I'm a fan of the big lizard but that doesn't blind me to the fact that Godzilla movies as a whole are not very good "movies". The characters are unintentionally hilarious and the stories make no sense. But I don't care. I watch Godzilla movies for the spectacle of seeing a giant dinosaur raising hell with mankind. It's always over the top, always totally ridiculous, and almost always a lot of fun.

I believe that "Godzilla 2000" was the first of the "Alternate Reality" series and the third re-firing of the monster's history. In this one, Godzilla looks meaner and doesn't dance around or wave his arms in the air or anything like the Godzilla of the late '60s and '70s. The rubber suit is a little more convincing than usual and the miniatures are still wonderful. The early CGI used here is truly awful, especially the alien spacecraft.

I will say that the opening sequence when Godzilla makes his first appearances (lighthouse and tunnel scenes) are almost a little scary. This scariness is a rarity except of the original Japanese "Gojira" film which was a horror movie all the way.