Did The 1998 Godzilla Save The Franchise?

Roland Emmerich's Godzilla, which was released 20 years ago this week on May 20, 1998, is still considered to be one of the clunkiest, most ill-advised mainstream action blockbusters of its decade. Some critics have recently noted that the 1990s were a generally bad time for big-budget action blockbusters in general, and often cite Godzilla as their primary piece of evidence.

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