Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster
Ghidorah, tříhlavá příšera
V pořadí páty film ze série o Godzille, přičemž poněkud matoucí může být, že japonský ani anglický název její jméno neobsahuje. Tentokrát Japonsko pustoší King Ghidorah, trojhlavé létající monstrum vylíhnuté z meteoritu. Ve stejnou chvíli spolu bojují Godzilla a Rodan, obří ptakoještěr. Je na Mothře, larvě gigantické můry, aby oba nepřátele přesvědčila, že je lépe spojit síly proti mnohem strašnějšímu monstru Ghidorahovi. Přelomový film, kdy se z Godzilly stává spíše ochránce japonských ostrovů než jejich ničitel. Rovněž filmové zrození King Ghidoraha, aktéra mnoha jiných "kaiju" filmů.
LivewireAdmin recenzoval
8. prosince 2025•
Bought the Criterion Showa Era bundle and I’m super excited to finally watch all these older ones.
The giant monster fight scenes are all suuuper dated but they have their charm. It was cool seeing Ghidorah, Rodan and a larval form of Mothra all on screen with Godzilla. I thought all of the human characters were well written and it was a nice surprise seeing Akiko Wakabayashi in this after just seeing her in You Only Live Twice. Can’t help but feel I should have maybe watched the Showa films in order as were dropped into some deep Mothra lore here…..but from my limited research there was a standalone Mothra film in 1961 so earlier Godzilla films might not have been able to help me either.
All that aside I found the Princess Salno “Venus” lore very interesting…..the movie posits Ghidorah as a world destroyer, one that turned Venus into the greenhouse hellscape we know it as today but was once a thriving planet. Having Ghidorah defeated but not destroyed was a great way to bring the audience back for the next installment.
Criterion transfer looked great and I can’t wait to view the rest!
LivewireAdmin recenzoval
8. prosince 2025•
Bought the Criterion Showa Era bundle and I’m super excited to finally watch all these older ones.
The giant monster fight scenes are all suuuper dated but they have their charm. It was cool seeing Ghidorah, Rodan and a larval form of Mothra all on screen with Godzilla. I thought all of the human characters were well written and it was a nice surprise seeing Akiko Wakabayashi in this after just seeing her in You Only Live Twice. Can’t help but feel I should have maybe watched the Showa films in order as were dropped into some deep Mothra lore here…..but from my limited research there was a standalone Mothra film in 1961 so earlier Godzilla films might not have been able to help me either.
All that aside I found the Princess Salno “Venus” lore very interesting…..the movie posits Ghidorah as a world destroyer, one that turned Venus into the greenhouse hellscape we know it as today but was once a thriving planet. Having Ghidorah defeated but not destroyed was a great way to bring the audience back for the next installment.
Criterion transfer looked great and I can’t wait to view the rest!
