Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998 Re-Release of the American Version)

Starring:Miki Hayashi, Akihiko Hirata, Ren Imaizumi, Kokuten Kodo, Momoko KÃ´chi, Tsuruko Mano, Fuyuki Murakami, Junpei Natsuki, Toranosuke Ogawa, Takeo Oikawa, Tadashi Okabe, Seijiro Onda, Sachio Sakai, Takashi Shimura, Kin Sugai, Toyoaki Suzuki, Akira Takarada, Katsumi Tezuka, Ren Yamamoto
Studio: Simitar Ent.
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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The first of the Godzilla movies, and the most somber and serious in tone, Godzilla, King of the Monsters was originally a 98-minute Japanese horror film, until a U.S. company bought the rights and reissued the film at its current 79 minutes, replacing sequences involving a Japanese reporter with new inserts of a dour, pipe-smoking Raymond Burr. True to the fashion of cautionary monster movies, Godzilla has arisen due to nuclear radiation--a 400-foot, fire-breathing dinosaur resurrected in Tokyo Bay--and proceeds to devastate Tokyo. Hardly a bogus building is left unbusted, nary a toy tank unmelted, by the reptilian rogue, until scientists discover another weapon of awesome destruction that just might stop him. The special effects are impressive, with the filming done so as to mask the fact that the monster is just a guy in a rubber suit, working better here than in the sequels, where they seem to have given up any pretense to that fact, in favor of flamboyant effects and battle sequences that more often than not are delightfully, unabashedly juvenile. The DVD includes a wonderful 25-minute documentary on movie monsters, pieced together from old trailers. This DVD offers your choice of Dolby 5.1 Surround or Mono, cropped-screen or letterboxed, and a plethora of other features. It is also available in a boxed set with four more of the best Godzilla flicks by director Inoshiro Honda. --Jim Gay

Gojira / Godzilla Deluxe Collector's Edition (Gojira/Godzilla [1954] / Godzilla, King of the Monsters [1956])
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A Classic well worth the time

GREAT IDEA FOR THE DVD EDITION, BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESTORED!

The real king of the Monsters

Godzilla and Me.

Disappointing

Gojira / Godzilla Deluxe Collector's Edition (Gojira/Godzilla [1954] / Godzilla, King of the Monsters [1956])
Starring: Akira Takarada , Akihiko Hirata , Takashi Shimura , and Terry Morse
Manufacturer: Classic Media
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ASIN: B000FA4TLQ
Release Date: 2006-09-05

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The first of the Godzilla movies, and the most somber and serious in tone, Gojiro was originally a 98-minute Japanese horror film, until a U.S. company bought the rights and reissued the film at 79 minutes, replacing sequences involving a Japanese reporter with new inserts of a dour, pipe-smoking Raymond Burr. Both versions appear together for the first time in this release from Sony Wonder.

Stills from Gojiro (click for larger image)

Description

This package contains:

* Godzilla (1954 Japanese Edition-english subtitles)
* King of the Monsters (1956 U.S. Release Edtion-english v/o dub)

Featuring:
* Audio commentaries
* Original trailers
*"Making of the Suite" Featurette
*"Godzilla: Story Development" featurette

Customer Reviews:

A Classic well worth the time.......2007-07-05

This movie is a classic, plain and simple. A great story with a powerful message, good acting and special effects that while dated are still effective. Classic Media has the Japanese and American releases of the movie, both with excellent commentary tracks. A must buy for fans and a great film in general.

GREAT IDEA FOR THE DVD EDITION, BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESTORED!.......2007-07-01

This is the kind of thing that drives me insane! They put together a pretty good idea for this release, giving us the version we all grew up with and the original Japanese version to check out. They give us trailers and a couple of short making of features. Great! right?.......WRONG! The one thing they didn't do is remaster the movies! These prints are scratched and battered! They are not horrible,but looking at the fancy packaging you would think they would have restored these prints! I can only hope that the rest of the movies in this series get better treamtments!

The real king of the Monsters.......2007-06-27

Look at this flic and snicker at the claim that the Hollywood version didn't seek to dilute the original anti nuclear message. Gojira's dramatic content and continuity is much better than the Hollywood hack that we are provided in this collector's set for comparison. For Fans of Japanese Cinema, or those interested in the origins of Japanese monster films, this is the indespensible original, the beginning of everything. See the very first Japanese masterpiece, Hollywood's hack take on Japanese film sensibilities; unfortunately the Japanese took this to heart and incorporated cues from "Godzilla" in their cinematic lexicon. Be aware that it is black & white, and subtitled. I'd always wanted to see what the real movie was like, after seeing "Godzilla" when it first came out. This is a treasure.

Godzilla and Me........2007-06-05

I somehow predict that when I lay on the cozy leather couch in the office of an award winning psychiatrist (God willing) that one of the topics that will come up is my fascination with Godzilla or Gojira, as it is correctly to be pronounced. The original Gojira and its American Counterpart (Godzilla: King of the Monsters) is one of the movies that has impacted my life greatly. I'm fully aware that they're shot on shoe-string budgets, using model train sets as cities, and star a man in a lumpy T-Rex suit, but that's what got me fascinated with Godzilla (Gojira) in the first place.

