GREATEST GODZILLA MOVIE POLL

[THUNDER HANDS]

Poll question: GREATEST GODZILLA MOVIE POLL

My favorite of all the science fiction movies starring a man in a giant green lizard suit.

Which is your particular brand of kitch fun?

[Lautremont]

1. D.A.M. by a country mile!

But that all-Japanese original version of the first one is pretty atmospheric.

[THUNDER HANDS]

2. would you believe I've never seen D.A.M.

I've seen practically every other Godzilla movie except that one. Its never on tv and I can't find it in any video stores at all.

[Lautremont]

8. I'm sure the DVD revolution will ensure it turns up soon.

Hopefully widescreen and all that jazz.

[Lautremont]

13. Oh, and here's a picture for you:

[BlueJazz]

3. I'm probably the only one on DU that actually liked the....

Matthew Broderick one. Godzilla was cool...tearing down buildings..

[HawkerHurricane]

5. Not so!

Combining the giant monster with Jurrassic Park level effects was awesome!

(Even with the Sargent acting as 2nd in command of the entire army in New York...)

[Forkboy]

9. The American GINO gets his ass kicked by Godzilla in the new film

YAY!

[lenidog]

14. That is blasphemy

That was not Godzilla but a overgrown iguana. ;) Actually I was recently watching some of the newer Godzilla films from Japan. I think the were made in the past four or five years. In one scene there is a couple Japanese officers talking about the creature that attacked America and how the Japanese experts claim that the Americans are wrong and it wasn't Godzilla.

[HeeBGBz]

4. You totally forgot Son of Godzilla

My very favorite.

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. no I didn't

I was trying to forget it though.

Smoke rings?

oy

[flamingyouth]

7. Destroy All Monsters

Hands down.

[Forkboy]

10. oooo...good question for me!

I'm torn between the original Japanese version of Godzilla ('54),Godzilla vs Destroyah ('96) or Godzilla,Mothra,King Ghidora-All Out Monsters Attack! (2001).

But of course,I love them all....except Godzilla vs Megalon :)

[lenidog]

15. Godzilla vs Megalon

That movie brings back some distant memories. I remember as a kid sitting home one night and watching it on one of the networks ABC, NBC or CBS, I forget and they broke into the movie to announce that the American Embassy in Tehran had been stormed and all the personnel were being held hostage. That really dates me doesn't it?

[xultar]

11. They used to do a Godzilla-thon on New Years Eve any one hear of any

channels doing a zilla thon this year?

[lenidog]

19. When I was a kid

And lived in Jersey their used to be this channel, I can't remember if it was out of NY or Philly but they used to run a 4:30 in the afternoons and they used to have different weeks of movies. It was the first place I ever saw Godzilla movies, Sergio Leone westerns and Bruce Lee films.

[LostInAnomie]

12. What about Godzilla vs King Ghidora

Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan in the fight of their lives against the three headed monster Ghidora.

That's some classy shit.

[lenidog]

16. My Favorites

The all time favorite has to be the original. (BTW A little Godzilla trivia for you. Watch the original again and keep an eye on Raymond Burr. He never interacts with anyone except the one Japanese officer. That is because he isn't in the Japanese version. All his footage was added before it was released in America because they wanted at least one white guy in the film.) For sheer campiness the best have to be Godzilla VS The Smog Monster and Godzilla VS King Kong.

[Khephra]

17. I have a special fondness for "Godzilla vs the Smog Monster"

Or as one site puts it: "The closest that Godzilla got to being an "art film".

[lenidog]

18. By the way

Has anyone else ever seen some of the other Japanese monster movies with Gamera, Rodan, Mothra or even Frankenstein? Or if you really want to go deep in the genre how about the Brit eqivalent "Gorgo" or even the Danish version "Reptilicus" (monster is a hand puppet int that one).

[General Zod]

20. Mothra is excellent and Rodan is very good......

....and the Gamera movies, which started off as a cheap
Godzilla imitation, actually were a lot of fun. A jet propelled flying turtle..... way too cool!

[Seabiscuit]

21. Godzilla vs. Bambi

I kid you not - it was a "short" film.