GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Majorthebys Charming and brutal

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

psycosid-51414 I like Godzilla 1985 is a 1985 Japanese-American science-fiction kaiju film co-directed by R.J. Kizer and Koji Hashimoto. The film is a heavily re-edited American adaptation of the Japanese film The Return of Godzilla produced by Toho in 1984. In addition to the film being re-cut, re-titled, and dubbed in English, Godzilla 1985 featured additional footage produced by New World Pictures.Both the New World Pictures and Toho versions of the film serve as direct sequels to the original Godzilla film. However, while Toho's version serves as a sequel to the original 1954 Godzilla film, Godzilla 1985 serves as a sequel to Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, the 1956 Americanization of the original film which also starred Raymond Burr. Godzilla 1985 uses the same techniques used in Godzilla, King of The Monsters where the original Japanese footage is dubbed and edited together with the American footage. In addition to keeping Reijiro Koroku's original score, the film uses cues from Christopher Young's Def-Con 4 film score.The film was met with mainly unfavorable reviews upon its release in the United States. Just like Godzilla, King of The Monsters, a majority of the nuclear themes and political overtones featured in the Japanese original were removed from the North American version. Godzilla 1985 was the last Godzilla film to be distributed theatrically in the United States until the release of Godzilla 2000.Godzilla 1985 also hasn't been released in DVD or Blu-ray by Kraken Releasing, which it only included its original Japanese Version known as The Return of Godzilla and its international dub of The Return of Godzilla. Also all of the other American releases of the other Godzilla films were released in DVD, making Godzilla 1985 the only American Version of the film that has been released in VHS, but hasn't been released on DVD yet.

jacobjohntaylor1 This is the 16th Godzilla movie and it is better then the first 15. This is the fourth best Godzilla movie. The three Godzilla movies that are better are the Godzilla remake from 1998. Part 23 to the Japan Godzilla series Godzilla vs M.e.g.a.g.u.i.r.s.. And Part 25 to the Godzilla series Godzilla M.o.t.h.r.a and King G.h.i.d.o.r.a.h giant monsters on an all out attack. Maybe you don't agree you don't have to. But if your mad about get over it pooh pooh heads. I keep hearing that this is a remake but it seems more like a sequel. Raymond Burr renews his part form the original as Steve Martin. And there consistently make reference to the original. It as very good acting. A very good story line. See it. It is a great movie.

Michael_Elliott Godzilla (1984)** 1/2 (out of 4)Thirty years after the the original film, Japan struck back with this direct sequel that finds the government having to team up with American and Russia once Godzilla frees himself from a volcano and finds himself heading towards Tokyo. The Japanese version of this film is certainly much better than what would be done with the American version, which turned into a complete disaster for the studio when released in 1985. However, this Japanese version actually stays closer in tone to the original film from 1954 and I think it's rather interesting that the filmmakers pretty much overlooked every other Godzilla movie except for that original. For the most part I think the film is a success, although there's certainly some flaws to be found including the 102-minute running time, which just has a few too many slow spots. This is especially true early on as we keep waiting for the big guy to appear. Once Godzilla does finally show up we're treated to a pretty good monster flick. Thankfully the Godzilla costume is a lot better than what we had previously seen up to this point with the mouth really benefiting from being more flexible. I also thought that costume design was good for the most part. The special effects on the other hand weren't any more impressive than they were in 1954. The entire stomping on buildings isn't exactly grand work but I think fans will enjoy the charm of them. Performacnes were decent for the most part but do we really come to these movies for acting? Again, I think the film would have benefited from being trimmed down some but there's still no question that the film is fun for fans of the series.Godzilla 1985 (1984) ** (out of 4)This is the American version of the 1984 Japanese film that had the beloved Godzilla returning to the big screen. It should go without saying but overall the Japanese version is the one to watch and it's easy to see why American critics ripped this thing to shreds and why so many people stayed away from the theater. For starters, this film runs just 87-minutes whereas the Japanese one ran 102-minutes. I really don't mind the shorter running time because I found the Japanese version to be too long but the added scenes with Raymond Burr really don't bring anything to the picture except for a connection to the original American version. You can check out various websites (including this one) for the alternate scenes here and there are a few funny changes including the bit with the Russian sub. The biggest problem with this film is obviously the extremely bad dubbing job, which just brings the film down several levels. The seriousness of the Japanese film is pretty much lost through the dubbing.

robfather_87 Synopsis: This movie like the title says Godzilla returns. This time they bring in American and Russian military to the scene. A Russian submarine gets attacked and they blame the Americans for the happening. When they figure out that this is Godzilla returning back they want to use atomic warfare on it. But like the original Godzilla movie from 1954 the Japanese still have not forgotten the Hiroshima bombing and refuse to let the Russians and Americans use atomic bombs on Godzilla. They want to find another way to stop him.Actors: These actors are not the best I have seen but did a fairly good job in this movie. Ken Tanaka have not been playing in any big things that I think people outside of Asia would know of. Yasuko Sawaguchi have acted in a bit more known works, like Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989), she have also been in another Toho Company monster movie called Orochi the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994). Yosuke Natsuki on the other hand may be the one who have played in most notable movies of these actors. The most well known movie he have starred in may be the Akira Kurosawa movie Yojimbo (1961), He have also been in other monster movies like Beauty and the Liquid Man (1958), Dagora the Space Monster (1964), Gihdorah the Three-Headed Monster (1964). Keiju Kobayashi have also been starring in a lot of movies but most of them not very well known outside of Asia. Maybe most known for his role in Kurosawa movie Sanjuro (1962). I actually think he did the best performance of the actors in this movie as the prime minister. Cinematography: The sets here are all good like you expect from the Toho Studios when creating monster movies. The charming fact of the movies they make is what I mean is good cinema when you keep away from CGI at most. Like rockets from military wagons and planes they have created it themselves and it does not look very real but it looks cool. When you see they fire on Godzilla it is very cool scenes. The only CGI in most Godzilla movies are the radioactive breath that comes out of the mouth of Godzilla. I don't know if we should call it CGI actually but it is the closest to it you get in these movies. They create miniature versions of the cities and then the monster can go rampage there and it looks cool. And take note of what I say, it is not very good looking like wow but it looks cool and charming effect. Outside of all these bad CGI effects we get from Hollywood movies. One cool thing to take in mind before seeing this movie is a scene where a helicopter gets blasted down you see a billboard in the background of the Ghostbusters logo.Music/Sound: The music is nothing very special in this one but the sound in Godzilla movies is always a treat. The roar of Godzilla is the best monster sound ever. The only thing that comes near may be the sound of the T-Rex in Jurassic Park, and that sound was inspired by the sound of the original Godzilla movie. Costume/Make-up: In costumes I guess the only thing that can be mentioned is always the costume of Godzilla. It is a man inside that monster and that is what I love so much about the monsters in Asian monster movies. Not a computer generated monster but as close to the real thing that you can get and the costume is very good and detailed. The only other costumes to mention might be the ones that the military uses and well they are as they should be.Summary: This is the first real sequel since the original Godzilla movie from Toho. And the first Godzilla movies since the original where he do not meet another monster to fight. The directors of this movie Koji Hashimoto and R.J. Kizer have not done much in main directing but many other movie related jobs. This movie is very good in the way that they wanted to take Godzilla to where he started if they succeeded or not is for each and everyone to decide. It may be a better watch for those loving the concept then the normal viewer. If you want the typical Hollywood way of movies stay away. If you like monster movies and foreign movies go for it. I liked it very much so this review may give you a bit of what to expect. Or point you in direction of other movies in the same genre.