I watched a Godzilla movie for the first time in the weeks before Gareth Edwards' 2014 GODZILLA was released. I'd realized I'd never actually watched one and started with GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II. It was a little crazier than I expected (in a good way) but it was ultimately the weak plot that soured me on it. I'd gotten it as part of a double feature and I hopeful the second movie might redeem the franchise for me. The title alone was enough to get me excited. GODZILLA VS. SPACE GODZILLA. It sounds like something out of a ten-year-old's fan fiction. When it becomes apparent that defeating Godzilla might be easier said than done, the United Nations Godzilla Countermeasures Center formulate a new plan in hopes of controlling the monster, calling it Project T. The center's head psychic, Miki Saegusa, will use an amplifier to overcome the creature's natural will and control him. Meanwhile, a mysterious object rockets toward Earth and lands, no surprise, on the same island where Project T has established operations. Adorned in enormous power crystals, we discover Space Godzilla! He's here to…hmm..well, it's never really established. Destroy the Earth, I guess? Yeah, that sounds right. And the only thing standing in his path of ultimate destruction is Godzilla and the United Nation's new secret weapon, M.O.G.E.R.A.I'll get right to it. This movie was a disappointment, even with the super awesome potential inherent in the title GODZILLA VS. SPACE GODZILLA. What could've been so bad about this movie? It commits the ultimate movie sin: it's boring. Seriously dull. I can't watch this movie without mentally checking out in the second half. It starts promisingly, largely in part due to the horrible writing. For example, the opening of the film begins in the ESP center where psychic individuals meditate in weird pyramid tents. We are reintroduced to Miki Saegusa where she's discussing Project T with one of the program heads, Dr. Chinatsu Gondo. Gondo goes on a long bit of exposition explaining Project T to someone who, if I understand the movie, already knows everything Gondo is telling her. This is a prime example of screen writing laziness. We could've left it at Saegusa voicing her opinion that Godzilla is not a creature who can be controlled with telepathy and we, as an audience, would understand what Project T was. Instead, we get an awkward interaction that would never happen in real life with Gondo ending the conversation exclaiming, "We're using telepathy. That's why it's called Project T." The only way the screenwriters could have made it any more obvious would've been to hire someone to personally stand in every theater to nudge you with their elbow and scream, "T! It stands for telepathy! Get it?" I know I'm blowing a minor nitpick out of proportion here but that's just the most blatant example. Later in the film, Saegusa is betrayed and kidnapped by the Japanese mafia for no other reason than to bring the main team back to the mainland from the island. Because there was no better motivation to leave the island, where nothing is happening, and return to Japan where a giant space creature is about the rampage, right? Plus the mafia sequence allows for Saegusa to bust out with some telekinesis, a power she (and we) never knew her capable of and it's only used for one scene. The writing in GODZILLA VS. SPACE GODZILLA is just a long series of unmotivated plot movement.That's not to say the movie isn't without its surprises. Just when I thought I'd gotten a handle on all the weirdness these movies have to offer, we get space moths that morph into twin space fairies to inform Saegusa that she's some sort of chosen one who can save the Earth from Space Godzilla. SPACE! It's nice to see there's still some crazy to be mined from these movies. In fairness, the human story element is better here than it was in GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II (before they drop it in favor of a 40 minute final battle). The concept of Project T is an interesting one, and the character of Akira Yuki (Akira Emoto) is pretty cool. He's actually got motivation (his best friend was killed in a Godzilla attack and he's out for revenge) and he's got a little character arc hidden in here. Space Godzilla is a pretty wicked monster too. He looks like something out of Godzilla's worst nightmares and the explanation behind him is pseudoscience at its most insane. Supposedly, some of Godzilla's cells were carried into space following a previous battle, were sucked into a black hole, and spit out a white hole where Godzilla's most vicious cells quickly evolved into Space Godzilla. Not gonna lie, I love that. Another fun bit of pseudoscience that could only have come from the mind of a child, Yuki's big plan to kill Godzilla are bullets the size of tampons containing blood coagulant. Yup, that's his big plan. Mechagodzilla couldn't take him down, but a little bit of blood coagulant (with no reason to believe it would affect Godzilla's blood as it would a human). But don't worry, despite his deep-rooted motivation to murder the beast, we never actually get to see if it would work because the one chance he gets where he can potentially kill Godzilla, he lets him go, explaining, "It's had enough of a bad day." I guess your revenge isn't as important as we were led to believe.Finally, my major complaint with the film is that the entire last half of the movie is one long battle sequence between Godzilla, Space Godzilla, and M.O.G.E.R.A. It was awesome for a while and Space Godzilla's got some cool moves but after twenty minutes I was bored and by the time it ended, I was mentally shot. Now to end this because I'm ranting and out of space. (SPACE!) One last positive not: my daughter loved it, so there's that.

Hosnestly, I'm not entirely sure why some people are hating this movie. There are a few parts to nitpick, but I don't officially mind. Without a doubt, this is one of the best installments in the Godzilla series. It's a film that shakes the foundations of the very cosmos.G-Force, a military organization that basically studies Godzilla in order to find solutions for dealing with the monster, has developed two special programs: Project T (using a sort of mind control device made to keep Godzilla under control) and Project M (building MOGUERA, who first appeared in the "Mysterians", to combat Godzilla). However, a new menace has arrived from space to take over the world and kill the King of the Monsters: Spacegodzilla. With the help of MOGUERA, Godzilla decides to free his now imprisoned son and save the world from his cosmic clone.A cool story is backed up by some familiar human characters, flashy effects, and awesome fight scenes. Miki Saegusa, the telepath that sympathizes with Godzilla, returns in what is probably her biggest role in the Hensei series, supporting the Monster King every step of the way. The fights between Godzilla and MOGUERA against Spacegodzilla are absolutely epic. They just beat the living crap out of each other as they destroy everything in sight. The music is also to be commended. Spacegodzilla is really powerful and his theme music helps emphasize how menacing he is.It deserves more credit than it gets for what it is: an epic Godzilla film. Worth the watch, so check it out.

I thought the movie was pretty decent, but from what I hear true Godzilla fans think it was his worst film, not true. The worst is the inane "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah". Space Godzilla looks VERY impressive, kinda like Godzilla with crystals grown into it's skin. One thing about Godzilla fans, they drum to a beat all their own. I mean, they are so critical about the human casting and character progression, viability of the story as well as other things. Uh, HELLO............it's a Monster movie so rational thinking goes out the window because of it's very premise! Who cares about the characters? In these types of flicks the Monsters and special effects are what drive the movie, and the special effects are generally pretty good. (Except for the initial scene of Space Godzilla heading to earth, surrounded by the fakest-looking asteriods this side of earth) Oh, and the "Robot" looks silly also. Anyway, Space Godzilla is no joke as he commences to kicking BOTH Godzilla's *ss as well as the Robot's posterior. This movie won't win an Oscar, but it's a solid addition to the series.

I find this movie a little interesting but very cheesy and boring if you watch it a few times. Also, I like the comedy in the dialog of this movie. If the Heisei series were able to create a movie with 4 monsters instead of two, I would elect Supermechgodzilla and Biollante versus Spacegodzilla and Destroyah. All those monsters can really put up a great fight against Godzilla. It will mainly be Supermechagodzilla versus Spacegodzilla and Biollante versus Destroyah. Godzilla will have to make a miracle to destroy them all. Spacegodzilla's crystal surroundings will make a good ring. It will be action packed with not a lot of human dialog as it would usually have.