Talkback: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)

[Hellspawn28]

It been almost 10 years since this movie cameout, and what do you still think of the movie? I still think it's a decent movie, and not as bad as most people think of it.

[Chris55]

The battle scenes are interesting. That's about it.

[ZigraDude]

Megaguirus was cool, the music is great, and the final battle between Godzilla and Megaguirus is fun. That's pretty much it. This movie is in my bottom five Godzilla films.

[Hellspawn28]

The battle scenes where cool, and I like the whole idea of what if Godzilla was not killed in 1954. I don't know why people make such a big deal of Godzilla stoping a black hole when it's just a movie. For a movie series that deals with Gaint Monsters fight other Gaint Monsters then who cares about logic.

The movie is my least favorite movie in the Millennium Series next to GFW.

[HayesAJones]

We got a cool monster, a great score, and some fun battle out of this, but not much else.

[TokyoVigilante]

I love the back story it establishes at the beginning. All very reasonable and believable reactions to a giant radioactive dinosaur hitting japan. It's this kind of world building that is refined for the Kiryu Saga.

Then black hole guns, shoddy CG bugs, and weird plot structure happened.

Also, this film is so clearly filmed in early generation digital camera and it just looks ugly.

[Goji]

Megaguirus was cool, the music is great, and the final battle between Godzilla and Megaguirus is fun. That's pretty much it. This movie is in my bottom five Godzilla films.

I agree with all of this. A fun, stupid movie, but nothing more.

[Ethan]

I enjoy Godzilla vs. Megaguirus a lot. Some interesting concepts such as the Dimension Tide are brought up, with enjoyable human characters to back the action. The battle scenes are innovative and exciting, certainly miles ahead of anything in the Heisei series (minus the grandiose battle in Godzilla vs. Biollante). The best moment comes when Godzilla suddenly breaks Megaguirus' stinger in slowmotion, giving a complete surprise to the audience. Besides all this, Tezuka has a very energetic direction that never bores, unlike the works of former director Takao Okawara.

The major flaws lie in somewhat inconsistent special effects and a needlessly long climax scene, though these are easy to forgive. It's one of my favorite films outside the Showa era.

[wataru]

Plot - OK
Godzilla - Excellent
Villain - semi-original
Characters - almost forgetable
Tech/Mecha - Forgetable but enjoyable on the screen.

Gyaos + Battra = Megaguirus.

I like it, but G2K and GMMG beat it IMHO

[JVM]

I have yet to see it in full.

The first time I borrowed the DVD from Blockbuster in 2005. Was boring and by Godzilla's fight with Megagurius, the DVD just stopped and wouldn't go any further.

About a year later I took a copy from Hollywood Video, and found it a lot more interesting, but still ended up losing interest later in and again, the DVD stopped a few minutes earlier.

Been meaning to give it a go on Crackle sometime.

[Svitska Donkun]

The G-Graspers were corrupt schnucks.

[HedorahLives]

One of the most underrated films in the series, IMO, with a mighty fine fight scene. The plot is completely ridiculous and the G-Graspers are a very poor man's G-Force, but the pacing is good, the bits with Megagurius and her children were entertaining, and we go to see Big G do some things he's never done before (get swarmed by mosquitos, have someone ride his back, do a flying leap). Also, I like the alternate universe history and the flooding of Tokyo.

Tezuka's best Godzilla film.

[baragon123]

I re-watched this a few days ago, and the last time I watched it was 4-5 years ago. Its not bad. Not the greatest but alot of fun.

[GotengoXGodzilla]

I really cannot stand Godzilla X Megaguirus. I hate how it tries to rewrite the history that was already set up in the first film. And even after that, it's pretty boring. The most interesting thing is the human villain, who doesn't start getting good until the last couple scenes.

Other than GFW, this is my least favorite Millennium film.

[JVM]

I really cannot stand Godzilla X Megaguirus. I hate how it tries to rewrite the history that was already set up in the first film. And even after that, it's pretty boring. The most interesting thing is the human villain, who doesn't start getting good until the last couple scenes.

Other than GFW, this is my least favorite Millennium film.

It doesn't REALLY rewrite history. The Millennium series doesn't really keep any full continuity with the original G54. There's a connection, but every last second of the movie isn't canon.

[GotengoXGodzilla]

I really cannot stand Godzilla X Megaguirus. I hate how it tries to rewrite the history that was already set up in the first film. And even after that, it's pretty boring. The most interesting thing is the human villain, who doesn't start getting good until the last couple scenes.

Other than GFW, this is my least favorite Millennium film.

It doesn't REALLY rewrite history. The Millennium series doesn't really keep any full continuity with the original G54. There's a connection, but every last second of the movie isn't canon.

Well, I think that GMK and the Kiryu Saga do a good job of keeping the film within the continuity of the original film. But GXM doesn't.

[Hedorah]

Finally watched this movie today, I liked it. It's not the best but also not the worst. My only problem is that you could see the string on Megaguirus when she flies around after emerging for the first time. Sure it was an alternate universe where the original Godzilla was never killed but so what? The blackhole gun idea was a little far fetched and the fact that Godzilla survived 2 was insane.

[GodzillaDude]

Finally watched this movie today, I liked it. It's not the best but also not the worst. My only problem is that you could see the string on Megaguirus when she flies around after emerging for the first time. Sure it was an alternate universe where the original Godzilla was never killed but so what? The blackhole gun idea was a little far fetched and the fact that Godzilla survived 2 was insane.

Yeah but it just shows how powerful GxM Godzilla can be.

[Hedorah]

Indeed, he survived 1 without using his beam as well

[ZigraDude]

Finally watched this movie today, I liked it. It's not the best but also not the worst. My only problem is that you could see the string on Megaguirus when she flies around after emerging for the first time. Sure it was an alternate universe where the original Godzilla was never killed but so what? The blackhole gun idea was a little far fetched and the fact that Godzilla survived 2 was insane.

The string problem is not the film's fault but Sony's DVD. Sony brightened the image so much that the wires and such became visible. It can easily be fixible if you adjust the brightness of your TV.