Godzilla Vs. Gigan
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Movie Reviews of Godzilla Vs. Gigan
Movie Review: Stock Footage, Talking Monsters, Exploding Minitures and Four Giant Monster Battling
Summary: 3 Stars
Although Godzilla and Angilas both talk in two infamous scenes and this movie has the biggest overuse of stock footage since GODZILLA`S REVENGE, I think the final battle between Godzilla and Angilas and Gigan and Ghidora made up for it. I watch this movie alot.Movie Review: Godzilla VS Gigan
Summary: 3 Stars
Godzilla VS Gigan 50th Anniversary Edition is a must for completists and fans of the hokey Godzilla movies. The movie itself is a bit slow, and aimed mostly for children, I still enjoyed watching it with my kids though.Movie Review: Not a bad Godzilla film.
Summary: 3 Stars
it may seem that many dislike this godzilla film, but it has its moments
Movie Review: Godzilla Battles Alien Cockroaches and Their Monster Gigan.
Summary: 2 Stars
After Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971), producer Tomoyuki Tanaka did not want any more surprises. So the directing reigns went to long-time Toho Studios director Jun Fukuda, making it his third Godzilla film. The intention was to make a movie that harkened back to the glory days of Ghidrah, The Three-Headed Monster (1964) and Monster Zero (1965). Unfortunately, Toho could no longer afford to produce such extravagant (for the time) special effects. So instead, we get an overabundance of stock footage from the two films mentioned, in addition to footage from Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964), War of the Gargantuas (1966), Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966), Son of Godzilla (1967), and Destroy All Monsters (1968). As for the new footage, well there's a ridiculous scene in which Godzilla and Anguirus talk. In the original Japanese version, the two beasts make weird sounds like someone messing with a record player, accompanied by comic book speech bubbles. When the film was brought to the US, some genius decided to dub in barely comprehensible monster voices.
Perhaps the best thing that can be said about Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) is that it has an excellent score - an Akira Ifukube greatest hits compilation. The battle with Godzilla and Anguirus in one corner and Gigan and Ghidrah in the other corner is entertaining if you can get past the fact that the Godzilla suit is on the verge of coming apart at every seam. After being used in the last three Godzilla films, dating back to '68, it's in a pretty shabby state by 1972.
Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) is presented a pristine widescreen format with the choice of the Japanese language and Toho's international dub. This isn't one I would highly recommend, but it's better than the one that came after it, Godzilla vs. Megalon.
Movie Review: Godzilla on Monster Island...
Summary: 2 Stars
A cartoonist and his friends discover that a Godzilla-related theme park is actually a front for space aliens bent on world domination. When the cartoonist plays an audio tape stolen from the aliens, Godzilla and Angilas, on Monster Island, detect it and set out to discover the source. Meanwhile, the aliens summon King Ghidorah and a new monster, Gigan, from outer space to wreak havoc on Earth. Godzilla and Angilas are soon pitted in a grand, occasionally bloody battle with the two space monsters.
After the experimental Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Toho returned to the more familiar theme of space aliens invading Earth with Godzilla vs. Gigan (a.k.a. Godzilla on Monster Island). The result, however, is a mish-mosh of stock footage, canned Akira Ifukube music, and juvenile monster antics that fall far short of the fantastic daikaiju romps of the 1960s. If not for a few shining moments of monsters destroying civilization, the lackluster cast and foolish script would make this a totally forgettable entry in the Godzilla series.
Despite featuring one of Godzilla's coolest-looking foes, the movie carries silliness to its utmost extreme, the monster battles largely being pale imitations of those in such classics as Ghidrah, The Three-Headed Monster; Monster Zero; and Destroy All Monsters. Extensive use of stock footage ruins any number of the sequences, and many of the new special effects scenes fall laughably below the standard set by the series' earlier entries. Still, the high-quality, widescreen DVD presentation greatly enhances the cheesy fun factor, and the movie can be recommended for the sheer amount of monster action.