Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla for another Godzilla film and unfortunately no cool posters for this one or the next one I believe. This is a full recreation of the poster, which is a great image, just not as good as the paintings from before.
As for the Godzilla design, I think it's overall alright. A better version of what they were doing when the Millenium Era started such as 2000 and Megaguirus, but not as good as the previous GMK design that I love.
A design I do love though is "Kiryu", the designation for this MechaGodzilla, which is one of my top 5 favorite designs of the entire series I think. I love the weapon array it has, I love all the boosters for speed and flight, it's such a fun ass design. I love that it's built on the literal skeleton of the 1954 Godzilla too.
The movie though is only okay. I kinda hated the awkward relationship thing they were trying to build between the pilot, the scientist, and his daughter. I don't think the English dub helps at all (Need it while working on something so I don't need to read subtitles), but it just never works to me. The pilot character herself is alright though, a soldier struggling with past failings, brought back to pilot Japan's newest weapon, struggling with her own self worth. It's abit TOO melodramatic at times, but I think works out well enough by the end. The fight between Kiryu and Godzilla is pretty good both times and I love the idea that its DNA still contains the memories of past actions and goes berserk.
I think for a rating, I'll give it a
7/10, mostly for competency. I liked the fights and designs, but I found sorta the inbetween stuff a little boring. Definitely liked the previous Godzilla/Mothra/King Ghidorah film a good bit more. The next one is Tokyo SOS, which I kinda remember being up there as a favorite of mine, so lets see how it fairs on this watch.
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS to round out the night for me. I thought I remember really liking this one more, but it's more just a continuation of the previous movie and is just alright. It drops that whole relationship thing in favor of something I liked abit more with the mechanic and they bring in the Mothra story stuff, which mostly works. The movie is actually like one reasonably long fight for much of it, which I like, but I don't think it really wins me over quite as much as some other previous ones.
Nothing on the designs since they are the same as before, with just a normal Mothra showing up. Not a huge Mothra fan, but always an okay addition. I liked how they connected it to one of the old Mothra films alongside the 1954 Godzilla.
Overall, I'll just say
7/10. Competent and I still love me some Kiryu, but the ending was just alright. The last of the Millenium era films up next with Final Wars, signaling the end of Godzilla movies till 2014 Godzilla.
