Godzilla - Final Wars
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Movie Reviews of Godzilla - Final Wars
Movie Review: GFW Rules!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife and I couldn't wait for this to come out in the US, so we got the Japanese version with English subtitles... and...
THIS MOVIE ROCKS!!!!!!!
It's got it all: Evil space aliens bent conquering the Earth, lots of excellent kaiju battles, a young couple who can't stand each other when they meet but you know they're meant for each other, mutant kung-fu on motorcycles, Anguirus trashing Shanghai, an American soldier whose demeanor and attitude is a match for Godzilla, cheesy science, big explosions, an oil refinery going up in flames, the twin fairies from Infant Island, and the most powerful kaiju opponent Godzilla has ever faced!
This movie was clearly made by people who deeply love the Showa series (1954 though late 70s) Godzilla movies and related Toho kaiju movies of that era. Almost all of our old friends from that period show up (the major exceptions being Megalon and Mechagodzilla), including some little-known kaiju such as Manda and Ebirah. And many important characters and plot points turn out to hark back to those movies.
GFW also reminds me of Twin Peaks, in that it's packed full of media and cultural references. Many are to Showa-era Godzilla movies - and not just the Japanese versions, but the English dubs. For instance, in one scene in the Japanese version, two guys are sitting there, and one notices something and says, "Glenn! Glenn!" in English to his buddy, in exactly the same way Fuji said it to Glenn in the English dub of "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero". You can also play "recognize the actor", since the actors for many of the major and minor characters appeared in various Godzilla movies from the 60s to the present.
It would be great to see this in a movie theater. And if Toho really is going to give the Godzilla movies a few years' break, this is a terrific movie to go out on.
Movie Review: WHAT A WAY TO GO!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
GODZILLA: FINAL WARS HAS BEEN DECIDED TO BE THE LAST GODZILLA MOVIE FOR A WHILE. WHAT BETTER WAY TO GO THAN TO FIGHT A WHOLE CAST OF MONSTER VILLIANS HE HAS BATTLED IN THE PAST. IN THE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE, ALIENS HAVE COME TO TAKE THE PLANET OVER, BUT THEY NEED HUMANS OUT OF THE WAY FIRST. THEY KNOW THAT WE HAD FROZEN GODZILLA AT THE SOUTH POLE YEARS BEFORE AND WE NOW HAVE NO ONE TO DEFEND US AGAINST ATTACK, SO THEY UNLEASH A SLEW OF MONSTERS TO DESTROY THE EARTH. AMONG THE MANY OLD FAVORITES, WE SEE: HEDORAH (THE SMOG MONSTER), KING CEASAR, MOTHRA, RODAN, GIGAN, ANGUIRUS, ZILLA, MINILLA, MANDA, EBIRAH, KAMACURAS, KUMONGA AND KING GHIDORAH. THERE IS EVEN AN APPEARANCE BY THE SAD AND MISERABLE EXCUSE OF A MONSTER THAT WAS USED FOR THE "AMERICANIZED" GODZILLA MOVIE A FEW YEARS AGO STARRING MATTHEW BRODERICK.THE HUMANS DECIDE THAT EARTH'S ONLY HOPE IS TO UNFREEZE GODZILLA AND LET HIM TAKE ON THE MONSTERS ONE AT A TIME AND DEFEAT THE ALIENS AND THEN REFREEZE HIM BEFORE HE HAS A CHANCE TO RETALIATE AGAINST THEM FOR FREEZING HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE.I REALLY ENJOYED THIS MOVIE AND WAS PROUD THAT THE PRODUCERS CHOSE SUCH A STYLISH WAY TO SEND THE BIG LIZARD HOME FOR A WHILE. MY ONLY COMPLAINTS WERE THAT THERE WERE UNECCESARY SCENES THAT TENDED TO DRAG THE FILM OUT A BIT THAT REALLY DID NOT ADD TO THE STORY ANYWAY. FOR INSTANCE, A 10-MINUTE SCENE WITH TWO OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS PRACTICING THEIR MARTIAL ARTS. I ALSO NEVER FELT CONNECTED TO ANY OF THE HUMAN CHARACTERS, SO I DIDN'T REALLY CARE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WHETHER GODZILLA DESTROYED THEM OR NOT.OVERALL, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS FILM WHO IS EVEN THE SLIGHTEST FAN OF SCIENCE FICTION OR MONSTER MOVIES. THE WAIT FOR THIS DVD TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE STATES WAS MORE THAN WORTH IT.Movie Review: WOW,WOW,WOW!
