[GoldenXtreme]

I watched Godzilla vs Biollante last night. I see why this is one of the most fondly regarded entries in the series. The plot moves at a fast clip, has lots of interesting elements like ESP and spies. It also was a cool time capsule of the concerns of the era, with the focus on the potential dangers of genetic engineering and a dash of cold war fear seen in the tensions between various countries. Effects were also very nice looking and Biollante is even cooler looking than I expected. She's HUGE! I was watching the new Criterion release of the film, and while it was a good release I did have an unexpected issue with the subtitles... or rather a lack of them in spots. There are quite a few scenes where characters are speaking English, but due both some questionable audio mixing and strong accents, these scenes are really hard to understand. But Criterion left these scenes unsubbed, which was... not a good idea. Still, I think it was a good kaiju film that made a simple yet effective impact.