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Godzilla vs. Megalon

Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)

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Japan's Toho Studios were clearly slumming for this crudely fashioned installment in the Godzilla franchise -- a clear indication that the series was running out of creative steam and lapsing into self-mockery. The threadbare plot involves the advanced subterranean nation of Seatopia, whose leaders plan to take over the surface world with the aid of their monster Megalon, a springy cockroach-monster with a power drill mounted on his head. To this end, they steal the robot Jet Jaguar, an Ultraman

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For gigantic laughs only...and Godzilla fanatics.

April 8, 2008
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Dumb fun.

May 13, 2004 Full Review Source: Film Threat
Phil Hall
Film Threat

Silly, cheesy, ridiculous, and above all, fun.

October 23, 2003
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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So far, this has got to be the worst film in the series since Son of Godzilla. I've said it before in my previous reviews of Godzilla films, the filmmakers are not even trying anymore. With everything that they've done in the past few entries, they clearly just want to make the series appeal to a younger crowd and in doing so; they cheapen everything else in the process. The is a dull and boring and will definitely make you wonder why they kept making uninspired films. Instead of forcing themselves to write something that is truly engaging, they simply give it minimal effort, thus it becomes a tiresome effort that just doesn't cut it. I absolutely hated the film and I thought that the filmmakers really didn't care about how it turned out. I thought it was a pointless effort that just failed to live up to others in the franchise. The film lacks in terms of plot, special effects, which by now look pretty bad even by Godzilla standards. Overall I've enjoyed most of the films in the series, but it is clear that the filmmakers really don't care about creating something that will quite fun and entertaining for monsters film fans. This film simply looks cheap, feel cheap and overall it feels rushed with no effort into trying to create something memorable and amusing for genre fans. I really was let down by this film, and I didn't expect the series to get any better and thus it just ends up being a pointless entry in a once great series.
March 15, 2013
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Ever since the 1954 original, the Godzilla movies became more and more geared towards kids. This is the low point of the Godzilla franchise as a whole, the level of awfulness is only matched by "Godzilla's Revenge". The film was shot in a matter of 3 weeks, and it shows. The production value is cheap and Z-grade. The plot is silly(even for a Godzilla movie) and devoid of any monster action until the very end. There are times, like in "Plan 9 from Outer Space", where day and night drastically switch between shots. The movie was originally meant to be a vehicle for the robot Jet Jaguar, who looks like a life-sized Happy Meal toy. Godzilla was added in at the last minute, which shows because he doesn't come in until the last 20 minutes. The Godzilla suit is not too bad but a lot of Godzilla menace is taken away because he looks rather "cute". The film uses a lot stock footage from other Godzilla movies, which gets annoying really fast. The monster fight at the end is decent but the best moment is Godzilla's infamous drop kick that he uses on Megalon. It is one of those rare moments in cinema where it is so over-the-top that it works its way around to being awesome again. This movie seems to have been made for Myster Science Theater 3000, which they actually did an episode on this film. Mystery Science Theater 3000 is the only way to watch this movie because it is comedic gold. The monster fight at the end is pretty funny but this is one of the worst Godzilla movies ever made.
November 20, 2011
Christopher Heim
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