Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

The American localized version of Godzilla has Raymond Burr forced into the story as a reporter whose Tokyo layover forces him to stay in the city right at the time of Godzilla’s rampage. Even without having seen the original Japanese film, it is quite obvious that Burr’s storyline is all added-on. Every one of his scenes come across in the same way as Jack Black’s appearance in the Investigative Journalism episode of Community where previous incidents are all shown from this stranger’s perspective. Instead of getting to experience the relationships and actions of other characters, they are all filtered and narrated through Burr’s knowledge and experiences. It’s rather tedious as a narrative and distracts from any message being portrayed.