Plot:
The credits are rolling. We get the revolving Earth, too.
At the UN, Eric Carter is doing the news. The big story is a disaster in Chile.
An iceberg in the Bering Sea is breaking apart.
A small island has a supply of fruit the natives use to placate a “mysterious god.” It is supposed to be an enormous creature, taller than the mountains. Dr. Akiro
Markino is researching the berries. A pharmaceutical company is sponsoring a TV show. They want the monster to increase ratings.
A guy, Fujita, is at his apartment showing his girlfriend, Fumiko, and her brother, Sakurai, an incredibly strong wire he’s created. This would be a plot point...
Eric Carter is getting an update from a submarine in the Bering Sea. The sub finds a strange light. And, the water is incredibly warm for being in the Arctic. Radiation
is being detected. They run into something.
The iceberg is cracking apart. The sub is in bad shape. The captain orders the sub abandoned. A helicopter is looking for survivors. The iceberg is still breaking
apart. It’s Godzilla…
Carter is reporting that Godzilla is heading for Japan. In Japan, reporters are being briefed about Japan’s response to Godzilla.
Godzilla is in the sea and is attacked by the Japanese military in all of the glory of miniatures attacking a guy in a lizard suit.
Godzilla is in the sea and is attacked by the Japanese military in all of the glory of miniatures attacking a guy in a lizard suit. Understandably, the Notorious Angry
G is upset at being attacked by an army of miniatures. The tanks retreat and Godzilla destroys the military base.
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A Japanese reporter is telling of Godzilla’s attack and how to prepare. Basically, evacuate. At least, that makes more sense than duck and cover.
The owner of the Pacific Pharmaceutical Company wants his own monster to counter the publicity that Godzilla is getting. Sure, a giant lizard attacking and destroying
a country will get some press. But, is that the kind of fame you want for your company? In his case, a monster would generate a large amount of free press like
Godzilla without the eminent destruction of Japan. End my rant for now. Back to the movie.
A ship lands on the mysterious island that has the “mysterious god.” The natives are peaceful.
Are we native enough yet?
Well, their warriors spot the explorers lead by Sakurai. Sakurai and his group are brought to the village to the chief. The chief apparently is bribed into letting the
explorers stay by being given a radio. And the music from the little box amazes the primitives. 1960s early Japanese pop with a bubbly singer amazes them. The
Chief likes the music. Don’t worry it gets worse than that. The explorers start handing out cigarettes to the natives. Sakurai even gives cigarettes to a 5 year
old kid because smoking is cool in the early 60s.
The natives start worshipping. Maybe they’re real thankful to be given the chance to inhale carcinogens and die like the advanced men. A huge storm of lightning and
thunder strikes the island. Everyone hears a loud powerful animal roar.
In Tokyo, a plane crashed in Hokkaido. Fumiko knows that Fujita was supposed to be on the plane. Most everyone on the plane died but there are a few survivors. The
government believes Godzilla will strike Hokkaido next and doesn’t want anybody going there. Well, Fumiko doesn’t have enough sense to call hospitals or the airlines
to find out if Fujita is alive. I should at least give her the benefit of the doubt with a giant monster going to attack Hokkaido the phone circuits would be overloaded.
A New York news broadcast with Eric Carter, he is interviewing Dr. Arnold Johnson about Godzilla. This is supposed to be the world’s foremost expert on
Godzilla. Well, he realizes most people don’t know anything about dinosaurs so he gets his photos of dinosaurs from the kind of book one would find in an elementary
school library. If that wasn’t bad, he surmises that Godzilla is a cross between a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Stegosaurus. What kind of beer goggles would be needed
for that kind of romance to occur? Dr. Johnson believes that Godzilla is returning home. Never mind the fact, Godzilla was in an iceberg for millions of years. Never
mind the fact. How could Godzilla find Japan? Never mind the fact. Before Godzilla was trapped in the iceberg, there would be no Japanese islands. Then Bright
Boy surmises he’s unsure how to kill Godzilla.
Back on the island, Sakurai’s team searches for the “mysterious god.” They wander through the jungle. It storms again and they head back for the village. The
cowardly explorer, Uru, is injured. I must not make any Thor jokes. Back to the movie. Smoking kid is going to get berry juice for Uru.
A giant Octopus is outside the cabin where Smoking kid is getting the red berry juice. It starts to destroy the hut. The villagers rush to fight Octopus. The fight is on
now…
Beware the Blob,it wiggles..
Smoking kid and his Mom escape the hut. Everyone hears a loud animal roar. It is King Kong. It just took over 30 minutes to get the title character. Well, Kong wants
to kick some Octopus ass. They fight and the Octopus looks more like a wacky wall-crawler.
