Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: GODZILLA 1985

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

I'm noticing a pattern.... Showa Era: "it's too silly!" Hesei Era: "it's too serious!" Godzilla 2014: "show more monsters!" GKOTM: "Too much monsters!" Critics can't be satisfied.

[@D2Kprime]

Sure they can. You just have top have enough money to pay the critics off. Then they'll cream their pants over it.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Fans: Son of Godzilla: "FUCK YOU, MINILLA! WE HATE YOU!" Godzilla's Revenge: "WE HATE THAT STUPID KID! HE'S AN ASSHOLE! WHY DOES THIS MOVIE HAVE A KENNY?" Godzilla (1998): "THIS IS NOT GODZILLA! THIS IS A JURASSIC PARK/ALIEN RIP-OFF! FUCK YOU, DEAN DEVLIN AND ROLAND EMMERICH!!!!" Godzilla Anime Trilogy: "WHY IS GODZILLA A PLANT? WHERE IS MECHA-wait a minute, HE'S A MICHAEL BAY TRANSFORMERS THAT TURNS INTO A CITY?! WHY DOES KING GHIDORAH LOOK LIKE RAMEN? AND WHERE IS MOTH-wait a minute, SHE'S JUST A SHADOW?!"

[@williamhinson2863]

Give them a Snickers. Because Snickers satisfies.

[@kaijukid1443]

Godzilla:There's just no pleasing you people.

[@finchatforharambe905]

GMK: WHY IS KING GHIDORAHHHH GOOD WHY!!!! WHY CAN'T YOU GET IT CORRRECT!!!!!!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@guillaumebabey4484]

The seagulls thing, as far as I remember, is inspired by the fact that, at the time, Godzilla was still meant to be a mutated dinosaur. Even though it was still not a complete consensus at the time, scientists already suspected birds are dinosaurs. Godzilla being the only one of his species at the time of the series, he was possibly drawn to the possibility of being with his kin.

[@noahking5493]

I beleive he actually uses the same magnetic signals birds use to travel.

[@sorrenblitz805]

@@noahking5493 not really to travel but definitely to navigate while travelling. But it does go along with his mutated dinosaur origin as his being a theropod dinosaur would make him a distant ancestor to birds.

[@cringelul]

Underrated comment

[@tajniak4335]

His kin... WTF, the evolutionary distance between modern birds and dinosaurs is like 70 MLN years, so if Godzilla would consider seagulls "his kin" then humans and chimpanzees should fuck each other on everyday basis, because by that logic they're basically the same thing. Then again this concept would fit right away with the ridiculousness of "science" in kaiju movies.

[@guillaumebabey4484]

@@tajniak4335 Kin is a broad term and you literally just answered your own outrage in the last sentence. Kaiju's use of science has often been more poetic than strict.

[@ShadowSonic2]

Okay, for everyone wondering what that giant bug thing was on the boat: It was a Godzilla Louse. Godzilla has parasites on him the same way all lifeforms do, but being big and radioactive means that they were similarly mutated and enlarged. When he walked by the boat (don't know how it didn't capsize) some of them just fell off and ate the crew. Most of them jumped off-ship and into the water but one stayed behind. The American version mentions that one giant louse washed up dead on a beach somewhere.

[@MetaFanWing]

FYI; The bugs are called Shockirus. Just wanted to share that tibdit.

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

So Abrams ripped this movie off for Cloverfield?

[@CowboyRobot2000]

@@the_once-and-future_king. That bastard!!!

[@Gojirawars03]

It just occurred to me that they totally should have released the other Heisei films in America. They could’ve had Raymond Burr as a recurring actor in the films, following him around and warning other people of the danger he represents. He could’ve been like the Dr Loomis to Godzilla’s Michael Myers.

[@Tiberius_Productions]

It would’ve definitely been a cash cow for Roger Corman’s New World Pictures when it comes to VHS rentals and purchases in syndication. Certainly more profitable than all the other crap Roger Corman was putting out lol.

[@Skelevision1]

ITS YOU

[@davefoster8845]

He died in 92 I think. He could have done maybe 2 more, but not the whole Hesei!

[@MLawrence-z9k]

They released all the Heisei films eventually just not back in the day is all

[@schadenfruede0675]

Girl: screaming “mama” because of radiation poisoning Brandon *BE MORE FUNNY!!!*

[@roborbiettinoisgone392]

Mama! Radiations are killing me! *Be MoRe fUnNy*

[@daywalker3735]

That part killed me

[@gojirafan5437]

Day Walker Same

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

The female MUTO crying at her destroyed eggs Brandon: *BE MORE FUNNY!*

[@iwonttellmynametoamachine5422]

I love this sequence. It completely destroyed Leonard Moltens whole review. Also, Brandon conveying this straight point while being funny.

