Godzilla (1998 film) however, was not without its supporters. Kevin Thomas of the "Los Angeles Times", wrote that the film was an "expertly designed theme park ride of a movie that packs nonstop thrills." In a slightly positive fashion, Gary Kamiya of Salon commented that "The plot is about as ridiculous as you'd expect, but for the most part its absurdities are tolerable." Joe Leydon of "Variety" contributed mildly to the positive sentiment by saying "Throughout "Godzilla", New York endures the most sustained rainfall in all of movie history. Most of the action takes place at night, but even the daytime scenes unfold
Godzilla (1998 film) to do the effects for the film. Winston crafted sculptures of Godzilla and The Gryphon. De Bont later left the project after TriStar refused to approve his budget of $100–120 million. In November 2018, an unofficial digital graphic novel adaptation of Elliott and Rossio's unproduced "Godzilla" script was released online. Entitled "Godzilla '94", the graphic novel features artwork by Todd Tennant, who worked with Rossio on the project. Prior to the release of "Independence Day", director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin signed on to do "Godzilla" under the condition they would be able to handle the film their way,