Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1965 "Space Super Monster King Ghidorah attacks the Earth!"
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
6.5| 1h32m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 13 September 1965 Released
Producted By: TOHO
Country: Japan
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After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.

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Platypuschow When a world ending three headed monster by the name of Ghidorah arrives on earth chaos ensues!Godzilla, Rodan & Mothra are all on the scene but fighting one another. Can Mothra and the martians convince them to work together to fight this seemingly unstoppable force?So once again we have the grade A cheese, men in monster suits, stop motion animation, ridiculous fight scenes and terrible acting. And yet somehow/someway this is actually the best Toho film I've seen.It suffers with all the usual tropes and arguably the plot is even worse than usual but it works and makes for a fun monster epic.The Godzilla films are certainly niche and not for everyone but this is a fun little effort.The Good:By this point it's actually starting to feel like a franchiseBuilds up to a solid climaxThe Bad:Opening is really daftSome of the outfits are embarassingly badPlot is a tad confuddledGodzilla moves like a teletubbyFranchise is getting goofyThings I Learnt From This Movie:The mini martian ladies are growing on meMid battle giant monsters often enjoy games of catch with boulders
Hitchcoc Princesses from outer space, monsters forming alliances, bad guys who don't realize the danger of the monsters. Little girls singing to Mothra. I never cared much for these Monster Island things where the creatures cohabitate. The redeeming part of this movie is Ghiidorah. The animation is quite good. The three headed creature is very formidable and well conceived. The scenes where he faces off against the other monsters is frantic and intense. The problem for me, considering I sort of like these Japanese things, is there is no center to anything. The mythology shifts from time to time. Plus one never can quite get a handle on the number of casualties and the destruction brought on and yet an effort to ally with these things. Every movie is about the same. I really enjoyed the first ones (with the exception of those giant turtle ones--Gamea).
bob the moo A group searching for flying saucers spot a series of meteorites falling to earth. At the same time above them a princess from a small country is flying into Japan but is suddenly possessed by the spirit of a woman from Venus, forcing her to jump from the plane just before it explodes. She next turns up in a busy area of the city, warning of a threat to earth from outer space. Despite being seen as a kook raving at people passing by, she makes front page news around Japan and alerts the would-be assassins to the fact that their target is alive (albeit seemingly insane). The "threat" she speaks of is meanwhile being observed by a group of scientists – a large meteorite in the bas of a crater that has strange properties and appears to be growing. Unrelated, as predicted by the Venusian, Rodan emerges to attack while at the same time Godzilla emerges from the sea for another spate of destruction. As if these two battling each other was not enough, the meteorite turns out to be holding the space monster King Ghidorah, who also attacks. Fortunately a pair of tiny priestesses from Infant Island happen to be on the mainland for a TV show in which they telepathically let a pair of young boys get their wish of "seeing" Mothra; they are able to summon Mothra to help with the aim of convincing Godzilla and Rodan to stop their battle and team up to defeat Ghidorah.Considering this film is about several rubber monsters bashing each other around, there is a whole heck of a lot of plot and characters going on – my summary above doesn't even mention the journalist and her cop brother who are involved in proceedings or the fact that the film makes time for the Mothra priestesses to do their song not once but twice! And this is my problem with the film because it is at is "best" whenever it is being silly rubber monster fun – for example with Mothra spraying her web to stop a fight between Godzilla and Rodan; a fight which it must be said is essentially Godzilla kicking rocks at a giant turkey while that turkey flaps its wings to keep the rocks at bay. This I found silly and fun but it must be said that the monster part of this monster movie is actually pretty small, mainly because all this plotting and characters takes up so much space.Most of it is clunky and unnecessary as well, although if I'm honest some of it is comically convoluted or just silly so, although played straight there are some cruel laughs to be had at its expense because of how basic or dated it is but it is not enough to really make it enjoyable as that. It is a shame because Ghidorah appeared to be cool trash to me when I looked at it; or part of this is me coming to the name of MF Doom's King Geedorah, but still, the film does advertise something it doesn't deliver. One of the many alternative titles (and the one I had on my copy) was "Big Three Monsters – Greatest Decisive Battle on Earth" but when it comes to it the monsters have very little time on-screen and certainly the big battle is very short and simple – not particularly destructive, exciting or funny. Fans of the genre may like it but for the casual viewer looking for monster fun this is a simple matter of too much jaw and not enough war.
xnet95 ...into a mediator! Mothra has many talents, including the ability to be a monster counselor. I love it!I've been watching all the Godzilla movies sequentially, and this one was surprisingly enjoyable and well done. The human characters are likable and actually have brains. The story is well-written and has a lot of elements in it that help keep your interest. For example, the parts where there are no monsters fighting are interesting. Usually, the human interaction parts are boring. Plus, we get to see FOUR monsters in this one - AWESOME! And last, but not least - The Peanuts. Any movie with the Peanuts has to be good (well, maybe...) And, I love the woman playing the princess/Venusian. She is drop-dead gorgeous. Her face is so beautiful. The story-line concerning her adds much to the film.All of my comments are about the original Japanese version with English sub-titles. This is a very solid movie and can be enjoyed by people that might not love monster movies. If you love monster movies, you'll be in monster heaven...