Godzilla story
Godzilla is a 2014 American monster film directed by Gareth Edwards. It is a reboot of Toho's Godzilla franchise and is the 30th film in the Godzilla franchise, the first film in Legendary's MonsterVerse, and the second Godzilla film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio. Synopsis: A soldier attempts to return to his family while caught in the crossfire of an ancient rivalry between Godzilla and two parasitic monsters known as MUTOs.
10 total · 6 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| father and son | major | One subplot follows the sometimes turbulent relationship between Ford Brody and his recluse father Joe Brody. Ford Brody and his young son Sammy. |
| giant monster | major | The titular prehistoric alpha predator Godzilla was rampaging around. Two giant insect-like creatures, dubbed Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms (MUTOs), were rampaging around. |
| government secrecy | major | Much was made of the various governments of the world having kept the existence of Godzilla and the MUTO monsters secret from the public. It was revealed that the nuclear tests of the 1950s were actually secret attempts to kill Godzilla. That a multinational coalition had been formed to search for and study Godzilla was being kept secret from the public. The Japanese government covered up the MUTO attack, telling the press it was a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. |
| human vs. monster | major | Pandemonium swept the globe as humanity became caught in the crossfire of an ancient rivalry between Godzilla and two insect-like monsters known as MUTOs. |
| husband and wife | major | The hero of the story Ford Brody and his wife Elle worried for one another as Godzilla and the MUTOs rampaged around the world. Joe Brody and his wife Sandra we at the heart of the first part of the film. |
| nature's revenge | major | Humanity's discovery and widespread use of nuclear power awoke long dormant monsters (i.e. Godzilla and the MUTOs) which subsequently rampaged across various cities around the world. This was spelled in the story when Dr. Serizawa advanced the view that Nature had brought Godzilla to return a balance to the world. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | minor | Joe held himself responsible for his wife dying in a nuclear reactor meltdown. |
| mother and son | minor | Sandra consoled her young son Ford when he was sad that his dad was too busy to notice that Ford had made for him a "happy birthday" sign. |
| nuclear power safety | minor | The Janjira nuclear power planet melted down. |
| nuclear weapons | minor | The military planned to use a massive nuclear bomb to destroy Godzilla and the MUTOs. |