This film along with King Kong (1933) are truly icons of cinema!

I remember watching this as a kid (4 or 5) and remembered my reaction to him coming over the hill in the beginning of the film. Say what you will, but I got shivers up my spine and was genuinely shocked at what I saw- even though it was obviously a puppet. The buildup for that scene is impeccable in my opinion.

The scene where Godzilla roars at the girl scared me a bit.

It's not like it will create an even bigger monster that looks like Satan! 41 years later: I WAS RIGHT! SCREW YOU SHIRAZAWA!

I mean the thing is Godzilla is so radioactive that he would contaminate water and fish wherever he goes, therefore people would get radiation poisoning from eating the fish

This man is TRULY an underrated individual his comedy is 10/10 there is nothing to dislike about him people always say “oh this person deserves more subscribers than anyone” but this man truly and honestly deserves the hell out of it there is not a single one of his videos that have failed to make me laugh and this video is his BEST video this video was 2 damn years ago but some of the comedy still makes me laugh even if these videos are from 2015 or 2016

me: " Hey who drank the last coke?" old man: "Then... it must be Godzilla"

That Teen Titans Go joke was just amazing.

Pizza guy: here’s ya pizza sir! Me: oh thank you *opens box* Me: why is there pineapple on my pizza! Instead of fish! Random guy: then......it must of been Godzilla

You can't beat the original Gojira

I remember the first time I watched this movie. It was incredible. This movie is definitely something to be experienced, even if you aren't a die hard Godzilla fan. It's easy to see why this movie is beloved and cherished by many. It isn't cheesy, it isn't some simple popcorn flick. It's a serious piece with a grim tone and message. I'm glad that the more recent films have returned to being dark and serious, but no matter what flilmakers do now and in the future, few of their works will ever come close to the greatness of the original.

*then it must be Godzilla intensifies*

This review is pretty good! Yes...it must be Godzilla...

Excellent work dude. Though I noticed that Reptilicus is not on your weel. If you like movies about gigant reptilian monsters destroying cities. You will love this one. Its a danish cult classic from the 60´ties with the actors breaking into song to describe just how terrifying Reptilicus is. So its probably the complete opposite of this. Still its fun as hell

when you said normally the nerdy scientist doesn't win the fights...he was a war veteran probably frontline too so i think he has a bit of experience

I think this is way better than shin(in desgin wise) because it looks nice and classic I just love it

bet the pacific rim people watched this review and stole the wall idea :P

Awesome video alex can't wait for the next kaiju video

I loved how you still found some humor in one of darkest films ever you are amazing Alex

Always love you reviews on Godzilla/ Gojira keep up the great work mate!

Emiko's marriage arc is based on ishiro honda's real wife , who was in an arranged marriage with another man , but loved Honda

Loved the review! Keep up the great work!

And thus a legend was made

This is my favorite Godzilla movie, and one of my all time favorite movies.

The Oxygen Destroyer doesn’t just destroy oxygen. It contains a chemical substance called Micro-Oxygen which destroys the atoms in both water and air on a molecular level. Those killing any living creature on a molecular. Destroy the atoms you destroy the molecules. Godzilla through the entire franchise can only be killed by destroying all his cells on a molecular or atomic level. Because physical damage won’t stay permanent as he can regenerate near-instantly. So Godzilla is practically impossible to kill without the right method which I just explained above. Plus due to how Godzilla has several different writers his durability and regeneration gets more ridiculous by the day.

Who the hell stole my bike??? Old dude:then....it must be Godzilla

"He even killed children" me: crying and sobbing "OH MY GOD THAT IS SAD"

Happens mostly at night, claustrophobic, grainy black-and-white bleakness that complements the impending doom feel of this inexorable force, almost like "Night of the Living Dead" with one massive monster you can't escape from instead of hordes of zombies. That ending with the school children singing hopefully after all that death and destruction had a similar feeling to the last scene in "the Deer Hunter". Also, the sub plot was thematically tied to the main plot, unlike in most American monster flicks of the time (and which sadly had its context totally destroyed in the execrable US cut with Raymond Burr).

and after that alternite universe the skeleton was covered in metal and wires to create the 3rd mechagodzilla (aka kiryu) with its spirit still living in the mech

That scene where the woman say "well join your father in heaven" and with her kids man that was dark

Now RE: The military missing Godzilla with their gunfire-the film makers explained that it was because there actually was a guy inside that suit.

