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| Jonzilla | Sep 2 2009, 10:05 AM |
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I've just watched this,and now I remember why I haven't seen it that often [only three times,I believe]. It's very entetaining,and perhaps the most Showa-like of the Millennium seres,but it just seems to tepidly rehash various earlier films. Of course we expect certain things in a Godzilla film,but this episode has absolutely nothing new! It reminds me constantly of earlier films throughout,be it Mothra Vs Godzilla or the previous one Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla,and even certain shots copied/paid homage to other movies. That's all well and good,but I just wished I was watching those other films! I will say that the battle between the Godzilla and the Mothra larvae [in my opinion] is better this time round. Of course it's still entertaining enough,a nice tight 90 mins. I liked seeing the human star of Mothra,and his role gave the film a bit of a heart it otherwise lacks. I've always liked Mothra and the whole background to her story [one of the reasons I like the 92 remake almost as much as the original],and it was good to see some of it again here. Mothra to me looked her best ever [though I've only seen the first one of the Rebirth series],simply beautiful,and the Milennium Mechagodzilla I still prefer to the Heisei one [my favourite one is in Terror Of Mechagodzilla]. Godzilla oddly seemed not always convincing in this one,but maybe that was because I wasn't totally engrossed in the events in on screen? Most of the effects were fine but why do we still have stock shots of ship's cannons shooting and why is Toho CG just not usually very good? The fights were pretty dull,in fact they seemed a little rushed. A okay film but it seems just like Toho were marking time with it,before doing something more interesting [Final Wars was a total mess but it was interesting to say the least!]. To be honest the only Millennium film I really love is Godzilla Vs Megaguirus,though Giant Monster's All Out Attack gets better with each viewing [I had a lot of problems with it at first!]. I find these films a little cold and lacking,well,heart I suppose [which sounds wierd I know]. People say the same about the Heisei films,but I disagree to a certain extent. |
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| Godzilla: Tokyo SOS(2003) · Millennium Godzilla Films, 1999-2004 | |
12:54 PM Nov 26
