1998, Hollywood attempted to introduce Godzilla to mainstream American audiences. Giving a fresh new take, and using modern CG graphics, to revamp a three decade movie franchise... and boy does it suck!

Now don't get me wrong, it's not as bad as so many people say it is. Hell, when I was a kid, I did like this movie, but i never thought of it as a Godzilla film; and that is the biggest flaw this movie has against it, the "Godzilla" name. Without it, it is a semi-decent monster movie; but with the name "Godzilla", you are stepping into a franchise that has lasted over three decades before hand, and that can cause a ton of pressure. Now the question is, would it be a better movie if it was called something else? ... No.

Even if you got rid of the title (or call it "Zilla", as referred to by the fans) it has wooden dialogue, poor CG work (this was made after Jurassic Park for god's sakes), awful writing, and the monster just sucks. Nowadays, the film is looked at as a film you can watch, and laugh at of stupid it is; But in the 90's the damage was done. Critics hated it, fans hated it, and it almost killed a great, yet often cheesy, film franchise.

GODZILLA (1998): D+

So if Godzilla 1998 almost killed the franchise, how did survive long enough even to this day, with a new Godzilla movie announced to be released in 2014? Well we'll talk about that next time...