the audience applauded

Just perfect...

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

The acting in this movie is really good.

How do Godzilla and King Kong ever run into each other? The answer is worse than the special effects in the this,the 3rd Godzilla movie. With clearly visible zippers and lots of continuity errors,this movie isn't half bad. The monsters get more screen time in this one and it features lots of ridiculous action.That combination makes this one of the best movies in this very long and boring series. If you watched all the Godzilla movies in order,this one would make you expect good things from the franchise. Then after watching several terrible movies with interchangeable plots,monsters and humans, you will be extremely disappointed at what is essentially a series of unwatchable poop starring a monster that died in the first one.

Ishiro Honda follows on from GODZILLA and GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN with this outlandish sequel, teaming up America's most famous movie monster with Japan's. The result is a cult classic of a movie, squarely aimed at kids; it has to be said that this falls into the so-bad-it's-good camp, with terrible special effects, nonsensical plotting, and a largely irrelevant first hour which really sucks the fun from the proceedings. You'd think that was impossible considering the premise, but believe me, for the first hour this is completely average.Eventually, Godzilla (thawed out after his icy paralysis at the end of GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN) meets up with Kong, and the two of them wrestle and tumble in a hugely entertaining wrestling-cum-fight sequence that works completely; let's face, this is what we paid money to see, and it doesn't disappoint. Kong somehow gets power from lightning, using it to electrocute his rival, who fights back with his megabeam breath to fry Kong to hell and back. Plenty of model buildings are destroyed throughout the film, adding to the entertainment value.Sadly, this film was taken to pieces by the Americans for the US release, which is nowadays the only version in circulation. Lots of boring padding in the form of newsreel footage really sucks the life from the proceedings. The US actors are considerably more stilted than their Japanese counterparts, who at least get into the fun spirit of the thing, and the dubbing really sucks too. The back screen effects are remarkably poor in this film, whilst the gorilla suit is really shabby, with a rubbishy papier mache face that looks nothing like Willis O'Brien's Kong that we all know and love. Godzilla is his typical self, but doesn't get a whole lot of screen time.Other fun elements include the blatant racism (the "natives" on Pharoah Island are played by Japanese actors in blackface) and a hilarious interlude in which Kong battles a giant octopus; that sequence alone is enough to add a star to the rating. Otherwise, ignore the mundane plot, and focus on enjoying the unintentional humour which comes from all the model planes and submarines, the inconsistencies in the plot and the exaggerated showdown between the two beasts.

King Kong vs Godzilla! The east vs the west! Japan vs The United States! This movie even today acts as one of the biggest and most successful Godzilla films of all time. For today's standards though, it is without a doubt considered flawed. First off is the fact that it's release state was so early in it's time. Considering it was only the 3rd for both franchises and made in the early 60s doesn't help at all. I remember when Syfy use to hold their annual Godzilla movie marathons and this premiered right after Godzilla vs. Gigan. I asked my father to Tivo it and when we watched it the next morning when we watched it the next morning and King Kong showed up, I laughed my ass off. He looked like a deformed Elvis. And after reality sunk in, I turned to my Dad and said "are they serious?" Second off, the aspect ratio of the two is miles apart. From what I understand, Kong is 50 feet tall in the original and Godzilla's about 50 METERS TALL! There's a size difference indeed. Now to be fair, this is probably an entirely different take on the monster altogether and by that I mean like in the Godzilla universe how there are multiple Gojiras running around, this is probably either a relative of the '33 Kong or just another one altogether. But when the fight begins, none of that matters because it's highly entertaining on the sheer factor it's just a fun watch. KKVG is a gem that stands it's ground being the original crossover from two different company icons. And despite it's flaws, it will forever be considered a classic.

As a child I grew up on the original Toho Godzilla films since my mum got them on VHS from discount store every week for a while. This is one I never got to watch as a kid and I got round to it recently, Must say its better then 'son of Godzilla' and 'Godzilla '84' but not as good as 'Mothra vs Godzilla' or 'Destroy all monsters'. The version I saw of this film was the English dub, and i hear the Japanese original dub is better and longer, will check that out at some point possibly. The suits wern't the best(probably one of the worst Godzilla ones) Kong had two face masks and one looked decent and the other looked pretty bad really. Plot was good but went at an odd pace(the TV parts). Good film over all, as I mentioned before its not the best and not the worst in the Godzilla series of movies.