Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV Series) Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1991) User Reviews

Solid

[ametaphysicalshark · 14 June 2008]

I've watched "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster" twice today- once with the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew ripping it apart in a veru good but not great episode (the only great bit being the 'Godzilla bop' skit, one of the best skits in the show's early years), and the second time in all its unedited, pure horror. While there's no denying there's a lot of crap bits in even the better Godzilla films, there's no excuse for this gigantic mess known as "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster". It's terrible, simple as.

Providing absolutely nothing of interest in the entirety of its running time, "Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster" is one of those films where you wonder why they bothered. Of course, with this particular effort the answer is 'money' but you really do wonder if they couldn't have come up with a slightly more enjoyable plot, slightly better characters, and a decent way to get the (poorly-realized) monsters together. Moreover, the once-interesting Mothra-summoning scenes drag on and on and on and on...

It's boring. There's just nothing else to say about it, and there's maybe about 10 minutes of it that are actually interesting and worth watching. Settle for the MST3k version, it's got good riffs and Crow finally says what all of us have been thinking about the two twin girls, at least in close-up.

Boring, boring, boring. Poorly-paced, poorly-made, and with truly embarrassing special effects, "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster" is a disaster.

2/10

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[ericstevenson · 10/10 · 24 February 2017]

It seems like a neverending series of bad movies have been featured on this show, 90% of which are ones most people have never heard of before. It was so cool to actually saw an episode featuring a movie that I had heard of before becoming a fan of "Mystery Science Theater 3000"! Most of us are familiar with the Godzilla movies. Anyway, the best part that's actually out of the theater would probably be at the end when they're talking about famous misquotes. Yeah, I knew that about "Casablanca". That was an actual quote from "Planet Of The Apes". No wonder Crow kept joking about it in the movie! A pity they never did learn the movie's name.

It was so weird how they were late and the first minute or so was just showing the movie without them. It helps that the movie itself wasn't too bad at all! There were tons of great jokes as always. I have to mention "That was Trump's", if only because of how relevant it is with him being President and everything. I really liked it when the movie said, "We're not with those men!" that had the joke, "We're not even men ourselves!". I was really amused by, "My God, it's a boot! There's a leg attached to it!". I liked, "If these sticks and stones don't work, we'll use names to hurt them!". This might be my last classic MST3K episode with a stinger. ****