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   Norman England to All   
   Re: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly   
   03 Sep 03 03:27:20   
   
   XPost: alt.movies.monster   
   From: tor222@hotmail.com   
      
   > I thought it was the worst Godzilla movie I had ever seen, bar   
   > "Godzilla's Revenge".   
   > The characters were cardboard cutouts without a single defining   
   > characteristic to make them interesting.   
   > The Godzilla suit looked too much like a T-Rex and not enough like   
   > Godzilla.   
   > The re-vamped continuity was almost offensive, with Ghidorah (who had   
   > always been a bad guy AFAIK) being a good guy here.   
   > The ending was laughable.  I mean it.  I laughed out loud at how   
   > ridiculous it was.   
   > The film seemed to be edited by a first-year film school student.   
   > Shots were too long or useless.  The director seemed to have no idea   
   > how to build suspense.   
   > The fight scenes suffered from "Dragonball-itis".  *The good guy is   
   > down!* *He's up again!*  *The bad guy's defeated!*  *He's back!*  Blah   
   > blah blah.   
      
   > Philip R. Frey   
   > a.k.a. 'Rhindle The Red'   
   > Founder/Editor   
   > The Hunt For Edward D. Wood, Jr.   
      
   Perhaps if *Ed Wood* had directed GMK *you* would have gotten all the   
   things *you* seem to be after in a motion picture experience.   
      
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