Best Movie In a Series

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I don't think the current Godzilla is the best of the 20 some films. I don't many folks on our forum have seen all of them.

[Jigsaw Killer]

I remember watching the old ones endlessly on Sci-Fi back in the 90s when they used to marathon them every Summer. I'm hard-pressed to remember which my favorite was.

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Allow me to cut/paste a write-up I just did on the best & worst of the old Showa series: Link:http://horror.com/forum/showpost.php...&postcount=144. The Showa series has 15; which is half. If you count both the US Brodderick98 Godzilla and Cranston14 Godzilla, that's a total of 30.

Are some of the newer 15 better than these Showa 9?... yes, but I don't think any of the top 10 films rise over the other top films. Many are very different than the others, and exceed in different film aspects. Makes selecting the "best film" a very difficult endeavor.

Off the top of my head, of the newer 15 G-films, I'd say Biollante, Destroyah, Final Wars and Godzilla 14 are also some of the best.

Best Showa Series Godzilla Films: (in rough order, they're different films that excel in different areas)

1. Destroy All Monsters 1968 -- (Excellent Sci-fi film, beautiful sets, effects, interesting story, good pacing, story sci-fi driven & not especially character driven, for adults and kids)
2. Mothra vs. Godzilla (Godzilla Vs the Thing) 1964 -- (interesting story, good pacing, has a lot of heart, for adults and kids)
3. Godzilla vs. Hedora (smog monster) 1971 -- (psychedelic film, fascinating/unusual/beautiful art and visuals, jazz/psychedelic/classical music finely integrated with speaking/visuals, interesting story, good pacing, sometimes scary, almost more for adults, but ok for kids over 9 maybe)
4. Godzilla vs. MonsterZero 1965 -- (Staring American actor Nick Adams, very cool sci-fi film, interesting story, good pacing, for adults and kids)
5. Godzilla, King of the Monsters (US) 1956 -- (Staring US actor Raymond Burr, interesting story, good pacing, Burr does great job, fascinating visuals, special effects and music; not as gloomy and slow as Gojira, but loses it's visceral & heavy duty effect of suffering with victims, for adults and kids)
6. Godzilla/Gijora (Nippon) 1954 -- (interesting & layered story, excellent and creative visuals, effects and music; film is heavy, gloomy & visceral, can be chilling, sometimes slow pacing, have you're own energy to watch it, not for kids. Some purest will say this is the best film. In my experience a majority with that opinion tend to be those who haven't seen or don't care for any other G-film.
7. Ghidora the Three Headedmonster 1964 -- (amazing special effects and music, pretty good sci-fi, pacing is weak/long in spots, for adults and kids)
8. Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla (Cosmic Monster) 1974 -- (interesting & bizarre sci-fi, good visuals; mediocre pacing, dialogue & acting, tipping towards kids but still dark, ok for sci-fi cultural curious adults)
9. KingKong vs. Godzilla 1962 (US version 1963) -- (fun film, pretty good pacing, more for kids, ok for adults; US version has added parts, pretty much the same except for the winner)

[Sculpt]

Allow me to cut/paste a write-up I just did on the best & worst of the old Showa series: Link:http://horror.com/forum/showpost.php...&postcount=144. The Showa series has 15; which is half. If you count both the US Brodderick98 Godzilla and Cranston14 Godzilla, that's a total of 30.

Are some of the newer 15 better than these Showa 9?... yes, but I don't think any of the top 10 films rise over the other top films. Many are very different than the others, and exceed in different film aspects. Makes selecting the "best film" a very difficult endeavor.

Off the top of my head, of the newer 15 G-films, I'd say Biollante, Destroyah, Tokyo SOS, Final Wars and Godzilla 14 are also some of the best.

Best Showa Series Godzilla Films: (in rough order, they're different films that excel in different areas)

1. Destroy All Monsters 1968 -- (Excellent Sci-fi film, beautiful sets, effects, interesting story, good pacing, story sci-fi driven & not especially character driven, for adults and kids)
2. Mothra vs. Godzilla (Godzilla Vs the Thing) 1964 -- (interesting story, good pacing, has a lot of heart, for adults and kids)
3. Godzilla vs. Hedora (smog monster) 1971 -- (psychedelic film, fascinating/unusual/beautiful art and visuals, jazz/psychedelic/classical music finely integrated with speaking/visuals, interesting story, good pacing, sometimes scary, almost more for adults, but ok for kids over 9 maybe)
4. Godzilla vs. MonsterZero 1965 -- (Staring American actor Nick Adams, very cool sci-fi film, interesting story, good pacing, for adults and kids)
5. Godzilla, King of the Monsters (US) 1956 -- (Staring US actor Raymond Burr, interesting story, good pacing, Burr does great job, fascinating visuals, special effects and music; not as gloomy and slow as Gojira, but loses it's visceral & heavy duty effect of suffering with victims, for adults and kids)
6. Godzilla/Gijora (Nippon) 1954 -- (interesting & layered story, excellent and creative visuals, effects and music; film is heavy, gloomy & visceral, can be chilling, sometimes slow pacing, have you're own energy to watch it, not for kids. Some purest will say this is the best film. In my experience a majority with that opinion tend to be those who haven't seen or don't care for any other G-film.
7. Ghidora the Three Headedmonster 1964 -- (amazing special effects and music, pretty good sci-fi, pacing is weak/long in spots, for adults and kids)
8. Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla (Cosmic Monster) 1974 -- (interesting & bizarre sci-fi, good visuals; mediocre pacing, dialogue & acting; tipping towards kids but still dark; ok for sci-fi & cultural curious adults)
9. KingKong vs. Godzilla 1962 (US version 1963) -- (fun film, pretty good pacing, more for kids, ok for adults; US version has added parts, pretty much the same except for the winner)

[Jigsaw Killer]

I'll seek those out. I remember I always loved the marathons Sci-Fi had every Summer back in the 90s. The good old days

[Ferox13]

I gotta agree that Destroy All Monsters is one of the best but I have a soft spot for VS King Kong too with it's prowrestling antics.

I haven't seen a single film after Biollante though - I must catch up..

[Jigsaw Killer]

I probably haven't seen the older Godzilla films since the mid-90s at least, back when Sci-Fi had their Summer marathons.

[Sculpt]

Originally Posted by Ferox13

I gotta agree that Destroy All Monsters is one of the best but I have a soft spot for VS King Kong too with it's prowrestling antics.

I haven't seen a single film after Biollante though - I must catch up..

I'd recommend jumping right in with Godzilla Vs Destroyah -- It's designed to be a direct sequel to the original 1954 film. It hits deep viscerally somehow.

Originally Posted by Jigsaw Killer

I probably haven't seen the older Godzilla films since the mid-90s at least, back when Sci-Fi had their Summer marathons.

Have you seen all, or most of the 1990s & 2000s Godzilla's? Any of them strike you as particularly good?

[Jigsaw Killer]

It's been so many years since I last saw them that I can't fairly say based on a hazy memory. I definitely went through a Godzilla phase when I was small largely thanks to Sci-Fi's Summer marathons of them back in the 90s.

[Jigsaw Killer]

I remembered My Super Psycho 16. Never seen any of them but I've heard good things about them.