[@ajstockstill652]

ok in the first movie's defense nobody on the boat knew the first Godzilla disintegrated so Raymond burr's line "30 years ago they never found any corpse" actually fits......the only one who really knew (and had the social status to speak and be heard) died with the first Godzilla

[@ThatsALotOfFish]

Serizawa

[@BIG-D-STAR]

@@ThatsALotOfFish CONGRATULATIONS, DR.ISHIRO SERIZAWA IS CORRECT!!

[@GREGGREG-p5v]

@@BIG-D-STAR no. Daisuke serizawa

[@possiblycrazy442]

14:57 Rule one of American distribution: Always ruin the original content so the audience that actually cares gets disappointed. Hell yea, Raymond. You tell 'em.

[@Grandmastergav86]

They did that with Hong Kong and Italian films for years.

[@juliuszhorst8083]

@@Grandmastergav86 At least Americans did not incorporate Frankenstein into every Showa movie like they did in Germany :)

[@ladyserenityrain2233]

That's what they do. your right.

[@teedup8995]

Original product: That's too serious! Edited product: That's too stupid!

[@arandomasschannel]

@@Grandmastergav86 yes and they do live action anime adaptations which have nothing to with the anime why is America always have to ruin foreign films god damnit America!!!

[@Crrrow]

Well I like the 80s. And I like Doctor Pepper... And I also like Godzilla.... Well shit now I want to watch this movie.

[@rebeccabuckland8311]

17:07 movie?😕

[@michaelccozens]

You see that, Toho? That's how publicity works. Now stop flagging Brandon's videos!

[@DavidRoarty]

the following year in late 1985, they did a Godzilla commercial with Diet Dr. Pepper commercial

[@wadedrange6869]

I remember renting this on vhs when I was a kid. It started with a cartoon short of Bambi vs Godzilla.

[@Isaac-hm6ih]

That sounds... short.

[@bobberttv8565]

​@@Isaac-hm6ih lol I have the vhs, it is....extremely short

[@georgebailey8179]

@@Isaac-hm6ih Almost 2 mins long: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4OQo5WwmKqAbqM&ab_channel=TheLocalCessPool

[@ShadeszOfficial]

Lmao Bambi was stomped very fast. I remember that VHS haha

[@theiggy1474]

Best part of the movie

[@comicreaperharry3723]

16:12 Brandon: "Hey it work!" 16:13 (Godzilla roar) 16:15 Brandon: "Oh shit it work."

[@darkservantofheaven]

even as a 31 year one old adult, Godzilla's scream when he falls into the volcano is haunting....

[@Mictla155]

Yea, I felt bad for Godzilla.

[@kaijucifer3544]

And doesnt at all fit the character.

[@darkservantofheaven]

@@kaijucifer3544 what makes you say that?

[@martyc909]

I remember my aunt bought this movie for her daughter, who LOVED Godzilla. I bought Destroy All Monsters. She watched Destroy All Monsters with me, because she wanted to see if it was better for my cousin. I guess once my cousin was 5, she realized that they killed Godzilla (in the American point of view since we never saw the Heisei Godzilla past this point and this was 2001 before most of us knew the Heisei movies existed) and basically cried all night. So we traded, which I guess my cousin wore out the Destroy All Monsters VHS... LOL. But that scream is what made her realize, Godzilla is dead (it's only in the American version too, so it's fitting, because to us, he died).

[@Vmidnight1917]

NOOOOOOOOO! I feel like that’s what he’s saying

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

*"GODZILLA 1985"* was nominated by the 6th Golden Raspberry Awards in 1986 for "Worst Supporting Actor" (to Raymond Burr as "Steve Martin") & "Worst New Star" (to the computerized Godzilla). This film *DOES NOT* deserve any Razzies whatsoever!

[@glenchapman3899]

The scene where he comes ashore and just wrecks all the defenses on the shore is my favorite all time moment in the Godzilla franchise.

[@nathanielschwartz425]

9:59 Well, actually, it depends on which version you’re watching; in the original Japanese version from 1954, they say that Godzilla is 150 feet tall because, back then, that was bigger than any building they had in Japan. However, in the American version, Godzilla is said to be over 400 feet tall, because in America, where there are huge skyscrapers, if a monster was 150 feet tall, he wouldn’t have even come up above the buildings.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

The first Godzilla was 50 meters tall to be exact.

[@nathanielschwartz425]

@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 Right.

[@Ichigoat19]

1954-1975 Godzilla was 50 meters

[@nathanielschwartz425]

@@Ichigoat19 Well, actually he differed in size from movie to movie.

[@Ichigoat19]

@@nathanielschwartz425 ik that

[@Monkofmagnesia]

i saw this in the theatre when it was first released in the U.S.. Throughout the film, no matter what happens or what the plan is, Steve Martin (Raymond Burr) always says, "That won't stop Godzilla!"

