True, though no amount of historical relevance or academic beard-stroking and monocle-adjusting can excuse the films numerous basic writing failures, poor production values, and lousy acting; I get so sick of people using the interesting stuff this film does contain (much of which was likely unintentional or accidental) to try and defend a fundamentally weak and deficient movie.
@@triplehate6759For a low-budget film made specially as a new film for a children’s film festival release, it could have been a lot worse. It could have been Godzilla Vs. Megalon.
@@RocStarr913 I will contest that Godzilla vs. Megalon, despite objectively being dogshit, was so bad it was good; it at least was rarely boring, we got two new kaiju (counting Jet Jaguar) out of it, and I actually think the big end fight is one of the better ones in the Showa era, and not just for the anti-gravity kick. All Monsters Attack, by contrast, is offensively bad, not just for the stock footage and atrocious pacing, but because it flubs at storytelling so hard that it presents its target audience of young Godzilla fans as psychopaths, tells a genuinely disturbing tale of a kid in crappy circumstances largely by accident, and ends with him objectively WORSE off than before and having become a bully himself, which also ruins any sort of aesop the film may have wanted to convey.
@@triplehate6759 Your take is valid. Home Alone, which many have said is similar to All Monsters Attack, also seems to paint a very psychopathic child character in Kevin McCallister in trapping his home for the burglars.
i find the contrast between western Godzilla fans who think this movie is the worst thing ever made and Japanese Godzilla fans who have no issue accepting this movie as a part of the series both incredibly interesting and amusing
It’s not bad of a movie; Ishiro was getting constrained by the studio and made a solid movie regarding overcoming your fears and growing up. Sure it’s not action packed or whatever the issues are, but it’s not terrible.
I can’t hate on this movie. I know they had restraints on it and there’s a lot of stock footage. However I totally related with Ichiro and how he would daydream about Godzilla. Also love the final battle.
I honestly think that this could have been done a bit better with the whole bully aspect. Ichiro gets harassed by his bullies lead by "Gabara" (the lead bully has another name I know I just don't remember it 😅) at school constantly even to a point where he's chased home by them. One day Gabara and his gang confront him and force him into a dare by moving a statue in a shrine but what they didn't know was that from moving said statue from the shrine they had awoken a terrifying Oni that feeds off the fear of the ones that come in contact with it also named Gabara and Ichiro is his first victim. Ichiro begins to get nightmares from Gabara which makes the demon stronger. Gabara then makes his way to Monster Island and learns about Godzilla so he enlisted (or rather brow beats) Kumonga, Kamacuras, Ebirah, and the Giant Condor into working for him to take Godzilla out while he makes Minilla (who was learning from his father how to be brave) his next victim. Ichiro (who was still having nightmares about both Gabaras) gets some advice from his neighbor (the toy maker that checks in on him) and he hears about the nightmares he's been having and how they've taken a toll on him. The toy maker then tells him that he has to be brave much like Godzilla and that he wouldn't back down. Ichiro then takes his wise words to heart. Back on Monster island Godzilla hands out more fades than Steve Harvey's personal Barber causing the four kaiju to piss off. And after several moments of being attacked by Gabara, Minilla finally stands his ground and tries to fight him (with middling results but he still continues on) Godzilla then arrives to see Gabara electrocuting his son and fires his breath at the monster getting him to let go. Minilla the takes this opportunity to bite Gabara and gets him angry enough to try and swing at him wildly missing every hit. One of Gabara's punches causes a large rock to get dislodged and fall on to Minilla's tail which causes him to fire off his own atomic ray point-blank at Gabara's face which causes him to fall back in pain. Godzilla goes over to congratulate his son for standing up to his tormentor. However, Gabara tries to cheap shot Minilla only to hit Godzilla instead. Which results in Gabara catching a giant green-ass beating from the Monster King (with Minilla's help of course) both kaiju blast their heat rays at Gabara chasing him off once and for all. Back in Japan Ichiro before heading for school goes over to the shrine and speaks to the person who sweeps around the area and tells him that he was the one that moved the statue that held Gabara in the first place (due to Gabara pressing him) and promises to help out after school. Unfortunately Gabara and his gang follow him and try to harass him again but Ichiro wasn't going to run away this time and he and Gabara get into a fight with Ichiro winning but he as well as Gabara and his gang get in trouble with one of the teachers. But the person who worked at the shrine shows up and tells the teacher as well as Ichiro and Gabara's folks about what's going on. So along with Ichiro who volunteers to help clean up the shrine after school, the Bullies are punished and are forced to helpevery day as well Ichiro as well as Minilla finally faced their fears and Gabara is once again imprisoned forever. But that's just my idea 😅
Am improvement over the ending we got, at any rate; Ichiro becomes as bad as the bullies he was standing up to, the film ends by flubbing its own Aesop.
The WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE of Godzilla movies! There's also a bit of Tom & Jerry in it, too, if you think about it! -Ichiro = Jerry -Gabara = Tom -Godzilla = Spike -Minilla = Tyke
Funny how they do a monster roll call in the trailer but in the actual film only three of the monsters actually play a role in the story, the rest are just stock footage.
Not sure about STOCK, but yeah... bit parts. the idea of Monster Island needed a big cast to really sell the concept, but... most of it's not really used.
Is it me, or do I want to see Gabara in the MonsterVerse as well? My guess is that MonsterVerse Gabara should be the inspiration for legends of oni in Japan (especially Shuten-Douji), and his appearance should also have elements from Singular Point's Salunga.
Oh yeah Gabara was a cool design. Just explain the weird lumps as what Gabara uses to generate however many thousands of volts he needs to electrocute Godzilla. Because, yes, actually Gabara's electric grapple hurts like HELL apparently. As melee fighters go in kaiju films, Gabara was an impressive showing. Just... don't try doing that to Ghidorah.... especially not Monsterverse Ghidorah.
Many people hate this movie, but I felt the need to give everyone a friendly reminder that: this movie was aimed at a very young audience not for grown adults who view media in a more critical light, and secondly, was made on a very low budget, many people forget about that when talking about this movie.
I honestly never understood the hate for this one. Yes the dubbing is atrocious in the English but at this point Godzilla was for kids. Its a fun little romp thru monster island even if its just in the imagination of a kid. The weirdest part for me is that Gabara is the only kaiju that doesn't have a tail
dont care if its mostly stock footage, dont care if the main character is a little kid, its a fucking godzilla movie, and also a pretty damn great one too.
Poor Ookondoru. The poor bird didn't get listed among the other monsters at all in the trailer. Even worse, official listings for the monsters that appear in the movie label it as a separate monster entirely - the "Giant Eagle". What was Toho thinking in that regard? It's clearly the same bird from Ebirah: Horror of the Deep.
This film does get a bad rap for reasons I totally understand but that's why i love about it its weird and dumb but fun I liked the American dub better cause of the soundtrack true some of the soundtrack are from the japanese original but there were some new songs from this guy name Ervin Jereb like that cool opening theme
If that's the case then why do toho's movies barely get noticed outside of the fandom in America? Why do most fans enjoy the MV and toho's films equally?. I swear toho purist are so out of touch with the fandom it's not even funny 😂
@@SpecialOrder935 you say that yet you care enough to reply lol, Toho likes the MV which says alot about how they see godzilla and understand him alot more than you do.
@@SpecialOrder935 cope harder 🤣 Toho purist are the boomers of this fandom. Doesn't make it better you make this ridiculous comment in the comment section of the worst toho godzilla film
0:19 Another blockbuster from Toho? Does Japan have a different meaning of Blockbuster or something? Because this I’m pretty sure was the lowest budget film in the franchise. Fun Fact: Toho realized how much people HATE this movie so they literally now call it “A showcase of Godzillla’s best battles”
I caught this movie on an episode of "Svengoolie" when he was marathoning a bunch of "Godzilla" movies. This is definitely, in my opinion, the worst of all the Godzilla movies. While the idea of a movie focusing on a Godzilla fan and his daydreams is interesting, it really suffers from a terrible script.
@@HKtraidon Hmm i agree that it was weak in many regards, but... Gabara was a great idea. Also given the way the events work out in-universe... some of the flaws... just... work. I mean, if it's a kid's daydream... you can write off some of the inconsistencies by saying the kid got things wrong.
