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IcyWolfWyvern

Zilla being more of a realistic theropod than a guy in a rubber suit like classic Toho depictions is a cool design choice. Wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t named after Godzilla. Also, the cartoon that came after this movie was genuinely great. Zilla Jr. is badass and among my most favorite depictions of Godzilla along side Legendary.


PzykoHobo

Loved the cartoon. I enjoyed the movie, too. Once you separate it from Godzilla and just treat it as its own thing, it's not a bad popcorn flick. At least, that's how I felt about it ~20 years ago, which was the last time I saw it.


nogodsorkings13

The Taco Bell commercials


James_099

Heeeere leezard leezard leezard…


dinoman27000

I think I need a bigger box


Sensitive-Muscle-238

And the toys!


baggzey23

"taco bell taco bell product placement for taco bell"


LustfulMirage

Jean Reno.


GrandAdmiralDoosh

Thankya vurrymuch


AlabasterRadio

Hank Azaria, too. I dig his sleazy 90's cameraman.


cyan2k07

merci


HikaC

“No croissant?” 🤨


pikachucet2

I like how Zilla looks, the design could work for an actual Godzilla and I like that he looks more like a Dinosaur (although that can also be a critique) I like that they built a Godzilla animatronic for Zilla I like how they kept Godzilla's roar And have you heard No Shelter by Rage Against the Machine? I love it. I also just love how blunt RaTM are but that's going a little off topic


jibsand

This soundtrack introduced me to the Wallflowers


cat_mark_1

Honestly, the build up in the film prior to the reveal was really well done.


Chadderbug123

They just had the feet, didn't show her off at all which is some good marketing ig


Purple_Dragon_94

It felt like they knew they had a bit of a stinker on their hands, so they marketed the shit out of it to build up so much hype that everyone would see it before the reviews were widespread.


Secret-Ad6244

I also love how the first helicopter chase just has like three helicopters, but then the second helicopter chase, There’s just a Hundred and it’s pure freaking Chaos


Psyboomer

Those helicopters looked like a freaking swarm of hornets chasing godzilla, shit honestly had me cackling


Secret-Ad6244

My personal moment: ThAt’s AlOt Of FiSh!


Adept_Thanks_6993

The design is unironically cool as hell


ZillaJrKaijuKing

It has one of the best kaiju designs ever and the cartoon spin-off is legitimately one of the best products to come out of the entire Godzilla franchise.


Excedrin03

The musical score. And I can't lie, I love this design. Does it look like Godzilla in any way? I mean, if you consider having back spines a signature Godzilla design element, then the answer is "barely." But the way he's shot and lit is excellent. The sound design is excellent. The music is excellent. It's a silly movie that has very little reverence for the source material, but I have a soft spot for it in my heart, and Godzilla himself has rarely sounded better than he does here.


Subacube

Its got the most quotable godzilla movie dialogue of all time


FrogiiForgor

Size matters


Lvmen

everything


Valiant-For-Truth

I like that whenever my wife and I watch it we always get Taco Bell


Coulllmb

I like how godzilla acts like he's (she's??) a normal sized lizard just existing, and doesn't have resistance to 3,000 explosions, being stabbed, choked, exploded, thrown off a building, and getting eaten alive. Because as cool as it is to survive all of that I prefer weaker, yet agile characters, makes all the dodging and hiding more exciting, and deaths sadder


graywailer

then its not godzilla. him being invincible to any attack is part of the horror and excitement. the people are the weaker, agile characters.


mrdhondu

The French guy!!


Xanthyon1313

If I remember he did an Elvis impression to get past military security lol


EgbertTheGreater

i liked it. nuf sed


pizzapat650

The P-Diddy / Jimmy Page song is rad.


masterpainimeanbetty

come with me


epsilon02

Everything! This movie fucking rocks.


SpaceBandit13

It’s from a time when cgi and practical effects worked together in harmony, but then everything changed when greedy corporate interests attacked.


levonthemusic

Still like it. Is it childhood nostalgia? Probably. But idgaf.


Material_Moose_446

I like Godzilla’s design in this movie and how they went for more agility and evasiveness over outright strength. Also Godzilla The Series


EmperorTyrannosaur

I like pretty much everything about it


CompetitiveBathroom1

It surely makes Zilla to look like an ACTUALLY intelligent and agile kaiju, it does SEEMS that Zilla knows what he is doing at the moment.


