Nostalgia Critic - Godzilla

[@AValveFanboy]

Fun fact: The Japanese word for Godzilla, 'Gojira', is a meshing of the words for 'gorilla' and 'whale'. Even though of the nine animals the creature took inspiration from, neither gorilla nor whale was mentioned.

[@animaljp3]

I know t rex and stegosaurus, but what were the other inspirations?

[@Khailward]

Forever proving the stereotype that Asians are awesome at math.

[@supermario8989logan]

its because one of the lead members nickname was Gojira, so, they gave him that name, preety cool to have a giant, radio active monster named out of you, right?

[@mesyslexiyesnomaybesp82646]

Godzilla was named gojira after the nick name of one of the people at toho

[@stefanpoirier6810]

They could b heroes!!!! Just for one day.

[@SuperfluousNova]

A few weeks ago, my family was having salmon for dinner. Then my sister said "That's a lot of fish". She had no idea why I was cracking up.

[@scotch1993]

I told my sister this joke (she’d never seen the movie but but she was researching Red Tide) and she cited the movie, took a gif, and included it in a presentation for her Masters in oceanography. Her thesis advisor approved, but apparently also had no idea what the movie is. This line has helped people.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

I will give this movie one compliment and one only; It's nice to see an American film let the French be badass. All too many American movies only let Americans and may be the occasional one of my lot be heroes.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

***** OK, I think you might have got the idea that I was dissing Americans in general. I wasn't. If anything American audiences keep proving that the movie studios underestimate them by enjoying non-American media, like Doctor Who..

[@bradleymayse]

GriffinPilgrim I saw this in the theater and I just remember it holding my interest but I do recall everyone in the audience laughing when he quoted Elvis.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

bradley mayse This was actually one of the first films I saw at the cinema. Gods know what my parents were thinking. Set my standards for films rather low for a few years.

[@GeorgeMonet]

+GriffinPilgrim Your lot? You mean vampires?

[@GriffinPilgrim]

GeorgeMonet...how'd you get there? Brits, mate, Brits.

[@Tinkatube]

I love how Toho bought the rights back to this piece of trash, and renamed the monster in it "zilla." Then, they featured it in one of the best Godzilla films to date: "Godzilla: Final Wars." For the uneducated, this movie was about Godzilla VS. EVERYTHING he had fought so far. Aside from Mothra, who was on his side. Anyhoo, this "Zilla" beast appeared to take on our Kaijuu King. It ran at the beast, and Godzilla didn't even blik as it grabbed it, threw it against a building, and blew it up *with a single attack.* I love Toho.

[@chinococoa6743]

+Kai Uhll Toho rules.

[@HolyApplebutter]

And then the atagonist mentions how he didn't even expect the "tuna eating monster" to win. Best movie ever.

[@Tinkatube]

Travis Smith I bet you're a guy who doesn't even know anything about the stuff in any Godzilla film ever. Modern Japanese Godzilla is to this day King of the Kaijuu. Not saying the UNDEFEATED king, but every king loses a battle once in a while. He is a gracious monster, clocking in at WAY taller than Zilla ever was.

[@raptorus7773]

agreed.

[@Tinkatube]

"I never liked that Tunahead anyway." My favorite line from the dub of Final Wars.

[@tanith117]

Apparently Toho (the company that Made the original Godzilla) Bought the Rights to the Monster, Renamed it Zilla said that the Americans were mistaken, Then had Godzilla Kick its ass and Slaughter it.

[@stivenburg]

Toho did not have to buy the rights since they already owned the character.

[@tanith117]

I guess, but I know they did something to keep that studio from making any other Godzilla movies.

[@AFguy99]

Godzilla Finals Wars, you know a REAL Godzilla movie.

[@asheer9114]

tanith117 Toho just revoked the IP rights locking off any chance for next 6!

[@taben2002]

AFguy99 I AGREE!!!!!!!

[@sim61642]

his shaggy impression is amazing.

[@Achillez098]

That's a lot of fish...

[@faisalfox4199]

i don't get it .. sooo ?

[@alienheretic9716]

Poppity pop pop pop!

[@JuanAguilar-sl9ow]

2004Zilla I got a fishy feeling

[@reneehoward1746]

I feel bad for the monster

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

Achillez i sorta luaghed at that but i dont see why doug doesnt think its funny

[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

Anyone else notice all that fish? Wasn't it alot?

[@taillessboo9599]

I don't know. Doesn't seem that much.

[@DullTorpor]

Tailess Boo I think there was more fish in the latest Hobbit movie.

[@ashestoashes78]

HIS BEARD. SOMEONE STOLE IT.

