Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

It's been awhile, but I finally got some motivation to write reviews again, so I thought I would pick up where I left off in my Godzilla watch through. This movie was, well, weird is the best way to describe it. I definitely feel this is one of the lesser Godzilla films, though.

The plot focuses on a mysterious meteor landing on Earth, with an unknown woman foretelling that this meteor is a sign of Earth's eventual destruction. In actuality, the meteor is the birthplace of a destructive three headed alien dragon called Ghidorah. The rest of the movie involves Mothra being called to defend Japan and convince Godzilla and the bird creature Rodan, to do the same.

The human plot is...alright, with the prophetic woman being a princess targeted for assassination, who also happens to be possessed by an alien from the planet Venus, and a brother and sister who help and protect her from the assassins. On the other hand, the monster plot suffers greatly from having almost no direction, Godzilla and Rodan are mostly just fighting for...some reason, and then Mothra says "Stop fighting and help me stop Ghidorah" and I guess that works. It's ridiculous, but not in a good way, like you'd expect from a Godzilla film.

Overall, this film is a very narratively confused and overall not super exciting or funny kaiju film that just kind of...exists. The human plot tries to be relevant, but it feels disconnected from the monster action despite being more coherent than said monster sequences. The only thing this movie has going for it is the introduction of Ghidorah into the Godzilla mythos, otherwise, you can skip this one.

Next time, Godzilla and Rodan go to space to once again fight King Ghidorah and save Earth. Keep an eye open for Invasion of Astro-Monster.

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