Godzilla story
In the film, authorities investigate and battle a giant monster who migrates to New York City to nest its young. A reimagining of Toho's Godzilla franchise, it is the 23rd film in the franchise and the first Godzilla film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio.
14 total · 6 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| giant monster | major | Godzilla ran amok in New York City. |
| human vs. monster | major | Godzilla ran amok in New York City. |
| old flames | major | The story follows Nick and Audrey as they rekindle their relationship eight years after Audrey had walked out on him to pursue a career in journalism. |
| romantic love | major | The story built up to Nick and Audrey falling in love again eight years after having gone through an abrupt breakup. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | major | It was revealed that Godzilla was in fact a mutated iguana that had been exposed to fallout of a military nuclear test in the South Pacific. |
| the desire for professional success | major | Audrey was struggling to become a news reporter of renown in the highly competitive New York City journalism scene. |
| biology | minor | Nick correctly deduced that Godzilla reproduced asexually. |
| coping with personal failure | minor | Audrey considered herself a miserable failure in life for having not yet realized her dream of becoming a journalist of renown. |
| journalism | minor | The television news anchor Charles Caiman and the aspiring journalist Audrey Timmonds was reporting on the big "Godzilla is running amok in New York City" story. |
| living dinosaur | minor | The paleontologist Dr. Elsie Chapman speculated that Godzilla was some kind of lost dinosaur, but Nick dismissed this theory, deducing instead that it was a mutant created by nuclear testing. |