If you haven’t seen a Godzilla movie before this could be a good
starting point because it’s got four monsters in it; however, Godzilla
is not really the bad guy here as he is in other movies. Even though
this is called Ghidorah, Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra (in caterpillar
form) also appear. Not everyone who watches giant monster movies really
cares about the humans; sometimes I’m like this and sometimes not, but
in this one it’s pretty entertaining. There is a princess in danger of
assassination that flies to Japan, where she’ll supposedly be safe.
While in route, she seems to become entranced and jumps out of the plane
seconds before it explodes. She’s presumed dead, but then starts
appearing on the news claiming to be from Mars and predicting the
future. She says the world is doomed because the space monster Ghidorah,
who destroyed her home planet, is here on Earth and will destroy it
too. Meanwhile a team of scientists are examining a strange new
meteorite impact out of which eventually comes Ghidorah. The Martian
Princess also says the monsters Rodan and Godzilla will return soon.
She’s right, and after all the monsters come out, it’s fighting time.
First Godzilla and Rodan fight, then caterpillar Mothra (summoned by
twin fairies at the request of the Japanese government – this is not a
joke) tries to stop them and get them to join in its fight against
Ghidorah. The fights are absolutely hilarious. Rodan, pecks at
Godzilla’s head, Godzilla throws and kicks rocks, there’s tail biting
and all kinds of goofiness. It
‘s people in large rubber
suits fighting, so there’s only so much they can do. It’s not a movie
to take seriously or else you probably won’t like it. If you want a
laugh, that’s what this is. It’s not trying to make a statement, it does
not have character development, the plot is weird, there is no
impressive computer graphics, it’s just a movie pretending to be scary
and serious and failing miserably. It’s greatly entertaining and is
available on Hoopla to download or stream, either via the app or their
website hoopladigital.com.
[If you enjoy this, more giant monster movies are available on Hoopla, including but not limited to:
Gamera the Giant Monster,
Gamera vs. Gyaos,
Godzilla vs. Megalon,
Rodan,
Godzilla’s Revenge and
Destroy All Monsters]
[
Internet Movie Database entry for this film ]
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