Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

missraziel Was curious to see the movie but it was so badly spliced together it made no sense and bored me to sleep!!Seems to be an a-typical movie about Americans bombing creatures, the usual jive.Avoid this one if you've never seen it before, wish I had....

thejcowboy22 The atomic age Sci-fi movies were all the rage in the 1950's. Godzilla King of the Monsters is no exception. Opening scene is a dismal setting. Destroyed Tokyo, with flames and flattened building for miles. In one of the remaining skyscrapers we see a demolished office with a fallen beam on our star narrator Raymond Burr as he is almost beyond recognition with dark smudges covering his face and tattered clothes. In Burr's opening remarks he's lucky to be alive after what he saw. Burr plays U.S. News reporter Steve Martin who a few days earlier, was en-route to Cairo, Egypt when he was to stop over and catch up with an old friend Dr. Serezawa. Upon Steve Martin's landing in the Tokyo Airport he is met by two Japanese officials for questioning. The two officers asked if he saw anything unusual while in the air. Martin like most of the passengers saw nothing.Meanwhile 10,000 feet below a Japanese freighter was totally destroyed with no survivors with some sort of heat ray. The distress signal from the freighter wireless were all the Japanese coastguard could go on at the time. No survivors. Another ship is destroyed with one survivor who was washed up on Odo Island as the traumatized victim describes the sea beast who destroyed his ship. This prompts the press and the Scientists to travel to Odo Island. A large radioactive footprint is discovered and then the ominous pounding and the Earth begins to shake. Then the large shrill and moans as the locals run for the hills . I had no problem with the dubbing and added scenes with Burr from the Japanese original two years earlier. For me the narrations were clear, concise and correct. The sound effects used in the film were for the most part startling with the thunderous thuds of the monster's walk. The moans were just as frighting. Your imagination can only conjure up what kind of horrible creature could do such damage. About 20 years later the same movie was re-released and colorized. Big mistake. Other Godzilla movies were made and are still produced as the franchise continues. Still captivates me to this day. I even watched this movie in Spanish featured on the local UHF Spanish language channel WNJU TV located in Linden Newark,New Jersey, Featured as " El Mundo Del Terror". I still argue that Godzilla is better than the British production of Gorgo. You decide!

utgard14 American version of 1954 Japanese classic Gojira (Godzilla) with added scenes of Raymond Burr as journalist Steve Martin (no doubt a wild & crazy guy) providing narration and an outsider's point of view on the attack on Tokyo by Godzilla. I think most fans tend to prefer the original version to this one. It's easy to see why, though both are good movies. The original is a darker, more intense film. The addition of the Raymond Burr footage in the American version lightens things up as well as eliminating many of the atomic bomb and Hiroshima references. For his part, Burr is fine and his character is well-written and respectful. No boorish American stereotype, thankfully. The Japanese cast is excellent, though you get a much better appreciation for them watching the original. Akira Ifukube's haunting score will stay with you long after the movie is over. The special effects are charmingly quaint but never so poor that it takes you out of the mood the film sets.Godzilla wasn't the first movie of its type but it is one of the better ones, even if judged solely on the level of being a fun monster movie. However, it's the added anti-nuclear theme in a film made by a people directly affected by the atomic bomb a decade before that gives Godzilla a certain gravitas that other giant monster movies from the 1950s don't have. If you are able to enjoy a slowly-paced film with subtitles (not everybody is, let's be honest), then you should seek out the original by all means. Whichever version you watch, I think you will be pleased as both are terrific films with entertainment and historic value. Oh and don't worry about that ending. The movie was followed by a sequel or two...dozen.

Ben Larson The 1954 classic was apparently not good enough for American audiences. They remade the film with Raymond Burr narrating the action and starring as a reporter covering the incident.Rather than a subtitled film, we get one dubbed. At least they left some of the Japanese dialog.Stars of the original film, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kôchi, and Akira Takarada, took second billing to Burr, who dominated throughout. Godzilla was a grave representation of the horrors of the H bomb; horrors that Japan knew all too well. Scenes of the destruction caused by Godzilla, and of the broken, burning bodies pulled from the rubble, look authentic enough to be documentary footage of Hiroshima or Nagasaki. The film, a huge hit in the original form, must have been therapeutic for the Japanese people.