Of the Showa era Godzilla films, the best was the first film as it was done very well and had very disturbing scenes when one watched the uncut Japanese version. However, my favorite Godzilla film to watch in the Showa era is this particular film. It features my favorite Godzilla enemy in Mechagodzilla and has an awesome fight at the end. I also like the Mechagodzilla film done during the Hensei era and though I think this Mechagodzilla incarnation is cooler, that one was still the better film and my favorite of the Hensei era films. Mechagodzilla would return during the millennial Godzilla series in two movies, but I was not as happy with them. The first one was really good, but I think they missed the mark on the second. It was a two part thing and they clearly showed Mechagodzilla (call Kiryu in those films) as being superior and more than a match for Godzilla and for reasons unknown they add Mothra to the mix also fighting against Godzilla who was completely overwhelmed during the second film. Here, Mechagodzilla is a product of aliens while in all other incarnations it is a weapon designed by man to defeat Godzilla. This Mechagodzilla, though, to me had the best arsenal of weapons including really cool finger missiles!
The story has some people at a ceremony when the young lady performing it suddenly has a vision of a monster destroying the world. Granted, her vision clearly shows Gidorah shots from previous movies. Well, turns out that there is something to this prophecy as soon Godzilla emerges and begins causing havoc! He decimates his old monster friend Anguiris and makes his way to a port where he comes face to face with another Godzilla! Are there two Godzillas? No, the one causing mayhem is a cyborg version of Godzilla called Mechagodzilla. Godzilla seems killed by this creation and the humans must try and figure out how to resurrect a monster known as King Ceasar to try and combat this metal monstrosity! Thankfully, for King Ceasar a certain monster may come back in a foul mood and ready to avenge his earlier loss!
This Showa era Godzilla film seemed to move away a bit from the silliness of the previous couple of Godzilla films. There was no child present, there was blood spewing and a lot of other things that made this entry darker than the previous film, Godzilla vs Megalon. This film and the next would help the Showa era end on a strong note and these two films are favorites of mine as I do not like the overly kiddie movies like Megalon, but on the other hand I prefer Godzilla to be the hero as I like pulling for Godzilla to win and that does not happen all too often when he is bad Godzilla.
So all in all a really good Godzilla film from the Showa era. It has things within in it that other films in the era do not and I like the characters in this one too. I was actually interested in what the humans were doing as they were done well enough I was not just waiting for the scenes with the monsters. The villains were good too, though I do find it incredibly lame that they could not fix their own creation, but instead had to use and Earthling to do the job. Still, a pretty fun Godzilla flick and the next to last movie of an era.
The story has some people at a ceremony when the young lady performing it suddenly has a vision of a monster destroying the world. Granted, her vision clearly shows Gidorah shots from previous movies. Well, turns out that there is something to this prophecy as soon Godzilla emerges and begins causing havoc! He decimates his old monster friend Anguiris and makes his way to a port where he comes face to face with another Godzilla! Are there two Godzillas? No, the one causing mayhem is a cyborg version of Godzilla called Mechagodzilla. Godzilla seems killed by this creation and the humans must try and figure out how to resurrect a monster known as King Ceasar to try and combat this metal monstrosity! Thankfully, for King Ceasar a certain monster may come back in a foul mood and ready to avenge his earlier loss!
This Showa era Godzilla film seemed to move away a bit from the silliness of the previous couple of Godzilla films. There was no child present, there was blood spewing and a lot of other things that made this entry darker than the previous film, Godzilla vs Megalon. This film and the next would help the Showa era end on a strong note and these two films are favorites of mine as I do not like the overly kiddie movies like Megalon, but on the other hand I prefer Godzilla to be the hero as I like pulling for Godzilla to win and that does not happen all too often when he is bad Godzilla.
So all in all a really good Godzilla film from the Showa era. It has things within in it that other films in the era do not and I like the characters in this one too. I was actually interested in what the humans were doing as they were done well enough I was not just waiting for the scenes with the monsters. The villains were good too, though I do find it incredibly lame that they could not fix their own creation, but instead had to use and Earthling to do the job. Still, a pretty fun Godzilla flick and the next to last movie of an era.