie, it would still have been a lot dumber than your average 90s Simpsons episode, but at least we would have gotten a scene of Homer bashing Godzilla over the head screaming "WHY... WON'T... YOU... DIE?" The fact that we don't even get this makes me dislike the movie even more.
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ribcage | 20 6% |
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the "giant" iguanas from the original flash gordon serials have more of the true spirit of godzilla than this movie. putting that aside, and imagining this movie is titled "Iguana", it's still a terrible film overstuffed with moments stolen from jurassic park and irritating 90s references and jokes. i tried desperately to look past all of that and just enjoy a giant...whatever...stomping through new york...but even those scenes aren't thrilling.
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joel-w-m | 3 5% |
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It's classically captivating pre-monster when you're wondering with fear and awe along with the science/military team what could've caused this destruction; this period doesn't last long, unfortunately, shifting to a barrage of mostly tiresome action sequences that are overcome in no way by the dumb plot (why didn't they just blow it up with missiles in the first place?), cringe-worthy character work (Pitillo puts in a poor performance), and bland one-liners ("Running would be a good idea").
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Noblet | 14 1% |
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OH SHIT PUFF DADDY AND THAT GUY FROM THE WHO DID A SONG TOGETHER!
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tinysausage | 30 0% |
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Expensive stinker. Oh Ferris, where did it go wrong?
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JPFerguson | 45 19% |
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'Independence Day' but Godzilla and not aliens.
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Magb | 25 5% |
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What a waste of time and energy this was. It fails at everything it tries to do, other than the look of Godzilla himself (or is it herself?).
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| 1 | IanFinnesey | 65 26% |
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Critics dog-piled this movie. It was like they all wanted to be the one who said the worst things about it. It wasn't the worst thing since Hitler, it just wasn't especially good.
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jmarkthespot | 10 6% |
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9 years old and I remember thinking this is completely ridiculous.
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yawkcorb | 5 2% |
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Pure suckage, plain and simple
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| 1 | Lolocaust | 5 1% |
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A Godzilla-movie that desperately wants to be taken seriously = automatic fail
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| 1 | triffid | 55 5% |
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Digital effects alone don't make a film. Features a remarkably awful performance by Jean Reno.
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ImThatDingo | 13 18% |
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Ew! Matthew Broderick in this = Fail.
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Mentaculus | 35 11% |
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So remember the big fuss at keeping the giant lizard secret until its release? Now it's in a Dorito's commercial. And so it is with another Emmerich destructo-porn. At this rate I'm hoping for an ID4 alien guzzling Diet Pepsi for an unsuspecting public (with or without Janet Jackson is my only unknown). But seriously. This film is worse than the chopped-up anglofied original '60's release. Why, Jean Reno? Why?
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| 1 | chris888 | 81 26% |
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"ISA GOZIRRA!"
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Tripwyre | 17 7% |
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This was pretty awesome when I was a member of its target demographic: 11-year-old boys. Seeing it now only reminds me what an idiot I was when I was 11 years old. That, and what an idiot Roland Emmerich was when he was 43 years old. Luckily one of us has gotten smarter since then. But I will say this: Mayor Ebert, a dead-ringer for Roger who even flashes the trade-mark thumbs, gave me a chuckle. That's about all that I can commend, from memory. The rest is...well, the less said the better.
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Grit | 20 16% |
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I really liked this big-budget take on Godzilla as a child, but seeing it again just soils those memories. It's pretty much just a string of scenes leading up to the next big budget expendature. The Godzilla CGI model they used for some of it was pretty good though.
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GravyMaximus | 30 16% |
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Terrible, but entertaining (as Emerich usually is).
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BattleToad | 59 21% |
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There could have been great things done with Godzilla, but instead this was done. It's awful, and it's probably going to prevent future attempts at an Americanized Godzilla for at least a while. I mean, c'mon, he never really goes away. Even the movie's fun cast couldn't save it. Crap!
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| 1 | Kerrek | 51 29% |
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Mediocre
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| 1 | svicciarelli | 60 6% |
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Really boring action. A botched move.
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| 1 | Mr Vincent | 10 3% |
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Godzilla would never be killed by jets.
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| Average Percentile 19.42% from 7382 Ratings |  |