As a kid I was so excited to see this my dad bought a vhs 📼 copy of this the first 10 minutes got me super excited and hyped up and the movie went on it was not good but still I loved and I still do they could of done better with the actual Godzilla and casting it’s really hard to see Ferris Bueller saving the world 😂😂😂 thank god for 2014 Godzilla film 🎥
@@rorschachd.wolfwood8139 The movie still fails as a godzilla movie and to a extent as a movie on it's own. Roland Emmerich isn't known for making good films, just mindless action flicks
Atomic fear was real during the Cold War, and Godzilla himself was created to represent that fear. There might've even been conspiracy theorists back in '54, who thought the commies were breeding giant monsters in some secret Nuclear Lab. 😅 Good times.
Cool detail, they didnt make up this nuclear test. Its based on an actual French nuclear test conducted in 1966 on the french polynesian atoll of Moruroa, which you can see named on a sign as Atoll De Moruroa at 0:23.
@@zackarysullivan9019 it was only 3 tests, they were underground, so less dangerous, and the point was to gather enough data to perform the next ones by computer simulation. But yeah, still not great.
It would have been forgotten, that would have been great but it wouldn't have had such an impact and to this day people wouldn't have been exposed to the Godzilla franchise
Except this isn’t a creature that has been in the state of hibernation for 100 Million years Ago. It was a once ordinary Lizard that has been changed by the blast of a nuclear radiation.
Underrated, in my opinion. This is my 2nd favorite Godzilla movie, but I don't think it's bad as people say. Sure, it has many flaws, but it has this certain charm to it that I like.
Honestly, had this been a Japanese/French story this could’ve been a really great movie. Setting it in New York City(Atlantic Coast…) and using the American Military really did the concept dirty. However as mentioned I feel like there is a really great story underneath, Jean Reno and his team of French Intelligence tracking the monster and trying to cover up that it was indeed France which was responsible for this modern incarnation of Godzilla is such an awesome lil sidestory it is such a shame it wasn’t in a real Toho Godzilla project.
I just now realized that this ship that Godzilla sank was not the first on his list, like from the reaction of that Japanese who, upon seeing an unknown object on the sonar, immediately gave the command to abandon ship.
It would be awesome if they showed legendary godzilla getting hit by that bomb, and it would make sense for the monster verse since zilla and godzilla were both hit by that bomb.
It really isn't....gojira and g98 have a similar message but godzilla here doesn't present said message correctly. Gojira was anti nuclear and wanted to display godzilla as a walking bomb, leaving destruction in his wake that was akin to a literal nuke. G98 here left less destruction and most of it was done by the military. If g98 was aiming for the same message as gojira then it needed to have the "god" in it's own godzilla to do so. Don't have godzilla be a force of nature or a walking nuke and he doesn't leave destruction equivalent to either disaster
@@Kaiju-bm4ts This movie goes off the rails very early on and becomes just a typical Hollywood monster flick, but this opening really does a good job adapting the original Japanese concept to American audiences. 1954 Godzilla represented Atomic power and destruction that mankind couldn't stop - at least not without creating an equal power and destruction in the form of the oxygen destroyer. In the American version, it's our hubris and recklessness that creates Godzilla, which then comes back as punishment for our meddling with Atomic power. Or at least that was what the opening is going for. And then it becomes a Roland Emmerich movie... Edit: I know it was the French, but Americans did testing there too - and the movie only features the French to introduce Jean Reno. As I said, it becomes a Roland Emmerich film :/
No. It really does not. The message of 1954 is almost completely lost midway in the movie once they revealed Godzilla to be a weak and scared animal running away for it's life, while the military are the ones accidentally causing the most damage. Godzilla is meant to be represented as a metaphor for the H-Bomb. He's a nuclear explosion in slow motion. Yet in this movie, he barely destroys things. The first half of the movie where he is causing death and destruction is good, they should have done more of that.
@@nareshbhaigohil8207 I know that, I was just getting into the act with those Japanese Fishermen. 3:34-3:38 & I really mean Fishermen. 3:52 Which is what has drawn the attention to The Big Guy.
