The allure of the technological advances in film-making is
particularly pressing in the action genre. Three challenges come to mind—that of
how to have the film stand as a metaphor for something that is both good and
bad in “real life,” develop a relationship storyline amid the digital effects
that enable such tremendous scale of action, and restrain the visual effects
lest they manifest as a sort of visual diarrhea. Godzilla (2014) is illustrative of what can happen when a
film-maker is not up to these challenges.
From: “Godzilla”
