Gorgo

are you a fan of this kaiju movie Cinemaphile?

  1. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  2. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I only know Gor Gor.

  3. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I only know Mormo of the 1000 faced moon.

  4. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    It was kind of shitty.

  5. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Leave Robert Denby alone!

  6. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Should they add them to the Monsterverse?

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Yeah

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      no

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Bump

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Sure

  7. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Yes it is very good.

    The Japanese rip off of it Gappa was also decent.

  8. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Yep. Genuinely great movie.

  9. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Same director as The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms & The Giant Behemoth. Based mother fucker.

    Behemoth is extremely underrated.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      It's not really underrated in my opinion. You almost never see the monster and he's just a long-neck. Right off the bat they decided to make it invisible 100% to save on the budget.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Right off the bat they decided to make it invisible
        WTF are you talking about?

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I have been looking into giant monster movies lately. I have Space Monster Wangmagwi, Monster Seafood Wars, and Whale God coming soon. I also have a long list of movies I need to watch.
      How is The Valley of Gwangi? I hear good things about it.

      >Same director as The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
      You just sold me on Gorgo, will have to check it out now. Beast from 20k is one of my favorite monster movies.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >The Valley of Gwangi
        Firmly good.
        Has probably the best non-Jurassic Park T-Rex style dino ever put to film.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        My giant monster ratings...

        > Gojira / Godzilla King of the Monsters
        Great

        > Godzilla Raids Again
        Decent to Good

        > King Kong vs Godzilla
        Weak to Poor (2nd worst of series, ignoring the anime which I have not seen)

        > Mothra vs Godzilla
        Great

        > Ghidorah the 3 headed monster
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > Monster Zero
        Decent to Good

        > vs Sea Monster
        Good

        > Son of Godzilla
        Decent to Good

        > Destroy All Monsters
        Good but overrated (to be fair it's one of the last original G films I saw & didn't find it particularly impressive)

        > Godzilla's Revenge
        Objectively Poor to Bad but harmless child centric fluff, not offensive at all.

        > vs Hedorah
        Good to Very Good

        > vs Gigan
        Decent

        > vs Megalon
        Ok/Meh to Semi Decent

        > vs Mechagodzilla
        Good to Very Good

        > Terror of MG
        Great

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          oh goody, thread ruined

          • 4 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Why?

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Just make an image with all your rankings you dumb sperg you spam these fucking things in every kaiju thread

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        My giant monster ratings...

        > Gojira / Godzilla King of the Monsters
        Great

        > Godzilla Raids Again
        Decent to Good

        > King Kong vs Godzilla
        Weak to Poor (2nd worst of series, ignoring the anime which I have not seen)

        > Mothra vs Godzilla
        Great

        > Ghidorah the 3 headed monster
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > Monster Zero
        Decent to Good

        > vs Sea Monster
        Good

        > Son of Godzilla
        Decent to Good

        > Destroy All Monsters
        Good but overrated (to be fair it's one of the last original G films I saw & didn't find it particularly impressive)

        > Godzilla's Revenge
        Objectively Poor to Bad but harmless child centric fluff, not offensive at all.

        > vs Hedorah
        Good to Very Good

        > vs Gigan
        Decent

        > vs Megalon
        Ok/Meh to Semi Decent

        > vs Mechagodzilla
        Good to Very Good

        > Terror of MG
        Great

        > 1985
        Above Great but not quite Strongly Great.

