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Summary: Great Godzilla
Review: This are two of the best Godzilla movies ive seen. Much better than the Godzilla of old. Having grown up on 1950's and 60's sci-fi i have to say i wasnt impressed with Godzilla until this fairly recent make over. Excellant special effects and a great story lines. Battle for Earth was very well done but its King Ghidora that really got me going. The story line was excellent with time travel, a flying saucer and of course the King. If you havnt seen Godzilla for awhile, take a look at this great double feature.
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Summary: Run! It's Godzilla!
Review: This double sided DVD collects two 1990s Godzilla films, "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah" and "Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth."
"Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah" has been praised as one of the best of the unofficial 'Heisi' era of Godzilla movies. Watching it again, it's actually pretty bad. The space alien plot is goofy at best, the dialogue is ridiculous, and the characters are uninteresting. Still, there's plenty of rubber suited monster action in the last third to keep fans interested. (Some fans, by the way, are bothered by the scene where a Godzilla prototype attacks American troupes in the second world war).
"Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth" is also a pretty stupid movie (with unineteresting characters, unrealistic sets, and goofy dialogue), but I found it to be the more fun of the two. There are some pretty good monster fights between Mothra, Godzilla, and 'Battra' near the end, and the Mothra lullaby song sung by the two 'cosmos' (from the original 1960s "Godzilla vs. Mothra") has still not come out of my head.
The DVD is unfortunately, not in widescreen (unlike the companian double feature, "Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla"/"Godzilla vs. Destroyah"). The 1.33:1 image looks similar to a video tape (especially in the opening shots of "King Ghidorah"), but it's acceptable enough. The only audio is the english dub (apparently at the request of Toho studios), but it really doesn't matter in movies like these. Happily (and unlike most Japanese monster DVDs), the original Japanese theatrical trailers are included. I liked watching them, if only for the shameless toy ads that are tacked on the end. Some servicable liner notes round out the package.
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Summary: Godzilla
Review: This is more a comment than a review.1. Many, many fans would like to see Godzilla in its original form - in Japanese w/subtitles & without Raymond Burr. Original title: Gojira.2. Many fans would like to see other Godzilla & monster movies in the original Japanese w/subtitles.3. For the price of a DVD, the customer should be given the option of Dubbing or Subtitling.
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Summary: It's 1992. Now they need Godzilla to save Japan.
Review: This is the 18th film in the Godzilla film series.
Is Ghidorah about to revisit Tokyo? A strange UFO has been seen flying across the sky. Through satellite pictures they can confirm it is a UFO. They also can find Godzilla who has been kept alive by anti-nuclear bacteria. The UFO lands and five selected people are allowed to board the UFO. There are robots aboard that look like humans. They must defeat Godzilla. They time-warp to February 6, 1944. They see Godzilla (before first film in 1954) and he is wounded. While teleporting Godzilla to 1992, little ghidorahs were released on Mt. Fugi. When they came back to 1992, Godzilla is gone (for now), but the three-headed monster, Ghidorah returns to Japan. The little ghidorahs had merged together by the radiation of the UFO leaving. Now they need Godzilla to save japan.
The next film in the series: Godzilla and Mothra: Battle For Earth(1992).
Godzilla and Mothra: Battle For Earth (1992)
Good start for a film.
Now that Godzilla has survived the attack of King Ghidorah and is back underwater to rest, a meteorite hits the ocean and re-energizes Godzilla. Meanwhile, a Japanese man has found a gold idol in the temple, then the curse is upon him. The temple starts to collapse with him in it. He does escape without the idol.
To aviod a jail sentence he is offered to lead an excursion to a cave. There they find drawings on the wall of young Mothra. The weather is changing because of the meteorite. As they exit the other side of the cave, they meet the Cosmos fairies and see the egg of Mothra. Mothra returns who we have not seen since 1964.
Mothra is bad as a larve, but once it becomes a moth, it is an insect of peace.
The next film inh the series: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (II) [1993].
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Summary: it was tight
Review: This movie had better acting and special effects than the old ones and was really cool both of the moveis are good to buy.
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Summary: Cool special effects, but.....
Review: This was a laughable movie, featuring some the worst SFX (if it can be called this) that I may have ever seen. But if you're with some friends and want to get drunk and have a few laughs, this may be the ticket!
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Summary: ridiculous
Review: This was possibly the worst movie I've ever seen. I'd need some time to reflect on this very incredible statement, but I think it's quite valid. I would suggest if you're trying out Japanese monster movies, get Gamera: Revenge of Iris. This is a top quality monster movie with a heart. The SFX is a trillion, no.. make that a google times better (I feel sad that I will die before I forget that scene of the android running in King Ghidorah..). But very importanty, Gamera is a monster with a heart ... he always protects children and is always a good guy. Check out when he blows his own arm off so that he can beat the villian monster, but all this time he is holding the girl in his other hand to protect her. Finally, it's his cry that wakes the girl up from her coma.
I dare you to buy King Ghidora just to watch the so-called SFX. Check out when they teleport. How about when they're teleporting the proto-Godzilla. Oh my gosh... Finally, last but not least, my nomination for the most incredibly laughable SFX of all times... the runnning android. Omg. You gotta see this to beleive that such a sight was possible. Tragically, it's burned into the retina of my mind's eye for all time.
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Summary: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah/Godzilla vs. Mothra - Double Pack
Review: VIDEO QUALITY:
The release contains 2 films on one disc - on Side A 1991's "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah", and on Side B 1992's "Godzilla vs. Mothra" (stupidly re-titled "Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth"). Side A looks very good, with a very sharp image, nice vivid colours and not much print damage, and the same goes for Side B. In some of the darker scenes there can be a bit of grain, but it's generally very high quality, with no noticeable artifacting, rainbows or other transfer issues Of course you're probably thinking this is too good to be true - two films on one disc is superb condition, and of course you're right; the films were modified from widescreen to pan and scan, with is a real blow to the otherwise lovely print.AUDIO QUALITY:
Both sides only have one option, and in both cases they are Toho's international English dubs presented in Dolby Surround 2.0. The actual quality is good, with no distortion or fuzzing (granted they're reasonably new tracks in any case), however they both sound quite weak, especially for those with home sound systems. EXTRA FEATURES:
Side A and Side B both contain the same - theatrical trailers for the two feature films. They are presented in widescreen and are subtitled in English; it's pretty depressing when a trailer is in better condition than the film itself. OVERALL:
Pretty much a barebones release overall. Sony claim to have modified the films ratios especially for the DVD release. Why they would purposely change existing widescreen prints into full screen is beyond me. It's truly a shame, because the actual image quality is better than Toho's very own domestic Region-2 releases of these films. The standard 2.0 audio only featuring Toho's poorly acted international dub doesn't help much either, and the only features on the disc are two (good condition) trailers. It's a good release if you simply "want them on DVD", but if you want more you should probably look elsewhere.
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Summary: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah/Godzilla vs. Mothra - Double Pack
Review: VIDEO QUALITY:
The release contains 2 films on one disc - on Side A 1991's "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah", and on Side B 1992's "Godzilla vs. Mothra" (stupidly re-titled "Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth"). Side A looks very good, with a very sharp image, nice vivid colours and not much print damage, and the same goes for Side B. In some of the darker scenes there can be a bit of grain, but it's generally very high quality, with no noticeable artifacting, rainbows or other transfer issues Of course you're probably thinking this is too good to be true - two films on one disc is superb condition, and of course you're right; the films were modified from widescreen to pan and scan, with is a real blow to the otherwise lovely print. AUDIO QUALITY:
Both sides only have one option, and in both cases they are Toho's international English dubs presented in Dolby Surround 2.0. The actual quality is good, with no distortion or fuzzing (granted they're reasonably new tracks in any case), however they both sound quite weak, especially for those with home sound systems. EXTRA FEATURES:
Side A and Side B both contain the same - theatrical trailers for the two feature films. They are presented in widescreen and are subtitled in English; it's pretty depressing when a trailer is in better condition than the film itself. OVERALL:
Pretty much a barebones release overall. Sony claim to have modified the films ratios especially for the DVD release. Why they would purposely change existing widescreen prints into full screen is beyond me. It's truly a shame, because the actual image quality is better than Toho's very own domestic Region-2 releases of these films. The standard 2.0 audio only featuring Toho's poorly acted international dub doesn't help much either, and the only features on the disc are two (good condition) trailers. It's a good release if you simply "want them on DVD", but if you want more you should probably look elsewhere.
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Summary: GODZILLA ROCKS ONCE AGAIN
Review: What can I say? Having not seen the "new" Godzilla and just remembering the silly rubber suited wrestlers of the 60's, these Japanese imports from the 90's are very welcome. I wished the DVD had 5.1 surround sound and more features but the included theatrical trailers are not dubbed and are a hoot. I love how at the end of the trailers, they try to hawk Godzilla toys. Now I understand how Pokemon is so damn well marketed. A welcome addition to any Godzilla-philes's collection. Maybe in the future other Godzilla DVDs will be available with subtitles and actual Japanese dubbing that can be toggled on or off.(for us "purists")
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