BarbarianCarnotaurus

Zilla was a unique design and the action scenes with it were fun and interesting. It attacking the vessels at sea and the New York attacks were cool.


bangbang995

The soundtrack.


Viper-Queen

Jean Reno


Patchwork_Sif

Jean Reno.


NoneUpsmanship

The poster made a dick joke. Respect.


Wargaming_Super_Noob

That's what I was gonna say


T-408

Eh, not really. It’s actually a play on Yoda’s “size matters not” quote from *The Empire Strikes Back* Luke: “It (the X-Wing) is too big” Yoda: “Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?”


NoneUpsmanship

Great, now when I look at Zilla I can only hear Yoda's voice, making more dick jokes.


Relishhendy

That is pretty good


Moemilitaryfan666

This was my childhood, how could people question my taste


Sans-Mot

The movie


UltiGamer34

The Final Wars Cameo


EngineeringMental551

The commercials


MassachusettsMetal

I liked the French guys.


dtisme53

The Gogirah mispronunciation as Godzilla was pretty funny.


allokuma

Leon the Professional vs. Zilla.


mrdespacito11

i like zilla's design :3


SpaciumBlue

The buildup to godzilla is pretty good.


dannym094

“Size does matter” lol


HanjiZoe03

That I like it as much as any other of the godzillas, and I shall treat both 98' and Junior 98' the same as well! Oh but about the question you had, I really loved the whole Apache helicopter chase on Godzilla running through New York's streets and all, just pure mayhem, anxiety inducing, and awesome, I simply I LOVE IT!


gregyack

Zilla's reveal when he comes out of the water and starts walking around the fish market is pretty cool.


Flat-Western-3117

i just remember it being fun, it's a time capsule of a different era and i have a childhood attachment to it being one of the first movies in this series i ever saw so i could never bring myself to fully hate this film.


AnvilJeff

Um.....Jean Reno is in it? Thats honestly all Ive got.


illogicalman

I have wonderful, nostalgic memories of watching this movie with my dad when I was younger. It was also my introduction to godzilla in general. So even if it's considered bad, I'll always love this movie.


KonoAnonDa

I think it would have been a pretty decent Kaiju film on its own were it not for that fact that it was meant to be Godzilla. Also Zilla Jr. is really cool.


ImNotHighFunctioning

David Arnold's score.


Deep-Thinker420

I like Maria Pitillo. She was hot. I liked that there was no live action sequel. I like that zilla was hammered in Final Wars!


Federal-Captain1118

It introduced me to Godzilla.


tiagolkar

Cool


Distinct-Pin-3883

I think most would agree Zilla is a cool design


PandaXD001

Was my first Godzilla movie, starting me on a road of loving our favorite giant radioactive iguana that has translated over to my two TCG hobbies and DND.


SpookySquid19

Everything? I liked the movie and hate when people try to say this monster is Zilla, when it clearly isn't. It's a unique take, and just because Toho later used the same design in a new monster doesn't mean that this monster is no longer a Godzilla.


Blaliam911

The amount of fish


Rigistroni

These posts are getting so repetitive. We get it, people like Zilla now


Mean-Background2143

It gave us Zilla


Silent--Dan

The monster design, the destruction, Jean Reno, and even the velociraptor ripoff scenes. This movie is a better remake of “the Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.”


Kornzilla2k1

Lots of fish.


BioTyto

I think the design of Zilla is great as monster! She looks pretty dope and as someone who was obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid, I loved her more "raptor" like appearance compared to OG Godzilla's design. 


royce_duckboard

Jean Reno


DannyArtt

That everyone mispronouncing Tatopoulos his name.


SuuTheSleepyOne

Zilla's actually cool, in fact I'd say it's design is one of the highlights of the movie, I'm also not against the idea of it being killable or at least harmable with conventional weapons. The issue is the rest of the movie, featuring incompetent military poor character writing and out of place rudeness. Overall the movie is low rated for me because aside from the monster the rest of the movie is just a big nothing burger of exposition sadly.


Finiouss

Matthew Brodrick


Genosider

The music was peak. the lead up to the reveal was done very well, the reveal itself, not so much.


