We needed 98

It's true, we needed the '98 movie in order to apreaciate this movie. And it's because the '98 movie did all the mistakes an American Godzilla movie would have. Instulting and very different to the source material, without any spirit, creature design that looked nothing like the original, lazy story, etc, etc, etc. With this movie made, the creators of the new movie knew what NOT to do. Also, if the '98 movie had been succesful we probablly won't have this one :).

It was like the "Batman and Robin" to "Batman Begins" ;).