Godzilla's Revenge (1969)
Plot Summary
Ichiro is a highly imaginative, but lonely, boy growing up in urban Tokyo. Every day he comes home to the empty apartment he shares with his railroad worker father and his restaurant hostess mother. His only friends are a toy maker name Shinpei Inami and a little girl named Sachicko. The only other kids that are around is a gang of kids led by a bully named Gabara. To escape his loneliness, Ichiro imagines that he is on Monster Island where he befriends Minya, the son of Godzilla. It is through his daydreams that he watches Godzilla and Minya fight other monsters, including one also named Gabara who is just as bad a bully as the one that is tormenting Ichiro. It is through these daydreams that he learns that it is okay to fight back and face his fears. These lessons also help him to outwit a couple of bumbling bank robbers as well as finally have the guts to stand up to Gabara and his gang
This is going to break the record for shortest review so far on this blog.
WORST. GODZILLA. MOVIE. EVER.
Seriously, This was bad on so many levels, the kid is annoying, the whole "overcoming being bullied" plot is executed laughably and the subplot with the crooks is just beyond ridiculous. I will say that the film makers' intentions were good but like the saying goes "The road to hell is paved by good intentions". I can understand Toho wanting to do a kids-centric Godzilla movie after all they did it pretty well a couple films earlier but this one is just pathetic. It doesn't help that footage of Godzilla is all STOCK FOOTAGE! "sigh".
To make this movie more of a fever dream of stupidity Minilla talks and has the dopiest voice ever. I can't believe they thought a voice like that would be appealing but ok.....Anyways I could barely get through this so yeah it's bad. After all, we're talking about a guy who likes some cheesy flicks.
* just for the effort it took to make this.
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