[GoldenXtreme]

So, I’ve been working on watching something for a little over a year, and just finished to kick off 2021! I have now seen all of the Showa era Godzilla films!

Honestly, before watching it I kind of suspected the amount of Godzilla fans who consider the first film their favorite was the result of some kind of misguided nostalgia. I was very wrong, because that movie is fantastic and stylish even to this day, and was easily my favorite among the Showa films. I loved the horror elements, the great human drama, almost everything was just on-point. I’d recommend it even to people who aren’t toku fans!

I got some good kicks out of some of the later films too though. Sometimes in a so-bad-its good way (All Monsters Attack and Godzilla vs. Megalon) and sometimes in a just GOOD way (both of the Mechagodzilla films). It was also a really cool study in how Japanese cinema changed over time. I’m hoping to get my hands on some of the Heisei films to see how they compare in the future along with some of Toho’s other old monster films like Rodan. Great fun all around!