My Thoughts: Invasion of Astro-Monster[]
For a long time I preferred the previous film, Ghidorah: the Three-Headed Monster, over this one. With subsequent viewings, however, I find that I actually like this one a bit more.
The main reason is the human characters. While the characters from Ghidorah were decent enough, I never really became engaged enough to particularly care about them, instead merely tolerating them until the monster action started again. Here, I find the human/alien characters genuinely likable in their own ways. I especially like the lead alien; his English dub actor has a cool voice.
Sadly, the presence of likable human characters alone does not a Godzilla movie make. The monster action, while still decent by Showa era standards, isn't on par with the fights and rampages seen in the previous films. If this movie had the monster action of Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster as well as the human characterization, it would've been a much stronger story. As is, it is still worth a watch.
(Toa Hydros (talk) 03:26, September 5, 2016 (UTC))