Thoughts on The Return of Godzilla/ Godzilla 1985

kaijugroupie84

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Now, this is one of my favorite Godzilla films of all time, and I know that it's not a popular one. One of the reasons I like it somuch is because they returned to the ots of the character and made him mean, powerful, and really pissed-off looking. I also like the fact that this movie had no other Kaiju besides Shockirus, and I say that because it was a reboot to the series trying to reintroduce the character and I think it was a good choice for the film. I love how the film spotlights the fact that Godzilla had returned after being pronounced dead 30 years prior and is even more powerful than before. Another good point to bring up with this film is that we actually get to see how Godzilla feeds. All in all, I love this movie, in my opinion this film and it's successor Godzilla vs. Biollante are the best in the Heisei series. So what are your thoughts on this film?

Sparkzilla14
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February 05, 2014

Best film is Hensei series. Without a doubt

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February 05, 2014

Agreed! Hazaa!

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February 05, 2014

Yea I agree it was one of the best of the heisei and I love the tone of the whole movie of how serious it was and how they made him a force of nature that nothing could of stop him or killed him not even goin into a volcano. It was defiantly one of the best of the heisei series and they should of kept the whole heisei series more of a serious tone the way they did with return of godzilla and vs biollante. But I hope the new one keep that same tone as the return of godzilla and show how powerful he is the same way they did.

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February 05, 2014

If it's not the best Heisei movie, it's really quite close. I love how different this movie feels in comparison to most Godzilla movies. It feels more like a disaster movie than a kaiju film. The score is wonderful and very fitting of the mood.

It's a shame this movie is in such a black hole as far as rights issues go. I'd love to have both versions on Bluray...

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February 05, 2014

Yeah Gman , I was just about to mention the score. It was AMZING. I think most G fans are so hung up on Ifukube that they don't tend to give other composers credit but truth betold Akira reuses so many themes in every film that it's pretty much why even hire him and instead pay him royalties for stock scores?

As for 1985 goes I'm torn between it and Biollante as my favorite G film. If you get the actual Japanese version it's even better, much more in depth about themes and politics. My favorites three films are 54, 85, and Biollante because they take a completely unrealistic situation and look at it from every realistic angle.

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February 05, 2014

yeah i also agree it was almost similiar to the original gojira 1954 film. It had a dark atmosphere feel to it and like gman2887 said it was more like a disaster film and the score was perfect for it. This is my 3rd favorite film of the series my 2nd of course was godzilla vs. destroyah and the 1st is without a doubt GOJIRA 1954

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February 05, 2014

It's also my favorite Godzilla suit. I recieved the Bandai Memorial Box figure of it a couple years ago for my birthday, was probably one of the best presents I ever recieved.