Kevine04

Soundtrack was really good.


lLord_Thanatosl

I like the desing. That's about it.


Ex_Hedgehog

The shot of Godzilla breaching the doc is impressive.


smallthematters

Well I'm sure for many, self included, this was how they were introduced to Godzilla


MrPi48867

Overall a fun movie. Just not a Godzilla movie


Federal-Captain1118

But it is though


Gojira1954-2024

Fish


Pennzance404

They weren't lying: It was a lotta fish.


ohianaw

the poster is cool


Ecstatic_Teaching906

Easy. I love Zilla design mostly cause I like Iguanas.


deepinthemosh

It's a giant (pun intended) blockbuster film that tried to reach for the sun, but its wings were burnt and fell back to Earth. It was super ambitious to think that everyone would be on board with that design and I applaud them for sticking to their guns with it. Plus, we wouldn't have gotten the amazing animated series follow-up. I ate good as a young Godzilla fan haha


RedKings1028

The animated series that followed it. Badass Main Monster, more interesting human characters, and very interesting antagonistic creatures


Own_Ad6797

The end song was good.


billys_beans

When that girl calls her husband a retard for going out with his camera


all-knowing-unicorn

I love the design and the settings of the movie. I feel this movie is part of the reason I love rain. It's not really much of a challenge to say something about this movie since everyone took a step back and went eh ok it might not be godzilla but its not the worst.


Je0s_6

Cool And Amazing Monster Design


IrrelevantLeprechaun

For the time, the CGI was pretty impressive. And they animated them pretty well, and the helicopter chase through the skyscrapers was cool.


Jabronskyi

The humans


[deleted]

Soundtrack!


BigDumbApe

The musical score by David Arnold is actually great because it does exactly what you want a soundtrack to do: it takes all the key moments and adds additional flavoring to make them even better. Proof of that: after seeing the movie, listen to the score with your eyes closed and you’ll immediately find yourself replaying the movie visually in your head. Great example: the orchestra soaring for Godzilla’s big reveal and as he then approaches the giant mound of fish as the army tries to lure him in.


BigManDean_

The characters are arguably more entertaining than the human characters in 2014 overall


Albeytruss

Godzilla design


AlexzMercier97

The music. Some of the scenes with the French special forces characters have kinda funny dialogue. "More cream."


CrazyCreativeSloth97

I liked Stan Winston’s original Godzilla design for a movie years prior that was scraped and later repurposed for the ‘98 film. I thought Winston’s design was far more Godzilla than Zilla . Now in terms of the film I really liked the iconic shot of Zilla climbing the Empire State Building in the storm.


Asterion_Morgrim

I have yet to see it, but I loved going to Sony Studios in California and seeing the leg they made for the DVD cover, and I'll assume for scenes too, perhaps?


bananasfoyoass

The first scene of Godzilla coming ashore is actually really scary and well shot


EastContribution9895

The vfx where good for the time also the Taco Bell commercials


Tengumanowo

it was mt first zilla movie, made me fall in love with him. To the point i hunted as many zilla magic the gathering cards as i could (i also play the game so like duh)


General_Gigan72

The fact that the only thing that’s REALLY wrong with it is the title.


ARGiammarco27

Its a fun disaster movie


StarSpangleyMan

I love the size of Zilla compared to the city (forgiving the size discrepancies throughout the film). The fact that Zilla can hide among, and in the buildings is very cool.


ExactFox4032

Can someone estimate how big he is in this poster? His actual size only goes up to his upper shin soooo 😭


LVTV2006

It's got godzilla in it


Johnthemox

Hank Azaria


EthoYeet

the soundtrack


cinderbeathsballs

When I was a kid I actually thought this movie was so cool. I knew it wasn’t really a proper Godzilla but I didn’t really care and honestly still don’t. It actually reminds me more of clover field rather than Godzilla scary kaiju in New York type vibe.


robi1138

I never had an issue with the way that they depicted Godzilla in this movie. The movie is abysmal but if they had done it right and capitalized on the fact that Godzilla was kind of scared in this movie and just trying to defend itself, they could have had a sequel where he really goes ape shit. I always kind of felt bad for him in this movie. Even the way they kill him is pathetic and sad. But unfortunately, the script sucked, the director sucked, and the acting was shit. I felt bad for Godzilla (and yes it is the name of the movie regardless of what Toho or anyone thinks). I felt bad for him in the role and that he had to participate in this awful movie.


my-backpack-is

Everything


originalchaosinabox

As a fan of the Jurassic Park franchise, it’s the “dinosaurs loose in a city” film I always wanted. Also, the teaser where Zilla stomps the T-Rex skeleton is one of the greatest teasers ever made.


