"By the way, the call is still up for anyone wanting to join me on the 'fan' side against this WALL of Emmerich naysayers" ------------------ I did thoroughly enjoy his earlier films Thor (mainly the David Arnold scored ones, it would seem...so maybe Tango has a point) but his later years stuff has been either average or terrible (that I've seen). So I wouldn't join any fan club of his, or buy a complete DVD collection of his films, like I would for other favoured directors of mine.
I see no one has remarked on 10,000 B.C. yet. Maybe no one has seen 10,000 B.C. yet?
Oh, I forgot about that one. I don't think Ive seen it from beginning to end but I enjoyed it for the simple fact it had Mammoths building the pyramids! Total junk science but I loved it! That and the lead actress was really pretty.
10.000 BC is not Emmerich's best work. It's not his worst either. It's perfectly situated in the middle.
By the way, the call is still up for anyone wanting to join me on the 'fan' side against this WALL of Emmerich naysayers.
Between Independence Day and Godzilla, Emmerich played a big part in my youth. Independence Day was particularly influential in furthering my love of science fiction. It was a big old-fashioned alien invasion B-movie with an A-grade budget. The music was incredible, Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum were at the top of their game, the creature designs were legitimately cool (if derivative), and the special effects were pretty dang fantastic. Does it hold up today? Maybe not quite as well as some other blockbusters of the 90s, though it still has some great scenes (like Dr. Okun's autopsy) and there's no denying how well it worked in its day.
I enjoyed it [10,000 B.C.] for the simple fact it had Mammoths building the pyramids!
Again, not an issue to me. I'm fine with using the original Godzilla premise/design/plot/whatever as raw material, and molding it into something else.
Godizilla has a 66 year legacy? He's a cultural icon. In my opinion you either honor the property or you do your own thing.
Godzilla might well be a cultural icon but probably not because of the Toho movies, which collectively are a load of badly made rubbish. I hugely doubt that the majority of non-Japanese theatre-goers back in the late 90s when Emmerich’s movie was released had seen any of them and were more likely just aware of the monster due to his iconic status rather than his theatrical history.
