Product Description: A man begins to suspect that something is wrong about his employers: meanwhile godzilla and anguirus are alerted to something strange going on. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/22/2008 Run time: 89 minutes Rating: Pg
Amazon.com: Known to Stateside moviegoers as Godzilla on Monster Island, this slight but fun 1972 entry in the Godzilla franchise pits the King of the Monsters and four-legged cohort Angilas against aliens bent on world domination, as well as their old nemesis, the space dragon King Ghidorah, and a new creature, the birdlike cyborg Gigan. Diehard G-fans may be disappointed by the film's kid-friendly tone (a shift in direction signaled several years earlier by Godzilla's Revenge) and its overreliance on stock footage from other Godzilla films to depict the monsters' orgy of destruction, as well as an unfortunate decision to make Godzilla "talk"; however, children (Gigan's real audience) will undoubtedly enjoy the frantic action. Parents should know that there are two brief moments of blood-letting (Godzilla and Angilas both suffer wounds from a buzzsaw that juts from Gigan's torso), but otherwise, the film is free of objectionable material. --Paul Gaita
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DVD CAN MAKE Godzilla Vs Gigan is one of the better post-DESTROY ALL MONSTERS Showa entries. Fans are usually divided on whether Destroy All Monsters is the last great Godzilla movie or not. Personally I love it. Face it, after Destroy All Monsters we got a slew of lackluster, non exciting, cheap movies that just happened to include Godzilla. To me they just weren't Godzilla movies. They include Godzilla's Revenge, Godzilla vs The Smog Monster (Hedora), and Godzilla vs Megalon. The last two entries Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla and Terror of MechaGodzilla were gallant but unsuccessful attempts to bring Godzilla back to his up to Destroy All Monsters glory. Pre-Destroy All Monsters for those who don't like that movie. As for Godzilla Vs Gigan, it falls into a category all it's own. It doesn't fit into the Revenge, Smog Monster, or Megalon idea. Nor can it be linked to the Vs Mecha or Terror Of, ones either. I think the film makers of this one were quite smart to include Ghidorah and Anguirus in this one as a backup, just in case Godzilla alone fighting a new monster was unappealing. For years all I had was a grainy picture, tinny sounding fullscreen recorded from TV VHS, which used to contribute to my low opinion of this movie. After seeing this DVD with cleaned up picture, good sound, and letterbox presentation, it changed my opinion about the movie. But it wouldn't change my mind for Revenge, Smog, or Megalon. What a difference a dvd can make. When it's the right movie.
Not bad for a 1970s Godzilla entry I like this movie. I thought the story was decent and it has a certain atmosphere when you feel like watching this one. Characters were pretty cool - sort of a new wave of actors. It is not the best in their series and by this time Godzilla SPFX consisted of stock footage of previous Godzilla entries in the 1960s to save money. However despite that, this movie is still really good. Its a tag team match Godzilla and Anguirus vs Gigan and King Ghidorah. Ghidorah was pretty stiff looking in this one. Gigan was a cool creation. This DVD from Sony/Columbia is uncut with some gore included..one is really a shocker with Anguirus nose in Gigan's chest..and blood spurts Godzilla & Anguirus talk for some reason, that was an awkward scene, & cheesy.. The DVD is letterboxed and is a great print. Godzilla gets beat up pretty badly in this. The effects again weren't that good compared to the 1960s G movies, but it contained much less stock footage then Godzilla vs Megalon which was the cheapest G movie ever..
Let's repeat the same shot over and over and over and over... I'm easy when it comes to Godzilla movies. I even like GODZILLA'S REVENGE and GODZILLA VS. MEGALON. But this one disappointed me a bit. I think because the final fight scene sucked so freakin' bad. There were a few signs of hope like a couple of bloody parts, but overall, it was quite bad. And as for his little sidekick, he was only a diversion. He didn't do a single thing until the very end basically. The first part of the fight was seemingly in slow motion and you couldn't tell what the heck was going on.
As I've said before about Zilla flicks is, you can't expect a good movie when watching this, but at least you can have a lot of fun watching it. For example, the acting was so bad in this, it was good. There was some JAPANESE HIPPIE somehow tied into the story and most of the movie he is gnawing on some sort of phallic food. Also, the two main ladies in the movie were quite appealing to the eyes as well. I would suggest this movie only to people that want to finalize there Godzilla DVD collection.
The Godzilla series list. HERE IS A LIST OF ALL THE GODZILLA FILMS FOR YOUNG FANS.....
#1 GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS (GOJIRA) #2 GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN #3 KING KONG VS. GODZILLA #4 MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA #5 GHIDORAH: THE THREE HEADED MONSTER #6 GODZILLA VS. MONSTER ZERO #7 GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER #8 SON OF GODZILLA #9 DESTROY ALL MONSTERS #10 GODZILLA'S REVENGE #11 GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH #12 GODZILLA VS. GIGAN #13 GODZILLA VS. MEGALON #12 GODZILLA VS.MECHAGODZILLA #14 TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA #16 GODZILLA 1985 #17 GODZILLA VS, BIOLLANTE #18 GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH #19 GODZILLA & MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH #20 GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II #21 GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA #22 GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH #23 GODZILLA (1998) #24 GODZILLA 2000 #25 GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRAS #26 GODZILLA, MOTHRA & KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK #27 GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA #28 GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S. #29 GODZILLA: FINAL WARS
Bored? In need of a cheesy B-flick? Godzilla vs Gigan is for you! I am sick, so I decided to get a Big G movie. My friend and I love old cheesy movies, especially Godzillas. I got G vs Gigan and G: Final Wars (Which I am also righting a review about). G vs Gigan didn't disappoint me. I laughed and laughed over the cheesy fight scenes and the pathetic antics of the moronic Japenese actors. The aliens in this Godzilla are actually (of course) cockroaches from outer space! (Seriously. I kid you not.) I used the English dub for a short while but then simply opted for the Japanese voiceovers and English subtitles. The English dub was a collection of fifty year old voice actors. (Sad). But, now to what really matters: the monsters. There are four main ones in this movie, and a collection of small appearances. Godzilla (of course) is the hero, and then there's his sidekick, Anguiras. The little armodillo gets smacked around and beaten up, and is really no help. The villians are Gigan, a cyborg razor blade, and King Ghidorah. Gigan looks pretty cool, but King Ghidorah is done very poorly (I don't mind). At the beggining of the movie, Godzilla stomps out. I though he looked really pathetic until he roared. That trademark roar changed everything, and suddenly he was awesomeness itself. Anguirus is the best done monster. He looks pretty nice. There are several battle sequences, all cheesy the way I like it. In one scene where Gigan and King Ghidorah rampage through Tokyo (for the millioth time), Gigan actually stomps past a building with two dolls inside. Little Kelly Dolls with rosy cheeks! Little shrimps! Sad, but hilarious. So, all in all, you get what you expect. GET IT if you like Godzilla or cheesy B-flicks. DON'T GET IT if you dislike Godzilla, cheesy B-flicks, or girly Japanese 70s actors (and a talking Godzilla.) Good stuff, I say.
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