“Godzilla 2000” was Toho’s attempt at keeping the “Godzilla” franchise alive after many serious fans were shocked at the American adaptation. For some of those fans, I guess this is an entertaining film but for me and anybody else, this is a really awful Japanese monster film.

In “Godzilla 2000”, Godzilla is back without any explanation because I’m pretty sure he died in the one before this. This time the guy in the rubber suit has to once again save Tokyo, this time from a giant flying saucer that turns into an even bigger monster. Although the last ten minutes or so is pretty fun, it’s a serious struggle to reach it.

A problem with all the “Godzilla” films, both Japanese and American, is that they spend way too much time with the humans. Nobody cares about what some boring person thinks in a monster movie (they’re like the teens in slasher films). Godzilla is alright once he starts punching the monster Orga, who sadly is not one of the more memorable foes of the series. I’ll admit that I get a major buzz from seeing guys in dinosaur and robot costumes wrestling with one another but the problem is that there just isn’t enough it.

I like some of the “Godzilla” films and there are plenty of giant monster films that I like but this one is just awful. Godzilla isn’t on the Moon and he doesn’t team up with Rodan or Mothra so there isn’t really anything that special about “Godzilla 2000” by “Godzilla” film standards. None of the “Godzilla” films are classics but this one is just painfully boring and slow at times. You know you are doing something wrong when parts of a film about a giant dinosaur stomping around Tokyo are as interesting as watching paint dry.