by Giganfan » Fri May 30, 2014 4:03 pm
I think Honda's best Godzilla movies are generally the ones where Eiji Tsuburaya's special effects are given the full stage, while the director himself meticulously crafts a real-world backdrop for the fantasy elements of the story to blossom. In his own way, Ishiro Honda was a very subtle cinematic virtuoso.
All eight Godzilla flicks, directed by Honda are the cream of the crop, in one way or the other. And he had a considerably beneficial creative partnership with Tsuburaya, Ifukube, all of the screenwriters he worked with and even the tokusatsu successors, Arikawa and Nakano.
"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