20 of the biggest sci-fi cinema disappointments of the last 20 years

Denofgeek.com is at it again, this time creating another great list that showcases the 20 biggest sci-fi disappointments in the last 20 years.

They have some worthy mentions such as The Island of Dr. Moreau (promising story that was executed badly), Alien: Resurrection (filmed like a joke), The Matrix Reloaded (one of the best ways to muddle things with pointless directions) and others.

Included in the list is the 1998 Godzilla movie, which they have this to state:

"Another film that exchanged charm for swanky special effects, Roland Emmerich’s appropriation of Toho’s kaiju classic felt more like a collision of disparate scripts rather than a cohesive story. Starting in the conventional giant monster vein, with a nuclear-embiggenned giant lizard cromulently wrecking boats at sea before turning its attention to Manhattan, Godzilla then changes gear into a Jurassic Park-style battle against smaller lizards hatching from eggs. 


Fans of the Japanese Godzilla movies railed against the decision to make the monster a female, as well as the filmmakers’ repeated uses of night shoots and heavy rain to hide the beast from view, but these are the least of the movie’s problems - it’s its lack of characters or human spark that makes it such forgettable summer fodder. 


The story goes that Monsters director Gareth Edwards will be directing a new Godzilla movie for Legendary Pictures. If it can capture the spirit of the Japanese movies, we’ll be very happy people."

Good points altogether, although I still feel that the movie never set out to be a Godzilla-movie-of-the-old.

It was made from its own slice of pie, which is why there's still so much discontent from Godzilla fans expecting a remake of the original.

In any case here's the original article:

denofgeek.com: 20 of the Biggest Sci-Fi Cinema Disapointments of the last 20 years