Up From The Depths Reviews | Godzilla 2000 (1999)
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- Опубликовано: 26 мар 2019
- An ancient alien spacecraft attempts to harvest Godzilla's DNA for its own nefarious purposes.
Released December 11, 1999
Producer: Shogo Tomiyama
Director: Takao Okawara
Screenplay: Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Wataru Mimura
Music: Takayuki Hattori
Special Effects: Kenji Suzuki
Starring:
Takehiro Murata as Yuji Shinoda
Naomi Nishida as Yuki Ichinose
Hiroshi Abe as Mitsuo Katagiri
Shirō Sano as Shiro Miyasaka
Mayu Suzuki as Io Shinoda
Godzilla portrayed by Tsutomu Kitagawa, Orga portrayed by Makoto Ito
#Godzilla2000 #Orga
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This film is so badass it didn't even release in 2000!
December of 1999, so very close
Also remember, that movies back then could run for months if it was successful. If you only made it for a few weeks you were a flop, while now a few weeks is your average lifespan.
Titanic by James Cameron was in cinemas in Australia for like a whole damned year.
It was 1999 in japan, but in the rest of the world it was in 2000.
I'll always have a soft spot for this one because it was the first Japanese Godzilla film I ever saw.
Yeah same, popped the CD right inside the disc player! sat back and enjoyed life as a kid...
First one I saw in theaters.
First one I saw was _Destroy All Monsters,_ but this was the first Japanese Godzilla movie I ever got on DVD.
I'm pretty sure it was my first as well. I watched it pretty often as a kid.
Glad this was the first Godzilla movie I saw, and not the 1998 American version
Godzilla 2000 is my second favorite costume/suit after the Heisei era. They're both perfection for his appearance!!
Old comment ik but what on earth makes the Heisei suit better??? Millennium Godzilla is just the perfect design, besides being green. And I'm no Heisei hater, it's either my 2nd favorite design or 3rd after Final Wars
The Millennium era had some of my favorite movies of the franchise. Godzilla 2000 was a great apology for Zilla.
I feel as if the American cut significantly improved on this film in almost every way. Tighter pacing, fleshing out the characters more, having a bit of fun but not mocking the film much, an additional score by the great J. Peter Robinson and the much improved sound design.
Yeah, I grew up watching the American cut and this was the first time I've watched the Japanese version. It's very rough around the edges, oddly placed music, lack of sound effects in certain scenes, etc.
@@UpFromTheDepths88 Given Toho was impressed with the Americanization seems to me they buffed up the sound and music department on the later entries haha
One of the few times the English dub beats out the Japanese dub.
But the trailer was the worst trailer i have ever seen. Look it up.
Not to mention a domestically-produced English dub that was very welcome after years of Hong Kong-based mediocrity
I'm surprised to hear you so critical of this. I thoroughly enjoyed it and this remains one of the rare Godzilla films where the human characters and plot aren't boring, which makes for an overall much better viewing experience. It definitely make my Godzilla top 10 list.
You took that as critical? The main attraction to the movie is Godzilla, for most people. So I wouldn't say he is being critical when he points out the lackluster consistency on the special effects. They are all over the place, which earlier Heisei movies didn't suffer from as much as they did from just rather cheap looking effects (something Gamera Heisei does way better).
@@hellcatdave1 "points out the lackluster consistency of special effects" of G2000, then praises laughable designs and suitmation of GMK. It's all as subjective as it gets.
@@RIDDICK0911 I was really 50/50 on the suitmation and creature effects in GMK.
Godzilla and Baragon look fine(unlike Godzilla 2000, GMK has eyelids and his lips move), but mothra looks like a plastic model and Ghidorah has seen way better days. You’d think they’d avoid ghidorah’s goofy “heads flailing around for no reason” in GMK, but it’s still there.
@@RIDDICK0911 The designs were not laughable in the slightest though. Only the effects and some of the suitmation but GMK also has a cool premise and a threatening antagonist Godzilla so yeah
Just here to say I loved the father and daughter characters that try to study godzilla like storm chasers and how she takes care of him who is so busy working.
