Godzilla (Gojira)

6 Ratings: 3.8

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Tags: Movies, Science Fiction Movies

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Release Date: May 7, 2004

MPAA Rating: Unrated

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review by ryguy4738. August 17, 2012

posted in Movie Hype

Advertised as a B-monster movie; emerges something much more.

**** out of **** The original 1954 version of "Godzilla" - AKA "Gojira" - evades the implications of its B-movie exteriors. Here we have a monster movie that is not really just a monster movie. If it were, it would not have been remembered. Instead, the film impacted those who saw it during its original run. It took a few years for it to hit overseas in America; and under an alternative name (with the subtitle "King of the Monsters") and different footage. But once the world … more

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review by RabidChihuahua. November 23, 2012

posted in ASIANatomy

A masterpiece in Japanese cinema. 94%

Since this is my first review with anything related to Godzilla, I'd like to say that I was a big Godzilla fan from 1997-2002 since at the time, I thought there was hardly anything as fun as seeing big monster fights with a huge dollop of cheesy English dubbing from the Japanese actors in the numerous Godzilla sequels. In my initial fandom, I thought Godzilla: King of the Monsters (the American, English-dubbed and edited version of Gojira starring Raymond Burr) was the most serious … more

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Quick Tip by RabidChihuahua. May 28, 2012

posted in Movie Hype

A Quick Tip by RabidChihuahua

I just completed watching Gojira (1954), and while I still like its Amercan adaptation, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the original movie is much better. I think Gojira is much better because the movie has a smoother flow from not being edited and that as a whole, it has a much stronger emotional punch (mostly thanks to the inclusion of subtitles and with more focus on some "darker" scenes). The movie also makes more sense since there's clearer … more

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