Godzilla review

After reading John Ebert’s very descriptive review of the 1998 version of the ever popular Godzilla saga, the reader should easily be able to tell that Ebert did not like this movie; not one bit. Ebert spends over one thousand words completely dismantling this movie into what it truly was through his eyes; a poorly acted, horribly written, and simply terribly made attempt at a movie. What is very interesting about this piece of writing is that Ebert does a very good job, in my opinion, at staying fairly transparent and credible. From reading the review, I didn’t expect to actually think his argument was valid simply because he was so one sided. I think that it is very difficult to give a review of a movie that has absolutely no positive remarks yet not let your own emotions get too much in the way to completely lose credibility. Personally I have never seen the 1998 version of Godzilla but I can sense from this review that it may not be the movie for me. Being a fan of the action genre myself, I can completely understand where Ebert is coming from when he talks about all of the impossible acts that Godzilla carries out in the movie. Putting the fact that the movie is about a 300 foot tall sea monster aside, there are some scenes that Ebert describes, such as Godzilla being able to fit into a subway line, that just do not match up even to the crazy storyline of the movie. In the end, I do think that Ebert was able to get his point across in such a way that even someone who hasn't seen the movie, like myself, can understand the caliber of this movie and still respect Ebert’s opinion.