        > vs Biollante
        Strongly Great (best of series IMO)

        > vs King Ghidorah
        Good

        > vs Mothra - TBFE
        Ok/Meh to Decent

        > vs MechaGodzilla 2
        Very Good to Great-ish

        > vs Space Godzilla
        Ok/Meh

        > vs Destroyah
        Great

        > Rebirth of Mothra
        Good

        > Rebirth of Mothra 2
        Decent to Good (saved by a fantastic villain monster)

        > Rebirth of Mothra 3
        Very Good

        > Godzilla (98)
        Very Good

        > Godzilla 2000 [American cut]
        Very Good to Great

        > X Megaguirus
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > GMK
        Very Good

        > X MG
        Good

        > Tokyo sos
        Decent

        > Final Wars
        Good

        > 2014
        Very Good

        > KOTM (2019)
        Very Good

        > GVK (21)
        Decent

        > Shin
        Good (I mostly feel ok/meh about it but it's so technically well done I will put it 2 levels higher, I was really wanting something more epic, sci-fi and Evangelion-ish out of the project)

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        My giant monster ratings...

        > Gojira / Godzilla King of the Monsters
        Great

        > Godzilla Raids Again
        Decent to Good

        > King Kong vs Godzilla
        Weak to Poor (2nd worst of series, ignoring the anime which I have not seen)

        > Mothra vs Godzilla
        Great

        > Ghidorah the 3 headed monster
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > Monster Zero
        Decent to Good

        > vs Sea Monster
        Good

        > Son of Godzilla
        Decent to Good

        > Destroy All Monsters
        Good but overrated (to be fair it's one of the last original G films I saw & didn't find it particularly impressive)

        > Godzilla's Revenge
        Objectively Poor to Bad but harmless child centric fluff, not offensive at all.

        > vs Hedorah
        Good to Very Good

        > vs Gigan
        Decent

        > vs Megalon
        Ok/Meh to Semi Decent

        > vs Mechagodzilla
        Good to Very Good

        > Terror of MG
        Great

        [...]

        > 1985
        Above Great but not quite Strongly Great.

        > vs Biollante
        Strongly Great (best of series IMO)

        > vs King Ghidorah
        Good

        > vs Mothra - TBFE
        Ok/Meh to Decent

        > vs MechaGodzilla 2
        Very Good to Great-ish

        > vs Space Godzilla
        Ok/Meh

        > vs Destroyah
        Great

        > Rebirth of Mothra
        Good

        > Rebirth of Mothra 2
        Decent to Good (saved by a fantastic villain monster)

        > Rebirth of Mothra 3
        Very Good

        > Godzilla (98)
        Very Good

        > Godzilla 2000 [American cut]
        Very Good to Great

        > X Megaguirus
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > GMK
        Very Good

        > X MG
        Good

        > Tokyo sos
        Decent

        > Final Wars
        Good

        > 2014
        Very Good

        > KOTM (2019)
        Very Good

        > GVK (21)
        Decent

        > Shin
        Good (I mostly feel ok/meh about it but it's so technically well done I will put it 2 levels higher, I was really wanting something more epic, sci-fi and Evangelion-ish out of the project)

        > Gorgo
        Very Good

        > Gappa
        Decent

        > Dogora
        Decent

        > Rodan
        Decent to Good-ish??? (hype destroyed this for me to be honest, as a kid Rodan was my favorite kajiu for a while after surpassing Gigan at the time, I waited for what seemed like & may have been years for Blockbuster to give it to me after ordering it from them until finally they just said "nah bro" & I didn't see it until many years later)

        > Varan
        Very Good (varan would go onto surpass Rodan as my favorite kajiu for a while. I found the subtitled original Japanese version on VHS at a comic book store in Houston along with Rebirth of Mothra 3, still haven't seen the American edit)

        > Mothra
        Decent

        > The X from outer space
        Decent to Good

        > Cloverfield
        Very Good

        > Pacific Rim
        Very Good to Great

        > Yog the monster from space
        Ok / Meh to Decent

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        My giant monster ratings...

        > Gojira / Godzilla King of the Monsters
        Great

        > Godzilla Raids Again
        Decent to Good

        > King Kong vs Godzilla
        Weak to Poor (2nd worst of series, ignoring the anime which I have not seen)

        > Mothra vs Godzilla
        Great

        > Ghidorah the 3 headed monster
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > Monster Zero
        Decent to Good

        > vs Sea Monster
        Good

        > Son of Godzilla
        Decent to Good

        > Destroy All Monsters
        Good but overrated (to be fair it's one of the last original G films I saw & didn't find it particularly impressive)

        > Godzilla's Revenge
        Objectively Poor to Bad but harmless child centric fluff, not offensive at all.

