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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | Gaaaaaaaargh! The guy in the rubber suit is back with a vengeance. Godzilla's back in the nurturing hands of Toho Studios, and they've beefed up the big beast with more highly developed spinal fins, resembling large crystals, and more menacing teeth. But he's the same guy in the rubber suit who smashes Tokyo's buildings and cars and dukes it out in larger-than-life smackdowns with the universe's monstrous villains. The plot is familiar to anyone who was a 12-year-old boy: Godzilla erupts from the sea for reasons that are never made clear, proceeds to wreak havoc amongst the buildings of a model city, and meets and beats a monster his own size, thus saving humanity. His nemesis this time around is a 600-foot-long rock that scientists find at the bottom of the ocean and unwisely bring to the surface, where it proves to be an alien spacecraft bent on acquiring Godzilla's regenerative abilities. "A visitor from outer space?" exclaims one of the scientists, "My god, it's just too crazy to believe!" To which the lead scientist responds, "Right, like Godzilla's normal. Anyway, it's my theory that..." The film is thoroughly entertaining, and not just for the breathtaking sequences of destruction that follow Godzilla's emergence and his battles with the alien space monster. These do have a preternatural beauty. But the human story, if you can call it that, holds your interest due to the shear preponderance of improbabilities it generates. You laugh at the "mistakes"--assuming they weren't planted there as amiable self-deprecation. --Jim Gay | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Actors: | Shiro Sano, Takehiro Murata, Naomi Nishida, Hiroshi Abe, Mayu Suzuki | | Director: | Takao Okawara | | Format: | Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language: | English, French | | Subtitle: | English, French | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Studio: | Sony Pictures | | Run Time: | 99 minutes | | DVD Release Date: | December 26, 2000 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 157 reviews |
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 Godzilla 2000 Aug 12, 2008
My Grandsons truly enjoyed this Godzilla 2000DVD, so did I! But I get a bigger Kick watching my Grandsons enjoy all of the Godzilla Movies that I have purchased for their collection!
Not too shabby Jul 05, 2008
Let me start off by saying that I have seen, as of writing this, I have rather recently seen fourteen Godzilla titles. I've seen some good ones and some bad ones (Space Godzilla anyone?) And then I saw this.
Let's start with the bad. The CG puts film-making back quite a few years. The space-ship reminded me of a badly-rendered ship from "Flight of the Navigator." The millennium Godzilla-suit is a little jarring at first. Why isn't his beam blue? Some of the compositing was both daring, bold, and badly-done. The DVD is dubbed. If you read the one-star reviews, this seems to have been a problem for some.
Now for the good: Good story, great pacing, formidable acting. The miniatures they used for this movie were really spectacular. Lots of great effects shots. After Orga gets out of his CG-stage, he's a pleasure to look at. The movie's got a great feel to it. The ending is simply magnificent. The overall movie has a new and unique feel to it-- rather like Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, which was by the same director-- and it's always good to see something new come from something old. Also of note, while this is a dubbed version, there are a few comical lines. It's rather refreshing to see that, and I know there are those out there who don't agree.
For those Godzilla fans who can't stand a little humor, if you look back at Mothra vs. Godzilla in the 60s, there were a few memorable somewhat-comical moments in that, too (involving a minor character's obsession with eggs, if I recall correctly).
You might have noticed that this isn't a five-star review. This was Toho's answer to the unfortunate American Tristar "Godzilla". I believe some of the over-use of computer-generated imagery might have been a result of this. I would have loved to give it five-stars, but some of the CG scenes involving Orga were just too ambitious and it detracted from an otherwise-great movie.
This is a must-see, especially since it's the first in the millennium series. If you like the Godzilla films, this is one that's great to own. Otherwise, it's definitely worth renting.
Best Godzilla I have ever seen May 20, 2008
This is the best godzilla movie I have ever seen. The special effects are mostly hand done, and mostly amazing. All of the scenes with godzilla are epic and scary. Godzilla is portrayed well. The movie has a slower pace compared to movies of today, but its very watchable, and also very bizarre in spots. The supporting characters are also cool. There might be a hint of Twister and Independence day in the plot, but this movie still manages to be bizarre, and a great Godzilla movie.
 Good & Campy Apr 16, 2008
The title sums it up. Watching Godzilla's rampage through modern Japan is an exercise in smile-inducing fun. This is a good-natured movie that is what it is, no pretensions, no false advertising.
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 Awful and Wonderful Sep 20, 2007
This movie stinks in the wonderful way all Godzilla movies stink.
Godzilla 2000 is awful and wonderful with a meaner looking Godzilla but the same dumb-as-nails humans. Needless to say, the Japanese try everything to kill Godzilla again this time and nothing works...again.
Why do they keep shooting at him when he is impervious to pain? I thought the Japanese were smart? In this movie two characters, father and daughter, seem to like Godzilla who destroys a heck of a lot of the city and kills thousands of humans. Somehow or other we are supposed to identify with the ugly beast.
In this movie Godzilla fights a giant rock from outer space that turns into a spaceship then into a monster and then Godzilla...well I don't want to ruin the ending.
One star: BUT a lot of idiotic fun!
Frank Scoblete: author of Golden Touch Dice Control Revolution!
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