It was okay. Certainly not the best of the Millennium series, but not the worst. It was probably Takeo Okawara's most mature directorial effort of the four movies he's directed.
Still, he does the same thing with his characters that he did in the Heisei series-- has them standing far off on a building, or a big room with a giant screen, watching the monsters duke it out from afar. His characters just don't have anything to do when the final battle starts. So unlike the Showa era... The characters were fairly uneven anyway, so maybe it's a moot point.
And even though we've already touched on G-Cells in vs. Biollante, I suppose it was interesting to see an alien race take advantage of them, instead of humanity. It was a very different take on the alien invasion plotline than we're used to.
The special effects ranged from spectacular to mediocre, with more mediocre moments than not. I think the issue here is that Gamera 3 came out the same year and, once again, Gamera shows up Godzilla in just about every aspect-- writing, directing, special effects, acting...etc...
The same thing happened in 1995 when both Gamera Guardian of the Universe was released the same year as Godzilla vs. Destroyah. Both good movies, but Gamera was vastly superior in every way.
By the time Toho's team caught up with everything that went down in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Daiei's team had taken another big leap with Gamera 3. Even GMK, as fantastic as it was, was unable to measure up. I think there was an expectation starting with Godzilla 2000 that was just not reached for both fans and critics. Gamera 3 set the bar and every Millennium Godzilla movie missed it. If not for that, Godzilla 2000 might have been thought more highly of.
Still it was great to see a Godzilla movie as a wide release again. It's a fun movie, like Okawara's other Godzilla flicks, but when you step away from it you see a few issues.
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