Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

First I should probably mention that I don't really care much for the Millennium Series, it's silly, unorganized, etc. Except for this movie. This movie was actually pretty good. It has some pretty good acting. For a monster movie that is. The effects for this movie are also pretty good. Sometimes, during a Godzilla movie I can look closely to see Mothra's stings. But this movie was good in hiding them so they were not in sight. Now time to talk about the story line. At first I didn't like it, but now I thing its pretty good. The story line is a reboot ignoring all except for the original. To bad to note that buy this time all the millennium movies were reboot which is one of the reasons why I don't really like the millennium series. But as you all ready now this is the one installment I like. So I say check it out.

GMK is one of the better of the third series of Godzilla films. I am not the biggest fan of the millennium series of Godzilla films, but this is a good movie.Basic plot line, Godzilla is said to be reappearing. This is his second appearance after his original showing in 1954. That is, according to this film it is his second appearance as it does not acknowledge any Godzilla film other than the original from 1954. Three guardian monsters appear to protect Japan from Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra, and........... BARAGON!!!! Will the guardian monsters be able to stop the fury of Godzilla? Godzilla is really evil in this film. Especially how he looks. I mean he is enormous and there are lots of shots where they show him from a persons view from the ground. Godzilla has pure white eyes, no pupils. This look has been criticized by lots of people but I think that this makes him look pretty scary.I like the fact that Godzilla is a threat and that other monsters must save Japan from him. Ghidorah and Mothra show up once again in this film. Mothra basically is the same as always. Ghidorah, for some reason, just looks out of place as a guardian monster. I am used to the villain Ghidorah from the Showa and Hesei series and this Ghidorah just is not Ghidorah to me. Also Ghidorah looks like Varan a little, maybe because Varan was supposed to be in it but was taken out at the last minute.The thing that makes this movie great in my opinion is the fact that Baragon gets to be in it. In his last film appearance he barely was on screen for three seconds so this appearance helps make up for it as he gets a good amount of time. Also he gets to actually fight against Godzilla. Baragon looks pretty good and has a different unique roar, I like his older roar better but at least this one is original. Baragon gets to do a lot of burrowing and popping out of the ground which is great. Apparently Baragon does not have his heat breathe or he just does not use it. I heard that they wanted to make Godzilla seem indestructible so they did not give his foes a chance to get the best of him.THat is one complaint I have for this film. Godzilla is too powerful at times. I mean, he is supposed to be a powerful monster but he defeats his enemies with way too much ease in this one. Baragon gets to knock him over and bite him and then it is all over. Mothra gets taken out easily and Godzilla kills Ghidorah THREE TIMES!!!!!!!! It is not as much fun watching a one sided fight most of the time. But at least Godzilla is portrayed the way they wanted.The monster scenes are pretty OK. Like I said, the fights are not that memorable and close. THe monster that probably does the best against Godzilla is Baragon and that speaks to how bad the others do against him.Godzilla is indestructible. Getting to see Mothra and Ghidorah seems to be getting old, but at least Ghidorah is portrayed differently just to change things up. Baragon showing up makes this film though. Worth watching.

Finally!!! Toho Studios redeemed themselves for all the cheesy and low budget Godzilla films they have made (and for the not-so-good, Godzilla 2000 film)! Godzilla, thanks to director Kaneko, returns to his original roots as mankind's greatest nightmare, following the events of the original movie and discarding all the others.I hope Godzilla fans will forgive my comment (I 'm also a Godzilla fan) but it was about time that a movie which we can be proud of is finally here! What is really amazing is that it's plot is actually very well-written, with some amazingly clever twists (the way they finally destroy Godzilla is probably one of the greatest ideas in a Kaiju film!) the story actually makes sense, the actors (even the...extras) are amazingly... amazing in their roles, they are characters that you can care for them.In this movie we don't see neither silly kids, no aliens, no crazy scientists or anything else that was - unfortunately - the cheesy formula for many years in Godzilla Films. The directing is superb with some shots never before seen in such a film.Need to say anything about the music? Just think that I don't really like electronic music and I LOVED the soundtrack which is full of that kind of music! Of course there is also some orchestrated pieces, from the great Akira Ifukube (R.I.P 1914 - 2006) in the right places.And now... for the parts that made some of the fans "hate" the movie.OK, Godzilla is REALLY different in this movie, he is portrayed totally unsympathetic... a psychotic killing machine with a twisted soul... and that's what he really is! I never liked the happy - campy Godzilla who finishes his opponents with karate chops, or the "poor nuclear victim of radiation" scenario. The victims are ourselves and Godzilla is our punishment.Another thing is King Ghidorah. I really didn't know how to feel about the ultimate villain in the series to become one of earth's guardians but once you see the whole movie and how the story progresses and deals with this matter you will probably forget all previous Ghidorahs and pray for him to finally kill that bastard Godzilla.Yeap. That's how you're gonna feel about Godzilla in this movie. You will truly want him to finally die!There are so many more things I can say about it but I don't want to spoil too much because it's better to go see it and discover the magic of this movie. You will collect your jaw from the floor once the end credits roll.Sometimes I wish there was a sequel to it (the ending scene is quite promising) but maybe it's better to leave it as it is, it's too difficult to come up with something of equal quality in the story department.Godzilla sequels have that tendency to add aliens, and other weird story lines... (a robot made of Godzilla's bones? Ghidorah destroyed Venus? Xilians? Monster Islands? Godzilla Junior!!?)I am not saying the old movies are complete rubbish... but they cannot stand next to the original and it's legacy.The most original and beautifully made Godzilla movie in the last 50 years, "Godzilla, Mothra and king Ghidorah Giant Monsters All - Out Attack" is what I consider the true and only sequel to Ishiro Honda's Godzilla (the 1954 masterpiece)!It's only big flaw: That big bad title!!!

Godzilla is killed and resurrected more times than everybody Sydney Bristow knows. Those that have appreciated this series have long accepted the "cheese". This movie is no exception. It gives us the cheese, without the formality of a pizza.The movie starts out with a briefing in which we are told of the formation of some "Godzilla" defense force in 1954. In the present, a sub disappears and New York is attacked. While searching for the missing sub they discover .... ATTACK OF THE GIANT BOLD LOUD TITLES and some glow-in-the-dark creature, but that's not important right now. There are some main human characters, but after all they are just a lady finger snack for Godzilla. Yuri (the commander's daughter) is filming a docu-drama (think of Leonard Nimoy's In Search Of) about Godzilla for some 2 bit news agency (think HardCopy). After some more pointless "story" elements, the monsters make their appearance. Godzilla shows up at 35+ minute mark and the fun ensues. The following is based on appearance and not frequency of conflicts. Round 1 : Godzilla vs Baragon (reddish, scaled quadrupedal groundhog with a long tail an a horn)Round 2 : Godzilla vs Mothra (giant moth)Round 3 : Godzilla vs Ghidora (3 golden headed dragon)That is the gist of the movie. There is some mumbo jumbo back story about Guardian Monsters (Ghidora, Baragon and others) protecting the motherland (mountains, rivers, trees,etc). Add to this movie a metamorphosis, some ineffectual human military response (mostly in the form on a new missile that is mix of a Patriot missile and a oil drill), a lot of screaming and yelling, dead extras, miniatures of all kinds with a heavy dose of carnage and you have a pretty enjoyable flick.