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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1965)

September. 13,1965
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6.5
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NR
| Adventure Fantasy Action Science Fiction

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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Mjeteconer
1965/09/13

Just perfect...

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Listonixio
1965/09/14

Fresh and Exciting

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Taha Avalos
1965/09/15

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Josephina
1965/09/16

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

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Eric Stevenson
1965/09/17

It's at this movie where we truly get the sense of an actual Universe being created with the Godzilla characters. This movie features Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra teaming up for the first time against Ghidorah. He ended up being the most recurring foe in the Toho Universe, or whatever it's called. What's also great is that we get some great scenes with the human characters too. They are really into it in this movie as we see them actively fighting and even using guns. Granted, I still won't remember their names, but it's something. The closest this series has to recurring human characters so far are those two fairies.The best part of the movie is easily when the fairies are translating what the monsters are saying. We're informed that Mothra is trying to get Godzilla and Rodan to team up to stop Ghidorah and Mothra bravely tries to do it herself. It's great to see such energy from the little guy. It's weird to see how Ghidorah has no arms. Well, I guess with three heads and two tails, he has enough appendages already. The dubbing is fairly well done even if the voices are a bit too cutesy at times. ***

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utgard14
1965/09/18

One of the best Godzilla sequels. A fun monster rally that introduces the title monster, King Ghidorah, a three-headed dragon from space. There's a lot of silliness in this involving a Martian princess and the two singing fairy twins from the last two Mothra movies. They can communicate with the monsters. They play a big part in the film, convincing Godzilla and Rodan to join forces with Mothra and save Earth from Ghidorah. This would mark Godzilla's official turn to hero for future sequels. The special effects are a lot of fun. If you see the American version you'll get lots of amusing dubbing. As with most of these Godzilla movies, there's a lot of time before any monsters show up. I haven't seen one of the sequels yet that couldn't have benefited from losing 10 or 15 minutes of people standing around talking. At least with the American versions the most boring segments have some cheesy entertainment value from the silly dubbed voices. Anyway, it's all harmless fun with nice visuals and ideas. The selling point, of course, is when Godzilla & co. do their thing. The monster battles are awesome. The rock fight between Godzilla and Rodan is especially goofy. The climactic battle has Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra versus King Ghidorah -- what's not to love about that?

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jacobjohntaylor1
1965/09/19

The best Godzilla movie is the 1998 remake. Maybe you don't agree that's OK. But if you are really mad about it get over it you pee pee heads. This is the second R.o.d.a.n movie. It is also the third M.o.t.h.r.a movie. It is also the fifth Godzilla movie. It is very good. It is not as good as the original R.o.d.a.n. It is not as good as Destroy all monsters. That would be the Forth R.o.d.a.n movie. It would also be the fifth M.o.t.h.r.a movie. It would also be the ninth Godzilla movie. Godzilla final wars is also better. That is part 28 to the Japan Godzilla series. It would also be the seventh R.o.d.a.n movie. It would also be the 14th M.o.t.h.r.a movie. Godzilla vs M.o.t.h.r.a is also better. That's the second M.o.t.h.r.a movie. It is also the forth Godzilla movie. This is still a very good movie. It is very well written. It a lot of fun. A three headed giant spaces monster called King G.h.i.d.o.r.a.h flies to earth to destroy man kind. Now Godzilla M.o.t.h.r.a and R.o.d.a.n most fight together to stop him. All the M.o.t.h.r.a movies are good. All the R.o.d.an movies are good. And most of the Godzilla movies are good. See this movie. It's a great movie. A classic.

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bob the moo
1965/09/20

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.

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