Gojira tai Mekagojira

A totally different review this evening.. Or morning.. However you want to look at it! I was recommended this film from a coworker, and decided to spend an hour and a half with this interesting Japanese film.

Godzilla vs Mechagozilla is the english translation for this film. I'm not going to go into too much detail with the plot. Basically it's just another Godzilla versus another creature movie.

What is cool about this film are the extravagant amounts of miniature work created, and the men-in-suits versions of Godzilla and Mechagodzilla. It's almost laughable, and it probably is laughable in the end, but oh so well done. Cheese, but nice cheese. Some really horrible visual effects, along side some really excellent visual effects. It was a toss up in that department. The actual physical effects and sets created for these two monsters to battle it out were pretty elaborate. I'm sure that the guys in the suits had an awesome time causing mayhem among the miniature cities, and lighting up fireworks and explosives all around them! Some pretty sweet monster and environment lighting. Definitely cool. Some of the buildings didn't look as large as they should be. They're all going to get demolished anyway by Godzilla or his foe.

Story? Uh.. No story. Something about live and death and the struggle in between. But it's got Godzilla and its mechanised foe!

What do I rate this one? I give it a 5 out of 10. Watchable maybe once if you're really into the men in costumes and pyrotechnics and miniature work.