Hello Friends,
Grab your popcorn and pull up a stool, its (Bad) Movie Night on Vinyl in the Valley!
Also known as All Monster's Attack, Godzilla's Revenge (1969) is the tenth film in Toho Studio's Godzilla series and its a doozy!
The movie is about a little Japanese kid, Ichiro Miki, who is bullied at school and whose parents are too busy working to really pay attention. In a dream, he is transported to Monster Island and becomes friends with Minilla, Godzilla's son, who is also the victim of bullying-- by the monster, Gabara. While on the island, Ichiro witnesses the mighty Godzilla do battle with a giant sea monster (Ebirah), a giant spider (Kumonga) and some Japanese jets!
Later he aids Minilla in a one-on-one fight with his antagonist, Gabara, and wouldn't you know it, the little guy wins! When Ichiro wakes up back in the real world, he has the wherewithal to escape from some bank-robbing kidnappers (?) and eventually gets up the courage to fight back against his tormentors. What's the lesson here kids? Well if you want to grow a pair, you've got to hang out with giant monsters!
Directed by legendary kaiju director Ishiro Honda, Godzilla's Revenge is the first Godzilla film that seems to be specifically targeted at children which makes it appear even sillier than your usual giant monster fare! Actually if you think about it, theme-wise its not too different from the book/movie, Where the Wild Things Are. (Cue James Gandolfini starring as Godzilla in the middle of an existential crisis just sitting and staring at ducks in his pool!)
The movie ain't all that great but of course we were counting on that! One major upside is the movie's theme song.
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We'll see you next time, friends, until then the Tiki Bar is closed*.
(* not really)
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