After a disastrous American Godzilla the previous year, Toho decided that they will continue the previously finished Godzilla franchise to make Tristar see how to make a Godzilla film. Although this is FARRR better than 1998 Godzilla is, this film actually wasn't good itself
I cannot talk about Godzilla 2000 without talking about our kaiju's sick design. No matter what angle, or position you look at Godzilla, he will always look amazing and he was a bit more different than previous Godzillas. Because he had purple torso plates and a flaming hot orange atomic breath. This works well and makes for the most stunning looking Godzilla we have ever gotten to this day!
Right from the start I could tell they were actually trying. Instead of the serious, mature, fast-paced tone of the Heisei era, Toho instead switched things up by making it slower and intended to appeal to a wider audience via jokes. Of course because I do not speak Japanese I didn't laugh at them but there are also more ways Godzilla 2000 tried to be good. The last few Godzilla films all had relatively little Godzilla screen time so this time around, he actually has quite a lot of appearances so the first 2 acts actually were entertaining and worked for me as pretty much anywhere Godzilla was, some action followed and the humans were not bad. Yet
Then we have a highly unsatisfying third act climax. The commander was straight up an idiot. So he is gonna blow a building up that has the UFO on it which will most likely stay there the whole night and someone vital happened to be in the building, so what does he do? Of course! Even if he had the whole night to do it, he for some reason just decided to murder his most important member right there. I liked the first 2 acts but they certainly lacked human characterization so any emotional moment in the 3rd act does not hit and becomes tedious.
The final battle was interesting at first, the UFO using it's unique abilities and Godzilla retaliating. But then as soon as Orga fights instead of the UFO, the fight instantly becomes boring. Both Godzilla and Orga are as stiff as a tree and without any score. Godzilla did ultimately defeat Orga in a creative way but at that point I have had lost all interest.
Overall Godzilla 2000 certainly lacks important elements that makes a kaiju film good. However this is still a fun time overall thanks to the tighter focus on kaiju's and the best looking Godzilla we've ever seen.
Rating: 6.1/10.
I cannot talk about Godzilla 2000 without talking about our kaiju's sick design. No matter what angle, or position you look at Godzilla, he will always look amazing and he was a bit more different than previous Godzillas. Because he had purple torso plates and a flaming hot orange atomic breath. This works well and makes for the most stunning looking Godzilla we have ever gotten to this day!
Right from the start I could tell they were actually trying. Instead of the serious, mature, fast-paced tone of the Heisei era, Toho instead switched things up by making it slower and intended to appeal to a wider audience via jokes. Of course because I do not speak Japanese I didn't laugh at them but there are also more ways Godzilla 2000 tried to be good. The last few Godzilla films all had relatively little Godzilla screen time so this time around, he actually has quite a lot of appearances so the first 2 acts actually were entertaining and worked for me as pretty much anywhere Godzilla was, some action followed and the humans were not bad. Yet
Then we have a highly unsatisfying third act climax. The commander was straight up an idiot. So he is gonna blow a building up that has the UFO on it which will most likely stay there the whole night and someone vital happened to be in the building, so what does he do? Of course! Even if he had the whole night to do it, he for some reason just decided to murder his most important member right there. I liked the first 2 acts but they certainly lacked human characterization so any emotional moment in the 3rd act does not hit and becomes tedious.
The final battle was interesting at first, the UFO using it's unique abilities and Godzilla retaliating. But then as soon as Orga fights instead of the UFO, the fight instantly becomes boring. Both Godzilla and Orga are as stiff as a tree and without any score. Godzilla did ultimately defeat Orga in a creative way but at that point I have had lost all interest.
Overall Godzilla 2000 certainly lacks important elements that makes a kaiju film good. However this is still a fun time overall thanks to the tighter focus on kaiju's and the best looking Godzilla we've ever seen.
Rating: 6.1/10.