!!!a classic film!

a pernsonl faveroite of mine, i like nick adams in here he did a great job doing this film the special effets were awsome mostly for the time the alien plot was also good the destruction in here was great and ghidrah was seen more than he was in the last film and the screen qulity was also very good[i have the widescreen edition] a very well made film my faveroite of the showa serise the victory dance was also funny!

Come on, folks! Admit it! This movie is horrible ! (But you know what? I like it, too!)

No need to go into the plot. Just about every reviewer here has given their take on the fun mess.

The movie is obviously directed toward children. Little kids are more prone to being awed by make-believe monsters and are thrilled by the notion of space flight - and they're more forgiving when the whole of the story does not make sense. All they know (or perhaps care about) is that it's "Good Guys vs. Bad Guys" and the Good Guys always win. Sprinkle a little G-rated butt-kicking by people in rubber suits in the mix, and the tots will love it.

Still, in terms of motion-picture quality, there are plenty of "Good Guy/Bad Guy" children's movies out there that are very well done. I can only surmise that this film's "Dr. Who-like quality of being filmed in some teenager's basement" is the result of having next to no budget to put this movie together.

The usual cast of Japanese contract players have roles, supposedly because they were still under contract when the film was shot! The addition of US actor Nick Adams makes the contract players seem extraordinarily talented. (Adams was also in a movie called "Die, Monster, Die" with Boris Karloff. He was just as wooden and god-awful in that film, too. I read on here that Adams was nominated for an Oscar. All I can say is, if Nicky seemed good enough to get a nod from his peers, then there must have been one heck of a director on that film, with a heavy hand in the editing booth).

Nevertheless, I have to admit that I bought the DVD of this film knowing what I would be getting. It's a cheese-fest, a piece of garbage with no artistic merit; yet, I enjoy watching it. I can't help but feel a bit nostalgic, watching the film and thinking back to a day when life seemed so much simpler and less stressful. The film is fun to watch for that reason alone.

If this movie hasn't hit "cult-classic" status yet, I'd be surprised. It's right up there with "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes."

Beautiful!

Campy? Well the dubbed versions usually are, but the original Japanese versions are a bit more serious--a detail worth paying attention to. The dubbing was done in the US by people who clearly didn't understand or respect this kind of Japanese film.

These remastered version are extraordinary. The art direction--even on these later movies when Toho didn't have as much money to spend--is superb. Lots of imagination and real magic--visually this is much more interesting than much of what was being produced elsewhere in the world at this time and I wish we'd start giving Toho, and the Japanese film industry, some credit for this. These are great and highly entertaining films!

Check out the Tokyo Shock releases: "Mysterians" (one of my all time favorites), "Dogora" and more. Also clean and wide-screened. Top notch stuff.