Reddit reviews King Kong vs. Godzilla [Blu-ray]

Any of the 1970s era Godzilla film are specifically made for a children as the primary audience.

I would start with earlier stuff, to be honest. I know one user is suggesting Final Wars, but that movie is PG-13 for a reason, and it's actually devoid of monster action despite the large monster cast. It's a film that he might like when he's 10 and older and can appreciate kung-fu movies.

Here's the entire franchise, I'll bold ones that are worth looking at and post links:

• Godzilla (1954)<br />

• Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
  
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
  
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
  
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
  
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
  
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
  
• Son of Godzilla (1967)
  
• Destroy All Monsters (1968)
  
• All Monsters Attack (1969)
  
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
  
• Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
  
• Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
  
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
  
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
  
• The Return of Godzilla (1984)
  
• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
  
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
  
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
  
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
  
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
  
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
  
• Godzilla (1998)
  
• Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
  
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
  
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
  
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
  
• Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
  
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
  
• Godzilla (2014)
  
• Shin Godzilla (2016)

If you want the best picture quality, absolutely go for Blu-ray. If DVD is good enough for you, then by all means go for it -- it's generally cheaper anyway. Some films are available in multi-format combo packs; if you're fine with DVD for now but might switch to Blu later, then it might make sense to grab those.

The rights are definitely all over the place. Here's a handy breakdown of who owns what. Those Blu-ray double features (plus Godzilla 2000) cover the Toho-produced films from the '90s and '00s.

Criterion has released an excellent DVD and Blu-ray of the original Godzilla from 1954, which is an absolute must. Other than that, as far as we know, they currently own and are apparently working on discs of the rest of the Showa Godzilla series except for King Kong vs. Godzilla, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, and Godzilla vs. Gigan. (They also own Rodan and War of the Gargantuas; no word on whether those specifically will be released on disc.) We don't yet have release dates or official announcements for any of these films, and I personally wouldn't expect to hear anything before February, which is when their May 2019 releases will be announced.

If you just want to see as many of the films as possible and worry about the best available release of a given film later, here's a shopping list:

• Classic Media's Godzilla Collection box set. A good chunk of the Showa series in Japanese with subs and dubbed. OOP, but can probably be found cheaper than all the individual releases.
  
• Both volumes of Sony's Toho Godzilla Collection. Covers the '90s-'00s Japanese films, plus Rebirth of Mothra I and II. Note that these are reissues of older discs, so some are dub-only and/or pan and scan.
  
• Godzilla Stomp Box, containing Godzilla vs. Megalon and Destroy All Monsters.
  
• King Kong vs. Godzilla, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Godzilla vs. Gigan, The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Biollante (OOP), the 1998 and 2014 American films, and Shin Godzilla are all available in standalone releases.
  
• The anime films are on Netflix. No word on whether these will get physical releases.
  
  Of course, aside from physical media, there are always streaming options of varying legality as well as bootleg discs, but I doubt the mods would take too kindly to my posting specifics about those here.
  
  Hope this helps!

English version of king kong vs godzilla has been out..its actully good quality too https://www.amazon.com/King-Kong-vs-Godzilla-Blu-ray/dp/B00I3C1T6G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473901738&sr=8-1&keywords=king+kong+vs+godzilla+blu


Id love to see Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla on blu ray

These are the current American blu-ray releases and their links to Amazon:

Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster

Destroy All Monsters

Godzilla Vs. Hedorah

Godzilla Vs. Gigan

Godzilla Vs. Megalon

Godzilla 1984

Godzilla Vs. Biollante

Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah / Godzilla Vs. Mothra

Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II / Godzilla Vs. Spacegodzilla

Godzilla Vs. Destoroyah / Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus

Godzilla 2000

GMK / Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. / Godzilla: Final Wars

Shin Godzilla

The rest of the films are available on DVD, though some are out of print and are pretty expensive and hard to find.

Here’s hoping for that Criterion box set soon!