cultfilmfreaksdotcom Strange that a movie about Godzilla fighting a giant plant with the head of a red rose would be one of the best of the entire franchise, dating back from the origins, but it's true... GODZILLA VS BIOLLANTE is also the first of five co-starring Japanese starlet Megumi Odaka as Miki Saegusa, bringing to light another miracle...That a young, really cute Japanese girl (vulnerable and sympathetic, with upturned leafy ears that gives her a unique koala bear pixie look) who is gifted with ESP, could actually read Godzilla's mind without it being too lame or corny: She's what Amy Irving is to THE FURY (think CARRIE with powers in check). And her four other "Heisei Godzilla" films (later distributed by Miramax on awesomely inexpensive blu rays) lasted throughout the entire 1990's...The main character is a middle-aged scientist whose daughter died five years earlier in a laboratory explosion, and he winds up working for a corporation, reluctant at first, but then his creation becomes even more dangerous than Godzilla, or has the potential: that aforementioned plant-beast uses an octopus-tangle of furious stems to attack, each with fang-snapping mouths that resemble the titular "Feed me Seymour" from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS combined with the fury of The Muppets drummer Animal, in droves...But the final battle between the reptilian and the organic are the first of several peaks that, while going on about twenty minutes too long, winds down a complicated yet clearly told story with a smooth cold war thriller vibe involving an Arab assassin cutting through and around various Japanese henchmen trying to steal the plot-device aka McGuffin from competing labs...Those being Godzilla's very own cells, which was one of several ingredients to bring this new creature to life, and what woke Godzilla up from his volcanic slumber (ala GODZILLA 1985): But his true adversary is a flying vessel that, with blasting lasers laced with anti-nuclear-matter, resembles an otherwise random benign shuttle in any old school outer space movie...Combining b-roll nature shots edited into the expository mainline provides a sort of documentary vibe, along with strategic grids and slick gadgets, all the while allowing Mika to use her brain power only during times needed to make that aspect more interesting within the two most suspenseful and urgent situations... The Japanese military either anticipating Godzilla's arrival or dealing with his usual citywide ravaging that, at that point, 1989, still using the beloved man-in-suit applied effects, actually looks impressive given how much the burning city's flamed-redbrick background, or dark-lit lagoon sequences or even the open sea battles, visually evens-out the screeching, upright-standing creature that, while dated, many find far more entertaining, and even formidable, than what computers do so easily, and without the same creative finesse or overall sense of doom and dread: But it's the multi-tiered story that drives this monster instead of the monster highlighting a one-dimensional action flick.

Eric Stevenson Godzilla is literally the longest running film series in history, so it's hard not to see so many movies and treat them like long episodes of a TV show. Hey, it worked for "Mystery Science Theater 3000"! All the Godzilla movies feature either him destroying a city or him fighting another monster and this film goes the extra mile by having both occur! What's better is that we get to see the most frequently appearing human character in the entire Godzilla franchise, Miki Saegusa. She has a psychic link with Godzilla. As the franchise is known for its monsters, it's quite unique for a human character to be important.We get great setup to the creature Biollante and in a lot of the movie and we even get great action scenes from the actual human characters, especially when Biollante's vines are attacking people in the beginning. It seems pretty lame for Godzilla to fight a giant plant, but it certainly gets better. There's actually two huge fights between these two characters. In the second one, Biollante takes on a much cooler and more crocodile like form. At the very end, Godzilla is still alive, but decides to stop attacking. It's really a good story that should please all fans. ***

jacobjohntaylor1 The best Godzilla movie is Godzilla 1998. Maybe you don't think so that's o.k. But if you are mad about it grow up you pooh pooh heads. This is a very good movie. It is the 17th Godzilla movie. It is not as good as the 11th Godzilla movie. Godzilla vs the smog monster. The the 16th Godzilla movie Godzilla 1985 or Return of Godzilla. The 22nd Godzilla movie Godzilla vs Destroyer is also better. But still a very good movie. A very entertaining monster movie. See it. Part 23 to the Japan series Godzilla vs M.e.g..a.g.u.i.r.u.s is also better. Part 25 to the Japan series Godzilla M.o.t.h.r.a and King G.h.i.d.o.r.a.h giant monsters on an all out attack is also better. The 8th Godzilla movie Son of Godzilla is also better. But still it is very good movie. See it.

Ed johnson Godzilla vs Biollante now seems to be consider one of the best godzilla movies and I would say for good reason. In my own opinion this is one of the last godzilla movies to do something really creative and new. I like how this movie has a dark and serious atmosphere to it in contrast to the goofy and sillier godzilla mood of the later showa movies(not that those movies were bad). The special effects are impressive and I feel that they still hold up well today. One really strong point for this movie are the action scenes, all of the action scenes are very entertaining to watch such as godzillas battles with the super x 2 or his battles with biollante. The movie has a good set characters that are likable and the overall story is also good and getting back to what I said earlier it is a interesting new concept. Biollante while maybe not godzillas most powerful foe is still none the less a cool monster with a great design. If I had to chose a flaw with this movie, I will say that the pacing can slow at times, but other then that I believe this truly is one of the best godzilla movies of the godzilla series.