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Godzilla is a giant monster, or daikaijū, that first appeared in the 1954 film of the same name, directed by Ishirō Honda. The character has since become an international pop culture icon, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films by Toho, five American films, and numerous video games, novels, comic books, and television shows. Godzilla has been dubbed the King of the Monsters, an epithet first used in Godzilla,…
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I don't think I had ever actually seen the original Godzilla title before. Having seen the more modern Japanese and unfortunately western releases. I knew that the creation of Godzilla as a monster was something of a metaphor that came shortly after the aftermath of the United States dropping two nuclear bombs on civilians in two different cities during the Second World War. The monster being a reference to the nucl…More
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Some national cinemas have birthed their own national icons, and Japan can proudly claim Godzilla. It was introduced in the eponymous 1954 science fiction disaster film (originally titled *Gojira*), directed by Ishirō Honda, known as the launch of the kaiju genre and the longest-running film series in the history of cinema. The plot begins with the crew of a Japanese freighter in the Pacific witnessing a huge underg…More
Although he’s sometimes played second banana to King Kong in terms of popularity, Godzilla’s one of the greatest large-scale monsters in movie history: The Lizard King boasts 32 films to his credit; the Lengendary MonsterVerse reboot trilogy just climaxed this spring with Godzilla vs. Kong; and the 1954 original film has been enshrined in a Criterion Collection release. Of course a big monster deserves a big screen…More
The title could seem a little strange I know, but there is a real idea behind this ! I'm sorry but you'll need to wait the end of this post to understand why I am thinking this way. I want you to be sure to understand which movie I'm talking about, because there is a lot of different Godzilla movies. This monster universe takes place in *2014 *with the movie named GodZilla . I'm soryy but I'll mostly use the names o…More
I really wish I liked this one. I really do. Hollywood’s first attempt at a total reboot of the Godzilla franchise back in 1998 stars Matthew Broderick and is directed by the team behind Independence Day . And it is just not good. Bad dialogue, special effects that do not hold up, humour that isn’t funny. A story that purports to reinvent Godzilla for the nineties. It just doesn’t work. I didn’t bother finishing it.…More
I really wish I liked this one. I really do. Hollywood’s first attempt at a total reboot of the Godzilla franchise back in 1998 stars Matthew Broderick and is directed by the team behind Independence Day . And it is just not good. Bad dialogue, special effects that do not hold up, humour that isn’t funny. A story that purports to reinvent Godzilla for the nineties. It just doesn’t work. I didn’t bother finishing it.…More
With a franchise history that now spans 32 films ( plus 2 TV series) - and still counting! - Godzilla has gone through quite a few variations in appearance. Here's a fairly thorough run-down. 1954 (ShodaiGoji) The first, and perhaps most iconic, form of the King of the Monsters. This suit weighed over 100 lbs and reached temperatures of over 60 degrees Celsius, so portraying Godzilla was no small feat for stuntman H…More