I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

This movie is one of my personal favorites for a good reason. Some of showa era movies are infamous for their bland uninteresting character while this one have well made characters including Akihito Hirata's scientist character and the main villain. the main human plot has a kind of thriller type vibe to it but terror i think has more of that. Mechagodzilla's design in this is truly iconic because of how threatening he looks and with his arsenal of weapons. the screen time of Godzilla is about the right amount a Godzilla movie needs. Over all a brilliant film with brilliant action.

You want to know what this Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla movie is all about? Well, if one remembers that rather (to put it kindly) flawed blockbuster event from DC, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (boy, what a supreme court case that was!), it involved in some part Lex Luthor hatching up a plan to make Doomsday to fight and kill Superman. That's not the only thing that happens, but that's the gist of it, right, and of course we know from the comics that Superman fights Doomsday and it becomes his undoing because, simply, Doomsday is bigger and badderer and can actually *hurt* Superman to the point of killing him practically. This Toho 20th anniversary for the "King of all Monsters" is kind of like that, only with some strange space-men in place of Lex Luthor, and Mecha-Godzilla in place of Doomsday to fight our Superman-like monster in Godzilla.If you think about it in that way it makes sense, and luckily this is a better Batman v Superman movie than what we got from Zach Snyder. But there are many other things that happen in this movie, and largely it's around a plot involving a statue that has some magical abilities, and another monstrous character, King Caesar, who resides on the island of Osaka, and what must be done to summon him to action. The space men are both highly entertaining and yet so silly to the point of being (almost) unable to take it: when they get shot, specifically in the face, part or all of their heads turn into ape-heads, and they become so accordingly. Why are they apes? Uh, I guess why not? I might buy into it more if the masks didn't look like they came discount from the set of the Planet of the Apes TV show at the time or something, it's that ridiculous. And this part of the movie takes up a big chunk of the middle, as the big monsters (plus Angirius in the opening) appear near the start and then go away for most of the movie as Mecha-Godzilla goes away for repairs. The human characters are fairly standard, and the stand-outs to me are the Interpol agent who looks super-slick and bad-ass with his glasses and black get up, and the woman who sings the long but amazing song to summon King Caesar (this was my pleasant surprise of the movie, thinking it would be interminable, but like the twins in the Mothra installments it's a welcome addition to have singing here). I like the movie well enough, and I think if you love the sillier B movie aspects of Godzilla's franchise it'll work just fine. I was with it at times and not at others, and it's neither the very best nor is it the worst these movies have to offer. Also, as a plus, Mecha- Godzilla is a spectacular threat and looks cool.

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla brings back a more serious tone. Well, as serious as you can be with the Godzilla movies (not including the original). Here we have an alien race of ape-men, creating their own Godzilla. Meanwhile a prophecy speaks of the resurrection of King Caesar. It's a big old monster mash-up with everything I love about these films. It was also well-shot, and stands apart in the sometimes boring human sections. Here, the intrigue is just as exciting as monsters fighting. We also see a rather horrific jaw breaking scene, and the wonders of wakening a monster with a four minute song. Mechagodzilla is a joy, as he doesn't look as ridiculous as some of the monster creations from the past.

This follows in the steps of many Japanese monster movies, involving construction workers (but it could be other people) who accidentally discover some magic stone (in this case: a statue in a cave) or other relic that invariably is linked to some monster or prophecy (in this case, both). Other clichés of monster movies return: the 007/Bond angle (monkey space invaders in disguise in a high-tech underground base ), the Mosura angle ( the sympathetic monster of the movie, king Caesar, must be summoned by a singing princess ).A cave with mysterious paintings is found; inside it lays a small statue, which is the key to a mysterious prophecy involving one monster setting out to destroy the world, and two good monsters to fight back.The statue is also coveted by a series of mysterious individuals, appearing in the end as interpol agents and space invaders.A new monster, King Caesar, appears in its native island of Okinawa and teams up with Godzilla to defeat the first mechagodzilla.A nice movie overall, with a few clichés angles that I am well aware used to be in the air at the time...and short 1h10m. Acting isn't bad for this kind of movie, but nothing worth mentioning...SFX are rather weak.