Garp
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As I near the end of my year with Hitch, I'm already planning my next venture. 2019 will be My Year with Godzilla.
OK, so that's not strictly accurate, as roughly 30% of the films I intend to view don't actually feature Godzilla. Maybe 'My Year with Kaiju' would be closer to the mark. But it doesn't sound as good to my ear. So 'My Year with Godzilla' it is.
I have a few guides with me for this journey. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: Vol 1 and it's companion The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: Vol 2. These have helped me to collate a list of 52 films that have at least some connection to Godzilla, however tenuous.
I'm forgoing a strict chronology, and instead attempting to find some order in the appearance of the giant monsters themselves, hence the apparently random insertions of 'The Mysterians' and 'Space Amoeba'. I have literally been working on this list for months, and even I can't remember exactly why some of these placements exist, only that they made sense to me at the time. This thread was also useful, as well as others that I don't recall now.
I'm including TV appearances of Godzilla as bonuses, although I will only probably have time to watch a handful of them in the allotted week. Also, I don't intend to review the sources of the films (if they are on blu-ray, I will watch them that way, if at all possible) as I don't expect there to be any great video and audio masterworks here. Instead, I will mention whether I viewed the films 'subbed' or 'dubbed', if relevant. Again, lurking on various Kaiju-related forums has given me an idea of which films are better viewed in each format, but sometimes it may just come down to how tired I feel that day.
My acquaintance with Godzilla is even poorer than that of Hitchcock, before I started that project; from this list, I can safely say I've seen 4 films and some episodes of the 1978 TV show. And 2 of those films are American.
Again, if anyone wishes to join me, jump in at any point. As before, I'll update this thread weekly with each new review, vacations notwithstanding.
OK, so that's not strictly accurate, as roughly 30% of the films I intend to view don't actually feature Godzilla. Maybe 'My Year with Kaiju' would be closer to the mark. But it doesn't sound as good to my ear. So 'My Year with Godzilla' it is.
I have a few guides with me for this journey. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: Vol 1 and it's companion The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: Vol 2. These have helped me to collate a list of 52 films that have at least some connection to Godzilla, however tenuous.
I'm forgoing a strict chronology, and instead attempting to find some order in the appearance of the giant monsters themselves, hence the apparently random insertions of 'The Mysterians' and 'Space Amoeba'. I have literally been working on this list for months, and even I can't remember exactly why some of these placements exist, only that they made sense to me at the time. This thread was also useful, as well as others that I don't recall now.
I'm including TV appearances of Godzilla as bonuses, although I will only probably have time to watch a handful of them in the allotted week. Also, I don't intend to review the sources of the films (if they are on blu-ray, I will watch them that way, if at all possible) as I don't expect there to be any great video and audio masterworks here. Instead, I will mention whether I viewed the films 'subbed' or 'dubbed', if relevant. Again, lurking on various Kaiju-related forums has given me an idea of which films are better viewed in each format, but sometimes it may just come down to how tired I feel that day.
My acquaintance with Godzilla is even poorer than that of Hitchcock, before I started that project; from this list, I can safely say I've seen 4 films and some episodes of the 1978 TV show. And 2 of those films are American.
Again, if anyone wishes to join me, jump in at any point. As before, I'll update this thread weekly with each new review, vacations notwithstanding.