Yeah I did hear a low growl and the ship creaking and then not long after I heard an even louder growl and then those claws appear out of nowhere in the hull of the ship (the weight of him and the water caused the ship to sink)
In my opinion, this could still be considered a legit Godzilla movie, sort of as a spin-off. Sure, this isn't THE TRUE Godzilla, but it makes for a great explanation for where Godzilla might have come from. Zilla Jr's atomic fire in the animated series also gives it legitimacy. Idc what the haters say, this was a fun movie and it was great in its own right. It deserves more love.
The nuclear tests carried out by the French in the Pacific cause the appearance in the ocean of a gigantic mutant reptile, which has been located after attacking a Japanese fishing boat; now it will leave the ocean to go to New York.
Я только сейчас понял что это судно которое потопил Годзилла не первое в его списке, типо по реакции того японца который сразу при виде неизвестного объекта на гидролокаторе сразу отдал команду покинуть корабль срочно, это даёт нам понять что моряки до этого слышали и сталкивались с Годзиллой, или по рассказам, ведь испытания ядерной бомбы были согласно фильму в 60х годах а эти события в 98м году, то есть как минимум 20-25 лет, может чуть больше Годзилла в процессе своего роста периодически совершал нападения на рыболовецкие суда или на суда как в фильме перевозящие огромные объемы рыбы, с учётом этой информации становится понятно что лишь к 30 годам(примерно) Годзилла полностью вырос/ла до половозрелого состояния, с учётом того что простые игуаны живут вроде чуть больше 10-12 лет(не знаю точно) , то становится интересно сколько лет мог/ла бы прожить Годзилла без вмешательства....
Although an epic opening it would have been nice to have Toho on board to make it more closer to what the Japanese would have envisioned of this Godzilla.
2:04 Is that scene real or is it an exclusive photo montage from the movie. On social media I have seen that video of an American bomber dropping an atomic bomb in 1958.
This was a good movie to demonstrate what godzilla is capable of as far as destruction but also a bad movie when you realize at the end he loses. Its definitely one godzilla movie every fan should see regardless if theyre smart enough to realize and understand this is good for a 1 of a kind in a series.
I'm assuming. The rest of the lizards were wiped out by the bomb testing but he survived cause the egg shell protected him and only mutated him into something terrifying
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You really don't understand how iconic this opening really do you?
It's the same way we had with 2014 monsterverse beginning
Say what you want about this film, this opening is pretty cool.
Yep, the music is hella scary. Its sounds like a spin off Godzilla theme.
it's hella BRILLIANT! i don't care others hated it online, i loved this as a kid 4:30 especially, that moan still gives me shivers to this day
@@RetrovexAmbient lol how are the people who dislike the movie virgins? Calling them virgins only reveals who's the real virgin here buddy 😅
Damn right it was amazing, even if the rest is a sin against nature. But at least the cartoon sequel series was better.
When I was a kid it gave me the creeps
Now that’s is how you start a Godzilla movie paying homage to the classic Godzilla movies especially Godzilla 1985
And after that great opening, that's when the movie goes downhill😩
@@bladecastlevania3653i'm not agree. Onestly i still love this movie, i think is a good movie. Even if that's not the real Godzilla
As a kid I was so excited to see this my dad bought a vhs 📼 copy of this the first 10 minutes got me super excited and hyped up and the movie went on it was not good but still I loved and I still do they could of done better with the actual Godzilla and casting it’s really hard to see Ferris Bueller saving the world 😂😂😂 thank god for 2014 Godzilla film 🎥
@@rorschachd.wolfwood8139 The movie still fails as a godzilla movie and to a extent as a movie on it's own. Roland Emmerich isn't known for making good films, just mindless action flicks
@@bladecastlevania3653Ikr?
It's even more terrifying that these aren't cgi but actual footage of nuclear bombs by the US.
Yea, what is "funny" is that in the movie it's France donc some nuclear test but you see an american plane droping the bomb XD.
It was a middle finger to Chirac Mururoa nuclear tests
@@animeXcasowhat kind?
Are these the French conducting these tests?
@@bman3794 really, that's night
However you may feel about Godzilla 1998, you gotta admit, this has got to be the coolest opening to a kaiji movie ever!
Have you watched Godzilla 2014?
@@lassenker07 Yes.
@@lassenker07I prefer this one. 2014 basically just took this one
No
This is one of the greatest movies opening of all time
Still remember keep replaying this when I was a kid.
I was a kid when I saw this and I got goosebumps.
You know it just dawned on me there that it was the fish that attracted Godzilla to the boat and nothing else
He really wanted to watch Sumo Wrestling. Great sport!
