Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk. The authorities think its either underwater mines or volcanic activity, so they head to Odo Island, close to where several of the ships were sunk.
Something comes onshore and destroys several houses and kills several people. A later expedition to the island soon discovers something more devastating than imagined in the form of a colossus monster whom the natives call Gojira.
Now, the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan but the rest of the world as well.......
Having grown up with seeing the Godzilla Vs. ............., movies, the silly cartoon featuring Godzooky, the Raymond Burr one from 1985, and Ultimately Godzilla 98', the connotations about Nuclear weapons and chemical warfare being bad were getting across to me.
So after seeing the 2014 version, I wanted to seek the film that started it all, the film that garnered such a cult following, and again, being spoiled with the effects laden, character driven movie Edwards has just given us, the movie was a little disappointing for me.
It's still a wonderful feat, back in 1954, this must have been groundbreaking stuff, the effects and the titular creature are wonderful, but the acting is a little chucklesome.
I know I shouldn't have let the new movie influence my thoughts on this, but hey, I'm only human.
Its a dark film, much more serious in tone than other movies in the genre, and the fact that Godzilla is a metaphor for the aftermath of a Nuclear war is rife, so all in all, its a very good film, just don't watch the new one before this.
Something comes onshore and destroys several houses and kills several people. A later expedition to the island soon discovers something more devastating than imagined in the form of a colossus monster whom the natives call Gojira.
Now, the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan but the rest of the world as well.......
Having grown up with seeing the Godzilla Vs. ............., movies, the silly cartoon featuring Godzooky, the Raymond Burr one from 1985, and Ultimately Godzilla 98', the connotations about Nuclear weapons and chemical warfare being bad were getting across to me.
So after seeing the 2014 version, I wanted to seek the film that started it all, the film that garnered such a cult following, and again, being spoiled with the effects laden, character driven movie Edwards has just given us, the movie was a little disappointing for me.
It's still a wonderful feat, back in 1954, this must have been groundbreaking stuff, the effects and the titular creature are wonderful, but the acting is a little chucklesome.
I know I shouldn't have let the new movie influence my thoughts on this, but hey, I'm only human.
Its a dark film, much more serious in tone than other movies in the genre, and the fact that Godzilla is a metaphor for the aftermath of a Nuclear war is rife, so all in all, its a very good film, just don't watch the new one before this.