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"Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster" (Original Japanese title "Ebirah: Horror of the Deep".) is the first truly great Godzilla movie since the original classic. Everything seems to work here and work well. Very good fight sequences, great visuals and a well written script.
The main reason I believe this movie works so well is its diversion from the norm. It's nice for once to see a Godzilla movie in a totally different setting than we are used to. Though we do see some familiar scenes of Godzilla taking down fighter jets and destroying buildings, it is seen a little less here than usual which I think works to the movie's advantage.
The storyline is actually quite good as well. A group of Japanese men find themselves marooned on a remote island named Devil's Island. The island is home to a terrorist organization named Red Bamboo. They are secretly conducting heavy water experiments for a possible attack on Japan. The island is threatened by a menacing sea creature named Ebirah that could attack the island at anytime. However Red Bamboo keeps the creature at bay by spraying a yellow liquid made from fruit indegenous to the island. The castaways discover that Red Bamboo has captured a large group of people from a nearby island tribe (Which is home to one of Godzilla's fremenies Mothra.) and are forcing them to work as slaves to manufacture the liquid. A young female tribe member escapes captivity and meets the small group of men. They agree to help her and her people escape anyway they can, but they don't see how they could get past Ebirah. While making their way through one of the island's many caves the group is stunned to find none other than Godzilla alseep on the island. They decide, through use of a crude lightening rod, to awaken the monster in hopes he can face and defeat Ebirah. Meanwhile back on the slaves' home island, the remaining tribe members wait for Mothra to awake in order to ask for her help in saving their captive tribe members.
I was never bored with this movie and enjoyed it from start to finish. The fight sequences between Godzilla and Ebirah are better than average which definitely helps this movie work. Overall, it's just plain fun and that's what the Godzilla movies are all about.
As I have noted in my reviews of other films in this series, it's great to see this movie in its original form with the original dialogue track. Far better than that horrible dubbing we all were subjected to when we saw these movies on Sunday afternoon television. The picture quality is also terrific. The way the movie was supposed to (and should) be seen.
See the original "Gojira" (Not the vastly inferior Americanized version with the late Raymond Burr titled "Godzilla: King of the Monsters".) by all means, but see "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster" too! The original Toho Studio Godzilla series does not have a bad movie in it in my opinion (Though I will be the first to admit some are better than others.) but make a point to see the two best movies of the series. You won't be disappointed.
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Darth Maciek
Very silly, but funny, fast paced and great to watch with kids
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2011godzilla_fan
Godzilla fights the mighty Ebirah!
Reviewed in Canada on March 6, 2011Bob
Who does not love Godzilla, a giant sea creature
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