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Summary: The King goes out with a bang!
Review: The Heisei series closes with what is arguably one of the best Godzilla films ever made. Abandoning any trace of humor, Destroyah is an apocolyptic and, at times, scary tale. Koichi Kawakita out-does himself with his burning Godzilla and assorted creature effects. Scenes of the Big G suffering at the hands of both his own radioactivity and the monstrous Destroyah are guaranteed to ellicit winces from the audience, especially long-time G fans. The cast is good, bringing an air of reality to the proceedings. Akira Ifukube contributes his last score and it is a thunderous masterpiece full of intense emotional expressions. G. vs Destroyah is a dark and moody film that hearkens back to the 1954 original. A must-see!
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Summary: GODZILLA vs BAD DUBBING
Review: This was the first chance we've had to see either of these films legally in the UK, so it was was a great bargin to see both presented so nicely on a double disk, and that bonus overshadows even minor quibbles like the dubbing (and second audio track with Japanese and subtitles would have pushed me up to 5 stars...). SPACE GODZILLA is a tad repetetive, and dispite others saying it was supposed to be a fun film, it went a little too far for me; fun = the dafter elements of GODZILLA vs KING GHIDORAH, not the mawkish waddling of Little Godzilla. It's great to finally own this film but it's not the reason I assume anyone would want this disc....it's DESTROYAH they're after. An amazing film from start to finish. Impossible not to cry, either...! If you're a G fan, buy this now, don't let the dubbing put you off, it's not great but I've heard much worse. At least the voices fit the mouth movements and resemble the actor's characters. It's what they say that's a bit odd... A trailer or two would have been nice as would complete credits, but no doubt japan will release them soon. For now, you can't go wrong with these lovely prints.
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Summary: The End of Godzilla
Review: Godzilla vs. Destroyah is a good film but this DVD is a mixed bag. First of all, it combines it with Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla. This makes sense in a way, because that was the next-to-last film. But it is also the weakest of the last five Godzilla films. (Somehow, one of the best, Godzilla vs. Mecha-Godzilla, seems to have been skipped for DVD.) Also, while the DVD quality is good, the cut most of the credits to Godzilla vs. Destroyah. The credits in the film are supposed to run for a couple of minutes, with scenes of a number of Godzilla films showing while they role and the appropriate Godzilla soundtrack music playing. The DVD chops this after about 10 seconds or so. I don't understand this, in that DVDs are aimed at the real movie fans, and that's just the kind of stuff real movie fans would like. My rule in the future for Godzilla DVDs: rent before I buy, and don't buy if they do such things.
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Summary: THE GREATEST GODZILLA MOVIE EVER!
Review: This movie is absolutely the best Godzilla film I've ever seen! The SFX are the best I've seen in any Godzilla movie, and the action is unforgettable. The scenes of the Destroyah creatures and the final battle between the way cool Godzilla Jr. and his slowly dying father are exciting and well done! The beginning is exciting, and the opening theme is the coolest ever! In this movie Godzilla succombs to a meltdown(it was sad to see him die, but the sadness is short-lived if you see this movie because it has a very surprising and well done finale). This is Toho's absolute greatest achievement and I look forward to the upcoming GODZILLA 2000: MILLENIUM.
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Summary: A very good way to end the series
Review: This movie was wonderful. It didn't have the action like MechaGodzilla II, but it really had it's moments. I'm glad that this movie really rebounded from "Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla," which in my opinion was the worst new series Godzilla movie. This movie wasn't cheesy at all and I liked how they added in Godzilla Junior in all of this.
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Summary: Godzillas most colorful release ever
Review: All I can really want to say is the color and picture quality is incredibly good, especially in Godzilla VS Destoroyah. Any Godzilla fan with a DVD player MUST buy this just to see what I mean. Sound quality is also excellent. BUY THIS NOW! The color is UNBELIEVABLE!
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Summary: You mean there were Godzilla movies made in the 90's?
Review: Tell most people that there were many Godzilla and other Toho monster films made in the 1990's they look at you with a blank stare. The only current Godzilla movies most folks are aware of is the big, lumbering, boring Tri-Star film of two years ago. Lots of fun, action, and the certainty that there is, in fact, an actor in a rubber suit smashing fake buildings...(isnt that the real reason we watch Godzilla movies? ) much more fun than some nerd computer programmer pushing buttons, eh? I worked in a video store that owned a copy of the Japanese laserdiscs of these movies and they never failed to get a big response from our customers any time we played them! My only complaint is the lack of any supplemental material, and no Japanese soundtrack. But, I suppose having two films on one disk prevented that....and dubbed in English is better than not existing at all...and they ARE letterboxed, so I suppose that is all I can ask for!
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Summary: Space Godzilla is pretty lousy but Destroyah RULES!
Review: This DVD is of very high quality and the Destroyah movie was excellent, but that stupid, mediocre Space Godzilla movie brought this DVD down and prevented it from getting 5 stars. That movie is just loaded with stupid, boring characters and the fights are uneventful. The only thing that saved the movie was the awesome design of Space Godzilla and the cute Little Godzilla. Destroyah really needs no introduction to Kaiju fans. Needless to say, it rules.
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Summary: The Best Godzilla film of them all!
Review: If you see one Godzilla film this year make it Godzilla vs Destoroyah. The story line is good, the action is some of the best to come out of Toho. The special effects aren't too shabby either. I highly recommend buying this movie.
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Summary: One killer of an ending!
Review: I think Godzilla vs. Destoroyah was one of the best G-films ever made! The FX were pretty damn good (even though they used no computer-aided design for the monsters and such). The movie starts off when Godzilla was sighted in Hong Kong decked out in a whole new get-up of G-black and glowing fire orange (this is because of the explosion of Baz Island- talked about in the next paragraph). Of course, he manages to destroy most of the city by just walking through it.(go figure!) Miki Sagusa, the telepathic brain of Godzilla is going to Baz Island to check up on Baby Godzilla. Little did she know that the Island was destroyed by a huge nuclear-fission explosion. She now thinks Godzilla Junior is dead. The G-Force committee is now up-in-arms once they found out about the explosion of Baz Island and the "new and improoved" Godzilla. Because of the explosion of the Island, G received large amounts of radiation turning his inner reactor into a 'super-charged' reactor pumping out excessive amounts of fission energy. The 2 things that can happen to him are either an explosion, or an implosion(meltdown). He will have a meltdown, but it will only occur at 1200 degrees celcius. With his tempurature rising 100 degrees a day, they only have 6 days to figure out a plan. Godzilla runs into a new beast known as Destoroyah. Man is he ugly! He was spawned back in the day of 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' when Dr. Serizawa constructed a device known as the oxygen destroyer. The autotroph organizm which was affected by the device was mutated into a heterotroph organizm. The Destoroyah grew tremendously several different times until it reached it's adult stage. NOW, THE GOOD PART! Godzilla eventually fights off this beastly foe and has his meltdown. The plan the G-Force made was to send the Supaa X3 into action. This craft was designed to withstand nuclear accidents like Churnoble. The machines' weaponary consists of all new 'freezer' technology. They plan to freeze Godzilla at 1200 degrees to keep the meltdown destruction to a minimum -- oh yeah -- his son is in this episode and he gets killed by Destoroyah:-( -- Thier plan works. The Godzilla legacy is finished. Or is it....
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