Jonathan Last

Proposed:
May 22nd, 2014

Ken Watanabe’s “Let them fight” in the new Godzilla is the most courageous line read ever performed by a great actor in a disposable pop-corn flick.

And not only is it courageous–heroically so, given not just the dialogue itself, but the circumstances surrounding it–but it’s also entirely triumphant. For me, it’s the moment that makes the movie.

Galley Friend A May 22, 2014 at 10:30 pm

Having not seen the movie: courageous because it’s the height of cheese delivered with the utmost of gravitas?

Galley Friend J.E. May 23, 2014 at 11:56 am

Or courageous because it begins with an L?

Fake Herzog May 23, 2014 at 6:47 pm

Wait a minute! You get a chance to sneak out of the house for a summer blockbuster and you choose Godzilla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope the Galley Wife will let you out again for X-Men, the Tom Cruise movie (which is getting amazing buzz), and Guardians of the Galaxy (I can forgive T4, because at this point if you are tired of giant robots fighting each other, I get it). Because if you just blew your summer movie pass on this…I will not be happy.

Mike C. May 24, 2014 at 2:13 am

Pretty good, but have you already forgotten “Release the Kraken”?

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