Posted on 05/29/2019 9:04:05 AM PDT by C19fan
About two-thirds of the way through the 1964 movie Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, a larval Mothra convinces a bickering Godzilla and Rodan to help her to face the movie’s titular dragon. It’s a moment fans of Toho’s giant monster movies long waited for. That it exists in a movie where a princess is possessed by the spirit of a Venusian emissary and is the target of Yakuza attacks makes the monster team-up almost secondary. In contrast, Michael Dougherty’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters will never once let you forget the reason you’re in the theater. Heeding the words of Dr. Serizawa, he let them fight.
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Cool, did not know this. Now I can impress my Japanese speaking kid.
Dang.
And I was hoping to enjoy this movie.
I am so sick of the "evil humans" mantra.
My recollection is pretty different, I remember him going on rampage and causing massive destruction for most of the '98 movie rather than "sneak and slither around".
Still, I'd rather have him "sneak and slither around" than not show up at all, which was the case for over half of the 2014 movie. Godzilla had a minor cameo role in his own movie. If they wanted to make a movie that revolved around giant monsters called MUTOs, they should have called it that. The MUTOs in the 2014 movie were cooler creatures than Godzilla anyway.
In any case the Japanese Godzilla movies are better than either American movie. I don't expect that pattern to change. Hollywood doesn't get Godzilla.
I agree it took him too long to show up in the ‘14 version. But the style of the monster was much better in ‘14 than in ‘98.
The 2014 design was much closer to the original 1950s movie but the reason he looked like that in the 1950s movie so they could fit in a human actor in a bulky rubber suit and have him walk around and turn corners.
The 1998 design was closer to a giant prehistoric mutated lizard, which is what Godzilla is supposed to be according to his origin story.
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It’s not Godzilla without a guy in a rubber suit crushing cheap toys and Raymond Burr cutaways.
I guess I was partial to the 1955 version because that’s what I grew up with.
Does anyone remember Reptilicus?
It is a sad day. The Japanese actor who was in the early Gozilla movies died at age 88. RIP.
Yep, Godzilla needs to work out at the gym and go on the Nutrisystem diet. He looks very pudgy in the movie trailers LOL.
Mr RooRoo and I are taking our grandson to see “Godzilla” on Friday. Looking forward to it!
I wondered if they inspired the twin princesses in “Popeye vs. Anime” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYRPvz-LV-k ?
Bear McCreary is doing the soundtrack.
AND....
Remember Laurie Dhue?
She’s in it.
Yeah the Denmark kaiju. His special ability was some nasty spit.
Oh yeah I remember Laurie Dhue’s legs that seemed to never end.
RT audience score is 89%
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