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Godzilla's Revenge

Godzilla's Revenge

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: the best
Review: This, i declared, the best movie ever
This is more exciting then Titanic. It has everything. Destruction, good acting, drama, crime, and Godzilla dies. It will excite even adults. The music is scary. I would say this movie was nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best Director of 1969. It won Best Picture of 1969. No bad dubbing, Buy it. Treasure it. Feel it. Feel the compasion. It inspired George Lucas to do Star Wars. It gave ideas to James Cameron's ALIENS and Titanic. OH, WAIT A MINUTE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT GONE WITH THE WIND, WHAT THIS MOVIE, GODZILLA'S REVENGE, OH THAT GODZILLA MOVIE, IT WAS BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL.....

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Simitar DVD
Review: VIDEO QUALITY:
This is a two sided disc - Side 1 contains the film in it's original Toho Scope ratio, and Side 2 contains the full frame TV version. Side 1 looks very nice, with very vibrant colours and reasonably sharp image (though it could sometimes become quite soft). Sadly, there is a lot of mess on the print at times. At times I also noticed some rainbows on the edges, but this isn't really anything you'd notice unless you were looking out for it. Of course that is nothing compared to Side 2, which is far less colourful, looses half the image (obviously), and is generally in far worse shape print-wise with hairs, cuts and other blemishes.

AUDIO QUALITY:
The disc comes packed with two tracks, both English dubbed. One is the original mono and the other an all-new 5.1 track. Both tracks contain a lot of fuzzing and distortion, though for the 5.1 track that's rather obvious since it's modelled after the mono track. The mono track is basically everything you'd expect it to be. The 5.1 track sound pretty much the same, but with some added sound effects. Sadly, these new sound effects really don't match the original audio at all - they sound way to modern and carry way to much bass to mix properly with the soundtrack and original sound effects.

EXTRA FEATURES:
"Godzilla's Revenge" carries the same basic features as all Simitar discs. There are several Godzilla screen savers included for DVD-ROM users, which are only compatible with Windows® 95 machines. There are also some custom trailers Simitar designed for their Godzilla releases, which are made in a cheesy 1950's American monster movie style. There is a video art gallery, and for DVD-ROM users a printable art gallery, which is fairly interesting, as well as a short trivia game to rest your knowledge on the film.

OVERALL:
A fair release which offers something you wouldn't find in America before; "Godzilla's Revenge" in it's original widescreen ratio, with a reasonably clean print and nice colours. Of course for the folks that want a trip down memory lane, there's the full screen TV version as well. The audio isn't anything to shout about, and the extra features are rather lacklustre (but at least existent), but overall it's giving you a pretty good version of the film. Of course, the film itself is another issue.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Message!!!!
Review: Well i give this a one star because this is the worst godzilla film ever made.The reason I get is to have in my godzilla videos collection but thats it.This movie is about a goofy looking kid that gets pick on by bullies and ends up hostage in abandon place by robbers.Then he dreams and falls asleep about monster island and wonders what minya godzilla retarded son would do in his place.

Overal the monster action sucks bad I mean Gabhara or so looks like a mutated house cat.But Inoshiro Honda the director wants to point out a message to kids and families about standing up to your enemies or they would just push you around.Teach you about bravery,confindence and so on.Thats the only reason he made it was for kids.

This video is for little kids who likes barney,sesame streets,
and so on because its teaches rather then violence.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Corny but great for children
Review: When I was a child, this movie was the junk. Me and my friends used to love watching this movie. Now that I'm older, I look back on it and think, "What was so good about this movie?" The fact is, this one was more child-oriented, which explains why it was so cheesy. The only thing that sucked about this movie, even for a family movie, is the fact that they used a lot of old stock footage (every battle is taken from older Godzilla movies. On top of all that, they really slaughtered the battle between Godzilla and Spiga, which originally ended in Spiga being burned to death by Godzilla and his son). So, if you're a Godzilla fan who's collecting or you have children who love Big G, then buy this film. If not, then stay far away from it because this one practically oozes cheese.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: It's horrible, yet I enjoyed it immensely
Review: While I freely admit that this film is horrible, I must say that I really like it nonetheless. Maybe it is so bad that it is good, or maybe I'm just crazy. The premise sounds pretty good in theory: use Minya, the son of Godzilla, to help show a young boy how to stand up for himself against the local bully; throw in some Godzilla battle scenes, and then drop in a couple of bank robber/kidnappers to boot. Wonderful. In execution, of course, the film is laughable and downright weird. Ishiro is basically a latch-key kid with a wild imagination. He wants nothing more than to journey to Monster Island to meet Godzilla's son Minya. In his dreams, he does make the journey and becomes friends with Minya (who sounds too much like Barney for my liking). Minya, like Ishiro, is being harassed by a large bully. Poor Godzilla is trying to teach his son to stand up for himself and fight. Unfortunately, Minya can do little more than blow smoke rings at his foes. With Godzilla's help, he eventually does fight back, and Ishiro takes courage from Minya's success. Back in the real world where he has been kidnapped by bank robbers, Ishiro manages to escape. At this point, you basically have a Japanses Home Alone sequence with the two bad guys being constantly outwitted by the little kid in short pants. In the end, Ishiro is more than ready to stand up to the neighborhood bully.

We do see a few Godzilla action sequences, but unfortunately they are made up of stock footage of some of his most boring fights. My favorite scenes involve Godzilla and his son. It's just comical to watch Godzilla try to show his inept, clumsy son how to fight. The only way he can get Minya to unleash a serious breath ray is by stepping on his tail--it's hilarious. I also must comment on Minya's ridiculous costume--it has to be the worst costume in the history of movie-making. He looks about as much like Godzilla as I do; I can only assume that he is adopted. And the music--someone must have wanted to start a Godzilla dance craze with this weird, campy, funked-up music. When you put everything together, the movie is just so different, so weird, and so ludicrously funny that it becomes almost a treat to watch it. This is Godzilla as you've never seen him before (and for good reason). If you go in expecting to see Godzilla wreak havoc all over Japan, you will be disappointed. Know what you're getting into before you start this movie, give it a chance, and I think you will find yourself oddly amused and entertained (although you may not want to admit it).

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Why was this movie made?
Review: With no human doubt in my mind,this is THE worst one they ever made!This movie is so utterly ridiculous it gives the godzilla series a bad name.If 5 people watched this movie as the first godzilla movie they ever watched,theres no doubt in my mind that 4 out of 5 of those people would steer clear of any other godzilla movie.Horrible,Horrible.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The worst ever!
Review: You have to see it to believe it. It was a waste of film and time

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The WORST Godzilla Movie EVER!!
Review: You know how in every Godzilla film Godzilla is really in Japan stomping on buildings,beating up the bad monsters well,this "Godzilla Movie"isn't like that everythings hapening in a boy's dream!This movie stinks!DO NOT GET IT!I bought it and I HATED it,I thought it was going to be like Godzilla getting revenge on Tokyo,NOPE!


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