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spodimusarts · 2 months

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A Birthday drawing I made for a friend

I wasn’t originally planning on posting this, but the facial expressions came out so good I decided to anyways. It’s a crossover between King Ghidorah and the Toon Patrol.

#godzilla #godzilla fanart #kaiju #godzilla king of the monsters #king ghidora 2019 #king ghidorah #monsterzero #who framed roger rabbit #toon patrol #Ichi #Ni #San

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meara-eldestofthemall · 6 months

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Simple enough question ahoy;

What are each of the Batfam’s favorite Godzilla movies, both Toho and Monsterverse?

Oooh, thank for the excellent ask! I will take any chance I can get to use my abundant, yet useless, knowledge of Godzilla. My apologies upfront. I can a little... pedantic about these things.

Bruce - He loves the Millennium era movies, particularly Godzilla vs Mech-Godzilla (1999).

There’s one specific line you can only get in the dubbed version, “Too many meetings can change a man’s destiny”. It’s a motto inscribed in Bruce’s heart. He loves to mumble it to Alfred as he heads out the Wayne Enterprises for a Board Meeting.

Dick & Tim - These two are on the same page and adore the campiness, bad dubbing and dreadful special effects of the Showa Era. 1969′s All Monsters Attack is their favorite for sheer over-the-top lunacy.

There’s Daddy Godzilla, kid Minizilla, some strange Japanese child in shorts with an overactive imagination and (wait for it) bank robbers. Tim has been known to get laughing so hard he snorts Zesti through his nose when Dick starts inserting his own dialogue or singing love songs to various Kaiju.

Jason - He will always default to 1998′s Godzilla done by Roland Emmerich.

It’s partly because he knows everyone else hates the movie. Jason gets a big kick out seeing New York City thoroughly trashed - especially Madison Square Garden. Seeing the home of the hated Knicks go up in flames never fails to make him smile.

Cassandra - At first she was confused about cheering for a large bizarre lizard who caused more property damage than Bane on a bender but eventually warmed up to the big green guy. She is currently enamored of the Reiwa era film, Shin Godzilla (2106).

She likes the fourth evolution where he can shoot lasers from his mouth, spines and tail all at once. It’s very efficient. And pretty.

Damian - Dami considered himself a Godzilla purist, so nothing but the original Godzilla (1954) will do for him.

He appreciates the subtle cinematography and the idea of Godzilla representing the atomic bomb. Although he’d never admit it, Damian does get a kick out of seeing Godzilla rise from Tokyo Bay to level the city.

Stephanie hates everything about the movies. Tim once dragged her to a retro film festive that showed all the Toho movies. In order. For two full days. Just the sound of Godzilla’s roar is enough to make her run for hills.

Barbara likes the modern Legendary movies best, particularly Godzilla King of The Monsters (2019).

Why? Because as a college student she spent one miserable summer in Boston going to seminar at Boston University. She lived in a cramped, un-airconditioned dorm room that smelled like feet. Watching Godzilla, King Ghidora, Mothra and Rodan level a good swath of the city feel a little bit like karma for her. She’s been known to cackle in an unhinged manner when Fenway Park gets stomped. Dick finds it vaguely unsettling.

Duke - He’s not really up to date on all of the various versions of Gojira, but he’s let himself be talked into going to the midnight premiere of Godzilla Minus One when it comes out in December.

Dick and Tim are planning to do cosplay, so Duke isn’t quite sure what he’s gotten himself into.

