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Week 48: 'Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle' [2018]
Is Godzilla in it? Yes.
Sub or Dub? Dub
This CGI sequel probably follows on from 2017's 'Godzilla: Planet of Monsters', but as that was largely forgettable I'll just have to trust that there's some continuity here. Earth has been taken over by Godzilla, forcing the population to flee into space, returning in a timey-wimey way 20,000 years later. Earnest animated stuff ensues. And talking. Lots and lots of talking.
I'm not sure whether I slept through most of this one or it just felt like it. I had no idea what was going on, or why, and honestly didn't care either way. None of the characters had developed a sense of humour since their last outing - just more love of discussion - and even the visuals seemed lacklustre. It's the sort of middle-entry-of-a-trilogy film that gives middle-entry-of-a-trilogy films a bad name. Everything seemed to be there purely to set up the grand climax of the next film. (Whether there is actually a 'grand climax' remains to be seen. I'm not hopeful.) There are two short female twins, safeguarding an egg. There is mention of a fierce space monster, worse than Godzilla, whose name can only be whispered (the post credit scene gives you the name, if you hadn't already worked it out).
So, yeah, Mothra and Ghidorah are turning up in Part 3. We get it. Why not just tease that at the end of Part 1, and skip this film completely? I suppose it was entertaining for people who missed Avatar's Pandora and wanted an anime version of that, but otherwise this was a turgid mess. Here's hoping that Godzilla, Mothra & Ghidorah go back in time in Part 3 and decide to make a better trilogy on their own.
Is Godzilla in it? Yes.
Sub or Dub? Dub
This CGI sequel probably follows on from 2017's 'Godzilla: Planet of Monsters', but as that was largely forgettable I'll just have to trust that there's some continuity here. Earth has been taken over by Godzilla, forcing the population to flee into space, returning in a timey-wimey way 20,000 years later. Earnest animated stuff ensues. And talking. Lots and lots of talking.
I'm not sure whether I slept through most of this one or it just felt like it. I had no idea what was going on, or why, and honestly didn't care either way. None of the characters had developed a sense of humour since their last outing - just more love of discussion - and even the visuals seemed lacklustre. It's the sort of middle-entry-of-a-trilogy film that gives middle-entry-of-a-trilogy films a bad name. Everything seemed to be there purely to set up the grand climax of the next film. (Whether there is actually a 'grand climax' remains to be seen. I'm not hopeful.) There are two short female twins, safeguarding an egg. There is mention of a fierce space monster, worse than Godzilla, whose name can only be whispered (the post credit scene gives you the name, if you hadn't already worked it out).
So, yeah, Mothra and Ghidorah are turning up in Part 3. We get it. Why not just tease that at the end of Part 1, and skip this film completely? I suppose it was entertaining for people who missed Avatar's Pandora and wanted an anime version of that, but otherwise this was a turgid mess. Here's hoping that Godzilla, Mothra & Ghidorah go back in time in Part 3 and decide to make a better trilogy on their own.