Cinematically and visual effects-wise "Godzilla 1985" can't compare to "Godzilla" 2014, but I don't care. "Godzilla 1985" is the Godzilla that I grew up with and I'm not even watching Godzilla in 2014 without 1985.
It's clear that the Japanese don't truly hate Godzilla though they fear him. They see him as a natural phenomenon that isn't inherently evil even if he does destroy Tokyo every chance he gets. So you sense this love/hate relationship between them.
As for me, I love Godzilla. As the late Stuart Scott used to say, "He's cooler than the other side of the pillow." A 240 foot tall energy ray blasting dinosaur--you don't see one of those everyday. And how did they create his patented bellow? It is thoroughly unique to the point I've never heard anything similar in nature or otherwise. It is one of a kind and when you hear it, you know who's lurking.
It's clear that the Japanese don't truly hate Godzilla though they fear him. They see him as a natural phenomenon that isn't inherently evil even if he does destroy Tokyo every chance he gets. So you sense this love/hate relationship between them.
As for me, I love Godzilla. As the late Stuart Scott used to say, "He's cooler than the other side of the pillow." A 240 foot tall energy ray blasting dinosaur--you don't see one of those everyday. And how did they create his patented bellow? It is thoroughly unique to the point I've never heard anything similar in nature or otherwise. It is one of a kind and when you hear it, you know who's lurking.