The year was 1994. I was four years old. I was too young for Pulp Fiction or Ed Wood Forest Gump, and born too late for the onslaught of movies from the 1980s. For me, 1994 was the summer of the VCR. My thinking memory capacity just kicked in and I had about twenty years of catch-up movie watching. My family had just gotten a Block Buster's Rental Card and began renting movies like crazy. I gorged myself and began to watch (mostly by accident) some of the greats. Jaws, The Star Wars Trilogy, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, Back to the Future, Batman, The War of the Worlds, E.T., Star Trek II. The geek inside me bloomed.

One Sunday afternoon my brother returned home from Block Buster Video with my dad just before my grandparents arrived for a Sunday Dinner of pasta and salad. My brother grabbed me by the hand and dragged me upstairs. "Where are we going? What's that?" He wouldn't answer. He brought me up to my room, closed the door, and turned on my small TV (which for a matter of fact was the only TV that had a VCR in it on the second floor of my house). He had something tucked under his arm. I couldn't read the box because I couldn't read, I think...

He popped in the cassette and fast-forwarded all the FBI Warning mumbo-jumbo. Then darkness. A black and white text popped up on the screen and a terrible roar followed. Then came the first shot and a voice broke through the eerie silence of a decimated city...

This is Tokyo. Once a city of six million people. What has happened here was caused by a force which up until a few days ago was entirely beyond the scope of Man's imagination. Tokyo, a smoldering memorial to the unknown, an unknown which at this very moment still prevails and could at any time lash out with its terrible destruction anywhere else in the world. There were once many people here who could've told of what they saw... now there are only a few. My name is Steve Martin. I am a foreign correspondent for United World News. I was headed for an assignment in Cairo, when I stopped off in Tokyo for a social; but it turned out to be a visit to the living HELL of another world.

I hung on every word Mr. Martin spoke to my brother and me. Being a reporter, his mission was to tell you what had happened to Tokyo and you would be wise to listen. The movie was dark and foreboding. I had already seen Jaws so I was already fascinated with unknown creatures lurking in the black icy depths of the ocean, biding its time. The monster finally appeared over the hill of the island and there he was, although I didn't know who he was, although after that moment I never forgot him. The monster rampages through Tokyo and reduces it to utter devastation. I'm entranced. Finally and reluctantly, a brilliant scientist with an eye-patch divulges his invention that could possibly destroy the monster. Steve Martin stands by and watches the event occur, surprisingly never writing anything down. They use the invention as a weapon on the monster but the heroic scientist doesn't make it out alive. The weapon begins to takes it's affect on the monster, and the monster rises up to the surface and cries out in pain, and defeat. The monster sinks to the ocean floor. I'm balling. Why? Why did the monster have to die? Many people cry when King Kong falls off the Empire State Building, I cried for the monster that fell to the ocean floor. That summer and that movie changed me forever.

The movie was "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" and the monster was Godzilla. Godzilla was unleashed upon American Shores in 1956; two years after the original Japanese Gojira had made its rampage overseas. The original was directed by Ishiro Honda and the Americanized version was directed by Terry Moore with Ramon Burr stuck in every once and a while.

Upon later viewings of the film, I am sad to say that the film just doesn't hold up. On it's own at least. The film has terrible dubbing which disgusts me for the simple fact that Akira Kurosawa films had been played countless times in the US but never had to succumb to awful dubbing by Hollywood's crop of dub-men. Men and women who were handed terribly translated scripts and spoke the lines in a bored, sterile, and emotionless fashion.

For the longest time I thought that the American Version was nearly identical to the original in length, pacing, and mood. Until my brother came home from work and gave me an issue of G-Fan; an all Godzilla Magazine and something I never in my life time would have ever thought existed. I opened up the magazine and found an article in about the original Gojira and its comparisons to the film "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms." I was surprised to find that I had never seen any of the images printed from Gojira in the magazine before. Then it hit me: there must be more footage in the Japanese Version! But unfortunately I still had to deal with the fact that original would be forever out of my grasp. But as months rolled by and I kept reading the magazine, I started to get impatient.

For too long was the American version the only available one to see in the US of A. Then, on a Saturday even in 2004, I found a trailer for the re-release of the original Gojira in select theaters nationwide! Uncensored, Uncut, UNDUBBED!!!!!

I skipped school one day and went to see the movie in Manhattan with my brother and my mother. It was playing in a quaint little theater in the Union Square area called Cinema Village. We went and bought our tickets, got some gummy bears, twizzlers, and good `n' plenty and entered the theater. The seats were small and uncomfortable and the screen was just a little bigger than my TV at home, but I didn't care. I was going to see the original Godzilla - Gojira - and nothing was going to ruin it for me. The theater darkened and the projector rattled alive and brought forth its luminous cinematic light. The movie started. The Gojira title came up in Japanese as Akira Ifukube's score piped through. I was born again.

Suffice to say, the original Gojira is a masterpiece in the science fiction genre but also in Japanese Cinema. It tells an allegorical tale of the horror of the atomic bomb through a gigantic monster that destroys everything and everyone in its path. The movie is darker both in pacing and in theme than its American Counterpart. It is an excellent film to be viewed by fans of the giant monster genre and science fiction genre. The film has an amazing monster like "King Kong" and a cautionary lesson like "The Day the Earth Stood Still."

The DVD itself has many interesting special features including commentaries by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski and videos on the Story Development of Godzilla and the making of the suit. Must see special features for die hard G-Fans or anyone who is just curious to see how the story originated out or how they made the suit.

