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Weak, weak, weak, 28 May 1999
Author: barugon

This penultimate outing for the New Improved Godzilla seems like a throwback to the Fukuda years. The battle scenes are fun, as usual, though the US video panning-and-scanning makes it very difficult to see what's going on in many scenes. However, some of the FX are just terrible: the space sequences are more Ed Wood than Star Wars.

And then there's the humans. It seems the Godzilla movie makers are much more comfortable with monster interaction than with humans. Even if you've seen the other episodes in the series, and have followed the "development" of psychic Miki Saegusa, you'll probably feel like you've missed something somewhere... I certainly did. Ishiro Honda knew how to integrate a love story subplot into a monster movie reasonably well, usually giving it a hefty dose of tragedy to balance it out (Gojira, Monster Zero, Terror of Mechagodzilla...); but in SpaceGodzilla, the pair-ups at the end don't have any emotional truth to them at all. It's not quite as bad as the end of Godzilla 1984, though (in which the hero and heroine, who have been getting closer throughout the movie, finally look deeply into each others' eyes and... nod their heads decisively).

All in all a mixed bag, which pales by comparison to its predecessor, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (2), and the Grand Finale that followed it, Godzilla vs. Desutoroia.

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Godzilla vs a Transformer/Power Ranger and a screenplay written on crack, 3 April 2005

Author: mstomaso from Vulcan

Dear Godzilla,

Once again, I feel compelled to remind you that, regardless of your Toho contract you do not have to sign up for every single piece of tripe they toss at you. I am sure that the idea of getting your son his first major role was an important selling point, but did you even read the script (assuming there was one) before you agreed to get involved with this? By the way, Gadzuki was quite adorable and played his part with real conviction. I thought the scene you culled from your home movies with him scorching his toe while practicing fire-breathing was a real cute kick! And your female lead, the spectacularly beautiful Megumi Odaka, with whom you have made so many films, is always worth staying up until 3AM to see. Why you and Megumi can't ever seem to make a film worthy of your combined talents, however, is very hard to comprehend.

Let me see if I got this right. A mass of crystals with a very small lizard (he looked about 2cm long while hurdling through space) looking vaguely like you lands on your island home and disrupts your family life, imprisoning your son and committing other rude acts. Another very small creature, this one looking like a defective Transformer action figure (Moguera) from the 1980s, has a duel in space with the little crystal lizard thing and suffers one of about 7 humiliating defeats, returning home with its scorched little mechanical tail between its legs. Oh, and somehow both of these are not only your size, but the space critter no longer has an entire carapace of crystals attached to his back when he arrives on earth. Meanwhile, a few inept military officers and government employed scientists are trying to either kill you or work out a way to telepathically control you. As the space impostor then begins the usual rampage through Tokyo, you begin your attack on him, and Moguera joins in, crashing and burning several times and even separating its own legs from its torso! Oh ya, I almost forgot, Mothra and the twins (or, as it seems this time "mothra/the twins") also show up a few times for no apparent reason.

I have a few questions.

Why didn't you invite Ghidorah, or maybe King Kong? This could have really been a family reunion.

Was your son traumatized by this? Is this film the reason why he is rarely seen in public today?

What has Megumi been doing lately, besides appearing at a couple of your fan conventions? Do you keep in touch?

Have you at least managed to put your foot down at... errrr... I mean "on" Toho's studios yet? If so, why didn't that scene make the final cut?

Please keep in mind my ever-open invitation to come to America and wreak revenge on Hollywood for their plagiaristic and disrespectful hiring of an understudy for that recent film they used your name for. As I've said before, large retired actors have unlimited prospects for employment in the state of California, and just think of the reforms you could enact on the film industry as governor! Yours affectionately,

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probably the worst of all Godzilla flicks, 8 November 2002

Author: funkyfry from Oakland CA

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Completely forgettable 90s giant monster film from Toho, which seems to be on its last legs. The army is fighting Godzilla, who of course is their only defense against Space Godzilla, a creature formed by a chunk of G's DNA which got stuck in space and was mutated. In the only praiseworthy scene, the annoying "Mini-G" is killed by the space mutants, giving papa G some character motivation for a change. Features the same effects and the same annoying psychic girl from other 90s Toho Godzilla flicks. One of the most pointless entries in the entire series.