[@GLIEPNIR]

16:05 that's by far the best joke in the review, the way you say "oh shit it works" is just perfect xD

[@crimsondynamo615]

GLEIPNIR goes from excited that we have a way to stop godzilla, but then to utter fear because we just pissed him off

[@jurassickaiju14]

4:07 Well, I guess now we know where they got the idea for the parasites in _Cloverfield_ .

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Fun fact: The parasite's name in this movie is Shockirus

[@jurassickaiju14]

@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 Yup.

[@jross9553]

@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 you do not want to know what Facehuggers do to people in Japan

[@Vates104]

A truly under appreciated movie. I am happy that Raymond Burr reprised his role.

[@zali13]

This was my first Godzilla movie too, and it scared the shit out of me then. The entire nuclear apocalyptic feel (it was the '80's, the Soviets were still in Afghanistan then) also helped the doom-laden tone of the movie. Imagine my surprise when I watched Godzilla v Megalon several years later...

[@akiraman26]

(Dr. Pepper flagged by Toho)

[@thecornnoir7312]

*FLAGGED BY DR PEPPER*

[@nerdsman567]

3:32 - Ok, now I wanna see a Japanese version of "Deadliest Catch​" where they fish for Kaiju monsters! xD

[@raymondhamill270]

I would pay real money to see that!

[@donnadotson2591]

Same

[@ChakLok]

nerdsman567 no

[@mitchfletcher2386]

@@ChakLok Yes.

[@Gojirawars03]

They catch monsters like Kamoebas, Ebirah, and Titanosaurus.

[@NEOREV_MUSIC]

Hey, I enjoyed Godzilla 1985! It is one of my top Godzilla films. Screw the haters. The original Japanese version is much better.

[@syedzafran2682]

The American dub is so funny that it's stupid. XD.

[@radogoji6863]

This movie is so Underrated. This movie is great

[@davefoster8845]

Godzilla 1985 in my opinion beats the Japanese one. The editing is superior. That slug or tick in the Japanese version looked so stupid. But with the right American cuts it looks believable. There are many other edits that make 1985 superior to me.

[@gfilmer7150]

Fans hate the American version, but love the original Japanese version.

[@NEOREV_MUSIC]

I think both the American and Japanese versions have their strength and weaknesses.

[@toptobottom247]

If people are wondering about the insectoid alien thing on the abandon ship is...in the early Heisei days of Godzilla it was referenced that those little guys live on Godzilla's skin in some sort of symbiotic relationship in the water. The size is obviously nuclear energy related. These same bugs are rumored to be a delicacy for Rodan as well in the Rodan movie. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about this.😉

[@MetaFanWing]

For the most part, you’re right. But these bugs are called Shockirus. The ones in Rodan and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus are called Meganulon.

[@CuriousWorldProductions]

That Flock of Seagulls gag was gold. 😂

[@n.mightslapallama1874]

Damn, dude, critics are sometimes so far up their own asses it's amazing they can breathe.

[@mrbenoit5018]

N.Might Slapallama so far up their asses their _ASSES_ are up their asses.

[@Gojirawars03]

Well, the movie itself, even as a Godzilla film, is still pretty bad.

[@Sentryman002]

I completely agree my friend.

[@martyc909]

@@Gojirawars03 Really, I always thought this movie was amazing. The effects for the time, were top notch. I guess living in the 80's, you saw Star Wars which was puppets, Yoda was a puppet, the Goonies, this movie was on par with them. It wasn't until later that Star Wars was given a CGI make over to look better.On top of that , the plot was pretty good, and it was basic. Man creates a monster, the monster destroys Tokyo. I love that they throw him into a volcano, and in the American point of view, kill him since this Godzilla was never seen again, until the internet. It's not perfect, but the only perfect Godzilla film was the first. And of course to have that film, the nation went through a f'n atomic bomb.

[@megalon73]

That guy is the wrost movie review ever known. Hope he's died.

[@16-bitjunkie4]

This movie was my first introduction to a darker version of godzilla as a kid and I loved it and still love it

[@Loonaticx]

Years after watching every Godzilla VHS I could get my hands on at the time, I watched the original Gojira and Godzilla 1985 movies in subtitled Japanese. It really made the difference.

[@shaolin1derpalm]

I was 8 when it it was shown on tv. I cried at the end lol. No this was a good Godzilla movie. I love the campy ones a lot, but the first and this one were fantastic.

[@brotatooflegend2927]

Same always loved this one, the silly campy ones are great but it's the dark gloomy and somber toned ones that are best OG 1954 will always be my fav

[@thepooroldsoul8179]

"Too straight to be funny"? In my opinion, that might be the DUMBEST reason to hate a movie. Edit: 22 Comments? Dang. This has to be the most replies I ever had on a comment I made.

[@Sentryman002]

I completely agree, friend.

[@kennethbryant5819]

critics are fuckin idiots sometimes. Remember most of them didn't like the Shining or The Thing either and nowadays they line up to suck both those movies off.