Summary: 5 Stars
Man! Godzilla returns for his 28th time in this great movie! I got this movie from Ebay and when I saw it, I fell in love. Here's the story.
The Gotengo (a ship basicaly) shoots missiles at a glacier in the North Pole and buries Godzilla. Later, tons of monsters attack the world. And, as soon as the monsters come the monsters dissapear. It is soon discovered that aliens called the xilians have saved the world from the monsters.
Now, if you're a Godzilla fan, you would probably guess that the aliens are not sincere. If you guessed that... You're right! Soon. the xiliens release all the monsters on to the world again. The monsters completely destroy the world. Some survivers take the Gotengo and decide that in order to kill the monsters, they have to unleash ...GODZILLA!!!!!! When they arrive, Gigan (a bird cyborg) attacks the Gotengo.
But, not before the Gotengo fires missiles at the glacier that buried Godzilla. Godzilla awakens and kills Gigan. Then, he follows the Gotengo to where the other monsters are. Godzilla battles Zilla (a giant iguana), Rodan (a pterodactyll), Anguirus (ankylosaurus) King Caeser (a giant lion), Kumonga (a giant spider), Hedorah (the slog monster), and Ebirah (a giant lobster).
Godzilla finally arrives at the mothership, kills all the xilien and along with Gigan II, and Monster X/Kaiser Ghidorah. At the very end, Godzilla swims away with Minilla (Godzilla's son(, showing that the Godzilla saga will never end.
Overall, this movie deserves 5 stars. the only Godzilla movie better than this is King Kong vs Godzilla.
Movie Review: I skipped to the end of the series. Oops.
Summary: 5 Stars
Godzilla : Final Wars is the latest movie in the Godzilla series aliens come to Earth to save it from all the monsters, such as Rodan, Zilla, Kumonga and so on. The only monsters they seem to miss capturing is Godzilla and Mothra. You'd think they would notice, but maybe they don't have very good information on Earth?
Anyway, the UN decides to join the aliens, forming the Space Nations, because the aliens were not just nice enough to capture all the monsters but warn our planet of a upcoming rogue planet that will hit our's soon. We must combine our power to destroy it or it will destroy us.
Or will it? Yes, you guessed it, something stinks in the heart of Denmark, well, Japan. The aliens are NOT all what they seem. And the monsters they took have been changed to make them easy to control. Easy for the aliens to control.
Now Earth is truly in trouble, as the aliens seem to hold the cards, all the monsters, and lots of spaceships. NOW the fun begins. Godzilla kicks [...] and keeps kicking [...] till the end of the movie. I enjoyed the quick, smooth movements of the monsters, and the background rock and roll music also seemed to fit the new style.
The fighting happens all over the world. New York, Paris, and, of course, Tokyo.
Oh, yeah, and Minilla is in it. I don't know HOW he got into the film. The ending with him felt kind of weak. I won't take away a point for that but he can be a pest.
Movie Review: It's mostly a tribute to Toho's old sci-fi flicks/I'm using my mom's account,I'm not a girl
Summary: 5 Stars
Alright when I bought this movie I was expecting a movie that had big Kaiju battles, but I was I my expectation was wrong. Instead we get the ultimate Toho tribut featuring references to the movie Gorath and Atragon.
Final Wars is not a Godzilla movie, infact Godzilla is used as the last solution against the Xillians, so don't start watching this film thinking it's going to be another Godzilla movie.
The film mainly focuses on human,mutants, and of course the Xillians but the story will keep nonkaiju and Kaiju fans interested with interesting but cleary inspired by the Matrix battle scenes. Well even a little of the plot is inspired by the Matrix, but that will only bother you at first. Anyways when Godzilla finally appears he takes on all 12 monsters, but even though the battles are quick it still entertains and makes you forget about the humans for a bit. The only monster battles the last long is the battle between Godzilla and Monster X, which is pretty awesome by the way.
Anyways ways this movie is excellent film, it features tons of sci-fi elements and it also features the very cute Minilla. I bought this movie to my English class in school and it was recieved well by the students and teachers, this is defintly a movie to show to your friends, so they could start getting into Godzilla too.