I don't even know. I seen millions of them, it seems. Enjoyed most. Expect that American version. And the ones with the son of Godzilla and little brats so annoying you want Godzilla to stomp them into their graves.
My favorite is the first one- GOJIRA (1954). He was f**king scary and kills people!
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I guess half a dozen or so, including the newer versions. I much prefer the Japanese movies though. I remember the first one I ever saw being the Smog Monster one when it was shown on a series called 'The Worst of Hollywood'.
Sadly only the one: the 1998 one 😳😳
Let's see... the original 1954 version in both Japanese and U.S. cuts. The 2014 American remake. Just the final scene of "Godzilla vs. King Kong." "Destroy All Monsters." "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster" on MST3K. The 1998 one through Rifftrax. So depending on how you count, that's a maximum of 7.
I seen 25. Here's a list of his films-
https://www.ign.com/articles/godzilla-movies-in-order (https://www.ign.com/articles/godzilla-movies-in-order)
Just the ones featured on MST3K. Honestly, as much fun Godzilla is, the lame cast and plot of these movies make them unwatchable for me. I prefer the Gamera movies, at least those are so ridiculous that you can laugh at them.
I think I lost track after the 1970s...
And some of them have different names from what I remember....
I forgot Godzilla vs. Megalon (MST3K only).
I have seen a larger percentage of Gameras than Godzillas.
For some reason, I've never sat through Godzilla Vs The Smog Monster...
I don't know why...
Quote from: Trevor on February 23, 2023, 08:13:24 AM
Sadly only the one: the 1998 one 😳😳
You should be able to view a copy of
GOJIRA (1954) which is the only great movie in the franchise. As a film historian:
GOJIRA is a must-see.
Do not confuse the original
GOJIRA with the American chopped salad Raymond Burr
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS (1956) which is easily half inserted footage and brought all subsequent films down to its level.
Oh...
How many Godzilla movies have you seen?
Too many.
Quote from: Allhallowsday on February 23, 2023, 02:34:44 PM
Quote from: Trevor on February 23, 2023, 08:13:24 AM
Sadly only the one: the 1998 one 😳😳
You should be able to view a copy of GOJIRA (1954) which is the only great movie in the franchise. As a film historian: GOJIRA is a must-see.
Do not confuse the original GOJIRA with the American chopped salad Raymond Burr GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS (1956) which is easily half inserted footage and brought all subsequent films down to its level.
archive.org has a pretty decent copy of the 1954 one: I will watch it on the weekend :smile:
I've seen many of the Shōwa era (1954–1975) films but I would be lying that I've seen most of them dubbed only as a child when A) they came on TV or B) what I had the ability to rent. The Heisei era I've missed out on but eventually would like to change that.
In my older years I've seen:
Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
Shin Godzilla (2016)
Godzilla (1998)
Godzilla (2014)
Kong: Skull Island (2017) - Ties to the US Monsterverse.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Son of Godzilla (1967)
Godzilla (1998)
Godzilla (2014)
Quote from: bob on February 23, 2023, 05:00:31 PM
Son of Godzilla (1967)
That's the one with with those f**king little brats running around. :hatred:
Quote from: RCMerchant on February 23, 2023, 05:04:50 PM
Quote from: bob on February 23, 2023, 05:00:31 PM
Son of Godzilla (1967)
That's the one with with those f**king little brats running around. :hatred:
Don't forget most of those later 60s 70s Godzillas are crammed with annoying kids...
My favorites would be the first, DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968), and, for some odd reason, GODZILL VS. THE SMOG MONSTER (1971).
Quote from: RCMerchant on February 23, 2023, 05:25:51 PM
My favorites would be the first, DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968), and, for some odd reason, GODZILL VS. THE SMOG MONSTER (1971).
Well, I like
SON OF GODZILLA, real candy-coated popcorn kid stuff. They are all silly. Is
SMOG MONSTER the one with an annoying kid who is playing with the coolest Godzilla toy at the beginning...?
I can't remember. I do know it had the s**tty song " Save the Earth...!"
I love it for the sheer stupidity quotaint.
I have seen lots of parts of Godzilla movies. Probabaly parts of most of them, but I haven't watched many of the older movies fully. It's just not a thing I ever got into.