[@MrPedros1989]

Yasha TDP Yep, and they will keep it in the room with perfect kilogram prototype. It will be signed "a perfect goatee" :)

[@JaelinBezel]

Yasha TDP HOW'D YOU KNOW I STOLE IT!?!?

[@MrPedros1989]

I saw it in your eyes...

[@negative3610]

Yasha TDP oml lol

[@retrogamingguitarist5961]

14:07 Mr.Tackanovahumpashirerickydickyhamstermasterpollywollywannabingbangsupercalifragilisticnickknackpaddywhackgiveadogabananafannafofrescahickorydickoryhocketypocketywocketyangelinafrancescathethird.

[@Mrtfarrugia]

But you can call me Dot.

[@Febreezey-E]

Retro Gameing Guitarist it's Tatopoulos

[@PeninsulaPaintings]

BeatleBoy247 Whatever.

[@Apostol407]

"The president of the United States gets on a jet to fight aliens?" Yes, and it's fricking *awesome*!

[@knightflyte]

I think the "That's a lot of fish" line was a throw back to Jeff Goldbloom's "That's a pile of shit" in Jurassic Park.

[@L0LWTF1337]

Godzilla = nice lighter. Kangaroo = I dont understand what you are saying. seems legit.

[@tyrantgregcagkaiju71]

The animated series was fantastic. This movie should've been the series.

[@onejohnfitzall7154]

I feel uncomfortable when Doug doesn't have his beard.

[@Mariokemon]

he thought McCain would win the election. When Obama won, he had to shave

[@miga3191]

***** Some other sources actually say he shaved it off in reality to be the Joker for Halloween.

[@Mariokemon]

Mi Ga he said himself in a video somewhere

[@perypoo123]

***** His Rocky IV review, I think.

[@MuffinSparkle]

***** Yeah, he had a joke where he was arguing with himself in a bathrobe or something.

[@tek512]

The irony is that the animated series acting as this movie's sequel was actually quite good. They reincorporated the original Godzilla's statistics and abilities, got rid of some of the derp, etc.

[@loupe97]

French trying to help Americans? That'd never happen! Oh wait, it did. Independency war

[@joshuawillis602]

Yet they couldn't seem to help theirselves in WW2. For a big strong country like France you'd expect them to put up more of a fight during WW2.

[@loupe97]

Well that wasn't our brightest day, but mostly any country would've been screwed if they had been right beside the power that was Germany in the 1940s

[@poetgriot]

Yes, but the fact that they surrendered was entirely the fault of the government at the time, as proven by the massive amount of resistance during the period they were occupied by Nazi Germany. The levels of badass that the resistance pulled off with limited resources and man power is a testament to how awesome France is and was. ~Signed, An american who is appreciative of France's contributions.

[@disappointedbyhumanity2259]

jeremy collard Don't forget world war one where they basically completely armed our clown asses and gave us menial tasks so we felt useful. And in modern times where their troops served along side us in the Gulf war and Afghanistan but also had enough courage and honestly to not get sucked into Iraq.

[@oldfashionedgamers9759]

Reason you lads got destroyed in the Second World War was primarily the Germans shifting from trench and defensive warfare to blitzkreig which none of the allies did, luckily for us in the british Isles we had a barrier of water between us and the jerries.

[@DarkLordDiablos]

The biggest question I always have in movies like this is "Why do we always try to kill it?" Granted in ID4 they attacked us first, but it happens all the time, which is just so stupid. Its no wonder why we haven't had any intelligent life make their presence known to the world because they know we'll just want to kill them. The original The Day the Earth Stood Still is a prime example of this as is the arrest of Superman in Man of Steel. Plus why is the Military always portrayed as being lead by people who either want to weaponise it or destroy it instead of intelligent people who will wonder why they are here or how the discovery can be used in a good way.

[@Flaris]

On the positive at least the Stargate movie did turn into a really good tv series.

[@KneelB4Bacon]

20:15 _"After the creature finally goes down we get that lame scene where I guess you're actually supposed to feel sorry for it."_ Bonus points if someone says the, "Man is the REAL monster" cliche during the scene.

[@Bauglir100]

I would've said "It was Beauty that killed the Beast" before I realized that it was the wrong movie.

[@KingChiggy]

The best part is that this Godzilla was so bad that it was renamed "Zilla" and the actual Godzilla kicked it's ass and blew it up in Godzilla Final Wars.

[@marquiskrystal]

I'm so glad that Siskel and Ebert took a shit on this movie after they tried to make fun of them in the film. Ebert even said that if they were going to do a Godzilla movie they should have went to someone more promising to do it.May the greatest critics rest in peace.

