One of the sillier Godzilla flicks. Not quite as silly as that one where he does flying dropkicks and teams up with a giant robot(this movie here) but pretty close. In this one some aliens who look like they came from THE PLANET OF THE APES build a giant robot Godzilla(MECHA-GODZILLA!) to take over the Earth, or at least the Japanese part of the planet. There's a giant floppy-eared dog monster named King Seesar and the spiky-backed monster from GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN(Angilas) shows up and gets his jaw broken in a bloody battle. There's also a couple of secret agent/spy types running around and a lot of unintentional comedy. This looks like it might have been one of the cheapest Godzilla movies ever made since everything looks especially super fake from the awful monster costumes(besides Mecha-Godzilla who looks pretty neat) to the Halloween-masked ape aliens but I think that's what makes it such a memorably awful film and a great throwback to my childhood of watching these movies on the 4 o'clock movie every day during Godzilla week here in New York.
Watching this more recently in a theater was an interesting experience especially when myself and the group of friends I was with were told to not be so loud during the film. I guess having a good time during a silly film is insulting to hardcore Godzilla fans. What a bunch of assholes. Maybe they should start showing these movies in churches where theses morons can sit in silence and enjoy their rubber-suit wrestling matches in peace.
This movie was originally released in the U.S. as GODZILLA VS. THE BIONIC MONSTER until THE BIONIC MAN T.V. show producers sued over the use of that word:
and later on it was rereleased as part of this monster-rific triple bill:
"Can you guys keep it down"
ReplyDeleteIt's a good thing that guy doesn't go to see movies in Brooklyn.
ReplyDeleteOh forget about it. He doesn't stand a chance against drunken Brooklyn feminists. "Take your shirt off"
ReplyDeleteGodzilla vs Mechagodzilla is one of the most violent Godzilla movies. Mechagodzilla is impressive and awesome in any movie. King Seesar is actually a monster from Japanese mythology and poor Angilas gets beaten up badly here. Mechagodzilla would return in four more Godzilla movies totaling five movies between 1974 to 2003. His appearance and size varies in each movie. In the 70s hes destructive while in the 90s and in the 2000s Mechagodzilla is defending earth from Godzilla. Monster role reversals are well known in the world of Japanese monster movies. Evil monsters turn good and good monsters turn evil. Godzilla has remained predominantly an evil menace. Its a fun movie.
ReplyDeleteGodzilla made a bunch of movies where he defends the Earth from aliens and smog and whatnot.
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