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Son of Godzilla Actors: Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo Director: Jun Fukuda Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Widescreen Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Running Time: 86 minutes Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom Region Code: 99 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2004-12-14 Buy from Amazon |
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From Amazon.com The monster-about-town becomes doting dad when he adopts orphan lizard Minilla, the result of a radioactive storm caused by a scientific experiment gone wrong. This decidedly juvenile affair shows signs of the series' cost-cutting measures and Godzilla himself has been redesigned to reflect his new, younger audience, with an oversize head and big, doll-like eyes. This kindler, gentler lizard king proceeds to protect the happy-go-lucky kid from the newly mutated giant insects of the island and teaches him how to breathe fire. Much of the film is played for comedy--Minilla blowing smoke rings instead of flames, skipping rope with Dad's tail, skittering about like a mischievous little kid as put-upon Godzilla tries to keep the tyke focused--and is obviously aimed at Godzilla's enormous adolescent audience. But as always, the picture delivers great monster battles, notably with the mutant spider giant Kumonga. --Sean Axmaker |
 "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, woah."GREAT GODZILLA MOVIE!!!!!!! I really enjoyed it! it is one of the less violent of the series. also one of the cutest godzilla movies. i loved it!  "long time zilla fan"this is one of the beter godzilla movies .don't confuse this with godzillas revenge it was a dud made from bits and pieces of other zilla movies.they are putting out godzilla vs the seamonster another good one wish they would hury and release the early godzillas that were blackand white like godzilla vs the fire monster, and godzilla raids again. they also need to release godzilla 85 on dvd along with releasing godzilla vs biolanta to make all the godzillas available on dvd.they need to release both u.s. and japaneese versions on the same disc since they run diff times and dub both in english.hopefully they will do that when they release godzilla the final battle.  "Perhapes the most bizzar movie I have ever seen."As of the early 90's, giant monster films have been enjoying a level of sophistication (and I use this term loosly) that they have never seen before. While the concept of a man in a giant suit destroying tiny models is always appealing to fans of the genre, it can now be done with an ever more increasing level of technical prowess and realism. In short, monsters like Godzilla can do things that are, essentially, just plain cool. Conversly, the film in question is certianly NOT indicative of anything mentioned above. In fact, it is perhapes one of the most bizzar Kaiju movies that I have ever seen in my life. Godzilla is made to look more appealing, and he sheds his image of terror for one of fatherly benevolence. To complete this process Toho gives the king of monsters a costume that, disturbingly, makes him look like he has severe autism. The only thing worse than Godzilla is his 'son', Minya --who can best be likened to the Michilan Man. All is well though, as the movie is laughably funny, however not really my first choice when I get an itching to watch some kaiju induced destruction --as there really is none. Interesting as a curiosity, and representative of the more, shall we say, "so bad it's good" godzilla, Son of Godzilla is somthing that only old school G-fans should look at. This is really a two star movie, with the third star added for the origional japanese audio track, which is included on this dvd (as well as on every other '50th anniversary' re-release). For a more "sophisticated" look at Godzilla, check out the original "Godzilla versus the Thing" (aka, Godzilla versus Mothera) or the newer, "Godzilla Tokyo S.O.S".  "Bad Godzilla Movie, Excellent DVD""Son of Godzilla" is one of my least favourite Godzilla movies. Not reaching the heights of unintentional comedy that the likes of "Godzilla vs. Megalon" achieved, and far from being an exciting monster movie like the original "Godzilla," this is an unmemorable, rather dull entry in the series. The human plot is even more boring than usual, the monster battles are practically non-existent, Godzilla's foes are appallingly sub-par, the Godzilla suit disappointing, and his son, Minya (or Minilla) is better left undiscussed. The one redeeming factor are the optical effects, which are surprisingly good and better than in previous entries like "King Kong vs. Godzilla." The DVD from Columbia is nothing short of a revealtion. For the first time in North America in widescreen (2.35:1), the sharp and colourful image quality makes the film look a lot less cheap than it used to. For purists, the disc offers English dubbed audio as well as, also for the first time in North America, the original Japanese track with English subtitles. Also included are some random trailers, including one for Columbia's line of Godzilla DVDs and the Japanese teaser for "Godzilla: Tokyo SOS." "Great DVD!!"Son of Godzilla is an okay entry in the series, although it's a bit thin in the plot department. Minya is so cute! He reminds me of a baby monkey. Thankfully he doesn't speak in that Don Knotts-esque voice as he does in Godzilla's revenge. I am very pleased and impressed that Columbia/TriStar is releasing classic Godzilla movies in beautiful widescreen prints, especially those that were not in the Simitar collection (all of which I thankfully own)!! I was surprised to see scenes, including the introductory one that were cut from the US version that is on video. I am looking forward to future releases, hopefully including Godzilla vs. Megalon and Terror of MechaGozilla in remastered/widescreen versions. |
