Nice review.. however.. Godzilla did not have radioactive breath used at any time during this movie. If you have the DVD in the part where he turns around after being fired at by a machine gun, the cars on the ground are on fire and the fire simply spreads by his breath.. they (devlin and emerich ) didnt want him to have radioactive breath because they felt it wasn't realistic. um..yeah. But anyway, a great looking and sounding DVD with some great action scenes.
The Dolby Digital 5.1 is fantastic on this movie, but I too await the Superbit version for the DTS. Actually one of the movies that I found works with matrix 6.1.
I also remember buying this back in October of '98 when it first came out and really being impressed with the picture quality. If I remember correctly this came out the same day as the very first batch of Fox dvds. Man, those were the days.
Anyways, I've seen it many times in the Wal-Mart 5.50(now marked 2 for 11 dollars at my local store) bin and it's definitely worth a purchase at that price. I remember reading a comparison between the region 2 superbit and the region regular that said that picture quality was almost identical so I don't know if it's worth waiting for.
Glad to hear this is still a good set. I was worried Sony would pimp out a new edition because of THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. This seems like a sound purchase. Thanks for the helps folks. Anamorphic, good sound/video...all I need to know.
I really doubt we will see a re-release of this. I think they would only do it if a new Godzilla movie was made. Just my thoughts of course. Also, anyone else notice any time emmerich does a new movie, it's always "the director of independance day"? Nver any mention of Godzilla. Seems as if he knows most of the fans are upset with him for changing Godzilla so much, so he is trying (or hoping) people will forget. anyone else think so?
Mathew Broderick acting was really great in this film, He did what Anthony Michael Hall(Breakfast Club)couldn't do, shake off his younger geek image IMHO. I liked the squared off jaw on this new first of it's kind creature. Animal charactor is a one of a kind, and Jene Reno "Elvis Presley records~He was the king" took the cake!I only paid $5 for the DVD thru a Suncoast.com special.
O/T Suncoast had a few for $5 one was "The Jazz Singer" with Neil Diamond and Lucy Arnez in 2.35:1 anamorphic wide screen.
That's funny, it was Mathew Broderick and the blonde girl that almost ruined this movie for me. I liked everything else but I cringe during any of Mathew's scenes.