Godzilla Final Wars - What Happened?
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SOURCES:
Godzilla's Final Cut - Interview with Ryuhei Kitamura via Vantage Point:
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History of Godzilla Final Wars via Big Action Bill:
• The History of Godzill...
Godzilla Final Wars Wikipedia
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MUSIC LIST:
Godzilla Destroy All Monsters - Fight Theme 4
River City Girls - File Select Theme
Freedom Planet - Bossoft (Aquatic Boss Battle)
Yakuza 5 - Beginner Interview
Blazing Chrome - Communication Tower
Streets of Rage 4 - The Commissioner
Blazing Chrome - Mission Select
Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater - Jumpin' Johnny
Godzilla Unleashed - Global Defense Force (Jet Jaguar)
Gigabash - Kahu'a
Attack on Titan - Get Rest When You Can Do It
Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee - Menu / Player Select
The Incredibles (Gamecube) - Municiberg
Howl's Moving Castle - Cheerful Cavalry
Godzilla Trading Battle - Track 19
Gigabash - More Trouble
Godzilla Trading Battle - Godzilla Theme
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Matt please do a wha happun on we happy few!
sorry I agree with kitamura unless they redesigned it with a at the time "modern redesign" Jet Jaguar wouldn't have worked and than if you do give him the redesign you would also have to add in a subplot to that Jet Jaugar's existance
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I'd love to see a What Happened to Toro Inoue, sonys cat mascot, or Ape Escape, and what happened when they teased a huge announcement on their twitter but then vanished
Fw godzilla..I loved the movie..loved the fights..it's not for everyone
They released it against Howl's Moving Castle!? I havent facepalm'd that hard in a long while. As someone who works in a movie theatre, we occasionally have events for the community where we have shows for older movies. Ghibli stuff is occasionally on offer and its usually pretty packed since theres only one or two shows scheduled. I can't imagine what it would be like to compete against one directly, more so in Japan.
I didn't find out about Final Wars until 2010! I always wondered why, and now it all makes sense. At least in the US, the Incredibles was absorbing the box office (that was a dour year in movies).
All of Miyazaki's movies since Kiki's Delivery Service have been the most successful movies in Japan, and Spirited Away was the highest-grossing movie in Japan until the release of Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
That's the problem with having anniversary films, it's like having a film based on a holiday, you can't just push back the release when it's tied to a specific date. Same with videogames like Sonic 2006's "Must be released for the 15th anniversary!" mandate.
AND Toho distributed both, so it's a complete unforced error on their part.
The DVD literally sucks HMC’s dick by telling you to watch that instead of FW lmfao
I unironically love Godzilla: Final Wars. It's not a "good" movie, but my god is it a fun watch. And as clearly inexperienced as Don Frye is as an actor, he is easily the most entertaining human character in it. I think it's better to view it less as a movie and more as a 50th birthday party for the big G.
Edit: But yes, more Jet Jaguar is always the correct choice.
Probably my 6th fave Godzilla movie behind (in order):
1. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
2. Gojira (1954)
3. Shin Godzilla
4. Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
5. Godzilla (2014)
Final Wars rules. It's never boring, it's one of the Godzilla movies where the human storyline is just as interesting/insane as the kaiju storyline, Don Frye is endearing as hell, and we get a live action anime where commando mutant Goku and commando mutant Vegeta fight each other on motorcycles, and a alien guy who unironically names himself "X" and looks like he got lost on the way to a Matrix convention. It baffles me that there are people who don't like it.
I'm always surprised when people say this movie is "divisive." What more could you want from a Godzilla movie?
When I introduced my friend to it, I clearly set it out for him. "This is a good movie. That does mean it is a quality movie. This movie is cheese. Oooey gooey cheese. Like, processed. With jalapenos. This movie is gas station nachos at 3am after a drinking bender."
@@suedenim Jet Jaguar obviously. I mean I enjoy FInal Wars to... but the idea you can't 'fit Jet Jaguar in' is clearly just not true.
The random use of Sum 41’s All to Blame was so insane that it’s beautiful.
Loved Don Frye, his character was more interesting than our actual human protagonist who has those weird powers.
That shit kept replaying in my ipod as a 13 year old 💀
I was seriously yelling "FUCK YEAH!!! EPIC MOUSTACHE MAN!" by the end of the film whenever I saw him.
I honestly am not sure I would have enjoyed him as much if it was a big name in the role.
