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Sixty years after Godzilla first stomped and screamed its way into cult-movie history, the legendary Japanese movie monster is set to wreak destruction once more as the big-budget Hollywood remake lands in movie theatres this weekend.

In true Hollywood style, the latest version of the monster has more of everything: more volume, more facial expressions -- and of course more mass.

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Graphics by Trish McAlaster/The Globe and Mail