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Movie is actually kinda interesting these days for the glimpse it gives us into the life of a latchkey kid in Japan half a century ago.
True, though no amount of historical relevance or academic beard-stroking and monocle-adjusting can excuse the films numerous basic writing failures, poor production values, and lousy acting; I get so sick of people using the interesting stuff this film does contain (much of which was likely unintentional or accidental) to try and defend a fundamentally weak and deficient movie.
@@triplehate6759For a low-budget film made specially as a new film for a children’s film festival release, it could have been a lot worse. It could have been Godzilla Vs. Megalon.
@@RocStarr913 I will contest that Godzilla vs. Megalon, despite objectively being dogshit, was so bad it was good; it at least was rarely boring, we got two new kaiju (counting Jet Jaguar) out of it, and I actually think the big end fight is one of the better ones in the Showa era, and not just for the anti-gravity kick.
All Monsters Attack, by contrast, is offensively bad, not just for the stock footage and atrocious pacing, but because it flubs at storytelling so hard that it presents its target audience of young Godzilla fans as psychopaths, tells a genuinely disturbing tale of a kid in crappy circumstances largely by accident, and ends with him objectively WORSE off than before and having become a bully himself, which also ruins any sort of aesop the film may have wanted to convey.
@@triplehate6759 Your take is valid. Home Alone, which many have said is similar to All Monsters Attack, also seems to paint a very psychopathic child character in Kevin McCallister in trapping his home for the burglars.
i find the contrast between western Godzilla fans who think this movie is the worst thing ever made and Japanese Godzilla fans who have no issue accepting this movie as a part of the series both incredibly interesting and amusing
The Japanese understand that not every one of their monster movies is or should be like "Godzilla '54."
Honestly, I think the hate Ichiro gets is because he's the perfect embodiment of the average Godzilla fan.
Two main theories I have are 1.) Ichiro sounds annoying in the dub 2.) AVGN shit on it, so it’s funny
It’s not bad of a movie; Ishiro was getting constrained by the studio and made a solid movie regarding overcoming your fears and growing up. Sure it’s not action packed or whatever the issues are, but it’s not terrible.
I can’t hate on this movie. I know they had restraints on it and there’s a lot of stock footage. However I totally related with Ichiro and how he would daydream about Godzilla. Also love the final battle.
I honestly think that this could have been done a bit better with the whole bully aspect.
Ichiro gets harassed by his bullies lead by "Gabara" (the lead bully has another name I know I just don't remember it 😅) at school constantly even to a point where he's chased home by them. One day Gabara and his gang confront him and force him into a dare by moving a statue in a shrine but what they didn't know was that from moving said statue from the shrine they had awoken a terrifying Oni that feeds off the fear of the ones that come in contact with it also named Gabara and Ichiro is his first victim.
Ichiro begins to get nightmares from Gabara which makes the demon stronger. Gabara then makes his way to Monster Island and learns about Godzilla so he enlisted (or rather brow beats) Kumonga, Kamacuras, Ebirah, and the Giant Condor into working for him to take Godzilla out while he makes Minilla (who was learning from his father how to be brave) his next victim. Ichiro (who was still having nightmares about both Gabaras) gets some advice from his neighbor (the toy maker that checks in on him) and he hears about the nightmares he's been having and how they've taken a toll on him. The toy maker then tells him that he has to be brave much like Godzilla and that he wouldn't back down.
Ichiro then takes his wise words to heart.
Back on Monster island Godzilla hands out more fades than Steve Harvey's personal Barber causing the four kaiju to piss off. And after several moments of being attacked by Gabara, Minilla finally stands his ground and tries to fight him (with middling results but he still continues on) Godzilla then arrives to see Gabara electrocuting his son and fires his breath at the monster getting him to let go. Minilla the takes this opportunity to bite Gabara and gets him angry enough to try and swing at him wildly missing every hit. One of Gabara's punches causes a large rock to get dislodged and fall on to Minilla's tail which causes him to fire off his own atomic ray point-blank at Gabara's face which causes him to fall back in pain. Godzilla goes over to congratulate his son for standing up to his tormentor. However, Gabara tries to cheap shot Minilla only to hit Godzilla instead. Which results in Gabara catching a giant green-ass beating from the Monster King (with Minilla's help of course) both kaiju blast their heat rays at Gabara chasing him off once and for all.