[@williamhinson2863]

I know right? Because a film about a giant radioactive beast woken up by nuclear weapon testing, which in turn angers it and causes it to destroy most of tokyo and millions of people are dying is supposed to be funny.

[@D.A.B1994]

And this is why I hate film critics.

[@icharneco29]

@@D.A.B1994 the you tube guys are ok for the most part.

[@joejrjohnston1001]

R.I.P Haruo Nakajima

[@LITTLEDANNYB-nm8zd]

It sucks

[@thefreeimperialstateofulm7598]

IT'S THE FIRST GODZILLA MOVIE AND IF IT NOT EXCITED GODZILLA AND YOUR FAVORITE GODZILLA MOVIE WON'T BE EXCITED

[@smithwesson1896]

@@LITTLEDANNYB-nm8zd Yeah sucks that he's gone

[@thescourge6704]

He should have watch godzilla king of the monsters before he dead

[@whatnotbutter7470]

Same thing but... you're a bit late

[@ericmoss8928]

Godzilla 1985 and Power Rangers (2017) have among the biggest product placements ever in movie history.

[@crimsondynamo615]

Eric Moss i know when i was needing to relocate for a while because the castle of doom was being fumigated, i holed up in a Krispy Kreme. The lizard men really liked having all the donuts.

[@brodyzavala3857]

ok, im sorry, i love the flock of seagulls I RAN song reference, that had me dying!

[@nathanielschwartz425]

2:13 Well, actually they kinda did. You see, when the first Godzilla film was released in Japan in November of 1954, audiences all over the country loved it, with lines to get in the theaters spanning blocks down the street, but the critics reviews of the film were extremely mixed with a few critics considering it to be a masterpiece like everybody today, but most of the critics back then gave it a really low rating essentially saying the same thing; that it was really weird to see a monster movie be taken so seriously.

[@bdr113080]

Dude I’m right there with you. I was born in 1980 and there wasn’t easy access to a lot of Godzilla movies in the 80s especially if you were a little kid. I remember seeing the movie poster for this movie at the theater where we lived growing up and I remember wanting to see that movie so bad and my parents rented it when it came out on VHS and it was my first Godzilla movie and made me a fan for life. I didn’t know it back then but I was watching one of the best Godzilla films ever made. Since it was my first Godzilla movie I ever saw I didn’t care that there wasn’t a second monster for him to fight and as a kid he was probably only six or seven years old there were parts of this movie that terrified me but I still loved Godzilla in this movie. This was the film that made me bug my parents for the next few years To help me find as many Godzilla movies as I could.

[@rgarza2429]

Favorite Godzilla suit and roar. Yes this movie has problems but which one didn't.

[@darthgames3]

@Shawn Burke nah man,everything has it's flaws

[@davidlafleche1142]

I got the DVD, and it's better than Leonard Maltin says. And I HATE Dr. Pepper! The girl was a babe, though.

[@Gojirawars03]

Movie after this has my favorite suit and roar. 1989 for the win. BIOGOJI SUIT IS THE BEST!

[@chriscraven9335]

Definitely the best roar, way scarier

[@tokendave80]

This movie holds a special place for me since this was the first Godzilla movie I saw in the movie theater thanks to my uncle.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

The 'Get the Fuck up' and 'I Ran' song inclusions were the best. This is one of your best reviews.

[@BigJackFilms]

14:08 Well Brandon, believe or not they announced a Godzilla vs Evangelion ride opening at Universal Studios Japan this year.

[@Presidential_Teamwork]

Oh hell no, is you

[@Presidential_Teamwork]

Whatever in your king Kong games review video I'm really a fan of the nes and snes and not genesis ( expect dreamcast, Sega pico and game gear)

[@fryingpan2576]

"GODZILLA IS WAY TOO GOOD TO HAVE KENNY IN HIS MOVIE!" me: JESUS CHRIST CALM DOWN!

[@silverfish1924]

he has PTSD from the Gamera-A-thon

[@blufox9000]

No

[@Kaefer1973]

In my case Godzilla 1984 was the first Godzilla movie I ever saw, They just dubbed the original over here after Godzilla 1985 was made in the USA. The next Godzilla I saw was "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep." And since 1984 ended with Godzilla in a Volcano and Ebirah started with Godzilla enclosed in a mountain I assumed it to be the actual continuation, which made freeing Godzilla seem a bit callous on the protagonists site.

[@therealslimquaidy303]

I forgot that scene with the crying girl was in the original and am now disturbed

[@Maximus4587]

Yeah, I still get really uncomfortable every time that clip shows up in one of his reviews.

[@burningspinozilla446]

BE MORE FUNNY!