The best Godzilla design.
I like 1964 and 1962 the most, but damn this is one badass suit
This was the first ever Godzilla movie from toho I ever saw. While not one of the best, it Is nonetheless a decent entry that totally makes up for the horrendous 1998 movie. One of my favorite things about this movie Is the Godzilla design. one of the coolest Godzilla designs ever and one of the cooler Godzilla kaiju ever, Orga. Too bad though the film was heavily rushed into production and the American verison dropped out the whole millennium subplot. I give it a 6.1/10.
Well Zilla's roars don't fit MireGoji at all
I fucking love this movie. So damn entertaining, and it gets me nostalgic every time I watch it.
Not only do I love how it was whipped up and released just one year after the '98 Emmerich film, I especially love how the US trailer uses Rob Zombie's "Superbeast" for the music, and the particular lyric "I'm the one that you wanted!" felt like it was specifically directed at fans who were sorely disappointed with '98 and would finally get a proper return of the Big G.
The Legendary and Millenium Godzilla have both still the best design!
I remember seeing this in theaters with my parents when I was 4. As a little kid I was blown away (litterally) when Godzilla destroys Orga. Despite this films various flaws, it'll always have a special place in my heart. I hope more Toho films (like Shin) will release in U.S. theaters.
Same here man I saw it in theaters as a kid I was so stoked when I saw trailers on tv for it!!!! Then I rented for like a whole month from blockbuster until I got the movie on dvd🤣
One of the few versions where the US cut is 100% an improvement(As others have said)....the pacing was tighter, the Dub had a lot of charm and personality, great pieces of additional(NOT full-on replacement) musical score, AND a completely new set of sound design.
The Japanese cut of the film is shockingly quiet, even for a Japanese film....which tend to have a lot less Foley and Sound Design in general.
To be brutally honest, the US cut of Godzilla 2000 is one of my more preferred Godzilla movies. It is simple and direct enough that you can watch it with virtually no outside context, and enjoy a film that checks virtually all of the boxes for a Godzilla movie that you want to see checked.
A lot of G screen-time, G appears early an fairly often, has an extended battle with the military who cannot bring him down, has an otherworldly adversary, and eventually does battle with another giant monster. Human characters that fairly realistically walk the line between understanding and combating the threat of Godzilla while also appreciating him as a scientific anomaly that should not be outright eliminated.
It places well in a marathon after G54, G85, and Biollante.
Yeah, the US has many marked improvements.
TOHO themselves have said that they prefer the American cut over the Japanese one. And considering the American cut was made by the same people who put together the 1998 movie, that's saying something.
Completely agree.
Well Zilla's roars don't fit MireGoji at all
@@primevalyautja1305 Each to their own. I find that they definitely do.
Orga's design, which looks a lot like Zilla's, and the fact that he tries to turn itself into Godzilla, makes the direct response to the 1998 movie all the more apparent. I feel like this movie really needed some sort of connection to previous movies. I know it shares continuity with the 1954 movie, but this is not really apparent in the movie itself and feels like we missed something in between.
I really like Toho decided to bring Godzilla back to Japan once again and started the Millennium series (1999-2004), ignores both the Showa series (1954-1975) and Heisei series (1984-1995) expect the original 1954 film. In this movie, this Godzilla is the second species of original Godzilla. Godzilla is anti-hero in order to save the earth of his territory from Orga.
This was actually my first Godzilla movie not counting the 98 version
This film is incredibly special to me because it kickstarted my love for the big G as well as other great kaiju films!
I'll always hold a place in my heart for this movie, mainly because it was the first godzilla movie I ever saw, also Orga is just really cool.
Toho: “Fine we’ll do it ourselves”
With many others, this is was one of my first ever Godzilla movies ever (Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla, Godzilla vs King Kong) this is my favorite Godzilla movie ever, there’s a scene in this film with Eo cooking gets me hungry every time. The comedy is hilarious in this film too, the pole guys are funny.
