Godzilla vs. Megalon

I've seen this often but have never taken the time to gather my thoughts about it. The leader of Seatopia, with his lamb chops and ample body hair, has no right, whatever cultural styles are acceptable at the time, to wear a toga and thigh-high, vinyl, white hip boots. The "Kenny" of this movie is not as annoying as other '70s monster movie kids...except for the shorty-shorts. The dam collapse scene features some terrific miniature work. The battle royal between the kaiju goes on forever and even though I enjoyed it, it got close to action overload. Not quite "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", but you get the idea. The ease with which the Seatopians seal the fissures created by nuclear testing was quite a feat. Maybe next time they could use that tech to get revenge on surface dwellers instead of releasing a second-rate monster. Megalon hopping across the wide open landscape reminded me of Ang Lee's "Hulk". The first half of this is a weak action movie. The second half is a comedy. The zipper in the back of the Jet Jaguar suit bothers me more than it should.

Jet Jaguar kind of makes and breaks this one.