#tim drake #dick grayson #bruce wayne #jason todd #damian wayne #duke thomas #barbara gordon #Godzilla

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rubrofuscus · 5 months

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watched Godzilla: King of The Monsters (2019) last night

was good

I liked it, anyway

King Ghidora was awesome especially the scene where he roars really loudly and wakes up the other kaiju

all the godzilla scenes were awesome

the main guy was kinda whatever as were most of the human characters

extremely stupid self sacrifice scene from the mom at the end

zilla going thermonuclear and melting the city just by existing was cool

doctor serizawa was cool

I did like the kind of like mythos tie in they'd have sometimes throughout the movie

I thought king of the monsters was gonna be a stand alone movie but I guess it was a sequel

still pretty good by itself though I think

godzilla cool

don't let anyone tell you that kaiju are lame and boring

as always the human stuff was kind of like whatever to me but it was still vaguely interesting enough to keep me watching

#koi watches

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qualxon · 3 years

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Finally decided who to set Caelignis up with, so here's a comic of one of their first main encounters

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sedis-mutabilis · 5 years

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A brazilian portuguese version of “Shallow Now” + GKOM context.

this is flawless

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alltimefavouritevideos · 5 years

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Every Godzilla Movie Ranked From Worst To Best

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abitterlifethroughcinema · 5 years

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WOKE! Film Reviews in BCN

The Summer 2019 Movie Season Kick-Off!

by Lucas Avram Cavazos

Cue DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince! When I was coming of age in the 90s and early millennium, there were moment of sheer relief, joy even, as June broke through with certain heat in tow, that the summer would be bringing with it a break from the reality of non-stop scholastic rigamarole, as well as, a load of blockbuster films and some hot dance jams of the summertime. It was also usually ushered in by the Entertainment Weekly annual summer movie preview, but who gets magazine subscriptions nowadays? What we do get is down to business, so let’s roll!

Men In Black International ##-1/2

The first MIB film was released just as I made that high school to uni transition, and over two decades later, we start the 2019 summer movie season with this fourth instalment of what may have easily been put out to pasture long ago, but why stop when there is profit to be had, right? The charming sense of wonder that was first introduced to us back in ’97 was even served up back then with a now no longer Fresh Prince, but instead a mediocre hip-pop Will Smith single…oh the 90s. The thing is, that first film came across as right on time. Remember, this was at the height of paranormal entertainment, as the X-Files ruled the telly waves, alien movies started being produced in spades and pretty much everything commenced a somewhat pre-millennium tension, so setting a comedy/action thriller based on the tracking and maintaining of aliens in modern NYC society was a perfect, cinematic fit. In 2019, we now get the “int’l” version of MIB, where Agents H and B come poised like action figures in the skins of Thor:Ragnarok alums Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. They have been given the specific job of playing escorts to one of H’s old alien buddies who is a bigwig now and visiting Earth in search of a grand old time…cute. And then it becomes clear that old homeboy is also in possession of a diamond-sized weapon that could be a seismic shift to life as we know it and other evil forces want this for their possession too and la di da di da….It’s all been so overdone before, and I abhor seeing Miley Cyrus’ bro-in-law making such trite shite when, despite the obvious camaraderie between him and Lady Agent B, of which there is suspiciously mucho, when the script by three different writers is so obviously lacklustre, where is one to go from there? I digress but while it’s fun to see director F. Gary Gray do his attempt at dealing with alien life forms and shape-shifting cretins with a glossy sheen of comedy, if there is such real substance, how can you make a tired series shoot back to life? Answer: NOT LIKE THIS!

