Product ReviewsGodzilla Vs. the Sea Monster (Blu-ray Disc, 2014)

Entertainment Replaces Enlightenment

The first Godzilla "Kiddie" Film and the first in the series to have a totally happy ending, "Ebirah" marked a profound shift in the series. Previous films directed by Ishiro Honda were for the most part made for adults with subliminal messages, but this one - the first directed by Jun Fukuda - was produced for an adolescence audience that no longer wished to be enlightened, just entertained (there were commercial considerations as well as the adults had tired of monster movies).
Director Jun Fukuda keeps the pace moving briskly along and Masaru Sato's musical score is full of electronic guitar rifts and bandstand music complementing Seichi Sekizawa's comic-book tale of outrageous characters (played by such wonderful actors as Kumi Mizuno and Akira Takarada), illogical situations and tongue-in-cheek monster battles. Haruo Nakajima portrays Godzilla as a titan with a temper fighting the mighty Ebirah, with cameos from a Big Bird and the mighty Mothra. There's singing and dancing, gunfire, slave labor and a nuclear explosion. In all the film is entertaining but a far cry from the more serious entries in the series, and they would stay that way for quite some time (the DVD picture quality is excellent).
-Peter H. Brothers, author of "Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: the Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda."Read full review...

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Great movie for today's exchange of horrors.

I am a Godzilla fan so I do t need to tell you that I find the movie outstanding. I gave it only four stars because of the price.

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South Seas Adventure!

Always loved the early south seas Godzilla films. It's fun seeing them sneaking around in bright yellow jackets and love that they fend off Ebirah with butter and lemon juice.... LOL!

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Godzilla

Great family fun without a bunch of foul language !!

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ebirath vs godzilla bluray.

godzilla and sea monster, good memories.

Godzilla

Good value

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