Takao Okawara

Hiroshi Kashiwabara 
Wataru Mimura 

Japanese scientists begins to suspect there's a logic to Godzilla's attacks  More

Sci-Fi / Action

1hr  30mins

Rated PG (for monster violence and mild language)

Columbia TriStar

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 The People's Review of Godzilla 2000

RUBEN
score = 100
I LOVE GODZILLA 2000 THE FIRST JUNIOR GODZILLA MOVIE MADE I KNOWEST THAT BECAUSE WHEN I SAW GODZILLA VS. DESTROYAH GODZILLA MELTED AND THEN THE OTHER GODZILLA WAS JUNIOR I KNEW THAT BECAUSE JUNIOR ABSORED GODZILLA'S ENERGY AND LIFEFORCE AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE JUNIOR ALIVE AND I KNOWN GODZILLA FOR 8 YEARS AND I WATCH GODZILLA EVERY DAY THE PART I LIKE ABOUT GODZILLA 2000 IS WHEN ORGA WAS EATING JUNIOR GODZILLA BUT THEN JUNIOR GODZILLA THREW HIS RENEWED ATOMIC BLAST THEN HE KILLED THE CHIEF OF THE MILATARY AND THEN STARTED RAMPAGING THREW JAPAN ONCE AGAIN

David
score = 90
comments = Great movie.  I have followed godzilla for nearly 20 years and i must say the american version a couple of years ago was awful.  It's nice to see the real godzilla back in action.  Hope to see many more original looking godzilla movies in the future.

Ultarant
score = 100
comments = This film, although containing relatively bad dubbing and sub-par special effects to Hollywood (hey, they just did not have the money)is downright great!  Godzilla looks cooler then ever, and he has a really neat foe to fight this time.  This film may seem like a fan movie (and it is) but it is also appealing to kids with it's numerous action sequences (if not really for it's story).  Of all the "big budget" films of this summer, I found this one to be the most entertaining.  So take the kids to see Godzilla, or take yourself, if your in to that king of thing.

Ray
score = 100
comments = Truly a magnificent movie. It's nice to see the original Godzilla back in action. I've been a fan for over 30 years. Really one of the best movies to keep with the tradition.

karen m 
score = 90 
Great movie. It was great to see the real Godzilla back in action. The music was just like the old days. The tanks, fighter jets, and missiles are like before.  Watching the first scene with Godzilla munching on a ship was good.  It isn't his fault those things are in his way when he goes out. I am ready for the next movie.  The Godzilla in the American version should have been name "the attack of the giant iguana" or "iguana attacks New York"

Steve 
score = 70 
I actually saw this movie on accident. I was never into Godzilla but now I am. This movie was much better than the American Matthew B. version a few years ago. The film dragged a little in the midlle and the last fight sequence could have been better, but overall it was a grat Godzilla flick.

Michael 
score = 100 
I loved Godzilla 2000 the movie it was worth my money to see more than once.  The part that I liked the most was when Godzilla was started to be consumed by Orga then Godzilla blasted Orga from the inside out and Orga exploded intomany pieces. Thanxz....

YGoodwriter 
score = 70 
It was good to see the REAL Godzilla again. Indestructible, treading on buildings, the original roar, the original theme music, the guy in the rubber suit--all of the classic hallmarks were back. The movie starts off great, with about 20 straight minutes of non-stop Godzilla. Classic Big G vs. the military action. Cool stuff. Unfortunately, Godzilla disappears from the film for a long period of time and the movie starts to drag in the middle. But he makes a good comeback and the last half hour is all Godzilla. The climactic battle is not one of the best monster fights I've seen, but it was sufficiently entertaining. It was certainly better than anything in that putrid American/Mathew Broderick/Dean Devlin version. The enemy monster is suprisingly nameless, which I found strange, since Godzilla's foes usually have cool names. He/it reminded me a little of the Smog Monster, and a little of Biolante, the way it kept metamorphasising. I liked his altered look, with the big, sharp dorsal spines. But then I believe this is a new Godzilla, (Godzilla Jr.?) reborn after the original Godzilla's death at the end of 'Destroya'. (Strangely, those events are never referred to in this film. Everyone speaks as if this was the one-and-only, original Big G!)And the effects are quite good. His movements are enhanced by CGI, and he looks awesome when he spits his Atomic breath! I particularly liked the scene where he is swimming under water. All-in-all, this is a good entry to the series. Better than 'Godzilla's Revenge', 'Godzilla On Monster Island', 'Megalon', 'Cosmic Monster', and 'The Terror of MechaGodzilla'. But not as good as the earliest films or the post 85 Hesei flicks. It's clearly FAR superior to the horrible American version. I'd give it 6 & a half out of 10.

