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| Above, G.I.N.O. in New York. Photo by TriStar Pictures. |
It is hard to believe that this year marks 20 years since the Roland Emmerich/Dean Devlin Godzilla hit the theaters and disappointed the hell out of Godzilla fans and movie fans in general.
Today, the movie is largely forgotten, or remembered with derision. Among Godzilla fans, the 1998 movie is more commonly referred to as G.I.N.O. (or GINO), as in Godzilla In Name Only. This was coined by fan Richard Pusateri and, which is not too surprising, the name stuck!
Screen Rant has posted an article with reflections by writer Dean Devlin on why the movie flopped.
It starts out with:
Dean Devlin, the writer of the 1998 Godzilla reboot, reflects on what went wrong with the American adaptation of the popular Toho property. The film has been ridiculed by fans and is commonly considered to be the worst Godzilla movie ever made. One of fans' biggest problems with the movie is that its version of Godzilla barely resembled the King of the Monsters, both in spirit and in appearance.
That last sentence basically sums it up for fans.
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| Above, the 1954 classic Godzilla. Photo by Toho Co., Ltd. |
To read what Devlin has to say, go here.
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