Lawbolisted Powerful

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

jwmelvin-83959 This review is for the wide-screen Japanese english subtitled Ghidora The Three-Headed Monster, directed by Ishiro Honda, and a score by Akira Ifukube.This is a fun family film, and it offers a glimpse into what Japanese culture understood then, and what America has finally come to understand now. They are actors...so what if they are interacting with monsters? You can read the plot synopsis on other reviews. The highlights of the film are the monsters of course. But the extreme camp that the plot involves, namely a conversation between Godzilla, Ronan, and little Mothra, is one of the memorable points. The film shows it extensively, giving the actors in the suits and the puppeteers plenty of screen time for us to enjoy the profound joy of this ridiculous situation. We are rewarded by seeing Rodan head-butt Ghidora, and Godzilla tail-tow Mothra up a hill. Godzilla 1954 was horrifying Nuclear allegory; Godzilla Vs. Mothra (1964) was fantasy. This is campy family joy. But this is Kaiju at it's best. Notice the great cinematography, especially Ghidora approaching the arches. The film also delivers a nice human subplot. A princess suffers from trauma and believes that she is a Venusian profit (in the American film it is changed to Martian). This role is played very strongly by Akiko Wakabayashi, who is better known as Aki from "You Only Live Twice". She posses well for the screen. Since this is the early Bond era, the human plot involves an assignation attempt on our princess.But our Japanese police detective is a normal Joe, played by Yosuki Natsuki. And finally, the doctor who tries to help the Venutian Profit remember that she's a princess is played by the great Japanese actor Takashi Shimura. He was in the original Godzilla as Dr. Yamane, but is best known for his work with director Kurosawa. namely Seven Samurai, Ikura, and Rashomon. Damn, those are three of the best movies ever made. Our movie allows our actors to actually act, even if only for a few minutes. The viewer does have to wait for a clumsy exposition, but when the movie gets going, it's a delight. It serves as an example on how to have a Kaiju be a satisfying viewing experience.

utgard14 One of the best Godzilla sequels. A fun monster rally that introduces the title monster, King Ghidorah, a three-headed dragon from space. There's a lot of silliness in this involving a Martian princess and the two singing fairy twins from the last two Mothra movies. They can communicate with the monsters. They play a big part in the film, convincing Godzilla and Rodan to join forces with Mothra and save Earth from Ghidorah. This would mark Godzilla's official turn to hero for future sequels. The special effects are a lot of fun. If you see the American version you'll get lots of amusing dubbing. As with most of these Godzilla movies, there's a lot of time before any monsters show up. I haven't seen one of the sequels yet that couldn't have benefited from losing 10 or 15 minutes of people standing around talking. At least with the American versions the most boring segments have some cheesy entertainment value from the silly dubbed voices. Anyway, it's all harmless fun with nice visuals and ideas. The selling point, of course, is when Godzilla & co. do their thing. The monster battles are awesome. The rock fight between Godzilla and Rodan is especially goofy. The climactic battle has Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra versus King Ghidorah -- what's not to love about that?

AaronCapenBanner Sequel to both "Mothra Vs. Godzilla" & "Rodan" sees the debut of Ghidorah, a three-headed monster from outer space bent on the destruction of the Earth. All that stands in its way are Godzilla and Rodan, who have both re-awakened nearby. Can Mothra(with the help of the "Twin Fairies") persuade Godzilla & Rodan to stop fighting, and unite to defeat this common enemy, before all is lost? Convoluted but entertaining film with lots of action was the first to portray Godzilla at all sympathetically, though he wouldn't become the Earth's protector just yet. Nice to see Rodan back too, though Ghidorah would return as well in next entry.

bob the moo A group searching for flying saucers spot a series of meteorites falling to earth. At the same time above them a princess from a small country is flying into Japan but is suddenly possessed by the spirit of a woman from Venus, forcing her to jump from the plane just before it explodes. She next turns up in a busy area of the city, warning of a threat to earth from outer space. Despite being seen as a kook raving at people passing by, she makes front page news around Japan and alerts the would-be assassins to the fact that their target is alive (albeit seemingly insane). The "threat" she speaks of is meanwhile being observed by a group of scientists – a large meteorite in the bas of a crater that has strange properties and appears to be growing. Unrelated, as predicted by the Venusian, Rodan emerges to attack while at the same time Godzilla emerges from the sea for another spate of destruction. As if these two battling each other was not enough, the meteorite turns out to be holding the space monster King Ghidorah, who also attacks. Fortunately a pair of tiny priestesses from Infant Island happen to be on the mainland for a TV show in which they telepathically let a pair of young boys get their wish of "seeing" Mothra; they are able to summon Mothra to help with the aim of convincing Godzilla and Rodan to stop their battle and team up to defeat Ghidorah.Considering this film is about several rubber monsters bashing each other around, there is a whole heck of a lot of plot and characters going on – my summary above doesn't even mention the journalist and her cop brother who are involved in proceedings or the fact that the film makes time for the Mothra priestesses to do their song not once but twice! And this is my problem with the film because it is at is "best" whenever it is being silly rubber monster fun – for example with Mothra spraying her web to stop a fight between Godzilla and Rodan; a fight which it must be said is essentially Godzilla kicking rocks at a giant turkey while that turkey flaps its wings to keep the rocks at bay. This I found silly and fun but it must be said that the monster part of this monster movie is actually pretty small, mainly because all this plotting and characters takes up so much space.Most of it is clunky and unnecessary as well, although if I'm honest some of it is comically convoluted or just silly so, although played straight there are some cruel laughs to be had at its expense because of how basic or dated it is but it is not enough to really make it enjoyable as that. It is a shame because Ghidorah appeared to be cool trash to me when I looked at it; or part of this is me coming to the name of MF Doom's King Geedorah, but still, the film does advertise something it doesn't deliver. One of the many alternative titles (and the one I had on my copy) was "Big Three Monsters – Greatest Decisive Battle on Earth" but when it comes to it the monsters have very little time on-screen and certainly the big battle is very short and simple – not particularly destructive, exciting or funny. Fans of the genre may like it but for the casual viewer looking for monster fun this is a simple matter of too much jaw and not enough war.