[@crimsondynamo615]

For those who say Godzilla is only campy schlock, they have to be forced to watch Gojira in a similar method to the Ludovico technique

[@toddgarver5397]

@Lafe Denton Too soon for a helicopter jab. RIP Kobe

[@arshnoorbatra385]

Lafe Denton ok boomer

[@adamlone5548]

If they could have just made the eyes look more realistic, this would've probably been the best Godzilla suit of all. Oh and btw, Japanese Larry King @ 5:36

[@ryandowney8743]

Brandon yelling "BE MORE FUNNY!" at the footage of the crying baby is hilarious! And far funnier than anything in any the "funny" Godzilla movies.

[@stampyboy4050]

0:31 hold on you are telling me that Godzilla Final wars made less money than Godzilla's Revenge ?! What type of logic is this?!

[@TheKain202]

Mid-showa had a steady stream of kids watching these movies, while Final Wars was not only ignored by the general audience who were sick of monster movies released every year since 89(Godzilla went on hiatus in '95, but Gamera carried the torch in the interim, with it's own masterpiece of a trilogy), but also the actual fandom REALLY hated it at release. The interest wasn't there and shit reviews from critics and fans alike snowballed into the one of the worst bombs the series ever saw(doesn't help that it's still the most expensive one in the series). While Toho damage controlled stating that they're just going on a 10 year hiatus, it's pretty clear that if not for the not-so-modest success of the American Reboot - they wouldn't touch the franchise again.

[@Extra47]

TheKain202 “Wouldn’t touch the franchise again?” It doesn’t matter how bad a Godzilla movie might bomb, there’s never going to be a time when Toho abandons the series. I mean, come on, they already made over 30 movies you think they’re gonna stop because of one failure?

[@smcrevival1467]

Yea he's way too popular and an icon to just abandon after on L. Take a break every now and then so people don't get sick of it or bored but always nice to bring it back after awhile

[@rickyrackey7930]

Everyone: Ugh there’s too many giant monster movies Also people: Yes, another Marvel movie!

[@bobberttv8565]

I was honestly surprised toyko sos is so far down, I may be biased but I swear toyko sos is one of the best acted and shot, and effects

[@RailfanJason]

Hmm.. 1985 was the first Godzilla movie I ever saw in the theaters.. and I still enjoy it.

[@megalon73]

This my 1st Godzilla movie...That scared I was four years old. I still love to this day.

[@ThatGuy-gc1du]

Raymond Burr was edited into the original American version of Godzilla AND the 80s reboot? lol that is nothing if not consistent. Raymond Burr. Interrupting Japanese monster movies since 1954.

[@nathanielschwartz425]

Another interesting thing to note about Godzilla’s suit design in this film is that he has his ears back, which he hasn’t had since the first suit design in the first two movies.

[@MegaJetJaguar]

This is another one of my favorite flicks. In fact, I like all of the 80's, and 90's Godzilla movies. I can still remember the night that I was at a local 7-11 and there on the VHS rental rack was a copy of Godzilla 1985. I didn't hesitate and quickly grabbed it and proceeded to watch it as soon as I got home and enjoyed every minute of it. Good times.

[@Jackie-cf5km]

I saw this when I was really young. Having already seen the goofy fun loving Godzilla films. (Godzilla's Revenge, Godzilla Vs Megalon, Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla, King Kong Vs Godzilla) It scared the crap outta me! I appreciate it now, its one of my favs.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

22:40 - yeah, this is why I don't give a rat's ass about mainstream critics and their opion, and judge things myself. Even Ebert made some huge mistakes.

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Swift Nimblefoot I agree

[@mrbenoit5018]

Swift Nimblefoot selfish pig, think of the people who need rat’s asses.

[@mitchfletcher2386]

@@mrbenoit5018 So....nobody.

[@mrbenoit5018]

Mitch Fletcher actually, rat’s asses are very useful in treating MMR

[@mgeiger2341]

Never forget the tora tora tora debacle.

[@actuallynem]

Godzilla cannot locate the dr.pepper

[@RyllenKriel]

Godzilla prefers Dr. Oppenheimer soda, though may settle for a Nuka Cola too.

[@trmpt35]

That’s the true plot of the movie 😂

[@Mecha_Machinehog1]

That’s why he’s mad. He just wants his Dr.pepper

[@schadenfruede0675]

Godzilla: *Sattelite mode activate*

[@marieparisi4522]

RyllenKriel maybe a sunset sasperila if he's desperate

[@rnbnatl]

" And I ran... " Knew it was coming and ya still pulled it off. Well done. Very well done indeed.

[@laurencefausold5555]

The Dr. Pepper plug reminded me of a scene from Godzilla v. Megalon in which there is a scene with several model kits in the background by the company, Tamiya. Tamiya is one of two of the major model kit companies in Japan, the other being Hasegawa. If Tamiya did help fund the movie, it might have been the first time a model kit company helped fund or sponsor a movie.

[@Fearik83]

The first Godzilla film I ever saw as well. It really presents him as a true force of nature. Love this movie.