I had Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla and Godzilla Returns on VHS as a kid, but this was the first I saw in theaters.
My second favorite Godzilla movie of all time ever because this was the very first Godzilla that I ever truly saw in its entirety and is one which I truly love for its simplicity and originality. Also, I personally think this is the unofficial sequel to Godzilla vs Destroyah where Godzilla Jr. (Godzilla’s son) is the new Godzilla throughout the rest of the Godzilla series up until Shin Godzilla
I remember when my parents got this for me when I was a kid. I had friends over for a sleepover and we enjoyed the hell out of this movie!
My first ever Godzilla film, and still my favourite to this day
This is still one of my favorite G movies
Godzilla 2000 is one of the best Godzilla films. Godzilla's design is amazing (one of my favorites).The characters are okay, and the effects are both good and bad. But the best part of the film is Godzilla's fight with Orga, especially the part where Godzilla blows Orga's head off. That part was epic!
Oh look a giant Godzilla.
*lights up a cigarette*
well.....since he love cigeratte,he want to enjoy his last smoke before he die..also i like when he screamed "GODZILLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
Just a normal day.
@@michaelmyers8596 I didn't know you where a fan of Godzilla Michael
Godzilla 2000, to me, is a strong example of what you can expect from the best the series has to offer.
An imposing, dangerous Godzilla
A decent human plot
And a fun giant monster brawl
If you wanted to show a movie that would give people a basic understanding of what Godzilla is about, I feel like this is a strong contender.
Godzilla 2000 is very atmospheric I feel and it has very powerful themes. I think this one is top notch
Agreed! reading the comments section, it seems to be very underrated.
One of my favorite godzilla movies!
It’s my all time favorite Godzilla film as it was the first I saw in theaters and it revived the franchise. So this film deserves more respect than you gave it.
I saw the English dub of this movie in the theaters. The dub is HILARIOUS! I'm very glad my friends and I saw it during the middle of a weekday in an empty theater, so we could laugh our asses off freely. I love the ending where Yuji Shinoda says poetically to his daughter, "Maybe there's a little Godzilla in all of us...", then there is an immediate cut to Godzilla reducing dozens of city blocks into ash with his atomic breath.
Objectively, the greatest movie ending of all time.
👍👍Awesome work my friend. Nothing better than to relax while watching your videos.
This film was my introduction to Godzilla when I was a kid, so I can't thank it enough for that
remember seeing this in theaters as a kid. Godzilla defeating orga made me one very happy camper
How could you gloss over the incredible score? I DEMAND A RECOUNT!
Subbed, love your review style. Keep up the great work. 👍🏿
Born in 2000 and watched it in 2001 this will be my favorite Godzilla design and movie.
Managed to get the American cut on DVD earlier this year, and I really enjoyed watching it! Definitely one of my favorites out of the franchise. I really like the sense of mystique surrounding the Millennians and their spacecraft, and Orga made for an interesting new monster.
And I was just watching one of your videos then saw this pop up! Awesome!
The very first Godzilla movie I saw in a theater. Really enjoyed and still do.
As a long time Godzilla fan I love your videos!!
While it has my favorite Godzilla suit, nice seeing Takehiro Murata again, having Hiroshi Abe and Mayu Suzuki as show stealers and liking Orga; I'm very mixed on this movie. But it was the 2nd Toho Godzilla made movie I saw in theaters.
This was the first Godzilla movie I ever got to watch. I have a soft spot for it. I remember going to the movies and seeing this with my Dad who later passed away that year. Is it perfect? Nah. Do I love it? Yeah. Godzilla's design, roar, and atomic breath in this movie is pretty solid too.
Great video. This and Kamen Rider W were vital in taking the Tokusatsu pill. Thanks Wilson.
I enjoyed this and remember it was my first Toho Godzilla movie I seen in theatres
In 2000, we had two films from Japan released in American theaters. Pokémon the Movie 2000 and Godzilla 2000. And they both have 2000 in the title and were both released by Toho in Japan.