        > vs Hedorah
        Good to Very Good

        > vs Gigan
        Decent

        > vs Megalon
        Ok/Meh to Semi Decent

        > vs Mechagodzilla
        Good to Very Good

        > Terror of MG
        Great

        [...]

        > 1985
        Above Great but not quite Strongly Great.

        > vs Biollante
        Strongly Great (best of series IMO)

        > vs King Ghidorah
        Good

        > vs Mothra - TBFE
        Ok/Meh to Decent

        > vs MechaGodzilla 2
        Very Good to Great-ish

        > vs Space Godzilla
        Ok/Meh

        > vs Destroyah
        Great

        > Rebirth of Mothra
        Good

        > Rebirth of Mothra 2
        Decent to Good (saved by a fantastic villain monster)

        > Rebirth of Mothra 3
        Very Good

        > Godzilla (98)
        Very Good

        > Godzilla 2000 [American cut]
        Very Good to Great

        > X Megaguirus
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > GMK
        Very Good

        > X MG
        Good

        > Tokyo sos
        Decent

        > Final Wars
        Good

        > 2014
        Very Good

        > KOTM (2019)
        Very Good

        > GVK (21)
        Decent

        > Shin
        Good (I mostly feel ok/meh about it but it's so technically well done I will put it 2 levels higher, I was really wanting something more epic, sci-fi and Evangelion-ish out of the project)

        [...]
        [...]

        > Gorgo
        Very Good

        > Gappa
        Decent

        > Dogora
        Decent

        > Rodan
        Decent to Good-ish??? (hype destroyed this for me to be honest, as a kid Rodan was my favorite kajiu for a while after surpassing Gigan at the time, I waited for what seemed like & may have been years for Blockbuster to give it to me after ordering it from them until finally they just said "nah bro" & I didn't see it until many years later)

        > Varan
        Very Good (varan would go onto surpass Rodan as my favorite kajiu for a while. I found the subtitled original Japanese version on VHS at a comic book store in Houston along with Rebirth of Mothra 3, still haven't seen the American edit)

        > Mothra
        Decent

        > The X from outer space
        Decent to Good

        > Cloverfield
        Very Good

        > Pacific Rim
        Very Good to Great

        > Yog the monster from space
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        Gamera The Invincible
        > Weak to Ok / Meh

        vs Barugon
        > Very Good

        vs Gyaos
        > Decent to Good

        Destroy All Planets
        > Weak to Poor

        vs Gurion
        > Poor to Bad

        vs Jiger / Monster X
        > Decent

        vs Zigra
        > Haven't seen but universally agreed to be poor to bad.

        Gamera - The Super Monster
        > Haven't seen but universally agreed to be horrible (it's a godzilla's revenge style clipshow with some star wars & superhero crap thrown in)

        Guardian of the Universe
        > Very Good to Great

        Gamera 2 - Advent of Legion
        > Strongly Great

        Gamera 3 - Revenge of Irys
        > Strongly Great

        Gamera - The Brave
        > Haven't seen but universally agreed to be decent, cute & fun.

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >Gamera the Brave
          >Haven't seen
          Oh yeah I think you'll like it. It is currently my favorite Gamera movie. It always makes me teary eyed at the end. I need to rewatch Irys though because its been a very long time, but for now Brave is my favorite.
          Also thank you for posting all your ratings. I have fairly similar ratings to yours from the ones I have watched.

          • 4 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >Also thank you for posting all your ratings.
            No problem.
            If there are any you want me to elaborate on point them out.

            > I have fairly similar ratings to yours from the ones I have watched.
            Nice.