Aladdin ###-1/2

Disney’s consistent, modern renderings of animated classics into live-action, blockbuster behemoths continues with Guy Ritchie’s take on this undoubted classic from 1992 remade for #metoo 2019. While it may seem odd to not give the task to an Indian or Arab director, Ritchie takes on the task with aplomb that even gives this version a, dare I even say it, a woke feel to a story that truly should not be lily-white. Original Broadway star of Aladdin and TV’s Jack Ryan star Mena Massed nails it just as annoyingly as Robbie Benson did back in the day as the titular character, and although Indan-English actress Naomi Scott is a tad meh in her role, she also employs a fresh sense of independent woman ‘tude that vibrates through the celluloid and scenery despite the paint-by-numbers songs. But, let’s be frank, it’s beyond time that a production so perfectly timed and so immense in this modern time should and would have POC actors painting a picture of those times, so it comes to no surprise that Ritchie would want a big name star like Will Smith to embody the role left so perfectly-tinged with greatness like the cartoon original voiced by the late, great Robin Williams. Guess what? He does the role very fine justice…thankfully. And he does it in a classic, Fresh Prince vibe…smoothly and with easy aplomb. I also found the choices of lady-in-waiting Nasim Pedrad as Dahlia and Marwan Kenzari as the cruel Jafar as impeccably cast worthy…timely comic and story relief. Gone, however, is the annoyingly necessary voice of evil parrot sidekick Iago by Gilbert Gottfried and instead is a guy with a bird-like tone. Only time will tell if this particular film piece stands the test of time as I believe The Jungle Book and latter Beauty and the Beast will, but after the ho-hum taste of MIB Int’l, I’ll take this eye-spectacle anyway!

Godzilla: King of the Monsters ##-1/2

In this new addition to the decades-old franchise, our infamous title character gets to slug it against a foe out on the field at Fenway Park…fun! For years now, dino and/or Godzilla movies have consistently littered the summer movie theatres for more than a couple of decades now. Godzilla: King of the Monsters is a sequel to the last 2014 eyesore, which was released just before I began critiquing cinema, so right off the bat, the film commences with a throwback to the drama where the other film left us and we get paleo-biologist and mum Emma Russell (Vera Famiga of The Conjuring and Bates Motel fame) tethered to her adorable one Madison (Stranger Things star Mille Bobby Brown) as they gaze in awe at the apparent nascence of a larva named Mothra. This kaiju movie (entertainment that employs the use of oversized combative creatures) happens to present us with the fact that Godzilla is a supposed ringleader of the Titans, which are huge, dormant creatures ensconced beneath the earth…you know the ones, Rodan, the aforementioned Mothra, Monarch, something called Monster Zero…oh and don’t forget that Monster Zero is also called Ghidora, and if you’re not confused yet, let me give you another interesting summer movie fact…this film also stars Sally Hawkins of The Shape of Water and Blue Jasmine success and king of character actors and John Sayles movies David Strathairn as some admiral. My qualm comes down to this…if this is the shlocky summer stuff Hollywood is going to be throwing at us for the next three months, we’ve got a long way to go, and I’m going to have to apply some indie skills real fast because watching so many good actors put to mediocre use is not the way to start off the summer! Here’s to hoping.

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popentertainment-moviereviews · 5 years

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GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS (2019)

Starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Aisha Hinds, O'Shea Jackson Jr., David Strathairn, Ken Watanabe, Zhang Ziyi, Joe Morton, CCH Pounder, Anthony Ramos, Elizabeth Ludlow, Jonathan Howard, Randall P. Havens, Lyle Brocato and Jimmy Gonzales.

Screenplay by Michael Dougherty and Zach Shields.

Directed by Michael Dougherty.

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. 132 minutes. Rated R.

Technically, the Godzilla series has come a long way since the days when you had guys in monster suits stomping over a tiny model of Tokyo. The computer-generated special effects of Godzilla: King of the Monsters are pretty incredible. (There was only one scene where it was obvious that they were destroying a model rather than real buildings.)

So why is it that the movies were a lot more fun with the campy guys trudging around in the costumes stepping on mini buildings?

Probably because, no matter how many times they bring Godzilla back (and they have over and over and over and over in the last six decades) these giant monsters are old, campy ideas. You try to play it somewhat straight, as if this is real end-of-the-world life-or-death situations, it just seems sort of silly.

While occasionally Godzilla: King of the Monsters seems to have its tongue in its humongous cheek, for the most part it seems to be taking itself rather seriously – which is death for a giant monster movie. Godzilla and his monster brethren – Mothra, Rodan, Ghidora (and a few others that pop up) – lay waste to several strangely barely-populated cities, including Boston and San Francisco.