Godzilla returns in a brand-new movie that ignores all preceding movies except for the original with a brand new look and a powered up atomic ray. This time he battles a mysterious UFO that later transforms into a mysterious kaiju dubbed Orga. They meet up for the final showdown in the city of Shinjuku.
Godzilla 2000 was kinda my first Godzilla movie. I just watched the final stretch of the film during a trip to San Miguel de Allende, in Mexico. I don't remember much besides the fact that it was very late at night and the final battle between Godzilla and Orga. Both monsters terrified me, but Orga in particular gave me nightmares because of the scene where he tries to eat the big G. But there was something about that scene that just stuck with me, maybe the original Akira Ikufube theme kicking in during the credits. I wouldn't really get into kaiju until I played Super Godzilla and watched the 1954 original film a couple of years ago, but because of that final scene that resonated so much with me, I hold Godzilla 2000 in a special place in my heart as my first witnessing of the power of the king of the monsters.
One of the first Godzilla movies I ever watched and still one of my favorites
This was the first Godzilla movie I saw in theaters. I loved every second of it
...oh, oh yes. God I loved, loved this Godzilla movie. It made me joyful, and seeing Orga.. good this movie was fun.
Leaving a like & a comment for kaiju homie when he finally returns!!
2000 and vs megagrerus are my favorite designs. I love the sharp purple spines
It seems like this was a lot of people's first Godzilla movie, and was mine as well. While I was familiar with many Godzilla monsters and certain elements of the lore, this was a good first movie for me.
My favorite design of all the Godzilla’s
One of my favorite Godzilla designs.
This is actually one of my favorites...
Orga is legit my favorite Kaiju besides Destoroyah.
Since this movie is what started the Millennium Era. This one feel's very Underrated film in this era.
Plus I really do love, Orga's design. What a Beast design.
I have so much nostalgia for this movie!
The human characters and the regeneration side plot are the two best things about the film. As interesting and unique as Orga is, I believe the film would've been best if there was no alien presence in the film and they focused soley on the characters and the regeneration plot. If you *have* to have Orga, make him be an experiment on the g-cells and their regenerative properties gone wrong, serving both as a cool monster/fight and as a subtle catharsis for Katagiri, whose narrow-sighted single-mindedness and arrogance bring about both a new monster and his end.
I hadn't watched a Godzilla film in decades and happened upon this one. I loved it. Four out of five stars.
Godzilla 2000, The Return Of Godzilla and Godzilla vs Biollante are the three Godzilla movies I grew up on. I own every Godzilla movie from 2000 and everything prior on VHS.
This was my favorite Godzilla when I was younger
This was my first Godzilla movie many years ago. And while I haven’t experienced many, I’m glad my first was this and not the ‘98 one.
Orga was always a very interesting monster. His shoulder beam was very powerful.
I may be a bit biased since this was the first Godzilla movie I saw, but I love this movie! It's in my top 10 in the series. I love the Godzilla design as well. The main theme is also one of my favorites in the series.
I remember watching this with my grandparents as a kid. Rented it from blockbuster. Love this movie.
I rather liked the look of Godzilla in this movie and the idea that he needed a few seconds to building up and radioactive blast which was accompanied by a crackling sound, and the implication that he needed a few minutes before unleashing the next, seemed like a good idea.
As much as I love this movie, I feel they could’ve had equal focus on both Godzilla and orga
This is my second favorite Godzilla movie my first is 2019 king of the monsters. But this is for sure my favorite design and i hope legendary gives Godzilla this zillas spines for Kong vs Godzilla
Of all the Toho Godzilla movies, this is EASILY my number 1 favorite. Plus Godzilla's BAD ASS design, coolest G yet.
