SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Hitchcoc I've been hard on these films. Godzilla has become sort of boring over the years and a lack of imagination by the producers hasn't helped. This one, where scientists have found a way to create a black hole and send out favorite reptile into oblivion is suspenseful and very entertaining. Of course, when you mess with nature, you have to be careful not to screw up. In testing the device, some dragonfly eggs get out and this leads to a mass invasion of the winged things. Not only that, but a really big one, Megaguiris is everything Godzilla can handle. Apparently, this variety of dragonfly is fearless and has some big biting and stinging capabilities. What makes this fun is that the human characters are quite good and we begin to care about them. Of course, I still don't know why Godzilla needs to continually stomp all over years of urban development. What does he hope to accomplish? What are his motivations. The weird thing is that he seems to be a sentient creature. He just likes to walk in places where building crowd around him. Why not be happy with a stroll on the beach. Maybe the fact that he will never get married is the problem. He could be loaded with testosterone and have no future. Of course, since he appeared in the early fifties, he seems to have weathered a great deal of grief.

Vic_max I rate this a 7 for fans of the very earliest Godzilla movies. For everyone else, it's going to rank 1 or 2 points lower depending on you're comfort level with tacky special effects and dubbing.If you're a fan, forget timelines and developments from previous movies. This movie is basically Godzilla vs. both Japan and another monster. Sound familiar? It's basically a throwback to a 1970s look and feel (even though it takes place modern day). Toy buildings, dubbing and obvious "man in a monster suit" special effects all give it a special nostalgia charm.But that's not all that's good. The fast paced plot keeps the viewer well engaged at all times. Something is always happening. The basic plot is simple: during a failed attempt to destroy Godzilla using exotic means (creating a mini black hole), another creature enters this realm. It is eventually learned that it is a winged creature. Naturally, it's only a matter of time before there's a showdown between the two.If you liked early 70's Godzilla movies, you'll like this one. If not, you're probably better off looking for a different movie.

OllieSuave-007 The Godzilla "Millennium" series is infamous for its lack of continuity. A majority of the six films in this series were each made as a direct sequel to the original "Godzilla" film, like this one, and almost none of the films connect, except for Godzilla X Mechagodzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo SOS. This film is about a female Japanese soldier who is out to avenge the death of her colleague, who was killed by Godzilla. She is part of the project team that created the Gryphon, a high-tech ship, and the Dimension Tide, a device that creates artificial black holes. Once activated, this "black hole" will suck in everything in its path, and they hope they can vanquish Godzilla in this way. Unfortunately, their testing mutates insect eggs that hatch into dragonfly-like bugs called Meganurons. These creatures need water to grow and they feed on the energy of humans. After gathering enough energy, they transform in to giant dragonfly monsters called Meganuras, and eventually, they bring enough energy to awaken their queen, Megaguirus. When Megaguirus and Godzilla meet, it is the usual monster battle in the heart of the city.The special effects were quite good. But, the storyline is serviceable at best because this movie mainly focuses on the female lead and her quest for revenge, rather than the monsters. Being a film that is supposed to be made as a direct sequel to the original 1954 Godzilla film, more emphasis should have been placed on Godzilla, his origins and his reason for returning to Japan after being killed off in the original Godzilla movie. Godzilla basically appears on cue in this film, with only slight references of his passed attacks on Tokyo in 1954 and in the 1960s and 1990s. As a direct sequel to the original Godzilla, the monster should have been given a more intriguing entrance, which would generate more suspense, like his entrance in the 1984 film "The Return of Godzilla" (Godzilla 1985). With this and other films in the Millennium series, too much attention was focused on the military and a character's personal vendetta against Godzilla. One notable mention for this film is the return of actress Yuriko Hoshi, who played the photographer in "Mothra vs. Godzilla" (1964) and the reporter in "Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster" (1964).One of the things I like about this film is that, unlike most of the other movies in the Millennium series, this one introduced a new monster. Megaguirus is one of the few monsters that were originally created for the Millennium series and I thought it was well-executed. The Meganurons attacking citizens, with Michiru Ohshima's moving and catchy music score in the background, is pretty intriguing. Overall, there are plenty of monster and human action, but overshadowed by a pretty dull plot and climax, capping off what is a lackluster Godzilla film. Grade D+

r-c-s As i say, there are monster movies that get lost (understandably) trying to run many subplots or to develop characters. Latests Mechagodzilla movies give that up to an extent and focus on what people (who buy this kind of movie) want to see: man in suit rampage & cartonbox miniature levelling. Here they try some character development (EG the old story of the female soldier seeking revenge; the silly, unaware child bringing unknowingly a monster back home ) but keep it in line & don't try to overact or to oversize it. A very watchable, nice movie with good SFX. Of course the idea of a war machine shooting black holes is silly, but in the early 70's Go Nagai (the cartoon/comics writer ) had portrayed alien invaders doing just that in his spurious series "Daiku Maryu Gaiking".