[@Platapart]

Man, they really need to make cancer funnier

[@Daemon__Sultanah]

They really need to make radiation poisoning funny.

[@MM-xn6tn]

What are you talking about? Cancer is hilarious. 😆💀😆💀

[@gamemasterpzm]

Yeah they really screwd up making death and cancer funny

[@crimsondynamo615]

Tom Hanks: “i have aids.” **peter griffin laughs**

[@schadenfruede0675]

Pixel Pasta *I REQUIRE CANCER MEMES!!!!!*

[@axehammer3850]

The Predator gave him the thermal pictures. LOL

[@jasonfonz5530]

this was also my introduction to Godzilla! I was 5 when I saw it in theaters. been hooked ever since.

[@jesseguajardo8592]

Jason Fonz I think the first Godzilla movie I saw was either godzilla vs king kong, destroy all monsters, or godzilla 1985. ya not sure which one I saw first since the syfy channel showed a bunch of them when I was kid.

[@jasonfonz5530]

+Jesse Guajardo all I know is I've been hooked ever since. just like you I'm sure!

[@jesseguajardo8592]

Jason Fonz are you looking forward to Godzilla 2 in May 2019?

[@jasonfonz5530]

+Jesse Guajardo absolutely!

[@jesseguajardo8592]

Jason Fonz Off topic has Brandon review any of the Jurassic park movies? Cause I don't know think he did. Also Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom is going to be fun.

[@Tchernobog]

I always wish there was a super cut that had the best of both versions. For example the ending credit music in the original is better, but the English version had a good speech from Burr at the end, as well as a disturbing scream of G as he fell into the volcano.

[@D2Kprime]

Ask and you shall receive. kyodaikino.tumblr.com/projects

[@ohgodwhy9853]

@@D2Kprime man this is amazing. Thanks a bunch man.

[@captainsteroid2454]

This was also my 1st Godzilla movie. I honestly cried as they dropped him into the volcano. So glad to see someone cover this one. :-)

[@jiminator904]

Me too, every time. Honeslty held it back just watching the end in this review

[@DMan1954]

Brandon gets requested to review Godzilla movies, I get requested to watch Brandon's reviews of Godzilla movies and at least mention them 😂

[@WaklerBait]

D MAN! XP

[@psykodactyle]

Does this godzilla have a face on his tail? ;)

[@qq-hk3so]

D Man1954 irany

[@DMan1954]

I want to die XD

[@DMan1954]

THAT DAMN TAIL!

[@JungleMan777]

Godzilla is how I discovered this channel. Well, the original one. Then here. Details. Anyway, I stuck around because I enjoy all of the reviews. So I would like to see another Godzilla review, but I can wait awhile. My suggestion for next the Godzilla review is Final Wars. I enjoy it, but its batshit crazy.

[@Slam_Bus_Rodan]

That Japanese hobo is amazing. We the people demand a spinoff!

[@DLRX]

Don't act like a big shot hick, you've just got the town! If you wanna hang around with me you better learn some manners, huh.

[@dbel1980]

My lucky day! Finding a purse while a giant monster is walking towards you.

[@Draconyx13]

The inevitable American remake would star Alex Jones as himself!

[@qq-hk3so]

Slam Bus Rodan yes!

[@Slam_Bus_Rodan]

They should have had this guy cameo in the Heisei series just like the guy with the booze in the Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, and For Your Eyes Only. Missed opportunity Toho!

[@S.E.Walker]

"Meanwhile in The Hunt For Red October..." That slayed me, dude. The Return of Godzilla is one of my top three Big G films. I understand why people tend to dismiss the re-edit, but I still have great affection for ol G-1985. It's trashy fun. I wore that VHS out. I was probably the only kid who preferred the serious Godzilla movies over the big monster brawls.

[@jochannon]

This was also the first Godzilla movie I saw, and is also one of my favourites.

[@christopherspaulding9283]

I love how the 2016 release restored some of the original content, but the two issues I do have with it are 1.) the dub actors weren't as convincing as they were in this version, and 2.) i miss some of the music from this version (the russian sub scene and Mr. Martins theme). Still a good release though...

[@Jolar70]

Minya DOES exist! He's why I still wear tiny shorts. And why I learned to fight my own battles, you know.

[@speedemonx1799]

Jolar70 Against big guys?

[@ksporty15]

Yes, against lumpy, ugly, weak, green bullies. But seriously dude, good on you.

