Tuesday, November 14, 2017

「ゴジラ総選挙2017」 Godzilla General Election 2017: Popular monster selected by 10,000 people TOP 20


01 Mothra モスラ
02 King Ghidorah キングギドラ
03 Rodan ラドン
04 Minilla ミニラ  
05 Showa Mechagodzilla メカゴジラ(旧)
06 Anguirus アンギラス 
07 Mecha King Ghidorah メカキングギドラ
08 Baby Godzilla ベビーゴジラ
09 Giganガイガン 
10 Hedorah ヘドラ 
11 Biollante ビオランテ 
12 Kiryu 3 式機龍  
13 Super Mechagodzilla スーパーメカゴジラ
14 Jet Jaguar ジェットジャガー 
15 Kaiser Ghidorah カイザーギドラ
16 Baragon バラゴン 
17 Destroyah デストロイア 
18 Varan バラン 
19 Godzillasaurus ゴジラザウルス 

20 Battra バトラ 



Thursday, September 7, 2017

Updated Charts: Screen Time, First Appearance, Attendance

The following is an updated version of Godzilla's screen time, first appearance, and attendance for all Toho Godzilla films, plus TriStar and Legendary Pictures. Fitting 31 films on a graph isn't easy, I tried to make them as large and readable as possible, please click on the image to get the full size, sorry mobile users. Many charts are presented twice, once in release order, and again from most to least, I also included a list. Since Blogger is sometime hard to keep formatting lined up I tried to do the best I could. I also color coded the eras to help better visual the data.


Screen Time  

Screen time is presented in two ways; first in minutes of screen time, second as a percentage of the total runtime of the films. 



Screen Time
Rank Movie    Time
1 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla II 0:26:56
2 Godzilla 2000 0:22:28
3 Godzilla Vs Hedorah 0:20:33
4 Godzilla Vs Destroyah 0:20:09
5 Godzilla X Megaguirus 0:20:08
6 Godzilla Vs SpaceGodzilla 0:19:38
7 Return of Godzilla 0:18:54
8 Shin Godzilla 0:17:23
9 Godzilla Vs Biollante 0:16:49
10 GMK: Giant Monsters All Out Attack 0:16:40
11 Godzilla Vs Gigan 0:16:12
12 Godzilla Vs Mothra 0:15:16
13 Godzilla Final Wars 0:14:55
14 Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah 0:14:46
15 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 0:13:01
16 Godzilla (1998) 0:12:58
17 Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 0:12:52
18 Son of Godzilla 0:11:56
19 Godzilla X MechaGodzilla 0:11:48
20 Godzilla Vs Megalon 0:10:24
21 Mothra Vs Godzilla 0:10:24
22 Godzilla (2014) 0:09:56
23 Terror of MechaGodzilla 0:09:34
24 Godzilla Raids Again 0:09:32
25 King Kong Vs Godzilla 0:09:13
26 Gojira 0:08:44
27 Destroy All Monsters 0:08:29
28 All Monsters Attack 0:08:19
29 Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster 0:07:55
30 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla 0:07:55
31 Invasion of the Astro Monster 0:05:43

Screen Time as Percent in Each Film 



Percent of Screen Time
Rank Movie Percent
1 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla II 25%
2 Godzilla Vs Hedorah 24%
3 Godzilla 2000 23%
4 Godzilla Vs Destroyah 20%
5 Godzilla X Megaguirus 19%
6 Godzilla Vs Gigan 18%
7 Return of Godzilla 18%
8 Godzilla Vs SpaceGodzilla 18%
9 Godzilla Vs Biollante 16%
10 GMK: Giant Monsters All Out Attack 16%
11 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 15%
12 Godzilla Vs Mothra 15%
13 Shin Godzilla  15%
14 Son of Godzilla 14%
15 Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah 14%
16 Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 14%
17 Godzilla Vs Megalon 13%
18 Godzilla X MechaGodzilla 13%
19 Godzilla Raids Again 12%
20 Mothra Vs Godzilla 12%
21 All Monsters Attack 12%
22 Terror of MechaGodzilla 12%
23 Godzilla Final Wars 12%
24 King Kong Vs Godzilla 10%
25 Destroy All Monsters 10%
26 Gojira 9%
27 Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster 9%
28 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla 9%
29 Godzilla (1998) 9%
30 Godzilla (2014) 8%
31 Invasion of the Astro Monster 6%


