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====''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994)====
====''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994)====
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Alright, I'll be honest here: this one is kind of a guilty pleasure of mine. I don't think it's a particularly ''good'' Godzilla movie, but at the very least I found it somewhat enjoyable, even if it leave a bit to be desired. There are a few plot points, such as Project T and [[Akira Yuki|Yuki's]] blood coagulant bullet, that are given a fair bit of built up but then ultimately go nowhere. The former is discarded after a yakuza (a plot point that comes out of nowhere) attempt to hijack the project, and the latter isn't given any sort of pay-off at all. Yuki keeps claiming that there's a weak spot near Godzilla's arm that he'll be able to exploit, and given the Big G's more protagonistic role in this film you'd ''think'' he'd end up using it against SpaceGodzilla, but nothing ever actually comes of it. Why have it in the movie at all if you're not gonna do something with it?
Alright, I'll be honest here: this one is kind of a guilty pleasure of mine. I don't think it's a particularly ''good'' Godzilla movie, but at the very least I found it somewhat enjoyable, even if it leave a bit to be desired. There are a few plot points, such as Project T and [[Akira Yuki|Yuki's]] blood coagulant bullet, that are given a fair bit of built up but then ultimately go nowhere. The former is discarded after a yakuza (a plot point that comes out of nowhere) attempt to hijack the project, and the latter isn't given any sort of pay-off at all. Yuki keeps claiming that there's a weak spot near Godzilla's arm that he'll be able to exploit, and given the Big G's more protagonistic role in this film you'd ''think'' he'd end up using it against SpaceGodzilla, but nothing ever actually comes of it. Why have it in the movie at all if you're not gonna do something with it? I also wish [[Mothra/Heisei|Mothra]] could be bothered to actually show up and help fight SpaceGodzilla as opposed to just giving [[Miki Saegusa|Miki]] a warning message. Surely she's destroyed [[Godzilla vs. Mothra|that asteroid that's supposed to hit Earth by now]]?


Weak plot aside, I found this one brought a lot of things that I enjoyed to the table. Kind of corny name and vague origins and goals aside, I think [[SpaceGodzilla]] is one of Godzilla's best enemies. His power set and crystal motif make him particularly formidable in combat, and he definitely made an impression on me. I wouldn't mind seeing him getting a second chance in a future film somewhere down the line. I liked G-Force's [[MOGUERA]] too. Its a very well-rounded anti-Kaiiju mech with a great array of weaponry, and the ability to transform into [[Land Moguera]] and [[Star Falcon]] is a neat one as well. I honestly prefer him to this era's [[Mechagodzilla/Heisei|Mechagodzilla]], and in general he's one of my favorite anti-Kaiju weapons. Oh, and [[Godzilla Junior|Little Godzilla]] is kinda cute too; quite a bit cartoony, but much easier on the eyes than [[Minilla]] ever was in my view. As far as fight scenes go, I liked the final battle in a crystal-infected [[Fukuoka]]. The bizarrely altered city-scape makes for an interesting fighting arena, one that SpaceGodzilla fully turns to his advantage.
Weak plot aside, I found this one brought a lot of things that I enjoyed to the table. Kind of corny name and vague origins and goals aside, I think [[SpaceGodzilla]] is one of Godzilla's best enemies. His power set and crystal motif make him particularly formidable in combat, and he definitely made an impression on me. I wouldn't mind seeing him getting a second chance in a future film somewhere down the line. I liked G-Force's [[MOGUERA]] too. Its a very well-rounded anti-Kaiiju mech with a great array of weaponry, and the ability to transform into [[Land Moguera]] and [[Star Falcon]] is a neat one as well. I honestly prefer him to this era's [[Mechagodzilla/Heisei|Mechagodzilla]], and in general he's one of my favorite anti-Kaiju weapons. Oh, and [[Godzilla Junior|Little Godzilla]] is kinda cute too; quite a bit cartoony, but much easier on the eyes than [[Minilla]] ever was in my view. As far as fight scenes go, I liked the final battle in a crystal-infected [[Fukuoka]]. The bizarrely altered city-scape makes for an interesting fighting arena, one that SpaceGodzilla fully turns to his advantage.

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I've been a Godzilla fan since about 2012 or so, and my love of the franchise only increased after the 2014 film. Besides that, I'm also a fan of Jurassic Park/Jurassic World, Star Trek, Superman, Spider-Man, The Lion King, Back to the Future, Portal, and MLP (Yes, I'm a Brony too).

As a Godzilla fan, I generally tend to veer towards the later films, starting with the Heisei series onward. Out of all the Showa films, Destroy All Monsters is probably my favorite, mostly because it was the first Godzilla film I ever watched in full.

Aside from here at Wikizilla, you can also find me on YouTube, Instagram, Planet Minecraft, Fanfiction.net, and Fimfiction (under the name Jade Dawn).