You are true fan Alex keep up the great work!

Love it keep up the good work alexthehunted

I take it you don't watch much anime, and the shows you have seen have only been hentai.

The destruction scene in this movie felt impactful more than the newer ones.

Thanks for making this. I watched this with my roommate in college but my girlfriend at the time was pissed at me for some bs reason and called right at the coolest part and I had to miss 20 mins of the movie. I wanted to watch a summary showing all the cool scenes and this review was that.

The title card reminds me of Attack On Titan

Me: why is it snowing in April? Old man: then... it must be Godzilla

Maybe that old man is an time traveler (because they have that) causing the timeline to spit into the Showa era and the mellenium series

Dear Alex, Dont you notice how in this movie just like Godzilla 2014, after the first reveal of Godzilla, there is a cutaway to a different scene? Gareth Edward's specifically said in interviews that he filmed 2014 to be very similar to 1954. In conclusion, I think you should be less harsh on Godzilla 2014.

18:22 theory maybe the military jet piolets are storm troopers this is a joke because they miss

I totaly agree with you alex, i lost my mom last july, and watching this child watching her mom die, well, im crying right now, please be safe and god bless you.

My first Godzilla toy which I still have is actually Godzilla 1954

Obviously godzilla blocked the toilet

Excellent, done with full respect. It wasn't until 2004 - on its 50th anniversary - that the original Japanese version finally arrived in North America, being released for a short time on American big screens, and now that both the original Japanese and American versions are in the Criterion Collection on DVD and Blu-Ray (Spine #594, to be exact) and even being streamed, a new generation can be properly introduced to the saga, the way it was meant to be seen from the beginning. I missed the chance to see it on the big screen then, but I'm sure they'll put out the old Japanese cut again when the film turns, say, 75? An international diamond anniversary re-release would be just as grand as the Big Boy himself! What I didn't realize, at least not until my years of film appreciation study in my late teens later, was the fact that the original Japanese cut was released in the same year in which Japan really made a knockout one-two-three punch, with the first film in the SAMURAI Trilogy being released (and which would win for the year's Best Foreign Film Academy Award), and Akira Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI, still that filmmaker's greatest masterpiece. It helps that Ishiro Honda, the director who helmed Godzilla, was a close friend and associate of Kurosawa, learning all the tricks of the trade by working under him as part of the Toho technical staff and later, after Honda directed his last Godzilla film TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA, he went on to do awesome 2nd-unit directing work for the battle scenes of Kurosawa's late-life masterpieces KAGEMUSHA and RAN (the latter film actually came out in 1985, the year I was born!). With all due respect to Kurosawa, Honda is a legend all his very own, and that some of Toho and Kurosawa's other collaborating legends - including executive producer Tomoyuki Tanaka and actors Takashi Shimura and Akihito Hirata - had been in this film meant that they helped in contributing not only to the Japanese kaiju film in its infancy, but also a substantial part of Toho's entire legacy. And the original GODZILLA, no matter how dated, still remains a monument that reflected how not only Japan's film industry would undergo tremendous change, but how its filmmakers would have an impact on audiences and aspiring/established filmmakers the world over. Now here comes the hard part - having to wait till the film turns 70...75...80...90... a century old...

You have school even when you shouldn’t have Then it must be Godzilla

Nice video

5:10 Onore Decade........i mean Gojira!

Serizawa: Oh so you are approaching me. Godzilla: I can’t beat the shit out of you without getting closer. Serizawa: HO-HO! Than get as close as you like. Than Serizawa activates the oxygen destroyer. To be continued...

Local dinosaur ruins everything while nerd’s girlfriend get banged by random dude while the country’s future hangs in the balance. This is the plot of the first Godzilla

0:45 when you technically break the fourth wall

Say...the crazy old man--he sounds just like the 'wise old man' that the villagers go to for advise in Seven Samurai ("Find hungry samurai")--and sure enough it is the same actor: Kokuten Kodo.

