Monster of the Day #909

I’m not going to say there weren’t problems here and there with it (it needed more humor, for instance), but even now I think that’s one of the best ones since the original.

Speaking of ‘Pacific Rim’ if you’ll remember the Kaiju were classified by their size and destructiveness from 1-5. I saw on Ebay the other week someone has a tee-shirt with a big picture of Godzilla with the caption: CLASS 10 KAIJU. Gave me a good chuckle.

Yeah, I actually made a trip to the theater to see it this weekend (likely the last time I will ever do so, since the digital projection system is so bad there’s little difference between going to a movie and watching broadcast television). Not a perfect film, but certainly the best Godzilla picture since the 80’s. (I do wish there had been a lot less hand-held camera work, but that’s a minor complaint.)

On a side note, I screened a picture Sunday which was, and I’m not kidding, a remake of INVASION FROM INNER EARTH! Rebane should sue.

Godzilla is expensive.

There was more than 10 minutes of Godzilla.

More seriously, this is not unusual in giant monster movies. The monsters that are the threat to humanity often get more screentime. King Ghidorah, Megalon, Gyaos in Gamera: TGotU…heck, most of the Gamera movies are that way, with their formula of “bad monster appears, Gamera shows up, gets his ass handed to him, goes off to recover while bad monster continues to wreak havoc, humans maybe try something to stop monster and fail, Gamera FINALLY shows back up in the movie he’s the star of and murders the bad monster.” Godzilla vs. Megalon is most relevant here in terms of Godzilla’s appearance schedule.

They’re already talking sequel; I have a feeling that’ll have more monster stuff since we need less character establishing. At least, that’s what I would hope.

Oh, and for anyone that didn’t read my forum post…

I, too, was well pleased. I teared up a little at his proper appearance because I was so happy at that point; I laughed with sheer glee more than once (most notably when “the glow” first manifested); and I left a happy man who wishes nothing but good things for Gareth Edwards and everyone else involved in the movie’s making.

True, but for some old-school fans like me the goofiness is part of the inherent charm of these movies.

First two original flicks, serious and well for that.
60’s flicks- sheer fun and likable.
70’s fare…defined by me as ‘oh, please…’
90’s G- more old school attitude, better effects, yet goofy fun.
2000’s- hummmm…
‘Deanzilla’…best the let the Nostalgia Critic define that bad dog…

This guy…Finally! There be hope HERE!

I figured he included them in the ’90s ones, since there were only two of them and they’re part of the same series.

I’m pretty much on board with Flange’s opinions…with one exception, and that’s the ’70s ones. The two Mechagodzilla ones are some of the best of the series. The first one is one of the few where the human parts keep me almost as entertained as the monster parts (which are great) and is just rollicking fun; while the second is one of the moodiest and most serious ones (which makes sense since they got the band back together for it), again with interesting human parts, and again some great monster action. Smog Monster is so weird and nifty (although I can completely understand why some might not like it much); and I won’t deny that Gigan and Megalon are bad, but goddamn are they fun, which is more than I can say for almost all of the Millennium series. Heck, half the Heisei ones aren’t as fun; some of those are pretty unentertaining until the end, where admittedly they do pick up.

I should clarify that I was being a little facetious; it’s more than 10 minutes, but to be fair, until the last 20-30 minutes his appearances are quite fleeting so I understand her frustration. The other monster causes the destruction for the most part, so it’s featured more. That last part, though, is pretty much pure monster mayhem.