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Love and Monsters., 26 November 2000

Author: OllieSuave-007 from Sacramento, California USA

With this film, I think Toho Studios is more associated with the human characters. First of all, the characters Major Yuki and Dr. Gondo seem to fall for each other, having Dr. Gondo saying to Yuki that a person lives because there are some things you can't give up. Yuki wanted to avenge Godzilla for his friend Goro Gondo (from 1989's Godzilla vs. Biollante). Miki Saegusa seemed like she gave up on mankind and focused on her dedication to Godzilla. Shinjo of G-Force seemed to have a a thing for her, telling her life would be sad without love. This movie mark Godzilla's 40th anniversary and is the only Heisei film that introduced a creature from space-SpaceGodzilla. He looks pretty well worked out, but has no heart at all when he attacked the innocent LittleGodzilla on Bass Island. BabyGodzilla (from 1993's Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II) grew into LittleGodzilla, who developed a relationship with Miki. A very cute creature, but too bad he appeared in only 5 short scenes. Moguera was a new tin-can weapon made by G-Force to defeat Godzilla. It is said to be better improved than Mechagodzilla. But, he had no effect on Godzilla and lost two battles with SpaceGodzilla. Mechagodzilla won out on Rodan and nearly defeated Godzilla completely in the previous film. The first battle sequence between Moguera and SpaceGodzilla shows them in space, which is really composed of big, white plastic chunks of rocks. Also, the battle sequences of Godzilla and SpaceGodzilla were mainly rays and fire-very few hand and tail battles. Godzilla's heat ray is mostly blue, which should be red after what happened in the previous film. The Japanese Mafia looks more like businessmen in suits and they were not emphasized enough in the movie. Akira Ifukube didn't even return to score this movie. Toho even had a new director and writer for this film, giving the story to a new crew instead of the crew that made the previous Godzilla films top grossing. Yet, Kotchi Kawakita returned with bright special effects. They were good, especially the part when SpaceGodzilla hurled Godzilla in midair and blasting crytal objects at him. The final battle, consisting of Godzilla, SpaceGodzilla, and Moguera was more focused on Moguera. However, the movie plot worked at fairly well, giving the human characters a chance to act out their emotions and intentions. The acting is very good and solid. There are some very eloquent dialogue. What helped make up for this movie is the brief return of the Cosmos and Miki's many aspects of her psychic powers. She uses telekinesis to levitate a bed she was strapped down to, open a trapped door, and dislodge a transmitter from Godzilla's neck. She even used her powers to communicate with Shinjo at one scene. As Shinjo says "see you again one day" and Sato saying "Godzilla! I still have something inside with you" to Godzilla it seems that Godzilla became a good guy again. Too bad the next film would be the last of the Heisei series. As you watch closely, this film features more monsters than ever before in the Heisei Series-Godzilla, SpaceGodzilla, LittleGodzilla, Moguera, Mothra, and Fairy Mothra. If you're a G-Fan, add this to your collection by all means.

Grade B-

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Life would be sad without love. This movie would be great if the guy who said it wasn't in it!, 24 May 2000

Author: m_mould (m_mould@hotmail.com) from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England

This is Gojira's 40th anniversary movie. What a strange concoction this one is.

While SpaceGodzilla, who admittedly looks evil and can do evil things, seems a little out of place. I'm not too sure about his powers of flight. He's at his most bastard self when he attacks the more or less defenceless LittleGodzilla.

Little Gojira is a bit odd too. It looks nothing like Baby from "Gojira vs Mekagojira II". But, to its credit, it acts like a young one would. It's playful, it can wander into dangerous situations and it can call out for its parent.

MOGERA is an oddity too. How it could be classed a "sucessor" to the all-powerful MechaG from the previous movie is beyond me (or possibly any G-fan). It's kinda more like the B-squad of mechas. However, I do like its ability to transform into two vehicles. Actually, I prefer it like that.

I'm got going to mention much about Godzilla, except why, for most of the film, his atomic breath is blue? As we all know it turned red thanks to Rodan's self-sacrifice, but why is it not red all the time?

As per usual, the human cast don't have much going for them. I'm starting to dislike Miki Saegusa now. She keeps blabbing on about "Godzilla's rights", but as per usual, she gets led into the plan anyway. I'm not too sure about the guy in charge of the T-project (the one with the long face who smirks to himself a lot). He's kinda like a Japanese Snidely Whiplash.

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One of the most ruthless Godzilla villains!, 30 June 2006

Author: PresidentJennings from United States

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This movie is the second best in the Heisei series. The monster Spacegodzilla is a ruthless villain with power. This is a great plot if I have ever seen one. This movie shows the face of evil, Spacegodzilla. He would not hesitate to kill the Godzilla infant. He vowed to destroy Earth for no reason. He also vowed to slaughter Godzilla.

In the first showdown between the two Godzillas, Spacegodzilla nearly kills Godzillas adopted child and pummels Godzilla himself. The second showdown is the longest battle in any Godzilla movie. The last fight is about half of the movie.

The new UN robot Moguera and Godzilla unite to kill Spacegodzilla. The two monster were not even strong enough to kill the space monster. Then the two eventually find a weakness in Spacegodzilla and hit him there. Even that does not help that much. Spacegodzilla still manages to knock out Godzilla and temporarily beat Moguera. Then Moguera splits into two smaller robots and Godzilla wakes to fight Spacegodzilla. Are these two monster strong enough to defeat the evil Spacegodzilla?

