Godzilla's Revenge

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Summary: Not 'true' Godzilla, but still a gem anyway.
Review: I don't think some people realy understood what this film is about. It's not a monsters-V-humanity and never pretends to be. It is instead a quite sympathetic and touching tale of a young downtrodden child being inspired by his heroes to fight back against the bullies who see him as a target.

If this film does have a fault then it's the over-use of footage from older Godzilla films, though thankfully this doesn't detract too much.

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Summary: what the hell is this?!
Review: I generally like Godzilla films.They arent that bad.They are very corny, but a good watch if nothing else is on.But this movie was pure garbage!The worst acting, worst script,worst plot for any Godzilla film.Its about a kids fantasy to play with Godzilla, thats the plot.What were they thinking?Whats more, they just pieced it together from old Godzilla movies.And Godzilla SON?playing and talking to a little BOY?Pretty crappy(1 star out of 5)

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Summary: HORRIBLE!
Review: I hated this movie! (and I don't know why the last person to review this gave it 5 stars although he didn't like it.) The "plot" had no meaning at all and it was just.....ugh! I have a much much older version of the US (probably better dubbed than the new version.)

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Summary: WHY BOTHER!!!!!!! Half a real movie?????
Review: I have never seen anything more rediculous than this! Even if you are a "die-hard" Godzilla fanatic who has'nt seen this complete piece of crap, I'm warning you, stay away from it as much as you can, I mean it. This is more of a kids movie than a part of the original Godzilla story until "Godzilla 1985". It has absolutely nothing to do with any of the other Godzilla films. About half of it is used footage from previous Godzilla films such as "Son of Godzilla", the rest is just set around some day-dreaming kid and not the "Big-Guy" himself. If you want a Godzilla movie made around this time then I recomend to you "Destroy All Monsters" or "Terror of Mecha-Godzilla". Not This. PAUL RAYMONDO HEMSLEY

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Summary: a young kid learns to stick up for himself from godzilla
Review: i know many people don't like this movie but if you look past the main idea of the story..it conveys a strong message. it tells the story of two parents who have no time to spend with thier son ichiro. ichiro gets bullied and always daydreams about godzilla and friends. this movie may not be for eveyone but it has a message that no one should overlook. don't listen to the other reviewers...they are spoiled by their churchlike families.

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Summary: Godzilla's Revenge Review
Review: I think that Godzilla's Revenge is a pretty good movie. But there is some things I don't like. First, Minya can't talk or grow. Second, they use scenes from all the Godzilla movies. But it is still a good movie, so I would buy it.

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Summary: Toho's Biggest Failure in History!
Review: I will never forget the horror that unfolded in front of me the first day I saw this crime against filmography. Godzilla, the monster I had first thought of as the most powerful, unstoppable force on Earth, had been turned into...into...THIS!

This movie is the worse Godzilla film I've ever seen, second only to "Godzilla (1998)"! Even as a child I hated this movie, and now that I find out its on DVD I want to run screaming into the night!

Don't buy this movie no matter what! It will shatter your image of Godzilla forever! And that hemmeroid son of Godzilla, Minya is the worst beast in creation! I can still remember praying for King Ghidorah to swoop in and devour him!

If you get this movie as a gift: treat it as a fruitcake and give it to somebody you don't like, practice your skeet shooting, or just use it as a coaster! But please! Don't ever, ever, EVER waste your money on this!

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Summary: Stock footage bonanza!
Review: If everyone would stop talking negitive about all the stock footage used in the film and sit down and think about the Godzilla movies that they took the footage from, it really isn't that bad. They took lots of the monster scenes from "Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster" and "Son of Godzilla" which were not the best of the Godzilla series and I really don't like to watch all the way though all that often. In this film, all the best battling scenes of those films are mixed together into one on this film without all the talking and boring storyline that graces the films they originated from. This story line is much more enjoyable, it stars a little boy who dreams of seeing Godzilla on his home island. He falls asleep and has a dream which consists of Godzilla battling a number of monsters and meets Godzilla's son and they quickly become friends and watch Godzilla battle though out the film. First Godzilla battles giant spiders (from "Son of Godzilla"), then he goes and fights a giant condor and then battles Ebirah: The Sea Monster (from "Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster"), which is one of Godzilla's best fight scenes of all his career of being in the movies. Then battles giant praying mantasis (from "Son"), and more. They did shoot some new monster footage for the film which features a new monster Gabera, who is a pretty dumb monster (both in look and intelligence) who bullies Godzilla's son Minya (and doesn't even do that well... always falling down and bumping his head). The old and new footage is edited together well and features a great opining score... a kind of jazzy sounding song with all the monster's roars appearing every so often which Toho released on a single back in 1969. If you buy the Simtar version of this film... you wont be dissapointed with the quality. It is in the SP mode, great crisp picture, excellent sound quality, and digitally remastered from the original theatrical negitives. Trust me, this film is a great Saturday afternoon film, with some of the greatest battle scenes of any monster film that comes before or after "Godzilla's Revenge"!

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Summary: Not a Godzilla movie.
Review: My opinion is that this was not a movie about Godzilla, but rather a movie about a kid who watches Godzilla movies! The worst one, but great fights!

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Summary: Godzilla Teaches Us About The Plight Of Latchkey Kids!
Review: Of all the Godzilla films, this one is by far the most suitable for young kids. Essentially it is a movie about the evils of latchkey children. Our little hero, Ichiro, is shy and always beaten up at school. He visits Monster Island in his dreams several times where he befriends Minilla, the son of Godzilla, who is also shy and friendless. Ironically, both are picked on by bullies named Gabara.

In the first dream, Ichiro dreams he is aboard "Pan American Flight One, nonstop to Monster Island", then hangs out in the jungle while Godzilla dukes it out with Kamacuras, the Praying Mantis monster, Gorosaurus, a kind of giant badger-lizard hybrid monster, Manda the snake, Anguirus, the spiny armadillo monster, and a nameless flying giant turkey vulture monster (as silly as the bird from "The Giant Claw".) That's all in the first five minutes or so. Ultimately Ichiro falls into a hole and is rescued by Minilla, who speaks good English, but try to ignore that he sounds exactly like Droopy Dog, or you may not be able to cease laughing until the movie is over. Minilla is worried about his neighborhood bully (allegory anyone?) Gabara, who happens to be a giant furry, cat-lizard with glowing pink electric horns. He is much scarier than the Gabara in Ichiro's neighborhood. He is much sillier looking, too.

Between his dreams Ichiro is either going to school, hanging out with a creepy toy maker, or playing in an abandoned warehouse, where he collects used vacuum tubes. (The movie never explains what the deal with the vacuum tubes is.) He also gets mixed up with a couple of thieves who have stolen 50,000,000 Yen (about enough for a McDonald's Happy Meal today) and has to outwit them.

To get through the trauma of being kidnapped by thieves, he calls on the power of Minilla, and re-visits Monster Island, where this time Godzilla gets to play baseball with Ebirah, better known as the Crab Monster, and wrestle around in silk with Kumonga, the tarantula monster. Godzilla also teaches Minilla how to breathe fire in a touching male bonding experience.

Ultimately Ichiro defeats the robbers, and is a hero, having learned a valuable lesson that you have to stand up for yourself. Besides the lesson in pre-adolescent self-confidence, and some amusing monsters, this is one of the lesser works of Ishiro Honda. If you are a Godzilla completist, it's fine, but you can safely see it last.