My Godzilla Collection

Godzilla Movie Reviews

Heisei Era

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)

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Alright, I'll be honest here: this one is kind of a guilty pleasure of mine. I don't think it's a particularly good Godzilla movie, but at the very least I found it somewhat enjoyable, even if it leave a bit to be desired. There are a few plot points, such as Project T and Yuki's blood coagulant bullet, that are given a fair bit of built up but then ultimately go nowhere. The former is discarded after a yakuza (a plot point that comes out of nowhere) attempt to hijack the project, and the latter isn't given any sort of pay-off at all. Yuki keeps claiming that there's a weak spot near Godzilla's arm that he'll be able to exploit, and given the Big G's more protagonistic role in this film you'd think he'd end up using it against SpaceGodzilla, but nothing ever actually comes of it. Why have it in the movie at all if you're not gonna do something with it? I also wish Mothra could be bothered to actually show up and help fight SpaceGodzilla as opposed to just giving Miki a warning message. Surely she's destroyed that asteroid that's supposed to hit Earth by now?

Weak plot aside, I found this one brought a lot of things that I enjoyed to the table. Kind of corny name and vague origins and goals aside, I think SpaceGodzilla is one of Godzilla's best enemies. His power set and crystal motif make him particularly formidable in combat, and he definitely made an impression on me. I wouldn't mind seeing him getting a second chance in a future film somewhere down the line. I liked G-Force's MOGUERA too. Its a very well-rounded anti-Kaiiju mech with a great array of weaponry, and the ability to transform into Land Moguera and Star Falcon is a neat one as well. I honestly prefer him to this era's Mechagodzilla, and in general he's one of my favorite anti-Kaiju weapons. Oh, and Little Godzilla is kinda cute too; quite a bit cartoony, but much easier on the eyes than Minilla ever was in my view. As far as fight scenes go, I liked the final battle in a crystal-infected Fukuoka. The bizarrely altered city-scape makes for an interesting fighting arena, one that SpaceGodzilla fully turns to his advantage.

All in all, 3/5. Not great, barely even good, but I enjoyed it well enough that I'd probably watch it again.

TriStar Era

Godzilla (1998)

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Okay, I’ll confess upfront that this wasn’t really a proper full viewing. I started watching this movie when Netflix had it up, but then they took it down before I could finish it.

Which is just as well for me. Because I really, really did not like this movie, to the point where I honestly had no desire to finish it anyway. I know this is kind of a fandom cliché at this point, but I mean it when I say that this movie is absolutely awful.

Not for "Godzilla", though. Zilla is actually one of the few things about that movie that I actually liked, believe it or not. Yeah, he's a far cry from the real deal, but I think he's a solid monster in his own right. No, my problems lay with pretty much everything else in the movie outside of the soundtrack. It was just so grating to sit through. Every time one of the characters opened their mouths it just...it made me cringe, really. This is the first movie that I'd ever describe as "cringey". And it makes me appreciate the Series a whole lot more now, because the characters were actually fun and cool there.

Honestly, I think what sealed the deal for me was when Animal's wife calls him a "retard". Now maybe this just me being overly sensitive as somebody on the Autism spectrum, but I have a very, very intense dislike of that word and how it's been hijacked. It outright borders on hatred. And I think that was the point where I decided that I did not enjoy this movie and I wanted no further viewing of it.

It does have some good moments. David Arnold's score is good, and the helicopter and submarine scenes are pretty solid action segments. But on the whole, it was just not worth it for me. I'm sorry, but I heavily disagree with the stance that "it's a bad Godzilla movie but a decent monster movie on it's own". No, I found it to just be painful on almost all fronts.

1/5. I'd give it a flat-out zero, but I figured I'd be nice and give it the extra point for the soundtrack and for the awesome TV series that rose from its foul wake.

Millennium Era

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)

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I've heard beforehand from multiple people that this one is the weakest of the Millennium era, and my viewing of the film proved them right. It wasn't really a bad movie, per say. It just felt, except for a few key elements, a bit bland.

Having watched Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla some time prior to this some time ago, I can't help but notice the glaring similarities between Akane Yashiro of the former and Kiriko Tsujimori of this movie. Both are women in the military who lost a beloved superior officer to Godzilla, and hold a grudge against him as a result. Considering that this movie was made by pretty much the same people, it almost borders on self-plagiarism, although I think that GXMG handled the whole thing better with Akane. Also, in regards to the death of Tsujimori's superior, let's be honest; that whole scene of the JSDF facing Godzilla in 1996 is dumb. The idea of only sending something like 12 soldiers armed with rocket launchers against a creature who's already proven to be resistant to heavy artillery fire is completely laughable; is it any wonder the mission was a complete failure? I'm not sure what to think of Hajime Kudo. He seems okay, I guess, but I'm not exactly sure why the G-Graspers would bring on a self-trained civilian mechanic and inventor to work on something as complex as a black hole generator. And his software repair program, styled in a chibi version of Tsujimori, felt unfunny at best and stalker-ish at worst. On a more positive note, I admire his dedication to fix the Dimension Tide's programming when it goes haywire, doing the whole job with a fractured arm. His curry-on-rice microbot magic trick at the beginning was pretty cool too, and I really don't get why his young audience wasn't more impressed by the mechanics of the trick. The G-Graspers themselves, apart from their Griffon VTOL fighter craft, which I thought was pretty cool, feel quite cheap compared to the various other anti-kaiju agencies of the franchise. Their labs are single-room and very compartmentalized, and it almost reminded me of the "showroom" laboratory seen in Jurassic Park. I do like their vibrant blue-and-black uniforms, though.

