by CWSmith » Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:16 pm
I tend to group the movies when I rank them too. Some of them are just so hard to differentiate. For the most part I just based it on just how much playtime each movie gets on my system.
After thinking a bit, here's my best shot:
Best of the Best
1.) Godzilla (1954)
2.) Mothra vs Godzilla
3.) Godzilla 1985
4.) Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
5.) Godzilla vs Gigan
6.) Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974)
7.) Godzilla vs Biollante
8.) Godzilla vs The Sea Monster
^Those are pretty much set in stone. These are the movies I always gravitate toward when I'm ready for my Godzilla fix. Hell I'm pretty sure I've watched at least one of the above list at least once a month since I was 5 years old.
Good, depending on mood
9.) GMK (I love this one just to clarify, it just doesn't have the nostalgic advantage the upper group has. At least not yet)
10.) Godzilla vs Hedorah (Gets a lot of hate from some people, but I've always enjoyed it.)
11.) King Kong vs Godzilla (Has really worked its way up the list once I finally saw the vastly superior Japanese version. I'm not normally a snob for the Japanese versions, but WOW does it make a difference here)
12.) Terror of Mechagodzilla
13.) Son of Godzilla
14.) Monster Zero (I know this is low, but I've just never gravitated to this movie like others have)
15.) Godzilla: Tokyo SOS
16.) Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
^ I like all of these too, but I just don't watch them nearly as much as the first group.
Love portions, but find the movies as a whole weak
17.) Godzilla 2000 (That middle portion where Godzilla disappears murders my interest every time.)
18.) Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1993) (The message is really quite stupid, even if I love the Godzilla/Rodan fight in the beginning and the musical score)
19.) Godzilla vs Destoroyah (SOOOOO much wasted potential, but when the movie works, MAN does it work)
20.) Destroy All Monsters (Ridiculously overrated. Pacing is off and more times than not I find my attention drifting until the awesome final battle)
21.) Godzilla's Revenge (A lot of people hate it, but if you think of it as a children's movie and not a monster movie, it's really quite good, just not a great monster movie)
Bad movies all around with the occasional flash of brilliance
22.) Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (The effects are nice, but nothing in fiction makes me crazier than a poorly constructed time travel plot and I can't look past it here)
23.) Godzilla Raids Again (It starts off well, but that climax has pacing that is just ridiculously awful)
24.) Godzilla vs Megaguirus (Has no idea what mood its trying for. While I enjoy a good "Ahab" story with Godzilla, the same story was done better in GXMG)
Atrocious
These are moves so bad, that when I do my annual run through of the whole series, I have to literally FORCE myself to watch them.
25.) Godzilla vs Megalon (Just too over the top goofy for my tastes. When I do watch it, I watch my MST3K version)
26.) Godzilla Final Wars (Whole thing feels like a mockery of the series moreso than a homage, as some people claim)
27.) Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla (Ughhhhhh, I hate this freaking movie so much. Just awful)
28.) Godzilla vs Mothra (1992) (Might surprise some people, but I hate every character, line of dialogue, special effect, plot point, and moment of this insipid pile of celluloid. I would ALMOST rather watch the 98 movie. ALMOST)
Worst by default
29.) Godzilla (1998)