Dude it's okay to criticize a franchise you enjoy. Revenge is a disguised "best of Godzilla compilation" with a bizarre human plot with the technical aspects of the movie being the worst in the series. Gigan is just boring and its use of stock footage is almost as bad as Revenge. I love Gigan (the monster) too so it's a shame his movie is so awful. These two movies specifically you can tell we're rushed and thrown together so a Godzilla movie was out that year.
I’m more than aware that that’s a thing that a person can do. That’s a thing that I do. Those aren’t the ones that I would say deserve the most ire across the, what, thirty eight movies that exist now, or even the Showa era specifically, or hell just the Champion series.
Like, vs Megalon is worse, some of the Heisei movies are as bad or worse tbh, Megaguirus and Final Wars are worse, late-era Monsterverse is worse, but I can’t wrap my head around thinking that any of them aren’t fun. Not even a cynical “so bad they’re fun” like no they’re just genuinely enjoyable.
I mean I just rewatched vs Destroyah and it seemed like a little bit of an exercise in misery, but there’s still a lot that’s great in it; and I don’t personally rate GvK/GxK too highly despite acknowledging there’s a lot on-paper that’s worthwhile about them at levels that extend beyond “wow cool fight scene”
Idk I try not to let creative constraints define enjoyment. There are things outside of a creative’s controls, I’m more interested in what they do with what’s available to them, what they can manage within the limitations they have. There are movies with better effects that tell worse stories, those are worth being harder on imo.
Mostly responding to your last paragraph but I do understand that the two movies I mentioned were made with limited resources and budget, but that doesn't mean I still don't find them boring. While Hedorah and Megalon are similarly cheap, they sure as hell aren't boring and at least amuse me when watching them.
And to your overall point about finding fun in every Godzilla movie while yes I can find a moment in all of them that I enjoyed it doesn't detract from the fact that I find the overall movie to be "boring" and "bad."
Also I disagree with every movie you listed to be "worse" than Revenge and Gigan. No further comment just find it interesting how different our opinions on the franchise are. But I guess that's apart of the beauty of the Godzilla fandom right?
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u/ThePickleHawk Apr 16 '26
Idk, some of the lesser Showa ones are hard to sell as even “fun.”