If you are looking for a movie is provocative but is humble enough to have a man in a suit to portray its villain, I say to you, go out and buy Gojira on DVD. You get both the original and you get the skim plus American version. If you're looking for some good ole cheesy atomic age fun, then pick up Gojira on DVD and you'll get both movies. Two different movies, yet the same movie, and equally important to me. This DVD set is a blessing sent from the gods at Classic Media and Toho. I strongly urge any Godzilla fan that has not seen this version to go out and do so immediately. You are not complete until you have seen it. Then and only then will you not only be a fully rounded Godzilla fan but also a Gojira fan.

Disappointing.......2007-05-24

The idea behind this offering is superb - supply both the familiar, edited and reworked, American version of GOJIRA (called GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS) together with a subtitled print of the previously hard-to-find Japanese original, on separate discs in one package, so that everyone from the film scholar to the most casually curious fan can compare the two versions for a modest price.

Unfortunately, both resulting DVDs are of inferior quality, amateurishly contrasty, being very dark in the night-for-night exteriors and night-lit special effects material - a goodly part of both versions - and showing little more than a variety of black blobs moving about in all such scenes. Additionally, the narrow and closely-spaced font used for the yellow subtitles, causes many of them to strobe and distort beyond readibility in the lighter shots when passing over detailed backgrounds. Topping that off, the "restoration" of the GODZILLA credits is very badly done and not complete at all: the openings credits (TransWorld logo and star/directors screens) are still missing, and the end credits are clearly spliced in from a different, widescreen, source, then letterboxed (the rest of the film isn't even window-boxed) and placed, incorrectly, after "The End" instead of before it.

Admittedly, it's the only such package in town, and the official one; but it is just not up to the pro and fan publicity it has been getting in either the restoration or the technical department. It is strictly another "caveat emptor" situation and, while I do not know if anyone else will try/be able to get these two titles out in better shape, I cannot in all honesty recommend this product and will be returning mine for a refund, making do with what I have of the two features on videotape.

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah - Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

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Godzilla ROCKS in this movie!
Best G-Film of the Millenium series...Bare bones release
The fat Godzilla
Now this is a Kaiju film!
Wow, wow, wow! Best Godzilla movie ever!

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah - Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Starring: Chiharu Nîyama , Ryudo Uzaki , Masahiro Kobayashi (II) , Shirô Sano , and Takashi Nishina
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
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ASIN: B0000VAGXU
Release Date: 2004-01-27

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This 2001 Godzilla feature from Japan's Toho Studios, released as part of the mighty monster's 50th anniversary, is a visually impressive and action-packed entry in the long-running franchise, but also one with a fast and loose re-interpretation of its history that may displease some stalwart fans. Writer-director Shusuke Kaneko (who previously revitalized the Gamera series) erases everything that occurred after 1954's Godzilla and re-imagines the beast as a mythical creature harboring the souls of the Japanese victims of World War II; its attack is challenged by three "Guardian Monsters": Mothra, perennial villain King Ghidorah (here reinvented as hero) and B-list player Baragon (from Frankenstein Challenges the World). The retooling, while imaginative, is supported by spectacular special effects, but the monsters' brawls (a core reason for enjoying these films) seem abbreviated, and Kaneko's script experiences awkward seismic shifts from comedy to grim drama that may befuddle longtime G-fans. Columbia-Tri-Star's DVD is widescreen and offers Dolby Digital 5.1 sound and a Japanese language track (with English subtitles) that should please viewers with an aversion to dubbing. Trailers for other Sony/Columbia sci-fi titles like the American Godzilla feature are also included. --Paul Gaita

Description

After 50 years since his attack on Tokyo in 1954, the destructive monster Godzilla has somehow returned to life to destroy the city again. Now the religious cult must call upon the three monsters, King Ghidorah, Mothra and Baragon to protect Japan from Godzilla!

Customer Reviews:

Godzilla ROCKS in this movie!.......2007-06-12

My 5 year old son has been watching Godilla movies with me for some time now, and this movie recently appeared on cable. I had never seen it before , and WOW - Gozilla ROCKS! He is certainly more agressive, and with his milky eyes seems far more sinister. Having King Ghidorah as a good guy was a little wierd, but seemed to work OK.
The special effects were excellent. The miniature work was above par in comparison to earlier Godzilla movies. And this lizard is MEAN.
There are no annoying "faries" sining songs on miniature Mothras, just an excellent movie overall.

Best G-Film of the Millenium series...Bare bones release.......2007-03-21

Despite the creative controls forced by Toho, Shusuke Kaneko delivers a fantastic entry to the Godzilla series, perhaps the best since Biollante in '89. Although there are a few plot elements that could have been better explained, GMK has a strong story and features memorable characters performing some of the most heroic acts since the golden age of the '60s. The effects are top notch, with very few "cringe" moments that often plague tokusatsu eiga. I can only dream of what could have been if Shinji Higuchi was at the spfx director's helm. But that's only a fanboy wish. In the end, while certainly nowhere near the masterpiece that is Gamera 3, GMK is a slice above the rest of the Godzilla series and we have Kaneko to thank for it.