[@jross9553]

@@speedemonx1799 it’s an annoying wimpy kid

[@damioncooke6678]

i remember back in 85 i was trying to watch this and my mom and my uncle william kept criticizing the movie from start til finish even hating on raymond burr baby boomers can be crazy. i will get this on dvd without any player hating

[@smcrevival1467]

Yea my family tends to make fun of these movies too. The one and only time I've seen someone smile while watching 1954 gojira-it was tuff growing up a Godzilla fan

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@smcrevival1467 smiled in the 1954 movie? That is problematic

[@AlextheKaijuFan]

I rewatched this review for the third time. I watched The Last Dinosaur review before getting to this one. And let me tell you, it's brilliant how your jokes can tie in together. In the Last Dinosaur review, you joked about "Keep the change," after the T-Rex killed the Triceratops. You did the same thing here with Godzilla destroying the Super X. Then at the end of The Last Dinosaur, you made a comedic allegory about how man is the last dinosaur. You do the same thing in terms of man perhaps being Godzilla. Your writing and jokes are absolutely genius and brilliant.

[@HolidayIX]

Raymond Burr was only not being a helper because if they used the Oxygen Destroyer again, Dr. Serizawa’s secret would be found out.

[@dr_mafoony]

Godzilla 1985 was my first too. Really enjoy this one, the score is so atmospheric, the prime minister scenes are intense (not in the american cut, God no) and the effects work is really good with the models (Teruyoshi Nakano, dude who made the 1970s films, finally got a healthy budget to work with). This and biollante really set a good presidence and took a more grounded yet still scifi filled approach. ...too bad they kind of threw that all out the window with time travel in after biollante

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

'Oh Shit It Worked' hearing that and seeing the look on this guy's face was really freaking hilarious and also priceless.

[@ebboy53]

If I was old enough I would give $500 right now if the next Godzilla review came out later today.

[@ryandowney9383]

Brandon yelling "BE MORE FUNNY!" at the crying baby footage is still probably one my favorite jokes of his.

[@Kattdaddy5000]

Anyone else feel like they were watching The Thing for a moment when the radio operator got swiveled around in his chair, like the Norwegian radio operator?

[@CaptainMcKayRandom]

Subbed. Really enjoy your outlook, and I can relate to a lot of the childhood love for the more scary, serious "Godzilla: 1985" as a kid in the US who could only get VHS copies of Megalon, Gigan, and the Sea Monster. '85 was a welcome change in tone that made Godzilla "cool." I'll be checking out some of your other videos for sure!

[@ashirrelevent1062]

This is by far the best movie out of all of them in my opinion. Such an impact on my childhood

[@wuba-luba-dub-dub]

I agree. This was my introduction to Godzilla when I was 5. I rented it every time my dad took us to rent movies. God bless my dad he always let me rent it and always watched it with me. Lol

[@ImdefinitelynotCobaltion]

@@wuba-luba-dub-dubfirst one I watched was 2013

[@simeonellinger2064]

I wonder how you felt about shin Godzilla or minus one later on

[@joeolivo8847]

Japanese Charles Bronson lol. subscribed

[@megalon73]

I shown my dad that guy, Even got a kick out on the joke! this dude looks almost Charles Bronson.

[@nicholaschamberlain6239]

There's a slight resemblance, yeah.

[@cBe9999]

7:09 - hey, it's getting funnier already - there's Ron Burgundy!

[@jaisonjay6527]

18:50 scored 100% for timing. Good job great. Good work. Keep it up.

[@andrewstinson3284]

I saw this a bunch of times in the theaters, when it first came out! I thought it was the best movie, ever! Not everyone was into Godzilla, back then.

[@nickelsmart2787]

I wonder if Leonard Malton has ever seen the original 1954 film.

[@ConstantineFurman]

He probably did when it was released nationwide in... 2004 or so, was it?

[@thescourge6704]

Girl:screaming mama Me and Brandon and Godzilla:SHUT UP Dat other godzilla watching us:drinking Dr Pepper

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Monster Island Buddies Godzilla: "A-PORK-A-LYPSE! A-PORK-A-LYPSE!"

[@jross9553]

Gorosaurus: Look what happened

[@draccoonxcii1288]

Thinking it over, I might actually owe my allegiance to this franchise to Raymond Burr... This was my first true Godzilla movie that showed a very younger me what the character represented, and if Raymond hadn't gone to bat for Godzilla and kept this movie serious and faithful to his symbolism, that might not have brought me back for more. Mad respect for the man!

[@willrogers3793]

