This is the 'official' sequel to the original '56 Godzilla, with Raymond Burr revisiting his role as reporter Steve Martin. The effects are nearly identical to the original; the weaponry is a touch more advanced and the gunfire, etc looks more polished, but it's hard to tell the difference - i feels re-hashed. As the story does. Once again, this Godzilla film is simply an excuse to show a rampage through Japan; it lacks the *story* that the original few films had. There wasn't *much* of a story, but at least it was there.
Raymond Burr is cool, as always, but he's under-used. And his dialogue is over-preachy; it lacks the strength of the original.
The American and Russian military men are portrayed as power-hungry, violent rednecks. Okay, not *that* far from reality, but was *way* overdone.
All in all, this would be absolutely horrid if some of the others weren't so much worse. At the same time, at least most other Godzilla films had *really* cheezy monsters everywhere to take our minds off of how bad the films were;) This is just a second-rate Godzilla; nearly identical to the original in all ways save quality-wise. 4/10.
Raymond Burr is cool, as always, but he's under-used. And his dialogue is over-preachy; it lacks the strength of the original.
The American and Russian military men are portrayed as power-hungry, violent rednecks. Okay, not *that* far from reality, but was *way* overdone.
All in all, this would be absolutely horrid if some of the others weren't so much worse. At the same time, at least most other Godzilla films had *really* cheezy monsters everywhere to take our minds off of how bad the films were;) This is just a second-rate Godzilla; nearly identical to the original in all ways save quality-wise. 4/10.