The DVD by Tristar unfortunately suffers from the same minimalist approach as most of their other Godzilla releases. The film presentation is superb (and it should be...the movie was only 3 years old at the time of it's release). The 5.1 surround is fantastic and sounds great. The English dub is horrendous as usual, so don't bother listening to it. However, be forewarned: the subtitles on this disc are taken from the English dub and NOT from the original Japanese dialog. Therefore, expect a great deal of "loose" translations that may confuse you or even give the wrong information. In other words, those often idiotic phrases you will see do not come from the original script. Believe me, the Japanese acting is great and does not suffer from bad dialog (I've seen this movie with proper subtitles).

Extras are non-existent, which is a real shame seeing as the R2 release by Toho is filled to the brim with behind the scenes footage and documentaries. Why Tristar doesn't just use those is completely beyond me.

In the end, this is a worthwhile release and if you don't care about how they made it (which is too bad seeing as how suitmation BTS are fantastic to watch...more interesting than a bunch of people sitting at a computer rendering effects) then this is for you. If you are a geek like me and willing to spend a little more money, get a region-free player and buy Toho's disc (I plan on doing that soon).

The fat Godzilla.......2007-02-17

The big G is back and fatter than ever. The story is different in this movie, and I'm annoyed how they just push all the other godzilla movies out of the way. The three monsters who fight Godzilla, who are called Guardian monsters, are called Beragon, the newcomer, Mothra, the peacemaker and Ghidorah, the villian that has now turned hero. Godzilla's cool, his attitude being one of the crappiest I've ever seen, but they make him way too fat in this movie; and he's walks too upright to me. I think it's good, and Godzilla has done it again.

Now this is a Kaiju film!.......2006-07-21

This is the darkest Gojira film since the original from 1954. Thanks to the director of the awesome "Gamera: Advent of Legion", Shusuke Kaneko. He has a knack for making dark, sinister, awesome Kaiju films. This is what Gojira is suppose to be: a wicked, unstoppable force. Gojira shows no mercy towards anyone or anything. Gojira purposely takes human life. Look for a scene with a girl in a hospital as Gojira approaches. Grant it, Ryuhei Kitamura's "Godzilla: Final Wars" is good, but it is nothing like this film. One of the great aspects of this film is that Gojira has all white eyes; being that he is possessed by the souls of dead soldiers. King Ghidorah being a savior of man is something different. He was always a destroyer of mankind. Overall, the finest Kaiju film in decades. MUST BUY!!!

Wow, wow, wow! Best Godzilla movie ever!.......2006-07-16

Outstanding Godzilla movie! This is the most well directed, well put together Godzilla movie that I have ever seen. Excellent quality here. The effects are truly incredible. The acting is superb. Godzilla looks better than he has ever looked.

This movie is intense and terrifying in many parts. You will be blown away by how great this movie is. Even for people who are not really Godzilla fans will enjoy this. This is the kind of movie that will just leave you saying, "wow". It's my all time favorite Gozilla film and anyone even slightly interested in Gozilla would surely enjoy this wonderful movie!

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junnkkk
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GET THE JAPANESE SUBTITLED VERSION INSTEAD!!
Campy, silly, cheap, badly dubbed...AND I LOVE IT!
8th Wonder of the World vs. King of the Monsters

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junnkkk.......2007-06-28

Why would someone buy this pan & scan trash? do yourself a favor and recycle it!! The igonorance of some of these companies is overwhelming. This isn't the '80's any more, is it? Boycott rip-offs like this!

Rockem sockem goliaths.......2007-01-17

King Kong and Godzilla meet for the first time in this film about man once again messing around and exploiting the earth's stuff. One side tries to exploit King Kong and the other side's use of atomic power awakens Godzilla. The two meet and they fight destroying all in their wake. What has science done?

GET THE JAPANESE SUBTITLED VERSION INSTEAD!!.......2006-08-26

While the American version of this movie is somewhat entertaining, I realized how much it was butchered and altered when I acquired the Japanese subtitled version, which is wide screen, and hi-fi stereo. Ishiro Honda's original Japanese music score, especially the important "Godzilla" theme music was replaced in the American version with stock music from Universal, mostly from "The Creature From The Black Lagoon". There's no annoying U.N reports, which leads to another inaccuracy. When the helicopter pilot sees Godzilla breaking out of the iceberg, he shouts, "GODZILLA"! The scene then switches to U.N. reporter Eric Carter stating.."The world is stunned to discover that prehistoric creatures exist in the 20th century"...If that's the case, how did the helicopter pilot even know who Godzilla was? How did anyone know who Godzilla was? In the Japanese version, which, by the way, in the iceberg scene, the pilot gasps..Ahhhh...it's GOJIRA!" The "Godzilla" theme music stars, and the scene switches quickly to the scene where Godzilla is crossing the Bearing Sea, and attacks the military base. Godzilla's previous entrapment in the iceberg is also referenced to by one of the scientists, something to the effect of "We knew he would not remain frozen in the iceberg forever, even if it took 200 years, we knew he would return to us eventually". OK, it's not an epic flick like the original "King Kong", but it's a fun movie, and the Japanese version moves along a lot better than the American version, and makes more sense, if a movie like this can make any kind of sense! It runs about 10 minutes longer, and there's a little more detail to certain cast members concerning the "plot". It just makes more sense than the American version, as much sense as a low budget cult classic can make, I guess. Oh..yeah, and the ending is the SAME as the American version, except that you hear Godzilla's roar right before Kong's roar.

Campy, silly, cheap, badly dubbed...AND I LOVE IT!.......2006-06-28

Where do I begin?

