History Film / Godzilla

* EpicFail: The USAF ''blowing up the Chrysler building'' with two missiles meant for 'Zilla is an excellent example. Justified ''and'' Lampshaded.

* EpicFail: The USAF ''blowing up the Chrysler building'' with two missiles meant for 'Zilla is an excellent example.

* VoodooShark: The reason behind the horizontal, raptor-like design for the monster was in order to make it more "realistic." (We'll ignore the improbability of such a lanky, precarious and front-heavy design being better suited for giant size than the mountain-shaped original.) They decided to continue making it more realistic by making it a mutated iguana instead of a dinosaur, thereby completely negating the entire point behind the raptor-shape in the first place.
** Made even worse by the fact that the original Godzilla's thick, heavy legs (relative to the upper body) work better as support for an extremely oversized biped than the slim-legged "raptor" legs. Of course, the SquareCubeLaw is being completely ignored either way...

''Godzilla'' is a [[TheNineties 1998]] American film [[TheRemake remake]] of [[{{Godzilla}} the Japanese film of the same name]]. It was co-written and directed by RolandEmmerich, director of ''IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', and starred MatthewBroderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria and Kevin Dunn. The film spawned an animated sequel called ''GodzillaTheSeries''. The film was released on May 20, 1998, by TriStarictures.

''Godzilla'' is a [[TheNineties 1998]] American film [[TheRemake remake]] of [[{{Godzilla}} the Japanese film of the same name]]. It was co-written and directed by RolandEmmerich, director of ''IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', and starred MatthewBroderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria and Kevin Dunn. The film spawned an animated sequel called ''GodzillaTheSeries''. The film was released on May 20, 1998, by [=TriStar=] Pictures.

* [[YourMileageMayVary AwesomeMusic]]: One of the few things in this film that a majority fans can agree upon is that David Arnold's score was really good.

* BreakawayPopHit: The Wallflowers' cover of [[DavidBowie "Heroes"]].

* ANuclearError: The opening stock footage of a Nuclear Error isn't French footage but American test footage out of the Bikini Atoll.

* CuteGiant: [[http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff435/Soundpulse/sglittlegodzilla1.jpg Little Godzilla.]]

''Godzilla'' is a [[TheNineties 1998]] American film [[TheRemake remake]] of the Japanese film of the same name. It was co-written and directed by RolandEmmerich, director of ''IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', and starred MatthewBroderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria and Kevin Dunn. The film spawned an animated sequel called ''GodzillaTheSeries''. The film was released on May 20, 1998, by [=TriStar=] Pictures.

* GiantFootOfStomping: Used in the early teaser trailer, where Godzilla brings his might foot down on a museum's T. Rex skeleton in the middle of a kids' tour. Meant as a (typically nineties) [[TakeThat wholly unnecessary potshot]] at JurassicPark, but really just comes off as kinda [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Python-esque]].

* InNameOnly: The monster was nicknamed "GINO" ("Godzilla In Name Only") by Godzilla fans.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Dr. Niko Tatopoulos, who was named for Patrick Tatopoulos, who worked special effects on the film and [[TruthInTelevision has the same problem]].

* StrawCritic: Mayor Ebert, a TakeThat at RogerEbert.
* TakeThat:
** In retaliation for giving ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' and ''IndependenceDay'' negative reviews, director RolandEmmerich had NoCelebritiesWereHarmed versions of Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel as the Mayor of New York and his aide (respectively). The bizarre thing is, nothing remotely bad happens to either of them (aside from having their city destroyed) and their only real character fault was incompetence (given this is their first monster attack, it's understandable). Both were considerably perplexed by this, with Siskel wondering that if Emmerich was going to go through the trouble of finding lookalikes, why not at least have Zilla squash them?
** On the other side of the spectrum, Toho put Zilla in ''Final Wars'', and Zilla went down in ''ten seconds''. Toho did ''not'' like what happened with Godzilla in America. Hence the Toho official nickname "Zilla": Toho didn't believe the American Godzilla had any right to have "God" in its name.

