Postby Blackout286 » Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:13 pm
I just finished watching the original Japanese cut of the film aand I have to say, that it was a lot more clear than the American version in most cases. Dr. Serizawa's torment over his destruction creation and how it was a weapon on par of that to the Atomic Bomb, "bombs vs bombs, missiles vs missiles, and now a super destructive weapon to throw upon us all.", the original version held much more depth.
Emiko's father, Dr. Yamane truly wanted to study Godzilla and obviously had a deep interest within the creature by how upset he became when Tokyo only wanted to kill Godzilla, and how even more upset he became when Ogata agreed with the notion that Godzilla should be killed/destroyed. Heh, felt a bit sorry since Ogata pretty much messed up his shot at asking Dr. Yamane his permission to taking Emiko as his bride and all.
Odo Island was slightly much more explored, in a detailing way. Can't really explain it, but it held something that the American version lacked in that department imo.
Of course, the American Version isn't all that bad, I still love it even though the story was being told through the eyes of a American reporter. But looking at it all now, the edited things within the movie did make some things confusing. But with the Raymond Burr Narration and all, it wasn't that much confusing.
But I am stumped on one thing, why was the U.S given a edited version? And not the original take?