Comparing Screen Time to Rampages and Clashes

Sometimes Godzilla is on screen but he really isn't doing much, other times other kaiju and present and causing destruction, or battle Godzilla. This chart is a bit subjective to what is considered rampage or a clash. If city destruction is going on, or battling the military, it is consider a rampage. Clashes are of course when kaiju battle, the clock starts when they initiate an attack. The chart is presented twice again, once in minutes, the second in percentage.    


Time of  Rampages and Clashes
Rank Movie    Time
1 Godzilla Vs Gigan 0:29:54
2 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla II 0:23:20
3 Godzilla Vs Hedorah 0:22:47
4 Godzilla 2000 0:21:25
5 Godzilla Vs Mothra 0:21:09
6 Godzilla Vs Destroyah 0:20:45
7 Godzilla Vs SpaceGodzilla 0:18:15
8 GMK: Giant Monsters All Out Attack 0:17:42
9 Godzilla Final Wars 0:17:08
10 Godzilla Vs Megalon 0:16:10
11 Terror of MechaGodzilla 0:15:40
12 Godzilla X Megaguirus 0:14:59
13 Shin Godzilla 0:14:48
14 Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 0:14:14
15 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla 0:14:04
16 Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster 0:13:40
17 Destroy All Monsters 0:12:53
18 Godzilla Vs Biollante 0:12:35
19 Godzilla (1998) 0:11:58
20 Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah 0:11:16
21 Godzilla X MechaGodzilla 0:11:15
22 All Monsters Attack 0:11:02
23 King Kong Vs Godzilla 0:11:01
24 Mothra Vs Godzilla 0:10:57
25 Invasion of the Astro Monster 0:09:49
26 Son of Godzilla 0:09:08
27 Godzilla Raids Again 0:06:03
28 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 0:06:02
29 Gojira 0:05:20
30 Return of Godzilla 0:05:14
31 Godzilla (2014) 0:04:12



Percent of Rampages and Clashes 
Rank Movie Percent
1 Godzilla Vs Gigan 34%
2 Godzilla Vs Hedorah 27%
3 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla II 22%
4 Godzilla 2000 22%
5 Godzilla Vs Mothra 21%
6 Godzilla Vs Megalon 20%
7 Godzilla Vs Destroyah 20%
8 Terror of MechaGodzilla 19%
9 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla 17%
10 Godzilla Vs SpaceGodzilla 17%
11 GMK: Giant Monsters All Out Attack 17%
12 All Monsters Attack 16%
13 Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 16%
14 Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster 15%
15 Destroy All Monsters 15%
16 Godzilla X Megaguirus 14%
17 Godzilla Final Wars 14%
18 Godzilla X MechaGodzilla 13%
19 Shin Godzilla  13%
20 Mothra Vs Godzilla 12%
21 Godzilla Vs Biollante 12%
22 Son of Godzilla 11%
23 Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah 11%
24 Invasion of the Astro Monster 10%
25 Godzilla (1998) 8%
26 Godzilla Raids Again 7%
27 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 7%
28 Gojira 6%
29 King Kong Vs Godzilla 6%
30 Return of Godzilla 5%
31 Godzilla (2014) 4%

First Appearance 

Basically how long into the film before Godzilla appears. However there is often a tease appearance where Godzilla is seen only briefly or in a flashback. The charts are in release order with a list from earliest to latest. 



