 |
Aktuelle Folie {CURRENT_SLIDE} von {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Meistverkauft in DVDs & Blu-rays
Aktuelle Folie {CURRENT_SLIDE} von {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Hier sparen: DVDs & Blu-rays
Aktuelle Folie {CURRENT_SLIDE} von {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Auch interessant
In my opinion, this is the best of the '70s Godzilla films. It's got a decent story, good characters and some cool villains. By that, I mean the aliens. They're cool ape men in human disguises. You see their true form when they're injured. There are no other aliens like them anywhere in the Godzilla franchise. Mechagodzilla is a cool monster, and King Caesar isn't bad either. The fight at the end is cool, even if it does defy science a bit in places. But, Godzilla films aren't about science, they're about having fun. This movie made it look like the Showa era of Godzilla films had reached a turnaround point. Unfortunately, the follow-up, Terror of Mechagodzilla, wasn't nearly as good as this awesome classic.
Bestätigter Kauf: Ja | Artikelzustand: Neu
So Godzilla films have a tendancy to present hostile aliens with the mission of taking over the Earth as villains for Godzilla...but for some reason it just always works. In Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla we are presented with some mystery as well as great monster action. While some people find the films where Godzilla is more like Japan's largest super hero a bit hard to swallow, this is still a great film. This is the original MechaGodzilla...the EVIL MechaGodzilla. Here, MechaGodzilla is NOT some weapon for the Japanese government against Godzilla...he is the weapon of the aliens who are hell bent on taking over the Earth. However, some pesky earthling interfere and unwrap quite the mystery...but Godzilla also gets involves to rid the world of his evil imposter. The action in the beginning is solid, some of the fighting near the end of the film is tacky...but only thanks to the character King Caesar - he's some weird dog creature that gets summoned to help. While the Caesar character is nothing to desire, the battles between Godzilla and MechaGodzilla are great. The evil, alien MechaGodzilla is definitely a force to be reckoned with and a great character concept. Fans of the old school films will want to get their hands on this DVD....fans of the newer releases should see this just to see the roots of MechaGodzilla; besides, this MechaGodzilla is just cooler.Vollständige Rezension lesen
I will confess to being a lifelong fan of Godzilla, courtesy of my Dad. When I was little, he was my hero since he was big and strong and didn't take any guff from anyone or anything. Unlike many Godzilla fans, however, I have a soft spot for the movies from the 70s. Sure, they were hokey and somewhat comedic and showed him as a superhero, but that's the charm of them for me. This movie, the first to feature one of Godzilla's toughest enemies, Mechagodzilla, is actually one of the better movies in the series of the time in that it is more serious than usual. It starts in Okinawa with an archeological dig discovering ancient paintings in a cave and a small statue of a lion-like creature. The painting seems to outline a prophecy of some kind, underlined by a young woman who is performing a traditional dance screaming as she has visions of monsters destroying the world as per the prophecy in question. A plot thick with intrigue starts unfolding from here as mysterious forces vie for the statue for both good and evil purposes as the archeologists strive to deduce the meaning of the characters in the cave, even when translated. Sure enough, aliens "from beyond the Black Hole" are making with with the usual plan of Taking Over The Earth Starting With Japan (you'd think they'd want us to eat our vegetables every Tuesday, but no...), aliens with nasty ugly gorilla masks for faces once revealed. A subplot involving the Okinawan people's anger at the Japanese for forcibly taking over their island and culture is minor at best, but shows some depth. Eventually, it is discovered that the statue has to be returned to Okinawa to resurrect a long-sleeping monster to help defend the world from the monsters invading to destroy it. Sure enough, the monster, King Seesar, is brought back in time to help Godzilla take on his mechanical twin, and all kinds of mayhem ensues. Needless to say, the good guys/monsters win and all is settled in the end. What more could you want? There is actually a good amount of violence in this movie between both humans and monsters, in case you were thinking of showing this to the kidlets. Several vicious fistfights, sprays of green gore when the aliens are shot, and a torrent of red blood when Mechagodzilla--while in disguise as the real article--attacks Angilas (Godzilla's spiky friend) and tears his jaws apart as well as thrashing him mercilessly. These scenes were edited out when I was a boy watching this on TV and it was surprising to see them again. The monster battles are exciting and feature lots of superpowers being unleashed in Toho Studios' inimitable style. King Seesar actually handles himself pretty well against Mechagodzilla, considering he's outgunned and outclassed. The plot itself is actually pretty good as G-films from this era go. It's actually more serious, as I mentioned, which is a nice change. The aliens are mean and downright sadistic, too, imprisoning several of the principals in a cell modified with steam jets and heat lamps to slowly scald them to death--how mean is that? Most of the G-movies of the 70s were silly and child-oriented, but this one is markedly different, one of the reasons I bought it. It is a very good representation of the fact that not all the 70s G-films were like that and showed that Toho still had it as far as delivering a good film that was exciting and entertaining. I enjoyed this movie; it took me back to my childhood years parked in front of the TV. Give this a shot!Vollständige Rezension lesen
Ridiculous, rubber monsters where you can literally SEE the strings holding/manipulating them. They were sort of Chuck E. Cheese meets Build-A-Bear in a tornado and an electrical storm with a bunch of red paint and a bully robot BUT somehow as horrendously bad as the props and the acting and even the costumes were, it was so bad, it was great; it was GODZILLA! It was Godzilla AND you found yourself totally routing for him, and cheering AGAINST the “Mecha” Godzilla who had been engineered by these Spacemen, who turned out to be Space Apes! Dont dont don! Hopefully I haven’t given away TOO much. You really HAVE to see this movie to believe it. You’ll LOVE it!
Bestätigter Kauf: Ja | Artikelzustand: Neu
Was very excited to get this movie since it was my favorite one as a child and when I saw the price I thought it was too good to be true. I should have listened to my instincts because I came to find out it was a bootleg copy. At least some people have the courtesy to say in the title that it’s non collectible but not here. However despite being a bootleg copy of the movie it at least looks fine when you watch it which is why I’m giving it 2 stars. Overall, if you just want to watch the movie then go right ahead and buy it but if you are trying to make a collection or have a real copy stay far away.
Bestätigter Kauf: Ja | Artikelzustand: Neu
