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   From: xplar@netscape.net   
      
   I agree with that 100%, and it is the crux of the problem about expository   
   dialogue. But this has been a problem with Japanese cinema throughout its   
   history, which is why I don't blame Kaneko directly. For example, how many   
   F'N Spielberg-wannabe directors have we had to sit through over the past 30   
   years? How many film scores are studio-mandated to sound like bad John   
   Williams? The more that occurs, the more influenced the next generation of   
   filmmakers will believe that is correct cinema, unless they learn film   
   history. Kaneko, IMO, seems more deeply influenced by manga than film per   
   say, which he funnels through a kaiju perspective.   
      
      
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   >   
   > The scene that really annoyed me was just after Godzilla lights up the   
   > fleeing supermarket crowds. We have the scene in the classroom w/ everyone   
   > looking out the window in shock at the mushroom cloud in the distance --   
   > it's powerful, it's impressive, it's perfect. And then she talks. She   
   makes   
   > some inane comment about whether it was an a-bomb, and this perfect moment   
   > of symbolism is ruined by turning a metaphor into a sophomoric analogy. It   
   > kind of represented the how the rest of the movie did something very   
   right,   
   > and then screwed the pooch by immediately cheapening it w/ some hack job   
   > move.   
   >   
      
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