First Appearance Tiime First
Rank Movie Appearance    Tease
1 Godzilla Vs Destroyah  0:02:12    0:02:12
2 Godzilla 2000 0:03:24  0:03:24
3 Destroy All Monsters 0:03:28 0:03:28
4 Shin Godzilla           0:07:54    0:03:52
5 All Monsters Attack 0:13:13 0:13:13
6 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla II 0:13:48 0:13:48
7 Godzilla Vs Gigan 0:17:32 0:00:21
8 Gojira 0:22:04 0:22:04
9 Godzilla Vs Hedorah 0:22:40 0:12:07
10 Godzilla Vs SpaceGodzilla 0:22:41 0:01:00
11 Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 0:24:25 0:01:15
12 Godzilla Raids Again 0:26:04 0:08:36
13 King Kong Vs Godzilla 0:26:18 0:26:18
14 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla 0:26:53 0:26:53
15 Son of Godzilla 0:31:00 0:01:12
16 Mothra Vs Godzilla 0:32:41 0:32:41
17 Return of Godzilla 0:32:59 0:32:59
18 Godzilla Vs Mothra 0:32:59 0:01:03
19 Godzilla X MechaGodzilla 0:37:20 0:02:08
20 GMK: Giant Monsters All Out Attack 0:38:06 0:03:44
21 Godzilla X Megaguirus 0:39:03 0:03:24
22 Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster 0:39:23 0:39:23
23 Godzilla Vs Biollante 0:39:45 0:01:09
24 Godzilla 1998 0:45:52 0:05:22
25 Invasion of the Astro Monster 0:46:01 0:38:42
26 Terror of MechaGodzilla 0:48:10 0:48:10
27 Godzilla Vs Megalon 0:48:23 0:00:59
28 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 0:52:04 0:30:51
29 Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah 0:55:36 0:01:43
30 Godzilla (2014) 0:59:13 0:01:02
31 Godzilla Final Wars 1:09:23 0:00:30



First Appearance Percent First
Rank Movie Appearance        Tease
1 Godzilla Vs Destroyah 2% 2%
2 Godzilla 2000 3% 3%
3 Destroy All Monsters 4% 4%
4 Shin Godzilla 7% 3%
5 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla II 14% 14%
6 All Monsters Attack 19% 19%
7 Godzilla Vs Gigan 20% 1%
8 Godzilla Vs SpaceGodzilla 21% 1%
9 Gojira 23% 23%
10 King Kong Vs Godzilla 27% 27%
11 Godzilla Vs Hedorah 27% 14%
12 Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 27% 1%
13 Godzilla Raids Again 32% 10%
14 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla 32% 32%
15 Return of Godzilla 32% 32%
16 Godzilla Vs Mothra 32% 1%
17 Godzilla 1998 33% 4%
18 Son of Godzilla 36% 1%
19 GMK: Giant Monsters All Out Attack 36% 4%
20 Mothra Vs Godzilla 37% 37%
21 Godzilla X Megaguirus 37% 3%
22 Godzilla Vs Biollante 38% 1%
23 Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster 42% 42%
24 Godzilla X MechaGodzilla               42%           2%
25 Godzilla (2014) 48% 1%
26 Invasion of the Astro Monster 49% 41%
27 Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah 54% 2%
28 Godzilla Final Wars 56% 1%
29 Terror of MechaGodzilla 58% 58%
30 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 60% 36%
31 Godzilla Vs Megalon 60% 1%

Attendance 

The Japanese like to track tickets sold, not over all box office take in money. While not completely fair to compare films over a 60 year period, you can see trends in the different eras. 




Initial Attendance 
Rank Title Attendance
1 King Kong Vs Godzilla 11,200,000
2 Gojira 9,610,000
3 Godzilla Raids Again 8,340,000
4 Shin Godzilla 5,690,000
5 Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster 4,320,000
6 Godzilla Vs Mothra 4,200,000
7 Godzilla Vs Destroyah 4,000,000
8 Godzilla (1998) 3,900,000
9 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla II 3,800,000
10 Invasion of the Astro Monster 3,780,000
11 Mothra Vs Godzilla 3,510,000
12 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 3,450,000
13 Godzilla Vs SpaceGodzilla 3,400,000
14 Return of Godzilla 3,200,000
15 Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah 2,700,000
16 Destroy All Monsters 2,580,000
17 Son of Godzilla 2,480,000
18 GMK:Giant Monsters All Out Attack 2,400,000
19 Godzilla (2014) 2,180,000
20 Godzilla Vs Biollante 2,000,000
21 Godzilla 2000 2,000,000
22 Godzilla Vs Gigan 1,780,000
23 Godzilla Vs Hedorah 1,740,000
24 Godzilla X MechaGodzilla 1,700,000
25 All Monsters Attack 1,480,000
26 Godzilla X Megaguirus 1,350,000
27 Godzilla Vs MechaGodzilla 1,330,000
28 Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 1,100,000
29 Godzilla Final Wars 1,000,000
30 Godzilla Vs Megalon 980,000
31 Terror of MechaGodzilla 970,000