The special effects are very cheaply done, even for 1962, when we already had the stop and go motion technology that made the original KING KONG so famous. The ape suit for KONG is so bad, it makes the one in the 1976 version look like CGI. Just watch the scenes where Kong bats his eye lids like some raging queen. The dubbing is expectedly bad and the performances from the Japanese actors are very campy.

So, it's amazing that given all that, this monster movie has become an irresistable cult classic! You can't help but feel a shiver of excitement in your spine when you see these two classic movie monsters (cheap suits) clash on screen.

For me personnally, this movie brings back memories of "Godzilla Day" on Channel 9, WOR TV, when I was a kid; every Friday after Thanksgiving.

Now; just imagine a spectacular remake of this movie with Peter Jackson's KING KONG and Roland Emmerich's GODZILLA! Ooooh, I shiver at the thought!

8th Wonder of the World vs. King of the Monsters.......2006-06-18

I love it! This is my favorite Godzilla movie. That doesn't make it good of course. I just have good memories of this movie. (sitting of the floor of my room, watching this movie with my friend, eating Dominos Pizza, betting on who would win.)

For King Kong Fans- This MIGHT not be the movie for you. The reason why is becuase this is NOT the King Kong from the 1933 classic. This is the Toho version. King King's size, apppearance, and powers have been drasticly altured for this movie. Although King Kong's look is kinda funky for this movie, you get used to it. Still King Kong fans should get over it and see the awesome match up between Kong and Godzilla.

Godzilla fans- See Godzilla in his first color appearance; as well as one of the last of the original look before he gets slimmed down and tail gets shorter. This is a classic movie for Godzilla. Many people say it is very silly (witch it is), but all-in-all it is a good movie. A must have for Godzilla fans.

Godzilla DVD Collection 7-Pack (Godzilla (1998) / Godzilla 2000 / vs. King Ghidora / and Mothra The Battle for Earth / vs. Destoroyah / vs. Space Godzilla / vs. Mechagodzilla / Giant Monsters All Out Attack / vs. Megaguirus)

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Godzillalicious
Great movies but the Collection is without merit
Don't bother with this if you love Godzilla
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Starring: Matthew Broderick , Jean Reno , Maria Pitillo , Hank Azaria , and Kevin Dunn
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Release Date: 2004-10-19

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Godzillalicious.......2007-01-16

Excellent choice for Godzilla freaks! If you want nonstop earth shattering action, this is the collection for you.

Great movies but the Collection is without merit.......2006-12-31

First off, these are all good to excellent Godzilla
flicks - lots of fun and worth owning. I give 2 stars
because if you don't happen to already own any of these,
you can at least get an instant collection for a fairly
good deal (low price).

The bad news is for those who are not new to Godzilla and
who have a collection already: all Sony did, from the looks
of it, is bundle up the back stock of previously released dvds.
There are no decent extras to speak of. This collection
features 9 movies on 7 disks as follows (two disks are double
features).

The Good:

Yes, there is some good here! The following are how ALL the
movies should have been handled and would have made this a more
solid effort on Sony's part:

Godzilla x Megaguirus, GMK and Godzilla x Mechagodzilla are
all in High Definition, offer English and Japanese soundtracks
and english subtiltles, which is the way ALL Godzilla flicks
should be presented in this day and age of DVDs.

The Bad:

Godzilla x Mothra Battle for Earth and Godzilla x Ghidorah.
A travesty because these are STILL not presented in their
original aspect ration; they have NO JAPANESE soundtrack and don't
even have close captioning/English Subs. These are the exact
same Full Screen-No Frills copies that have been floating around
for years - whats up with Columbia Tristar!?

Godzilla x Space Godzilla and Godzilla x Destroyah. Great
flicks which are at least in widescreen. Columbia Tristar
still held off from including a Japanese soundtrack!

Godzilla 2000 - still just an English dub here folks, sorry.
At least its in widescreen; there is also a comentary track and
a few other nice extras which lift this disk up a bit.

The Ugly:

Godzilla 1998 - including this movie was weak. It isn't
all that bad if you can forget it bears the title of a
Godzilla movie because that's where any similarities end. It
doesn't need further comment except to say its a dinosaur
movie with lots of CGI effects and no heart. Its worth
seeing for the general viewer of hollywood style flicks.

In conclusion, Sony didn't do anything to make this a more
interesting collection for the long-time, long-term fan. I'm
not as sour on Sony/Columbia Tristar as I may sound here, but
this release just doesn't have anything extra.
Sony will have little to say to those who seek out bootlegs
or versions released from other countries in order to view
the movies as they were originally released.

50th Anniversary Editions:
Better news is that the other earlier 70s Godzilla flicks
(GxMegalon, GxGigan, GxMechaGodzilla etc.) were released
with English and Japanese dubs. Hoo-Ray for Columbia Tristar!

Don't bother with this if you love Godzilla.......2006-07-26

This is probablythe worst set of movies to be put together. Even "Godzilla vs Megalon" had MORE HEART and Fun than these rejects. Watch the classics if you can-they are all much better and more family friendly. People used to MTV quality and trash movies though will probably go Ga-GA over these efforts though.

Buy the special edition Gojira or english subtitled Japanese language Godzilla movies out or soon to be released instead.

great.......2006-03-22

Everything was as ordered. Shipment was on time and the videos were as advertised.

