Manages to fail at something so simple
The movie was a total and utter misfire. It should have been so simple: kaiju monsters BIG and STRONG, humans small and weak, and you have drama right there. Small, insignificant humans at odds with the huge monsters. It worked in Jurassic Park, and Roland Emerich's 1998 Godzilla, however lame it may have been, stands now as a far superior movie because at least it knew how to approach the subject matter. In 2019 film, people don't seem to be all too affected by the gargantuan creatures destroying their cities. The news anchors featured in the film describe the events in the same bland manner as though they are giving the weather report. And the protagonists are not only boring, but very comfy: they move around in a futuristic space-ship-sized airplane with an interior that looks like it came out of Star Trek Discovery; they never run out of ammo, helicopters, fighter planes, fuel, food, comfort, huge underwater/underground facilities, and huge screens everywhere. So where's the drama?! Horrible.
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