by jellydonut25 » Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:51 am
It was interesting for me to watch this film sorta outside the context of the first Mechagodzilla film. Every other time I've watched it in recent memory, it's been directly on the heels of the 1974 film and the comparison made me like this a little bit less.
It's less energetic, less fun, less colorful, and less bombastic.
But on its own, not as a DIRECT SEQUEL (though I'm well aware that it is a direct sequel and sets itself up as such), it's a really good film. The soundtrack is a bit oppressively depressing, and Akihiko Hirata's fake mustache is awful (as is the wig, to a bit of a lesser extent), but the kaiju are really well-actualized, and the characters are pretty darn interesting all-around.
One thing that bothers me, though this is something that bothers me about MANY Godzilla films once the mid-Showa era kicks in, is when people hear about a dinosaur or kaiju and they're like, "I just don't believe it!" Dude, Godzilla exists, and you can roll with that, but you hear someone else say the word "dinosaur" and you're like "This guy's a crackpot" ???