For a limited time only: Things The Curmudgeon actually LIKES - Part Four!.......2006-03-19

If any of you are familiar with The Curmudgeon's other reviews, you may well be scratching your heads at this one. A FIVE star review?! That can't be right. And usually, YOU would be right. The Curmudgeon has dedicated 95 of his 100 reviews to bringing you the very worst things out there. To celebrate the 50 review milestone I reviewed 5 GREAT things that are available on Amazon, and so, now I've reached 100, I thought I'd do the same again. So, from reviews 100 - 105, it's going to be nothing but good, great and awesome stuff.

Sometimes there's no justice. The term "Giant Monster Movies" immediately throws up two names: Godzilla and King Kong. The two kings of the genre have never really been fairly matched, however. Whilst Godzilla has a far greater quantity of movies, the big monkey certainly wins out in the quality stakes. Godawful 70's remake and sequel aside, Kong has fared better in the original movie (easily one of the greatest movies ever made) and the new glossy big budget remake certainly fared better than the abysmal 90's US attempt at Godzilla.

Speaking of THAT film, it's included on this boxset. Now let us never speak of it again. There's far better films to consider, all of which embrace the sense of adventure, inventiveness and fun that make this genre such a joy to watch. This boxset collects some of the more recent efforts, miles away from the more kiddie-friendly fare of the 70's movies. These are far more, um, realistic(?) in approach, a nod to the more serious side of the Big G. It's a superb collection that, crappy American attempt aside, will please anyone who don't salivate over the latest 100 million dollar CGI-fest. A guy in a suit it may be, but the genius of these movies is their ability to make you believe that it's a bad ass radioactive dinosaur trashing Tokyo for the millionth time.

This review isn't just about this boxset in particular, but Godzilla movies in general. If you can accept the often ropey effects, the absurd plots and wonky dialogue, they offer a sense of escapism that is unmatched. These movies have a passion and genuine love for their monsters that is so infectious, it isn't long before you know all of the monsters and are cheering on your favourites ("Go Mecha-Godzilla! Wooooh!")

King Kong and Godzilla, then. Kong may have the better movies, but Godzilla remains the better - and best - monster. Regardless of all the "final movie" comments (pah, I'll believe it when I see it) - long may his reign continue.

And that's part four of five taken care of. Just one more thing that The Curmudgeon actually likes. But what on earth could it be? Only one way to find out...

The_Curmudgeon_Hates_You@yahoo.co.uk

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Godzilla King of the Monsters
Starring: Raymond Burr , Takashi Shimura , Akira Takarada , Momoko Kôchi , and Akihiko Hirata
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The first of the Godzilla movies, and the most somber and serious in tone, Godzilla, King of the Monsters was originally a 98-minute Japanese horror film, until a U.S. company bought the rights and reissued the film at its current 79 minutes, replacing sequences involving a Japanese reporter with new inserts of a dour, pipe-smoking Raymond Burr. True to the fashion of cautionary monster movies, Godzilla has arisen due to nuclear radiation--a 400-foot, fire-breathing dinosaur resurrected in Tokyo Bay--and proceeds to devastate Tokyo. Hardly a bogus building is left unbusted, nary a toy tank unmelted, by the reptilian rogue, until scientists discover another weapon of awesome destruction that just might stop him. The special effects are impressive, with the filming done so as to mask the fact that the monster is just a guy in a rubber suit, working better here than in the sequels, where they seem to have given up any pretense to that fact, in favor of flamboyant effects and battle sequences that more often than not are delightfully, unabashedly juvenile. --Jim Gay

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IT'S AMAZING WHAT A MAN IN A RUBBER SUIT CAN DO TO A CARDBOARD CITY & AN AUDIENCE.......2006-11-02

IN A NUTSHELL: GIANT DINOSAUR BORN FROM RADIATION GOES AMUCK IN TOKYO

Forget about objectivity here -- you either love seeing this film or you can't understand how anyone can sit through it!

WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT: FRANKENSTEIN CAME FROM ELECTRICITY & GODZILLA FROM ATOMIC FALLOUT

Somehow, because of nuclear testing in the eastern Pacific ocean, a giant mutant lizard suddenly appeared in 1955. His name was Godzilla and somehow he has survived more remakes than any other monster in history. A sort of 20th-century 'Frankenstein' who came to us, again, from our own foolish meddling. For Frankenstein, a product of the 19th century, it was electricity. In 1955 and thereafter, it was nuclear testing that brought us 'Godzilla'.

SO WHAT HAPPENS: [PLOT SPOILERS BELOW]

Godzilla suddenly appears in the eastern Pacific ocean and heads very quickly for Tokyo, without apparent motivation. We are fortunate to have Raymond Burr added to this, the American release edition of 'Godzilla - King of the Monsters'. Burr is the venerable Steve Martin, who enters the scene as a possible witness of one of Godzilla's earlier appearances. Martin was a passenger on an airliner when the attack occurred below in the ocean, but though he saw nothing, Steve Martin became our man-on-the-scene for the rest of the film. It was through his eyes that we [the American audience] saw most of the film. The Japanese release is reputed to have not included this entire storyline and Raymond Burr is absent completely, but that is not relevant here.

Anyway, we see Godzilla attack Tokyo, first just the 'dock section' on the first day's attack, but he returns to ruin Tokyo the next night. Rather gruesome images depicting Godzilla's second night in Tokyo actually look like they were taken at Hiroshima in 1945. In any event, Godzilla seems to be setting a pattern of coming by night and leaving the city ablaze as he exits into Tokyo Bay.