I love Sum 41 so when I found out one of their songs were in a Godzilla film I was like "LETS FUCKING GOOOO"
@@Naedlus good performances are often the result of an actor just having fun in a role. He knew his role was meant to be a thick slice of Ham and he served it THICK.
There are two tonal pendulums that Godzilla films swing between, with Shin Gojira on one end and Final Wars on the other. And dammit, I love them all! Really Goji trashing Zilla is worth the ticket alone for this slice of madness.
I was always amused that Don Frye never spoke Japanese but everyone could understand eachother.
Tekken speak
Man, I so wish there was a version of Final Wars with all the cut scenes intact.
Same. I'd love to see what was left in the editing room floor or an extended cut.
@@pokehybridtrainer Oh yeah, extended director's cut that's 3 hours long? WANT!
Or maybe a more detailed behind the scenes of making Final Wars (like they had in VS Biollante DVD).
When Godzilla killed American zilla the balance to the world was restored.
"That's a lotta fish."
Yeah man, it was the reason why I knew about Final Wars, Toho made that film canon just to make fun of it, it's wild to say that a company would acknowledge their failures at all, cause most would rather bury them.
Sir, what do you think about this photo...
*Sees Zilla with Utter Contempt*
Godzilla: That's Garbage. There is no magnificence on it, just a worthless pretend. *Unleashes Atomic Breath on the Photo*
Godzilla: Much Better.
I saw this movie all the way back in 2005 at a festival, and I remember the entire crowd cheering and applauding like crazy at that particular moment. Never understood the shade thrown at that movie, it was obvious it wasn’t meant to be taken all that seriously.
Americans: That Zilla was not our Zilla and never will be.
Man, I had no idea this movie did so poorly. This film singlehandedly revived my love of the series and helped my son get into Godzilla and other tokusatsu things. Very informative as always!
I’ve shown this to several people, most with almost no interest in Godzilla. Everyone has enjoyed it, one guy so much that he had his groomsmen watch it for his bachelor party. Truly, one of the greatest films of all time.
Had the same experience with it. A few people watched who aren't Godzilla fans and didn't seem to mind it was mostly giant monsters fighting.
I remember first showing this to my girlfriend. Around the time the team was fighting Ebirah, she said, "It's like they asked the guy to make Godzilla, and he had only ever seen Power Rangers."
For what it's worth, "Versus" is the movie that every young filmmaker hopes they'll end up with after they spend two weeks filming random things in the woods. It's about 10 minutes too long, but I still like it.
Do SCORN next, please. The game went through such a long and arduous history that it’s surprising it even came out! I think the history would be interesting.
I concur
Maybe Matt is saving that for October.
@@Soulweaver0 I really hope so!
Yes. This.
I don't mind that, especially if there's quite a story to tell.
AYYY I loved this film! Though the copy I watched when I was younger was Japanese… so I just had to kind of make up the story as it went along. Watching it now, I got it pretty close.
I cannot be the only person who saw Don Frye and thought, "That's Mike Haggar."
-Before you say anything, yes I've seen "The Broken Gear." It warmed my heart.
I watched this with a crowd of people at Anime Weekend Atlanta shortly after it came out. We all had a good time with this flick and to this day, it's my second favorite of the millennium series.
What's your number one favorite of the Millennium series?
wasn’t expecting a Hideo Kojima jumpscare
I've been waiting for this for a very long time Godzilla Final Wars is one of my All time favorite Godzilla Films. So Matt finally covering this is a dream come true.
Same here. I kinda understand why people aren’t huge fans of the movie, it is stupid and a bit too fast paced for its own good. Still, the action and overall designs of the monsters are some of the best the Godzilla franchise has ever seen. It’s a stupid movie, but it’s the fun kind of stupid. I’m glad Kitamura is proud of his work on this, he should be.
I didn't know the director for All Out Attack (my favorite of the era) was possibly going to direct Final Wars.
Maybe Final Wars would have been more of a success if that had happened?
At least they removed Maasaki. Those movies were painfully boring and the last thing Final Wars should be is boring.
I love this movie, I’m surprised it isn’t held more dearly.
Yeah Godzilla Final Wars is unironicly awesome, like the whole non stop action and pacing I think is it's strongest point, especially for a film of it's length, I found about this gem due to the film acknowledging the crappy American 98 Godzilla and have him show up, just to absolutely take the piss out of him, showing why he's called "Zilla", dies in a couple hits from Actual Godzilla. XD
Final Wars has good ideas but horrible execution. It could've been something really great.
I saw this at an arthouse theater when it was released and, as a fan of Kitamura (more than Godzilla), I had a blast. It was also a rowdy audience. Good times.
