![]() It’s ironic that Godzilla has become synonymous with kitschy laughs. The King Of Monsters (1954: The Original) Height: 50 metres Looks: Angry, really angry. But with Gareth Edwards’ upcoming Godzilla, the 30th movie in the franchise, about to put the monster movie back on the map – before it’s redrawn after the wholesale destruction of bits of Japan and America – we explore the history of the ultimate monster movie, just in time for Gojira to celebrate his 60th birthday. The endless Godzilla flicks that followed often seem to fade into one badly dubbed blur of Men In Suits clumsily clutching at each other like pre-teens at a school disco. Few Westerners have seen the original Gojira movie. ![]() The icon has become bigger than the movies that he headlines. Having ‘God’ in the title probably helps, but even the ‘zilla’ affix has become common, spliced onto those that have become too extreme, gone too far – Bridezillas, Beerzillas, Dadzillas. The very name Godzilla is part of everyday language, a byword for something that inspires awe and fear. He’s also Godzilla, an unmistakable cinematic icon around the whole globe. Every time a new generation rebuilds Tokyo’s skyscrapers – bigger, higher – he just comes back stronger and taller to demolish them all over again. He is big in Japan, which rattles at the sound of his roar. ![]() ![]() He is the indestructible nuclear nemesis of Tokyo.
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