Just saw The War of the Gargantuas for the first time

[H-Man]

[Simon]

War of the Gargantuas is one of my top five worst kaiju movies list. I'm sorry, WoTG fans, but I just don't like it. Unfortunately, I have the U.S. version, which, apparently, deletes several bits of Ifukube's music, and I just hate it's repetitiveness (not to mention how the music shares similarities to DaiMajin). Sorry, me not like.

[CousinOfGodzilla]

What this film is REALLY missing is Nick Adams. Tamblyn acts like he's sleepwalking through the film.

To roughly quote Henry G. Saperstein from an old interview in G-Fan "Nick Adams was a class act. Russ Tamblyn on the other hand, was a prima-donna pain in the ass." Nuff said.

[neo godzilla jr]

I'm watching War of the Gargantuas right now!!!Man, I wished they had kept the references to Frankenstein in. Just imagine, Double Bill: Monster Zero and War of the Frankensteins!!! That would've made a pile of cash!!!

[musukogoji]

Neo, MZ and War were shown on a double bill!

[neo godzilla jr]

Look,look at the new title I made: War of the Frankensteins!

Sorry, if I offended you again, Musuko. We seem to have a lot that happening...

[musukogoji]

[neo godzilla jr]

As I have said, I'm very paranoid. Not a paranoid as stalin...haven't committed genocide yet...

:calvin: Can't touch this! "M.C. Hammer music in the background"

BTW, does anyone know how I can get a gif of the Angels dancing in Chuck's Angels: Full Throttle? :drool: Cameron Diaz, marry me! Leave Justin!
That boy ain't right! :puke:

[Green Dragon]

[JimPV]

[Green Dragon]

I just got my dvd of the Japanese version. Very interesting.

It goes without saying that the orig. language print allows the performances by the Japanese cast members to REALLY shine through.

And the Japanese voice they used to dub Russ Tamblyn works pretty well, much better than the English voices used to dub Japanese actors.

In fact, Russ Tamblyn's dubbed voice makes him a little more tolerable. (No more teddy bear and SPCA jokes. )

And Kumi Mizuno? What can I say, other than the First Lady of Kaiju. A total class act.

And yup...ALL the references to Frankenstein are there. As well as the Characters referring to each monster by their names (Sanda and Gaira)...

That airport scene...even though, in the Japanese print, we DON'T see the poor woman's clothes getting spat out , something I noticed on the sound mix that seemed to be missing from the American dub...her screams are MUCH more pronounced, in the American mix they are nonexistant with all the other noise and music going on.

That alone brings it back to a pretty disturbing level.

After years and years of watching the American print, it's interesting to take note of Ifukube's full score, compared to the stock library music that we are used to.

As much as I love Ifukube, it's still going to take some getting used to. Overall effect, the music seems too slow and repetitive in parts. But, it's the real deal.

But, also...for all the stateside releases of Toho flicks, it becomes clear that this was one where they spent some time doing the best they could. I just recently saw Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah in its dubbed version and was mortified.

Oh... a couple extras show some special fx outtakes, mostly miniature vehicles. It was fun watching a maser cannon rear-end another! [/b]

[Andrew Nguyen]

I remember seeing this and considering that this is a damm good movie. With all of the things added in, I would also like to add that this is the first time that the Japanese military ever stood a chance at killing a monster. And yes, the fact that the Gargantuas are more humanoid does go for some great fight scenes and I would understand why Nakajima replied that Gaira was one of his favorite roles.