Final Wars is probably my favorite Godzilla movie. It's just so extra
I love Final wars, one of the most fun Godzilla movies in my book
And speaking of international distribution, it was until recently that the Latin American Spanish dub was released to the public, thanks to the movie finally being shown on TV. And upon looking up a bit yes, the dub was made back in 2004 with some pretty decent voice actors for that time.
The thing is, despite the popularity of anime and manga in Latin America, the Kaiju genre was never that popular there, some tokusatsu shows like Ultraman were dubbed into Spanish and Brazil got even more shows like Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Metal Heroes (Jaspion and Hiraiya), but Power Rangers overshadowed them. In the last few years some Ultraman movie and shows and some of the earlier Heisei-era Kamen Rider shows got dubbed into Neutral Spanish, but there're still pretty obscure
Well, wasn't expecting Final Wars, but let's see where this goes. I was honestly expecting Godzilla: King Of The Monsters or Godzilla vs Destoroyah, but this is fun.
Honestly, Final Wars is one of the most fun Godzilla movies in the lineup. It has the scale of Destroy All Monsters, but if I had to describe how it feels, the most apt comparison would probably be both Godzilla vs King Kong movies. Massive, ambitious crossovers that don't really take themselves seriously, making a more dumb, ridiculous, and fun as hell movie
This movie blew my mind as a kid. 6/7 year old me couldn't get enough of it!
Yeah, every Godzilla movie has a boring human plot. Well this boring human plot is about mutants who fight with motorcycle kata. It never fails to be entertaining as fuck.
@@MrJimmyGroove
"Yeah, every Godzilla movie has a boring human plot."
I have issue with this statement since there are some FANTASTIC human plots in the mythos. Most notably the original Gojira, the original King Kong vs Godzilla, Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla, Terror Of MechaGodzilla, Godzilla vs Biollante, Godzilla vs Destoroyah, GMK, and Godzilla against MechaGodzilla
@@MrJimmyGroove Son of Godzilla, Ghidrah the Three Headed Monster, Vs Mechagodzilla, Terror of Mechagodzilla, Mothra Vs Godzilla, Invasion of Astro Monster, Ebirah, Vs Megaguirus, Tokyo SOS all have very engaging and stellar human plots. Godzilla movies aren't all about the monsters
@@MrJimmyGroovethis right here is someone who didn't watch the movies. THIS is how you catch someone out.
Would Driv3r warrant a What Happened episode?
Maybe when more info gets uncovered about the development or some new interviews. The game's history would mostly cover DriverGate and the poor decision making during developement.
Driver shitshow is some crazy ambitions running. Guys tried to pull off gta5 scope in gra3 world in just a couple of years like some nes game
@@volodymyrbilyk555That's not even going to the marketing disaster of the two magazines owned by the parent company who hired a whole troll farm more or less to defend the game after launch
@@volodymyrbilyk555 i really miss the series man. San Fransisco felt different but I still had a lot of fun with it.
@@Gaminating San Francisco had some vibes. Too bad the series went the legacy of kain way.
Godzilla throwing GINO into the Sydney Opera House and nuke breathing him is still up there with the best Godzilla moments over the history of series.
Godzilla Final Wars is such a beautiful mess, I freakin love it. Probably my most favorite in the whole franchise next to the original.
I'm just happy that we'll be getting more Godzilla stuff in the future.
I just wish we could get more good games. Godzilla: Save the Earth was my jam and I still play it sometimes 👍
Speaking of tokusatsu, do Power Rangers. Either the '95 movie, the 20th anniversary, the 2017 LionsGate reboot or the cheapiness and burning bridges within the IP.
I honestly love this movie. Godzilla fighting baddies alongside basically a Saiyan, Mike Haggar, and using the Kurogane from Super Robot Wars to defeat the bad guys, it was like my dream ridiculous Godzilla movie.
Don Frye was very memorable in this film, i'd say it was a good choice!
It's just not Saturday morning without ya, Matt.
With it now available on digital, I would to see a future “What Happened?” on The Flash (2023) movie.
That'd be great especially since Matt would have to cover EVERY previous Flash movie attempt like the 90s Zemeckis movie, the Flash spin off from another Justice League movie that never came, and the multiple directors quitting because of Ezra Miller holding the movie hostage.
And a what happened on CW’s the flash.
How about a justice league heroes wha happun or marvel nemesis wha happun
This isn't exactly a bad idea, considering the film was in development since the '90s.
