Well, the King of All Monsters is back... again. Rebooting... again. But wait, unlike that 1998- THING- this time it actually LOOKS like Godzilla. And what's more, he's back to virtually ignoring us puny humans and acting as traffic cop for other big bad terrestrial monsters. The pace is much like the early-era Godzilla flicks, with the build up, atmosphere, and dare Isay it- acting. Godzilla takes his time to approach, while the other monsters of the day are busy trying to rut together all over San Fransisco. Most of the mayhem they wreck is a byproduct of the fact that they don'tcare about what's in their way, and don't seem affected by the usual assortment of popguns. But d Gopdzilla swims on his way to break up the mating dance, few seem to notice that he's completely ignoring the fleet of 20 war ships trailing him. He's completekly unconcerned about them, sorta tolerates them as spectators for the real showdown. The showdoan, by the way, is a classic monster slugfest with only one thing that could have been better.

The music. Remember in Jurasic park how John Williams did the music for the scene in which the T-Rex comes in to save the day and tear the raptors a new one? Big dramatic punch in the face. Well, none of that here. For the moody parts the music is good, but when you are having a slug fest or final dramatic "GOTCHYA" then you need the music to react accordingly. Not remember a few crucial seconds after it's already done, "Oh yeah, need that dramatic sound now." Ramp up the music, maybe stick some stuff in there inspired by Godzilla's original theme, and then it could be great.

Still, all in all a very good start. Hope to see more. Oh, and I did notice something in the final credits under the special effects consultant stuff... John Dykstra, only I thought he was dead?