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Summary: Good
Review: I liked it. I just don't understand why Monster Zero wasn't just called Ghidorah.
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Summary: Good, but shody efects
Review: As with many g- movies, there is little dialogue but an interesting story line. PLOT: Planet-X is found by astronauts and the inhabitants plead to "borough" Godzilla and Rodan to destroy King Ghidra who is destroying Planet-X. They trnsport the sleeping monsters to the distant planet, and they easily destroy Ghidra. In return, earth is given a tape they claim to cure illness,but it is an ultimatem. They turn the table by releasing the monsters on Tokyo(the monsters are under alien control) and they destroy the city. Meanwhile ,a siren sounded all over the world frees the monsters and they destroy the aliens and Ghidra. The world is safe again thanks to Godzilla and Rodan!!!!
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Summary: Very Cool, Very Bad
Review: The Very Cool part is because this is Godzilla and Godzilla (Gojira in japanese) is ALWAYS cool. The movie is basically about some aliens that wants to borrow Godzilla and Rhodan to take care of a little King Gidrah problem that they have, however that is not quite how it turns out. The Very Bad part is about the way the aliens are portrayed and to some extent the fact that Godzilla isnt in the movie all that much. But the bad aliens just makes it funny so all in all this movie is a must to any Godzilla fan. Run and Buy!
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Summary: Great story and ingenuity for an older Godzilla movie
Review: In this movie, Godzilla and Rodan are literally "kidnapped" by aliens from a planet which lies behind Jupiter and hence apparently stayed undetected - called Planet X. Monster "0" is the number given to King Ghidorah (or Ghidrah) by the species which inhabit this planet who are constantly being attacked by it. Godzilla and Rodan are also given numbers as Monster "001" and "002".
The aliens need to "change worlds" (as many an alien seems to want to do in science-fiction movies) and, naturally, what better place than Earth, huh? They are chronically short of water on Planet X and need a fresh new start. They want to conquer Earth with the help of Godzilla, Rodan and Ghidrah which they control perfectly through their advanced technology transmissions of complex "monster language" signals via transmitters. They trick humans into helping them get Godzilla an Rodan to drive out Ghidrah (Monster Zero) from Planet X and offer them the formula for a "cure-all" miracle drug which can cure all disease.
I found the ideas in the plot quite entertaining. However, I have always had a problem with how Godzilla seems to refrain from using mainly his atomic breath against Ghidorah and instead opts to using "wrestling tactics" which is quite ridiculous and frankly stupid - unfitting of the tradition of Godzilla movies.
I mean, the fact is, if you have seen Godzilla 2000 and how Godzilla literally blasts out of the alien there with the sheer Armageddon-like power of his atomic breath, and knowing Ghidorah's powerful "lightning bolts", Godzilla should not even be able to get close to Ghidorah if the lightning bolts are fired at him constantly...so how does he manage to literally twist Ghidrah and wrestle him etc...??!! This tactic is also used in other Ghidorah movies; perhaps the special effects required were too expensive - I mean to have both monsters firing at each other. Also, Rodan also has an electrical charge which he can thrust about but we don't see this until much later movies in the 1990's.When the humans manage to destroy the alien's transmitters, Godzilla and Rodan, (who are very happy allies indeed!) re-unite to drive out King Ghidorah back into space and away from Earth. The aliens are also handed a well-deserved defeat (which I won't reveal).
The sound quality of my video was rather poor and required that I turn it up but other than that, it was acceptable quality.
I recommend this films for Godzilla enthusiast for it gives a new setting for Godzilla movies which usually take place on Earth and the aliens are a rather interesting idea too.
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Summary: One of the best Godzilla's....
Review: As an obsessed Godzilla fan, this film (along with Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla & Godzilla vs Gigan) is my favorite of the series, including the heisi(sp?) series. Do not get me wrong, all the godzilla films are my favorite 23 films ever (Yeah, even Godzillas revenge) but this one might just be my favorite. So we have 2 astronauts (One american one, by the way) launched into space and stumble upon a 'hidden' planet the inhabitants call Planet X. Theese aliens have really cool costumes and the dubbing is not really that bad, although the controllers silly hand motions are sort of laughable, and they do seem to be a bit threatining. Now theese aliens happen to be every so often raided by the huge monster Monster Zero (everything is numbered on this planet, but Monster Zero is known as King Ghidra as mentioned by Glenn on Earth). The aliens want to borrow Godzilla and Rodan to defeat Ghidra. Earth and X at first are peaceful, but then Earth really realizes that Planet X is no friendlier that Ghidirah himself. Now this film is fun! Godzilla - the best character of the best movies there ever will be, and then Rodan - my second favorite ally next to Angirius(sp?) battles, then teams up with him! Then we have Mothra, who i really could have done without, is thrown up with the two monsters. Then my 3rd favorite Godzilla foe of ALL TIME (Next to Gigan and Mecagodzilla) = King Ghidirah the Three HEaded Monster HIMSELF in ALL of his golden scaled glory! The film i think is well acted, and has good special effects for its time. I mean come on, some of the movies out today dont feature as cool looking villians as Ghidirah, let alone the Big G! I think that the inventor character is some what annoying, but OK. I reccomend this to anyone with a VCR/DVD player. I assume alll Godzilla fans have seen it, if you havent, you arent a fan and HAVE to pick this one up - for you sake!
