[BillyBoy]

I remember people insisting that the 2014 Godzilla would be soooooooooooo much better than the 1998 version with Matthew Broderick.

Then I decided to sit down and watch both American Godzilla movies back to back.

Neither film was good, but the 1998 one at least had a campy, fun quality to it. The 2014 version was a waste of time after Bryan Cranston died. Godzilla also got about 25 minutes screentime in his own movie. Should have been titled "MUTOs: The Movie, with a Special Guest Appearance from Godzilla"

Had a similar reaction after seeing the "so much better" JJ Abrams Star Wars compared to the George Lucas prequels.

[mewzilla]

If you haven't and get a chance, watch the original Japanese version, Gojira , then the Raymond Burr version back to back. I love both for different reasons. That's my idea of a great movie night.

[karnage]

The 1998 version made a terrible strategic mistake, by having Godzilla sneak and slither around. Godzilla just stands up and stomps everything. Could not stand him sneaking around.

[mdmathis6]

I agree with you about the Star Wars Lucas prequels and I think the second prequel was the best of all 3.(as long as you could cut Christiansen out of all of it). Ewan McGregor was actually fantastic as a young OBI-Wan and he really needed his own movie free of all the other drek.

Well Ewan, we hardly knew ye!