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Gojira (1954)

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Reviews Counted: 56

Fresh: 52

Rotten:4

Average Rating: 7.6/10

Consensus: More than straight monster-movie fare, Gojira offers potent, sobering postwar commentary.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hrs 55 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Theatrical Release:May 7, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: The testing of nuclear weapons in the Pacific Ocean triggers the awakening of a dreadful, 400-foot-tall, fire-breathing prehistoric lizard who commences to wreak havoc on the city of Tokyo. The... The testing of nuclear weapons in the Pacific Ocean triggers the awakening of a dreadful, 400-foot-tall, fire-breathing prehistoric lizard who commences to wreak havoc on the city of Tokyo. The original Japanese version of GODZILLA, without the Americanized addition of Raymond Burr. [More]

Starring: Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kouchi, Akihiko Hirata

Starring: Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kouchi, Akihiko Hirata

Director: Inoshiro Honda

Director: Inoshiro Honda
Studio: Rialto Pictures

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one of the all time greatest monster movies

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
05/02/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

...surprisingly solemn and bitter. It is explicitly a post-Hiroshima nightmare writ large...

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
02/13/08
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

A dark, deeply disturbing film with the specter of World War II and the atomic bomb hanging over nearly every scene.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
11/20/07
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Godzilla is still as relevant a monster as ever.

Full Review Source: Projection Booth | comment Comment
10/25/07
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

a pioneering behemoth in the history of Japanese cinema, leaving giant footprints in its trail that many have followed but few have filled so impressively.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
07/06/07
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film

It's exciting, sober, plausible and never unintentionally comic.

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05/30/07
Philip French
Observer [UK]

The special effects for this re-released 1954 film by Ishiro Honda may now look a bit creaky, but the storytelling is muscular and the post-nuclear parable it offers is passionate and fascinatingly ambiguous.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
05/30/07
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

Por trás da história absurdamente divertida, o filme revela uma sociedade às voltas com o trauma da bomba atômica e a busca desesperada pela promessa de paz entre os povos.

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06/05/06
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Everything you have heard about Godzilla is true

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04/14/06
Marty Mapes
Movie Habit

Seen afresh in this cut, with Honda’s pulp poetry restored, this ballad of destruction reveals itself as one of the most exciting, enjoyable and moving of them all.

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10/13/05
Wally Hammond
Time Out

By today's standards, this may feel rather dull and ponderous, but it's actually a remarkably astute film.

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09/30/05
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

No review available.

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05/19/05
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

A treasure that should remain buried to all but the most gonzo Godzilla followers.

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09/29/04
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

No review available.

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09/17/04
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

It wasn't until I revisited the first film in the series, which premiered in Japan on Nov. 3, 1954, that I realized how powerful a political statement it makes.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
09/17/04
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

Honda may not have created the most convincing-looking monster in cinema history, but he managed to give his sci-fi/horror movie a social relevance, particularly in postwar Japan.

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08/20/04
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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The rampaging reptile is back to remind us that monsters have meaning.

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08/20/04
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
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Maybe it's 50 years late, but we're finally getting to see Godzilla as it was meant to be seen.

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07/22/04
Bob Longino
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Do we want a monster movie with a social conscience, or do we want to see a guy in a lizard suit smash model trains?

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07/22/04
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Instead of a disjointed monster movie, this original Godzilla is a masterful statement about humankind's monstrous abilities to inflict harm on itself and the world.

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07/15/04
Gemma Tarlach
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 
 
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