Talkback: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)

[tymon]

SOS has amazing action but is also bland and tired - pretty much the definition of "been there, done that" IMO.

[Showa Gyaos]

It's okay. Too bad its sequel was below standard.

[King Caesar]

Its too bad Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. turned out to be a retread film, instead of bringing in something new and improving upon its prequel's flaws.

Bleh, don't even began that discussion. That movie was terrible, even with Mothra and Kamoebas.

What's wrong with SOS?

It had a lot of potential, but a lot of it was killed by too much human drama and a disappointing ending (I wanted to see Kiryu go boom in the ocean...). I don't know. It just isn't in my top favorites of the Mill series. I'd rather watch Godzilla vs Megaguiras honestly.

[Legion1979]

I think GxMG and SOS make a nice little 2-part movie. Seriously, I look at these movies as two parts of one whole.

[Chris55]

It had a lot of potential, but a lot of it was killed by too much human drama

Yeah, the little girl with the weepy plant and the horny dad? Got a little weird.

[Gyaos]

Poor. Like most of the Millenium films (Save for GMK), its dull and boring and the battles take forever to happen. Kiryu is a let-down of a mech. Sure it has a cool design and an interesting origin, but any awesome looking giant robot that gets severely damaged just by tripping and falling over is a fail in my book. Godzilla no more than a plot device and like Kiryu, is a complete let down not just because he barely does anything, but his design also blows (I hate anything that looks even remotely like the G2K design, it just irks me). The final battle is the only redeeming factor for me. Even if all Godzilla does is stand there and take every hit without fighting back.

[GodzillavsZilla]

I finnally watched it and it is AWSOME!!!

[gojira84]

Likely my second favorite Millennium movie.

[Garma]

I like the design of Kiryu, and the concept of the first Godzilla fighting the second, and people always complain that the movie focused too much on kiryu and not enough on godzilla, but if kiryu is the first godzilla resurrected then the movie does focus on a godzilla just not the living one.

[omgitsgodzilla]

The only thing that kept me from rating it a "great" was the poor CGI. Other than that, I love this movie.

[Tyler]

I think you should just expect not-so-great CG with these movies, as depressing as that is. Some stuff looks better than average, though.

[tymon]

How did the Gamera trilogy's CG look so much better with half the budget? That's what I've been trying to figure out..

[Tyler]

How did the Gamera trilogy's CG look so much better with half the budget? That's what I've been trying to figure out..

They had something called "talent."

[BountyHunter]

It had a lot of potential, but a lot of it was killed by too much human drama

Yeah, the little girl with the weepy plant and the horny dad? Got a little weird.

Actually that was GAM that had Weepy Girl and Horny Dad! lol

[Chris55]

It had a lot of potential, but a lot of it was killed by too much human drama

Yeah, the little girl with the weepy plant and the horny dad? Got a little weird.

Actually that was GAM that had Weepy Girl and Horny Dad! lol

Yeah that's the movie we're talking about

[bananaoil]

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla is absolutely the best Millennium film. It has characters instead of caricatures (and they're actually engaging to boot!), the plot is concise, interesting, and plays with the Showa series in a fun way, Kiyru is a neat take on Mechaogdzilla, Michiru Ohshima's score is fantastic...this movie is what Godzilla films should be.

[Tohosaurus]

^ Plus the monsters actually fight rather than mostly beam spam or pick each other off.

[Cimmerian Dragon]

I admit that there was a lot of human drama, and a lot of focus on the Kiryu project, but I think of GAM as the set-up, and Tokyo S.O.S. as the climax. TSOS was wall-to-wall action, more than making up for the pace of its predecessor.

Although the berserk Kiryu scene in GAM was pretty damn awesome in its own right.

[Lord Gappa]

I admit that there was a lot of human drama, and a lot of focus on the Kiryu project, but I think of GAM as the set-up, and Tokyo S.O.S. as the climax. TSOS was wall-to-wall action, more than making up for the pace of its predecessor.

Although the berserk Kiryu scene in GAM was pretty damn awesome in its own right.

As mentioned before, it was quite disappointing they ruined what would've been an interesting and more gripping battle IMO.
Nice analysis on the GAM and SOS stroyline. Taking crap from the SOS Ending thread, a third Kiryu film would be the Conclusion, i presume?
So we have GAM-Beginning, SOS-Climax, and Kiryu 3-Conclusion

[MothraRocks]

If they're was a third ( I know they're isn't gonna be) do u think any other monsters would return other than G and MG?