To answer this question, go see this movie. It is not as bad as people say it is. The Heisei series is not as good as the other two series that is why this only gets a 7 out of 10. This movie has good effects, so so dubbing, great plot, awesome monsters, and great human characters. See this movie whenever you can.

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It's OK, not as bad as some would have you believe., 21 May 2006

Author: zv300 from United States

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I thought the movie was pretty decent, but from what I hear true Godzilla fans think it was his worst film, not true. The worst is the inane "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah". Space Godzilla looks VERY impressive, kinda like Godzilla with crystals grown into it's skin. One thing about Godzilla fans, they drum to a beat all their own. I mean, they are so critical about the human casting and character progression, viability of the story as well as other things. Uh, HELLO............it's a Monster movie so rational thinking goes out the window because of it's very premise! Who cares about the characters? In these types of flicks the Monsters and special effects are what drive the movie, and the special effects are generally pretty good. (Except for the initial scene of Space Godzilla heading to earth, surrounded by the fakest-looking asteriods this side of earth) Oh, and the "Robot" looks silly also. Anyway, Space Godzilla is no joke as he commences to kicking BOTH Godzilla's *ss as well as the Robot's posterior. This movie won't win an Oscar, but it's a solid addition to the series.

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decent 90-ish monster movie, 2 November 2005

Author: ham4 from Italy

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this is a decent movie. it doesn't sport the obvious & somewhat pathetic shortcomings of previous monster movies ( EG the Guargantuas & the smog monster ones ). As i say, these are not the movies for you if you seek tremendous FX resources and-or terrific acting: go watch star wars VI or a Shakespeare play. However this movie is definitely 90-ish. The plot is quite straight: on Godzilla island there is some warped soldier reminding of those Japanese soldiers left behind on some tropical island, who never learnt the war had ended; this freak wants to kill godzilla with some blood clotting medicine ( Blade the vampire vs deacon frost, anyone? ), land mines etc. Two military nerds meet the warped man on the island; stay behind with the psychic girl, then rescue her from the mafia...as soon as they enter the main door, they are requested to pilot Mogera...when did they actually learn it? On the island all they did was to dig sand!

Some scientists wants to control godzilla remotely via an head implant. The first experiment looks like a success, then three minutes later everybody says it's a failure & goodbye. There is little godzilla, whom i liked much more than the other one looking like Mickey Rooney. Then a silly John Woo subplot about the psychic girl being kidnapped by the mafia...bangbangbangbang! The score is a distinct plagiarism of major Hollywood hits, such as Robocop (Poledouris), Bond Movies (John Barry etc ;you only live twice etc), James Horner (Star Trek) OSTs etc.

There is Mogera [ exhumed from "the mysterians ], a robot able to convert into an airplane and a tank...it looks very static, like those $19,99 kid toys from the 80's...it got legs & arms but cannot walk & barely lifts the forearms 90 degrees to shoot drill missiles. A real loser even compared to the pretty active 1974 mechagodzilla. The fact 20 years later they couldn't come up with anything better makes you wonder.

Overall a decent monster movie with the usual clichés of the monster franchise: cartonbox cities being stepped upon by men in suit; monsters heading south, then suddenly eastwards, etc; lots of grave looking senior Japanese in uniform; lots of decently crafted sets with plenty of blinking colorful lights & buttons.

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I liked Dr. Gondo, 18 October 2005

Author: ebiros2 from United States

This Godzilla movie was a vast improvement over its previous version "Godzilla vs Mecha Godzilla II". I liked the plot, and I especially liked the fact that new monster worthy of Godzilla was introduced here instead of old monsters (especially Mothra and King Gidorah) being recycled into its plot. Cinematography was good, and the way Godzilla was depicted in this movie had freshness to it with Godzilla shown in a scene with actually existing landscapes like Mt. Aso in Kyushu.

The actors were mostly all new to this movie, and they were better actors than those in the earlier series. If there's one actor that I don't understand why she's in it is Megumi Odaka(Miki Saegusa). She has no expression, and just stands there and talks the dialog, and she's in every single Godzilla movie made in the '90s. The actor I liked the most was Dr. Gondo. The plot is that her brother was killed by Godzilla. Toho should work more on casting with these movies. They could easily bring up the quality of production couple of notches (as '90s Gamera series proved with rented talent from Toho doing special effects and directing).

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Godzilla and mankind team up for the first time to fight against a monster from outer space, 24 September 2005

Author: quickstrike31 from United States

I find this movie a little interesting but very cheesy and boring if you watch it a few times. Also, I like the comedy in the dialog of this movie. If the Heisei series were able to create a movie with 4 monsters instead of two, I would elect Supermechgodzilla and Biollante versus Spacegodzilla and Destroyah. All those monsters can really put up a great fight against Godzilla. It will mainly be Supermechagodzilla versus Spacegodzilla and Biollante versus Destroyah. Godzilla will have to make a miracle to destroy them all. Spacegodzilla's crystal surroundings will make a good ring. It will be action packed with not a lot of human dialog as it would usually have.

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