Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #18

[MouthForWar]

I don't wanna be that guy that doesn't participate, but I think I know Godzilla vs. Gigan by heart I've seen it so many times. I still haven't watched G'85 (I just started school this week and haven't had time to do anything), so I might catch up on that this week instead.

Who is doing the next poll?

[metal_bryan]

It's been a while since Alpha OTS did a poll. I choose you!

[MouthForWar]

As long as its better than the last poll he did

[metal_bryan]

You have a point. Still, of the people who seem to be around the most, he's the one due for a turn.

[Alpha OTS]

[klen7]

Alright, let me try something a bit different for my feedback this time..

The Good
As a kid this was my favorite Godzilla movie. It's still a nostalgic favorite, and Showa Gigan is by far my favorite Kaiju. Whenever people talk about how badass K.G. is, all i think is that while KG got KO'd by a smoke ring from Minya, Gigan made Godzilla bleed. And if i know anything about manly manly battle, i probably learned it from watching the 300. So as King Leonidas knew it was impossible to beat Xerxes, but considered his battle a victory if he could at least make him bleed, Gigan made Godzilla bleed.



The Bad
The overuse of stock footage bothers me a little bit now that i am older, also the flying scenes are particularly weak.. but nothing is quite as bad as losing the iconic roars and having to listen to torturous dialog from the monsters


The Weird
I am probably going need to go over to Toho Kingdom and set up a page for what is clearly a "lost project" Godzilla x Shukra x Mommagon!


I give this film 4 out of 5 Ghidorah blasts!

[metal_bryan]

[jellydonut25]

[Alpha OTS]

[metal_bryan]

[MekaGojira3k]

[klen7]

[MekaGojira3k]

Ah, Godzilla vs. Gigan. By all accounts, this film should be unwatchable garbage, but somehow it thrives off of its bizarre cut and paste nature. The cast and the characters they play are cool and fun to watch interact. The aliens are interesting enough, and are far more worth watching than the Kilaaks. Godzilla teaming up with Angilas (a monster I was already fond of) to fight off Gigan (whom I felt was incredibly cool) and Ghidorah was pretty much all I needed to hear as a kid. Everything works in this film. Honestly. The biggest flaw is the obvious nature of the stock footage and budget limitations.

[Alpha OTS]

"Stupid and yet cunning, a very rare specimen indeed."

I had time to watch this last night. Ahh, a good ol' Sony release, I love the transfer on this. Beautiful picture, and the only time the quality drops is during the stock footage from other G flicks, and even then its pretty good. Stereo soundtrack, but even better enhanced through the good ol receiver.

"NO ONE IS SAFE!"

For as awful and Gigan-less as the dvd case cover art is, the Gigan art on the disc itself is quite cool.

Its pretty clear why this is a favorite on the forum. Its simply a good story with fun characters. The only shame of the flick is how much better it would have been had it a budget so it didn't need the stock footage and deteriorating G-suit. I think there might be a gargantua hiding in the movie somewhere. The movie makes the most of what it has, and that's also part of the charm.

I watched the subtitled version and definitely prefer the take on the monster talk here. No cartoon balloons, just monster talk that we don't understand from the garble but do understand from the monster interactions.

Lets talk about one of my favorite scenes, Anguiras coming ashore.


I love perspective shots like this.

For as great as this scene is, the Anguiras suit looks zombified!

What's the deal with the Anguiras suit? Was there two suits, or is there a reason for the tar on the face and undead eyes?

[MekaGojira3k]

[jellydonut25]

[MekaGojira3k]