** In retaliation for giving ''{{Stargate}}'' and ''IndependenceDay'' negative reviews, director RolandEmmerich had NoCelebritiesWereHarmed versions of Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel as the Mayor of New York and his aide (respectively). The bizarre thing is, nothing remotely bad happens to either of them (aside from having their city destroyed) and their only real character fault was incompetence (given this is their first monster attack, it's understandable). Both were considerably perplexed by this, with Siskel wondering that if Emmerich was going to go through the trouble of finding lookalikes, why not at least have Zilla squash them?

''Godzilla'' is a [[TheNineties 1998]] American film [[TheRemake remake]] of the Japanese film of the same name. It was co-written and directed by RolandEmmerich, director of ''IndependenceDay'' and ''{{Stargate}}'', and starred MatthewBroderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria and Kevin Dunn. The film spawned an animated sequel called ''GodzillaTheSeries''. The film was released on May 20, 1998, by [=TriStar=] Pictures.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: David Arnold's score is one of the few truly good things to come from this movie, aside from the aforementioned animated series.

* HarsherInHindsight: In a clip of a news broadcast covering Zilla's rampage through New York, the broadcaster says "...in what city officials are calling the worst act of destruction since the World Trade Tower bombing", referencing the bombing of the WTC in 1993. The film was released only three years before 9/11. Ouch.

* NarmCharm: This movie doesn't take itself too seriously, except when it takes itself ''hilariously'' seriously. Unless you're one of those perpetually-angry hardcore Godzilla fans who aren't allowed to like this film, just kick back and enjoy a nice, popcorny RolandEmmerich monster flick.

* TakeThat: In retaliation for giving ''{{Stargate}}'' and ''IndependenceDay'' negative reviews, director RolandEmmerich had NoCelebritiesWereHarmed versions of Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel as the Mayor of New York and his aide (respectively). The bizarre thing is, nothing remotely bad happens to either of them (aside from having their city destroyed) and their only real character fault was incompetence (given this is their first monster attack, it's understandable). Both were considerably perplexed by this, with Siskel wondering that if Emmerich was going to go through the trouble of finding lookalikes, why not at least have Zilla squash them?
** On the other side of the spectrum, Toho put Zilla in ''Final Wars'', and Zilla went down in ''ten seconds''. Toho did ''not'' like what happened with Godzilla in America...
*** Hence the Toho official nickname "Zilla": Toho didn't believe the American Godzilla had any right to have "God" in its name.
**** Oddly enough, despite being incompetent themselves, one of these characters gives a very much deserved WhattheHellHero to the military after they fail to hit something thirty stories high from a few feet away.
-->'''Mayor''':''What the hell is the matter with you people? You caused more damage then that God-damn thing did!''

**** Oddly enough, despite being incompetant themselves, one of these characters gives a very much deserved [WhattheHellHero] to the military after they fail to hit something thirty stories high from a few feet away.

**** Oddly enough, despite being incompetant themselves, one of these characters gives a very much deserved [What the Hell Hero] to the military after they fail to hit something thirty stories high from a few feet away.

**** Oddly enough, despite being incompetant themselves, one of these characters gives a very much deserved [WhattheHellHero what the hell, Hero] to the military after they fail to hit something thirty stories high from a few feet away.

**** Oddly enough, despite being incompetant themselves, one of these characters gives a very much deserved [WhattheHell,Hero what the hell, Hero] to the military after they fail to hit something thirty stories high from a few feet away.

**** Oddly enough, despite being incompetant themselves, one of these characters gives a very much deserved [What the Hell,Hero] to the military after they fail to hit something thirty stories high from a few feet away.

**** Oddly enough, despite being incompetant themselves, one of these characters gives a very much deserved [[What the Hell,Hero]] to the military after they fail to hit something thirty stories high from a few feet away.

**** Oddly enough, despite being incompetant themselves, one of these characters gives a very much deserved [[WhattheHell,Hero]] to the military after they fail to hit something thirty stories high from a few feet away.