Rate Godzilla 1985, scale of 1-10

SuperXAsh · #1 February 5th, 2007, 06:18 PM

Yeah I'm kinda ripping Eternal Mothra's poll idea here...

10 being the best, and 1 being the worst.

The movie that ushered in a new era, and returned Godzilla back to his roots. Also brought back Raymond Burr for another performance of his semi-famous character, Steve Martin.

This is one of my favorite Godzilla movies, and is the one movie that got me into this genre. I loved the effects, which were top notch for their time and still hold up for the most part to this day. The mood and approach was awesome, IMHO, and very stirring.

So what do you think?

Gonna post the poll portion after class. e_e

Cole Deschain · #2 February 5th, 2007, 06:38 PM

HOkay.

Depends on the version you mean.

The Retturn of Godzilla? Easily a 10, for me. Raw dread of a powerful force that seems to have returned from the grave. NO cheesy monster-on-monster violence, and the big guy looked awesome.

Godzilla 1985. In spite of some slicing and dicing, I still give this a 9. I never get tired of watching it.

Zigra · #3 February 5th, 2007, 07:42 PM

I give G84 about an 8. Good movie, but unlike it's superior follow-up, it does seem rather dated.

Mecha74 · #4 February 5th, 2007, 07:46 PM

A 10 for either version, for reasons already stated and more. This is also my favorite film from the Heisei series as well. To me, this is the definitive Godzilla and the version that most often comes to mind for me. That plus this was also one of the few times that the big G actually seemed scary. The powerful hate filled glare mixed with those gorgeous anamatronic snarls with Otani's dark and menacing music playing in the background while the walking juggernaut laid waste to all before him equals kaiju eiga perfection in my book.

Zigra · #5 February 5th, 2007, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mecha74

Otani's dark and menacing music

Just a small correction, Ko Otani (assuming that's the 'Otani' you're talking about) did not compose the music for this movie. G84's composer was Reijiro Koroku.

Showa Godzilla · #6 February 5th, 2007, 09:36 PM

9 for G84

7 for G85

Both are great, for reasons stated, but like Gojira, the Japanese Version is better.

Gorjirus · #7 February 5th, 2007, 09:37 PM

10

I love this movie.

And the next.

But this movie is soooooo good and I only remembered how much I love it when I watched it for a debate in DD IV.

EternalMothra · #8 February 5th, 2007, 10:35 PM

Hey, you didn't post a poll though lol.

I can do that for you though lol.

EternalMothra · #9 February 5th, 2007, 10:39 PM

Anyways, I like this movie, it has a powerful musical score and the final scene with Goji falling into Mt. Mihara is pretty powerful. I give it an 8/10.

Mecha74 · #10 February 6th, 2007, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zigra

Just a small correction, Ko Otani (assuming that's the 'Otani' you're talking about) did not compose the music for this movie. G84's composer was Reijiro Koroku.

Whoops, my bad. Thanks Zigra.

Burkion · #11 February 6th, 2007, 10:02 AM

Ten.

THat last monolouge from Steve...

King-Goji · #12 February 6th, 2007, 10:41 AM

Had to go with a 9.

One of my favorites, probably 2nd or 3rd favorite suit, overall great movie, but in my opinion, not enough Godzilla in the film.

darthzilla99 · #13 February 7th, 2007, 09:56 PM

I give it a 9. A very well done movie. While Bio has a little better effects (and even then, G84 still did better with the camear angles and facial expressions), this had a much better score and better acting. (Man, when you watch the japanese verison, you realise how bad the Saradian agent and boss are at acting, with the boss saying such lines as "The America" when its suppsoed to be Americans and "Make sure that the Japan does not make anymore of it" and the agent saying "D---, its godzilla!", in a very irrating way.)

Godzilla63 · #14 February 18th, 2007, 10:58 PM

One of my favorites! I chose 10 because everythings top notch!

EternalMothra · #15 February 18th, 2007, 11:12 PM

Any thing you specifically liked in the movie?

Space Rodan · #16 February 19th, 2007, 09:40 AM

I thought this movie was somewhat boring, the death at the end was powerful, but the overall first half the movie put me to sleep.

Orga777 · #17 February 19th, 2007, 09:53 AM

The Japanese version gets an 8. It is one of THE best Godzilla movies of all time. I didn't find it as good as Gojira or Destroyah though, so it got an 8. If I owned it, I would watch it all the time though. The American version... that thing gets a nice little 5.

EternalMothra · #18 February 19th, 2007, 09:56 AM

The American version could have done better. The only thing I like is the Dr. Pepper scene (cause I love Dr. Pepper lol) and Steve Martin. I also love the musical score.

Godzilla63 · #19 February 19th, 2007, 10:03 AM

I thought Godzilla's rampage was nicely done, and Toho tried to put in some horror with the shipwrecked guys, and that Shockeris, or whatever it was called.

EternalMothra · #20 February 19th, 2007, 10:04 AM

Yeah, Goji's destruction scenes were pretty scary. They did a good job with that.

Megabyte · #21 February 20th, 2007, 03:26 PM

The Japanese version gets about an 8, while the U.S. version probably gets a 6 and that's probably mostly due to nostalgia.

Jet Jaguar · #22 February 20th, 2007, 08:11 PM

I gave it a 9 because it IS a fan favorite, AND a personal one as well.
Guess I can't separate my feelings from my objectivity

Gfantheheroman · #23 March 28th, 2008, 01:54 PM

9/10. Definately one of my VERY favorites!

Scorpion13mk2 · #24 March 28th, 2008, 02:10 PM

10 for me.

The music was amazing, the action scenes were great. If the entire Heisei series had been on this level, where it was treated with this...I dont know how to say it...size, I guess, then it would have been amazing. Sadly, right after the fantastic Biollante, they started to go down hill with a vengence.

EternalMothra · #25 March 28th, 2008, 03:17 PM

The movie wasn't overly impressing to me, but I found the music to be spectacular!