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Godzilla vs. Hedorah

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Godzilla fights pollution in the form of living sludge found by a scientist (Akira Yamauchi) and his son (Toshie Kimura).
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Pat Padua Washington City Paper Reinvigorated a series that had gotten stodgy—the last thing you can say about this movie. Aug 8, 2024 Full Review Paul Lê Bloody Disgusting Banno’s one and only Godzilla film is nothing short of imagination. Enhanced by creative direction and sensorial imagery, this cinematic and influential experiment has enjoyed a seismic turnaround with fans and critics. Rated: 4/5 Jul 20, 2023 Full Review Erica Ciccarone Nashville Scene This psychotronic freak-out is one of the best (and oddly least successful) offerings in the Godzilla series. Sep 10, 2021 Full Review Bob Chipman Escapist Magazine While I can't call it good, I also can't call it forgettable. May 23, 2019 Full Review Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Treasure every moment of this strange horror-comedy-cartoon attempt to rejuvenate an increasingly formulaic genre. Rated: 7/10 Jan 5, 2014 Full Review Rob Humanick Projection Booth The image of the massive smog beast sucking fumes off of pollutant factory pipes proves almost indelible, but little else registers. Rated: C- Jun 19, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member (SPOILERS) Classic story of Godzilla vs humans, but not in the normal way. This movie highlights the fight between humans and the pollution that we cause. Godzilla was made by accident because of humanities hubris, and Hedora the sludge monster was made by humans as a byproduct of our life styles. The story mainly focuses on a small family, in which the father is a marine biologist and scientist, a small child who loves Godzilla and has a form of telepathy (no explanation), his mother who is a teacher, and her brother who is only seen as a "Hippie". The movies plot tends to fly by with new main character coming into the picture with little to no explanation as to who or why their important but that is nothing new to Godzilla films. Zero explanation on the Despite this, the plot does come forward easily and understandably. There are clever animated scenes that highlight the problem with human pollution and fit well into the story. The music is playful at times and gives a humor that can only be delivered by the classic 70's Godzilla movies. Originally a 4 star movie review, it was made into a 5 for the final fight between Godzilla and Hedora. It was comical, intense and it seemed to go on forever but in a 3 stooges kind of way. Swapping lick for lick and eye for eye, Godzilla rips out Hedora's power source (its eyes) and destroys them, then smashes the body only for Hedora to escape in a flying form. It doesn't end there as Godzilla makes his flying pose and uses his atomic breath to rocket itself towards Hedora. This time Godzilla absolutely demolishes Hedora and in a temper tantrum begins ripping out its "sludge organs" and throwing them around. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/16/24 Full Review Audience Member WEIRD AS ALL HELL. But actually really good. Its a good commentary on global warming and pollution. And Hedorah is hella amazing and underated. His stages are so cool. Not a popular option. But I love it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/03/24 Full Review josh d Pretty weird, even for a Godzilla movie. But there are some good elements to it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/09/24 Full Review Justin T This started with a lot of promise. The new monster is pretty cool and it has different evolution stages which also makes it more interesting. There are some truly bizarre moments too. There isn’t that much exciting monster action though, the second half of the movie is really slow and repetitive. It’s just not as entertaining Destroy All Monsters (1968) by a long shot. There isn’t enough city smashing and the second half is boring. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/23/24 Full Review Rich A Spoilers don’t read well I can watch this over and over Godzilla flies first and only time they should bring that back classic!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/23/24 Full Review Taylor W Weird as hell, but man this one's not forgettable Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/15/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Godzilla fights pollution in the form of living sludge found by a scientist (Akira Yamauchi) and his son (Toshie Kimura).
Director
Yoshimitu Banno
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Screenwriter
Kaoru Mabuchi, Yoshimitsu Banno
Production Co
Toho Company Ltd.
Rating
PG (Brief Mild Language|Sci-Fi Monster Violence)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 28, 2016
Runtime
1h 25m
Sound Mix
Surround
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