Television: Two movies testament to the enduring allure of Godzilla and the giant monster genre
Giant monsters are doing a roaring trade this year. In April, Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire punched its way to a $500 million global box office. Meanwhile, in recent weeks, Toho Studios’sWhile the two films have a lot in common – both feature Godzilla laying waste to CGI cityscapes – they are also a study in contrasts.
The appeal goes back decades to Ishirō Honda’s original 1954 Godzilla – a dark and brooding film made as Japan was still recovering from the war . There was some camp fun to be had in the movie, of course. But it also invoked a sense of awe and were a reminder of the destructive and essentially unknowable force of nature.
As fans know, Godzilla’s real name is “Gojira” – a portmanteau of “gorira” and “kujira” . Moreover, in his time on the screen, he has been hero and villain. In the first Godzilla, he was an agent of destruction rising from the seas. However, in later films, he became an ally to humanity – defending us from other “kaiju” such as three-headed dragon King Ghidorah and the giant pterodactyl Rodan.
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