Loved the aot reference in the thumbnail

12:57 Shots fired

i have the original on blue-ray and its a good thing i do

So does the oxygen destroyer basically turn the water into acid? Is liquid Hydrogen acidic?

1:06 anyone that complains about the pronunciation of godzilla and says we should say gojira has way way WAAAAY too much on their hands and clearly must have zero real actual problems if their biggest issue is whether or not Americans/english speaking people use the English name and pronunciation of Godzilla.

:me opens my mcchicken me there’s no chicken :random guy it must be GODZILLA!

I always found it convenient that those two guys could perform deep sea diving like frogmen to deliver the weapon.

All my childhood I've watched Godzilla: King Of The Monsters (56) and never knew there was an original version called Gojira. It wasn't until I think 2014 when I finally saw it, loved it better than King of the Monsters

Godzilla in 1954: i killed the not just the men but the women and the children too Gamera in 1965: just the women and men Kong in 1933: just the men and some women

When I was 3 I got this movie on tape and was scared shitless of a that opening roar

Godzilla: I killed them all. Their dead. Not just the men, but the women, and the children too.

Beautiful.

You’re right that movie really does have a serious tone

The success of Godzilla is what changed him

THIS 54 ORIGINAL is the ONLY one that I really care for. I'll always take IT over ANY of the subsequent films - either those silly kiddie-oriented "Vrs" films or some post-2000 overblown Hollywood CGI orgy.

Springtrap: I always come back Godzilla: Me too Springtrap: I'm sorry, Who are you? Godzilla: Godzilla, King of the Monsters. Springtrap: hmm... Well shit! ☹

I'm have no subscribers,Then it must be godzilla

You should review the burr version from 56' if you havent already

You should review "Seven Samurai" someday.

Man, this hasn’t aged well at all. Had godzilla attacked today, Japan could just send a magical girl or alien monkey boy to deal with

Would you consider the Attack on Titan live action films to be viable Kaiju movies to be put on the wheel? I ask mostly because that title card made me think of Attack on Titan.

Me: "Why did Godzilla: King of the Monsters get bad reviews despite how good it looks?" Old man: "Then... it must be Godzilla"

The scene with the woman and children. It made me cry.

Same title different year Get it?

I never knew Ogata's first name was Hideto.

4:50 fun fact just like the atomic bomb heath godzilla body can release some hot air that can burn people to death

Lucky dragon...oh the irony

Iv seen the original/dub version its my fav classic movie

7:32 Destroyah confirmed

Me : no Scott cawthon Killed FNAF who did it Crazy old man : legend Godzilla !

So if 2014 tried to mimic the cause of the OG then they suck garbage at it because I felt there wasn’t nearly as much tragedy in it as the original

Win i was a kid i thought this was real i was so scared of that roar

I loved that TTG! joke.

you well know our original gojira. thk u.

I like to think that this movie’s Dr. Serizawa is alternate timeline counterpart of Dr Serizawa’s father

8:19 Godzilla wanted a piece of Yamaha

Actually out of the 24 (or was it 23?) Men on the lucky dragon, only 1 died. Also, godzillas origin in this movie is actually different from many other incarnations. Rather than some dinosaur who got mutated into a giant monster, godzilla was a GIANT prehistoric intermediary marine reptile whose home was destroyed by an H-bomb test, and was covered in radiation and driven out of his home. In a book written many years later, it was described that godzilla lived in an underwater colony with other godzillas. But an h-bomb test killed his remaining family, destroyed his home, burned and irradiated him, and drove him out. Out of anger, he attacks Tokyo.

The name was YEMANE not Yamaha.

Can you do a review of Godzilla Raids Again?

In the American version you can hear Godzillas foot steps again

Can somebody hook me up with a link to watch this with subs

Those 4 scenes are 1 when he attacks odo island 2 when he comes ashore 3 when he destroys tokyo 4 when he dies

Toho u really let your baby (godzilla franchise) go over the years

You know what we need a Destroyah standalone sequal

can you do the return of godzilla { japaneese versen} to see how awesome it is or Godzilla's revenge to see how stupid it is

Me: WHY MY BROTHER GET CROISSANT COOKIE Old man: then l must be godzilla

So what’s wrong with the one with American influence?

Dr Yamaha, and Shirazawa ? Its Yamane and Serizawa