There have been over 30 Godzilla movies made so far and its pretty clear that what keeps this franchise going isn't the titular character, but rather the human drama that occurs because of his appearances. We just can't get enough of that! Its like the Transformers franchise and those intergalactic, warring robots that could transform into cool cars and awesome military vehicles. Our interest in them was nowhere near as high as in that annoying teenager kid and whether or not he could get a girlfriend or tell her that he loves her. Thankfully this new Godzilla movie does not deviate from this pattern for success. In fact, even when the King of Monsters does show up, he is mostly kept in the background so we can keep the focus on the army man who is separated from his family. Thats whats really captivating us, right? Its like in Jaws, by keeping the shark out of the majority of the picture you make the scenes he is in that much more thrilling and suspenseful. After all, a big great white shark that lives entirely in the ocean and a monster bigger than skyscrapers that rises from the sea and kills other giant monsters have a lot in common. Thats a great formula to follow when you are making a scary, suspense thriller and if you're like me, then I am sure when you think about a giant, amphibious, radioactive lizard monster smashing a city, you think scary, suspense thriller. As good as the human drama is, Godzilla does manage to steal pretty much every scene he is in so I guess its the best of both worlds in this movie.
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