Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Just a head’s up: I’ve never been a Godzilla fan, and up until the 1998 American version with Mathew Broderick, the only Godzilla movie I had ever seen was 1964’s Mothra vs Godzilla. So…

What I liked:

• How much my Daughter enjoyed it (more on that later).
• Mothra! She looked badass, as did the other monsters.
• Incorporating the original Godzilla theme into the movie’s score.
• Speaking of music, there’s a great cover of Blue Oyster Cult’s 1977 Godzilla song  during the end credits.
• The movie has some cool camera shots to go along with the cool giant monster fights.
• Hey, Rodan is Mexico’s monster! Yay!
• The movie is part of another “Cinematic Universe”, building from the incredible Kong: Skull Island (check out our review of that movie here).
• 2/3rd’s into the movie, my Daughter was enjoying the movie (and Godzilla himself) so much that she leaned over, gave me a kiss on the cheek and hugged me. As her Dad, I always try to provide her with love, guidance, compassion, food and really awesome entertainment. Her show of gratitude made me so happy, that I won’t even post the things I didn’t like with the movie. Let’s finish positive.

Overall:

• It was pretty dang entertaining.

Jose Zuazua is editor-in-chief of Quick Lunch Break Reviews. He has an associates degree in film production & is the host of the A Little Drive Podcast. He’s on Twitter & Instagram.