Kong tosses a few boulders at the octopus. And roars which drives it away. Kong celebrates by partaking of the red berry juice. Partaking, he gets thoroughly
sloshed and passes out from getting drunk. Have you ever wanted to see a man in a gorilla monkey costume act drunk and fall on his butt? This is your chance. The
villagers get down and funky, chanting, and dancing.
Sakurai wants to take Kong back to his company. He claims Kong and takes him to Japan. Another new report has Dr Johnson that King Kong and Godzilla are
instinctive rivals. Godzilla has vanished.
The ship is towing Kong towards Japan. The head of the Pacific Pharmaceutical Company gets aboard. The Japanese government has orders that Kong
is not to enter Japanese territory limits and to return Kong back to his island.
Back in Tokyo, we learn that Fujita is alive. He missed his plane. Fumiko is in Hokkaido to look for him. So, he has to go there to find her.
A newscaster is reporting that Godzilla is heading towards Hokkaido. The Army may have to use the A-bomb as a last resort. I haven’t really mentioned how
ominous that would sound. Less than 20 years after World War II, the memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were so much fresher and more painful.
The last train to Hokkaido stops, and everyone evacuates. Godzilla is approaching the train. Fujita is still looking for Fumiko. Godzilla is trashing the train. Fumiko
has managed to get away from everybody. It looks as if Godzilla is approaching her. Why is he chasing her? Fumiko is repeatedly falling in a creek. It is
supposed to be dramatic and suspenseful. But watching some woman continually fall in a creek seems funnier... Well, fate and Fujita find her and drive away.
Back on the ship, Kong awakens. They try to detonate the dynamite on Kong’s raft. They finally shoot it. Big explosion and a wet angry monkey is on the loose.
Kong arrives on mainland Japan. Godzilla and Kong are on a collision course for destruction. Dr. Johnson believes that Kong senses and wants to kill Godzilla. King
Kong has some rudimentary telepathy? My mind is boggled by that fact as yours should be too…
Kong and Godzilla are growling. This is like a wrestling match. Godzilla is using his fire breath to keep Kong out of range from Kong’s fists. Kong sulks away.
Another newscast, the plan is revealed to stop Godzilla. The plan is to force Godzilla into a pit filled with high explosives. Fried lizard.
The military is working on their hasty plan, digging the pit. Godzilla is nearby. The trap is set. The pit is covered so Godzilla won’t spot the pit. He’s marching
around. To his left and right are walls of flame, Godzilla marches forward. He falls into the pit. The explosives are detonated. Everyone is quiet. Godzilla crawls
from the pit.
They are placing high tension electrical wires around Tokyo. Godzilla avoids electricity. We learn that Kong becomes stronger from electricity. That is
a plot point. Kong is heading for Tokyo now.
The evacuation scene commences. Kong goes through the tension wires like nobody’s business. More of the evacuation ensues. Kong is in downtown Tokyo
and grabs a train with evacuees. It turns out that Kong grabs Fumiko and has her in his giant monkey paw. By the way, she’s a poor substitute for Fay Wray. The
military is following Kong about to open fire. They delay when Kong has Fumiko, sister of Sakurai.
Kong is scaling a building. Sakurai is going to put Kong to sleep like the natives did. The berries are used as a sleeping gas to knock out Kong. As he’s beginning to
sleep, a tape recording of the natives chanting places our gorilla to dreamland. A distance shot makes Fumiko look like a doll in the hand of a guy in a gorilla
costume. Kong staggers against the building and falls asleep. Fujita gets Fumiko.
Godzilla is at Mount Fuji. The new plan is to use Kong to fight Godzilla and hopefully, they’ll kill each other. Kong is wrapped up and the balloons are prepared. He
is airlifted to Mount Fuji.
In the air, we get stock footage of Tokyo at night.
Next morning, the airlift arrives at Mount Fuji, and Kong awakens. Godzilla is spotted. Kong is released. The fight starts in earnest. Kong is hiding to ambush Godzilla. He
grabs Godzilla’s tail. Godzilla uses his super breath. Kong isn’t looking too good. Godzilla is burying Kong. Godzilla is simply enfuego, on fire. A sudden lightning storm
strikes. Kong is now supercharged. Godzilla is on the defensive now. They’re wrestling each other. They both tumble into the sea. The impact triggers a series of earthquakes.
In the distance of the ocean, Kong is spotted swimming farther out. There is no sign of Godzilla. Kong is heading back to his island.
