A collection of classic Godzilla films

While the set itself looks nice in the artbox, and is at a good value price, skip this release. On September 5, 2006 Classic Media will be re-releasing these same films, plus Godzilla Raids Again and Ghidrah the Three Headed Monster (but minus Rodan, which is rumored for re-release later). The new releases will feature both American and Japanese versions of the movies, and in their original aspect ratios (and with great extras!). Bottom line, only get this set if you're a casual movie viewer and don't care if your films are hacked up to be formatted to the screen. If you're a hardcore G-fan, I'm sure you already knew all this. (I would like to add, the rating I gave reflects the film presentation, not the actual films themselves.)

Godzilla - The Nearly Ultimate Collection

This is a pretty sweet DVD set. These DVDs are good, for the most part. They have a menu and chapters, though only eight. The thing that really got to me was that the DVDs did not have closed captioning, though a lot of people don't use that anyway. Remember, the price is inexpensive because they are not the best godzilla movies, they are full of weird plots and stuff you'd think you'd see if you were intoxicated. The best movie in the collection was Rodan, I think. Remember, there is no godzilla in that movie.
Overall, I think any godzilla fan should get this, but someone who is not sure if they like godzilla should steer clear. They should go see Godzilla vs. Destroyah.

A must have for the Godzilla collection...

I am not sure what the fascination is with Godzilla but my son loves these monsters. This collection is good for the "b-movies" of Godzilla. I was not aware of the monster symbols noting the monsters contained in all the Godzilla dvds(but now I know). This is very good price for amount of Godzilla dvds you get. I would say that this is good quatity-wise rather quality. However my son loves it, so we will rate this with 4 stars...and I was told by him that it is a must-have for the Godzilla collectors :)