Comments on: Gojira (1954)/Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) – Film & DVD Review

By: Rodan/War of the Gargantuas - DVD Review | Cinefantastique Online

Rodan/War of the Gargantuas - DVD Review | Cinefantastique Online — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:49:42 +0000

[...] While Rodan went on to become Godzilla’s sidekick in a number of the later monster team-up movies, the original RODAN is quite a respectable achievement in its own right. This is something of a transitional film, abandoning the somber black-and-white moodiness of Toho’s earlier monster movies but still retaining the serious science fiction tone. Although shot in color, this was the last Toho kaiju in the Academy 1.33 aspect ratio. Subsequent releases from THE MYSTERIANS on were shot in the widescreen scope ratio of 2.35, and from MOTHRA onward the movies would veer toward light-hearted fantasy. Unlike many of these later kaiju efforts, RODAN shows director Ishiro Honda still striving to build an atmosphere of unease, much like the original GODZILLA. [...]

By: » Laserblast: Forbidden Kingdom & early Halloween Horror

» Laserblast: Forbidden Kingdom & early Halloween Horror — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:22:04 +0000

[...] is from Classic Media, the company that gave us several fine Godzilla DVD releases last year (e.g., GOJIRA/GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS). As with those discs, these contain both the Japanese original and the altered American versions. [...]

By: » Film Review: Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

» Film Review: Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:36:47 +0000

[...] Review: Godzilla (1954) [...]

By: » Happy Birthday, Ray Bradbury!

» Happy Birthday, Ray Bradbury! — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:18:37 +0000

[...] film launched the giant radio-active monster sub-genre of the ’50s and inspired Japan’s GODZILLA (1954), which in turn launched a tidal wave of giant monster movies that extends to the current [...]

By: » Mothra vs. Godzilla DVD

» Mothra vs. Godzilla DVD — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:09:39 +0000

[...] Godzilla [...]