In the meantime, two groups of scientists – one good and one evil – run around the world and watch the creatures with awe as they try unsuccessfully to stop the rampant monster-on-monster violence.

Of course, two of those scientists (Kyle Gardner and Vera Farmiga) are a broken up married couple – an earlier Godzilla attack killed their young son. Now, their teenaged daughter (Millie Bobby Brown of Stranger Things) spends the movie trying to get her parents back together, helping them to communicate with the monsters (how did a 15-year-old get security clearance?), and putting herself into dangerous situations that she has to be saved from before the monsters take her out for good.

I suppose there is more of a story here somewhere, but honestly Godzilla: King of the Monsters is mostly two hours and 15 minutes of monster death matches. Which let’s face it, it probably what someone going to see a movie called Godzilla: King of the Monsters is looking for.

Too bad it gets kind of dull after a while. There are only so many exploding buildings and breath lasers and monsters walking through high-rise buildings that one can sit through before it all starts looking the same.

It doesn’t help that the dialogue is unintentionally funny more often than it is comic by design. Bradley Whitford and O’Shea Jackson Jr. give it their all to be the comic relief – sometimes successfully, but more often they are hamstrung by the cheesy script. Thomas Middleditch, who was undoubtedly brought in to bring a lighter pulse to the action, just looks lost in this chaotic mess.

However, I did learn one surprising thing from Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Apparently, giant monsters know how to bow. Who knew?

Also, big props for the person who decided to put a cover of Blue Öyster Cült’s bombastic hard rock anthem “Godzilla” over the end credits.

Look, you know what you’re getting when you walk into Godzilla: King of the Monsters. If you enjoy films like this, chances are good that you’ll buy into this one as well. It looks amazing, the action is pretty wall to wall, and the story doesn’t slow down long enough for you to ponder the inconsistencies of the plot.

Laying it out there – if you like Godzilla movies, you’ll probably like this one, even though it is more serious than most. Sometimes all you are looking for in a movie is wall to wall destruction. If you ever wondered what it would look like if Michael Bay made a Godzilla movie, this is probably as close as you are going to get.

If you’re looking for something with a little more substance, chances are you wouldn’t be at Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

Jay S. Jacobs

#Godzilla: King of the Monsters #2019 #Movie Reviews #Godzilla #Jay S. Jacobs #Kyle Chandler #Vera Farmiga

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innersuitthing-blog · 5 years

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I am hype as hell for Godzilla (2019)

The new (as of the time of this post) trailer for Godzilla king of the monsters looks awesome, but I do have some concerns. The new Godzilla design is spectacular, I loved the design for Godzilla (2014) But with the new spines, it almost feels like a throwback to the older films, which I can appreciate. Mothra and Rodan look great as well, with Mothra having a heavenly glow around her (possibly as a reference to her being a god in the old films) and her beautiful color scheme, and Rodan has some hellish looking ember effects on his wings. Even King Ghidorah looks great. But here is where my concerns come into play, I fear that it will be a remake of Ghidora the three-headed monster, all the same monsters are in it, if they do remake it I would be fine, but I hope for this film to be more original. Another thing that worries me is the main child actor (i do not know her name) but the new trailer gave me a bad vibe with her, she seemed to have some sort of connection to Mothra, which is something I always hated about the older film, having a child protagonists with a giant monster guardian, I really hope this film doesn’t have that or have the child be as uninteresting as ford from 2014′s Godzilla (yeah, bet none of you knew that dudes name). Anyway, this was just my raw thoughts on the new trailer, I love this franchise and I would love to see more. Thank you to anyone who cared enough to read my dumb post, love you all.