@@NarutooftheRasengan TL;DR a fuck nut named Ezra Miller and a sutdio that doesn't know how to handle its own intellectual property
Godzilla has his own star on the Walk of Fame? That's so cute!
I'd love to see a what happened for High Guardian Spice once we get more behind the scenes info on it because the massive gap between it being reportedly completed and it actually being released alone says a lot.
What happened was someone at Crunchyroll saw the series, came to their senses, and tried their best to prevent it from getting out. However because of the leadership shift, it released anyway, possibly because if they didn’t they’d face some kind of legal action. Or maybe it was to get some kind of tax break, I dunno.
I’d say more interesting what happed to Clone High years of nothing and potential season 2 we got it. But someone made a wish on that monkeys paw and the cost was the writing quality.
It’s been covered by a few videos. Basically, it’s Crunchyroll being incompetent as hell and incredibly cheap during production, then throwing the cast and crew under the bus and delaying the show while the heat died down.
@@GamerSlyRatchet1 I never bought that thing about the budget affecting things that much. Sure it would explain the questionable choices made in the show's aesthetics, but money can't make a bad foundation into a good script. They had everything wrong right from the beginning and just stuck with it because their hubris wouldn't allow them to accept things with the script were very very wrong.
@@GamerSlyRatchet1 Crunchyroll and Funimation being inconpetent is something we anime fans Latin America had to endure, though honestly CR didn't made that bad decisions aside from some weird translation choices they force upon their first Neutral Spanish dubs, Funimation was the one that had more misteps when they entered the Latin America market, though eventually Funi LatAm improved but when they merged with CR things actually got worse in some respects
PS: it seems High Guardian Spice was suppossed to get dubbed into multiple languages like other CR Original shows like Onyx Equinox and Tonikawa did, but it seems CR cancelled all those plans. At least Tonikawa was a success
I have a special place in my heart for "wha happun". I discovered it when I had my second kid - when she was a baby I would have to get up with her nightly. To keep myself awake, I would watch random stuff on YT. I would put my ear buds in and pace around the room holding her until she fell back asleep. One night I found a wha happun and was instantly hooked. I was shocked at the production value and how good the content was. i've been a part of the fgc for 20 years so its right up my alley. Thanks for everything you do Matt, its gotten me through many a sleepless night 🙂
Always nice to hear someone other than myself pop for Jet Jaguar. I know its considered a lesser entry in the pantheon of Godzilla movies, but I just friggin love Godzilla vs Megalon. It was my first G movie and my parents took me to the drive-in to see it when I was a boy (Yes, I'm old). Loved it then, love it now.
Don't feel bad. I'm a 51 year old nerd who still loves Godzilla, Transformers, D and D, video games, anime and comic books. Wouldn't change for the world either 👍
Vs Megalon is my favourite Godzilla movie and my third favourite film ever. I genuinely love it its so much fun, I would've loved to see it at a drive-in!
Maaaaaaan i really loved final wars since i was a child, it's sad to see this movie to make the franchise go on longer hiatus in the history of the franchise
"...and Godzillas dumb ass son" spoken like a true goji fan lolol
Having Godzilla curb stomp Zilla in seconds flat in this movie = priceless!
It would have been funny. But since he does that to EVERY monster, it isn't very funny. That just means every other monster is on par with GINO. Which is just insulting on every level.
@@orga7777
Agree.
If every other monster had at least gotten a semblance of back and forth, a quick three rounds, before going, then Zilla got zapped, THAT would be funny.
I still stand by that this is one of the best Godzilla movies ever made, at the very least my own personal top 5. Is it stupid, absolutely, but it’s probably one of the most fun movies I’ve ever seen. If nothing else, G-fans and movie watchers have to appreciate that this is the last Godzilla movie to feature suit-mation, AND new designs of these characters to boot. Toho and the director really tried to go all out with this movie, and you can tell both parties had fun making it.
19:28 “crawls into fetal position just thinking about the Godzilla Earth trilogy from Polygon Pictures”
Please be good Gamera Rebirth.
Godzilla Final Wars is so sick. Sometimes I feel like it’s my favorite in the whole franchise. Thanks for the episode! Made my day!
Its a pity it didn't do well. Its easily one of my favorite godzilla films of all time. It had a fairly quick pace to the plot, the human element wasn't a complete snoozefest, and seeing Godzilla tear through everything was fantastic. Could it have been better? Maybe, but frankly with the run time it had, it did well enough.
I know Final Wars wasn’t the best, but it was the first Godzilla film I saw. It still holds a special place in my heart.
