[Den-O]

Just got done with the film.

I. Am. FLOORED.

That was simply excellent. Absolutely fantastic. The perfect sense of scale was given to Godzilla and the MUTO's. I felt like they were real from the perspective we saw them from. But the inability to see them fully for most of the film, that lends to their god like prehistoric status making them seem even larger than life than they already are.

Ford was just the kind of protaganist it needed for the audience to identify with. I recognize his father and mother were nothing more than plot devices to get Ford involved, but once he was it was a pleasure to watch him grapple with concepts larger than he ever could have imagined in his simple life.

The fights were GLORIOUS. I've seen complaints that the lack of full on monster action somehow is a negative to the film. I wholeheartedly disagree. It's the fact that we glimpse the creatures so little, seeing only pieces of them, that creates the spectacle. It builds the tension for their eventual full on battle royal. And what a battle that was. I literally shouted in the theater when I saw Godzilla's tail and spines begin to glow. The first use of his atomic breath was magnificent. But the piece de' resistance of the film, that one moment, was him breathing fire down the females throat and cleaving it's head off. THAT was superb monster on monster action.

I read the prequel graphic novel Godzilla Awakening right before my viewing as well and while they move would be aces without it's knowledge, the read greatly enhance my viewing experience. I'll be writing up a full review for the site this weekend.