So I finally saw the 1998 film...

...and I really don't need to say anything, because it's already been said by somebody somewhere else and likely a lot better than I could say it.

But here are a couple of things that did stick out to me in my immediate memory, and I'll probably come back and fill this up the more I think about it:

Elsie Chapman said Allosaurus died out in the Cretaceous. It was the Jurassic, you moron! And you're supposed to be a paleontologist?!

Who's idea was it to have it be constantly raining almost all throughout the film? It makes the stuff we get in the climax of KOTM look like a light drizzle in comparison.

It's like the movie can't decide if it wants to take Godzilla seriously or if it wants to be all campy and goofy about it. For instance, Animal's encounter with Zilla when he almost steps on him.

The constant mispronunciation of Nick's last name got really old really fast.

As somebody on the Autism spectrum, Victor's wife calling him the R-word during Zilla's first attack really rubbed me the wrong way. There are few things in this world that I really, truly hate. The R-word, and more specifically its most common application, is one of them. I know it's probably minor in the grand scheme of things, but it's still something that I really don't like.

Honestly, this film has given me a whole new appreciation for both the animated series that followed this movie and the MonsterVerse. I already liked 2014 and KOTM, but they look like masterpieces to me now in comparison to this.

However, there were a few things that I came away liking. I really liked all three chase scenes in the movie (the helicopter chase, the sub chase, and the taxi chase). I thought those were pretty decent action scenes. I like Zilla's roars. David Arnold's music is great, and definitely one of my favorite tracks in the series. I liked the opening scene of the Japanese fishing boat attack, and it's probably the most Godzilla-feeling scene in the entire movie. I thought Hicks was okay. But that's all really the best I can say about this thing.

Now if you excuse me, I'm gonna go watch Godzilla: The Series to wash this outta my brain.