Writer Dean Devlin outlines the two big mistakes he made when writing 1998's Godzilla movie, directed by Roland Emmerich.
As part of the Reddit chat that saw him also discuss the infamous computer virus plot device in Independence Day, writer/producer Dean Devlin has also conceded problems with his much-maligned 1998 take on Godzilla.
Devlin admitted that the film had two fundamental flaws, and they were both his responsibility.
"The first is we did not commit to anthropomorphizing Godzilla - meaning we did not decide if he was a heroic character, or a villainous character. We made the intellectual decision to have him be neitherand just simply an animal trying to survive. This was a big mistake," Devlin said.
The second mistake? That would be "deciding to exposit the characters' background in the middle of the film rather than in the first act. At the time we told the audience who these characters were, they had already made their minds up about them and we could not change that perception".
Would righting either of those two wrongs have turned Godzillaaround? Maybe, maybe not. We suspect director Roland Emmerich needs to shoulder some responsibility too for the movie's problems, as it's hardly the best work of either of them. We do still like the Madison Square Garden sequence though...
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