by ebirahsmeg1 » Tue Aug 10, 2010 3:11 am
I've posted numerous times about this film, but I never get tired of singing its praises...this film is imo, the best damn Godzilla film ever. It was the high point of Toho's "Golden era" when it comes to the G series.
It also formed what I like to call the "Godzilla Rodan Mothra KG Trilogy", with GvsTheThing, GTTHM, and GvsMonster Zero all being nicely tied together without beating the audience over the head (The heisei films could have taken a lesson from these films when it comes to "continuity"). In this film, you get:
- One of the best suits of the series, the Mosu-Goji suit, returning for duty.
- One of Ifukube's best soundtracks of the series.
- Rodan and Mothra
- Introduction of KG, who would become Godzilla's arch enemy and most powerful foe of the series. His fireball entrance is epic.
-Godzilla's entrance adds an interesting twist with fleeing whales (or dolphins?) preceeding his first appearance.
- A mesmerizing "Mothra" song by the Peanuts.
- Great cast with several Toho/SFX-regulars.
- Akiko Wakabayashi. :drool: I know Kumi Mizumi gets all the glory (as she should), but Akiko Wakabayashi was smoking hot during this era.
- King Ghidorah's attack on Yokohama, and his attack on the small Village near Mt. Fuji, really highlights the true skill and craftsman ship of Tsuburaya's crew.
-The final battle is one of the best in the series, and the way they defeat KG is very clever and original.
-Monster Conversation (Oh Godzilla, what terrible language! This alone puts it near the top :rockon: )
Sure, the effects as a whole weren't quite as polished or smooth as GvstheThing, or even GvsMonster Zero, and the Godzilla/Rodan puppets were a little silly, but the spirit, fun, and epic scope more than trumps this. Also, some people forget that GTTHM was far more ambitious than GvstheThing SFX-wise, with more monsters (including numerous battle sequences between Godzilla and Rodan), and, up to that point, one of the most spectacular, but most complex creations to operate, King Ghidorah.
I've never understood why some people bash the plot and editing...the plot was rather entertaining, energetic, moved at a great pace, and actually made the human characters interesting and compelling for a change....the human story elements have a spy/espionage flavor to it. It also did an excellent job of showing how normal people's lives are impacted by the monsters' destruction, such as the villagers' dispair when their homes are destroyed by an avalanche of rocks during the final battle.
They (Toho) definitely don't make 'em like they use to...
"F*ck Evangelion." - Me