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Shin Godzilla Breakdown

Shin Godzilla Breakdown

Length 118 minutes or 1 hour 58 minutes 

Director Hideaki Anno 
Writer Hideaki Anno
Effects Shinji Higuchi
Music Shiro Sagisu

Godzilla Breakdown and Screen Time



1st Form Aquatic 
Total Time in Film  10:20
Total Screen Time   0:57
Tease Appearance   3:52
First Appearance     7:54 
Percent                     1%


2nd Form aka Kamata-kun 
Total Time in Film   9:24
Total Screen Time    2:09
First Appearance      15:00
Percent                      2%


3rd Form aka Shinagawa-kun
Total Time in Film   3:06
Total Screen Time    1:15
First Appearance     24:20
Percent                    1%



4th Form aka Kamakura-san 
Total Time in Film  38:03
Total Screen Time  12:25
First Appearance    47:19
Percent                   10%


5th Form Frozen and Tail Humanoids
Total Time in Film  2:20
Total Screen Time   0:37
First Appearance    51:20
Percent                   1%

Total Time in Film         1:03:13
Total Screen Time          17:23
Precent of Screen Time 15%

A lot of screen time for Godzilla 8th highest in the franchise history, 11th if we looked at precent of the film. Most of the shots of Godzilla is very short, under 30 seconds, often under 10. I think the reason for limited time in each shot is due to the mankind vs Godzilla nature of the film. The shots are cutting between Godzilla, the results of his actions, and the reaction to the characters to what Godzilla is doing.  Operation Yashiori takes 8:09 of time, starting when they send the trains, till Godzilla is frozen. Even though 70% of the shots are 10 seconds or less, he is still in the scene for 4:04 of 8:09 which is pretty much 50%.

Once the 4th form aka Kamakura-san shows up he is the center of attention, till he goes into his dormant state to heal. Then the center again during Operation Yashiori. 

4th Form aka Kamakura-san Scene Breakdown
Breakdown Scene Time Screen Time
Bay                     5:39         2:19
JSDF                   5:01         2:19
Into Tokyo          4:56         1:12
US Bombing      3:38         1:58
Yashiori              8:09             4:04

The movie does not follow the 3 act structure like most Godzilla films, taking more of a 5 Act structure with an epilogue at the end. As each encounter with Godzilla becomes it’s own act, as well as the planning stages in-between. Act IV the Dormant State is the longest and doesn’t feature many shots of Godzilla, only 5 shots under 10 seconds spread out through out. However the story keeps a good pace as the character race against time to get their own plan in action and stop the countdown of the nuclear option, literarily. 

Act I         27:26  Initial Event
Act II        19:51 Misfits Taskforce 
Act III      20:02 Godzilla Reappears 
Act IV      33:04 Dormant State
Act V         8:09  Operation Yashiori
Epilogue    4:43   Epilogue

Plot 23
We have seen the political angle before, but usually as the B-plot with the main characters separated from the politics. This time we are watching front and center as they try to comprehend what Godzilla is and how to deal with him. They make many mistakes, and don’t know what to do. But at the same time you can’t blame them, they are dealing with something completely unknown. I do like how it is the misfits that team up and become the ones to figure out away to deal with Godzilla. Protocol and rank mean nothing, only results, and working as a team. I did take away a few points due to some short cuts the plot takes near the end. 

Directing 22
Hideaki Anno is mostly know as a animation director, but he is no slouch when it comes to directing people, and does a fine job with a big cast. Many times in a Godzilla movie we see the main characters only interacting with a small number of other people. This time we start with large committee rooms with so many people, we need name and position titles. Later when the plot concentrates on the misfits we have less people to keep track of, but there a still many side characters that make their way into the story. The pacing is pretty fast throughout the story, only settling down after a Godzilla attack, but pick back up quickly. 