Shin Godzilla is my favorite G movie, but this one is a close second. That might be due to nostalgia, because I owned it on VHS when I was a kid, and watched it probably 1000 times. Godzilla's design in this one is my absolute favorite design, and the human characters are more interesting than any other G movie I've seen, at least in my opinion. My one and only problem with it is the terrible CG. You kind of have to give it a bit of a break seeing as it was made so long ago, but it really looks bad. Other than that I don't really have any complaints about it.
I'm super biased toward this movie, as it was the first Godzilla film I ever got to see in theaters. I was 9 at the time, and had been renting the classic movies at lot from my local Hastings. I really loved the modern special effects, as well as just how mean Godzilla was. The ending stuck with me and made me feel like this was the ideal interpretation of Godzilla. Not a good guy or bad guy, but not a nice guy either. More of an anti-hero. He saves the day because of his own reasons,then just resumes destruction. It was really unsettling to me as a kid, and I loved that feeling.
I thought Katagiri was a great pseudo-villain for the movie. I recognized the name of Hiroshi Abe (I knew I've heard/read of it before) and to my recollection, he also played Kenshiro in the Hokuto No Ken/Fist of the North Star Legends of the True Savior OVA movies. He's a great actor/voice actor, and he played this role perfectly in that he made you hate his guts. It's almost as if Godzilla himself realizes this too, which was a great idea to implement in the film.
I love Godzilla 2000! :D This is my first Godzilla movie ^__^
This is my favourite look for Godzilla
This is my number one favorite Godzilla movie the most is the desing of Godzilla.
Great series so far
I watched this when I was very young. Its the only Godzilla movie to give me mega nostalgia
This was the first Godzilla movie I ever saw
My 2nd fav godzilla movie ever right behind the 1954 og movie
This is my favourite Godzilla movie
It took me a while to warm up to this one. I didn’t immediately love the new design and I wasn’t a fun they shrunk him back down to 50 meters tall. It’s grown on me over the years. I’d still love to see the hesei series continue someday with Junior but that’s not happening.
Well now you got closure with Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex cause the Godzilla in that video is def Junior and he came back as a pure bad ass.
Godzilla vs The Bed Pan
One of my favorite Big G suits.
I also enjoyed Godzilla 2000 ! I loved the new Godzilla design and appearance!
Anybody else love this movie's rendition of Godzilla's costume, it had an anime vibe to it!!
Best Godzilla design hands down
Man, I still remember the hype leading up to the release of this movie.
After the disappointment of the Roland Eimmerich version, when trailers of this movie started coming out heralding the return of the true King, people went fucked ng nuts.
We should be happy godzilla 1998 exist. Without it we wouldn't of got the millennium era so at least godzilla 1998 was the reason the millennium era exist
I LOVE this movie becouse it was the first Godzilla movie that i've ever seen.
I was like... 4 years old and i loved it.
This is for real the very first Godzilla film from Japan I ever watched remember showing up on Starz and encore movie channel in the early 2000s when I have ever I got the chance to I would watch this movie from beginning to end, is Godzilla versus Kong coming out May I hope Syfy or whatever movie channel does a Godzilla movie marathon on with the guy with the Japanese versions those movies need more love.
Got to see this one in the theaters. An underrated G-flick and in my top 10. Orga is a great kaiju. Solid plot and acting. Effects are endearingly uneven. Let's remember budgets here. Toho simply doesn't have 100's of millions to throw at a G flick and regard this as an early attempt to combine traditional techniques with new technology. As always the effects are more colorful and imaginative than realistic.
Orga in the house
I love this movie, it is a great way to reintroduce Godzilla.
My favorite thing about this movie is it's soundtrack
Having just recently watched the Japanese original, I think the film's biggest issue was its pacing. The American cut is just right, and I too wish the regenerative cells would have been touched on a bit more but it seems clear that they had a sequel mindset. Great vid.
Well Zilla's roars don't fit MireGoji at all
okay sure fine. i guess godzilla is my freaking jam now. what ever. add it to the pile
I loved this movie!
Is weird that Mayu Suzuki (Io Shinoda) has been just in this film
I cant even find her biography or something, so sad :(
Nashida is freakin adorable