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Summary: Defective Tape.
Review: I received a bad tape. Everytime I played the tape for five minutes it would go blank. On the outside of the tape was a messege that said (If you experience picture problems adjust tracking control). I played this tape on three different vcrs using the tracking control one with auto tracking and I still had the same problem. The tracking control didn't do any good. I've bought many movies from Amazon before but this is the only bad one I've got. The picture quality was perfect until it went blank.
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Summary: Good Campy Fun
Review: Only time an American actor lands the lead role (Nick Adams). This one is one of my top 10 favorite Godzilla movies. Its not the best, but their is a nice feeling to it. Aliens from Planet X trick the people of the earth and monster-nap Godzilla and Rodan in order to take over the planet. Includes the infamous Godzilla victory dance! Nicely done.
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Summary: Godzilla and Stock Footage
Review: This one would of recieved four stars if there wasn't so much stock fottage from previous movies. This movie was good and the end was cool. Its worth buying for your collection.
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Summary: Top notch dvd!!!
Review: Astronauts Glenn and Fuji (an American and Japanese) are sent to explore Planet X, a planet beyond Jupiter that had been previously undetectable due to its dark surface and magnetic disturbances. Once there, the astronauts meet the people of Planet X who are forced to live beneath the surface because of Monster Zero, which is the name they give the three-headed golden dragon, King Ghidrah. They want permission to use Godzilla and Rodan to get rid of Ghidrah, as it was their combined might that expelled Ghidrah from Earth (q.v. Ghidrah-The Three Headed Monster (1965)). In return, the technologically superior X people promise a miracle drug that would cure all diseases. The men of Planet X surely qualify for some fashion victim award, with their gray suit, black vest, helmets with single protruding antenna, and thin wraparound glasses. They're quite cold fish at that, seemingly scientific and rational and putting their trust in electronics and computers. Meanwhile, Tetsui, a nerdy inventor whose glasses make him look like a Japanese Buddy Holly, has perfected the Ladyguard Alarm, a shrill handheld alarm system that can be heard for up to one block. As someone who hasn't had much luck, he's quite surprised when the World Education Corporation buys it from him, offering him $100,000. This is just the ammo he needs to impress Fuji, whose sister Harumi is his girl. Fuji is less than impressed with Tetsui, and doesn't feel Tetsui is the kind to provide for his sister. Glenn and Fuji though feel they are putting too much trust in Planet X and the Controller. Glenn tells his friend that he saw the Controller here on Earth (later a truth) and mentioning something about a plan. Both astronauts fears are confirmed when it turns out the X people have not very benevolent intentions. OK, I know this is the cinematic equivalent of comic book nonsense, so the American-dubbed dialogue is excusable. The colonial Commander's voice was dubbed by someone who's clearly a Humphrey Bogart fan. However, Monster Zero is one of the worst in the series. Much of my beef has to be goofs and continuity errors that even King Ghidrah could fly through. For one thing, if I was up to something nefarious, I'd have cut the quiet sinister laughter of the Controller early in the film. And these aliens, despite their efficiency and scheduled mindset, apparently lack the foresight to search their prisoners. And what was the point of the apparent importance of water on Planet X? It's introduced but just as soon deemphasized. In one scene, Glenn tells his girlfriend, a Planet X plant, that life isn't something to be governed by logic and electronics, but feelings. She slips him a note in his pocket seconds before she is executed, but as it's in response to what he said, she had to have broadcast her thoughts and turned them into ink on the note. And as for the monsters, they only come out in the obligatory fighting and smashing up Tokyo scenes. Godzilla's silly dance after winning the first fight against Ghidrah is totally embarrassing. The whole drama is centered around the human principals and the people of Planet X and their shenanigans. Nick Adams, who came out in two Doris Day comedies Teacher's Pet and Pillow Talk, plays Glenn. This is one of his last few films before he died of an overdose from pills he was taking for a nervous disorder. And I recognize a very young Akira Takarada as Fuji. He plays the hotel executive victimized by the yakuza in Minbo-Anti-Extortion Woman. If Mothra had counselled Godzilla and Rodan the same way he did in Ghidrah-The Three Headed Monster, he would've warned them against coming out of this nonsense. At least the later Destroy All Monsters and early 70's movies (e.g. Gigan, Mechagodzilla) were more interesting.
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