I think generations like mine were introduced into the constant danger represented by the nuclear weapons for the world by this movie.
Atomic fear was real during the Cold War, and Godzilla himself was created to represent that fear.
There might've even been conspiracy theorists back in '54, who thought the commies were breeding giant monsters in some secret Nuclear Lab. 😅
Good times.
This music reminds me of Danny Elfman's early 2000's Marvel soundtrack like Spider-Man and Hulk movies.
David Arnold is a master... Poor Godzilla.
Just like Jerry Goldsmith.
David Arnold did nothing wrong
I remember seeing this in cinemas as a teenager back in 98. I was in awe of the nuclear explosions.
The greatest part of the movie.
Simply incredible.
Cool detail, they didnt make up this nuclear test. Its based on an actual French nuclear test conducted in 1966 on the french polynesian atoll of Moruroa, which you can see named on a sign as Atoll De Moruroa at 0:23.
Actually 193 tests were performed there between 1966 and 1996, which is close to when the movie was released.
@@LambremuseJesus Christ I didn’t know they were performing nuke tests up til 1996 that sounds insane
@@zackarysullivan9019 it was only 3 tests, they were underground, so less dangerous, and the point was to gather enough data to perform the next ones by computer simulation. But yeah, still not great.
GREAT GODZILLA (1998 ) FILM - INTRO / JAPANESE SHIP ATTACK SCENE !!!
I like this film. It may not be a true Godzilla movie, but I see it more like a remake of The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
They can easily re-edit the film by cutting out any godzilla references and re-title it as such.
AVGN and Brandon’s Cult Movie Reviews made that same comparison.
It would have been forgotten, that would have been great but it wouldn't have had such an impact and to this day people wouldn't have been exposed to the Godzilla franchise
Except this isn’t a creature that has been in the state of hibernation for 100 Million years Ago. It was a once ordinary Lizard that has been changed by the blast of a nuclear radiation.
It's a reimagining of Godzilla
Such a good Godzilla movie I remember when I was little my parents rent it on VHS me and my whole family used to watch it all the time
Underrated, in my opinion. This is my 2nd favorite Godzilla movie, but I don't think it's bad as people say. Sure, it has many flaws, but it has this certain charm to it that I like.
I was 8 years old when this movie came out; watching this always brings back memories of the 90s for me
Scariest Godzilla opening
At 3:22 those noodles make hungry the he's eating it,I'm eating some spicy noodles too and eating it while I watch him
Summertime is Godzilla month
"what did you see old man?"
"Death Star, DEATH STAR death Star..."
😅
Honestly, had this been a Japanese/French story this could’ve been a really great movie. Setting it in New York City(Atlantic Coast…) and using the American Military really did the concept dirty. However as mentioned I feel like there is a really great story underneath, Jean Reno and his team of French Intelligence tracking the monster and trying to cover up that it was indeed France which was responsible for this modern incarnation of Godzilla is such an awesome lil sidestory it is such a shame it wasn’t in a real Toho Godzilla project.
This Godzilla intro credits is way better than the 2014 intro credits
eh, both are equal imo
Agreed, definitely more suspenseful with the soundtrack on this one!
@@Jonnnn_5This movie is crap from a mediocre director who knew nothing about the character, the North Americans ruined it
2014 opening was a good tribute to this masterpiece of opening
I just now realized that this ship that Godzilla sank was not the first on his list, like from the reaction of that Japanese who, upon seeing an unknown object on the sonar, immediately gave the command to abandon ship.
This is the first movie I was introduced with the King Of All Kaiju...
Zilla
It would be awesome if they showed legendary godzilla getting hit by that bomb, and it would make sense for the monster verse since zilla and godzilla were both hit by that bomb.
Pure class
This film is truer to the 1954 film than people admit.
It really isn't....gojira and g98 have a similar message but godzilla here doesn't present said message correctly. Gojira was anti nuclear and wanted to display godzilla as a walking bomb, leaving destruction in his wake that was akin to a literal nuke. G98 here left less destruction and most of it was done by the military. If g98 was aiming for the same message as gojira then it needed to have the "god" in it's own godzilla to do so.
