Klaatu B. Nikto said:
Was the music by Queen or sounded very close? If this is the one I'm thinking of, the background music reminded me of the "FLASH! Ah ah! He will save every one of us!" Queen stuff from the early 80's Flash Gordon movie (with Timothy Dalton).
The song was "Yor's World" (and, yes, it is sad that I know that
). It does sound a bit like Queen, but it isn't. According to the IMDB, the music was provided by Guido De Angelis, Maurizio De Angelis, and John Scott.
I kind of doubted that they could have afforded Queen anyway.
Also, I never notice what an international effort this movie was. It's a British, French, Turkish co-production, starring Americans and directed by an Italian. So, people, next time someone talks to you about the wonders of globalization, drag this film out and force them to watch it.
Klaatu B. Nikto said:
As a Godzilla movie, the version made by the ID4 guys sucked. Why would the giant iguana swim across the Pacific, stomp across Central America just to lay eggs in NYC? Is LA not good enough?
I remember reading that the script was literally written over a weekend (or it might have been a week) and they basically filmed the first draft of it.
Also, when the film came out, there was a review of it that pointed out that none of the lizards that appeared during the opening montage (the ones that supposedly mutate into Godzilla) are actually from the area where he was supposedly created. Some were from Africa, others from America.
Sheesh!