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Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla II Director: Takao Okawara Number of Items: 1 Format: Color Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Running Time: 106 minutes Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom Region Code: 99 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2005-02-08 Buy from Amazon |
 "Godzilla BAD!Mechagodzilla GOOD! OH MY!"Not as good as the original.Now Godzilla is an enemy and Mechagodzilla a savior?Mechagodzilla dosen't look like what he did in Godzilla vs.Mechagodzilla or Terror Of Mechagodzilla!But still a good film.  "It`s time to whip Mechagodzilla for the third time!!!"This is a great Godzilla film without a doubt. The monsters look awesome, Mechagodzilla has much better weapons, and Godzilla gets a new breath attack called the Spiral Fire ray. He gets it after Rodan brings him back to life. Godzilla uses it to destroy Mechagodzilla. THis movie doesn`t have much of a plot but who really cares? This movie is too exiting to take away a star. I did feel bad for Rodan. I also think that baby Godzilla is Adorable. This movie is a great movie but if you like movies that have chunks of plot then avoid it. But you would still enjoy it. "3 1/2 stars"This movie isn't the most action packed 'zilla. That's "Godzilla vs the destoyer" The coolest is 'space 'zilla'. The 'zilla with the best fight is Bollant or whatever. The one with the 'zilla plant. The most fun is 'monster zero'the dumbest by far is the first 'mecagodzilla' even-though 'zilla's revengeis close. The 'zilla with the best firebreath action is 'zilla 2000 .  "this is a Godzilla movie!!!"I watched this movie at 3am on the Sci-Fi yesterday, and I am so glad I skipped out on sleeping! Having recently watched "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah - Giant Monsters Attack," I almost lost faith in Godzilla. But this movie was fun and entertaining! In this movie, the human scenes aren't boring, and they don't drag its feet around like the previously mentioned movie. The human scenes are actually fun - maybe not as campy as I like it, but it definitely works for me. As for the monster scenes, they're great! In this movie, you feel like the monsters are the focus...and rightly so! There is tons of city-stomping in addition to the required monster-on-monster action. Just to let you know, there are 3 fight scenes: [note: I'm not sure why they refer to Rodan as "Radon" in this movie] [also note: Supermechagodzilla = Mechagodzilla combined with Garuda] Overall, the scenes flowed well together. The pacing was great. And I was never once bored; whereas in "Giant Monsters Attack," I had to slap myself several times to keep myself awake. That's right. Godzilla movies are meant to entertain you...not send you to sleep. I only have 2 gripes with this movie: 1) the monster-on-monster action consists primarily of ranged attacks (e.g. heat beams, atomic breath, missiles, etc) and not very much of that WWE Smackdown variety that's so fun to watch. Nevertheless, the fight scenes are still enjoyable. 2) I didn't like the Godzilla costume for some reason. For one thing, he seemed too lengthy. Secondly, his snout reminded me of a dog's. In fact, his snout remdined me of that giant, white dog from "Neverending Story." "All the monster mayhem you crave plus some touching moments"I wasn't exactly thrilled when Toho decided to pretend that all of the original Godzilla sequels never actually happened, but the new series of Godzilla films begun in the wake of Godzilla 1985 have all been excellent. Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla holds the distinction of being the most tender and sad movie of the series. There are a number of tender moments sprinkled around all the great scenes of monster mayhem and model stomping. Ever mindful of Godzilla's constant threat, G Force has been established to find a way to ultimately defeat him; with the help of the future technology provided by the leftovers of King Ghidorah (from the previous movie), G Force has rebuilt the inimitable MechaGodzilla and fitted him with all kinds of nifty gadgets. While this is going on, two giant eggs, one of them unhatched, are found on a remote island; the scientific team at the site barely escape with the whole egg after being attacked by a Rodan-like prehistoric creature, he of the broken egg. Godzilla shows up at the same time and actually gets knocked around pretty good by the little Rodan, but the Big G always bounces right back. Meanwhile, back in Japan, the giant egg yields a cute little Godzillasaurus, a friendlier cousin to Godzilla's own breed. You just have to love little "Baby." While he does look a little strange, he is not the ridiculous-looking son of Godzilla from the original series. There's really something of a human component to Baby, which certainly made my heart go out to him. He immediately becomes attached to the young lady scientist taking care of him, and the fear, confusion, and fright he feels on a number of occasions is made manifest by his total body language as well as the red glow that comes into his eyes when he is distressed. He even brings out the good side of Rodan and Godzilla, both of whom basically fight over and because of him. The ending is particularly poignant, but I won't spoil it for anyone. I imagine that a few moviegoers may have sat through the credits trying to hide the evidence of a few tears on their cheeks. There is still plenty of destruction to be found here, so don't go thinking Godzilla has turned into a great big softie. The Big G enjoys stomping and destroying as much as he ever has, little Rodan blows plenty of buildings and people away himself, and MechaGodzilla throws everything but the kitchen sink at both of the monsters. The story is actually pretty compelling, despite the fact that a number of characters jump to a fair number of ludicrous (yet amazingly correct) conclusions. I had to laugh when the scientists here suddenly announced their finding that Godzilla had a second brain, located in the area that most likely first pops into your mind - that addition to the mythology I could definitely have done without. I have both the Japanese version with subtitles and the dubbed version, and I found the dubbing to be pretty good in this case. There is one awful American actor who could not act his way out of a dark room with a flashlight, but he looks bad in both versions. I still believe that Godzilla vs Mothra: Battle For Earth is the best movie from this newer Godzilla timeline, but Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla II is not far behind it in terms of the entertainment value. A stomping good time will be had by all fans of the big lizard in this 1993 release. |