Effects 20
Shinji Higuchi did the effects and while the original plan was to use a mix of practical effects and CGI, it ended up that Godzilla ended up being completely CGI using motion capture. We get a new take on Godzilla with multi forms, and strange new abilities. Personally I like the new take, I am never scared of new concepts, just poorly executed concepts. I also love how after the military fails, it is the things that Godzilla usually destroys; trains, buildings, trucks, and people that help stop him.  
Music 23
Music was a great mix of new and classic themes. Shiro Sagisu does have a few themes that does sound like scores he has done before for other films, but then again Akira Ifukube did the same thing in many of his soundtracks. 

Total 88

Full Discloser 
I got to see the film in the theaters in the US during it’s release by Funimation. Later I got to see it again on my flight over to the Philippines since it was available to watch on the 14 hour flight. It wasn’t till I got the Blu Ray release that I was able to do the timing. While I am not the biggest fan of Hideaki Anno I really enjoyed his take on Godzilla. 




This review was done with the Blu-ray of “Shin Godzilla” released by Funimation. The times maybe off a second plus or minus, I used my Sony Blu Ray player to check the time code at any visual part of a godzilla on screen, full body, tail, foot, fin, head, etc… It maybe off by a few seconds but should be fairly accurate. If anyone else wishes to check their accuracy I would like to compare figures. 

Monday, September 4, 2017

TriStar Godzilla Breakdown

TriStar Godzilla Breakdown

139 minutes or Length 2 hours 19 minutes 

Director         Roland Emmerich 
Writer            Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin
Effects           Centropolis
Music            David Arnold

Godzilla Breakdown and Screen Time


Zilla
Total Time in Film                51:28
Total Screen Time                12:58
Tease Appearance                 5:22
New York (but no full shot) 25:31
Full Apperaance                   45:52


Baby Zilla’s
Total Time in Film      20:38
Total Scene Time          4:47
First Appearance     1:32:19

Act I         Mysterious events lead to New York City
Act II        Godzilla in New York
Act III       Babies and pissed off Godzilla 

Plot 5
Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin boasted that they wrote the screenplay for the movie over a weekend at a restore, and it shows.The plot is full of dipshits, that do dumb things. They are one dimensional characters for cheap laughs, and to make things simple for the audience. The only thing I like was Jean Reno and his French team, when they were on I was at least a little entertained. Of course like many action movies, they are well trained, with guns, but get eaten by the baby zillas. While the main characters some how survive worst situations, guess their baby zillas were already full. 
Directing 10
Roland Emmerich is a competent director, knowing how to set up a shot and film actors, so I can’t given him to low of a score. But I can’t give it to high a score since the film really doesn’t have any stand out scenes, a few clever shots at most. 

Effects 10
They wanted to make Centropolis rank up with ILM and hoped this movie would help do that. But the opposite happened. If Jurassic Park, 5 years earlier, was the high bar the film was trying to reach, they never came close. Even when released Godzilla didn’t impress many, and really hasn’t aged well at all, now looking like something you would see on direct to video or sci-fi movie of the week. 
Music 10
Really a lackluster score and way to many band tie ins. Pretty much the worst musical score for a Godzilla movie, only a little better then early American releases that used stock music in place of the Japanese scores. 
Total 35

Full Discloser 
I saw this once in the theaters in 1998, Sunday morning matinee so I would pay the least amount of money. From what I heard in advance it was going to be horrible, and it was. I mainly saw it to see if what everyone was saying was true, and be able to talk about it if asked. I have avoided watching it again in it’s entirety as much as possible, and skipped it during my initial screen time project. I kept meaning to post it on April 1st at some point, but always had something better to do. But since I finished timing Shin Godzilla, I figured I should add it before redoing all my charts. 



This review was done with the Amazon Prime rental of “Godzilla”, because I don’t want to own it. The times maybe off a second plus or minus, I used the time code on the screen to check the time at any visual part of a godzilla on screen, full body, tail, foot, fin, head, etc… It maybe off by a few seconds but should be fairly accurate. If anyone else wishes to check their accuracy I would like to compare figures.