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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Godzilla, created when a dinosaur was exposed to radiation during an H-bomb test, fills the screen fighting his three-headed archrival in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991/103 min.) and again in Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992/102 min.), engaging in a three-way battle with Mothra and Battra that threatens to destroy Japan. Color/NR/fullscreen. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Actors: | Megumi Odaka, Akira Takarada, Takehiro Murata, Saburo Shinoda, Akiji Kobayashi | | Director: | Kazuki Omori | | Format: | Full Screen, NTSC, Color, Closed-captioned | | Language: | English | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Studio: | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Run Time: | 205 minutes | | DVD Release Date: | November 03, 1998 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 55 reviews |
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17 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Two Fantastic Godzilla Movies Apr 11, 2001
By Xam
"mixed media man"
I'm not a hard-core Godzilla fan, but i find them entertaining, so i picked up this DVD. Upon watching it, the one thing that really annoyed me was the lack of the widescreen option. I always like to have the original scope of the film. That is a main reason why i didn't give it 5 stars. The japanese soundtrack isn't available as an option. I prefer the english dubbing anyway, for comic effect at least. For those people who prefer the english subtitles that option should have been presented as well as the widescreen option. But I do really like the fact that you get two movies on this DVD, while costing the same as one normally does. And anyway these are two of my favorite Godzilla movies and they look good on this DVD. These two movies are both really cool: Mothra: Battle for Earth is really my favorite, the tiny twin women are fantastic! King Ghidora is very entertaining but not nearly as cool as Mothra. It's worth the money if you're a casual Godzilla fan like me, and don't mind the missing japanese soundtrack and widescreen options...
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Four stars for the films, one for the DVD Jan 05, 2010
By abettertomorrow
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah and its follow-up Godzilla vs. Mothra are easily two of the finest films in the series. Koichi Kawakita won a Japanese Academy Award in 1991 for his visual effects for Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, and the following year, Godzilla vs. Mothra became one of the biggest financial hits in Toho's history, selling over four million tickets in Japan, a number that hadn't been reached since the early 60s. Unfortunately, neither film got a stateside release until Sony defecated out this horrendous DVD in 1998 to coincide with Roland Emmerich's even bigger defecation that same year.
Not only are both films sandwiched on one disc, but they're not even in widescreen, and neither of them come with the original Japanese audio with English subtitles. Instead, the viewer has to endure dubbing that is so jaw-droppingly awful that it's amazing Toho would ever allow their films to get this sort of treatment. It's inconceivable how bottom-of-the-barrel Godzilla films like Godzilla's Revenge and even Godzilla vs. Gigan have decent DVDs while these more elaborate films are stuck with cheap double feature DVDs.
Luckily, there are rumors of new DVDs of these films being made, so maybe it's best that fans of the series wait for the new issues, as they will most likely be in anamorphic widescreen with the original Japanese audio. Until then I'd recommend hunting down subtitled DVDs and even VHS's from online distributors instead of settling for this Sony DVD.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Awesome! Finally a '90's Godzilla! May 05, 1999
Ever since I saw the original 50's Godzilla, I had always wondered how it had evolved in the 90's. Now I know. It's plain awesome! A bigger Godzilla with even bigger special effects. I love it!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
One of the best Godzilla movies Nov 06, 2006
By Puffy AmiYumi World
"Andrew"
Godzilla vs King Ghidorah:
While best appreciated by true Godzilla fans, this movie is actually a pretty good science fiction story in its own right. A tricked out space craft with time travel ability presents some intriguing plot possibility that keeps the audience wondering. One interesting insights is how the story portrays what Japan will become in the future. Add to that a back story that presents the origins of both Godzilla and Ghidorah and you end up with one of the best Godzilla movies ever made.
Godzilla and Mothra:
This is basically an updated movie of the early flicks involving Mothra. Worth watching if you're a big Godzilla or Mothra fan.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Great Movies On One DVD! Dec 07, 2005
By GameraRocks
"captpicardfan"
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah- The King Is Back!
This is the sequel to Godzilla vs. Biollante. This introduces Ghidora into the new series.
For people who are not really big Godzilla fans, the Godzilla movies are broken up into 3 parts so far. 1954-1978 is the Showa series, 1984-1995 is the Heisei series and 1999-Present is the Shinsei or Millennium series. Each has different stories. Originally in the Showa series, Ghidora came to Earth by a meteorite, but this movie is in the newer Heisei (1984-1995) series. According to this series, Ghidora was mutated from Durats way back in the 1940's. If you follow the Heisei movies in order, this movie is interesting because the added on to what was already said. They mention about his fight with Biollante in this movie, and Biollante was the movie before this. If you watch this without order, this may not be as interesting. Watch the movies in order because it is meant as a series all the way up to Godzilla vs. Destroyah and is more fun to watch.
Godzilla & Mothra: The Battle for Earth- Moth with Rodan's Voice
The Battle for Earth has to be one of the best Godzilla movies I have seen. From the story to the special fx, this movie is all around really great! The only thing wrong is that a new monster named Battra the "black mothra" sounds like Rodan. Besides that, this movie is solid gold
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