Another classic movie remade--Godzilla.
I must say, as many times as this film has been done, this version was my favorite. Maybe it’s because we have the technology available to make Godzilla and the Muto (the animal Godzilla is fighting) look real. You can even see complete agony on the Muto’s face when Godzilla finally takes him down.
The story line is pretty much the same as Godzilla vs. Mothera (if you’ve seen that one). It is set in San Francisco/California area as well as Japan.
The Muto (taking the place of Mothera) nested underneath a nuclear power plant in Japan for thousands of years.
This creature hatches from underneath the nuclear power plant and kills Sandra Brody (Juliette Binoche) and then 15 years later kills her husband Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston), leaving only their son Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his family to fight with the Muto, along with the rest of the world.
Ford Brody, as we see in the film, decided to enlist in the Army 15 years after the accident with his mother. He fights alongside other military personnel to help save the world from the Muto. It is evident, in the end, that they no longer feel threatened by Godzilla, but realize that the creature was simply trying to restore balance in the world by destroying the Muto.
The filmmakers were able to develop each character extremely well for a film that is mostly giant creatures destroying cities. We were able to see young Brody and Ford as an adult with his son. We were also able to see Joe Brody and how crazy the death of his wife had made him.
Though this film is considered a classic, filmmakers were able to change the storyline a bit. It was the “same” Godzilla we all know, but with better effects and a better storyline and no cheesy “It’s Godjira” line.