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Summary: The best 70's Godzilla epic!
Review: This is without words the best Godzilla film of the 1970's. The storyline, the special effects, and the monsters almost matches up to the quality of the better 60's films. It's the sequal to "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla" and it is much better than the original film. Since it's the last of the classic Godzilla series (that makes 15), the producers tried to make it one of the best using Akira Ifikube's famous Godzilla scores and trying to bring the best effects that Toho could provide to the silver screen. The monsters include the of course Godzilla, who is unusally meaner in this film than any other of the 70's epics (Toho was trying to return Godzilla to his original state which was a mean, radioactive, towering horror in which they don't do to the exstent of the original, but he's meaner than he was in the earlier 70's films). Titanosaurus, which is a new character and is alot diffrent than the monsters of the 70's, because he is not a monster that is released by aliens and has fancy ray beams or transforming powers, but a real dinosaur that depends on the real powers of a dinosaur... claws, teeth, and tail (although, he does have a tail like a fan which enables him to blow his opponent to the ground). Of course theres the fantastic Mechagodzilla, who has tons of light rays and missles spewing from his eyes, fingers, and stomach and he can fly! The quality of this tape is fantastic compared to other Godzilla movies released by other video companies. It's in the SP mode, great sound, and to top it off it's digitally remastered from the original negitives of the film. This is a great movie to watch on a Saturday night around 1:00 AM after "Saturday Night Live" is over. So, get a big bowl of popcorn a Pepsi and enjoy "Terror of Mechagodzilla".
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Summary: The return of Ishiro Honda.
Review: After a long hiatus, Ishiro Honda and Akira Ifukube return to close the 1st G series. Honda brings a welcome level of seriousness and gravity to the proceedings. However, spfx director Nakano is no Eiji Tsubaraya. The result is a decent film that could have been much better. Mechgodzilla, so powerful in the previous film, is reduced to playing second banana to the rather silly Titanosaurus. The plot has some pretty deep holes, especially when considering the loose continuity between this and the original MG. Godzilla is still stuck in his "hero" mode but is not too annoyingly cute this time. Ifukube's music brings the film series full circle and adds a considerable amount of emotional heft to the picture. The final battle is pretty spectacular, though marred by a few sub-par effects. Though not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, Terror of MG is a good entry in the G saga.
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Summary: Great movie - annoying import!
Review: This is one of my favorite Godzilla movies, and I would give the movie itself a 5 star rating. However, the TV broadcasts of 1979 (possibly 1980) was the last time an uncensored English copy of this movie was shown. All of the videotape editions (as well as the broadcast on TNT or TBS - I forget which station) are incomplete. The original English version had an incorrect intro before the opening titles, but the movie itself was complete except for a brief topless shot of Katsura undergoing surgery that had been cut out - 4 seconds of footage. The Simitar and Paramount Home Video editions are of the censored version. (The original Paramount tape was even missing the movie's title and listed an 89 minute running time even though it was recorded on a T-80 tape in SP.) The original movie runs 82 minutes. The censored version is 79 minutes. I have a tape of a 1979 broadcast of this movie which was edited for its time slot (10 minutes missing), the Japanese LaserDisc, the Paramount tape, and this Simitar tape. Most of the censorship centers around the violence. Someone shoots a gun, but you don't see the other person get hit. There was little or no blood. They show the violence, but not the consequences on the act. During the opening titles which use clips from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, some bloody shots of Godzilla are missing. The truly annoying part of the censorship is the fact a MAJOR story element is missing. In this video edition, Mechagodzilla appears to shut down for no reason. All references to someone committing suicide were cut out.
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Summary: The Best Mechagodzilla Flick of the 70's
Review: This movie is simply a must purchase. Good music, good special effects, good plot, good acting. Just get the movie, plain and simple.
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Summary: was great but..
Review: i remember when i was lil i saw this on t.v and mecha godzilla became my all time fav monster.it took me about 7 years to finally get ahold of it(recorded it from TNT)and it was greta but i have like a few complaints .well when mecha godzilla and titanosaurus were destroying the city you notice how it seemed they were walking towards a table because they were up high yet u see the city go up to there knees and dont see there feet.as if they were walking towards a table.and mechagodzilla and titanosaurus needed longer parts and so didnt godzilla. but this is a great film and still is one of my fav top 5.the music is great im actually listening to the mechagodzilla suite from g vs mechag and terror of mecha g on my godzilla soundtrack.ifukube did great with the music.the special effects were good in the movie for its time.and the costume design were great as well.titanosaurus is a great monster and i understand is very popular in japan. if u like godzilla or robots or even dinosaurs this is a good flick
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Summary: One of my absolute favorites! GODZILLA MUST BUY!
Review: I LOVE this movie! Awesome battle royal(Mecha-G, Titanasaurus, and that AWSEOME beggining! I'd spend the money just for that intro!), good plot, dubbing good.... altogether, as someone before me said, the best G-film of the 70's! A MUST BUY IF YOU ARE EVEN REMOTELY INTERESTED IN GODZILLA!
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Summary: monster bash
Review: aliens rebuild mechagodzilla and send him to battle godzilla again. fighting along side him is titanasauros. this one is much better than the previous film, good but sometimes akward battle scenes. also, good scenes of destruction as well. after defeating the enemys godzilla is seen swiming away in the end. getting a long rest before returning in godzilla 1985.
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Summary: OKKKKK
Review: The movie was not as good as the first one. The efffects were great for this time but it lacked the real effect the first had left off with. I think that they should have not of made this one. They should have just left the other one where it stood.
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Summary: A dark and powerful film surpassing its production values
Review: "Terror of MechaGodzilla" contains more than its share of embarrassing effects, bad acting and cornball costumes, and it takes a very long time to introduce Godzilla. And I loved (almost) every minute of it. Why? Let me count the reasons. (1) Creator Ishiro Honda returns to lend a deadly serious tone to the proceedings, with Godzilla hopelessly outmatched against two colorful and beautifully designed enemies. Godzilla's nighttime entrance into the film is stunning and emotionally evocative...and this film is the ONLY time his "heroic," Tokyo-*protecting* role worked. The human plot is child-free and focuses on the torn loyalties of a young woman devoted to her mad-scientist father, but knowing that his complicity in the monsters' rampages is wrong. (2) Original composer Akira Ifukube imbues with soundtrack with a mesmerizingly grim tone in themes for the enemy monsters (the first glimpse of MechaGodzilla 2 in its hangar, and a scene in which MG2 and Titanosaurus stand motionless, surveying Tokyo as somber piano and strings presage the impending onslaught, are priceless) and the guilt-stricken young woman, and a noble, indomitable variation of one of Godzilla's 1954 themes used as he weathers firestorm after firestorm of punishment. (3) MechaGodzilla delivers what his earlier film only cheated us of...opening up on Tokyo with a blitzkrieg far more satisfying than anything in Dean Devlin's 1998 mess. If you liked the classic Godzilla films, images and music from this one will linger with you long after the film ends.
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Summary: Good Godzilla movie.
Review: This movie is a step above Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.A good plot,okay acting,and great battle scenes makes this the best Godzilla film of the 1970's(not counting Godzilla vs. Monster Zero,which was released in Japan in 1966 but not in the US until 1970).Awesome Movie!
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