The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's destruction under Godzilla. They offer to help erase Godzilla from history by preventing his creation. With Godzilla seemingly gone, a new monster emerges as the Futurians' true intentions are revealed.
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Alright, this is the film that's been regarded as the best Godzilla Film. In My Opinion, it's Either Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II OR Godzilla vs Destroyah. But this is MUCH MUCH better than Godzilla vs Biolante and better than The Battle for Earth. The plot is the most involved out of all the films, but that's the problem, this film gets too caught up in its plot the forget we're watching a Godzilla film. Godzilla is in the film for 15 mins (IVE COUNTED) out of 1 hr 42 mins. Now most times, Godzilla takes a backseat, to the other monster in the film. But King Ghidorah unfortunately gets just as much screen time as Godzilla. Actually if you count Ghidoarh and Mecha Ghidorah as two separate monsters, he has less screen time than Godzilla. The destruction scenes are really good. Both monsters get there own destruction scenes. The highlight is the fight between Godzilla and Ghidorah. It's one of the best monster fights ever, and he kicks Ghidorahs butt. But then it's followed by a meh final battle That ends with no one winning. The problem is that Ghidorah and Godzilla's fight is so good, that it can't be toppedEither way, maybe it really is the best Godzilla film. It's defiantly better then some of the other entries, but it's not MY favorite. But this was the sequel that should've followed Godzilla 85. It's defiantly on the top 10 best Godzilla films.
The best Godzilla movie is Godzilla (1998). This is the 18th Godzilla. It is not as good as the 16th Godzilla movie Return of Godzilla. It is not as good as the 17th Godzilla movie Godzilla vs B.i.o.l.l.a.t.e. It is not as good as the 19th Godzilla movie Godzilla and M.o.t.h.r.a and the battle for the earth. But it is still a very good movie. See it. It is scary. It not as good as the the 20th Godzilla movie Godzilla vs M.e.c.h.a Godzilla II. It is not as good as the 15th Godzilla movie Terror of M.e.c.h.a Godzilla. It is not as good as the 21st Godzilla movie Godzilla vs Space Godzilla. It is not as good as the 14th Godzilla movie Godzilla vs M.e.c.h.a Godzilla. But still a very good movie see it.
Godzilla and time travel fumble around with each other in an enjoyable but confusing entry. It mostly confuses because the time travel plot doesn't make much sense. Why do the aliens just move Godzilla? Who knows. It's great to see a bit more origin, even if it doesn't all add up. There are some excellent comedic scenes, aided by some hammy acting. The scene with a Mr. Spielberg is a great laugh out loud moment. The war scenes are a little something new, and the anti Americanism has been blown out of proportion. One of the characters even says that the dinosaur was just protecting its island. Ghidorah soon makes an appearance, and there's even more fun to be had with Mecha-Ghidorah. This was a jump back into the cheesiness of earlier films, but after the undeserved failure of the previous installment, that was to be expected.
First off, I should point out the 7/10 rating I am giving this movie is not by the same standards I would any other film. It is a 7 out of 10 for a Godzilla movie. I look at is as "what was the film maker trying to do, and did they accomplish that?", now that I have made that clear, I will get into the review.The story of this film revolves highly around time traveling, but this is where the plot of the film has the biggest set back. The time travelers came back from the 23rd century to stop Godzilla from destroying Japan, or so they tell the people in 1992 Japan. The problem is, when they find Godzilla and remove him from history they go back to 1992, and Godzilla has never existed, yet people remember him. Not to mention it actually creates a paradox. It would take me forever to explain the flaws in this film based solely of the time travel aspect.Once you get past that, it is a well put together movie. Higher production values then most other Godzilla films. Good characters, some funny scenes and very good action sequences. King Ghidorah looks good in both normal and mecha forms and creates a believable(for a Godzilla film) opponent.The film has been critiqued for being anti-American and pro-Japanese, but the only person who would see it that way would be a jingoistic individual to say the least. The reason it was critiqued for being anti-American is because you see Godzilla(as a dinosaur, not yet mutated) attack American troops during WW2. Funny, because Godzilla had only been attacking Japanese troops in the past movies and in future movies. The attacking American troops is even worked into the plot, as Gdzilla later destroys a ex Japanese soldier who thought Godzilla had saved them from the US troops. The other part of the criticism of it being anti-American is that the people from the 23rd century say that Japan becomes the dominant global power of the world. Pro-Japanese, yes. Anti-American is stretching it. The reason of Japan becoming the dominant global power works in the context of the story they are telling.As a Godzilla movie, this is one of the more memorable ones, if you can get past the time travel plot holes.