Back in Japan Ichiro before heading for school goes over to the shrine and speaks to the person who sweeps around the area and tells him that he was the one that moved the statue that held Gabara in the first place (due to Gabara pressing him) and promises to help out after school.
Unfortunately Gabara and his gang follow him and try to harass him again but Ichiro wasn't going to run away this time and he and Gabara get into a fight with Ichiro winning but he as well as Gabara and his gang get in trouble with one of the teachers. But the person who worked at the shrine shows up and tells the teacher as well as Ichiro and Gabara's folks about what's going on. So along with Ichiro who volunteers to help clean up the shrine after school, the Bullies are punished and are forced to helpevery day as well
Ichiro as well as Minilla finally faced their fears and Gabara is once again imprisoned forever.
But that's just my idea 😅
Am improvement over the ending we got, at any rate; Ichiro becomes as bad as the bullies he was standing up to, the film ends by flubbing its own Aesop.
The WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE of Godzilla movies!
There's also a bit of Tom & Jerry in it, too, if you think about it!
-Ichiro = Jerry
-Gabara = Tom
-Godzilla = Spike
-Minilla = Tyke
Funny how they do a monster roll call in the trailer but in the actual film only three of the monsters actually play a role in the story, the rest are just stock footage.
Not sure about STOCK, but yeah... bit parts. the idea of Monster Island needed a big cast to really sell the concept, but... most of it's not really used.
Sadly there is too much stock footage in this film. That’s the main complaint I have about this film. Stock footage aside its not a bad movie.
It was likely to deceive the children into thinking this was going to be another Destroy All Monsters, which was the preceding film.
Greatest Godzilla Film/Film of all time
Couldn't agree more, also it had my two favorite Kaiju minilla and gabara.
Is it me, or do I want to see Gabara in the MonsterVerse as well? My guess is that MonsterVerse Gabara should be the inspiration for legends of oni in Japan (especially Shuten-Douji), and his appearance should also have elements from Singular Point's Salunga.
Oh yeah Gabara was a cool design. Just explain the weird lumps as what Gabara uses to generate however many thousands of volts he needs to electrocute Godzilla. Because, yes, actually Gabara's electric grapple hurts like HELL apparently. As melee fighters go in kaiju films, Gabara was an impressive showing. Just... don't try doing that to Ghidorah.... especially not Monsterverse Ghidorah.
@@marhawkman303 well he was a mutaded toad
If this doesn't get you to stand up to your bullies I don't know what will.
Many people hate this movie,
but I felt the need to give everyone a friendly reminder that: this movie was aimed at a very young audience not for grown adults who view media in a more critical light,
and secondly, was made on a very low budget, many people forget about that when talking about this movie.
its just that people think every godzilla movie has to be dark and serious
@@luckydragon4967or at the very least consistent.
Absolute Masterpiece.
This unironiclly
Calling a masterpiece to a movie made out of stock footage with the plot basically in a dream?
@@dnw_15407 Did I stutter?
1:56 nice behind the scenes
Word has it that Monster Island is just a name. It’s really a peninsula.
I honestly never understood the hate for this one. Yes the dubbing is atrocious in the English but at this point Godzilla was for kids. Its a fun little romp thru monster island even if its just in the imagination of a kid.
The weirdest part for me is that Gabara is the only kaiju that doesn't have a tail
Love how the first trailer makes the movie look like the ultimate monster mash and then comes the second half xDU
These old ones were the best
Lo mejor de todo es que minilla habla
Un español xD
@@user-gq3um4gz2v XD
Serizawa: "They must fight!"
I think you mean, “let them fight”. 😉
dont care if its mostly stock footage, dont care if the main character is a little kid, its a fucking godzilla movie, and also a pretty damn great one too.
0:28 Minilla has a funny attack😂
ガバラはこの映画一本だけの特別な怪獣ですね。
I'm your biggest Godzilla fan!!! Please make more Godzilla movies and bring back Jet Jaguar, also please make movies of Gamera.
