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 * 1) Godzilla (1954 film): This movie is obviously THE best Godzilla film out their. One, is because its the original Godzilla, so how can it not be this interesting? And two, its because of how gritty and realistic it is by the way the film itself is presented and executed, What makes this film so realistic is the fact that Godzilla himself stands for a specific, real-life fear, nuclear holocaust, the film portrays Godzilla like a real-life epidemic, as if it actually happened before and what we're witnessing is a dramatization of the real life horror that is seen before. All of this is something that is not presented in the very atrocious 1998 American remake.
 * 2) Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah: Other than the original film, this movie is my favorite Godzilla film of all-time, it's also THE first Godzilla film I've ever seen, so like Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, I love this movie for nostalgic reasons, I also like that the film explains the origin of Godzilla, of course, we know that he was mutated by nuclear radiation, but what we learn here is that he was originally a dinosaur named "Godzillasaurus". The monsters all look great, and the monster battle are awesome to watch. Sure, King Ghidorah may not be a space monster like he was in the original Showa series, but I'm, very much, okay with it in this film because he still causes destruction, he's still bigger than Godzilla and he is still his enemy, those are the important things.
 * 3) Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster: Other than the original film, this is my favorite Godzilla film of the original Showa series for two reasons. One, is because this film marks the beginning of Godzilla's role as a hero and also the end of his role as a villain, it is revealed, in this movie, that the reason why Godzilla was always the main antagonist of all of the films before this one is because humans hate him, and so Godzilla, along with Rodan, who's also appeared in his own film, has absolutely no intention of protecting humanity, and therefore the world, so this film suggests that both of them weren't really villains in the first place, but now, thanks to Mothra, who's also appeared in her own film, as well as the previous Godzilla film, both Godzilla and Rodan put aside their differences with humanity, and decided to help Mothra battle the true threat. And two, the film introduces the monster "King Ghidorah", my second favorite monster of them all besides Godzilla, the suit that was used in this movie looks absolutely incredible, and his fight against Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra is one of the best monster battles I've ever seen.
 * 4) Destroy All Monsters: Now THIS is what Final Wars should have been, this is, by far, a better way to end the Godzilla series than all others. Technically, Godzilla, Anguirus and Gorosaurus were only three monsters that fought King Ghidorah because Rodan's winds and Mothra and Kumonga's web spray don't really do much, Minya helped out in the end and Baragon, Manda and Varan did nothing but watch, but that does not matter to me, I still enjoyed the fight, it's WAY better than all those short fights in Final Wars with the exception of the fight against Zilla. The effects and visuals are epic, very futuristic for what was supposed to be the final film of the original Showa series.
 * 5) Godzilla: Final Wars: Not the greatest Godzilla film ever made, but it's still my favorite film of the Millennium series. Even though we don't really get alot of monster action in this movie, I really did enjoy the martial arts human fight scenes with the in between the monster scenes. Sure, that's not what Godzilla's all about, but I'd rather see this than to see King Ghidorah teaming up with Mothra to fight Godzilla (that would be from GMK by the way) and it really wasn't so bad. It's not really the perfect way to end Godzilla (but then again, nothing but Destroy All Monsters is), but it's good enough. Like, I've seen better than this. Although, I would've liked it better if the story was more focused Godzilla since this was to be his last film, but otherwise, everything else about the film is great and all.
 * 6) Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla: This movie, here, is my second favorite Godzilla film of the Heisei seires, and also the second Godzilla film I've ever seen, so I really like this film for nostalgic reasons. SpaceGodzilla's a pretty cool villain, one of my favorite Godzilla villains, Godzilla expresses alot of character in this film, particularly in the scene where he protects Little Godzilla from SpaceGodzilla, that scene definitely shows that Godzilla is not truly a monster metaphorically, and the suit in this movie looks great as well, it's one of my favorite Godzilla suits. Moguera's cool, and the final battle against SpaceGodzilla was one of the best battles ever in my opinion.
 * 7) Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle For Earth: This movie, here, is my third favorite Godzilla film of the Heisei seires, it's one to remember. There are alot of well-done aspects. Mothra is well done in this film, I like that this Mothra has more attacks than just unleashing yellow poisonous powder that can hopefully asphyxiate an enemy, this version of Mothra can fire beam of energy from her antennae and she can release white scales from her wings that will reflect energy attacks back on their source, very impressive! MUCH better than the yellow poisonous powder that can hopefully asphyxiate an enemy that is seen in Mothra vs. Godzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.. Battra's really cool, he's, pretty much, the Dark/Evil counterpart of Mothra in terms of design, Godzilla looks great, and the battles in this movie are one of the most impressive I've ever seen, no wonder why this film is the most commercially successful Godzilla film of all time.
 * 8) Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.: This movie is my second favorite Godzilla film in the Millennium series because it is the only sequel in the Millennium series. It is a direct sequel to Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla, so now we're all ready to rock and roll! WOOT! Alright, so... this movie not only pits Godzilla against Kiryu in their final battle, but it brings Mothra into the conflict, their fight also pays an homage to Mothra vs. Godzilla, but other than that, there's not much to say about this movie, but at least I'm left satisfied.
 * 9) Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla: This movie is one of my favorite Godzilla films in the Showa series, it's an enjoyable Godzilla film. The story is good, so are most of the special effects, and it introduces MechaGodzilla, basically a robot Godzilla, it's one of Godzilla's most famous enemies and, easily, my third favorite monster of them all. Godzilla looks good. Sure, it's the same suit from Godzilla vs. Megalon, but this one, obviously, has a better head design than the other one, I like the head on this Godzilla suit better than the one in Godzilla vs. Megalon, King Caesar's pretty cool in my opinion, and all the fights in this movie are really fun to watch.
 * 10) Godzilla vs. Gigan: Now before you start sending hate messages on my message wall about this movie, let me explain. I really like this movie, I guess you can say that I am one of the fans that enjoyed the film for its lengthy four-way "tag-team" style fight between the monsters at the finale. Sure, it takes 45 minutes in for the monster action to get started, but at least it's better than 53 minutes in like in Ebirah, Horror of the Deep or even an hour in like in Godzilla: Final Wars in my opinion. Sure, stock footage happens during fight against King Ghidorah and Gigan, but this was obviously a Godzilla films in the 1970's, what were you people expecting? Toho really didn't have a big enough budget to shoot that much original footage, so really, what were they supposed to do? Anyways, the interesting thing about this film is that this was the first time Godzilla bleeds. I mean, in the past Godzilla films like the original film, nothing was able to get through Godzilla, but then comes Gigan with a buzzsaw on his frontal abdominal region and it cuts through his arm! Man, Gigan is so badass! That's one of the reasons why he's one of my favorite monsters of all time!