The monsters even get to have a chat! In all this feels like a mini-epic, and there are the four monsters to contend with. There's lots of shooting and action to keep things moving briskly along. Fans of musicals are well supplied when twin fairies break into beautiful songs when calling Mothra. Indeed we get some espionage-type heroics from a valiant policeman, and an old scientist who looks like a Japanese version of John Neville. Lots of cities are destroyed as per usual but thankfully the film doesn't focus on this mass destruction. This comes when the prophet girl warns of doom and gloom and Ghidora is about to be born, the film actually becomes frightening for three fifths of a second before descending back into inanity. It's also the first time I've ever seen any tension in a GODZILLA film. For me, this is the cream of the series, a lot better than the stuffy films of the '50s like GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN which proved to be stultifyingly boring at times.
But it's so expertly-crafted and so sweet that you can't help but love it. The special effects are fantastic in a cheesy way, there are spies and policeman and traitors and stuff running around shooting each other, there's a prophet of doom from Jupiter (!) who warns of impending death, and best of all there's not one, not two, not three but FOUR giant monsters battling it out for the fate of mankind! Yes, this film is childish, and yes, it insults the viewer's intelligence. There are about a hundred different plot strands and plenty of action to take your mind off the nonsensical dialogue.
Everything you have ever hoped for in a GODZILLA film comes together and melds into one in this awesomely fun romp. Wow! That's all I can say after watching this thing. The site of Rodan taking rocks off the head were pretty funny as well. There are some funny scenes with the highlight being one where Rodan and Godzilla are fighting because they don't want to save the people and Mothra has to try and calm them down. The cinematography is good as is the music score but both are usually ruined with incredibly bad extras screaming their heads off. The effects here are good enough to carry the film and the final battle is pretty good if too short. The men in the suits are somewhat better but that's not saying too much.
#Ghidorah the 3 headed monster movie
The scene where the plane explodes is among the worst thing I've ever seen in any movie as the effect comes off so fake looking. The special effects are a rather mixed bag. We have to sit through incredibly silly scenes with this ghost telling us what's wrong with the world, we have to watch scientists try and figure out what's going on and then we have to sit around and wait for it all to take place. The part that bugged me the most about this film is that once again we have to sit through a hour worth of stupidity to get to any of the real monster action. You know, I'm really not sure what the appeal of these movies are just I guess people get a kick out of them just like I get a kick out of Ed Wood films. She's right as the three headed title character comes along to do damage but thankfully Mothra, Godzilla and Rodan put their troubles behind and team up. A little time later her ghost is spotted warning the good people of Japan that the Earth is about to be destroyed. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) ** (out of 4) A princess is flying into Japan when something hits her plane making it blow up right in the air.
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