The dystopian film Godzilla is about a monster sized reptile that comes to Japan and starts attacking the metropolis. Although this is what you would first notice, there are many themes hidden within the film. There are constant references to the US and nukes. Godzilla was made a short time after World War 2 when Japan got nuked twice.
Apparently Godzilla was created by the radiation from the nukes. Therefore they constantly say how we should never use atom bombs again because all they cause is destruction. Also, there are scenes in the film where a Japanese city is burning down as Godzilla leaves back to the ocean. This is a powerful scene because one of the ways that the US attacked Japan was fire bombs. I don’t think that the director had that exactly in mind when making the film but there are some similarities for sure.
I feel there are good messages in this film; however it was hard to enjoy it. Some actors knew what they where doing but others just ruined the whole thing for me. Characters such as the scientist with an eye patch and his love interest are people that I could have done without. They should have just stuck to 1 main character and the palaeontologist that would have made me enjoy it more without having the stupid love triangle. Another reason why I couldn’t fully enjoy this movie is because there are some scenes that seem pointless and irrelevant to the plot, for instance the scene where Daisuke shows the Emko the oxygen destroyer for the first time. If he wanted to keep it such a secret why would he go off and show her when she had no idea it even existed. After when she tells Hideto about it, Daisuke gets mad at her but I was just thinking of course she’s going to tell him about it, a giant dinosaur reptile monster is destroying the city and that’s clearly the only chance they have. It’s either save the fish or save all of Japan, so I didn’t fully understand why Daisuke didn’t want to show his invention. Another thing was just before they drop down to use the oxygen destroyer on Godzilla he says he never thought that this would be the way he shows his invention to the world, but its really the only time that an invention like that would ever be used positively.
Overall I enjoyed the movie because I liked watching Godzilla stop around and destroy all the toy cars and city.