Quote from: RCMerchant on February 23, 2023, 06:43:38 PM
I can't remember. I do know it had the s**tty song " Save the Earth...!"
I love it for the sheer stupidity quotaint.
https://youtu.be/kC1CGrVuGV8
I've seen at least one version of this movie where the kid has this dream in really third rate animation while he's reciting a poem.
Personally, I've always found Godzilla vs Megalon the most amusing...
https://youtu.be/5-CvNxRs5Zs
Oddly enough Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) was just announced for Fathom Events.
https://www.fathomevents.com/events/Godzilla-Tokyo-SOS?date=2023-03-22 (https://www.fathomevents.com/events/Godzilla-Tokyo-SOS?date=2023-03-22)
^ I LOVE that one! So many f**king monsters! :hot:
Pretty much all of them. The only two I haven't seen are the last two netflix animated ones.
All of them except for the animated ones
Quote from: Trevor on February 23, 2023, 03:44:25 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on February 23, 2023, 02:34:44 PM
Quote from: Trevor on February 23, 2023, 08:13:24 AM
Sadly only the one: the 1998 one 😳😳
You should be able to view a copy of GOJIRA (1954) which is the only great movie in the franchise. As a film historian: GOJIRA is a must-see.
Do not confuse the original GOJIRA with the American chopped salad Raymond Burr GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS (1956) which is easily half inserted footage and brought all subsequent films down to its level.
archive.org has a pretty decent copy of the 1954 one: I will watch it on the weekend :smile:
Let us know what you thought...
I don't know. I saw the one with Matthew Broderick, another one in a theater around that time that looked new and I think was dubbed, plus a few on TV like where he fought King Kong, and one where some man leaned off a balcony with dental floss to hold him up. 5-6, maybe? Plus I've seen the '70s Saturday morning TV series on VHS, where it has Godzuki---sort of the show's Scrappy Doo/Cousin Oliver/War Doctor----and where Godzilla was nice.
Oh, jeez. Minimum, 20-ish or so.
Local station here in Philly used to do movie marathons on weekends back in the day. One weekend was martial arts films, next would be Universal Monster films, then sci-fi/kaiju type films the next. Godzilla films were featured on the sci-fi ones.
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1954/56)
Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1955/59)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (aka Invasion of the Astro-Monster)
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Son of Godzilla
Destroy All Monsters
Godzilla's Revenge
Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (technically, think I fell asleep during part of it somehow...)
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Godzilla vs. Megalon
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Terror of Mechagodzilla (I know I fell asleep during this one)
Return of Godzilla / Godzilla 1985 (1984)
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (pretty sure I fell asleep during this...)
Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla (underrated)
Godzilla 1998 ...
Godzilla 2000
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla: Final Wars (I think I either fell asleep during this or possibly fell in a vat of acid)[/i]
Godzilla (2014)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
^the recent American ones are all good fun btw. They play like G-Fan fanfic.
That's 28, then...
Quote from: AlbertMond on March 05, 2023, 04:39:42 AM
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1954/56)
...
No, no, no.
GOJIRA (1954) is
NOT interchangeable with
GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS (1956).
That's a terrific list, but have you seen
GOJIRA?
And as of last night. I've seen them all.
Quote from: Allhallowsday on March 10, 2023, 10:13:08 PM
Quote from: AlbertMond on March 05, 2023, 04:39:42 AM
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1954/56)
...
No, no, no. GOJIRA (1954) is NOT interchangeable with GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS (1956).
That's a terrific list, but have you seen GOJIRA?
Tru, they're technically different... so, no, I don't
think I've seen
Gojira, although I feel like I could potentially forget it if I watched it once after seeing the version w/ Raymond Burr in it so many times. But I don't think I've seen it.
That's such a weird thing they did to the first two Godzilla movies in the states, too. I've always thought the Burr addition in the first was actually pretty classy, but the way they handled
Godzilla Raids Again was amazingly terrible, although I think it was a bit intriguing as well. The whole fan mythos around "Gigantis" (erroneously described by some sources as a separate "female" monster though iirc that never even showed up in the dub) is pretty fascinating.
Unpopular opinion: I like GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS better than GOJIRA. By screen time percentage it's got more giant monster, less boring science/allegory.
I've seen all of them except for the animated ones, and I'd watch those if I could.