#godzilla #godzilla2019 #i need a life

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the-firebird69 · 3 years

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The look of a real dragon is most always fierce and strange makes you feel weird and it is also demonic I mean he is not a normal monster even T-Rex looks so hard but it doesn't look like this T-Rex looks like a really big cock or something but he looks like he's up to something and it's very dangerous and the teeth of razor sharp and he has a presumptuous look and it is spellbinding and mesmerizing and he also emits radiation and sometimes very intensely and you can't move and a lot of people are completely mesmerized because of the radiation in the smell and what he sounds like even his movements sound very odd it's a magical creature this is a Golden Dragon and it is from Japan, his name in New Zealand is Smaug and partially due to my husband but his name in Japan is King Ghidora, and he is a direct relation to my husband but it's not him and I control dragon as well but it's not Godzilla and we admit it because they are a legend and we're doing it on their own as were a lot of groups of ours but they were doing it in public and it's a method and we do it sometimes is a beautiful creature but very dangerous and extremely deadly and should never be underestimated with you people do all the time he looks at it and thinks it's probably a lot stronger than it looks and it looks pretty damn strong and could probably slice through those columns with ease that are in its layer and I admit yes it can it could knock it all down in a few minutes and you people are not afraid like you should be a little teeny guy with no defenses would have been dead in milliseconds had Smaug wanted to kill

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We appreciate the candid display of power and potency in the description it's really not necessary but we do see it is going to the leaders of Asia and in the format that they usually have which is the K2 serpent and the serpenters worship there because of its power because of the things it can do and what it seem doing most often is using its body and all sorts of different ways whereas the dragon has only a few the serpent uses his body as a spring to lift things as a crushing tool and it crushes pieces off and carries it away they're a whole myriad of things that it does it is an amazing creature and trying to and the Chinese even our corner parts are similar to it because they've been working like crazy and their workers so let's all get together and thank Zeus and Hera for the messages because this is going to make a big difference these Max have been having a free reign I know about thorium and now it's getting out finally

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spodimusarts · 4 months

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Finally finished this comic related to the new Godzilla 2024 design. Himari and Mothra love the pink dorsals, but Anon is scared of Godzilla’s new look.

I personally think the new design is fine. If I had to complain about one thing it would be the skinnier lower body. My favorite design is still 2019/2021 and I head cannon it as the average look of a fully mature Gojira while the 2024 design is just a fluke evolution that happened due to whatever energy Godzilla absorbed.

#godzilla #godzilla fanart #legendary godzilla #kaiju #godzilla king of the monsters #baby godzilla #himari #godzilla au #godzilla 2024 #godzilla x kong: the new empire #mothra #king ghidora 2019 #ghidorah #gojira #monsterverse rodan #rodan 2019

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wazafam · 3 years

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An instantly recognizable member of Toho's kaiju lineup and a fan favorite overall, Mothra is an aptly-named giant moth that kaiju fans the world over know and love. Across many Godzilla films as well as some solo appearances, Mothra is one of the few kaiju that is always presented as unambiguously good and friendly to mankind. Mothra is a selfless protector of the Earth and a frequent ally of humanity. Her stories typically touch on themes of environmentalism, as well as death and rebirth, making her a welcome addition to any piece of kaiju media.

RELATED: Godzilla: The 10 Most Iconic Kaiju, Ranked

Not every Mothra movie is created equal, however, and, across the many films in which she has appeared, there emerges a fairly clear hierarchy of the best movies that star or guest star everyone's favorite giant flying insect.

10 Rebirth Of Mothra II (1997)

Arguably the weakest of the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy, a series of solo films marketed with younger audiences in mind, Rebirth of Mothra II succumbs to a number of pitfalls that make it a lackluster kaiju movie overall. Most of the film's human elements are taken up by children running around a sunken temple with somewhat unclear goals, which doesn't do any favors to the pacing.

Although kaiju action has a little too much downtime, there are some downright outrageous abilities Mothra gets access to in this one to keep it interesting. This might not be a great movie overall, but seeing Mothra morph into dozens of tiny Mothras to attack her opponent from within makes some of it worthwhile.

9 Rebirth Of Mothra III (1998)

The final entry in the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy is of middling quality overall; although it leans more heavily into kaiju action and has overall better effects than its predecessor, it still falls short of the original Rebirth movie on account of its less-than-stellar human characters.

