The movie’s dialogue, story and even the music are all secondary to the monster. As long as the action is good and the monster gets adequate screen time wreaking havoc, audiences are pleased. Like I said at the beginning, I’m here to see the monster, and if I wanted deep commentary, nuance and Oscar-worthy performances, I’d see another movie. I’m not saying kaiju films are incapable of being award-worthy, but they definitely don’t need to be that to be considered successful.
