I recently rented "Godzilla against Mechagodzilla" (AKA: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla III) from Blockbuster video... here's my review for it.


Plot: 45 years after the original Godzilla was destroyed, a new one appears and begins to blow stuff up. In order to fight this new Godzilla, an anti-Godzilla weapon named "Kiryu" is built around the bones of the original Godzilla that died way back when.
Three years are spent putting togeather this weapon. (Where Godzilla went during all this time? Who knows.) ...Oh, yeah. And there's also some boring subplot revolving around some Mary Sue who accidentally caused somebody to be killed by Godzilla and becoming Kiryu's pilot and blah blah blah.
Right. So, right on the day Kiryu is finished, Godzilla just happens to show up. After probably the most boring fight in any Godzilla movie EVER, Godzilla runs away, and Kiryu goes on a rampage.
A big chunk of the movie is spent trying to fix Kiryu and stuff. A really BIG, looooooong boring chunk. I kinda tuned out around here, so I'll just skip ahead to the next fight.
Godzilla shows up again, and there's another battle, which ends with Godzilla being dumped into the ocean and running away. Righty now, onto my excessively bitey

Review: Grah. I didn't think it was possible, but there IS another Godzilla movie more mind numbingly boring then "Godzilla: Tokyo SOS". Coincidentally, the movie that exceeds it in boringness is also its direct predecessor.
The characters were annoying. Akane, the main character, is such a blatent Mary Sue that it made my blood boil. The other characters weren't as annoying as Akane, they were just... how shall we say... bland. They wasted too much time trying to develop them as well. They're already irritating and cliched, and the movie worsened this by trying to force these characters down my throat.
Kiryu (I won't call him Mechagodzilla, because he ain't the Mechagodzilla I grew up with and have grown to love) is annoying too... he looks cool, but really. The Kiryu wankage in this movie is excessive. The movie isn't even really about Godzilla, it's more about Mary Sue and Kiryu.

The fighting was okay... but compared to Godzilla vs Megaguirus, Godzilla 2000, and Godzilla vs Destroyah it pales in comparison. The first battle between Kiryu and Godzilla is more of a plot device then a real battle- Godzilla stands there, lets himself get shot at, and runs away. Like god-damn friggin' GINO. GODZILLA DOES NOT RUN AWAY. The fight was little more then to give Kiryu an excuse to go crazy. The second battle was fun to watch, but the Kiryu wankage ruined it for me. Godzilla doesn't live up to the standards set in the other movies- far from being an unstoppable force of nature, he just lets Kiryu beat the crap out of him, and only manages to hold his own by squeezing in the occasional dirty trick. Godzilla deserves better then to be treated as a mere plot device who can't hold his own in a fight without resorting to cheap, underhanded shots.

Overall, Godzilla against Mechagodzilla isn't very good. There's even MORE blah and even LESS boom in this movie then Tokyo SOS. I realize Toho is attempting to make Godzilla "serious", but it left me feeling cold and unfulfilled. You want a "serious" Godzilla movie? Watch "Godzilla vs Destroyah" and avoid this garbage. Overall, Godzilla against Mechagodzilla gets a measly five out of ten. This movie reeks like a big, stinky pile of Godzilla doo-doo.

Never rented this one, I could tell from looking at it that something was horribly wrong.

But thanks for the review anyway, now I know for sure not to get it.
*still trying to rent Godzilla: Save the Earth...can't wait to take Space Godzilla out for a stroll through tokyo*

I want that game so badly... but I don't have an X-Brick, so I guess I'm stuck not being able to play it. :(

I'm pretty sure there are versions on the other two systems.

*edit* - turns out there is a PS2 version and an X-Box version.

Though i didn't think it was not THAT bad it was terribly bogged down in character plot development about characters that frankly no one ever cares about anyway. So i'll play devil's advocate here and point out some positives. I didn't look at this Godzilla as being weak but rather Kiryu just being more powerful plus since he had the bones of the the Original O.G. (original Godzilla) i just looked at as the old Godzilla knocking the new one down a notch or two. I also like the "tip of the hat" that gave to the original MG in the head design. Very sinister looking. Reminds me of a fox or the giant robot Wiley Coyote once built in the Roadrunner cartoon. Remember the original MG out classed the old Godzilla when he and King Seesar (or more recently spelled Ceasar depending on which spelling you prefer) tackled him. Those two were litterally hiding behind boulders from the old MG's firepower!LOL I love the way Kiryu fired his missles so that they dropped down from above (SWEET!) and the the Cobra like neck Godzilla sported in this one and the next. But yes the movie still had it's bad points but I felt it had it's good points too though I will not claim that they really shined.

I *love* the old Mechagodzilla, myself, and I don't mind him being stronger then Godzilla. The problem here is the role reversal; you've got an uberpowerful good guy beating up on a villain who can't do much to it other then squeeze in a cheap shot every so often.

A rule of thumb is that the antagonist should be stronger then the hero; it creates drama and such. Mechagodzilla was technically a good guy in the Heisei series as well, but Godzilla wasn't treated as a cowardly villain and the means of bringing Godzilla to the fight, (holding baby Godzilla hostage), made Heisei Mecha-G seem more like a villain.

I like Mechagodzilla, but only as an antagonist. Although in Tokyo SOS he's powered down somewhat, so he isn't as grating.