Review: 'Godzilla' Is Just About As Awesome As It Needs to Be

Success can be a film franchise's worst enemy, and Godzilla is a perfect case in point. The original was as thoughtful and subversive as a movie with a guy in a rubber suit has probably ever been, but as a series, the scaly behemoth's adventures have mostly been equal parts corn and cheese, and attempts to make the character modern and relevant for American audiences have ended in embarrassing failure. (Green Day-Glo pain, thy name is Roland Emmerich -- and the less said about Godzilla 1985, the better.)

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