Movie Reviews XVIII

Gojira (1984)
B-
Ah, The return of Godzilla! The beginning of the
Heisei series is a promising one. The score is
magnificent and there is an obvious attempt to
return to the darker nature of the first film. The
American edit of this is also enjoyable by my
standards. Worth checking out as it begins the
most continuity based series of Godzilla films.


Gojira tai Biorante (1989)
B-
Another great entry. Slightly better than Gojira.
Biollante is a solid G-film because of its use of
science advances of the day. The bioengineering
plot mixed with the solid direction make this movie
so much fun to watch. Biollante looks amazing,
and the new Godzilla suit is preferable to that
which we got in 1984.


Gojira tai Kingu Gidora (1991)
C-
Well, here's a considerable drop in quality. The
film is much loved by fans, but I have a few qualms
with it. My main problems are the futurians and
all that time travel nonsense. It works okay, but
you have to sit and think for a second as its not
really obvious. I don't mind thinking I just like rules
of a universe to be laid out for us. King Ghidorah,
while cool looking doesn't seem as life-like as the
Showa Ghidorah did. Notably good features are
the origin of Godzilla being revealed, and Ifukube's
return to the series.


Gojira tai Mosura (1992)
C
While one of the most successful of the Heisei
series I find it one of the most dull. The Beam
Battles are excessive here, and the Mothra props
look meh. The story is pretty much Mothra vs.
Godzilla meets Mothra (1961). Battra is a unique
addition to the kaiju collective, but overall I'd rather
watch other Heisei films before I see this one.
That's just my two cents.


Gojira tai MekaGojira (1993)
C+
The series has gotten better. Though this Mecha
Godzilla is a lot less impressive in terms of move-
ment it's worth noting that this is MechaG's first
time as a protector of humanity. Rodan looks
fairly terrible in this film. The baby Godzilla is an
improvement upon Minya's design, however. The
Godzilla costume is improved upon as well.
Over all a much more enjoyable outing than the
last two films.