Godzilla Vs. Gigan
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Movie Reviews of Godzilla Vs. Gigan
Movie Review: Nice new kaiju for a mediocre film.
Summary: 2 Stars
This film contains so much stock footage from other films that it's almost a greatest hits package of Japanese sci-fi action. Even the music is recycled. The film has its charms, to be sure, but one can't escape the feeling that the filmmakers were just going through the motions at this point in the series. The silliness is kicked up a notch when Godzilla & Angilas "talk" to each other (though, to be fair, there was a conversation between monsters in the classic Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster). King Ghidorah looks a bit rough around the edges, lacking the presence that he exhibited in earlier film appearances. Gigan, on the other, is a pretty cool kaiju. The scene where he & King Ghidorah battle Godzilla & Angilas at an oil refinery is a definite highlight, with plenty of spectacular explosions & monster mayhem to go around. The film plays better in the original Japanese version (true for all G films as far as I am concerned) & it's nice to finally see a widescreen version after years of watching awful pan & scanned versions. It's a mixed bag but still fun.Movie Review: Not too good
Summary: 2 Stars
I am the biggest G fan in the world, but this one just stinks. Megalon, G's Revenge and Spacegodzilla are worse, but not by much. The economy in Japan at the time was horrible, so little money was used to make the 70's G movies. Stock footage was used also. Of course for all Godzilla fans, there are cool cheesy action sequences, and Gigan was a nice creation, but the story and overall production of the film was not good at all. And Godzilla actually speaks!Movie Review: Stock Footage War!
Summary: 2 Stars
Space cockroaches, Gigan, King Ghidorah, Godzilla, Angilas and over 30 minutes of stock footage crap! This movie is so low budget that I don`t know how I give it 2 stars! What this movie is worth is crap but its still cool and worth watching. P.S. The talking of the monsters is bull crap!Movie Review: My Vote for the Worst G Film.
Summary: 1 Stars
There's a fine line between entertainingly campy, and flat out sucky and unwatchable. Some give this film a lot of latitude and say it ain't that bad. I respectfully must disagree. In the huge (kidding) controversy over the all time worst G flick, this is my pick. Bad, bad, falling apart G costume. Terrible direction and cinematography - looks more like one of those chinese kung fu flicks from a production value stand point. Ifukube's the best, but even that's tired in this film for some reason. Is it that the score outclasses the movie too much despite being stock?
The monsters "converse" ugggh! Throws sneaker at TV. Wait, look, there's Mobil Oil blowing up again! That goes back 10 years. Why did they use Mobil Oil over and over instead of something a little less conspicious?
I remember when this came on UHF TV as a kid. Kewl! A never before seen, brand spankin' new, G-flick. Huh? What's this crap? I think I actually started channel surfing. Never did that before. Not even during Godzilla's revenge. This one doesn't improve with age. It's a shame Gigan's a pretty kewl monster. Might have been a good adversary in the 60's when they gave the filmmakers a fighting chance via a reasonable budget.
Movie Review: Godzilla battles invading stock footage
Summary: 1 Stars
Cockroach aliens diguise themselves as amusement park creators and plan to take over the world using Ghidorah and a newcomer, Gigan. Fortunately, people have Godzilla and Anguirus (who now can talk) to defend them. After producer Tomoyuki Tanaka railed against director Yoshimitsu Banno for "ruining Godzilla" with 1971's Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster, he wanted to create a classic Godzilla film. Director Jun Fukuda (who had previously helmed Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster and Son of Godzilla) was brought on board and stock music from previous Toho films (all by composer Akira Ifukube) was used for the soundtrack.
Godzilla vs. Gigan is bad, even by Showa era standards. The shameless use of stock footage for a good portion of the kaiju battles, the use of stock music, the boring human characters, and the shoddy special effects (in one scene you can literally see the Godzilla costume coming apart) make it one of the worst in the series. The film's only redeeming quality is the introduction of Gigan, one of Toho's most interesting monsters. For completists only.