Description: Godzilla is back! This time, Japan has a new weapon: Megaguirus! Now a 3-way battle begins between Godzilla, Megaguirus and the humans beings! Will Godzilla win? Will humanity survive?
Amazon.com: This second film in the unofficial "Godzilla Millennium" series (which followed its return to features in Godzilla 2000) occasionally suffers from dodgy special effects, but the giant lizard puts on enough of a show to please his longtime fans. The premise involves a special anti-Godzilla team's efforts to rid Japan of the atomic menace by means of Dimension Tide, a satellite device that would create an artificial black hole in which to trap the monster. A failed attempt, however, mutates a common dragonfly into a horde of giant prehistoric bugs that evolve into the colossal Megaguirus; the pair naturally face off in a city-wrecking battle while the team works against the clock to repair Dimension Tide and hold Godzilla captive forever. Though his special effects team occasionally lets him down with some shoddy creations (especially the pre-Megaguirus dragonfly swarm), director Maasaki Tezuka (who has since helmed the majority of subsequent Godzilla films) delivers a fun and action-packed feature with an exciting final showdown that should please G-fans. Columbia-Tri-Star's DVD is widescreen and offers a welcome Japanese language track (with English subtitles) for those opposed to dubbing as well as Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. A brace of trailers for other Sony-related sci-fi titles is also included. --Paul Gaita
My kid loves this movie My kid is 5 and has been into Godzilla since he was 3. This is one of his favorite Godzilla movies.
Did Sony correct the brightness level? I rented this movie a couple of years ago and witnessed the infamous "visible strings" sequence that several reviewers have mentioned. Flash forward two years: My six-year-old son has been getting into Godzilla lately, so we bought this one from Amazon last week. I was waiting to see if he would notice the strings holding up the Megaguiras suit and... what do you know? I couldn't see the strings. It's the same TV sitting in the same spot with the same settings. Sony must have done a brightness correction. Either that or my eyes are going.
As most people say, the effects are hit-or-miss, sometimes sinking to SCI-FI Channel cheesiness, but the Godzilla suit is great and Megaguiras is a cool villain. I get sick of Mecha-this and Robo-that in all the modern G-movies, so it is enjoyable to watch a plain old monster battle.
The human characters are marginally more interesting than the typical, bland "G-squad monster defense league" automatons that have been showing up since the mid-90s, though that that isn't saying much. If Toho ever makes another G-movie... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE no more plots featuring quasi-military, anti-Godzilla teams and their special weapons designed to fight Godzilla that are piloted/operated by emotionless twenty-somethings in jumpsuits. It's old.
I digress. Godzilla Vs. Megaguiras is briskly edited and doesn't feel like 106 minutes long. I rate it as the second best Millenium series G-film after GMK, Giant Monsters All Out Attack and slightly better than the bizarre Godzilla: Final Wars.
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus It is an enjoyable movie for the whole family. The creature was imaginative. Godzilla is awesome and is the hero.
3rd worst godzilla movie i've ever seen. I'm going to change the format of my reviews a bit from now on. I'll begin with listing the pros. PROS: .Godzilla looks better than he's ever looked before. .The acting is pretty good. .The evil monster looks OKAY... I guess. .The ending battle is pretty awesome.
CONS: .You can totally see the strings that Megaguirus is hanging from. .Megaguirus doesn't even show up until the movie is almost over. .Who the heck is the main character!!? There's a little boy, an army chick,an army chick's friend, and an old lady who used to be in G-force. The all show up and go away at different times. It's stupid! .There's not enough action, it's mostly talking. .I may be spoiling the movie for some, but I wouldn't reccomend you watch it anyway. "ahem" GODZILLA DIES IN THE END!!! There, I said it.
Anyway, my point is this movie is awful and I don't reccomend it. It's the 3rd worst godzilla movie there is. The worst is Gidrah the 3 headed monster, and the 2nd is Godzilla against Mechagodzilla. (aka. Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 4.)
An excellent addition to the Godzilla series I love Godzilla films, but when I saw that this one was made as recently as 2000 I wondered if it would still have the classic Godzilla feel, which it most definitely does. It has all the makings of a great monster movie: bad special effects, unrealistic human technology, corny subplots, an impressive rival for Godzilla. It's great.
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