Gojira vs. Biorante (1989)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.2/10   

Director:

Kazuki Omori

Escritores:

Shinichirô Kobayashi (story)
Kazuki Omori (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

16 diciembre 1989 (Japan)

Género:

Acción | Drama | Horror | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

The most terrifying monster of all time is back in his greatest movie ever

Plot:

After rising from his volcanic grave, Godzilla is threatened by a mutated rosebush.

Plot Keywords:

Godzilla | Creature | Reporter | Monster Movie | Creature Feature

Premios:

2 wins

Comentarios de los usuarios:

An overlooked addition to the series.

Reparto

Kunihiko Mitamura	...	Kazuhito Kirishima
Yoshiko Tanaka	...	Asuka Okouchi
Masanobu Takashima	...	Major Sho Kuroki
Koji Takahashi	...	Dr. Shiragami
Tôru Minegishi	...	Lieutenant Goro Gondo
Megumi Odaka	...	Miki Saegusa
Toshiyuki Nagashima	...	Director Seiichi Yamamoto
Ryunosuke Kaneda	...	Azuka's Father
Kazuma Matsubara	...	Self Defense Forces Officer
Yasunori Yuge	...	Prime Minister
Yoshiko Kuga	...	Prime Minister's Wife
Yasuko Sawaguchi	...	Erika Shiragami
Haruko Sagara	...	TV reporter
Kôichi Ueda	...	General Hyodo
Kosuke Toyohara	...	Super-X2 Controller

También conocida como:

Godzilla vs. Biollante
Gojira Vs Biorante (USA)
Godzilla contra Biollante (Spain) [es]

Duración:

105 min | USA:104 min

País:

Japan

Idioma:

Japonés | Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby SR

Clasificación:

Spain:13 | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Compañía:

Toho Company

Trivialidades:

First Godzilla film to be made in Japan's Heisei era (Emperor Hirohito had died early the same year, thus was the end of Showa and the beginning of Heisei).

Errores:

Misceláneos: After Shiragami is briefly interviewed by the media Biollante is shown for a brief second appearing regular, but in the very next shot with Biollante it's fully blossomed.

Citas:

Dr. Shiragami: Godzilla and Biollante aren't monsters. It's the unscrupulous scientists who create them that are monsters.

Conexiones de Película:

Seguido por Gojira vs. Mosura (1992)

An overlooked addition to the series.

I should note that this 10 star rating reflects my feelings within the Godzilla franchise, and isn't really meant to reflect against any other movies other than Godzilla's.

I dunno. I love Godzilla himself, but I'm one of those annoying purists who likes Godzilla best when a) it's just him versus a large city and/or b) he's set within a dark movie. Granted, that narrows my options quite a bit, but I still faithfully watch any film involving him.

This film, while its plot may feel made-for-TV, brought out the best in Godzilla since the 1954 film, I thought. He's mean, he's not lovable (which makes me love him more), and his enemy, despite being a mutant rose (heh heh), is ultimately meaner and darker than his other enemies of old. I especially like the lack of time travelers, aliens, and miniature people in this film; I said the plot felt made for television, but ultimately, I would prefer the side-stories to involve normal human beings struggling to control the awesome power of the monsters (as is the case here) rather than mutants or time traveling people or robots trying to save/conquer the planet with the help of Godzilla and company. Biolante is a creation of biological science, as is Godzilla (unintentionally, of course), plain and simple. No strange alien cyborg implants or bionics or what have you. The humans panic, the monsters destroy. It's beautiful.

After watching Godzilla: Final Wars recently, I yearned for a return the "Biolante" form. I know it sounds silly to talk about Godzilla's believability, seeing as how it is the campy cheesiness that made the franchise popular, but the first film, reaching way back to the gritty black and white days with its dark hospital scenes and broody score, was on some level believable to me. Yes, it's obvious the monster was a guy in a suit, yes you could still tell they were models, but the panic seemed more real, the aftermath more devastating, and the sympathy for the human characters greater. Godzilla versus Biolante is closest to that original form, as far as that believability goes. Despite a hovering tank, futuristic lightning cannons, and killer monster rose, this film feels more organic than most. In this one, it's "Godzilla's awake! Call the military and then RUN!", rather than the usual "Godzilla's awake, and aliens have made a giant cyborg, and this kid is bonding with a baby monster, and this guy invented a robot that can grow...if you find time, RUN!".

I mean no disrespect to the rest of the G films, and the fans of the many-monster mythology, I can understand why people love it, but this is the kind of Godzilla film I personally prefer.