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6.5/10
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Time travelers use Godzilla in their scheme to destroy Japan to prevent the country's future economic reign.Time travelers use Godzilla in their scheme to destroy Japan to prevent the country's future economic reign.Time travelers use Godzilla in their scheme to destroy Japan to prevent the country's future economic reign.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Kôsuke Toyohara
- Kenichiro Terasawa
- (as Kosuke Toyohara)
- Directors
- Kazuki Ômori
- Koji Hashimoto(earlier film clips) (uncredited)
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThis became one of the most controversial Godzilla movies. Shortly after the film's release in Japan, CNN in America ran a lengthy story about the film being anti-American and showed scenes of US soldiers being killed, and the plot featuring Westerners from the future was debated. The original Godzilla director, Ishirô Honda also criticized this film's director, Kazuki Ômori, and stated he had gone too far. Omori, however, defended his artistic decision on camera, arguing that the film was not in fact meant to be anti-American stating," "The movie is not especially anti-U.S., I just thought I'd try to picture the identity of the Japanese people." Economic tensions between East and West were high at this time, and the negative publicity was very much a sign of the times.
- GoofsThe time-travel mechanics of this movie are infamously confusing. The plot involves the characters traveling back in time to stop Godzilla from coming into being. Yet when they come back to the present, everyone still remembers Godzilla, even though he's been presumably erased from history.
- Quotes
U.S. Ship Commander: Got him!
Major Spielberg: Take that, you dinosaur.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits (deleted from the American version) play over footage of Godzilla at the bottom of the ocean.
- Alternate versionsThe US version cuts the majority of the ending credits, shortening the runtime from 103 minutes to 100 minutes.
- ConnectionsEdited into Godzilla Tales: G-90REX (2020)
Featured review
Admirable late-night programming - fantastic fun entertainment!
Hitchcock would have admired the no-nonsense progression of this movie. There's no stuffing around with unnecessary sub-plots or boring character histories basically what we want to hear about is Godzilla.
This is from the modern series of Godzilla redoes. The original was 1955, and millions of camp sequels followed in the 60's - and now these latest movies in the 90's. So this looks like a modern movie - with modern technology available, yet they've retained the puppet-like Godzilla. Many have complained at how fake it looks - but considering all the other self-reference, they've definitely done it one purpose. Why do Godzilla computer animated when the vintage puppet Godzilla is so fun!
There's nothing better than a camp movie that knows its camp - this is very fun stuff. For example, the obvious parody of American sci-fi flicks: we see two US soldiers discussing casually how they'll take over the island they've just discovered "yes, the stars and stripes will fly here too." And they see our heroes flying in on their time machine/ufo and think its a space ship (which it is). One says to the other: "Let's just keep this secret. You can tell your son about it, when he's born, Major Spielberg." The slickness of the entertainment actually is the best homage to Spielberg here. These are the kinds of movies Spielberg makes, and the kind of movies we all used to love when we were kids. Good on them, I say.
There is plenty of sci-fi action: UFOs, time machines and futuristic creatures. There are also references to American war movies in the war-like sequences with US troops fighting Godzilla on the Bikini Atoll (or whatever atoll it is - one famous for Nuclear testing). There's adventure, also: the troupe going back in a time machine to 1954 to try and wipe Godzilla from existence is a very exciting adventure premise.
7/10. Thoroughly recommended entertainment.
This is from the modern series of Godzilla redoes. The original was 1955, and millions of camp sequels followed in the 60's - and now these latest movies in the 90's. So this looks like a modern movie - with modern technology available, yet they've retained the puppet-like Godzilla. Many have complained at how fake it looks - but considering all the other self-reference, they've definitely done it one purpose. Why do Godzilla computer animated when the vintage puppet Godzilla is so fun!
There's nothing better than a camp movie that knows its camp - this is very fun stuff. For example, the obvious parody of American sci-fi flicks: we see two US soldiers discussing casually how they'll take over the island they've just discovered "yes, the stars and stripes will fly here too." And they see our heroes flying in on their time machine/ufo and think its a space ship (which it is). One says to the other: "Let's just keep this secret. You can tell your son about it, when he's born, Major Spielberg." The slickness of the entertainment actually is the best homage to Spielberg here. These are the kinds of movies Spielberg makes, and the kind of movies we all used to love when we were kids. Good on them, I say.
There is plenty of sci-fi action: UFOs, time machines and futuristic creatures. There are also references to American war movies in the war-like sequences with US troops fighting Godzilla on the Bikini Atoll (or whatever atoll it is - one famous for Nuclear testing). There's adventure, also: the troupe going back in a time machine to 1954 to try and wipe Godzilla from existence is a very exciting adventure premise.
7/10. Thoroughly recommended entertainment.
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- Ben_Cheshire
- Jun 28, 2004
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