{"id":30597,"date":"2020-09-18T12:33:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T17:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=30597"},"modified":"2020-09-18T12:33:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T17:33:50","slug":"belated-movie-reviews-602","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/09\/18\/belated-movie-reviews-602\/","title":{"rendered":"Belated Movie Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Either it’s leering, or it’s really regretting signing with that talent agency.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Godzilla vs. Hedorah<\/b><\/i><\/a> (1971; aka Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster<\/em><\/strong>, as I saw it, in the theater, on its original release), is an execrable addition to the Godzilla mythos<\/em>. The primary conceit, not to mention the message, which is driven in with a nail set, is a monster, perhaps originating from outer space, that feeds on smog and pollution, and is composed of minerals that can combine and change form when the opportunity arises: Hedorah<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Godzilla has martial arts!<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

After demonstrating some rather ugly ways to kill people, the local humans try to destroy it using a pair of monstrous electrodes, luring the giant, leering sludge pile between them and meaning to hit it with the output of a power station, but during a tussle with Godzilla, the circuit is cut. Fortunately, a slightly acid-burned Godzilla is able to use the electrodes to convert his chronically bad breath into electricity of the right frequency and help destroy ol’ Smoggy.<\/p>\n

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This could have been a romantic date, if ol’ Godzy hadn’t tried to set fire to Smoggy right off the bat!<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Throw in a scientist who lost an eye to the walking vomit-pile and babbles science-nonsense; his son, who has a telepathic connection to our favorite guardian of Earth; a rather unique approach to making Godzilla fly; and some 1970s-style, LSD-influenced digressions, which are probably unique to the mythos, and this one was painful to watch. The models were nice, I must say, but as usual, the characters are flatter than a chunk of cardboard, and the dialog is even worse.<\/p>\n

Give this one a miss unless you’re a completist. If you’re a completist, this one may require alcohol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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