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- 2000
- PG
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
- 2000
- PG
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
Summary Godzilla faces a formidable new foe in Orga (a.k.a. Giant Alien Millennian), a gigantic and lethal creature which is slowly transmuted from a UFO believed to be dormant for 6,000 years. [Columbia Tristar]
Directed By: Takao Okawara
- 2000
- PG
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
- 2000
- PG
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
Godzilla 2000
41
6.9
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Summary Godzilla faces a formidable new foe in Orga (a.k.a. Giant Alien Millennian), a gigantic and lethal creature which is slowly transmuted from a UFO believed to be dormant for 6,000 years. [Columbia Tristar]
Directed By: Takao Okawara
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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26% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
61% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
13% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
41
26% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
61% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
13% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
About as much pure fun as you'll have in a movie theater this summer.
An enjoyable throwback to the way monster movies used to be made.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 38 User Ratings
6.9
66% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
21% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
13% Negative
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5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 38 User Ratings
6.9
66% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
21% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
13% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
This movie is a very much needed step in the right direction after the mixed reception of the previous film, Godzilla (1998). This movie feels like a film from the classic Showa era, take that as you will. (149.142. 201.252.)
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Fans won't want to miss this addition to the canon.
Gives aficionados what they want and is surprisingly kid-friendly.
For all the high-tech allusions and middle-tech illusions, the movie--the 23rd in an immortal series--draws its power from its grittiness and unresolved allegory.
Brand-new and uproariously unimproved.
I'm giving this a 8 mostly because its the very first Godzilla movie I ever saw. This movie made me a Godzilla fan and it still holds up for the most part. The Cgi is pretty bad and the dubbing is not that convicting, but the practical effects and monster fights are still great. This is my childhood and I will always defend it.
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a film for the fans of the original godzilla films . this fixes the damage abit that was caused by hollywoods remake in 1998. if you have never wached a godzilla film or ever saw a godzilla film you probubly should pass.
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Godzilla 2000:7 out of 10: Promoted with a kick ass trailer (which was infinitely better than the film itself) Godzilla 2000 roared into theaters a few years back on a mission to erase the memory of "that American Godzilla". For many of us it would be the first time seeing a Japanese Godzilla on the big screen. (I may have seen Godzilla 1985 in the theater but my memory is a bit fuzzy). Turns out while there is something charming about watching a Godzilla film in your pj's every Saturday morning during Million Dollar Movie on channel 9 a lot of that love disappears when you plopped down seven-fifty. (It also helps needless to say when I watched Godzilla movies every Saturday morning it was 1978 and I was ten.)
The movie starts out strong enough with a couple of brilliant scenes that ape both Twister and Jurassic Park. You got to love them Godzilla tornado chasers and when the big guy himself blocks a tunnel and breathes on the windshield it is the pinnacle of Godzilla film-making.
It of course is all downhill from there. For one thing Godzilla himself pretty much disappears from the movie. He is replaced by a pet rock. Yes a completely inanimate object. Needless to say the fidget factor is high. Add in subplots you couldn't care less about and characters more irritating than anything else and you would be excused for reaching for the fast forward button. (Much easier at home than in the theater)
Godzilla reappears and the rock, which has planted itself on top of a building and is apparently downloading all the contents of Tokyo's computers, shows its true colors as an alien that resembles of all things "that American Godzilla". Godzilla certainly doesn't stand by and lets some illegal alien destroy Tokyo. No way some wetback union busting scab is going to muscle in on big greens action. Destroying Tokyo is Godzilla's personal gig.
The effects are actually pretty good (with the exception of the underwater scenes) and the dubbing is particularly bad (even for a Godzilla film. It is also strangely profanity laden especially considering Godzilla himself doesn't kill anyone on screen.) The last scene however is a true "What the F**k" moment with one of the silliest lines ever uttered on film. It made me feel ten years old all over again.
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There are certain things this movie does well. I think the quality of the production is a nice step up. The Godzilla costume looks fantastic. However, The story could have been a lot better. It was painfully bland and boring. And the CG looks absolutely terrible. I wish they had just stuck to practical effects instead because it looks so much better, for the most part.
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Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination
