10-04-2017, 08:42 AM
Gloria (Ann Hathaway), who has an out-of-control addictive personality, gets booted by her longtime boyfriend and retreats to her hometown to try to straighten herself out. There, she discovers a link between herself and a Godzilla-ish monster that periodically stomps Seoul, South Korea.
I'm not entirely convinced this is a bad movie. How's that for a backhanded compliment? It's a rather pedestrian tale flocked with science fiction, and it feels heavy-handed in its message and in the way characters change their behavior to suit the plot.
Still, it works just well enough that some people might really enjoy it. At times I felt I was warming to the idea, but ultimately it failed to win me over.
Ann Hathaway seemed an odd choice for the role. Then again, she seems an odd choice for anything. In one way she worked. I kept seeing her bold features stomping the small territory of her face...
I'm not entirely convinced this is a bad movie. How's that for a backhanded compliment? It's a rather pedestrian tale flocked with science fiction, and it feels heavy-handed in its message and in the way characters change their behavior to suit the plot.
Still, it works just well enough that some people might really enjoy it. At times I felt I was warming to the idea, but ultimately it failed to win me over.
Ann Hathaway seemed an odd choice for the role. Then again, she seems an odd choice for anything. In one way she worked. I kept seeing her bold features stomping the small territory of her face...