While some of the “Godzilla” films are not particularly good, film enthusiasts such as myself can always get a few kicks out of the ridiculous fight scenes as you watch guys in rubber suits dressed as monsters and robots battle one another. “Godzilla vs. Hedorah” is one of the weaker “Godzilla” films and easily the strangest one to date.

In this film, Godzilla takes on a strange creature created from pollution. The creature, who is named Hedorah, travels around Japan and wreaks havoc. Only Godzilla seems to be able to stand a chance against the monster. After we finish off with all the humans sat around talking, all the preachy environmentalist messages and the weird psychedelic stuff in the film, we finally get to see a hilarious confrontation.

It’s always great to see Godzilla beat up various monsters, whether it’s Gigan, King Ghidorah, King Kong or Hedorah, he never disappoints. The best/funniest scene in the film involves Godzilla using his fire breath to fly as he pursues Hedorah. Hedorah is pretty good as he’s creative in design. Hedorah is basically a big pile of sludge with a big red eye and while that is creative, I prefer foes such as Gigan, who looks like a metal chicken with a buzz saw on his stomach. When will Godzilla get around to fighting the bird creature from “The Giant Claw”? The humans are incredibly boring.

“Godzilla vs. Hedorah” is good for a laugh but it is an underwhelming film in so many ways. The “Godzilla” films are basically just excuses for guys in rubber suits to wrestle, there is often no rhyme or reason to the story or the characters. “Godzilla vs. Hedorah” is one of the weirder films in the series. The is one part of the movie where a bunch of people in a nightclub suddenly have fish masks on their faces and the scene with Godzilla flying is just something else.