Eric Stevenson It's at this movie where we truly get the sense of an actual Universe being created with the Godzilla characters. This movie features Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra teaming up for the first time against Ghidorah. He ended up being the most recurring foe in the Toho Universe, or whatever it's called. What's also great is that we get some great scenes with the human characters too. They are really into it in this movie as we see them actively fighting and even using guns. Granted, I still won't remember their names, but it's something. The closest this series has to recurring human characters so far are those two fairies.The best part of the movie is easily when the fairies are translating what the monsters are saying. We're informed that Mothra is trying to get Godzilla and Rodan to team up to stop Ghidorah and Mothra bravely tries to do it herself. It's great to see such energy from the little guy. It's weird to see how Ghidorah has no arms. Well, I guess with three heads and two tails, he has enough appendages already. The dubbing is fairly well done even if the voices are a bit too cutesy at times. ***

TheRedDeath30 Let's be genuinely honest with each other as we review this movie. Your opinion and rating of this movie is going to depend VERY HIGHLY on how you feel about Kaiju (giant monster) movies and even more, guys in giant rubber suit movies. Most of the reviews written on this site now seem to come from fanboys (or girls) and there's nothing wrong with that. We all have guilty pleasures, but to call this movie a 10 seems more than a little bit silly. On the other hand, very few people are probably stumbling into these reviews not knowing a little bit beforehand that they're at least somewhat interested in the genre.I'll start with the fanboy perspective. The original GOJIRA is one of the greatest horror movies ever made, in my opinion. It is a bleak portrayal of Japan in a post-nuclear era that used a giant monster as metaphor for nuclear annihilation. In the sequels that followed, they began introducing other monsters to act as Godzilla's nemesis and eventually the series becomes what is essentially studio wrestling in monster suits. This movie is important for several reasons. It is the turning point at which Godzilla becomes a hero out to save Japan, rather than a monster bent on destroying it. It also features a fan's dream team as he teams up with Rodan and Mothra to combat what many would consider to be Godzilla's greatest enemy, King Ghidorah, introduced here in this movie. There would be bigger monster mashes to come in this series, but this is the beginning of the mass team ups. There is a lot of campy fun to be had here as the monsters wage war with each other and try to drive this outer space entity back where he belongs. Not necessarily the greatest of the Godzilla sequels or even the best of the Showa era (Godzilla fans typically divide the movies into three eras), but it's generally one of the most popular.Now, let's take a step back, just for a moment, and review this movie as an outsider with little experience in Kaiju. I'm not a noob to the genre, at all, but I'm really not a fanatic. I have seen a few, mostly in my childhood. This movie is bad....I mean, really bad. The humans in the movie make no sense and the dialog and dubbing is a giant mess. The plot is an incoherent mess of sci-fi ramblings, complete with brain waves, fairies, odd songs and some sort of pseudo-James Bond storyline involving a princess who's being threatened with assassination. There is far more bad human drama than monster goodness and let's talk about those monsters. Yes, they're guys in big, rubber suits, throwing and kicking rocks at each other, for the most part. They spend a lot of time just staring at each other shaking their arms and heads around. We get four legendary monsters fighting each other and the big climax basically comes down to the same method Spider-Man uses to catch two-bit crooks.I realize by now that the fanboys have already clicked NOT HELPFUL on this review because I dared to trounce one of their favorite movies. As I said earlier, there are two very different ways you can look at this movie. If you're a fan of Kaiju you would judge it much differently, I am sure. As more of an outsider, this is a fun movie to laugh at with some friends and drink a beer or two, but in the grand scheme of cinema history, it's pretty laughable.

SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain A meteorite from space lands in Japan. At about the same time Godzilla and Rodan also awaken to wreak some havoc. It soon transpires that the asteroid is Ghidrah, destroyer of planets, and a missing princess has had her body taken over by one of the last remaining Venusians. Eventually the humans must call on Mothra to convince Rodan and Godzilla to stop kicking rocks at each other and help save the planet. Same, same, but packs less of a punch. The main reason may be due to Ghidrah's origins. His three foes are all products of humanities mistakes regarding nuclear weaponry. Ghidrah is just a planet destroyer from space. You will enjoy this if you've seen the other films, and Godzilla and Rodan's quarreling is brilliantly comical. There's certainly more life in Godzilla's face than there has been before. Monster smack down time!

gigan-92 This film is one of the original series' best in my opinion. Four of my favorite monsters coming together for the hugest battle yet seen (at the time of course). This film also holds a very special place in my heart, seeing as it was the first GOOD Godzilla movie I ever owned. Back when I must've been four I'd estimate. The only G-film I'd seen prior to this was "Godzilla vs. Megalon", but compared to this film it only looks even crappier! I unfortunately broke my VHS copy of it at nine due to excitement over a new G-film I'd been given as a present and up until 2007 I thought I would never see the film again. Fortunately, Classic Media recognized its greatness and released on a spectacular DVD. Another reason I love this film is the fun plot. Of course it's dropped any mention of nukes or strong themes, but I still find it one of Sekizawa's best. Next time around let's say Princess Salno used a parachute instead of "leaping in between dimensions". As for the characters, this film has a really good cast. Akikko Wakabayashi (the Princess/Martian prophet) is excellent and fine by the way. Takashi Shimura stars as another 'Dr.' character and his performance is as usual, top notch. Akihiko Hirata stars in a small role where as Yuriko Hoshi returns playing a very similar character to her previous role in "Mothra vs. Godzilla", done well. Along with all the other actors, every one gives entertaining performances, Honda even adding some cool shoot out scenes.The special effects are mostly good. King Ghidorah was an incredible accomplishment for Eiji Tsubaraya. The three headed dragon looks magnificent both on the ground and flying. The gravity beams were done exceptionally well, where as Godzilla's heat ray became a mist due to the money spent on Ghidorah. Anyways, the space demons rampage scenes are beautiful and I love the odd shriek. All the sets are huge and well constructed, my favorite being the downwards sloping hill where Ghidorah (or Ghidrah as he's called in the dubbing) is first confronted by Godzilla and Mothra. Godzilla and Rodan's battle is just cool and full of energy and Ifukube's music fits it perfectly. The best two parts were Godzilla using his tail and Rodan lifting the King of the Monsters into the sky and dropping him onto the electrical tower. The continuity is still there and still no aliens (although King Ghidorah is technically an extraterrestrial). Godzilla looked great, considering it's the incredible suit from the last film. Except for its eyes, which didn't look as imposing. Rodan looked decent, but nowhere near as impressive as the 1956 original. The final battle is an excellent display of SFX and real action. Total highlight of the film no doubt.When you're a seven or nine year old watching these films you don't notice these things but times change. Whereas Sekizawa was quite the writer, it can be noted he brung the first essences of campiness into the original Godzilla series. The monster summit isn't really campy per say, but it does lower the seriousness of the film. It is the beginning of Godzilla's hero stance, which will soon become the beginning of the end for his career till 1984 ("Godzilla 1985" begins the second series of films). Luckily, Godzilla still gets his menacing scenes at Yokohama harbor and he does kill hundreds of innocent people on a cruise boat when he first emerges from the ocean depths, done nicely. The characters still fear him and don't look at him as a hero just yet. In a way he just settled a brief negotiation. But I didn't know Godzilla cursed: "Oohhh, Godzilla what horrible language", twin fairies translating at the monster summit. In the end it's rather funny so I appreciate it more and more with each viewing. And seeing as I as I watch the film on a weekly basis, you get the idea.Well, the first three G-films had elaborate and often unnecessary Americanization's, with added American scenes, changes to the SCORE, and even changing Godzilla's name to Gigantis! "Mothra vs. Godzilla" was the first to avoid it, but this film to a degree didn't. The story is left intact and there are no American actors edited in but Ifukube's score is AGAIN tampered with!! Thankfully not as much as in "King Kong vs. Godzilla". Other than that the American cuts actually make sense and actually fix that continuity error with King Ghidorah (buy the Classic Media DVD and watch the Japanese version). Overall, I love this film for several reasons and if you haven't seen it, you most definitely should.