Board Thread:Movie Discussions/@comment-5567208-20131025234511/@comment-24103404-20150315133431

OK, Here we go...

1.  Godzilla / Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Hey...  it's the original!)

2.  Godzilla vs. Destroyah (Great adversary, compelling story line and a baby Godzilla that doesn't look ridiculous - complete with the most heart wrenching ending of all the G flicks)

3.  Godzilla vs. The Thing (aka vs. Mothra) - This is the quintessential Showa era Godzilla movie wrapped flawlessly in Akira Ifukube's brilliant score.

4.  Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster - Our original introduction to Godzilla's greatest foe, complete with cheesy aliens and Akiko Wakabayashi. What's not to love? ヅ

5.  Godzilla Final Wars - An all out love fest for everything Godzilla fans have come to know and love about the series. Highlights - the 2 second dispatching of the abyssmal American "Zilla" monster, one of the most bad ass looking of all the Godzilla suits, tons of monster action, a delightfully diabolical and over the top alien villain, and Captain Gordon!

6.  Destroy All Monsters - Probably my favorite G flick when I was a kid. The Royal Rumble of the Showa era!

7.  Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah - A deliciously goofy plot with superb Hesei era effects, Miki Segusa and "Mecha King Ghidorah". LOVE IT!

8.  Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (aka Invasion of the Astro Monster) - SURPRISE!... King Ghidorah is back for an encore with what are arguably the chessiest of all the Godzilla Aliens dressed up in pre-Devo suits. And who could forget the Big G's victory dance?

9.  King Kong vs. Godzilla - Godzilla's first appearance after a muti-year hiatus, and he's pitted against one of the greatest movie monsters of all time (in one of the worst monster suits of all time...  it's so bad, it's GREAT!).

10.  Godzilla Against Mecha-Godzilla - OK... Truth be told, I love all the Mecha-Godzilla flicks. I just thought the effects in this one were great.

Honorable mention...

- Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (aka vs. Ebirah) because it's the first G flick I saw as a kid and ignited my passion for Godzilla movies.

- The 2014 Gareth Edwards flick, for rebooting the franchise (this probably would’ve made the top 10 had Godzilla been portrayed as the unstoppable, malevolent force of nature that we all know and love and not the world’s most polite Kaiju that will swim next to aircraft carriers, but I digress...).