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Godzilla - Tokyo S.O.S. Director: Masaaki Tezuka Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Widescreen, Dolby Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Running Time: 91 minutes Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom Region Code: 99 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2004-12-14 Buy from Amazon |
 "Much better than many others!!!"Tokyo SOS is a very good godzilla movie, much better than the newest godzilla movie, Godzilla Final Wars. I mean, come on! It's supposed to be a good movie for the big guy's 50th anniversary! Tokyo SOS will always be the one and only godzilla movie that stands out in the way it does--i prefer not to go into detail, I feel lazy--and so will the first godzilla movie that started it all. --This is all for my dad... :/  "Ummm...."A helpful hint to all whose brothers force them to watch this movie: WATCH ALL OF THE OTHER GODZILLA MOVIES FIRST. Between mini singing Mothra girls and Mechagodzilla and the inept Tokyo army dudes, jumping into the Godzilla canon at this point is too confusing. I enjoy the dubbing on this movie, as there is absolutely no attempt to synch the English with the Japanese, it once again provides the highlight of every Godzilla movie I've ever seen.  "Big disappointment"Kinda lame. First off, I'm a major fan of the big "G". I own every Godzilla movie from the original "Gojira" subtitled without Raymond Burr, right through to GMK. 90% of this clinker looks like they simply re-filmed scenes from previous Godzilla movies. Mothra fighting Godzilla. Godzilla frying Mothra. The baby Mothra's shooting webbing all over Godzilla. Etc, etc. Come on! We've seen it already! Can't really see how other "G" fans gave this thing 4 or 5 stars, unless they like watching updated versions of stuff they've already seen before. "My 3&4 year old wore it out"My Kids watch it over and over. They run around cheering for "Mecha-G." The part about "the making of" the movie, they think that these guys are playing Godzilla because you see them moving the monsters around.Well worth buying.  "A Very Entertaining Godzilla Film"Being a long time Godzilla fan, I am still pleased to know that Toho still knows that the Big Guy can draw a crowd! Masaki Tezuka comes back again for a second consecutive (and his third shot) at directing a Godzilla film. Tezuka seems to be getting better with each entry he directs; fixing problems that plagued the previous Godzilla films. The problem is, in the areas he succeeded in previous films, he seems to skip out on some of them in his newer entries. The story takes place practically a few days or so after the previous film (Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla). Kiryu (Mechagodzilla) is being repaired after taking heavy damage from Godzilla in their previous battle. Mr. Chujo, who was the character in the original 1961 Mothra film, is contacted by the Twin Fairies from Infant Island, Mothra's home island. The fairies warn him that if Godzilla's bones aren't returned to the sea (the bones are the structure supporting Mechagodzilla), Mothra will declare war on mankind. Mr. Chujo desperately tries to convince the Japanese government to trash the Mechagodzilla project, but it fails. Not too long after, Godzilla, Mothra, the twin Mothra larvae, and Mechagodzilla are involved in a giant battle royal! The movie is very entertaining especially if you like long monster action. In fact, the monster action takes up half of the film! The only problem I have with this film is that the story is thin here and there is hardly any characterization at all; making you feel nothing for the human characters. Another problem is that the ending and certain portions of the story seem identical to the previous film. To be quite honest, the idea of the film is new, but the majority of the film is not. Many of you who are Godzilla fans will not see much in the way of new material here considerng you've seen much of it in previous Godzilla films. The acting is decent and the special effects are phenomenal! All in all, it is nothing more than a fun Godzilla film. It is not the best of the series because the story is very thin and the characterization is pretty much non-existent. But it's jsut fun because of the long monster battles that are well choreographed. It's a film, I believe, most Godzilla fans will find refreshing and enjoyable. I find it to be one of the better films of the Millennium series (1999-2005). So anyone interested in giant monsters or Godzilla films will certainly enjoy this one! |
