What is the new Godzilla about?
Not much, really. Despite the early indications on the official web site, the movie was certainly not a scathing indictment of our nuclear policies, or even France’s nuclear testing. If one believes screenwriter Dean Devlin, it’s about Animal vs Technology — and wow, it looks like technology wins. What a surprise. However, every movie is a product of its times, and Godzilla is no exception. For instance, the large amount of destruction that the US military cause to New York is a direct result of our current awareness of “friendly fire.” Also, for whatever reason, destroying the Chrysler building is really popular this year (Deep Impact, Armageddon). Filmmakers may be afraid to destroy the World Trade Center out of respect for the people who were hurt in the World Trade Center bombing a few years ago. And of course there was that whole bit with Mayor Ebert and his assistant Gene. Obviously, Devlin and Emmerlich were not amused by the multiple bad reviews that the critical duo gave Inde