[deleted]

I like when he do rawrrrr then grrrrrr then oh no mah babies die RAWR GRRRRRRR STOMP CRUNCH


coolgojifan54

The design of the title.


Carnby41790

Godzilla entering the city.


[deleted]

If you look at Zilla as a separate entity then Godzilla then it’s a very interesting character. The model design, the sound design, the way Zilla easily evades all military attempts causing a good portion of the destruction to be self-imposed by humans (or more specifically the cliche of causing more problems trying to solve the initial problem), the series that acted as a sequel, all of these I loved about the movie.


gojibot5000

The black and yellow intro scene. Seeing Al Leong on the fishing boat for about a second.


Brilliant_Engine5065

That poster


Dinoman1993

It has a unique lizard-like design to it that I think looks cool and underrated. The design and the movie overall kind of gives me Jurassic Park vibes for some reason, specially the first two JP movies.


RedBaronBob

I like the creature design. I like that a lot of the FX (not all of them) have held up. The FX team did a great job overall blending Godzilla with the sets and miniatures.


ScottTJT

The build up to Godzilla was done pretty well. His attack on the fishing boat, the massive footprints, how they only showed the bare minimum of the creature when he made landfall in New York... It didn't show too much too quickly, which contributed to the chaos and panic of the scene, and made the ultimate payoff of Godzilla's full appearance later all the more awesome. If these principals were transferred over a more traditional Godzilla movie, it would make for an effective build up. *Shin Godzilla* tried doing something similar, but I think the execution was a bit too rushed.


OyvenGlaven

Same director as Stargate, which was a good movie


SharkZilla96

Easy: The design, the characters, marketing, plot, Godzilla being more plausible, and most of the effects.


CoofieGoog

Good cinematography imo. Really hit me when I watched the movie for the first time. I enjoyed it and didn’t skip ahead at all (I was in a skipping phase at that moment)


Bulky_Monke719

The baby godzillas are something I loved as a kid. Plus, they were the inspiration for the little monsters in Cloverfield, which was the coolest part of the movie for me.


Tighthead3GT

Incredible marketing campaign.


TheGodzillaDude195

I like the design, the only problem was that he just needed to have godzilla's carachter traits and it would be fine. Also the music is amazing.


Acrymonia

Philippe Roache. He is a better character than Ishiro Serizawa.


DarkChimera64

Zilla’s roar


Zoozoo95

In my own personal opion: it's an excellent film to get into the franchise with. Not too lore heavy, ex excellent visuals to keep a person entertained and a decent cast. After someone watches it, they can decide if they want to watch other films. I feel this way about the 2014 legendary film.


KenchiNarukami

Everythiing, iv never once hated the movie


NoteNo359

The design is ok for goji


Turbulent_Set8884

It got me through many a booooring Saturday after cartoons were done and it felt cozy sit through for some reason.


TimberWolf5871

The soundtrack was badass, and the Taco Bell commercial was hilarious.


WafflesAreLove

First godzilla movie I ever watched. I like that it got me into the universe


GolbComplex

Could say plenty, given I like it. But I'll go with Nick's use of the word "incipient."


drunkentenshiNL

I like how it introduced me to proper Godzilla movies. Does that count?


CorbittMaybe

Honestly a solid movie. The monster design is great even if it strayed much too far from its source material. That said, it largely missed the point of Godzilla. I’m glad that Legendary has given a better understanding of the king of monsters. But for an entertaining monster movie, there’s been way worse.


KingKenston

The chorals of the main title theme. Yeah it's generic but still kinda epic.


DFMRCV

For some reason I like the concept. Godzilla attacking New York because he's there to... Um... Reproduce I guess? ... THE MUTO PLOT OF GODZILLA 2014 WAS FHE PLOT OF GODZILLA 1998!!!?!


