"Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster" appreciation t

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Here's my two cents (from an article I posted earlier about seeing it in Hollywood):

[quote="I"]Following a brief intermission (and a refilled large Coke on my part—I was sorry about that on the way home), Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster began. From the onset, I knew I was in for an…interesting ride. For whatever reason, the print, though in beautiful Tohoscope, was Spanish-subtitled ( ! ) I’d known this in advance, though, so it wasn’t too great a bother. I got used to it after a while, and if anything, it added to the film’s wacky tone (although it perturbed me that in a few instances, even though I don’t speak Spanish, I could tell the subs and the dub were wildly different—this begs the question, “Which version was more off?â€

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Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster is a very enjoyable Godzilla movie. I haven't seen it in a while, but perhaps I'll go back and watch it again.

I'd say that part of what makes the movie great is that it's the first of its kind - a true kaiju spectacle, with three of the genre's most well-known creatures going up against a new and breathtaking monster. There was nothing like it before, at least as far as the Godzilla series is concerned.

The human story can be seen as distracting from this spectacle, but I found it to be entertaining as well. I guess it could of been connected better to the kaiju part of the story - the two threads to seem distanced (the only thing connecting them is the princess).

One thing I do find very impressive, is that Ishiro Honda was able to direct two impressive kaiju efforts (this and Mothra vs. Godzilla) in the same year.

What bugs me is that most of the copies of this movie that are available in the U.S. are, in short, "OH GODZILLA! WHAT TERRIBLE LANGUAGE!". I own two copies and they both show their age. It's not so much the fullscreen print that I find horrendus, but the fact that the film is so faded and scratched. It looks older than the films that came before it. It shouldn't have to be that way. Why is it that this film alone seems to have one of the worst American prints out of all the Godzilla movies? I really need to see a nice, polished widescreen version of this.

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