Up from the Depths! / Thirty stories high!

[bluegargantua]

Hey,

I'm going to go see this (probably the 9:30pm show). Those of you who know who you are will join me (redfishie are you one of those people?):

Brattle Theatre Presents:

Friday, August 5
Exclusive Area Premiere!
Godzilla: Final Wars at 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30, midnight
(2004) dir Ryuhei Kitamura w/Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Akira Takarada, and Kane Kosugi [ [124 min]

"We're happy to report that the latest – and possibly the last (!) – in the 50-year old saga of the Big G is also one of the very best in the series, courtesy of bad boy director Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Alive), a bevy of astounding monsters from past Godzilla epics, and some astounding, state-of-the-art F/X – but most of all, because it's GODZILLA!!! Sometime in the future, more than 10 terrible monsters appear all over the world at once. The United Nations wages a "final war" against the creatures combining the power of all of the Earth Defense Forces to save mankind. While the intense fighting continues, suddenly an enormous UFO appears and the monsters mysteriously disappear in a matter of seconds. And then, the aliens, who call themselves Xiliens, propose a peace treaty with the Earth. Meanwhile, deep beneath the Antarctic ice, Godzilla begins to awaken from his slumber…" – Notes from the American Cinematheque, L.A.

"After half a century of Godzilla films, Toho decided the time had come to give the monster an extended vacation… but he would be sent off with a bang. To craft a Godzilla film unlike any seen before, executive producer Shogo Tomiyama recruited 35 year-old director Ryuhei Kitamura, who was known for his kinetic action films. Working with writers Wataru Mimura and Isao Kiriyama, Tomiyama and Kitamura crafted an 'everything but the kitchen sink' tale combining elements of many of Toho's most popular classic monster movies, Hong Kong martial arts, and American blockbusters to create GODZILLA FINAL WARS… As for the real stars of GODZILLA FINAL WARS; the film features a stunning fifteen giant monsters. In addition to Godzilla, the lineup includes Rodan, Mothra, Gigan, Angilas, Minya, Manda, King Caesar, Ebirah, Kamakiras, Kumonga, a cameo by Hedorah, the American Godzilla (rechristened Zilla), and new version of King Ghidorah called Keizer Ghidorah, and the new mysterious alien called Monster X." – Godzilla expert, Keith Aiken


So yeah. Probably the last Toho Godzilla movie for quite awhile. You can't possibly stand there and call yourself a geek if this doesn't make you drool just a little bit. So come on! Who's ready to watch model buildings crumble? Plastic tanks melt? Grown men in rubber monster suits waddling around? Really cheesy dubbing? Alien beings who wear silver spandex and bug-eye sunglasses? Isn't it Godzilla time?

later
Tom

Comments

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

Those of you who know who you are will join me

-With bells on, my friend.

Probably the last Toho Godzilla movie for quite awhile.

-But that trick never works!

-And, dude, King Caesar? Hedorah? Rock me like Tokyo in a Mixmaster, why don'cha?!?

(Though "Keizer Ghidorah" sounds a little too much like "Keyser Soze" . . . )

[bluegargantua]

I think I'd notice if I was questioning Keizer Ghidorah...

Tom

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

I think I'd notice if I was questioning Keizer Ghidorah...

-The way his three heads tell three different stories is a giveaway.

[redfishie.livejournal.com]

I can do that. :)

[bluegargantua]

Coolness. That'll be the date night then.

later
Tom

[peaseblossom.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's the one by the director of Versus, isn't it? I might have to go see it.

[bryant]

AW HELL YEAH SO THERE.