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If they hadn't stuck the name Godzilla on it, I would've been perfectly fine with it. It's pretty good for a stand-alone monster flick, even if the whole Baby Godzilla sequence was torn right from the pages of Jurassic Park. Still, the monster just didn't feel like Godzilla, y'know?
Anyways, since this is slightly on topic, it's the 50th Anniversary of the original Gojira, and they're finally releasing the movie in the US in its original form. Completely uncut (the American version had a good 40 minutes cut out and the main character changed to an American actor), uncensored, and with subtitles instead of the horrible dubbing. Aside from the crappy special effects, the first Godzilla is really a much darker and more serious movie than all of its ultra-campy sequels. I can't wait to get my hands on the DVD.
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