Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Takashi Shimura
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships explode and are sunk. At first the authorities think its either underwater mines or underwater volcanic activity. The authorities soon head to Odo Isla...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 28, 2006
Stats: 534 reviews
The definitive Japanese monster movie sees mother nature hitting back in the form of a 150ft radioactive dinosaur after atomic tests contaminate the seas around a Japanese island. Considered something of a classic, I was curious as to how this film had stood the test of time, and...( read more)
Not saying it's a bad movie, because it's not, but Godzilla is just so clearly a man in a suit that I couldn't get it out of my head. Also, how an "oxygen destroyer" did what the movie claims it does will haunt my brain for decades.
The Japanese version of the original Godzilla is a minor classic, strewn with symbolism regarding the horrors of nuclear holocaust.
This movie was the Japanese attempt to tell the story of World War II without admitting their own guilt in starting the war or the atrocities committed by the Japanese army. They could show the suffering of the Japanese civilians by having the cities of Japan destroyed by a giant...( read more)
This film has a great start. Like, from the very first scene we know about Godzilla (unlike King Kong, we get to know him 40 minutes later).
There was many talking about him from the beginning, and until the 20th minutes we get see him. On the 30th minute, the film got boring an...( read more)
its godzilla its classic you know why and if you dont ,go out and watch it now ...
Gorija, or as many people know it as Godzilla, is quite the enjoyable monster movie. A man in a dinosaur suit destroying a plastic city what more could you ask for when it comes to a classic black and white film. Sure the effects don;t look amazing but for 1954 they sure do. The ...( read more)
The most emotionally authentic fake monster movie ever made. full review
A collective metaphor and a collective nightmare, a message film that says more than its message, that captures, with a horrified poetry, the terrors that stomped through the minds of people 50 years ... full review
No females have rated this film yet... is anybody here surprised?
Yet, I find it quite sad because Gojira was one of the first films of its time to have the main female character (Emiko) as the one who really "saves the day." After all, it is she who makes the decision to betray the trust of Dr. Serizawa, leading to the decision to unleash the oxygen destroyer on on Gojira which results in the protection of Tokyo (and presumably, the world as well). So, is she supposed to be the hero? Heroine? I mean, saving the world - isn't that worth at least a little bit of credit?
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