Excellent, a Must See

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Godzilla emerges from his own ashes with the intent of attacking Tokyo once again. However, this time Godzilla is on borrowed time due to his heart being on the verge of exploding. Matters are further complicated by the appearance of fearsome beast Destroyah. Director Takao Okawara, working from a compact and thoughtful script by Kazuki Omori, relates the absorbing story at a brisk pace, delivers plenty of exciting mass scale mondo destructo mayhem, maintains a dark somber tone throughout, stages the beast bashes with rip-snorting gusto, and, most importantly, installs not only a true sense of majestic awe concerning Godzilla, but also an unexpectedly potent feeling of heartbreaking tragedy. Moreover, it's neat to see a grown-up version of Godzilla Junior. The way this film nicely ties in with the original gives it extra substance, resonance, and even poignancy, with The Big Go receiving an appropriately epic and touching send off at the devastating conclusion. The solid acting by the capable cast keeps things humming, with especially praiseworthy contributions from Takuro Tatsumi as the dedicated Dr. Kensaku Ijuin, Yasufumi Hayashi as the eager Kenichi Yamane, and Meguma Odaka as compassionate psychic Miki. The special effects are well above average. Akira Ifukube's masterful score rates as another significant asset. A strong and impressive addition to the series.

Godzilla vs Destoroyah is a great movie, although, they could have intensified Godzilla's hatred for Destoroyah times a hundred, Godzilla should have been more brutal and more determined to inflict some serious pain on him, I think that they should have made Destoroyah a difficult monster to face at first, but then as his temperature rises, make him torture Destoroyah, and kick him all across the city! as for the final battle, I felt like me and Godzilla both were cheated, meaning I watched Godzilla basically get flipped off in the face, when the JSDF finished Destoroyah, and he didn't get to kill Destoroyah! here's the version I came up with: Destoroyah tries to fly away, but Godzilla pulls him down, he gets up, tries to slice Godzilla with the laser horn, as he does this, Godzilla's heat ray sears across his face, Destoroyah screeches in pain, and falls. Godzilla starts kicking him in the head, then he nears the meltdown point, moments before the meltdown, he picks Destoroyah up, uses one more energy pulse, Destoroyah disintegrates. Godzilla roars in triumph, his meltdown commences with the JSDF firing away at him. That is the way that Godzilla's anger should have been portrayed, maybe not, like I said, that's just what I thought of. on the off-chance that toho remakes Godzilla vs Destoroyah, I hope they come across my comment before they do.

