Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 12, 2012, 07:13:15 PM
You guys are making me wonder if I ever want to see that movie. I heard that it was very...strange. Isn't there a scene with the main character hallucinating or something? And then, of course, Godzilla's infamous flying scene.
It's my favorite 'over the top' Godzilla film. It's has a very acid/70's trippy charm to it. It also has occasionally brilliant, and chilling portions seen from a child's point of view. (Handles MUCH better than Godzilla's Revenge)
The scene where the dad leaves the kid playing in the rocky shallows as he goes scuba diving is one such scene. The creature (much smaller) attacks the child but is fended off and retreated towards the unknowing father. The kid is screaming to warn his dad ... and he is just standing there screaming at the ocean. All alone. Really cool really. Cvalda, you grump!
It is also one of the first really dirty, grimy, dark sequels with people getting melted down to bloody bones in an acid mist emitted from the creature. Pretty high body count for a Godzilla film in terms of on screen death and the aftermath.
Now Godzilla does haul off and 'fly' at one point. Hard to take even for a Godzilla flick. But given the other 'moments' such as the highland jig from Monster Zero, or the Talking monsters from Godzilla's Revenge and Godzilla vs Gigan/Godzilla on Monster Island ... it's forgivable. Just not ... forgettable.