[@1ranjeeves21]

Watching Godzilla is truly exhausting... by the end you're grateful it's over

[@ElixirChallenge]

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[@1ranjeeves21]

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[@naruhina1009]

I will say this. There IS a lizard that eats fish, and it's the kind of lizard that Zilla is. It's a freakin' Aquatic Iguana! They show it in the beginning of the movie!

[@FoXMaSteR001]

is it the guy in inspector gadget ? Oo

[@Thumbeh]

Yep.

[@FoXMaSteR001]

that's why it's su*ks :p lol

[@goldylover1000]

Sucks is not a bad word

[@FoXMaSteR001]

I take no risk with google+ :p

[@Thumbeh]

And Thief and the Cobbler.

[@SpiritofBardock]

Fun Fact: Japan actually bought the rights to this monster, renamed it Zilla and had it killed in the shortest fight ever. Don't believe me, watch Godzilla: Final Wars

[@SpiritofBardock]

Moon Man oh they did, it's one of the reasons that they made Final Wars

[@IronPiedmont]

I just want to point out, those French Agents weren't trying to help the Americans, they were there to cover the whole thing up because Zilla (Yes, I called it Zilla because it's not the real Godzilla) was created in French Polynesia where the French government was testing nuclear weapons which created Zilla in first place. And also, shout out to Toho Productions for having the real Godzilla giving that piece of shit the ass kicking it deserved.

[@actionpants3138]

I actually like the build of gojira better (if you recall its known by the cast as gojira not Godzilla) it's a lot more practical and frankly terrifying if done right, not just the nostalgia filled weak joke of how ridiculous a guy looks in a suit. Unfortunately this was not done right

[@alexfraser8352]

Is it sad that this movie was my introduction to Godzilla?

[@ArtistChibi]

+Alex Fraser No. It is not sad. Because the REAL Godzilla movies make mention and poke fun of this one. Literally. I, still, like this movie, but I don't see it as a Godzilla movie. More like....misinterpretation because of the fishing boat attacks.

[@actionpants3138]

I actually like the idea of this version better, it's something that COULD exist, it CAN have the "holy shit how epic" factor if done RIGHT, it's not just the weak joke of how ridiculous a guy in a suit looks, and the build of this Godzilla is a lot more practical and terrifying in my opinion. But unfortunately this is not done right

[@Irrelevant402]

12 year old me was super sad after the movie. I was a huge Godzilla fan since four years old and I was scratching my head wondering why this Godzilla was so weak and could not breathe fire and chasing stuff. If I ever met the director I'll demand my money back.

[@51909relapseminem]

is it just me or does the sound effect for the the ground splitting apart at 12:00 sound like a piece of paper being ripped in half?

[@praxis5788]

"The president of the United States gets in a jet to fight off aliens" I fail to see the problem with this concept

[@ArthurVela]

Besides the fact that the Military/Homeland Security/ Secret Service let the (Arguably) most powerful man in the world fight in an extremely life-threatening situation.

[@kirschakos]

"That's a lot of fish" I think is a reference to Jurassic Park's "that is one big pile of shit" line :)

[@somerandolad]

Still doesn't excuse that horrible line, though.

[@christmasworld6795]

For the fish line, he could say 'We're in a fishy situation.'

[@FryingBerries]

Everyone should check out godzilla animated series it's awesome :D

[@AdamMichalMarkowski]

Hey! I actually felt sorry for Godzilla when it died!

[@ASR-Ansori]

You mean Zilla. That thing right there dying is not Godzilla. Godzilla doesn't die like a pussy.

[@kingofthegrill]

A S R Oh my god shut the fuck up. Nobody cares.

[@raduvlad4429]

Michael Ross he just tried to make that guy see that nobody cares...and how could he had done that if not by commenting?he said nobody as reffering to more people than himself

[@tgsachris]

Michael Ross seriously? I dont care about Justin Beber (I also dont care how his name is spelled) but when people start annoying talking my ear about how much they hate him because he sucks at singing or some shit I let them know, quite loudly that I dont care. As would most people

[@AdamMichalMarkowski]

tgsachris Can you guys calm down? A majestic, innocent creature died. Have some respect.

[@zillafire101]

12:36 It's funny, at that moment, one of the guys who played the original Godzilla literally rage-quit the movie, and left the theater in anger, saying it lacked the spirit of the original. Gotta wonder why Toho let this turd out of the bag.

[@christopherspaulding9283]

The animated TV series was what this film should have been. A perfect example of how something can be better than its source material...

[@ASR-Ansori]

The cartoon was decent, better than the movie no doubt, but better than the original Godzilla? No way, dude.

