by Giganfan » Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:59 pm
Let's see, my number two Fukuda film of the Godzilla series would probably be GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER. Perhaps the most underrated out of all the Godzilla movies, if you ask me. It has a great cast that drives the movie (atleast until Godzilla shows up), a fine score by Masaru Sato and a believable new opponent in Ebirah. The battles between the two monsters are unforgettable. It's been said many times that if you take out all of the monsters, you would still have a pretty decent movie. I think that's a tribute to not only Shinichi Sekizawa's screenplay, but Fukuda-san's fresh and dynamic directing. To this day, he is only second to Ishiro Honda as the best director of the Godzilla movies.
The five series movies directed by Jun Fukuda, when ranked against one another (and in my own personal opinion) would go something like this:
GODZILLA VS. GIGAN
GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER
SON OF GODZILLA (you could probably eliminate the kaiju from this film as well, and still come out good in the end)
GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA (this movie represents, atleast to me, what a Jun Fukuda film looks like)
GODZILLA VS. MEGALON (cheap, juvenile and lacking in production values, but is still fun to watch; there's lots of potential in the general story)
"EVERYONE FORGET YOUR TROUBLES! ENJOY YOURSELVES!THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT!" - Gigantis The Fire Monster
"It was HUGE...It was...IT WAS LIKE A MONSTER!!! Suddenly the rocks rose...ALIVE!" - Godzilla 1985