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#Gojira / Godzilla Deluxe Collector’s Edition (Gojira/Godzilla [1954] / Godzilla, King of the Monsters [1956])# Best Cheap Discount Sales Reviews

I saw this movie for the first time last night with my girl friend whom is Japanese, but has never seen Godzilla. I am not entirely sure what enticed me to buy this DVD, but a few days ago I had this itch to watch Godzilla, so I figured I’d star with the original considering I’d never seen it before and it is the first.

When I received the package I was blown away by the care and craft of the DVD’s package. It comes in a very classy cardboard special edition case with a Toho official holographic seal and well presented sash with the Godzilla stamp. This DVD is high quality and worth every penny.

I have yet to watch the “King of Monsters” version, but the original Gojira was really fantastic. It achieves this sense of urgency, panic, and terror better than many modern films that had huge budgets and rich names attached to them. Sure–it seems that as time went on Godzilla was turned into a more cheesy character (not necessarily a bad thing) but don’t be fooled. This movie is very serious and very epic.

It should also be noted that this is not simply a Giant Monster movie, but also contains a love triangle between three of the movie’s key characters, scientific morality, anti-nuclear weapon messages, atomic devastation imagery, and loads of science fiction. Dr. Serizawa is am iconic character playing the 1950s scientist with the black gloves and white over coat who has to make a terrible moral decision. It is everything classic sci-fi was about and at the same times dabbles in the terror of the unknown and lost ancient.

If you see some of my other reviews you will see that I never give anything five stars. I give Gojira five stars because to me it was the perfect movie untainted and pure. I am truly glad to have this DVD up on my shelf, and am very happy with the money I have spent for it. They just don’t make movies like that used to. Five stars.

My girlfriend also enjoyed it and she rarely enjoys science fiction or giant monsters.

Product Overview

This package contains:

* Godzilla (1954 Japanese Edition-english subtitles)
* King of the Monsters (1956 U.S. Release Edtion-english v/o dub)

Featuring:
* Audio commentaries
* Original trailers
*”Making of the Suite” Featurette
*”Godzilla: Story Development” featurette

Excellent flick – Richard L. Marazzo – Florida United States
I saw the Godzilla movie that was released in the States when it was on TV in the fifties/sixties and then again when it came out in VHS format. This movies answered a lot of questions (like why was R. Burr the only one facing the camera when inter-acting with any of the main Japanese characters) and cleared up a lot of things that just happened (where did this huge electrical fence come from) in the US version. I can understand why they did not release the Japanese version being so close to WWII, but in addition to wanting to save a ton of money by manipulating someone else’s product, a movie with subtitles just would not have gone over with the public of that era no matter what country was its producer. I am happy that I was able to view something I had not known existed and it was excellent.

Godzilla crushes Gojira – Boyd Henson – West Melbourne, FL, US
As a kid growing up I always looked forward to the monster movies. “Godzilla” was the ultimate monster, of course. What separated Godzilla from the other creatures bent on destruction was that this particular creature seemed to be out for revenge. He apparently did not take too kindly to being reawakened by atomic testing. Curiously, he took his revenge on the Japanese people, the very people who has suffered the most from the atomic bomb. Much has been made of the supposed symbolism employed in the original Japanese film “Gojira”. In the original film it was supposedly made clear that the monster was, in fact, the product of atomic testing and in fact could be equated with the atomic bomb. Maybe yes, maybe no. He certainly leveled Tokyo as if he were a nuclear device.
Surprisingly, watching “Gojira” is nothing like watching “Godzilla”. Employing Raymond Burr was a stroke of genius on the part of the American producers. The feeling of hopelessness and helplessness is conveyed much more skillfully in the Americanized movie. Perhaps it’s Burr’s delivery that is so effective. Couple his somber deliberations with the Japanese funereal soundtrack and the viewer can easily relate to the utter hopelessness of the victims when confronted with an unfeeling, unrelenting destructive leviathan.
Watch “Gojira” first and then “Godzilla”. Marvel at the editing process, noting how Burr’s scenes incorporating stand ins are skillfully interwoven with scenes from the original movie. Next appreciate how the editing process actually cleaned up and improved the Japanese version. The American version is shorter but not a single critical element was excised. “Godzilla” is simply better paced than “Gojira”.
The best adjective to describe “Godzilla” is “dread”. Never has hopelessness and impending doom for all humanity found a better vehicle than in “Godzilla”. See it again with a loved one.

Truly frightening – Brad J. Lewis –
The differences between the two versions are amazing! The original Japanese version actually makes a lot more sense. Godzilla is truly frightening here– a nuclear bomb incarnate! Watch both versions and compare them!

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