[@christopherspaulding9283]

A S R No no no, I meant the 1998 film being its source material. This Tristar franchise will never top the original Godzilla franchise, not even close..

[@ASR-Ansori]

Christopher Spaulding AH, okay then :)

[@Xarazel]

oh, the one with Godzookie??

[@christopherspaulding9283]

Xarazel No...the Tristar animated series based on this film.

[@davebowman9000]

How bad is it that I actually liked it. It's not like something Oscar-worthy or whatever but I did kinda liked it

[@TheJthedog]

Wait a clean shaved critic. Wtf

[@CaliganVoid]

I am getting so sick of people slagging off the latest Godzilla. It was amazing: 1. Its not fair to whine about the lack of disaster porn. 2. Its called showing restraint and being true to the original 3. In the old films Godzilla (particularly in the good films) did not have all that much screen time and yet people are acting like they expected just 2 hours of mindless violence. 4. If that was not bad enough people actually dare to insult a film for nor being 2 hours of disaster porn. 5. Maybe Godzilla did not appear for chunks of the movie, but other cool monsters did and when the big guy was on screen it was always incredibly awesome. I think people have either put the original Godzilla (a great movie) on a pedestal, or they have been spoiled by the constant awesome action scenes of Pacific Rim. If you want a lot of great monster violence that's fine but its not what the original Godzilla was about so its not fair to judge this movie for not being like that. They don't even advertise it like that. It was marketed as an atmospheric tense monster movie and that is exactly what we got. It would be like judging Harry Potter as a comedy. Their are elements of it but that is not the main focus. Don't judge a movie for what you want it to be. Judge it by what it is trying to be and the degree to which it succeeds in being this. The action was restrained yet incredible, the directing, cinematography and music were amongst the best I have ever seen in any movie, the monster designs were awesome, the plot was effective and simple combining both a tense end of the world scenario and a personal journey and the characters while not on Game of Thrones levels were still likable and the amount of criticism against them, I found to be completely unfair. The acting was good, the music was great, and the directing and visuals were unparalleled. Its just a great movie. I plan to buy it on dvd the moment it comes out and might even see it in the cinema a second time.

[@IristheVix]

Poppity Pop Pop Pop actually did make me chuckle.

[@ceruleanwalker1069]

jean reno. he is the king.

[@jasonc118]

0:01 No beard...you're not Doug.

[@Bauglir100]

Watch the Mortal Kombat: Annihilation video.

[@somerandolad]

That man is clearly an imposter

[@scotch1993]

Spinosaurus (from Jurassic Park III) were largely pescatarian and lived near water to eat fish regularly. So yes lizards can eat fish.

[@joemutt359]

The first half of Stargate was awesome. Unfortunately the second half happened...Kurt Russel used to be my role model as a kid...until Stargate.

[@OneofDawnmist]

There's one thing the same and one thing different about this and the new Godzilla. The same: The ad campaign they launched for both was FUCKING BRILLIANT. The HALO jump in the new trailer established a brand-new form of badass that was to come. Oh, and the actual scene was just as awesome as the trailer made it look. NC already explained how the ad campaign for this one was great. The difference: The 2014 version wasn't a piece of shit. The acting (all of it) was exponentially better, and I actually think the focus on the human characters, even through the fight scene, helped distinguish it from all the other big-monster movies out there. Whereas this one was formulaic as FUCK, and in general was so bad that the original creators of Godzilla bought the rights to this version just to have the OG kick it's ass to the curb.

[@PostgodAfterbirth]

I agree, and it's not exactly breaking tradition to write awkward human parts as the bulk of the film. A lot of people complain about the story and the human aspect of G14, I'm like "Yeah, what's new?" Try filling 140 minutes with monster fights and have success at the box office. (Though that would be a movie I would go to see. Twice.)

[@levongevorgyan6789]

Distinguished? That film was Rikki Tikki Tavi maximized! This movie actually showed Godzilla action ,that one was tease!

[@OneofDawnmist]

Levon Gevorgyan There's a little thing called "building tension." Surely you've heard of it. Besides, Godzilla was never the main focus of the film- the human's reactions were. He's there to keep the protagonist on his toes and he does it damn good. If the new movie didn't have Godzilla in it I'm entirely sure people would be hailing it as one of the best films of the year, behind Interstellar of course. But of course people are laden with expectation for something that was never really a thing in the first place.

[@AgentRedgrave]

Levon Gevorgyan "This movie actually showed Godzilla action ,that one was tease!" How Godzilla didn't appear in this one, the new one on the other hand had the biggedt Godzilla yet.

