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...POOR GODZILLA...
...GODZILLA A giant mutated lizard? O.K. That the hero of an action movie is French? Sorry--too big a reach...
That might be debated: the new computer-generated Godzilla has little of the personality of the rubberized beast. But at least he's faster. Says Devlin: "We realized that the reason behind the whole lumbering Godzilla was that they had to shoot a guy in a heavy-rubber monster suit and film in slow motion to give him some sense of scale." At 20 stories tall, says Devlin, "if you do the math, even if it walked at a gingerly pace, it's covering a lot of territory quickly." Adds Emmerich: "Godzilla can outrun any taxi, and that...
...Toho board, the Sony delegation had argued that there was precedent for the revisions, pointing out that Godzilla's looks shifted with each movie. For example, the eyes, originally on the side of the monster's head, migrated to the front (they've moved back to the side for this version). The original 1954 Godzilla, wild and untamable, is physically different from the relatively benign creature that does battle with the triple-headed King Ghidorah in Destroy All Monsters (1968), from the oversize Japanese nationalist who takes on a visiting American ape in King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) and from...
...movie with a message, one that the new film at least repeats. Godzilla was a towering warning against nuclear war, its indelible subtext being Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Appropriately, the new, more naturalistic Godzilla, stepping on taxis in New York City, comes on the scene just as the world is dealing with another nuclear threat. Perhaps Godzilla will get back his fire in the belly for a sequel set in New Delhi and Islamabad...