Godzilla: Final Wars: After watching the first Godzilla movie the other night, I decided it was time to go ahead and watch Final Wars which is supposed to be the last Godzilla film, at least for now.

Final Wars is a mishmash of previous Godzilla films thrown into a blender and spat out. Everything from Monster Zero to Destroy All Monsters to the American Godzilla is referenced with non Godzilla films like Atragon and Gorath are a part of the film. Also, just about every monster in the series makes an appearance including such long forgotten characters like Kumonga, Hedorah and King Caesar.

The film sounds very good on paper and at times the monster scenes are quite nice. Where it fails, however, is one of the same areas the Heisei films failed and that is in gaining its own identity. Several times I felt as if I was watching X-Men or Independence Day, neither of which are happy thoughts.

I'm not saying that Final Wars was awful as it did have its moments. The problem is that those minutes were few and far between in the over two hours the thing ran. I appreciate that the film was made, but I doubt I'll watch it again.

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