King Ghidorah wants to kidnap the children of Japan for some reason, and Mothra has to go back in time to defeat a younger Ghidorah like some kind of kaiju terminator. These plot points are interesting enough in themselves and they set up some great action sequences, but the movie is a bit muddled overall. Generally speaking, the second and third movies in the Rebirth trilogy ought to be reserved for only the most ardent Mothra fans because it's hard to forgive their shortcomings otherwise.

8 Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)

Largely remembered for being the not-as-good sequel to 2002's Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, Tokyo S.O.S. is a movie that features Mothra and her fairies attempting to convince the human characters of the film to stop messing around with Mechagodzilla, lest they suffer a terrible fate. Things aren't so simple, though, as Mechagodzilla represents humanity's last line of defense against a renewed Godzilla menace.

RELATED: Mechagodzilla: Every Power The Daikaiju Has

Unfortunately, the movie takes a little bit too long to get going, choosing to reserve the appearance of its monsters for too late in the game. Although things do pick up once the kaiju hit the scene, it's still hard not to feel like it can't quite stack up to its contemporaries, and Mothra's inclusion touches on themes that have been handled better elsewhere.

7 Godzilla: King Of The Monsters (2019)

The second Godzilla entry in Legendary's "Monsterverse" is a big-budget kaiju crossover featuring Godzilla himself alongside his legendary rivals King Ghidorah, Rodan, and, of course, Mothra. This film makes a lot of notable changes to Mothra's toolkit; she's notably without her twin fairy escorts and this time opts for two-bladed front legs over lasers.

Reviews of King of the Monsters at the time were sharply critical of the human-centered drama, but they generally praised the realization of several classic Toho monsters, Mothra included. Indeed, the big moth certainly does look great in this movie, and she gets some impressive fight scenes, making this one worth a watch.

6 Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (1964)

In one of the wackier plots to meet the history of kaiju cinema, this is a movie involving an assassination plot of a political figure, an invading astro-monster, possession by Mothra's fairies, and a spirited kaiju round-table debate with the fate of the human race in the balance. Indeed, with King Ghidorah is set to destroy Earth, Godzilla and Rodan have the power to stop him, but only if Mothra can convince them to work together first.

RELATED: The 15 Best Godzilla Enemies, Ranked

This is one of those movies that really thrusts Mothra into the kaiju peacemaker role that she so often inhabits, and to great effect. Watching her literally mediate an angry argument between Godzilla and Rodan while the fairies translate for the audience is not to be missed, and is certainly a scene that belongs in the hall of fame for kaiju history.

5 Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)

Godzilla vs. Mothra is a confusingly titled remake of sorts of 1964's Mothra vs. Godzilla, and, as such, the movie follows similar plot beats to the original. Greedy businessmen with no respect for the environment pick up a giant egg, Godzilla is upset, Mothra hatches from said egg, etc., etc.

However, there are a couple of twists this movie introduces to keep it feeling fresh for those who have already seen Godzilla and Mothra's inaugural showdown from 1964. There's some fun family drama stuff, featuring an Indiana Jones wannabe trying to reconnect with his daughter while navigating his divorce settlement, and also a "Dark Mothra" that must be defeated. The effects and miniatures in the final battle are impressive as well, making this a diverting kaiju romp.

4 Rebirth Of Mothra (1996)

Without a doubt the best of the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy, this film sees a new-and-improved Mothra—read, more lasers—going head to head against Death Ghidorah. The kaiju action here is extremely impressive, with the suits having remarkable ranges of articulation and great built-in pyrotechnics to explode all over the place when one of them gets hit by a beam.

Although the movie starts slowly and leans a bit too heavily into the child-friendly tone of the trilogy, the character drama here is quite effective in its own right, and it's a welcome complement to the battle sequences that populate the second half of the movie.

