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How can you not love a movie like this?
Summing up "King Kong Vs. Godzilla" in four words: Silly, stupid, pointless, FUN! As a child, I was a huge fan of the Toho films featuring the giants lizards, dinos, turtles, and apes, and I would have to say that this is the funnest of them all. Even now, I still get guilty pleasures out of it. The plot is entirely childish, and the monsters' battle might be the coolest thing since Bruce Lee hammered it out with Chuck Norris in "Return of the Dragon." (Well, actually, I might be wrong....I think this came out before that one. If that's the case, then this is the coolest fight ever). Stonecold Steve Austin, eat your heart out!

Many are turned away by the ape suit, but I feel it just adds to the camp value! It isn't any more cheezy than Godzilla stomping on those plastic tanks. LONG LIVE THE MEN IN THE RUBBER SUITS!

This is also a historic Godzilla film for a single reason: None of the monsters really won. This is the only draw in the history of Godzilla movies, as far as I can tell! With that in mind, how dare any of us miss such a camp classic gem?

(On a side note, this film had a sequel: "King Kong Escapes," where the massive ape returns to Tokyo and gets into a no-holds barred brawl with Mecha-Kong, his mechanical replica. This is equally a good time, but it is yet to be released to video or DVD in the states...Hmmm... Do it, Toho...Do it!)

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Not bad, but not good, but at least enjoyable
"King Kong vs. Godzilla" is the 3rd installment of the Godzilla series, and the first Godzilla film to be shown in color. The film was produced 7 years after "Gojira No Gyakushu" and it is immediately clear that Toho has become rusty on how to make excellent Godzilla films. The elements of a classic such as compelling storyline, good kaiju opponent, and several moments of high drama are all present. The problem with this film is execution. The effects are subpar for the series, which really pulls the viewer out of the movie. Worse still the progression of the storyline seems choppy at best. This jarring progression of events in "King Kong vs. Godzilla" really irritates me, because the concept of an intelligent animal like King Kong squaring off against the brute force of Godzilla is very appealing. I suspect some of these problems are due to editing of this film for American audiences, so I may revise this movie review when I see the Japanese version. The US version is 7 minutes shorter than the Japanese version, and the American version has 10-15 minutes of scenes in English only. No doubt these scenes provided at least some of the continuity lacking from the US version Taken as it is, "King Kong vs. Godzilla" is a fair but uneven Godzilla film that leaves me wanting for more.

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Sounds entertaing but not
First off the rumor going around that Kong wins in the american version and godzilla wins at the japanese version is false.In the Japanese version both of them roar at the end thats the only difference.

First off this Godzilla was first color picture Godzilla star in.It wasn't a great flick but it wasn't to bad.Godzilla suit was alright not as good as some of the laters ones but it was alright.Kong LOL man he look so cheap i mean TOHO really miss him up bad.He look so goofy,face was stupid and acted dumb in my point of view.It seems Kong loves Electricity and gets stronger
if he gets struck by it what are the chances of that.

First the movies starts an island when an giant octopus attacks
the girl and boy in a house that was full of berry juice.Then
Kong comes out and defeats it.Meanwhile a pilot notice that godzilla is breaking out of an iceberg and was the news all across tokyo.The idea of the people is to let kong and godzilla
fight it out to simply destroy each other.

First off theres no chance in hell King King aka Donkey Kong
would beat godzilla.All godzilla have to do is use his fire breath and the monkey would got roasted but it seems the movie
did a cheap thing about that.But overall the monster fighting
was pretty good but the movie wasn't so be kinda disappointed
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