The Art of Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Buena ilustraciónea y exelente libro

A serie " The art of.." sempre foi maravilhosa. Para este filme sensacional, nada melhor do que um livro sensacional.

The book arrived promptly, was packaged well, and arrived in excellent condition. My granddaughter was thrilled with this book. She is a Film student, and loves the artwork inside the book, as well as getting information about the movie itself.

With an 85% audience rating and a 40% critics rating on ROTTEN TOMATOES - and a B+ from Cinemascore - this movie was more of an audience pleaser than a critical darling. Nevertheless, this book is a testament to the awesome creativity employed in bringing to life the first appearance of Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Rodan (as well as an up-dated and more accurate Godzilla) in an American Godzilla film. Great book!

Because of a few poor reviews I wasn’t originally going to get the Blu-Ray of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Then I thought, what the heck, I’ve been watching Godzilla movies since the ’60s and have all the others on DVD.To my surprise, it wasn’t just better than I expected, it was better than every other single Godzilla movie since the first one. That’s the Japanese original. The Americanised watered-down version with Raymond Burr just isn’t the same film and doesn’t count. I watched G:KotM three times in as many weeks. I then bought three of the t-shirts (Rodan is my favourite) which I can’t wait to wear when the weather gets warmer and I won’t care who laughs at a 71-year-old man wearing garish colourful monster tees. Wear your Godzilla with pride!Then I went and ordered this book which arrived a couple of hours ago. It’s hefty and not a little heavy with decent quality paper. The text, of which there is plenty, is all interesting. But it is the artwork, which consists primarily of detailed pre-production slash concept material, is where it excels. It’s sometimes quite different from the filmed version which makes it even more interesting.At a penny under thirty quid, it isn’t cheap but if you loved the movie, it’s worth it.