3 Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)

Mothra vs. Godzilla is remembered as a kaiju classic from the earlier Toho films of the 60s and 70s, and it certainly is a lot of fun. The plot should be somewhat familiar by this point; a greedy businessman finds a giant egg and plans to use it as a tourist attraction, but this upsets Godzilla, who in turn leads to Mothra hatching from the egg, and a decisive battle.

RELATED: Godzilla VS. Kong: Ranking The Human Characters By Intelligence

Despite Godzilla being in the title, this is still mostly Mothra's movie, although Godzilla does make one of his most iconic entrances in this one, and the human characters happily have quite a bit to do in order to keep the plot moving at a brisk pace. The only thing keeping this film from being truly great is a somewhat lackluster final battle, but it's still a great time overall.

2 Mothra (1961)

Mothra's big-screen debut is still one of her most successful appearances, and it establishes many of the tropes that would be associated with the character going forward. Mothra's fairies are kidnapped from Infant Island to be exploited as tourist attractions, which angers Mothra and invites her destructive wrath.

The cast here is great, as well; there's an outrageously villainous businessman as an antagonist as well as an assortment of likable but dubiously competent protagonists who set out on a quest to return the fairies to Mothra before it's too late.

1 Godzilla, Mothra, And King Ghidora: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

As a longtime fan favorite, GMK is a movie that gleefully upends the typical character roles that kaiju fans had become familiar with across decades of Godzilla material. Godzilla is a villain of pure malice this time around and a serious threat to the continued survival of Japan, and possibly the world! As such, it's up to two familiar monsters to stop him: Mothra and... King Ghidorah?

Featuring eye-popping special effects, outstanding kaiju battles, and a great cast of human characters, GMK is a movie that easily lands itself in the upper echelons of the kaiju film tier list. It's also exciting to see Mothra and Ghidorah team up, as that's not a pairing fans are familiar with.

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bilingualmoviejunki · 5 years

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Nuclear Superhero Gojira. Godzilla for international friends.

I finally had the opportunity to watch “Gojiira” (Godzilla) from 1954, something I had been looking forward for such a long time. It was great. I have to admit that I’ve been very curious about Gojira (Godzilla) for a while, I never had the chance to see any of the movies, until now. So let’s talk about the four movies I’ve been able to see:

GODZILLA (2014)

This American production which is building up to Godzilla vs Kong, got my attention because one of my closest friends really likes it, he’s a fan of Kaijus in general, so he recommended it to me with the type of enthusiasm that really make you curious to watch a movie, so we saw it together in a little marathon we planned celebrating my birthday.

Needless to say when it comes to United States and his new adaptation of Gojira, I instantly thought back to that 1998 movie which I won’t lie, I used to watch it as a kid a lot, just fascinating by a giant lizard destroying the city. I grew up eventually to realized it didn’t felt like Gojira. it looked very different and had none of the powers that made him iconic, making it just a giant lizard or similarly to a giant lizard, plus it had a bunch of changes in production from change of directors and script which could and probably did affect the end result.

But the Gareth Edwards Godzilla isn’t like that, luckily. When I first saw the movie I truly enjoyed it, I though that the main complain I heard of not having enough Godzilla in it was fair, considering it kept teasing it and cutting away as much as possible, having it on the background or screens basically until the climatic fight. Luckily for me I didn’t felt turn off by the human characters, which I also heard from people in the internet, that they were very underdeveloped. I haven’t seen it in a while, so I can’t remember. I can only say I did enjoyed it.

They used way more of the Mythology and characteristics of Gojira in this version, which made him feel more authentic I felt. That’s about all I can say about this movie. Thinking about it really makes me want to re-watch it. Godzilla II : King of the Monsters (2019)

I liked the first Godzilla enough to be curious about watching the sequel when it was announced.