[@ellnats]

OH COME ON!!!, the military destroys the city more then the monster, Just Like Always HEYOHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[@Supersmashodsts8]

15:34-15:45 or an Animated Television show that actually gives Zilla Jr. the true qualities of a Godzilla character

[@xxEpicxGunnerxx]

Still trying to figure out why that's a lot of fish is still funny

[@TheSuperNyx]

Why did he get pissed when he breathed fire? That's Godzilla's signature move

[@provenbeat3395]

Krow's Nest Godzilla shoots beam of pure radiation, not fire.

[@TheSuperNyx]

***** Right, thank you

[@lulucool45]

***** Really?

[@provenbeat3395]

lulucool45 Yes.

[@lulucool45]

***** Well, fire is more plausible.

[@raidman3733]

You all remember that animated series that followed this? I.... actually kinda liked it. That damn little robot with the Wilhelm scream....

[@AllOfTheHallows]

I remember seeing a billboard for this movie saying "his eye is as big as this billboard" Good times.

[@illiniguy34]

That's a lot of fish.

[@filmneek]

the new film looks incredible

[@Anonomius0]

That's probably what they said about the old one.

[@rodney2x48]

It was awesome.

[@Kimikachu22]

3:36 a nerdy and socially awkward guy who wears glasses in front of me.

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

2:49 "I mean, it's Godzilla! It can't be that difficult to make something that's just so unentertaining..." He never really SAW an actual Godzilla movie did he? d-_-b

[@DiegoRuiz1991]

The whole "president flys a fighter jet" _plothole_ is not a plothole AT ALL. It might be silly but it's not a plothole. In the movie they say the president is a former jet fighter pilot and it is a freaking "do or die" moment so, yeah, you should have as many able men as possible About this movie, I think its main problem is that it is supposed to be Godzilla and they ignored the source material. That and the hide&seek going on and a couple mistakes more. Also, the "ripping off Jurassic Park", while true, it is quite stupid since all those things happened way before in horror movies

[@sandernielsen8018]

Atleast Godzilla looks better then Malbogia in that shitty Spawn movie

[@death-king1834]

I don't think the line; ''That's a lot of fish'' was meant to be funny. I think it was just Broderick stating the painfully obvious.

[@PrincessNinja007]

I think the joke was the look the other guy gave hin

[@Questron71]

The joke was the implied "Are you sure you are an expert for anything remotely related to what we are doing here???"

[@ibnmianal-buna3176]

Just like what Boromir said, "One does not simply make Matthew Brodrick show an emotion in a movie."

[@zacheryschmidt6837]

i love it when this guy rages.

[@violenceandpoetry]

Stargate the movie had its flaws, but the show was AWESOME

[@BlazeingGoldReviews]

i dont care what anyone says i love godzilla

[@CJCroen1393]

"They want him to study the footprint of a giant chicken?" Well, if Godzilla was a dinosaur in this version like he was in the original, then yes. Unfortunately, they decided to make him a mutant iguana (one of the many problems with this movie).

[@0ctopusComp1etely]

Strangely, I think I really like NC's Nick Tatopoulos interpretation that is strangely obsessed with fish. Gives him that extra pizzazz to really liven up a character.

[@enderborn6860]

hizzaos

[@0ctopusComp1etely]

EnderBorn Word.

[@SonicChaocc]

This movie was so terrible, Toho bought the rights to this movie, rename the Godzilla in this movie to "Zilla" and had Godzilla kick Zilla's ass

[@ASR-Ansori]

Probably the best scene in FW aside from the finale battle.

[@fanfaretloudest]

What I wonder is, what did Toho think about the reboot 2014 version?

[@ASR-Ansori]

FanfareT.Loudest They loved it.

[@akrybion]

A S R Too bad it had to many boring people plots and too little Heisenberg and FUCKING GODZILLA in it... It could have been the best thing ever now it's just my second favorite Godzilla- And the reboot and the Original are the only Gozillas I like anyway...

[@AgentRedgrave]

FanfareT.Loudest Toho had an advanced screening and called the film fantastic. Several Godzilla actors such as Akira Takarada, who played Ogata in the original and appeared in several sequels, had a positive reaction. Haruo Nakajima, who played Godzilla, even posed with a giant sized Legendary Godzilla figure

[@Lazarus_Lives]

Here's one thing I don't get, why would they try to kill this thing if they can just bait him away from the city. Shooting the thing pisses it off and continues to destroy shit. If they just get a couple of trucks full of fish or something to bait it out of the city, less destruction, less dead citizens and soldiers, much easier. Oh wait, that wont work cause the writers weren't smart enough to think of that.

[@TheBoringAddress]

Surprisingly, though this idea makes perfect sense from a military or story angle, has just one caveat: It would imply leading Godzilla into New Jersey, and not even this dumb version of it would go for that.

