Least Favorite Godzilla Movie

[HedorahIsBestGirl]

Ugh, I wish I could vote for more than one. G'98 is a no brainer, as is Godzilla's Revenge, and I only liked 1 out of the 3 anime films. That's not to say they don't have ideas or things I like, even G'98, but the bad outweigh the good in my opinion.

Yeah, I almost allowed two votes. For me, the unholy trinity is Godzilla's Revenge, TriStarZilla and COTEOB (worst title ever, by the way). The 98 film wins for one big reason: it had the most potential for greatness.

Godzilla's Revenge was made on a very limited budget and intended as a self-contained pseudo-entry; I don't like it, but it's easy to write it off as a strange, experimental Godzilla film. The anime trilogy is frustratingly bad, and could have been done much better, but even if the films were good, I doubt they'd really break any new ground. But Zilla '98 could have been the thrilling blockbuster that made Godzilla popular internationally for the first time in decades. Instead, it reinforced the common belief that the franchise is a big, dumb joke. Therefore, it will always get my vote.

[Terasawa]

The last four films made me appreciate Final Wars, so that's something.

[BlankAccount]

Ugh, I wish I could vote for more than one. G'98 is a no brainer, as is Godzilla's Revenge, and I only liked 1 out of the 3 anime films. That's not to say they don't have ideas or things I like, even G'98, but the bad outweigh the good in my opinion.

Yeah, I almost allowed two votes. For me, the unholy trinity is Godzilla's Revenge, TriStarZilla and COTEOB (worst title ever, by the way). The 98 film wins for one big reason: it had the most potential for greatness.

Godzilla's Revenge was made on a very limited budget and intended as a self-contained pseudo-entry; I don't like it, but it's easy to write it off as a strange, experimental Godzilla film. The anime trilogy is frustratingly bad, and could have been done much better, but even if the films were good, I doubt they'd really break any new ground. But Zilla '98 could have been the thrilling blockbuster that made Godzilla popular internationally for the first time in decades. Instead, it reinforced the common belief that the franchise is a big, dumb joke. Therefore, it will always get my vote.

Honestly you nailed it on what is G'98's biggest sin. That it was an American film that fucked up and damage the reputation. Had it been another Japanese film it would be no more infamous than Godzilla's Revenge or the anime movies, a weird experimental film that made odd choices for a Godzilla film.

To this day I still see reviewers comparing the Monsterverse films to G'98. When it was G2014 it made sense, a lot of causal movie reviewers never went out of their way to watch the Japanese films so to them Godzilla has been gone for 16 years instead the 10+ for us and plus it was another U.S. Godzilla. But then I see them comparing GKOTM to G'98 instead of, you know, the other U.S. movie that it's a sequel to and from the same continuity. And we'll probably see GvsK get compared to this 20+ year movie as well and it's like good lord people, the fans have moved on from it, why haven't you?

I'm not even mad about the movie anymore nor am I bringing it up to trash talk about it, I just noticed that even non G-fans or causal fans have a weird obsession with bringing that film up every time we get a new U.S. film when most of us have just accepted it's part of history and moved on cause hey it's not the only U.S. flick anymore.

[Gigantis]

I get why G98 and KOTM get compared: they have the same full on, joke filled, action adventure attitude that G14 lacked.

[BlankAccount]

I get why G98 and KOTM get compared: they have the same full on, joke filled, action adventure attitude that G14 lacked.

Some comic relief =/= the same movie.

[Gigantis]

I get why G98 and KOTM get compared: they have the same full on, joke filled, action adventure attitude that G14 lacked.

Some comic relief =/= the same movie.

Good a guess as any

[Terasawa]

G'98 is still relevant because it's most people's exposure to the character. That's why you don't see fans comparing each new movie to it: we've had 12 (!) produced and released since then.

[BlankAccount]

I get why G98 and KOTM get compared: they have the same full on, joke filled, action adventure attitude that G14 lacked.

Some comic relief =/= the same movie.

