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All movies seen on 03/22/2023

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Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

Directed by Ryûhei Kitamura

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Most recently watched by sleestakk, DaNiedabaya, Javitron

Overview

Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth’s cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive, they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.

Rated PG-13 | Length 125 minutes

Actors

Masahiro Matsuoka | Rei Kikukawa | Don Frye | Maki Mizuno | Kazuki Kitamura | Kane Kosugi | Kumi Mizuno | Akira Takarada | Masatō Ibu | Masanobu Takashima | Shigeru Izumiya | Jun Kunimura | Chihiro Otsuka | Masami Nagasawa | Masakatsu Funaki | Kenji Sahara | Kenta Suga | Kôichi Ueda | Akira Nakao | Tak Sakaguchi | Reika Kirishima | Tsutomu Kitagawa | Naoko Kamio | Kazuhiro Yoshida | Toshihiro Ogura | Motokuni Nakagawa | Ray Sefo | Yoji Tanaka | Shuya Yoshimoto | Kouichi Yamadera | Wataru Shihodo | Sam Arnold

Viewing History (seen 4 times)

Viewing Notes

This is such a mixed bag. It’s so kinetic, not always in a good way, and over-the-top, with every old kaiju thrown in, plus a few new variations (I’m looking at you Pegasus-Ghidorah) as well as aliens and mutants that it’s just too much. That’s not to say there isn’t some fun stuff in this because there is. The final battle between Pegasus-Ghidorah and Godzilla/Mothra is plenty of fun, as are some of the other battles, but most are short-lived because they had to move on to the next thing they jammed in.

Loved the old Tohoscope logo and the opening credits. Also, there are obvious influences from STAR WARS and THE MATRIX at play here as well. Maybe too obvious to be entertaining.

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