tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post7453964663045075234..comments2024-03-27T13:28:50.405-07:00Comments on Alienated in Vancouver: Godzilla vs Monsters: a reviewAllan MacInnishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-79626755643937973602014-05-20T08:12:13.973-07:002014-05-20T08:12:13.973-07:00Spoiler alert! Did not know that Godzilla turned i...Spoiler alert! Did not know that Godzilla turned into Spider-Man i.e. defender of humanity! That said I probably wouldn't go see this anyway, since from what I understand most of the movie is empty nonsense and nothing really cool happens until the big showdown at the end. Oh well, maybe X-Men will be okay. I'll just try to ignore the accusations against director Bryan Singer...Shawn C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01379924424246770128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-48145513837083593832014-05-20T00:46:21.998-07:002014-05-20T00:46:21.998-07:00...or if not emphasized, then at least handled cou......or if not emphasized, then at least handled courageously. They obviously INTEND to strike a resonance, but they do nothing with it, have nothing to say, don't really follow through. As someone else puts it, "invoking the imagery of Fukushima is cheap and exploitative if there isn’t a deeper message undergirding it." From this review: <br />http://siliconchickens.com/2014/05/17/dont-cry-for-me-janjira/ Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-20440717966307803882014-05-18T14:24:43.488-07:002014-05-18T14:24:43.488-07:00I have, in fact, seen the kid who stars - in Kick ...I have, in fact, seen the kid who stars - in Kick Ass. He was well-used in Kick Ass, but there's no trace of talent on view in Godzilla.<br /><br />Also thinking - as I mention in a comment on Steve Newton's review of Godzilla, over at the Straight site - that it's kind of a remarkable failure (or achievement?) that the film involves a nuclear disaster caused by a sort of earthquake at a reactor in Japan, that leads to horrible things coming ashore on the west coast of North America, and yet there's no sense that the film is "about" Fukushima. It's almost like any relationship to real life has been wilfully obscured by timid studio heads. Would have been more interesting if it was emphasized...<br /><br />http://www.straight.com/movies/646421/kid-you-wont-feel-thing-godzillaAllan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.com