While I’ve always had somewhat mixed feelings about The whole “guy in a suit” effect that Toho uses for pretty much every version of Godzilla (for some reason the face always looks a little too derpy to me), I gotta give the ‘Heisei’ period Godzilla movies serious credit. Yeah, they all have their flaws, but they’ve also got a definite place in my heart. The one with Godzilla and Mothra fighting an evil space Mothra was the first G-movie I ever saw. It was the REALLY early 2000’s, I was somewhere between 10 and 12, I was visiting my Aunt and she let me pick a movie from Blockbuster for us to watch. I picked that one, in all of its badly-dubbed VHS-tape glory. Then, over a decade later, I saw Pacific Rim and Godzilla 2014 in the same week and went on a slight Kaiju movie binge for a few months. Along with a box set of Gojira and 5-6 other early G-movies, I picked up a few others from the Heisei and Millennium periods. This was all within a few months of me being legally able to buy alcohol, so I was usually buzzed while watching these and don’t remember any of them all that well. With one exception: Godzilla Vs. Biolante. And I love that movie. One minute there’s a weird spy subplot with some absolutely GLORIOUS Engrish (with Japanese subtitles!!), the next, I’m watching one of the best practical effect monster fights I’ve ever seen. Biolante was just fucking awesome, fight me, nerds. But regardless of the quality of the films themselves, I’ll always adore Heisei period Godzilla movies for one reason nobody can deny: they all had some of the most FUCKING *METAL* posters ever made.

[@HelloBoy145]

You’re so savage in your videos. This makes me wanna check out your other reviews! Great work!

[@kennythewoundedwarrior2844]

so when's the next godzilla movie review. and by the way I love the "I ran so far away" reference and yay gojifan93 made a cameo

[@clerickolter]

I thought this movie was quite good.

[@syedzafran2682]

Sure, this is the American dub of this movie. Have you seen the original Japanese version?

[@thepooroldsoul8179]

What? This version is good.

[@GaiusIntrepidus]

@@syedzafran2682 I saw the Japanese version and thoroughly enjoyed

[@jackwells8107]

I think this was the fifth new Godzilla movie I saw in the theaters, not including re-releases at Drive-In Godzilla-thons and Kiddie Matinees.

[@wugglesx]

Whether acting or not... honestly the emotional laugh talking at the orphan part is surprisingly good

[@citavalo]

Funny how they got Raymond Burr for this film. He was in the first Godzilla film and this one.

[@MechaG]

That was not a coincidence.

[@sumalibinkasbi5602]

The big secaret is godzilla

[@Kaiju_2004]

Don't worry I know when we'll get another godzilla review when godzilla monster planet comes out in November

[@rod9527]

The hobo was actually one of a couple of celebrity cameos that are in the. Movie, along with the smiling priest and akira toriyama and yuuji hori from dragon Quest among the crowd

[@johnnysparkle]

Originally, New World reportedly planned to re-write the dialogue in order to turn the film into a tongue-in-cheek comedy (à la What's Up, Tiger Lily?), but this plan was reportedly scrapped because Raymond Burr expressed displeasure at the idea, taking the idea of Godzilla as a nuclear metaphor seriously. The only dialogue left over from that script was "That's quite an urban renewal program they've got going over there", said by Major McDonough.

[@LatinBostonH8ter79]

I saw this Americanized version in a drive-in movie theater in Tacoma, WA. I remember being 6 and scared by the monster in this version. It was also the one of the first movies I ever got to see on VHS.

[@dameoftherose8400]

I had this one on vhs and I had an older cousin who had the Showa movies on vhs because he got them as a gift once they started distributing here in the states and since I really liked dinosaurs he gave me the movies and this one was always my favorite as a kid. I even bought the blu-ray version a couple of years ago and it still holds up in my opinion

[@Liam-ly8rv]

I know this is an old video. I'm re watching. This was my first Godzilla movie. I didn't know the past or anything and I liked this one. It still has some tension that the recent ones don't have.

[@comradefreedom8275]

See, that's the problem with most American Critics. They'll hate on something just because of one of two things. 1. It's a foreign film 2. It doesn't fit their preferences. Complete bias.

[@patrickthehenchman2679]

kinda reminds me of The Oscars

[@AmaryInkawult]

Patrick Campbell the last Oscars or the Oscars from back then?

[@patrickthehenchman2679]

I suspect the Oscars were probably fair in some way back then (feel free to correct me on that), so the last Oscars

[@kevinsharpe9716]

Remember, John Carpenter's "The Thing" and Ridley Scott's "Legend" were also films of the 80's that were hated by critics but became cult classics, so it's safe to say critics at the time weren't very reliable sources

[@jmadmaxx7295]

Just Americans? I feel it’s more of a Everybody situation

[@warhammerguy]

16:12 why is it that this image is much more scarier than when a modern giant monster spots you? Is it because it is an actual suit so your eyes are looking at a physical object? Is it the design of Godzilla? Is it the lighting that makes most of Godzilla look pitch black aside from his silourette, eyes and teeth ( kinda like when a predator spots a prey in the night)? Is it the kind of uncanny valley of how the body movement, eyes and mouth moves? Or is it a combination of all these things?

[@jtphr33ky]

My introduction to Godzilla was King Kong vs Godzilla, and Godzilla vs Megalon. My parents had found a crap ton of old VHS tapes at a garage sale and stacked em up for me on Christmas. My Science Project was also in that pile.

[@WolfHreda]

I'd love to see your take on Shin Godzilla. Especially considering it's also a reboot/reimagining of the first Godzilla.