Gareth Edwards' franchise restarter should have been subtitled Or How To Revive The Unrevivable. After the big money silliness of the giant iguana starring 1998 version, it was roundly assumed that Godzilla didn't work without the B-Movie sensibilities of the original Japanese film-makers. It was never that Godzilla wasn't a good enough character, or that he didn't have enough fans; it was just that he wasn't really considered a viable option as a Hollywood blockbuster. But Edwards proved that the legendary monster didn't need to be adapted out of his surroundings to the degree that Roland Emmerich did in the misguided opinion that Hollywood's framework was better than the one that made the character so iconic in the first place. The new director did his homework and ingeniously cast Godzilla as the Earth's mightiest hero instead of just being another generic monster, and the rewards were enormous. Godzilla is a blockbuster idea again, and it comes down to smart film-making ideas, a simple, compelling story and a commitment to the right spirit. And that was a refreshing revelation.