A rock 'n' roll Godzilla movie? Yeah, that seems to be what
we have with GODZILLA: FINAL WARS (2004). Director Ryûhei Kitamura was tasked
with bringing his kinetic style to the Millennium series which may (or may not)
have been a mistake. His love of the crazier Big G films of the 1970's
certainly shines through in this entry giving the proceedings a strange
throwback quality that previous movies in the series had steered clear of. The
fan reaction to GFW was very split and as this was to be the last Godzilla
movie - possibly ever- and also the film released in celebration of Gojira's
50th anniversary it is easy to understand how nearly nothing could have pleased
everyone. Sadly, the Matrix/X-Men elements have not aged nearly as well as the
bad-ass monster battles - of which there are many. I think any film that causes
me to utter the phrase 'unnecessary plot clutter' clearly has its problems.
As you might expect on a film this divisive there is some
disagreement between Troy
and I on the qualities Kitamura brought to the table. If the standard split of
opinion on this one is 'fan boy vs. fan' then our discussion will mirror that
divide pretty closely. Of course, before we get to GFW we talk a bit about my
inevitable viewing of another Eli Roth disaster and Troy 's recent trip into the Lon Chaney
scented Inner Sanctum. Don't ever say we aren't diverse in the horror movie
topics that get randomly discussed when we start babbling! So get off your ass
and come down here. Rock 'n' Roll ain't no riddle, man. To me it makes good,
good sense.
As a cool bonus have a very full mailbag at the end of the show this time
out. Several listeners sent their thoughts and corrections to us about both our
kiaju episodes and the epic CONTAMINATION show as well. It's nice to know there
are folks out there that are enjoying what we do and, rest assured, we intend
to keep it up. We have some great shows on the way in the next few months. If
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