I rewatched this about a week ago and I still love it. One of my favorites. I've always had an odd fascination with this movie and I don't know why... is it because of Titanosaurus? All the more "adult" parts (whipping the slaves, stepping on the kid, fake boobs)? The film-noir type human story (complete with femme fatale)?
It just has such a unique feel for a Godzilla film... its as campy as a lot of the 70s films, but its so much darker and played so straight... this is one of those films I've always been obsessed with and I don't really know why.
And WOW, Tomoko Ai is fine!
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by MouthForWar » Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:28 am
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by jellydonut25 » Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:36 am
i personally find the "70s camp" combined with "straightforward" thing to REALLY work...it's a movie that goes over the top in all the right places but keeps itself reserved enough to draw you in...
the reason it works so well is that if someone were to actually ATTEMPT to make a campy, goofy movie based on 70s Godzilla film conventions, THIS is what you'd want them to make
it's not riddled with unnecessary (and unfunny) humor but it is wildly colorful and yet there's a very deep, very serious plot as well...
also, i believe this is the only Godzilla film where a character commits suicide (and the first time i saw that i nearly went Scanners and had a head explosion)
Godzilla has SO much personality here, he's like a combination WWE Wrestler-action hero
the reason it works so well is that if someone were to actually ATTEMPT to make a campy, goofy movie based on 70s Godzilla film conventions, THIS is what you'd want them to make
it's not riddled with unnecessary (and unfunny) humor but it is wildly colorful and yet there's a very deep, very serious plot as well...
also, i believe this is the only Godzilla film where a character commits suicide (and the first time i saw that i nearly went Scanners and had a head explosion)
Godzilla has SO much personality here, he's like a combination WWE Wrestler-action hero
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