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This and the Original are the BEST 2 Godzilla films. (IMHO)


Don't get me wrong I'm a huge fan of the other monsters also. But these movies had a startling bleakness that would accompany a real monster attack. All the other Godzilla movies are just a little to happy to convey a giant unknown creature showing up and killing thousands of people. I know a few others like GMK do a good job of showing how terrible something like this would be. But none of the others take themselves are serious as these 2. I really hope the new reboot can be a Godzilla only affair in the spirit of these 2. Then branch out into Bash films with other creatures.

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What stops it?

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What would you consider the top 10 then?

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Ok. In no particular order beyond the top 3.

Gojira/Godzilla King of the Monsters (both edits are great and are the same film)
Godzilla 1985
GMK
Godzilla Raids Again (best kaiju fight ever!)
Godzilla VS Monster Zero
Godzilla VS King Ghidora
Godzilla VS MechaGodzilla 2
Godzilla 2000
Son of Godzilla
Godzilla Tokyo Sos

Notable Kaiju movies.
Varan (wife just bought me this and WOW great movie!)
Rodin
Cloverfield (proof America can make Kaiju films and this movie is the movie G 98 should have been)

You excited for the new Godzilla film by Legendary?



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Yeah it is always nice to interact with other GFans and see their list. So many great movies to choose from. It's also great to see it looks as if Godzilla is finally get the justice he deserves. A whole new era of GFans is upon us. The hype so far is fantastic. Between the new film and Pacific Rim theres gonna be whole new era of Kaiju films!

Ok 2 more questions for ya.

What's your least favorite G film? Mine would have to be Final Wars! Sucked so bad. Had some decent stuff to it like Gigans update and the Zilla fight. But over all so much wasted potential. Too much mutant Matrix rip off scenes and hardly enough Kaiju battles. A freind of mine got mad at me for not liking first time we saw it. I told him just not enough Kaiju. He in an attempt to prove me wrong edited the fights scenes out and they only ran for about 25 minutes or so. Ugh.

Second question. Rank the 3 era's.

1. Heisei.
2. Showa
3. Millennium

Reasons being. Heisei was the darkest and most consistent in my opinion. Showa a close second. Ishiro Hondas films were easy stand outs. Too bad the man is not still around to give us one more. Millennium is great and all. But they are almost all one off's that have almost nothing to do with the others. I know it's popular to constantly reboot franchises in Japan but it can be annoying at times. Whole reason I had to stop watch Tenchi Muyo.

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