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

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

If you're Godzilla fan, you 100% must see this. It is the one of the best films out of the entire franchise of Godzilla. XD. You have to know that it is purposefully goofy and hilarious. The acting, the plot, the sound effects, the special effects, all of it is so bad it's good. This is a unique kind of terrible. It somehow manages to be an amazing work of art. ·Two cool kaijus are introduced in this one: Megalon and Jet Jaguar. ·KSL (Kaiju Sign Language) is shown with Jet Jaguar and Godzilla communicating with their hands. ·Costumes are actually very well done. Some of the best of the Showa era. ·The sets are beautiful and gigantic. ·Unless you don't possess a sense of humor, you can't not laugh viewing the awesome awfulness. You can easily tell the cast and crew had fun making this. ·If things are bleak in your life and you want some drug-free temporary pure joy, please watch Godzilla vs Megalon. And watch it with a friend or a loved one. Shared laughter can be the best.

Godzilla vs. Megalon was one of the DUMBEST Toho movies in the 1970's. The way they did the monsters in this movie looked embarrassing like Jet Jaguar for an example. By the end of this film, the song called "Jet Jaguar" was worse than the whole soundtrack and it should not have been part of the movie. The fight scenes in this film were so silly. It didn't feel like they were fighting, they looked more like kids playing with each other in costumes. The human scenes were as bad as the monster scenes. Godzilla's face really looked like a monkey instead of a dinosaur face, like it should have. The story was horrible in many ways. This movie didn't really feel like a Godzilla movie at all.

Series continued its decline with the 13th appearance of Godzilla, who must again defend an attack on the Earth(this time from undersea dwellers, just for a change!) who unleash a new monster called Megalon to destroy the humans, and also send for Gigan to assist. Meanwhile, young inventors have created a human-like robot named Jet Jaguar, who takes it upon itself to help Godzilla, and increase its size as well. Utterly convoluted plot makes little sense, and is quite contrived and paper thin, not to mention too low budget, but almost works on a so bad it's good level. Really no worse than its immediate predecessor, and does provide some amusement, but that's all.

So here is Toho's bid to cash in on Ultraman. This movie really should have been called Jet Jaguar vs. Megalon, because that is basically what you get. Godzilla doesn't event really do anything until there is less than 20 mins. left in the movie.There is a serious bid to start a new franchise here, with the promise at the end that Jet Jaguar might be needed again, but alas this was not to be. Mostly, because this movie is not very good. Jet Jaguar did show up in a TV series, but that's about it.Story [* * . . .]The story goes like this: Nuclear underground testing has destroyed a part of an underwater civilization known as Seatopia. The Seatopians seek to gain revenge against those on the surface for the destruction, and at the same time acquire a small 6 ft. robot (Jet Jaguar) to protect themselves from their enemies. Wait, what??...since they already have control of Megalon,a giant cockroach, and have an alliance with aliens from the planet "M", who send them Gaigan for assistance, their need for this tiny robot to protect themselves makes little sense. Seeing as they also possess such advanced technology as to be able to create an artificial sun, robots should be child's play for them. At any rate, unlike some Godzilla movies, the story does keep moving, so it deserves credit for that.Level of Destruction [* * . . . ]Generally non-descript locations are destroyed, and relatively less destruction then later in the series. Apparently the budget for this film was tight, and most of it was put into a scene where Megalon destroys a dam, which is a pretty good scene.The fight scenes [* * . . . ]Without any doubt, later Show Series Godzilla movies are targeting young kids. With this in mind, the battle scenes are filled with goofy stuff like like Megalon circling Jet Jaguar until he gets dizzy and falls over. All battles are taking place in the middle of nowhere, so there is little collateral destruction going on during these battles. We do get a relatively famous flying kick from Godzilla, though.Yet, there are a surprising number of scenes that would seem to not be appropriate for small children, like blood shooting out of the enemy's face when hit with a RC plane, or some good blood gushing wounds from Gigan's attacks, so I'm not sure who this movie is targeting. Cheese factor [* * * . . ]After Jet Jaguar gets hit on the head, he gains self awareness, and decides to grow to 60 ft. tall. It all seems strangely familiar, and yet, at the same time, makes absolutely no sense. There is an attempt to show us what a cool scientist would be like, if such an animal existed, which adds to these cheese factor. The story is light and breezy, and has all the sensibility and depth of a Japanese 80's teen idol, but this is a late Showa Godzilla movie, and you get pretty much what you expect.Final Score [* * . . . ]It's a fairly bad movie, but the pacing is fairly well done. It's very rare that a plot in a Godzilla movie would make sense, but this one is worse than most. My biggest gripe is that there is far too little Godzilla in a movie where Godzilla is supposed to be the main event. If you like "B" movies, though, then this movie may be worth your time.(This review is based on the original Japanese version, so the US version may be quite different)