Written: Monday. August 17, 2020.
- this is the weakest film I've watched so far in the Kaiju-verse.
- the human characters, the monster-design, the story structure, just to name a few--are very much what gives this movie a very low quality.
- there are no memorable human characters, and a lot of the film was wasted on explosions and dull suspense.
- The miniature sets were okay, but the awful monster design for Rodan really puts you off from this movie.
- the large insects roaming around the village and in the caves were much more believable than Rodan itself. Unfortunately, the insects show no purpose to the story other than mild fear factor, cause their existence in the movie is cut short once the baby Rodan is revealed to come out of its shell.
- The fight scenes with Rodan and the Fighter Jets were interesting, but not captivating.
- since Rodan is an Aerial-type Kaiju, the battle sequences lead to a much different environment, which is the sky.
- it was interesting to see because it was something new within the kaiju movies. But it falters cause of the run-time of said battle sequences. Especially by the end, the humans just blow up a volcano, and the two Rodan siblings die in the lava.
- Why were there two Rodan?
- one was already not so intimidating enough. Why add another? What was the point of having two of these monsters, rather than focus on making just one Rodan a fearsome creature? Questions, questions, questions.
- The bugs could've done more damage to the story, both literally and metaphorically; positively and negatively.
- the bugs played no role other than to scare off the humans. Once Rodan enters the screen, they exit out. They could've been used to infiltrate the streets of Japan even further, causing more problems for the humans in the story, and more complicated conflict in the whole movie.
- the humans would've had a significant role, if they were left to deal with the bugs, or use the presence of the bugs to lure Rodan away somehow. But their absence really leaves a giant hole in the movie.
- It all seemed formulaic, like I've seen this before.
- Rodan 1956 felt like a rip-off of Godzilla's story structure:
- man makes the atom bomb > causes the peace in nature to be disrupted > a monster emerges and destroys the town > the humans (military) are left with having to figure out a way in order to fend off the monster > the monster either goes away or gets killed > human characters tell a very cheesy monologue about how these events should teach them to leave nature alone.
- all of that was done by this movie...but in a very caricature-feeling way.
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