Mr G 
score = 80 
I saw this movie and I am so happy that the children finally get to see the real Godzilla in action on the big screen. The fake lizard Godzilla, made in America really took the fun away. This film is really a comeback!

Phil Riordan 
score = 80 
My 9 year old son and I saw this film today and it was the most enjoyable dad-son cinema experience we've shared in a long time. G's design was far more interesting than his American counterpart's. The pyrotechnics and special effects improve in sophistication with each Godzilla outing. "Godzilla 2000" was as satisfying as a good rollercoaster ride.

TOHO54 
score = 90 
I saw this movie and i give it an 8 on a scale from 1 to 10.  I cant wait to see it here in America i hope they just dubb the movie and dont edit it in any way shape or form the way they did with Godzilla 84 a.k.a. Godzilla85 here in the USA.  They really messed up that movie when it came here to America. I just wish the 89 91 92 93 94 95 Godzilla movie's could have come to the USA. David Nunez

B.E.Murray 

score = 70 

Let me get my two gripes out of the way.  Firstly, the dialogue is bad, even for a Godzilla film.  However, this worked to some advantage by giving the audience here in Houston an occasional good laugh.  Secondly, the climactic battle between Godzilla and the alien creature was rather bland, but only because the alien was so well designed.  It looked nastier than anything Godzilla's grappled with before, but it didn't do much to capitalize on it's ferocity. That said, this has basically what you want from a Godzilla film;  a wild ride through the middle of a Japanese city on the shoulders of a guy in a big, green, rubber suit (Devlin & Emmerich, please take note!).  Set after set was sacrificed under the foot or flame of Godzilla in this picture, and CGI effects, as well as traditional tricks, were used extensively to give the films production value a good boost up from past giant monster fare.   The plot is secondary of course, but involves a 60,000,000 year old meteor/spaceship that is revived and wants to use Godzilla's regenerative prowess to conquer Earth.  Before Godzilla can destroy the ship, it steals some of his regenerative ability and creates a monster for him to battle.  Again, a great look, but not much else.  It attemtps to absorb and 'morph' into another Godzilla during the fight, but Godzilla has other plans in what amounts to the strangest finale sequence ever. If you have any interest in seeing this film, then you're probably a Godzilla fan to begin with.  And rest assured that this is the REAL Godzilla, not the bastardized American version, which substituted a big, modern lizard for our favorite giant dinosaur.  However, Toho has, as they often have, slightly altered his appearance by giving him a meaner look, with bigger, nastier spines. The change is great, and of course Godzilla's staple radioactive fire breath, ignored by the American release, is back and better than ever, with CGI effects enhancing the blast. Watching the real Godzilla, on the big screen in America for the first time in fifteen years, is a rare treat.  Kids will eat this up, of course, and their parent's (okay, probably just the dads) will have fun reliving youthful memories of Saturday afternoons with Godzilla movies of long ago.  Not too often can a film bridge a generation gap like this.  Even without kids, it's still worth a Saturday afternoon.  Timeless is a word often used in reference to artistic classics.  Isn't it silly and wonderful that we can include Godzilla in that context?

Hiro

score = 90 

 this was an incredible movie...but in case the last guy never noticed... All the Hesei Godzilla series have been dubbed and released in the USA on both DVD and video cassette....David Mumez...u need need a smack in the head...get your ass down to the nearest movie store (preferably Suncoast Motion Picture company )and see for yourself...

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