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| Above, a Destoroyah prop with a Godzilla figure in Koichi Kawakita's office at Toho Studios in 2001. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
In the first time in years (at least since I first moved to New Mexico), I decided to watch Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995). I was in the mood for it and popped my DVD of it into the player.
The movie itself holds up pretty well story-wise. The special effects by the late Koichi Kawakita were a mixed bag. Some shots were good, while others (like the Destoroyah miniatures that looked like Bandai toys) were clunky. Toho has come a long way from those analog effects to win last year's Academy Award for special effects for Godzilla Minus One. Still, it was fun to see the miniatures getting trashed.
The first time I saw it was around 1998 or 1999 at my parents' house. It was on cable and I went over to watch it with them. We all enjoyed it.
In 2001, I visited Toho Studios in Setagaya with Richard Pusateri and we saw a miniature Destoroyah prop on the floor of Kawakita's office. It was larger than a Bandai toy.
I will probably re-visit the Heisei (or second series) of Godzilla movies as winter moves in and I am confined (more or less) indoors. It's been a while since I viewed them.
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