            • 4 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              Sweet! I am curious for your rating of King King Escapes, and also what you didn't like of Godzilla vs King Kong. I thought both were pretty good movies, and found Escapes especially fun. I haven't seen those movies in years so maybe upon a rewatch my opinions will change. King Kong Escapes I think had both fun human and monster plots. It reminded me a lot of Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla (1974).

              • 4 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >and also what you didn't like of Godzilla vs King Kong

                Cons!
                > Bad G suit (massive puffy hands and spines, head only looks decent from the side, oversized eyes)
                > Awful Kong suit (the face looks good in a few shots but in others it looks like garbage)
                > Head puppets for both look even worse.
                > Aside from the end castle the sets & miniatures are mostly much worse than what came before or after in the series.
                > Entirely comic relief cast doesn't work.

                Pros!
                > Octopus attack.
                > Iceberg breakout.
                > Japan being presented as a smart enough to try and forbid Kong from being brought to the country.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        My giant monster ratings...

        > Gojira / Godzilla King of the Monsters
        Great

        > Godzilla Raids Again
        Decent to Good

        > King Kong vs Godzilla
        Weak to Poor (2nd worst of series, ignoring the anime which I have not seen)

        > Mothra vs Godzilla
        Great

        > Ghidorah the 3 headed monster
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > Monster Zero
        Decent to Good

        > vs Sea Monster
        Good

        > Son of Godzilla
        Decent to Good

        > Destroy All Monsters
        Good but overrated (to be fair it's one of the last original G films I saw & didn't find it particularly impressive)

        > Godzilla's Revenge
        Objectively Poor to Bad but harmless child centric fluff, not offensive at all.

        > vs Hedorah
        Good to Very Good

        > vs Gigan
        Decent

        > vs Megalon
        Ok/Meh to Semi Decent

        > vs Mechagodzilla
        Good to Very Good

        > Terror of MG
        Great

        [...]

        > 1985
        Above Great but not quite Strongly Great.

        > vs Biollante
        Strongly Great (best of series IMO)

        > vs King Ghidorah
        Good

        > vs Mothra - TBFE
        Ok/Meh to Decent

        > vs MechaGodzilla 2
        Very Good to Great-ish

        > vs Space Godzilla
        Ok/Meh

        > vs Destroyah
        Great

        > Rebirth of Mothra
        Good

        > Rebirth of Mothra 2
        Decent to Good (saved by a fantastic villain monster)

        > Rebirth of Mothra 3
        Very Good

        > Godzilla (98)
        Very Good

        > Godzilla 2000 [American cut]
        Very Good to Great

        > X Megaguirus
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > GMK
        Very Good

        > X MG
        Good

        > Tokyo sos
        Decent

        > Final Wars
        Good

        > 2014
        Very Good

        > KOTM (2019)
        Very Good

        > GVK (21)
        Decent

        > Shin
        Good (I mostly feel ok/meh about it but it's so technically well done I will put it 2 levels higher, I was really wanting something more epic, sci-fi and Evangelion-ish out of the project)

        [...]
        [...]

        > Gorgo
        Very Good

        > Gappa
        Decent

        > Dogora
        Decent

        > Rodan
        Decent to Good-ish??? (hype destroyed this for me to be honest, as a kid Rodan was my favorite kajiu for a while after surpassing Gigan at the time, I waited for what seemed like & may have been years for Blockbuster to give it to me after ordering it from them until finally they just said "nah bro" & I didn't see it until many years later)

        > Varan
        Very Good (varan would go onto surpass Rodan as my favorite kajiu for a while. I found the subtitled original Japanese version on VHS at a comic book store in Houston along with Rebirth of Mothra 3, still haven't seen the American edit)

        > Mothra
        Decent

        > The X from outer space
        Decent to Good

        > Cloverfield
        Very Good

        > Pacific Rim
        Very Good to Great

        > Yog the monster from space
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        [...]
        [...]
        [...]

