Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) Brain Farts.

Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) directed by Jun Fukuda • Reviews, film + cast •  Letterboxd

Written: Sunday. September 6, 2020.

  • Definitely sure that my theory about Godzilla actually being an adult Minira is correct at this point.
    • the costume changed, and Godzilla's eyes are slightly bigger. So that's definitely an adult Minira.
    • the Godzilla in this movie was playful. He had actions similar to Minira, only that he's an adult. Theory confirmed, honestly. No more evidence is needed to prove this. I am correct and in the know.
  • This movie should either have been called:
    • Godzilla: The Adventures of Jet Jaguar.
    • Jet Jaguar vs. Gigan and Megalon (featuring Godzilla)
    • Kaiju Rumble...or some bullshit like that.
      • the reason for all this is because Godzilla only arrives late in the movie, there's more Jet Jaguar scenes than there is Godzilla, and Jet Jaguar closes the movie as a kid is riding on his shoulders.
  • Childish. What happened to Jun Fukuda?
    • Jun Fukuda used to have an actual style to his film-making. He was good in Ebirah, good in Son of Godzilla, but as he returns for this new trilogy of his within the Godzilla franchise, Fukuda's not there at all. I didn't see Fukuda in Gigan and Megalon.
    • It was like he was trying to conform to feeling like Ishiro Honda in Godzilla vs Gigan, and then he just got lazy and did whatever he did in Godzilla vs. Megalon. I dunno know if it's the studios that's tampering with his style or tone, or if he really just lost it after Son of Godzilla. But every time Fukuda's given a chance to make a Godzilla movie, it seems like the franchise gives him a very low budget.
  • No story, no memorable characters, recycled scenes.
    • It's a generic Godzilla movie, at this point. Nothing new was shown. They used the worshiper gimmick on Megalon, used the alien card on Gigan (and literally used scenes from Godzilla vs. Gigan and just put it within this movie like no one was gonna notice).
    • They attempted to ripoff Ultraman with Jet Jaguar. It's obvious. I kind of liked the part where he grows sentience, but other than that, nothing really shines for Jet Jaguar.
    • Too few characters were already in the movie, yet they failed to make me care about them.
  • Who were the Seatopians again?
    • if you're gonna introduce a new group of people who are essential to the plot (if there is any) of a movie, you introduce them well. You don't just show that they're worshiping this new monster like it's their god, and have them do exactly nothing within the next scenes.
    • they didn't even interact with the main characters of the story actively. They just passively allowed their lackeys to kidnap and toy with them the rest of the movie, and the lackeys weren't even that good at their jobs. They're like the Team Rocket of Pokemon. They just blasted off away (metaphorically speaking, but not for Gigan, who literally blasts away from the fight at the end of the movie).



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