I think my biggest problem with the movie is that the Meganula swarm, and indeed, Megaguirus herself, feel a bit more like a minor inconvenience in regards to the rest of the story. Megaguirus herself doesn't show up until towards the end of the movie, and once she's disposed of by Godzilla, she and her brood are almost instantly forgotten. A more accurate title might be "Godzilla vs. a Black Hole Gun (co-starring Megaguirus)". The majority of the film seems to revolve around trying to get the Dimension Tide black hole generator working enough to kill Godzilla. And really, while a black hole gun sounds awesome on paper–and just in general–it actually strikes me as a bit overkill, even for Godzilla.

The above being said, this movie wasn't without its enjoyable factors.

The Meganulon get a visual upgrade from their first appearance in 1956's Rodan (film), and an adult form in the Meganula. I quite like both creatures, and I wish that they had more to do in the film overall, like more scenes of them facing the JSDF in the flooded streets of Tokyo. They already proved to be quite scary under the right circumstances, particularly when one of them slaughters an unsuspecting teenage couple in one of the most brutal scenes put to Godzilla film. I also quite liked Megaguirus herself. Her design is suitably menacing, and she has quite the personality to boot. She seems to relish in tormenting Godzilla with her speed and agility, and outright smiles when she drops a chunk of building on top of his head. My only complaint is that she has very stiff movements, and it's a bit disappointing. The fight scenes in general, both Godzilla vs. the Meganula swarm and later Megaguirus herself, are entertaining to watch, and are undoubtably the best parts of the film. Highlights include Godzilla shearing off one of Megaguirus's claws with his spines, Megaguirus pulling an ever-hard-to-come-by kaiju jump scare, and Godzilla bodyslamming Megaguirus in one of the most comically awesome moments since Godzilla vs. Megalon's infamous tail-slide-kick. Michiru Oshima's score, while not as good as that of her later works in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. is nonetheless very well done and quite memorable.

All in all, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus does have its enjoyable moments, but the film as a whole is just so-so at best.

3/5

Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

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I didn't really expect to like this film as much as I did. Going into it with what I knew about it, what with the more mystical take on Godzilla and all, I thought I was going to see it and be like "Eh. It's okay, but it's not really my thing”. Surprise of surprises, I actually really enjoyed it. In fact, I think it's one of my favorite movies in the franchise now. GMK truly does live up to it's reputation. The story, as radical a reinterpretation as it is, works quite well, and the theme of Japan forgetting or trying to ignore it's past were intriguing and well-done. I think displaying it in almost every teenager in the movie being a disrespectful, shop-looting, dog-drowning jerkwad might have been pushing it just a bit, but other than that, I like what they were going for with this one (side note, one teen girl's musings if Godzilla would make a good pet–just before he makes landfall outside during a storm–gave me a chuckle).

Godzilla's design in this movie is absolutely fantastic, and his blank white eyes really drive home his more demonic nature in this film. I'm not too keen on how short and thing his tail is, or how almost cartoonishly large his feet are, but other than that it's one of my favorite looks, and I think it's a better "scary Godzilla look" than Shin's "Godzilla but he looks like a zombie" appearance. Baragon's visual upgrade is great as well, and his new roar is quite memorable. Kind of a pity they forewent his fire-breathing/heat ray abilities; he might have lasted a bit longer against Godzilla had he had it. I love the new purple highlights on Mothra's eyes and wings, and I honestly wish they'd bring that color scheme back in a future movie. Her ability to shoot stingers from her abdomen was pretty cool, and it’s a range-attack that I wouldn’t mind seeing used again in the future. Ghidorah is kind of the problem child of this movie; the other two we can buy as guardian monsters, but then we see this guy, typically Godzilla's greatest enemy, as a good guy, and it gets a little weird. Once I was able to stop thinking about it and just enjoy his role for what it was, though, I didn't have too much of a problem with it. I like his roar in this movie; a nice update of the classic "BIDIDIDIDIDI" that we all know and love.

As for my other thoughts, I think I would have liked to know a bit more about these other monster sightings that are mentioned at the beginning, aside from the obvious–and amusing–jab at the 1998 "Godzilla". Kow Otani's soundtrack is absolutely gorgeous; a brilliant blend of orchestra and electronic music that gives the film a score that sounds both high-tech and ethereal all at once. It's absolutely beautiful, and I could listen to it all day. I liked the relationship between Yuri and her father, Admiral Tachibana. They hit a few rough spots over the course of the movie, but it's clear that they love each other, and I like to see good familial relationships like that in movies. I’m a sentimental dork, I know.

All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie in spite of its more radical reinterpretations of its kaiju characters, and I definitely see why it's liked as much as it is.

4.5/5

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