        Gamera The Invincible
        > Weak to Ok / Meh

        vs Barugon
        > Very Good

        vs Gyaos
        > Decent to Good

        Destroy All Planets
        > Weak to Poor

        vs Gurion
        > Poor to Bad

        vs Jiger / Monster X
        > Decent

        vs Zigra
        > Haven't seen but universally agreed to be poor to bad.

        Gamera - The Super Monster
        > Haven't seen but universally agreed to be horrible (it's a godzilla's revenge style clipshow with some star wars & superhero crap thrown in)

        Guardian of the Universe
        > Very Good to Great

        Gamera 2 - Advent of Legion
        > Strongly Great

        Gamera 3 - Revenge of Irys
        > Strongly Great

        Gamera - The Brave
        > Haven't seen but universally agreed to be decent, cute & fun.

        > The Deadly Mantis
        Very Good

        > The Black Scorpion
        Good to Very Good

        > Them
        Very Good

        > Tarantula
        Decent

        > The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
        Near Great

        > The Giant Behemoth
        Very Good

        > The Thing from Another World
        Good

        > It Came from Beneath the Sea
        Decent

        > 20 Million Miles to Earth
        Good to Very Good

        > Creature from the Black Lagoon
        Great (tied with Gojira as the 2 best monster movies of the 50s)

        > Revenge of the Creature
        Decent

        > The Creature Walks Among Us
        Good

        > The Monster of Piedras Blancas
        Good

        > Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
        Good to Very Good (genuinely disturbing at times)

        > The Beginning of the End (1957)
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > The Monster that Challenged the World (1957)
        Decent

        > The Giant Claw (1957)
        Poor to Weak

        > The Monolith Monsters (1957)
        Good

        > The Crawling Eye (1958)
        Good

        > Giant Gila Monster (1959)
        Decent

        > The Killer Shrews (1959)
        Good to Very Good (has the feel of & house under siege scenario close to night of the living dead)

        > The Angry Red Planet (1959)
        Decent

        > The Quatermass Experiment
        Decent to Good

        > Quatermass 2
        Very Good

        > Quatermass & The Pit
        Very Good

        > X-The Unknown
        Good

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        My giant monster ratings...

        > Gojira / Godzilla King of the Monsters
        Great

        > Godzilla Raids Again
        Decent to Good

        > King Kong vs Godzilla
        Weak to Poor (2nd worst of series, ignoring the anime which I have not seen)

        > Mothra vs Godzilla
        Great

        > Ghidorah the 3 headed monster
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > Monster Zero
        Decent to Good

        > vs Sea Monster
        Good

        > Son of Godzilla
        Decent to Good

        > Destroy All Monsters
        Good but overrated (to be fair it's one of the last original G films I saw & didn't find it particularly impressive)

        > Godzilla's Revenge
        Objectively Poor to Bad but harmless child centric fluff, not offensive at all.

        > vs Hedorah
        Good to Very Good

        > vs Gigan
        Decent

        > vs Megalon
        Ok/Meh to Semi Decent

        > vs Mechagodzilla
        Good to Very Good

        > Terror of MG
        Great

        [...]

        > 1985
        Above Great but not quite Strongly Great.

        > vs Biollante
        Strongly Great (best of series IMO)

        > vs King Ghidorah
        Good

        > vs Mothra - TBFE
        Ok/Meh to Decent

        > vs MechaGodzilla 2
        Very Good to Great-ish

        > vs Space Godzilla
        Ok/Meh

        > vs Destroyah
        Great

        > Rebirth of Mothra
        Good

        > Rebirth of Mothra 2
        Decent to Good (saved by a fantastic villain monster)

        > Rebirth of Mothra 3
        Very Good

        > Godzilla (98)
        Very Good

        > Godzilla 2000 [American cut]
        Very Good to Great

        > X Megaguirus
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > GMK
        Very Good

        > X MG
        Good

        > Tokyo sos
        Decent

        > Final Wars
        Good

        > 2014
        Very Good

        > KOTM (2019)
        Very Good

        > GVK (21)
        Decent

        > Shin
        Good (I mostly feel ok/meh about it but it's so technically well done I will put it 2 levels higher, I was really wanting something more epic, sci-fi and Evangelion-ish out of the project)

        [...]
        [...]

