Admirable film.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This movie is something I originally was going to give a 6, but as the last thirty minutes dragged on horribly, I found myself lowering it.pretty much all the action scenes last like at most a minute, then cut to the humans talking forever, then more talking, then more talking.... the acting is rather good, a lot better than expected. At first I was really into it, I was genuinely interested in how the Japanese government deals with the knowledge that Godzilla is back as well as the drama of the Soviet Union and the United States wanting to kill Godzilla with nuclear weapons.The action (when it did happen) was fun and entertaining, mostly. Too little happens, just small teams of the self-defence force occasionally hit Godzilla, he mostly ignores them and sometimes knocks a building over.Not a good first Zilla filick.

This was the start of a new series of Godzilla films but unfortunately it was the last Japanese Godzilla film released in the United States until "Godzilla 2000". How ironic. Another movie with the year in the title. That's why the other ones aren't in Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. Speaking of Maltin, I think he was too hard on this film. Ebert too. Well, audiences seemed to like it more than critics even if most of us just think it's okay and I'm one of those people. This movie had good points, but was still mostly outweighed by the bad points.This is mostly just standard Godzilla stuff with him attacking Japan and being defeated. That's really the main fault of the movie. It's supposed to be an update of the 1954 classic, but it does so few new things with the character. I watched the English version with the added scenes featuring Raymond Burr. These are easily the weakest parts of the movie, as it's easy to tell he was just shoehorned in. Honestly, the special effects aren't really that bad as some destruction does seem authentic. While by no means terrible, still a pretty weak entry. **

Godzilla's back and has a new look... I like this 1985 Godzilla because he looks and acts more animal. He's clearly perfect. And To add to this, I must talk about Raymond Burr, he returns and reprises his role but both he and some of those in the American Army don't do much for the plot, they just sit and stand around and tell things which I really don't care for. All and all this film is great and I love it! (The Japanese version that is.) 9/10 highly recommended.

When it came time to release Godzilla in the USA in 1954, American producers dubbed over the Japanese, re-edited and added entire new scenes, and they did the same thing to this film in 1984. This was the norm for these monster movies from Japan, which I think is a bit of a shame. The dubbing of any film is distracting, but it's a shame that in America Godzilla movies have a reputation as being comically badly-dubbed. So watching any of these films in their original, un-effed-around-with versions, is a treat.I saw the American version of Godzilla 1985 when I was younger, and I really didn't care for it. But after recently watching the original Japanese version with English subtitles, I would definitely recommend this film as one of the best of the bunch. So in conclusion, if you ever decide to watch Godzilla or Godzilla 1985, if the characters are badly dubbed and you see Raymond Burr, stop watching and find the Japanese versions instead. You won't regret it.