Review – Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah

There was an additional title at the beginning of the movie, “All-Star Monster Mega-battle” or something like that. If that made the show sound like a pay-per-view WWF event, well, that was more than a little apt. The allegiances of the monsters in the Godzilla series are as hard to keep track of as the good guy / bad guy status of pro wrestlers. Originally Godzilla was a bad guy. Then in the 70s he became our planet’s champion against other giant monsters, usually creatures brought to earth by aliens. Now at the dawn of the new millennium he’s back in the bad guy seat again. Likewise, Ghidorah used to be three-headed muscle for extraterrestrial invaders. Now he’s teamed up with Mothra and Baragon to keep Godzilla from trashing Japan. The effects are slightly better than they used to be, or at least they’re more seamlessly integrated with the live action. Beyond that this is what we’ve come to expect from Godzilla movies, nothing more and nothing less. Mildly amusing