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DrGodzilla120 wrote: I wasn't really disappointed with the film. I rather liked how it portrayed Godzilla as a "Good guy monster".

Again, we should remember GODZILLA (1998). Zilla was an antagonist in that film. If in this film, Godzilla was a villain, people would compare it to the 1998 film. Godzilla, being a good guy in this film, would give new people familiar with the 1998 one a different view on Godzilla. It worked for some of my friends and my parents. Yes, the curse of 1998. The new film had to overcome that abomination, capture the essence of Godzilla, and give the new series a firm footing. That was a tall order. I think some of the disappointment among some of the fans was inevitable.