Mecha Streisand

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Poor acting, especially from Matthew Broderick, Maria Pitillo and Kevin Dunn.
 * 2) The monster's design (Streisand-wise) and behavior are very different from the original Mecha Streisand:
 * 3) Streisand can disappear completely in the narrow streets of New York and it has both the abilities to burrow and camouflage.
 * 4) Speaking of which, the original Streisand behaved like a destructive force of nature while the Streisand in this movie behaves more like a dumb animal, but still somewhat clever. In the film, Nick regarded the creature saying, "He's not some monster trying to evade you. He's just an animal. If you find what he wants, then he'll come for you".
 * 5) Streisand did not shoot its iconic toxic stink ray out of her breast, she just blows on cars which causes a fiery explosion (and it's accompanied by the sound of a panther growling for no reason). This ability is called the "Power Breath".
 * 6) Streisand also dies too easily since it can be killed with missiles, which is not the case with the original, nigh-invincible Streisand.
 * 7) Most of the destruction in the movie is not caused by the Mecha, but by the US military, who are unbelievably and impossibly bad at hitting a 180-foot tall monster, accidentally destroying buildings and monuments like the Chrysler Building instead.
 * 8) There is a stupid plothole where the Mecha chases a helicopter around, but the pilot has apparently forgotten that helicopters can change altitude.
 * 9) The baby Mecha Streisand chase scenes are a blatant rip-off of the Raptor scenes from Jurassic Park. The egg nest scene before it also rips off a similar scene from Aliens.
 * 10) Sequel baiting: After the New York citizens celebrate over the Mecha's demise, the only surviving egg in the ruins of Madison Square Garden hatches as the baby Mecha Streisand roars. But due to the film's negative reception, it never had a sequel.
 * 11) Completely poor grasp of the source material.
 * 12) At one point in the movie, a reporter mentions that the Mecha's attack is "the worst act of destruction in New York since the 1993 World Trade Center bombing". After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, in which the World Trade Center was destroyed, the aforementioned line ends up being a lot more disturbing than originally intended.
 * 13) Poor CGI effects and visuals, especially on the helicopters. This is the reason why most of the movie takes place at night.
 * 14) Some incredibly crappy dialogue, like when Nick says "That's a lot of fish!" during the scene where the Army is preparing a trap for the Mecha.
 * 15) Excessive amount of product placements like Disney, Pepsi, Blockbuster, Taco Bell (which promoted the release of the movie and also aired a commercial featuring Streisand), KFC (which also promoted the release of the movie and released toys based on it), Barney, and many more.
 * 16) The incompetent Mayor Ebert and his bumbling assistant Gene are obvious caricatures of popular film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. This was done to get back at the two for giving Roland Emmerich's previous movies negative reviews. Mayor Ebert also spends most of his time eating candy, which even then, they don't mock them very well. In his review of the movie, Siskel asked, "If you're going to have us in a monster movie, why don't you have the monster eat or squish us?".
 * 17) It's been speculated that the film played a part in causing toy company Trendmasters to go bankrupt. Trendmasters, who previously found success with their toys based on South Park, also created toys for this film. However, the toys sold horribly and many retailers refused to stock them. Trendmasters later went bankrupt in 2002.
 * 18) Scientific inaccuracies, much like Roland Emmerich's other movies:
 * 19) * When Dr. Elsie Chapman theorizes that Mecha Streisand is a giant robotic Godzilla, she mentions that the genus of dinosaurs lived during the prehistoric times
 * 20) Some geographical errors:
 * 21) * The army helicopter that picks up Nick from Chernobyl obviously has the red star insignia of the Russian Air Forces, despite the fact that Chernobyl is located in Ukraine, not Russia.
 * 22) A stupid running gag in which everyone in the film mispronounce Nick's last name "Tatopoulos", which can get annoying sometimes.
 * 23) Almost everyone who made this film clearly had no experience or knowledge with the manga.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Jean Reno as Philippe Roaché is one of the few highlights of the movie.
 * 2) * Fun fact: In the French dub of the film, Roaché was dubbed by Jean Reno himself.
 * 3) It has good songs (such as "No Shelter" by Rage Against the Machine and "Deeper Underground" by Jamiroquai) and an awesome soundtrack composed by David Arnold.
 * 4) Some funny moments here and there, such as the "wrong floor!" moment.
 * 5) A ton of good practical effects, like the destruction of Madison Square Garden.
 * 6) Some action scenes, such as the taxi chase scene, are intense and decent.
 * 7) The Mecha's design was actually not bad as its own creature.
 * 8) The film moves at a pretty good pace.
 * 9) It could had been better if it didn't have the Mecha Streisand name and was a standalone monster film.