This pattern leads us to the solution to Godzilla -- the 'Oxygen Destroyer'. There are some ethical concerns over the use of the 'Oxygen Destroyer,' which seems to hint at the ethical issues over using the atomic bombs in Japan in 1945. It is a high point in the story, because it creates a dilemma over using massive power, and in so doing, letting the genie-out-of-the-bottle, so to speak.

IN THE END:

We believe at the end of the film that Godzilla is history. After all, we saw him turn into a skeleton and then disintegrate further into nothing amid the agitated bubbles created by the Oxygen Destroyer. But is Godzilla really dead? Are there other Godzilla-like mutations out there, as suggested at the end of 'Rodan'?

Raymond Burr - Steve Martin
Takashi Shimura - Dr. Kyohei Yamane
Momoko Kochi - Emiko Yamane
Akira Takarada - Hideto Ogata
Akihiko Hirata - Daisuke Serizawa
Sachio Sakai - Hagiwara

ABOUT THIS VIDEO EDITION: REMASTERED VHS

This edition plays better than any I have had. It plays on the SP [long-playing mode], it is Re-Mastered, and it has a long documentary and a photo gallery too. This description seems like it's for a DVD, but it is a VHS, and I have enjoyed it many times over the past 5 years.

BOTTOM LINE: THE KING OF ALL DINOSAUR-RUN-AMUCK FILMS

This is not a modern film and nothing here looks real in the way of special effects. Nevertheless, there is something very genuine and real about both the story that is being told and the monster. I first saw this film around 1960 and I have always felt that same awe toward the story, the monster, and the complete and admirable lack of pretentiousness throughout the film.

Godzilla - King of the Monsters.......2006-10-05

Allthough the American version of "Gojira" is not quite as good as the original Japanese version, give Raymond Burr credit for doing a pretty job of not only his narration during the course of the film, but for his portrayal of United World News reporter Steve Martin as well. Sure, people may think that the American version of this film is not quite as good, but I think the American version does alright.

Nonetheless, the special effects for this film are very good and after seeing this film for the first time, it scared me out of my socks. I also became a huge Godzilla fan because of this movie. "Godzilla, King of the Monsters," as it is known in the USA, or "Gojira," as Japanese fans know this movie, are both good. Purchase the Japanese and American versions of this cult classic and judge them for yourself.

The Original (?) Butcher Job.......2006-05-11

I can recall the awe I felt when seeing "Godzilla" for the first time as a young child; I had nightmares about the giant beast walking through the streets of my neighborhood. I dreamt I was hiding from the stomping feet of the great lizard. Of course, I didn't really know what good filmmaking was in those days.

The one good thing about any version of the original Godzilla is the amazing roar the creature produced - is there anything else like it? Who could forget the great blast of sound that shook an entire city, and became the legendary voice of the great beast? Whether one likes the Godzilla films or not, all know that sound...

The Americanized version of "Godzilla" seems to suck the life right out of the film. Raymond Burr's inserted scenes mostly consist of reaction shots with a blank look on his face - and there are many of them. Then there is the obvious difference in film stock quality: the original Japanese scenes are grayer and of poor quality, the American scenes of far better quality. The English dubbing for the Japanese characters is plain laughable; it is clear they are not really talking about the same thing the dubbing indicates! Due to this fact, many scenes in the film seem to make no sense whatsoever.

I recently saw the film on the AMC cable channel, and found myself wishing I could see the original version in Japanese with subtitles - fortunately a restored DVD with both the Raymond Burr scenes and the original Japanese version will soon be available. At last, Godzilla will be seen the way he should be.

Alas, 3 stars is all I can muster for the butchered American version of this classic.

Lots of Fun!.......2006-03-24

If you enjoy Godzilla movies, and I do, then this is a must have. I have not seen the restored original but I hope to do so soon. What makes this so well done is the cutting and editing that was done to make Raymond Burr's character actually part of the movie. This was the version I saw as a kid in the theatre on a Saturday afternoon and I still love it. Give yourself a treat and watch it.

Wow, What A Movie For It's Time!.......2005-12-08

This is an incredible movie. The look and feel of the movie is just as good as if it were today. No really big special fx needed to make this story great. Having Burr added to the movie in the American movie made it even better, I don't think his presence hurt the movie at all. Incredible movie.

The menu screen is cool.

Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998 Re-Release of the American Version)

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GODZIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Where ohh where is the original
Let's put it into perspective
Release the original "Gojira" on dvd!

Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998 Re-Release of the American Version)
Starring: Miki Hayashi , Akihiko Hirata , Ren Imaizumi , Kokuten Kodo , and Momoko Kôchi
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DO NOT BUY THIS VERSION!.......2005-06-23

If you are looking for the 2004 restored and re-released version of the ORIGINAL Japanese version (with the original 98 minutes of footage restored and without the lousy American version Ramond Burr scenes) then you DON'T want this DVD.

The original Japanese version of this movie was a much different, and much better, version of the story. The Americanized version destroys the sublety of the film and reduces it to a giant guy in a rubber suit crush-crumble-chomp fest.

Everyone has seen this version of the movie dozens of times on late night TV. Avoid this purchase and you'll be much happier.

GODZIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.......2004-08-05

I would prefer the ORIGINAL without Raymond Bore??????????,if its possible to find it that is.But Godzillas presence is simply breath taking.I just love that growl and the destructive mind that Godzilla has.The Godzilla sequels are childish compared to this and they make godzilla look like a joke.In this movie Godzilla is not a joke hes out there to DESTROY everything and to terrify the little people.

Where ohh where is the original.......2004-08-01

I readily admit that I have never seen the original Godzilla, only the American cut version. (If anyone knows if I can get the original Japanease version feel free to tell me.) However this version is not all bad. The editing was nothing short of genius. What they managed to do by inserting a character into a movie that he wasn't in was very crafty. It actually seems as if Steve Martin is interacting with the original actors. That is done very well.
The major qualm that I have with this film is that it is sometimes dubbed and sometimes it is not. There are extended scenes where everything is in Japanease and no subtitles. Steve Martin is often there for the sole surpose of asking "hey what did those folks just say?"
Considering that this movie was made 50 years ago (hmm...warrants a demicentenial edition methinks), it has stood the test of time. Godzilla's rampages look just as real, if not more real than those of later Godzilla movies. The anti-nuke message is also very powerful even in the watered down American version.
Overall this movie is recommended to everyone and anyone, but would probably be better if you can get your hands on the American version.

Let's put it into perspective.......2004-04-15

I own three DVD versions of this same movie.The Simitar version is the best. I have not been blessed to have seen the original japanese presentation of this great monster movie,but I hope to somehow,someway. But we're supposed to review this version. IT'S DEFINATELY THE BEST OF ITS TYPE even WITH Raymond Burr. Better than THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, better than THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, better than GORGO, way better than REPTILICUS and far better than the 1998 American version that bastardize the name Godzilla.

Release the original "Gojira" on dvd!.......2003-12-26

The Simitar two-sided dvd contains a fullscreen version
on one side, and a so-called "theatrical" "letterbox" version on the other.
WARNING: The "letterbox" version is misleading - it's not in true widescreen at all. The top and bottom of the picture was merely chopped off, a fact which becomes painfully obvious when comparing scenes of this version with the "fullscreen". But there are some decent extras on this dvd nonetheless, such as the documentary on movie monsters, and the Godzilla art gallery.
The Sony "Classic Media" dvd release contains the fullscreen version, and virtually no extras, when compared to the Simitar edition. But having found it in a bargain bin for $5, it was an okay deal, with the quality of the movie itself comparable and seemingly slightly better (such as it is, scratches and all) than the Simitar release. Skip the Dolby-Surround sound options on both releases - the Dolby mono is a bit clearer and less distorted.

This classic movie deserves far better treatment on dvd.

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Contains Five Godzilla Films:
Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Mothra, Godzilla's Revenge, Terror of Mechagodzilla, and Rodan.

Customer Reviews:

GO Godzilla.......2007-01-12

The day this came to me I watched all of the movies!! Since I was little I have always loved Godzilla and now my son loves it too. This is a super collection to have!!

Godzilla Is The King!.......2007-01-10

This pack has the original film of godzilla, theres alote of destruction. Mothra is very large in "Godzilla vs Mothra". This movie was in the 1960's. Minilla wants to get stronger in order to beat Gabara. a little boy named Ichiro helps out him. He now has has courage to fight in his own battles. This is a sequel to "Son of Godzilla" both made in the 1960s's. A sequel to "Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla"...Terror of MechaGodzilla. After King Caesar and Godzilla defeated the metal menace, and three men stoped the aliens, more aliens apeared and rebuiled him, but now a preostoric monster called Titanosaures controlled by a old man's cyborg daughter. And Godzilla has no partner this time to make things equel. but a team that studies the giant dino and discovers its weakness. see what happens next. Rodan's movie is simaler to the first godzilla movie.

Godzilla-The Ultimate Collection.......2007-01-09

All 5 DVD's work very well. I am very pleased with my purchase.

As much Godzilla as you can stand........2006-10-05

The Ultimate Godzilla DVD Collection has five movies. The first film is Godzilla, King Of The Monsters. It is the original movie that brought Godzilla to life on the big screen. Well, the original did not have Raymond Burr in it, but you understand what I mean. Godzilla is a 400 foot high Tyrannosaurus Rex woken up by an atomic bomb test. Only 78 minutes, it isn't that long a movie.
The second film in the set is Godzilla Vs. Mothra. Mothra, a giant moth, wants her giant egg back and is coming to Japan to get it. Yes, I said moth. Tiny twins, greedy businessmen and Godzilla all guest star in this flick. Mothra would go to make her own flicks.
Godzilla's Revenge has a really bad plot but is really just an excuse to show off all those monsters from past films. Just watch it to enjoy seeing Godzilla kicking [...].
Terror Of Mechagodzilla is a great film. Alien invaders try to use a fake Godzilla, damaged from an earlier battle with Godzilla but not forgotten, to take over the Earth and only the real Godzilla can stop them.
Rodan is just a special bonus movie. Flying at supersonic speeds, two giant creatures cause damage to buildings and snap up humans for lunch. Yummy!
This set is just cool to have and a great gift for any Japanese monster fan.

Great Value.......2006-08-12

With The exception of Godzilla's Revenge (which is probably the worst Godzilla movie ever!) I couldn't have asked for a better set, especially considering the price. 4 of the 5 are solid films, and did I mention the price!?!

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