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I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Indeed, this one takes me way back. I first saw this film on Disney Channels "Cool Nights" back in the late 90's. I recorded it on VHS and since then, I've rewatched it again and again. One part that I do like about the film is that it seems to delve right into the monsters, and that's something that any Godzilla fan can really appreciate. It's kinda weird though, soldiers who are apparently inherently evil are kidnapping natives of Mothra's island (who makes an extremely brief appearance in this film) and using them as slaves to grind fruits into a liquid. The soldiers use this liquid as a natural repellent against the Giant Lobster, Ebirah. To my knowledge, they never actually call it "Ebirah", they simply call it "the giant lobster". It contains a few interesting scenes not found in any other film. We have Godzilla fighting a Giant bird whose origin is unknown, and we also have a scene where a giant monster actually devours a person. It's really neat to see Godzilla fight underwater as well. I wouldn't put this as one of the top Godzilla films, but I would definitely say it's worth the watch.

The best Godzilla movie is the Godzilla remake from 1998. If you think otherwise there is nothing wrong with you. If you are mad about it there is something wrong with you. Get help you tyrant pig. This is a very good movie. It is the seventh Godzilla movie. It is also the fourth M.o.t.h.r.a movie. It is not as good as Godzilla vs M.o.t.h.r.a. That's the second M.o.t.h.r.a movie and the fourth Godzilla movie. The fifth M.o.t.h.r.a movie which would also be the ninth Godzilla movie titled Destroy all monsters is better. The sixth M.o.t.h.r.a movie which would also be the 12th Godzilla movie is called Godzilla vs G.i.g.a.n is also better. This is still a very entertaining movie. See it. See all the M.o.t.h.r.a movies. Most of the Godzilla movies are very good to. See this movie it's great.

It certainly picked up towards the end, but this was a slow, boring, and often weird Godzilla movie. The beginning sees a woman talking with a psychic about her eldest son that has vanished at sea. The psychic claims the son is still alive. His brother wants to find him, but the government wont do anything. He goes to a reporter, and as the reporter is talking to his editor, the young man sees a poster for a dance marathon, where the prize is a boat, and runs off before the reporter returns. The dance marathon has already been going for 3 days, and it is too late to enter. However, the young man meets two men that take him to see some boats. They enter a boat and the man there says they can stay the night. During the night the young man sets sail. This is THE loooooooooooongest way of doing anything ever. Couldn't the script writer just have him go and steal a boat after the psychic. It all happens very quickly. They are eventually attacked by a huge shrimp, and crash on an island. This is Mothra's island, where Godzilla also happens to be laying dormant, and some drug/fruit/weapon manufacturing army are also based. This film was originally written for King Kong, and it shows. Without big city destruction, Godzilla just fumbles about an island. There are some great parts, such as the tennis scene between Godzilla and Ebirah, but it is filled with unexplored avenues and just plain confusion.

I've watched "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster" twice today- once with the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew ripping it apart in a veru good but not great episode (the only great bit being the 'Godzilla bop' skit, one of the best skits in the show's early years), and the second time in all its unedited, pure horror. While there's no denying there's a lot of crap bits in even the better Godzilla films, there's no excuse for this gigantic mess known as "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster". It's terrible, simple as.Providing absolutely nothing of interest in the entirety of its running time, "Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster" is one of those films where you wonder why they bothered. Of course, with this particular effort the answer is 'money' but you really do wonder if they couldn't have come up with a slightly more enjoyable plot, slightly better characters, and a decent way to get the (poorly-realized) monsters together. Moreover, the once-interesting Mothra-summoning scenes drag on and on and on and on...It's boring. There's just nothing else to say about it, and there's maybe about 10 minutes of it that are actually interesting and worth watching. Settle for the MST3k version, it's got good riffs and Crow finally says what all of us have been thinking about the two twin girls, at least in close-up.Boring, boring, boring. Poorly-paced, poorly-made, and with truly embarrassing special effects, "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster" is a disaster.2/10