[@gingersnap6004]

TheBoringAddress So they could've taken out New Jersey too? We could have prevented Jersey Shore and Chris Christie from becoming things? They passed up the best plan ever!

[@theawakened94]

the thing about godzilla is that godzilla is supposed to wreck and destroy buildings. The 4 elements that makes this movie suck is 1. Godzilla's design sucks 2.The actors/actresses suck 3.Godzilla lays eggs and 4. she doesn't fight off another monster

[@arch9enius]

HeShe had laid eggs in the city, and would head straght back to sit on them. And cluck.

[@KingRumar]

Oscar Debäck Can't blame the actors for piss poor writing and story development, many of them are actually respectable actors especially Jean Reno, this movie seriously hurt their careers.

[@scorn787]

In all fairness the French have done a lot for the USA. Supplying and training during the War of Independence being the first to spring to mind even if it was just to annoy the British.

[@comicbookfan2297]

Hey Critic I like Independence day and Bill Pullman was awesome. A lot of people do too. I also loved Star gate. Even though it does have problems

[@chaoflaka8132]

That's alot of fish.

[@phabelgreene7875]

14:07 I wonder how many takes it took for him to say this all at once.

[@muskatDR]

Actually the reason they didnt show the monster wasnt clever advertising. They were just ashamed of how bad it looked

[@ASR-Ansori]

I agree.

[@JSage90]

Actually they even failed at that! Kind of like the new Godzilla (2014) where toys came out before the actual movie, the same happened for this one. Toys came out before the movie and revealed what "Godzilla" was supposed to look like.

[@liquidocelot5976]

I could have pulled a more fearsome monster out of my ASS

[@ASR-Ansori]

Liquid Ocelot Well, no shit! (pun intended) Shit is horrifying. Specially if it comes in diarrhea form.

[@MrThuralion]

Isn't that clever advertising in itself though, knowing how shitty it looked they decided to not show it until you had bought a ticket lol

[@thealiencommunicator]

1998 godzilla isn't to bad. you know, if you removed the godzilla name from it, and improved the CGI, you have an Ok monster film! oh, and if matthew broderick wasn't in it, that would add points.

[@faolan1686]

Let's hope the reboot is as awesome as it looks.

[@darththeo]

Unless it is a guy in a rubber suit, it ain't a reboot.

[@asheer9114]

Darth Theo Have no fear, this time Big G is BIIIIG! ^_^

[@quigglesmcgiggles]

God I hope there's a lot more fish in this one

[@ASR-Ansori]

Darth Theo Hey, having a guy in a suit doesn't make a movie bad, ok?

[@darththeo]

A S R I never said it did. I am saying that the Rubber suit makes it a Godzilla movie, imo.

[@SolrSurfr3]

9:50 And yet they still used this in the trailer for the new Godzilla. Why didn't they learn from this!?

[@djan2307]

I AM FRENCH... and this... is 100% accurate!

[@trunksrocks1]

Every single copy of this movie should be destroyed, it is an insult to Godzilla.

[@ASR-Ansori]

***** Mainly Godzilla, there are much worse movies, but this is diarrhea rain to the Godzilla franchise.

[@kausalkraken5951]

Still better then the 2014 Godzilla movie.

[@ASR-Ansori]

Casually Cataclysmic Nah, the 2014 movie is fairly better.

[@helloSanders]

I can see how this was the 1998 American modernization of Godzilla. It was retardedly ripped off Jurassic Park with all the dinosaur hype. 2014 was a good year...

[@GodzillavsChuckNoris]

Casually Cataclysmic No.

[@Tinkatube]

12:49 It's not even breathing fire! It's just exploding cars and moving teh fire form them to mimic the radioactive flame breath of its superior! Aagh...

[@TheSaberWolfDuchess]

Fanboys be hurtin' XD Don't get me wrong, though, I can see why.

[@Tinkatube]

Emilia Rose Oh come on. You gotta admit: that's some serious BS. Like this thing could EVER be considered good in any way.

[@TheSaberWolfDuchess]

Kai Uhll It is. I watched the scene again, and… **sigh**

[@Tinkatube]

Emilia Rose Yeah. Unrelated fanboy tangent here: You know that saying in writing "Every rule in writing has an exception?" Like how "Rick and Morty" is a torture porn that is actually funny? Well, Japanese Godzilla breaks all the rules of -Continuity between sequels. Each Godzilla film is its own universe. It has no canon. Godzilla is a mutant T-Rex one movie, the next he's an ancient guardian, the next he's just there for no reason. One movie he's born on Monster Island, the next he's a space-time anomaly. *I even remember an episode calling back to other movies and getting all of the info wrong, like how they said an atomic heat ray destroyed Mothra and actually showed footage from teh movie of them using it. It had looked like it had been destroyed but it had not been. It was hilarious.* -Good writing. Godzilla films doesn't care. It's got all the plot holes, all the stereotype characters, all the complete a$$ pulls. -Good Voice acting. The voices are over the top (At least, in the dubbed versions.) They're hilarious and actually add. Matter of fact, the whole reason Godzilla is good is because of its ability to pull these traits off with flying colors. It'll always be fun to watch for me. I wish you were into Kaijuus so we could RP this sort of stuff.