Don't have godzilla be a force of nature or a walking nuke and he doesn't leave destruction equivalent to either disaster
@@Kaiju-bm4ts This movie goes off the rails very early on and becomes just a typical Hollywood monster flick, but this opening really does a good job adapting the original Japanese concept to American audiences. 1954 Godzilla represented Atomic power and destruction that mankind couldn't stop - at least not without creating an equal power and destruction in the form of the oxygen destroyer. In the American version, it's our hubris and recklessness that creates Godzilla, which then comes back as punishment for our meddling with Atomic power. Or at least that was what the opening is going for. And then it becomes a Roland Emmerich movie... Edit: I know it was the French, but Americans did testing there too - and the movie only features the French to introduce Jean Reno. As I said, it becomes a Roland Emmerich film :/
@@jb8331After minute 40 the movie falls apart completely, only the beginning is good
No. It really does not.
The message of 1954 is almost completely lost midway in the movie once they revealed Godzilla to be a weak and scared animal running away for it's life, while the military are the ones accidentally causing the most damage.
Godzilla is meant to be represented as a metaphor for the H-Bomb. He's a nuclear explosion in slow motion. Yet in this movie, he barely destroys things. The first half of the movie where he is causing death and destruction is good, they should have done more of that.
This movie is not a mockery of the character Ronald Emmerich nor did he like Godzilla, leave the ridiculous nostalgia behind
4:33 I think I hear something.
It is Godzilla Voice
@@nareshbhaigohil8207 I know that, I was just getting into the act with those Japanese Fishermen. 3:34-3:38 & I really mean Fishermen. 3:52 Which is what has drawn the attention to The Big Guy.
Yeah I did hear a low growl and the ship creaking and then not long after I heard an even louder growl and then those claws appear out of nowhere in the hull of the ship (the weight of him and the water caused the ship to sink)
@@connorrussellsmith2284I’m pretty sure those were actually teeth
@@pyrusmew5 I think they really were claws from his fingers.
The most epic version of Godzilla.
In my opinion, this could still be considered a legit Godzilla movie, sort of as a spin-off.
Sure, this isn't THE TRUE Godzilla, but it makes for a great explanation for where Godzilla might have come from.
Zilla Jr's atomic fire in the animated series also gives it legitimacy.
Idc what the haters say, this was a fun movie and it was great in its own right. It deserves more love.
Godzilla Universal Studios Hollywood
David Arnold Isolated Score Japanese Attack (Unused)
3:56 As I suspected japanese ships have alarms specifically for incoming kaiju.🤣
The nuclear tests carried out by the French in the Pacific cause the appearance in the ocean of a gigantic mutant reptile, which has been located after attacking a Japanese fishing boat; now it will leave the ocean to go to New York.
I’ll bet the French weren’t amused by this movie. What they did in Moruroa isn’t something they like to talk about.
The issue is that the 1996 test was underground, so really doesn't look like what the film shows here
This is the first Cut scene...
I always felt so bad for the reptiles watching the explosion. Theyre innocent 😔
It looks like a hurricane in Start of July July is the hottest month
SpongeBob Used Explosion 2:25
"Ow."
David Arnold Isolated Score Opening Titles (Unused)
Written By Ted Elliott And Terry Rossio And Dean Devlin And Roland Emmerich
Screen Story And Screenplay By Ted Elliott And Terry Rossio And Dean Devlin And Roland Emmerich
The first time I saw that movie I was like "hum, Godzilla is french lol"
July is Godzilla 1998 month 2022
July is NukiTYP5 Regular Show 2007 month 2023
Я только сейчас понял что это судно которое потопил Годзилла не первое в его списке, типо по реакции того японца который сразу при виде неизвестного объекта на гидролокаторе сразу отдал команду покинуть корабль срочно, это даёт нам понять что моряки до этого слышали и сталкивались с Годзиллой, или по рассказам, ведь испытания ядерной бомбы были согласно фильму в 60х годах а эти события в 98м году, то есть как минимум 20-25 лет, может чуть больше Годзилла в процессе своего роста периодически совершал нападения на рыболовецкие суда или на суда как в фильме перевозящие огромные объемы рыбы, с учётом этой информации становится понятно что лишь к 30 годам(примерно) Годзилла полностью вырос/ла до половозрелого состояния, с учётом того что простые игуаны живут вроде чуть больше 10-12 лет(не знаю точно) , то становится интересно сколько лет мог/ла бы прожить Годзилла без вмешательства....
Although an epic opening it would have been nice to have Toho on board to make it more closer to what the Japanese would have envisioned of this Godzilla.