Good a guess as any

Sorry if I cam off dickish.

G'98 is still relevant because it's most people's exposure to the character. That's why you don't see fans comparing each new movie to it: we've had 12 (!) produced and released since then.

I think if I reviewed a sequel I'd compare it to the last movie to come out a few years ago and not the one that came out over 2 decades ago. I dunno people are weird.

I'm calling it now, Godzilla vs Kong is gonna be compared to G'98.

[tbeasley]

Yeah multiple voting options in these polls would give more interesting results.

Megalon might be my least favorite Showa. SpaceGodzilla for Heisei. Godzilla 98 overall - disappointing, disrespectful, etc. Final Wars for Millennium - might be my least favorite Toho.

Don't have a least favorite among the newer films exactly - we'll have to see in retrospect.

[UltramanGoji]

It's 22 years later, I can eek some enjoyment out of G98, as disrespectful as it is to the character.

I don't think I can find anything to enjoy with POTM or COTEB. They're the driest, most bland films in the entire series.

[ShinGojira14]

Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

I waited five years for that movie- five painfully suspenseful years- and it was released just 21 years after my 19th birthday. I thought I was gonna love it. I thought there was no way it could possibly disappoint me.

It let me down. And it let me down HARD.

[_JNavs_]

There has never been a film, nor a series, in this franchises history that put me to sleep, other than the Anime trilogy.

[eabaker]

it was released just 21 years after my 19th birthday.

That's a very strange way to say "on my 40th birthday."

[ShinGojira14]

it was released just 21 years after my 19th birthday.

That's a very strange way to say "on my 40th birthday."

SKREEONKING AUTOCORRECT!!!!

That thing is becoming my damn nemesis.

I meant 21 days.

[HedorahIsBestGirl]

Gotta say there are two things that surprise me about the results of this poll...
1) Not a single person has voted for GFW. Given how many people I've seen hating on it over the years, including on here, I'm shocked. Maybe it's because most GFW haters hate KOTM even more?
2) Nine votes for the anime trilogy, no surprise there. But what IS a surprise is that there's not a single vote for The Planet Eater! While I didn't hate that one nearly as much as COTEOB, I've seen a lot of folks proclaim it as their least favorite of the trilogy so I'm astonished it hasn't won a single vote.

[eabaker]

Gotta say there are two things that surprise me about the results of this poll...
1) Not a single person has voted for GFW. Given how many people I've seen hating on it over the years, including on here, I'm shocked. Maybe it's because most GFW haters hate KOTM even more?

I think time has diluted a lot of the anger that movie provoked, and now many of its detractors (myself among them) can now see it more as a strange and tragic relic of its era, and even appreciate it as a kind of hideous time capsule.

[Gigantis]

2) Nine votes for the anime trilogy, no surprise there. But what IS a surprise is that there's not a single vote for The Planet Eater! While I didn't hate that one nearly as much as COTEOB, I've seen a lot of folks proclaim it as their least favorite of the trilogy so I'm astonished it hasn't won a single vote.

I think it stems from the fact that Planet Eater at least has an interesting idea, even if it skreoonking sucked in execution. POTM at least has the cool battle sequence. COTEOB... has neither of those. That's why it got my vote and the other two got lucky.

[Space Hunter M]

Proud not-liker of Tokyo S.O.S.

It brings absolutely nothing new to the table.

[Spuro]

Gotta say there are two things that surprise me about the results of this poll...
1) Not a single person has voted for GFW. Given how many people I've seen hating on it over the years, including on here, I'm shocked. Maybe it's because most GFW haters hate KOTM even more?

In my case, I think it's the worst film in the franchise... BUT... it's not my "least favorite" as the topic asks for. I can still enjoy FW for the dumb action movie it is. I cannot, however, enjoy the anime trilogy. Even if I think the trilogy is technically better overall.

[kiryu86]

I can appreciate the Tri Star film for what it is, a cash grab. Godzilla's Revenge just feels like a fever dream and I cringe ever time I watch it, even when alone.