It was 1995, the big G died. I did not know that until 1998 when there was a lot of hoopla over the GODZILLA remake. I discovered this on the book THE Official GODZILLA COMPENDIUM and found out that this film was the one where he dies. I wanted to see this movie since it came out on video at the end of the 1990's. My chance came when it stomped on FearNet on Demand. I taped it. And now here is my review. The big G gets a nuclear meltdown. And the JSDF must find a way to stop it. Meanwhile an experiment with the Oxygen Destroyer released a terrible monster called Destroyah. But in the English dub he was referred to as Destroyer. Also in the film there is Godzilla Jr. He is not silly, cute and cuddly like Minya from the 60's or Little Godzilla from GODZILLA VS SPACEGODZILLA. He looks like a teenage Godzilla in my opinion. He is carrying characteristics of his father. Destroyah is an homage to Battra, Hedorah and Ebirah. I mean he can fly, he can change into many forms and he is part-crustacean. Speaking of homage, there are a lot of scenes that pay homage to the original 1954 GODZILLA. Such as the Oxygen Destroyer, the stegosaurus skeleton. It was kind of sad to see the Godzilla Jr. (or Teenzilla as I call him) this film was dark and serious and for the first time ever, has CGI effects. You heard me CGI, where can you see it, only at the part where Godzilla melts. Also there is stop-motion in this films where the animation is the standards of those monsters in one of those movies by Full Moon Entertainment, but no where close to Ray Harryhausen's. It at the part where the Destroyer crabs are walking in the foreground. The animation is pretty jerky. OK now pay attention to the ending. After Godzilla dies, the smoke comes. Then it clears up, and lo and behold, another Godzilla!! And you thought he was dead. Well if you pay attention, Godzilla gave his energy to Teenzilla so he can grow up to be like his father. So Godzilla is dead, but his spirit remains in the form of a fully grown Teenzilla. Confused? Watch the movie. Now originally they wanted to let Godzilla fight the Ghost of the 1954 version in the film GODZILLA VS. GHOSTGODZILLA, but it never got made because in the previous two Godzilla films GODZILLA VS MECHAGODZILLA 2 (read my review) and GODZILLA VS SPACE GODZILLA, the two monsters were Godzilla-looking characters or may I say "Godzillesque". So he can't fight another monster that looks like him, so the cooked up an new one that looks like a monster from hell or some heavy metal poster named Destroyah. If you watch the credits, you see a montage of G-movies starting from the old 1954 version to the Heisei series. Now about the music it is not only Godzilla's theme from the 1954 film but it sounds like a mixture between the theme from MAJIN (Daiei's monster movie about a giant stone idol) mixed with the opening credits from DESTROY ALL MONSTERS and if you listen to the closing credits you hear the theme from 1962's KING KONG VS GODZILLA. So here are some facts before I go on talking about the bottom line and rating. This was the last film of Momoko Kochi who played Emiko Yamane in the 1954 film. It was Koichi Kawakita's idea to kill him off because people were getting tired of him. It ranked number 6 of the box-office grossing Godzilla films in Japan. KING KONG VS GODZILLA ranked number 1 followed by the original. Also at that year, another monster returned. This one from another studio: Gamera in GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE. Bottom line: A must for die-hard fans. This could give you a feeling of Godzilla films in the 1990's. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, monster violence, peril, some language and gore. Not for the entire family.

I'm at a quandary grading this movie, the deaths of the 2 protagonist do elicite true emotion from all watching, but those scenes are almost200 completely negated by just horrible movie making. Godzilla and his son apparently die and those scenes are truly emotional, but are only 2% good compared to 98% crap. People either love or hate this movie, and people generally think this is the best of the series, but others, including myself think it's the worst. First of all, this "Destroyah" looks like pure crap in ALL it's incarnations, especially when it was smaller. You can see this thing actually FLOATING on on it's tracks. Horrible. It just looks bad. It's not a good Monster at all, it just lacks any emotional attatchment what so ever. I KNOW it's a monster movie, but this thing is at the lower end of the genre. And the fact that Godzilla fans accept this crap speaks VOLUMES, I am a fan but was insulted at this failed attempt at movie-making. And don't even get me started with all the Oxygen-Science mumbo jumbo. Then there is the X3 Military 'Freezer' plane. It's not a sleek or cool design at all, looks like it weighs a ton and it's exhaust is horrible. The ONLY redeeming factor of this movie was Godzilla and his sons seeming demise. (I'm not happy they died, but it WAS emotional) With a name like "Destroyah" you would expect some sort of impervious brute with the raw strength to go toe-to-toe with Godzilla, but the monster is nothing but a mutated crab. All the special effects money must have been spent soley on the Godzilla "glowing" costume. As good as he looked, the crab-monster looked like it cost a grand total of 7.89+tax. (American, not yen) As popular as Godzilla is, why do studios continue to refrain from spending a decent amount of money on the series? Even the most advanced Godzilla effects pale in comparison to his cousin, Gamera. (Well, I guess they are cousins, one a turtle and the other a lizard, both reptiles?) Pick ANY Godzilla effect (even the inane Godzilla 1998) and put it up against the scene from Gamera vs Isis when Gamera lifts off at FULL AFTERBURNER (looking just like the space shuttle) and see what I mean. In all honesty, the Gamera movies just seem rawer and better, and I LIKE Godzilla so it pains me to say that but it's true. I think Godzilla can make a comeback if they do 2 things, give the director some money to work with, and don't let American studios touch the franchise ever again!