Welcome to the first of what will be a total of
29 entries in my #Godzilla2013 project (clever name, huh?). My inspiration for
this project came from a number of sources, the two main ones being my movie
friends from Austin and my homeys over at
PreOrder66. My Austin friends such
as
@Jenni7283 and
@LolaReels always have some very cool themed project. For example, a recent project by Jenni was watching all 45 Sinatra movies. And then the good guys
over at PO66 kept on talking about something called "SH MonsterArts" and talking about the Godzilla toys that were coming out of that line, which included other monsters from the franchise, and how amazing they were. They kept on talking about all of these events that happened in the movies, and I just became really curious over time. Now, I'm not at all a Godzilla fan, and I
think the last movie I saw with him was that dreadful 1998 version so I figured, why not look into this often-referred and influential franchise?
This particular series of essays will be
thoughts and a sort of review of the movie. There won't be a set schedule as
all 28 movies are going to be a little bit of a pain to track down, and I will
try as much as I can to go in chronological order. Today's entry comes to us
via the Criterion Collection, spine number #594. This edition contains both the original movie and the American re-edit, GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS! Today, I'll be talking about 1954's GOJIRA, directed by
Ishiro Honda. Check out my thoughts after the break.