But this year, I finally got to a point where I try to not hear to much about some movies before seeing them as I tend to be affected a bit with my overall expectation which can be a problem for my enjoyment. So I went to see it as soon as I could. I was happy to see the CGI Kaiju fights and seeing so much of Godzilla on screen. One could easily see they might have took those comments of the last movie a bit too much to the chest and decided to give more space for our Kaiju to be there. I haven’t had the opportunity to see their movies so I probably didn’t lived the hype of seeing Mothra, Rodan or Ghidora as much as a lot of people did, but I was on board thought the whole movie. I suppose the weakest part of the movie were on the human characters, some of them just dropping huge expositional dialogues that they knew somehow and others trying hard to make the caos happen without a reason that felt too logical for me. I could easily see how this could be annoying for some people, but I didn’t mind too much. I went and got my big Kaiju fights, well crafter CGI and a surprising mix of the original theme on the climax. Shin Godzilla. Now, when I first saw the trailer for this movie, I got hooked. I wanted to see anything regarding Gojira for so long I was happy to see this was almost like a fresh start. The only way I can really describe this film is as a remake or an upgrade on the original film in terms of time and reaction towards an event like this happening. Just as the original film transmitted the pain, horror and terror of the atomic bomb. This one is more akin of a natural disaster. This Gojira doesn’t feel as an attacker and he doesn’t necessarily attack, he is just evolving and exploring, only really defending himself if provoked. Just as a tsunami or an earthquake, the damage he does is huge. I went to see this one with my friend Neb and as we walked out we commented on the fact that this movie feels a bit more as if the main character is Japan itself and not specifically anyone on the movie. We do have one character to focus a bit more than the others, but we mostly see the whole government at work.

The weirdest thing about this movies is seeing Godzilla slowly evolve, he might look silly for some people, but it works for this particular film and if it doesn’t, well it worked for me. I found this film quite to my taste, even with the low budget special effects in some parts. I feel the scene with the atomic breath looks amazing and for me it was worth seeing on a big screen.

Gojira (1954)

The original film is ironically the last one I was able to see. It’s not cheap to find on bluray, the only real option is the Criterion Collection and I haven’t have 40 dollars to spare. So when I found it on the archive . org, I was quite happy. Didn’t had the quality in comparison to the version on Criterion, but it was good enough for me. I was surprised on how intriguing the film felt to me. I was enjoying it a bit too much, something my girlfriend could notice and I believe she did enjoyed it too.

I feel once the destruction he causes the first time he strikes in a town, the movie starts working towards what for me was the most amazing part. The threat of an imminent attack and a futile intent to stop it. You’re there seeing the preparations, the giant electric fence, the tanks, moving civilians towards safe places and the fantastic and now iconic music that occasionally flows in there. But you know nothing will stop the attack. When Godzilla truly go for it, the sequences that show the suit, miniatures and real people running away all at once, make for a film that really shines in the special effect departments of 1954, I truly enjoyed it.

It’s important to notice this film really films is perhaps a way to express the way it felt to be bombed. We know Japan was part of Axis on World War II, but I can imagine still lots of innocent people died by the use of atomic bomb and it’s a wound that hardly any country could recover from. Which is something that can’t be separated from this film. I though about that while watching the destruction, but at the same time it was hard no to enjoyed the way it was carefully shot to combine and play with perspective so you could see Gojira wreaking havoc, while still seeing real actors running around.

Overall definitely a movie I hope to add to my collection someday. This movie created such an iconic character, which has lasted until this day. It has been modify and used in less serious ways than his original version, but it’s a world I’m still curious to explore, hopefully someday I’ll be able to.

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arroyohondo · 5 years

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long live the king

it’s a shame that s.h. monsterarts would just casually reveal/spoil the new look of the monsters from the upcoming 2019 godzilla movie. ghidora didn’t get the legendary refresh in design to the degree godzilla did. it looks mostly the same and is nothing to get excited about, especially after seeing wyvern ghidora by doomguy26. i also heard that this new “monsterverse” is going to include the skull island king kong, who will eventually fight godzilla. how is king kong even a challenge after fighting the likes of ghidora?

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