GOJIRA (1954): Recently, there's been lots of attention on Godzilla once again due to the new Hollywood version directed by Gareth Edwards. I have no idea how good (or bad) it is, but there are different opinions about it. I decided to watch the original 1954 Japanese version of Godzilla called Gojira since I heard a lot of praise for it. I've seen only two Godzilla movies so far: the dark Godzilla 1985 and the campy Godzilla Vs. Megalon (I'll talk about that soon), so I had no idea if this film was going to work for me or not. To my surprise, it turned out to be a sci-fi/horror/kaiju/anti-war movie with a really intense plot and great atmosphere.
The film begins with a story about some Japanese ships that are mysteriously destroyed by something. While the officials have no idea what's going on, a local citizen on Odo Island says that there's a sea monster called Godzilla. After the storm hits Odo Island, a group of investigators go there to find out about it. Surprisingly,
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