Quite enjoyable Godzilla film has out reptilian hero fighting a giant space monster. This was the first film in the Millennium series reboot of the Godzilla franchise, which ignored the continuity of all the prior films with the exception of the original first film. Godzilla movies can become a blur of men in rubber suits pounding on one another, but this one features better special effect than most and also features quite a few kaiju battles (including some very well filmed nighttime battle sequences), which makes this entry into the long running series is well worth watching for Godzilla fans.

Godzilla saves Tokyo from a flying saucer that transforms into the beast Orga.There are some noteworthy firsts in this film: we have the first green Godzilla (no longer the dark gray we are used to), and the first Toho Godzilla using CGI (for better or worse) in some scenes.No, could this be the best looking man-in-suit Godzilla yet? I think so. While a bit more "rock star" this time around, he looks incredibly mean and aggressive, the monster you do not want to mess with.This may have been the last good Godzilla movie made (as of 2014). Although, I suppose that is all a matter of taste. Some people probably dislike this one while others probably love the Gareth Edwards version.

Not the best start to a new series of Godzilla movies, but it'll do. It did have some work to do after the shitstorm that was the American Godzilla. It mostly makes up for that. We get a guy in a suit, looking better than ever. The film also brings us some CGI, with a wonderfully dodgy looking spaceship. I praise this film for not holding back on its imagination. I wish people would stay away from the American dubs. I've never seen one, and I've enjoyed the series thoroughly. This film had everything I'd come to expect, but seemed scared of being too outlandish. Hiroshi Abe also ruined a lot of the movie by having ONE look. Was it fear? Was it determination? Was it confusion? I'll never know.

"Godzilla 2000", the return of Godzilla and the beginning of the 3rd series of Godzilla films: the Shinsei series. Or Alternate Reality series. Or Millennium. Either name, the point is from now on each film is set in its own time line. No more continuity, at all. Now each director will change Godzilla's history and each film will have a different tone and style. I think its an all right idea, but just this once!! Anyways, after GINO was unleashed to horrify us all, this film was released, thankfully in American theaters. Unfortunately, dubbed.Now right here I'm going to point out the several negative factors in this movie, and then you can weigh them with the few positives ones. First off, all those ridiculous campy lines, ranging from "Bite me!!!", "Great Caesar's Ghost!", and, one of the worst, "This missile will go through Godzilla like crap through a goose." WTF!!! These were the source of ridicule from American critics and they bugged the hell out of me. Luckily they're not in the unreleased Japanese version. Unfortunately, those lines at the end are. It was good till "Then why does he keep protecting us?"... then it goes to crap. It was just horrendous! Then we have the opening scenes with people comically surviving Godzilla's attacks. WTF!! To me it just showed Takao Owara had gone soft. Too damn soft.The music by Takayuki Hattori, and by the American composer, was terrible. The Ifukbe ques were great, but they added their own version of two others, and it just didn't work. The story was concocted by one of my favorite G-writers, Wataru Mimura, with one of the worst, Hiroshi Kashiwabara. It re-introduced aliens and at best was OK and nothing more.Godzilla looks better than ever, only that his head looks big from certain angles. The heat ray is magnificent and CGI plays its vital part. The rampage at the start of the film is nicely done effects-wise, just too light hearted!! Orga was a Rancor rip-off from Episode VI pathetically, and provided a slow-paced battle that wasn't that entertaining to be honest.I'll stop here, because I could go on forever, but I think you get the point by now; Godzilla 2000 was a huge disappointment, seriously=(