        > Gorgo
        Very Good

        > Gappa
        Decent

        > Dogora
        Decent

        > Rodan
        Decent to Good-ish??? (hype destroyed this for me to be honest, as a kid Rodan was my favorite kajiu for a while after surpassing Gigan at the time, I waited for what seemed like & may have been years for Blockbuster to give it to me after ordering it from them until finally they just said "nah bro" & I didn't see it until many years later)

        > Varan
        Very Good (varan would go onto surpass Rodan as my favorite kajiu for a while. I found the subtitled original Japanese version on VHS at a comic book store in Houston along with Rebirth of Mothra 3, still haven't seen the American edit)

        > Mothra
        Decent

        > The X from outer space
        Decent to Good

        > Cloverfield
        Very Good

        > Pacific Rim
        Very Good to Great

        > Yog the monster from space
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        [...]
        [...]
        [...]

        Gamera The Invincible
        > Weak to Ok / Meh

        vs Barugon
        > Very Good

        vs Gyaos
        > Decent to Good

        Destroy All Planets
        > Weak to Poor

        vs Gurion
        > Poor to Bad

        vs Jiger / Monster X
        > Decent

        vs Zigra
        > Haven't seen but universally agreed to be poor to bad.

        Gamera - The Super Monster
        > Haven't seen but universally agreed to be horrible (it's a godzilla's revenge style clipshow with some star wars & superhero crap thrown in)

        Guardian of the Universe
        > Very Good to Great

        Gamera 2 - Advent of Legion
        > Strongly Great

        Gamera 3 - Revenge of Irys
        > Strongly Great

        Gamera - The Brave
        > Haven't seen but universally agreed to be decent, cute & fun.

        [...]
        [...]
        [...]
        [...]

        > The Deadly Mantis
        Very Good

        > The Black Scorpion
        Good to Very Good

        > Them
        Very Good

        > Tarantula
        Decent

        > The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
        Near Great

        > The Giant Behemoth
        Very Good

        > The Thing from Another World
        Good

        > It Came from Beneath the Sea
        Decent

        > 20 Million Miles to Earth
        Good to Very Good

        > Creature from the Black Lagoon
        Great (tied with Gojira as the 2 best monster movies of the 50s)

        > Revenge of the Creature
        Decent

        > The Creature Walks Among Us
        Good

        > The Monster of Piedras Blancas
        Good

        > Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
        Good to Very Good (genuinely disturbing at times)

        > The Beginning of the End (1957)
        Ok / Meh to Decent

        > The Monster that Challenged the World (1957)
        Decent

        > The Giant Claw (1957)
        Poor to Weak

        > The Monolith Monsters (1957)
        Good

        > The Crawling Eye (1958)
        Good

        > Giant Gila Monster (1959)
        Decent

        > The Killer Shrews (1959)
        Good to Very Good (has the feel of & house under siege scenario close to night of the living dead)

        > The Angry Red Planet (1959)
        Decent

        > The Quatermass Experiment
        Decent to Good

        > Quatermass 2
        Very Good

        > Quatermass & The Pit
        Very Good

        > X-The Unknown
        Good

        > Invasion of the Body Snatchers (50s)
        Great

        > Invasion of the Body Snatchers (70s)
        Great to Strongly Great

        > Body Snatchers (90s)
        Decent

        > Forbidden Planet
        Good

        > The Land Unknown
        Good

        > Night/Curse of the Demon
        Very Good

        > Fiend Without a Face
        Good

  10. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Best non-japanese kaiju movie besides King Kong.

  11. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I fucking love Gorgo you beautiful bastard

  12. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    What are some other forgotten kaiju/giant monster movies?

  13. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

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