Board Thread:Movie Discussions/@comment-24868748-20140518055647/@comment-1763304-20150823112851

"The acting is pretty poor across the board." I personally liked all of the acting in 1998. But preferences aside, I feel as if each actor fits the character he or she portrayed. Matt Broderick having a weak voice in some seems fitting the idea that Nick is a bit of a timid character in the face of authority (such as the military, in the case of the scene I'm talking about).

"The film's pacing really hurts it." How so? Godzilla appears on screen much earlier than in any other Godzilla movie (only judging the ones I mentioned in my previous reply). Plus it's pretty face-paced throughout with the monster action and plot flow in my eyes. Some of the Japanese Godzilla movies have slower pacing, to be honest.

"The dialogue is very poorly-written in several scenes." Preferences aside again and regardless of that, I feel as if any "poorly-written" dialogue fits the characters to show their flaws.

"The effects go from being excellent to bad even for their time." Except maybe with the young Godzillas once, I never really noticed this and I'm the kind of person who notices movie flaws easy.

"Scenes are lifted from the Jurassic Park films, and last but not least." I've watched Jurassic Park more times than I've watched Godzilla and I don't see any similar scenes.

"Last but not least, the film is a blatant insult to Godzilla." I call it originality, if you want me to give an unbiased answer. You can't go into a reboot excepting anything to be the same aside from the same basic scenario. Look at Dawn of the Dead's remake.

Then as for Jurassic Park's dinos, I could easily name more differences than similarities between the adult and baby Godzillas and T-Rex and raptors. Godzilla has a bulkier face and body, for one; baby godzillas aren't as skinny as raptors and have a much shorter snout.

I'd say more but I have to go to work.