Gamera is owned by a different company..
Gamera is owned by kadokawa....
Gamera is owned by daiei I think
Poor Ookondoru. The poor bird didn't get listed among the other monsters at all in the trailer. Even worse, official listings for the monsters that appear in the movie label it as a separate monster entirely - the "Giant Eagle". What was Toho thinking in that regard? It's clearly the same bird from Ebirah: Horror of the Deep.
Gabara was pretty tough especially with his electrical touch
I will watch it
Epic
Goasaurus is my favourite one
Alike Godzilla is very cool and awesome GODZILLA
Godzilla with the Judo throw
Nobody notice this abt minilla 0:56
This film does get a bad rap for reasons I totally understand but that's why i love about it its weird and dumb but fun I liked the American dub better cause of the soundtrack true some of the soundtrack are from the japanese original but there were some new songs from this guy name Ervin Jereb like that cool opening theme
*GABARA WILL RETURN SOON.*
*AND IN THE MONSTERVERSE*
9 Go! Rating: MA15+
THE ULTIMATE MONSTER FILM
Geez the song is so ear piercing bad.
Hola
Genial alguien que habla español
@@3c36ottobarucromerorivera8 siiiiii
Aquí es la reunión de fans de godzilla que hablan español?
@@GGojira1954 creo que si XD
yo me uno XD
The Toho movies are 100% more memorable than the legendary Garbage
If that's the case then why do toho's movies barely get noticed outside of the fandom in America?
Why do most fans enjoy the MV and toho's films equally?.
I swear toho purist are so out of touch with the fandom it's not even funny 😂
@@Kaiju-bm4ts
I don’t care about no “ Fandom”
@@SpecialOrder935 you say that yet you care enough to reply lol, Toho likes the MV which says alot about how they see godzilla and understand him alot more than you do.
@@Kaiju-bm4ts
L
@@SpecialOrder935 cope harder 🤣
Toho purist are the boomers of this fandom. Doesn't make it better you make this ridiculous comment in the comment section of the worst toho godzilla film
There was only 2 good things about this movie 1 Godzilla beating up gabera 2 when the movie ended
バカラではなくガバラですね
kumonga is the bestttt
This movie is sort of a Godzilla clip show
0:19 Another blockbuster from Toho?
Does Japan have a different meaning of Blockbuster or something? Because this I’m pretty sure was the lowest budget film in the franchise.
Fun Fact: Toho realized how much people HATE this movie so they literally now call it “A showcase of Godzillla’s best battles”
cinema.
0:52 *Boop*
Minilla showa seems ugly but minilla 2004 is awfully cute
1:36 not true
Another Toho Blockbuster.......
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
At least it's better than Gamera supermonster
I remember how crappy this film
I hate all monster’s attack
Oh Brothers!
I caught this movie on an episode of "Svengoolie" when he was marathoning a bunch of "Godzilla" movies. This is definitely, in my opinion, the worst of all the Godzilla movies. While the idea of a movie focusing on a Godzilla fan and his daydreams is interesting, it really suffers from a terrible script.
I would've been ok with some decisions made in the movie if 70% of the monster fights weren't stock footage from other better godzilla movies.
@@HKtraidon I agree.
@@HKtraidon Hmm i agree that it was weak in many regards, but... Gabara was a great idea. Also given the way the events work out in-universe... some of the flaws... just... work. I mean, if it's a kid's daydream... you can write off some of the inconsistencies by saying the kid got things wrong.
@@marhawkman303 No one ever mentions how the film ends with Ichiro becoming as bad as his bullies; the film flubs its own Aesop at the climax.
@@triplehate6759 heh, yeah, not really sure they thought it through that well.
By far this was the most pathetic installment in Godzilla saga, trying to do a child-oriented film.
All should have ended with Destroy All Monsters
Is Movie is Super-Overrated,Is the Brother from 1967,My 30 favorite Godzilla,Super Overrated👎👎👎👎👎👎
The worst Godzilla movie of them all. Yes, even the ‘98 movie is better than this.
バカラではなくガバラですね
I noticed this, too! Maybe it's a one-day April Fool's joke?