Jimmy Kimmel has taken note that Godzilla the monster sized movie of summer 2014, made $93 million on opening weekend here in the United States alone! The film has had equally great impact abroad where over one hundred studios are working on a sequel. Is it me, or has Hollywood reverted to remaking movies far more often than bringing fresh new stories to the screen? Oh, never mind, this isn’t the question put to the passers-by.
While Jimmy usually gets a great many who believe the confusing question, this one admittedly caught fewer ready to believe anything about a giant marauding gorilla who reportedly killed 100,000 people! Then, there were the others, who believe the summer blockbuster is a biography.
With so much giant monkey business in the media, Jimmy’s crew went out to Hollywood Blvd and asked people this – and other questions. How would you answer?
“Considering Godzilla is based on the true story of the giant lizard attack on Tokyo that killed more than 100,000 people in 1954, do you think it is wrong that Hollywood glamorizes this event for entertainment?”
Oh the humanity! Immoral Hollywood glamorizes violence again. While this isn’t ‘Scarface’ some rightly feel that making money from a giant lizard attack is over-the-top. Some want assurance that the big lizzie is extinct…And only one sensible lady had the great good sense to google it!
The second question posed to one person was:Do you support the bill before Congress that would allocate $600 million to equip the U.S. Navy with anti-reptile capabilities?
Attention Navy! The woman pictured agreed that of course we should defend ourselves at any cost! Asked whether another Godzilla attack was a real possibility, the woman pointed skyward with a mysterious smile on par with the Mona Lisa, saying “It’s the man upstairs.” Whether she’s referring to a supernatural Creator ‘up there’ or a movie producer with the taste of an imbecile is up for debate. What say you?
There was a grain of truth in Jimmy’s question. The first internationally released Godzilla movie hit screens in 1954, and he has a long history of award-winning films both here and abroad…So in a way, you could say the big angry gorilla has been slaying ’em for sixty years!