Should have been Oppenheimer's opening music
Written By Ted Elliott And Terry Rossio Dean Devlin And Roland Emmerich
4:25. The weren't kidding about him being lucky...
So we destroy ourselves what a great plan 😮😢
I just watch this for the music
weird how at 2:03 they digitally remove the US air force roundel for some reason as part of the weird story thing about french nuclear testing
Funny enough the 90s nuclear testing was all underground so I doubt the plane would see something of this scale
2:04 Is that scene real or is it an exclusive photo montage from the movie. On social media I have seen that video of an American bomber dropping an atomic bomb in 1958.
Moisture on drivers side window of 3095 odyssey
One of my fave cult movies!
This was a good movie to demonstrate what godzilla is capable of as far as destruction but also a bad movie when you realize at the end he loses. Its definitely one godzilla movie every fan should see regardless if theyre smart enough to realize and understand this is good for a 1 of a kind in a series.
Godzilla lost in 1954 and 1985
Even when I was a kid the mood and tone of this film with the cast and everything was just off putting the opening here was creepy tho
What happened to beach and coconut tree 😊
Big bomb make dirty rain.
Hehehe yes this is GODZILLA no amount of crying will change that 🤭
Japanese: exist
Godzilla: I like Asian food
My childhood
2:16 the lizards be like:
“Oohh! Look how Prett-
OH SHIT!!!”
1:53 now is that supposed to be Godzilla's egg??
I'm assuming. The rest of the lizards were wiped out by the bomb testing but he survived cause the egg shell protected him and only mutated him into something terrifying
From Sonic the Hedgehog
Moisture on drivers side window window of 2005 odysseyn
2:03-2:45, I always like to laugh evilly at this part.
2:14
The lizard shots seem so goofy.
rabzilla 2008 - intro/japanese ship attack scene
Like it or not, this is the most realistic version of Godzilla.
this is almost like the opening to the 1954 Godzilla
Poplar shot and Baker test
4:20😮
I don't know France used bikini atoll for nuclear test site😂😂😂
French Polynesia; it’s not surprising that the French got somewhat uncomfortable with that scene in the movie.
I didnt know the French Carried out Crossroads Baker and Hardtack Poplar.
We all know what happend to Gargamel
In NukiTYP5 Regular Show 2007 is rigby Mordecai benson skips NukiTYP5 Jaeggyzilla Appears in sea storm!!
Giant NukiTYP5 Jaeggyzilla
Can anyone translate for the fishermen?
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhj...! "
Bad Godzilla movie. Fantastic giant monster movie!
yeah kinda sums it up
This. Literally this.
Lol there’s so many bad Godzilla movies this one isn’t that bad it’s actually pretty good
24 Tahun (1998-2022)
3:10
Peter Dinklage
Mark Hamill
J.G. Quintel
William Salyers
Sam Marin
Dane Cook
Peter Frampton
James McAvoy
Sally Hawkins
Shawn Levy
Harry Shearer
Bad Bunny
Omar Sy
Alan Tudyk
Grey DeLisle
David Leitch
Hank Azaria
Tom Cruise
James Earl Jones
Donald Glover...
E se fosse a versão diferente NukiTYP5
0:36 ahhhhh
4:55 imagine NukiTYP5 Jaeggyzilla psr 550 de apenas um show fazer
What's funny is that the french are more likely to create godzilla than the US.
Is it me or monsterverse intros looks familiar with this one how dare them if they hate a movie they hate it all not take the good parts
2:04 B-57 Canberra
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Igual NukiTYP5 Apenas Um Show
Wow France really hates iguanas
Japan 🇯🇵
When Godzilla smell a fish in Japanese ship that's answer
2:55 NukiTYP5 Regular Show 2007 Cartoon Network Sony Pictures Animation And Legendary Pictures
NukiTYP5 Jaeggyzilla attack fishing speedboat
Mordecai rigby Benson skips
NukiTYP5 Jaeggyzilla Through wave storm night
Poor guys.
Watch monarch legacy of monsters ep 3. You’ll see what happend in this scene
Not canon to 1998 film btw
4:21 ahhhhhhhhh
Jack Chiwaaaaack created Godzilla !
E se fosse um tecladão
The dinosaurs Extinction be like : 2:10
But somehow, they turned into Zilla lmao