Love it or hate it, this is one Godzilla film I can put on and just love to watch. Big G fights or the Human action scenes. I anniversary film with a lot of memorable moments. Gigan's update was amazing af!
As a kid I fucking loved Final Wars.
You rock Matt!! This really means a lot and you said such nice things about the book!
The animated series based on Zilla 98 should be looked at. The cartoon is a good demonstration that Zilla 98 could have worked well, if it wasn't handled by someone who didn't care.
Say what you will, but I enjoyed the hell out of it. Wasn’t my favorite Goji film of all time, but I’ve watched it repeatedly over the years and I love it BECAUSE of the insanity. That being said, thanks for the episode, man. There was some information in here to which I was not aware. Cheers.
MASTERPIECE
Excellent job Matt!
Amazing video my man
Final Wars was the movie that brought me into the tokusatsu genre. I love this movie for how stupidly fun this is.
I liked Final Wars for it's over the top goofiness. The scene when Godzilla obliterated Zilla was so good!
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels.
Man, what I wouldn't give for Shinkawa's design to be made on screen, even if it was some evil Godzilla clone or something
I have the soundtrack to Howl’s Moving Castle. I needed it after several watches just to hear it! Great Stuff, as always! Animation is the best way to go, even Disney should drop the live action machine.
Honestly, this is my favorite Godzilla film. I love the early 2000’s metal vibe, sum 41 and Gigan being my favorite kaiju definitely helps.
the whole "there are two things you don't know about the earth" line used to be epic to my little kid brain, but seeing it in the video out of context had me laughing my ass off
Honestly the choice to do Goji vs Zilla fast was the correct one, it shows how much more powerful the character is.
If you wanted to keep to a Godzilla theme, I recommend checking out the painful history of what could've been with Gojira - Kaijuu Daikessen, aka Godzilla Destroy All Monsters in the West(*), but literally translated as Godzilla - Monster Wars.
Back in 1994, when Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II came out Toho licensed out 2 Godzilla games to be made for the SNES: Super Godzilla, a janky and awful RPG with the most confusing mechanics, and Gojira - Kaijuu Daikessen, a 2D tournament fighter akin to SF2 with some actual in-depth mechanics and awesome monster fighting. So, when the United States were only allowed to release one, guess which one they took?
If you guessed that they decided to give us the jank-ass RPG and made the cool-as-shit fighting game Japan-only, you would be correct! What I find the most tragic, however, is that the game was advertised in an issue of Nintendo Power Magazine under the game Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters, and if you were a G-fan at the time and saw this you would be shitting your pants! Finally, after that weird chess-like game on NES, the Big G might be getting a good one! But as AVGN best put it: "Only in Japan, only in Japan..."
Loved this movie. Love 'em all! I grew up in the ghettos of NYC when I discovered this franchise as a kid. So, it was/is my childhood guilty pleasure. And I have ALL THE MOVIES on Blu-ray!
Your work and Big Action Bill's are the absolute best when breaking down Goji film history, great job! I liked final wars but definitely thought it could've been better. I wonder what kind of script Ryuhei cooked up originally?
Love Your What Happened? Videos!!!!!! That Is A Great Episode. Keep It Up
Another excellent vid 👌
Love seeing Godzilla get so much attention lately
Oh gosh, I unironically love this movie. A peek behind the production curtain sounds like terrible fun.
Side note: Most of IDW's Godzilla comics have been amazing, no matter which incarnation you love the most. 😁
I remember watching this as a kid! It made me love Gigan, it didn’t have too much screen time, but it looked so badass
I have this movie saved in one of my external HDDs and I always planned to watch it someday. But since I've seen this video my interest grew on giving it a try. This one looks like it's Godzilla's own Avengers Infinity War/Endgame/No Way Home level of craziness. Great video!
I didn’t expect one of my fav Godzilla movies to be on here 😮
Good shit! 😊
This is actually one of my favorites
So glad the final wars suit got used for a short film against Gigan and Hedorah recently.
I have been looking forward to this. One of my favorite TH-camrs discussing my favorite Godzilla film from when I was a kid.
was my first full Godzilla i watched, it was randomly on tv in the uk!
I think that is why it is my favorite.
I’ve never met a fan who didn’t like this movie, definitely people who were critical of it which I get but never anyone who straight up dislikes it
How about an episode on Rebuild of Evangelion? The original NGE already had a pretty infamous development hell thanks to Studio Gainax's short-sighted at best business decisions and the director's depression, but this saga also stressed out Hideaki Anno so much that he relapsed and worked on Shin Godzilla to calm down so there had to have happened a lot of things behind the scenes.
