Comments on: Gojira / Godzilla Deluxe Collector’s Edition

By: Robby Krell

Robby Krell — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:20:30 +0000

. . . Just got through watching Gojira. Yes it’s a great movie, well worth watching, and a relief to hear in the original Japanese. BUT:

1. ) The film is very badly speckled, and with so many atmospheric night scenes, this really got in the way of my enjoyment. Once Gojira is crashing through Tokyo, no problem; but in the many scenes leading up to this, the speckles are a major distraction. They also hamper the climax, which takes place underwater.

2. ) The subtitles are a very pale yellow and quite thin. Against the sharp black and white background, they’re tough to read. My wife and I were reading them out loud to each other, which severely undermined our ability to focus on, say, the actors and their facial expressions.

3. ) Fullscreen presentation, as opposed to widescreen. Maybe this is the ratio in which it was released? I don’t know, but I have to think not.

Great movie, but for the price you’re paying for the “Deluxe Collector’s” blah blah, I think it should have been done better. Compare this to, say, Universal’s Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection, which presents 5 similar-era movie in crystalline clarity for about the same price. Don’t get me wrong: I have plenty of those 50-movie packs and am NOT a diehard fan of “digital remastering,” whatever that is. I just think that the condition of the movie here should match the slick packaging. It doesn’t and that’s a little disappointing.

Terrific movie. Buy it, watch it, but don’t expect perfection.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: Wally Waffles

Wally Waffles — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:58:59 +0000

I’m still waiting for the ENTIRE Japanese Gojira BOXSET! It was already released in Japan a year and a half ago by Toho; just take that, add (removable) English subtitles, and forget the English-butchered versions. (But DON’T include the collectable Gojira head; I’m NOT going to pay extra for a stupid collectable item that just WASTES space!)
Rating: 5 / 5

By: The PHOENIX

The PHOENIX — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:02:19 +0000

This movie is definitely a good one. I can hardly hold my strong feelings for this movie back!! It’s insane how good this movie is. First off, the language quality is awesome, it’s in Japanese which makes it so much more the better. The American version was about 55 minutes–WAY to short to enjoy Gojira and the message the movie is trying to send. But the Japanese version is about 95 minutes!! That’s the perfect amount of time. Anyone who has seen this will instantly know what I mean. The acting is superb–extremely realistic (aren’t all Japanese good actors?!) Anyone who appreciates Gojira, or Japan, or history should without a doubt pick this movie up without any hesitation whatsoever!!
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Ace-of-Stars

Ace-of-Stars — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:10:37 +0000

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Well. . . . . . . FINALLY the rest of you are going to get introduced to the REAL Godzilla (Gojira) after a horrendously agonizingly long wait. But Me? I’m the impatient type. I couldn’t wait for the American market to make up its mind as to when (or “if”) they would release this ORIGINAL masterpiece, so years ago I gave my monopoly money to the good folks across the Pacific in AUSTRALIA and delighted in the exclusive privilege of being able to enjoy what was kept from American eyes for over 5 decades. I’d enjoyed it even more based on the seemingly impossible fact that I had likewise never seen the Americanized bastardization of this film, called “GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS”, until after I had watched my “Region-4″ DVD from Australia which contained both “versions” of this film. Because of this unbelievable fact, I think I have a very unique and special appreciation for the original film that others in the U. S. may not.

In any case, you are all in for quite a treat, to be sure — and no doubt you, too, will be scratching your heads wondering how this magnificent film degraded into the “camp-&-cheese” kiddie-fare puke we’re all familiar with. You’re just going to have to keep waiting for it a little bit longer. (Nyah-nyah!)
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Ken Kachnowich

Ken Kachnowich — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:53:12 +0000

The original version may be better then the Americanized version I saw as a child, but it is still a bad movie. If you are a hugh Godzilla fan you will want this DVD, but otherwise you will be disapointed.

The bad science is fun, though:

Dinosaurs and trilobites roamed the earth 2 million years ago during the Jurassic period.

Oxygen is split into two fluids to create the oxygen destroyer.
Rating: 2 / 5