“大怪獣頂上決戦”
ゴジラシリーズ第27作。「ミレニアムシリーズ」第5作で、同シリーズ唯一の前作からの続編。ゴジラと機龍機龍＝メカゴジラの死闘から１年。機龍の整備士・中條義人とその叔父・中條信一の元にインファント島の小美人が現れる。彼女らはゴジラの骨から造られた機龍の存在を否定。このままでは、命をもてあそぶ人類に対してモスラが脅威となる可能性を警告する。そこにゴジラが出現。特生自衛隊はゴジラを品川へと誘導し機龍を出動させ、迎撃を試みるが・・・。
興行収入: $12,000,000 (18億円)
※製作費・興行収入はTMDBのデータを参照しています。収支は(興行収入 - 製作費)で算出したFindKey独自の推定値であり、広告宣伝費や諸経費は含まれません (1ドル=150円換算)。
I really liked how the end of the first act was met with a delightful little musical number sung by the twins. It made me both pumped for the next segment and feeling good about the old one. Fastidious piece of music. But, about the human segments. Because when I close my eyes I hear the action hero dramatics of the the late 1950s. Don't believe me, try it next time you watch it and tell me that doesn't sound like the Van Johnson heroics of the big studios. I think it's funny as hell a corps of professional aviators not once ever thought about having a mechanic as part of the plane's (Mechagodzilla) crew. Their response to the suggestion makes them look very foolish. I mean- isn't knowing that stuff part of their job? Another thing is I think the director would be good at directing westerns. I liked when humans mazered Godzilla and he just turned around and his face was like 'what the fuq, man'. Then, when Mechagodzilla was coming out of the sky right in his path all dramatic-like, Godzilla's face: 'you got to be shitting me' (ha!). Godzilla's whole posture is like a mom come home from a long days work, and she's got five kids, and all the stuff that's thrown at her from every direction, and all she really wants to do is sit down for five minutes. His face, when Mecha pulls out something flashy to use against him, I adore it. It's definitely 'mom when she throws up her hands and is all 'I give up goddamnit''. This next part kind of needs you to know your Godzilla chronology so bear with me. And then, when I mistakenly thought the Godzilla bones hugging Godzilla was Papa hugging Junior (Godzilla was a dad), I don't know who I need to tell that to, but that wasn't Papa. Papa wouldn't kill Junior. That was some unknown, third party, spirit who grabbed and ran away with Godzilla to the bottom of the sea just because that (whatever makes sense to a maniac). A monster who makes you want Papa Godzilla to come back. Finally, I like to think the Prime Minister was addressing the world on behalf of Japan. He basically said they know they made mistakes, but they're trying to fix them, and they're sorry. The actual lines are ... ... ... "But one thing's sure. We made many mistakes in the past. It's up to us to correct those mistakes. Perhaps we learned humility." ... I thought that was cool. One last thing. Godzilla wouldn't come to human cities if their governments didn't steal things that don't belong to them, okay? There, I said it. That's the truth. That was his dad, man! All that's left of him used against him! If anything, Godzilla deserves a fucking medal for not completely melting down at what they did.
