Godzilla II - King of the Monsters

John DeFore

In the recent words of the polymath artist and great thinker John Lurie: "Though Godzilla has appeared in 47 different movies, his acting has never improved." Lurie's count may be quite a bit off, but he's on to something. Whether embodied by a man in a rubber suit or a vast team of digital artists, the eponymous radiation-breathing monster can't be counted on to carry the films he stars in. Their success depends on the pacing and execution of action sequences; the sweaty brows and urgent voices of scientists speaking to generals; and the subplots screenwriters must use to fill time before a giant lizard thwacks a skyscraper with his tail. [...]

di John DeFore, articolo completo (5873 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Hollywood Reporter 28 maggio 2019