MOVIE COMPANY:Â TriStar Pictures, Centropolis Entertainment
CAST: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner and Harry Shearer.
DIRECTED BY: Roland Emmerich
PRODUCED BY: Dean Devlin
RATING: PG-13
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120685
TYPE OF TV SHOW: Thriller, Action, Sci-Fi
A giant, radiation-mutated lizard, Godzilla, is pregnant and chooses Manhattan as a nest site. Godzilla causes havoc in New York as a team of scientists and the military desperately try to destroy him and his offspring.
DVD EXTRAS:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen
• Commentary by the special effects supervisors
• Production notes
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• “Godzilla Takes New York”: before and after shots
• Music video “Heroes” by The Wallflowers
• Photo Gallery
• Widescreen anamorphic format
KNOWN DVD SECRET:Â None that I know of at this time.
DVD REVIEW:
I saw this movie when it first came out. I liked the movie but what I didn’t like was the title because this was not the Godzilla I grew up watching. This one was like a Jurassic Park type movie but I liked the movie but I felt it had nothing to do with the popular Godzilla name.
The movie was ok…but nothing spectacular. The special effects were very good but again, the movie was average.
Now what about the DVD? Ahh…well, now that’s what makes this movie awesome! The 5.1 digital sound and the base of each step the behemoth makes…ahh! Good sounds to your ears!!
The video was well done. Clean and hardly any artifacts during the dark scenes.
Now, the extras. I was pleased to see the two Japanese trailers for Godzilla vs. Mothra and another one vs. King Zhidra. The music video was pretty cool and they packed this DVD up with trailers, featurette and commentary. All good!
Now, if you are so hung up on the movie’s plot, admit it that it wasn’t that bad. This DVD is exhibits great sound and features! The majority of those who will buy this DVD is because it’s one of the best DVD’s to show your friends of why 5.1 sounds so good! The sound is that good!
THE MOVIE:Â B-
THE DVD EXTRAS:Â A
THE DVD OVERALL:Â B