Really good video, final wars may have mixed reactions but I personally have a lot of fun with the film its ridiculous in an epic over the top way.
The only issue I really have with Final Wars was how Gigan was treated. Bro came back after a 31 year absent sporting one of the most badass designs in the franchise and was marketed the most out of the other kaijus outside of Godzilla and Mothra in terms of merch. But in the movie, bro got decapitated not once, but twice, one of which by his own attacks. Ik FW would of been too long than it already is, but it’s such a shame considering he was the first kaiju in Godzilla’s rouge gallery to make the Big G draw blood on screen.
Other than that, FW is basically like KOTM where if you’re in it for just the actions, you’ll have lots of fun with the film (casting Don Frye in the film was peak casting)
In 2024, it will be the 20th anniversary of the Godzilla movie celebrating its then 50th anniversary, time sure goes by, huh?
I literally grew up watching Tokyo SOS and Final Wars so I'm more than excited to see this video
I really loved Final Wars... Mostly because I love MMA and Godzilla. I think Don Frye worked perfectly in his role and I would gladly watch more Godzilla movies cast with Pride fighters (although a lot of them are getting up there in age now).
Glad this show is back.
It didnt go anywhere.
Godzilla Final Wars was so much fun. I loved it and still do. Felt like a celebration crossed with a screw it let’s go all out insane attitude.
I actually like to see one of the Heisei Gamera Trilogy because i always wondered how they managed to make Gamera better than Godzilla at the time.
I love that they were against putting in Jet Jaguar because of a tonal clash but were perfectly fine with shoving in King Caesar and fucking Minilla
It took me a long time, but I've grown to love this movie over the years.
Your avatar is so cute. Looks so soft and huggable. Especially the spiderman variant
Some of the fights for Godzilla Final
Wars were kind of funny to see in contrast.
Love that movie :-)
and love Ryuhei Kitamura's works :-)
I wasn't expecting this
Your a real one for this
Final Wars is actually my favorite Godzilla movie. It's pure unadulterated dumb fun, and that's what I love about it.
I love me the original movie and Shin Godzilla and other serious takes on the character... But man, I love me some dumb fun.
Funny thing. In the Spanish Godzilla fandom. Final wars Spanish dub was recover like 3 days ago. What a coincidence
Hiya! I was there in edit: November 2004, in the Mandarin Chinese Theater in Hollywood for this *EXACT* premier, and lemme tell you, the HYPE! WAS! REAL! The guy I'm the suit was there! Walking around, blowing the smoke into people's faces, music blasting in the background, as he went to get his star on the Walk of Fame! It was soooo much fun and so damn cool. And that's not all! The actors for the movie were there too! They gave a short speech before the film once everyone got into the theater, and then dimmed the lights. Lemme tell ya, when you get a theater full of G-fans, the love in the theater was crystal clear as cheers went up for every iconic Kaiju. Even as young as I was (8 at the time) I had seen my fair share and cheered on King Ceasar as he got his sh*t kicked in (pun unintended). While I remember being disappointed that I didn't see my personal favorite, Megalon (I played the cr*p out of one of GBA games at the time), it was more than made up for by the two pinnacle scenes, Godzilla blowing the crap out of Zilla, and the faithful fight between the Kings. (Sidenote: for anyone who's bored, can *you* find the two little Latino boys being interviewed that night about how much they loved the movie? Here's a hint! One has a BIG ASS scar on his forehead)
Edit: pretty sure my pops STILL has one of those beautiful GFW posters)
Re:edit: huh.... Guess it was November? Idk I was in third grade lol. Also the wiki says Egyptian theater? I'd have words with the numbskull that put that. 😒
Me and my little brother would always try and watch clips of all the godzilla movies on TH-cam all the time back in like 2008. This was our favorite movie other Legendary series
Godzilla Final Wars is one of my favorite things of all time.
This makes me wanna rewatch a good amount of these movies
This is one of the greatest films i have ever seen. It is everything i love crammed into one movie
Dude, Final Wars is a PARTY. Watch it expecting a good time and you won't be disappointed.
Always a good wha hapun matt mcmuscles
Final Wars may have been a bust financially but it fell so Godzilla 2014 could run and bring us where we are today: where Godzilla is once again so successful we even got the Godzilla VS King Kong remake no one (not even James Rolfe) thought would actually happen!
Nothing can keep the King of the Monsters down forever! Nothing!