by The Shadow » Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:21 pm
I just watched GvSG again over the weekend -- it's a movie I wish was better than it turned out to be.
As Jellydonut25 just posted, unlike some other Heisei entries, GvSG isn't made up of elements of other movies (GvM has already been noted, and I always think of the Terminator movies when watching GvKG). But on the other hand, watching GvSG sometimes seems like Toho reached way down deep into their idea barrel, grabbed a few handfuls, and threw them on the wall to see what stuck.
There's lots going on that and some ideas get forgotten as the story moves along, some don't really go anywhere, and others pop-up out of nowhere and then run off never to be seen again. The "magic bullet" is actually a pretty interesting idea, a special bullet filled with blood coagulant. Think of it, a bullet designed to give Godzilla a heart attack, that's the makings of a major plot thread all on its own. SpaceGodzilla seems like he's missing some back story, specifically some sort of alien menace (a la the Showa films) involved in his creation. It's really rather random that SpaceGodzilla is created and then immediately decides to traverse the void of space to land here on Earth and take out Godzilla.
Of the Heisei mechas I like Moguera better than MechaGodzilla. Moguera's design is more interesting visually than MechaGodzilla's although both suffer from a distinct lack of movement when battling Godzilla which is a bit disappointing.
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?