brilliant actors, brilliant editing

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

This is one of the few Godzilla movies where I actually care for the plot. We get to have humans doing all this Kung fu stuff and we get to see Godzilla kick ass in hardcore fashion! I do have to admit the final battle with Monster X dragged on but this movie was still epic and hardcore!

Even hardcore Godzilla fans will have a hard time swallowing "Godzilla: Final Wars". Sure there are plenty of monsters in the film, but none of them have any presence and aside from a few monsters, they have very little screen time overall. Some monsters appear for less than five minutes, only to display how "Awesome" Godzilla is when he effortlessly blows them away. Really, what's the point? This isn't going to win the big guy any new fans, and old fans won't be seeing anything new, since this is a retread of "Destroy all Monsters". The dialog is very bad, the characters are cliché and the story is lazy. Despite the good special effects and large roster of monsters, this is one of the worst entries in the series because while it really just feels like a 13 year old played one of the "Godzilla" fighting games, drew his own "most awesome Godzilla story ever" and turned it into a film (Dvd, March 2012)

I've been a Godzilla fan for decades and have always been forgiving of the shortcomings of some of the films. On this occasion, the shortcomings are too intrusive to and in-your-face to look past. Unfortunately, the problems are there from the start and they don't ever go away long enough to forget. A prime example is Keith Emmerson's musical contributions. The tinny, cheezie keyboard music belongs in a cheap early 80s video game. Unfortunately, it is dumped on you at the start and at the end. As a result, it is part of what you take away from the film. I am not sure what is more unbelievable, Emerson having the nerve to actually submit such garbage or the fact that it was accepted. The non Emerson music is not much better. This is really long way from the original foreboding Godzilla score. Matching with the music is the use of low quality computer graphics which again could easily have come out of an early 80s video game. Surely, Godzilla's send off deserves better. It really is cheap and third rate as are almost all of the characters, acting and the human action scenes. Since plenty of time is spent on those instead of Gojira and the other Kaiju, that low grade stuff is most of what you see. Some have said that the movie does not take itself seriously and that should be taken into consideration. That can perhaps forgive some of the dialogue but we are talking about some really atrocious production here that would likely be rejected for a Saturday morning cartoon. The good moments are provided by what you actually came to see, i.e. Godzilla in full rage and a full slate of other monsters who, whatever their role here, seem like old friends and rivals. The screen time for most of them is limited in this format. All but one is a welcome guest and one wonders why the human action filler was not cut back in favour of the monsters. The production for the monster scenes is at a much higher level except again in some of the CG based flying scenes and for one of the monsters that was presented in a very bad way, worse in fact than in that particular creature's original appearance long ago. That part was was difficult to comprehend. Two possible explanations are 1) no budget or time left for that section, 2) taking the audience for granted. This movie could have been a lot better and it deserved to be.

Godzilla might be the one character on film with the longest history. It's just like James Bond: it never really dies or ends, it just keeps coming back decade after decade in some new hip style.After twenty-plus Godzilla films, Final Wars presents the last foray in the classic series into the crazy world of rampaging monsters toppling cities (in the same fashion as Die Another Day was the last Bond film of the initial series that went crazy with the gadgets and evil megalomaniacs and such). If nothing else, Final Wars goes all-out in shoving in as much epic action, as many monsters, and as much glorious cheese as it can! And it does so with flash and style! Really, the film is utterly stupid and laughable. The acting is very cheesy (especially when watching it with English dubbing), the action is very over-the-top, the monsters still look fake as hell, and the production overall is as cheap as they come. The film also has a ton of scenes where they tried their best to be modern and cool; you can expect to meet a squad of dudes who twirl around with guns, as if they came from Equilibrium. And, there are car chases and fight scenes galore. Of course, the main highlight is the mass carnage caused by the monsters, and the film doesn't disappoint on that level: in addition to Godzilla, there are also flying bugs, rampaging lizards, and aliens destroying practically every city in the world. A whole gang of monsters from the older films return, including Mothra, Gigan, Rodan, Ghidorah, Ebirah, and so many more! They've even thrown in Zilla, from the much-hated '98 US film in the mix! Godzilla's son appears in all his stupid glory! Oh yeah, it doesn't get much bigger than this! The story's pretty silly, the characters are pretty flat, but what really matters it that it's basically the end-all-be-all war of monsters. The first half of the film sets things up fine and dandy, before all heck breaks lose in the last half. Nothing terribly deep, but it's cool all the same.This film is quite cheesy. It does have fine and dandy photography. Editing can be pretty hectic and erratic (especially during the opening credits scene, which includes some cool clips from the last 20-something movies). Acting and writing are pretty bad. This production has some very cheap-looking sets, props, and costumes. Music is pretty cool.This is the type of kaiju film I find myself enjoying more and more: it's the type that doesn't take itself seriously, and knows how to have a good time. The film moves fast, has loads of action, and has a pretty generous helping of cheese. If you don't mind that kind of thing, then this movie should be a must-see! 4/5 (Entertainment: Perfect | Story: Average | Film: Average)