[@solarokcontinuum6013]

How do I find you everywhere?

[@AwkwardAndInnocent]

I still can't believe how many fish there were

[@VoodooRaisins]

I actually liked this movie.

[@JuanMunzerAsakura]

Fun Fact 1: Godzilla in Japanese (Gojira) is a corruption of Kujira, which means Whale. (it's a joke on Godzilla's size) Fun Fact 2: the director of this movie made it intentionally horrible because he hates Japanese culture. it's like I bombed a building because I hate the way it was built.

[@ParusTheSavvy]

So... Like the World Trade Center bombing?

[@abandonFandom]

Too soon, Patryk

[@robbiewalker2831]

JuanMunzerAsakura How ironic, considering that the later Godzilla film hardly focused much Godzilla at all. Only 7 minutes. I mean, sure Godzilla would fight different monsters, but I think him being solo would be more proper if you want newcomers to be properly introduced.

[@JuanMunzerAsakura]

***** many more people have died through the years thanks to the US. and besides, he wasn't speaking about 9/11, he was speaking about the WTC Bombing, which happened before that, and didn't destroy the towers.

[@robbiewalker2831]

JuanMunzerAsakura What about what I said?

[@rahulrajaram6891]

independence day was an awesome movie!!!!

[@XavierDuncan]

ikr

[@bingisboy]

I hated it

[@colinbrinson3130]

Oh, and I'm guessing you thought transformers was a good movie too, they were both just as stupid. Oh and also, THE DAMN PRESIDENT WAS IN A FIGHTER JET!! Could anyone be more stupid than the guy who let the president fight ALIENS

[@XavierDuncan]

its like saints row 4...MOTHER OF GOD

[@XavierDuncan]

***** its a joke

[@WWEFalcon]

When Ebert reviewed this, he should've just said, "That's a lot of fish." And left it at that

[@Its_Lu_Bu]

Mr. Tackanovahumpashirerickydickyhampstermasterpollewannawallewannabingbangsupercalifragilisticknickknackpattywhackgivethedogabanananafofrescahickerydickeryhockitypockitywockangelinafranchesca III... Nice.

[@psb9001]

It's Tatopoulos.

[@tonyb0904]

I liked this movie, must be one of the few, but why was his killing not only vicious, but sad, I Did empathize with him as he was dying, the slow eye closing scene was sad for me after enough viewings.

[@philswift1252]

I know he died without killing Mathew fucking Broderick, goddamn it!!

[@markcobuzzi826]

If Roland Emmerich wanted to make a giant monster movie centered around a dinosaur being awakened and afflicted by nuclear fallout and having to be painfully killed, when it was just trying to survive, I think it would have been better received, if it was marketed instead as a remake of "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms." The radioactive monster in that movie, the Rhedosaurus, was portrayed as a tragic, sympathetic creature in the same way towards the end after smashing up New York. Godzilla was meant to be a personification of both the forces of nature that man cannot hope to fully control and the potential of man to create universally devastating forces of destruction, when tampering with new scientific frontiers such as nuclear power. It especially resonated with people during the Cold War, where people still had memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, everyone was arming themselves with so many nuclear bombs that whole world could be reduced to wasteland, and if all these weapons were unleashed, then no conventional weapons could possibly defend against that. So a lot of Godzilla fans thought it was inappropriate for Godzilla to be portrayed as a vulnerable animal, rather than an unstoppable god-like icon of destruction, and did not get invested in the pathos this movie attempted to add to the monster.

[@blacksmartie8801]

Yeah, it's not like the French helped you fight the English for independence or anything. And you totally built the Statue of Liberty by yourselves! /sarcasm

[@joshuawillis602]

Yes that's true and because of that the world expected them to become stronger and braver in the future but when WW2 came they surrendered easily. They fought hard in WW1 why did they chicken out in WW2? They basically humiliated themselves and half the world lost respect for them. I still respect the French but I see why people make fun of them.

