Post by abraxas on Aug 24, 2010 15:30:30 GMT -5
Godzilla 2000: Millennium (JV Japanese version) is a 1999 kaiju film directed by Takao Okawara and written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Wataru Mimura. It was the twenty-third film (24th if you count Godzilla 1998) released in the Godzilla series. Toho released the film in Japan in 1999, a year after the release of TriStar's Godzilla. TriStar launched the film in the United States in 2000 as Godzilla 2000, the last in the Godzilla series to make a North American theatrical run. This film effectively begins and sets the tone for the Millennium series: It ignores continuity established by any previous films, instead preserving only the original Godzilla and working other appearances into the intervening years. It is the only film to feature Orga.
Godzilla 2000 has some of the best examples of Godzilla and his interaction with the miniature buildings and background, particularly the shot in the beginning of Godzilla walking along the shore, with a shot of a truck driving along side him positioned beneath. This is but one example of the many phenomenal special effects sequences in the film.
Godzilla looks bad ass in this one, and the effect of his atomic breath are the best that have ever appeared in a Godzilla film, this effect would be carried over in the films released after it. The Godzilla suit which appears in this film is a reworking of the suit from the Heisei series. The most significant alterations are his facial features which are a little more sinister, the two rows of teeth that appeared within the Heisei period was reduced to a single row.
The plates on Godzilla's back are far more menacing looking, they were exceptionally jagged and were much bigger then they had been on previous suits. On either side of his neck were thick ridges, making his neck thicker and more muscular. As with the previous films he was more streamlined, although the ridges on his neck partially took the place of the muscular body that was seen in the "mid point" of the franchise.
The dialog in the US version was a bit more comical and several "American-like" phrases were added, like "Bite me!" "Quit your bitching" and "Great Caesar's Ghost!" which is a reference to the old Superman series of the 1940's.
This film also explains why Godzilla is impenetrable to all man-made weapons, in the film Godzilla has special cells, coined within the film as "Regenerator G1 cells" these cells instantly go about healing him whenever he is injured.
The dialog isn't that intrusive and is actually kind of funny, the film itself was re-edited for its American release, but these changes were very minor and mostly done for pace. Several reviewers of the original Japanese film agree with these cuts, as for the change in the dialog all of these were officially endorsed by Toho.
5 out of 5 enthusiastic roars for this one
Godzilla 2000 has some of the best examples of Godzilla and his interaction with the miniature buildings and background, particularly the shot in the beginning of Godzilla walking along the shore, with a shot of a truck driving along side him positioned beneath. This is but one example of the many phenomenal special effects sequences in the film.
Godzilla looks bad ass in this one, and the effect of his atomic breath are the best that have ever appeared in a Godzilla film, this effect would be carried over in the films released after it. The Godzilla suit which appears in this film is a reworking of the suit from the Heisei series. The most significant alterations are his facial features which are a little more sinister, the two rows of teeth that appeared within the Heisei period was reduced to a single row.
The plates on Godzilla's back are far more menacing looking, they were exceptionally jagged and were much bigger then they had been on previous suits. On either side of his neck were thick ridges, making his neck thicker and more muscular. As with the previous films he was more streamlined, although the ridges on his neck partially took the place of the muscular body that was seen in the "mid point" of the franchise.
The dialog in the US version was a bit more comical and several "American-like" phrases were added, like "Bite me!" "Quit your bitching" and "Great Caesar's Ghost!" which is a reference to the old Superman series of the 1940's.
This film also explains why Godzilla is impenetrable to all man-made weapons, in the film Godzilla has special cells, coined within the film as "Regenerator G1 cells" these cells instantly go about healing him whenever he is injured.
The dialog isn't that intrusive and is actually kind of funny, the film itself was re-edited for its American release, but these changes were very minor and mostly done for pace. Several reviewers of the original Japanese film agree with these cuts, as for the change in the dialog all of these were officially endorsed by Toho.
5 out of 5 enthusiastic roars for this one