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What if it had been rebranded as a remake of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms? Would it have better reception and/or reviews?

Seems to me that most of the negative comments about Godzilla 1998 are based in how it takes the Godzilla franchise in a direction so different that Godzilla fans are naturally disappointed with it. I personally find it to be a pretty decent monster movie.

So if all reference to Godzilla had been omitted, edited out, and it had been released as a remake of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, which is almost what it is, how would it be viewed?

I expect it would have had less stellar box office initially, or even in total, but it would garner better overall reviews. That's my opinion.

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I and friend share that opinion.

But jeez, much less Maria Pitillo, please.

Short Cut, Draw Blood

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"What if it had been rebranded as a remake of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms? Would it have better reception and/or reviews?"

If it had been rebranded as a remake of "Beast"....not really. Some of the negativity might be alleviated due to the recognition of it not being Godzilla, but even then, that wouldn't have been enough to fix its various problems.

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It might have been maybe a bit better, but not by much. The film's issue isn't that 'Zilla' doesn't shoot fire or whatever, it's that the script is terrible and really poorly written. Even if this were an original monster and an original screenplay, the movie would still be ass because of the awful jokes, dumb characters, and shmaltzy Hallmark story.

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I agree with the OP.
I thought this movie was good ... but it wasn't a Godzilla film.
To me, it was (and should have been marketed as) a solid remake of "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms", the film I still consider to be the best film of Ray Harryhausen's black and white period ("Jason and The Argonauts" being hands down his BEST film ... period)

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