[@iiiiitsmagreta1240]

Joshua Willis Well, they did sort of act like badasses afterwards, so that kinda makes up for it. I mean, when France surrendered, did their overseas colonies give up and wait for the Nazis? NO. Some guy gave them a badass speech, and they rallied together and became one of the front-line powers in the conflict. That's right - even after their humiliating surrender and occupation, the French were still kicking Nazi ass around the world.

[@jfarrar19]

Joshua Willis The french were cowards in WW2 because they feared a rehash of WW1, with another generation being wiped out.

[@iiiiitsmagreta1240]

jfarrar19 ...that's actually a pretty damn good reason to be a coward, in my opinion.

[@darkmantlestudios]

jfarrar19 I thought it had more to do with the British running away, and taking most of the French troops with them back to Britain

[@skudzer1985]

"That's a lot of fish..." reminds me of Jeff Goldblum's line in Jurassic Park "That is one big pile of shit."

[@ArlanKels]

The cartoon sequel was way better than the movie. And that's saying something.

[@cloudedthoughts2570]

Totally. And I never even knew about it until recently. Surpasses the movie by far.

[@Number9Robotic]

12:15 Wait, did they steal the music from Jurassic Park? The hell?

[@tvsonicserbia5140]

This movie misses all points of Godzilla,first and most importantly Godzilla was about America throwing atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,so it makes no sense for it to take place in America,and second,why the heck is it CG,one of the best things about Godzilla was that it was all real,old ones do look dated,but some of them look really good with costumes,like Godzilla Vs. Destroyah.And even just as an unrelated monster movie it has terrible story,acting and script!Also,in that scene where "we're supposed to feel sorry for it" comes out another flaw of the movie,you can't feel sorry for it,because it has no personality,unlike other Godzilla movies!Man,I just love what they did to this Godzilla in the next Japanese version,that was really smart.Japanese Godzilla really defeated Zilla(this is what "Godzilla" from this movie is called in that movie).

[@Carsonj13]

TvSonic Serbia "The New York attack WAS Godzilla, right?" "That's what the American experts claim, but our guys have doubts..."

[@tvsonicserbia5140]

Also Final Wars

[@IronPiedmont]

+Carsonj13 Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack. God I love that movie!

[@theberserkturk6059]

He actually doesn't "breathe" the fire in this film... The first time he roars and causes the flames on the ground to rise up, and the second time, he roars and causes 2 cars to collide in the air and explode, creating the fire. By no means am I defending this movie , or dogging on this review, just pointing out a mistake.

[@lastswordfighter]

@TheWing235 Did pay attention to the movie at all? The first scene in the movie takes place in some French islands that were used for nuclear testing in real life. They show an iguana coming out of the ocean and laying eggs on one of the nuked islands. GINO isn't a dinosaur but a giant mutated iguana.

[@chavamara]

Critic, no "It can't see you if you don't move," jokes!? I'm disappointed.

[@KangaKucha]

The intro is not good. While the movie sucks bad, Stargate does not (started a new sci fi franchise that's like star trek ish for God sake), and ID is good website it's flaws (though hopefully there will be no sequel or it will be like the third version of neverending story). And yes, compared to others and though some good scenes, Day After is awful and bad if u believe in climate change (science is shit). 2012 was also as bad too. Heck, as I like to say, at least ID last line was about fireworks, good. 2012, was about pull ups diapers... really?

[@KangaKucha]

***** right guess NC doesn't like that either or does and doesn't feature it. Me? While not great, yeah it is a good flim. Has some issues but overall it's good. I got into it and like it. Some scenes are cool. Funny how two Aussie actors play American rebels in the revolution. ;)

[@landrylongacre6391]

Technically that's not godzilla its zilla that's its name also Tojo bought the rights to him just to kill him on screen.

[@jerrodhesby1128]

AAHHH! HE'S CLEAN SHAVEN!

[@MK1MonsterOck1989]

Why Didn't The Critic Mention Anything About The Real Godzilla? ( The Toho Godzilla! )

[@BlackOpsMaster10263]

or the nerdy white guy with the glasses reviewing the movie

[@TheDrewcifur]

It was the taco Bell dog that got me to watch Godzilla. Here lizard lizard lizard. Here lizard lizard lizard. Uh oh. I think I need a bigger box.

[@DaveSpaceman]

You gota give them some credit critic I really liked stargate and independence day but godzilla I could care less about but I can't wait for the next movie

[@Flaris]

I didn't think the Stargate movie was anything special, but it wasn't bad. Did lead to the creation of a great show which I think makes it more than worthwhile. Though my issues aren't the same as the Nostalgia Critic anyways. Who cares if aliens in that story made the pyramids? What's even the problem with that?

[@ARC9652]

I actually liked the Monster in this, but the movie is pretty stupid