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Brian's Reviews


Columbia Pictures Presents

Godzilla

Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Mario Pitillo, Hank Azaria

Directed by: Roland Emmerich


Analysis

Movie Critique
Video Quality
Audio Quality
DVD Quality
DVD ContentsSpecial Features/Extras and Chapter List
DVD StudioColumbia Tri-Star Home Video
Languages5.1: English; Dolby Surround: English
SubtitlesEnglish
Running TimeApprox. 139 min
Theatrical Release DateMay 30, 1998
DVD Release DateNovember 3, 1998
MPAA RatingPG-13
Screen FormatsWidescreen 2.35:1
# of Discs1
Disc FormatSingle Sided-Dual Layered
Case TypeKeep Case (Amaray)


Video Quality

The video on Godzilla was astounding! Definitely reference quality. The picture was crystal clear and darkness was beautiful. Everything just was great. There is absolutely no problem with the transfer whatsoever. I couldn't find any artifacts or anything, it was great! You could see every scale on Godzilla. You could see every drop of water. It's so clear, well, I guess that's a common trait of DVD, but it was much clearer than the majority that I've seen. It was superb. If you want to boast about DVD, here's a DVD that does it beautifully.


Audio Quality

Also, reference quality, in a way. If you want to boast about your .1 channel (the LFE), then here's your reference DVD. Godzilla's every step shook my room. Buildings crumble, explosions here and there, missle flying everywhere breaking down everything, which brings out the lovely bass in movies, and Dolby Digital does it nicely. The only thing that I didn't like was that in some of the "Fire At Will" scenes, there were many missle shots. The missles would come from a helicopter you see ahead of you, then they shoot the missles. They come directly at you, and they pass you, but the surrounds didn't pick up. I only wished that they were. That's the reason for the 1/2 drop. If those shots were there, I'd give this DVD a 6! It would have boasted Dolby Digital's separating of the surround channel very nicely. In other words, it had potential, but didn't do it all the way. I'm not saying every missle shot didn't use it, but the somes of the ones that had a lot of potential, didn't. Other than the surrounds, the rest of it was great! Actually, in everything but the missle scenes, the surrounds did a very nice job. This is one of those movies where you get the full excitement when you play it loud. Great audio!


DVD Quality

This DVD was amazing! It had so many features! It was just about or really close to a New Line Platinum Edition (which have LOTSA extras). If you go down and look at what's included, you'll be surprised. After you know what's on there, you have to see it. The video and audio quality is there too. In the featurette, I was amazed at how clear the picture was, it was stunning! Even animated menus. Which proved very useful and it was really neat looking. This was definitely one of my favorite DVDs, techincally speaking. If you want to boast, you know, this is a pretty arrogant DVD, about features in DVD, here's one that won't disappoint.


DVD Contents

Menu Items
Chapter List
  • Play Movie
  • Language/Audio
  • English: 5.1
  • English: Dolby Surround
  • Subtitles
  • English
  • No Subtitles
  • Scene Selection
  • Extra Features
  • Trailers
    -- Godzilla Teaser Trailer 1
    -- Godzilla Teaser Trailer 2
    -- Godzilla Theatrical Trailer
    -- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
    -- Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth
  • Featurette
  • Special F/X Supervisor Commentary
  • Godzilla Takes New York (Before/After Shots)
    -- Godzilla Rips Through the Fulton Fish Market
    -- Godzilla Crushes Wall Street
    -- Godzilla Storms Grand Central Station
    -- The Metlife Building's Been Hit
    -- Godzilla Terrorizes the Flatiron Building
  • Publicity Materials
    -- Director/Producer Bio
    -- Cast Filmography
    ----- Matthew Broderick
    ----- Jean Reno
    ----- Maria Putillo
    ----- Hank Azaria
    -- Photo Gallery
    -- Music Video
    ----- Heroes: The Wallflowers
    1. Start
    2. Collision course
    3. Worm guy
    4. "Gojira."
    5. Inside a footprint
    6. Insurance claim
    7. Caught on something
    8. "I got a bite."
    9. New kid in town
    10. 23rd St. Station
    11. Drawing him out
    12. Fire At Will: One
    13. Copter chase
    14. "He's pregnant."
    15. Shaken, not stirred
    16. Section Five
    17. Fire At Will: Two
    18. Torpedo run
    19. The nest
    20. Like father, like sons
    21. "Wrong floor."
    22. "Not this way."
    23. Garden party
    24. Cab chase
    25. Park Avenue tunnel
    26. Brooklyn Bridge
    27. Fire At Will: Three
    28. Au revoir