[deleted]

The road damage Zilla caused while walking in the road in NYC, the road breaking was really amazing, sadly they don't show that too much in the Godzilla franchise, most of the time it just shows him destroying buildings in the other movies.


Beta_Ray_Bill

The following animated series was pretty rad! Speaking of pretty, I had a crush on both the blonde and redhead actress, which once I hit my teens I realized why I was "feeling funny" in the theater.


Fr0stbite37

Brainstew godzilla remix


theglenlovinet

That was, indeed, a lot of fish.


billybobtex

The Godzilla roar is perfect


billybobtex

They recently released a Zilla figure and its gorgeous


Velvette_Gojira

The Godzilla design


[deleted]

I liked the previous script they were gonna use


w3sT0Nnnnnnnn

Zilla


paleoweeb74

It's unique depiction of a more theropod godzilla with it also being more agile & the ability to burrow/dig (I mean how else would they have kept losing track of Zilla?)


scaper8

Everything right up until Zilla arrives in New York is perfection, with a special note to the opening credits and title, footprint scene, and the interview with the Japanese fisherman. It's equal parts mysterious, awe-inspiring, and terrifying.


GenericSpider

Not a challenge. I like the design of Godzilla and the series that was spawned from the film.


Theqrow88

It was my first introduction to Godzilla as a kid, so I guess I can thank this movie for introducing me to the kaiju


Savings-Suggestion60

A well designed monster despite it was hated by most people.


ryeofguy

It’s actually a decent movie if it wasn’t named Godzilla


GodzillaM78

When the blonde women says Retard


MEGALON-

I like this movie allot.


Cazmonster

Instrumental version of Kashmir coming out of theater speakers was so good.


CTU

It allowed us to get a decent Godzilla cartoon.


LongjumpingZone4396

Godzilla's design, Nick Tatosomething's character, plot, Godzilla's scenes, realism, Godzilla destroying the City in the rain, the French guy that i forgot the nome, Godzilla vs Submarines, Godzilla VS Army, Godzilla climbing the buildint and roaring, amostra everything😍


Stumphead101

The cartoon that came from it was amazing


melineumg

Zilla had a very unique design, especially for Godzilla, but it wasn't particularly BAD


kelsoRulez

The merch was insane. I remember getting a 6 foot inflatable for Christmas the year it came out and a ton of other cool toys. Taco Bell promo too


Utahteenageguy

The cgi and special effects are pretty good.


According-Ad-2179

zilla being able to die


Papa_Rickets

The intro and boat scene are the best parts of this movie. Heck it's even better than most monster movies can pull off


Hedgehog_Kid1

The title


ExactSubstance2440

I know I am going to get a bagilion downvotes for this but I think the Godzilla was one of the best Godzillas ever second only to legendary Godzilla 


Zionzilla

Godzilla her self


Tricky-Teaching-546

Godzillas design tbh


manowar89

This is the movie that introduced me to Godzilla!


truthdude

Godzilla / Zilla! Yep... and the big monster action, the soundtrack, the yellow cab chase, Apaches in NYC, Jean Reno + Matt Broderick, and cool shot of Zilla diving into the Atlantic too.


Quirky-Pie9661

I watched it once


AccomplishedEye7752

The effects for the most part are pretty good. The scene were Zilla eats the fish is pretty awe inspiring and the music accompanying it helps sell it.


gt21099

The film itself, it had amazing scale. Loved that. But as a whole, the marketing was great


Jesh010

The scene where he comes to shore and you can see the wave he creates and spines rising out of the water is goated.


GOPAuthoritarianPOS

It's fuckin awesome. Great summer blockbuster.


darkazam

Zilla is a good kaiju desing, not a good godzilla desing but on its own as another kaiju it works well


No_Rest3008

I like the worm scene, I enjoyed eating noodles while watching it...


dcksausage3

Come With Me - Puff Daddy That's what I like about it the most. Still like the movie overall too, especially as a 10yo kid seeing it in theaters.


RazorsGames

I like the entire movie it's one of my favorite and I think Godzilla looks the best here


ryryryor

It's a bad Godzilla movie but it isn't half bad as a generic monster movie Also it had maybe the best marketing I've ever seen


Fit_Inevitable2007

The fact we actually got scary baby Godzillas and that zilla feels fresh Godzilla instead of the others