It wasn't the airplanes, it was altruism that laid low the beast

Godzilla

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I didn't really enjoy this much, I'm afraid. As a neighbor said, not enough Godzilla; as she didn't say, way too much mutos, the insectish enormoids that allow the big green titular fellow to be on our side (it's complicated; well, not really too much, but it's more involved than it's worth the telling). Moreover, not enough Imax 3D magic.

The mutos owe pretty much everything to Big Mama Alien, but Big Mama Alien had personality, and personality goes a long way. These things not only don't resemble any known living thing, they just look like fake sci-fi movie monsters. I believed BMA's murderous protectiveness toward her progeny; here, I just felt like Big Female Muti was following the script.

Just pretty drab, sadly.

Trailers

• Maleficent--Lots of Lord of the Rings recycling here.
• Jupiter Ascending--More futuristic dystopia from the siblings Wachowski.
• Interstellar--More futuristic dystopia from Christopher Nolan.
• Lucy--Once again, Scarlett Johansson is . . . special. Luc Besson wrote and directed.