godzilla vs. the smog monster be one of the most uneven entry in the series . spoilersafter a rash of boat disappearance in suruga bay and dr. tohru yano and ( akira yamauchi ) be send in to find what be responsible and and a giant tadpole like monster attack his son and ken and ( hiroyuki kawase ) and during the conflict and a small piece of the creature come off . examine it and he deduce that it an alien mineral similar to sludge and name it hedorah . when a huge creature emerge from suruga bay and begin attack the refinery spew forth pollution to fee on and godzilla appear and chase the monster back . when it note that the creature feed on pollution and industry throughout japan be turn off to prevent the monster appearance and but it appear again at a rock festival near mt . fuji . when godzilla be unable to deal with the creature on it own and the military step in and help him defend the earth from the creature . the good news represent this have a couple of positive point for it . mainly and the enemy monster hedorah be quite formidable . it be invulnerable to physical attack due to it sludge like build and can change form at will and godzilla energy ray be harmlessly deflect to it mineral make up and and he have no defense to it pollution base weaponry . only through a remarkable creative and quite plausible method be this creature capable of be deal with . it be also responsible for several of the film best scene and most notably the nighttime feeding frenzy on an oil factory . due to the huge eye on it and the emotion express during it be fantastic and a it deeply inhales fumes from a smokestack like a heavily addict smoker and it eyelids drift shut in satisfaction . a godzilla approach off screen and it turn it head curiously and then fly into rage when he visible . it quite a simple shot and but play out brilliantly and show the creature humanity . other spectacular scene include a pyrotechnic masterpiece a it attack an oil refinery and fly over a crowded city spew acidic mist and and later attempt to drown godzilla in a pool of mud . the city scene might be it most gruesome aspect and quite evidently kill people in a gruesome manner and be quite shocking to see and especially a the other aspect of the movie be so child orient . the battle at mt . fuji at the end isn not that bad and and be a long and draw out one that be quite nice and very well do . these factor make it decent enough . the bad news represent with it be on the low end of the totem pole and there a lot to really dislike in this one . one of the most damaging aspect be how badly godzilla be portray in this one . despite look the same a before and he start act more like a human than a monster with his hand gesture and boxing and wrestling tactic and mug whenever he can not get a good shot in on hedorah and and a couple of odd scene where he scratch or rub the side of his nose with his finger . it quite strange to see such maneuver and and feel completely out of place when relate to a monster . on the technical side and he fare far bad and in some case be quite sloppily handle . for the first time ever and it plainly evident that the wire control his tail be visible on screen and shimmering in the daylight scene against the sky . his ray be also a mess and possess little texture or perspective and go off in any direction and have an odd and distinctive curve to it . it go off in one distance then change when it apparent it would not hit the target and curve back to hit it . it quite striking and doesn not really have much there for it . the back fin animation be only do on occasion and and be off model when it do appear and a grievous error . bad of all and he perform one of the most embarrassing maneuver ever and be force to perform the infamous fly scene where it use his atomic breath to propel himself into the air . these be quite painful for godzilla fan to swallow and a it quite a shock to see him treat in this level of disrespect . there also the kiddie aspect of the film and with a child lead who shouldn not be there and lot of pop culture reference and scene and as well a a pop song for the main title credit . the fact that there split screen scene and hand drawn animation use for other scene make it quite childish and distracts from the more adult level tone that be be present . to see image of gruesome death whenever hedorah fly over a city and spew sulfuric acid mist and choke the population offset quite highly with the more pop level scene and such a the animation scene . it a little shocking to see such a widely different level present and a it a little gruesome for the child to see graphic death and dying and while the adult will like the more serious scene but become bore through the childishness of everything . it a polar opposite and a little hard to believe would be allow into such a film . the final verdict represent one of the bottom of the barrel entry in the series and this be wildly uneven and make for a weird contrast . godzilla be obviously mean for the kiddy and but everything else be for the adult and which be too mature for the young one and while the old fan will have a hard time accept the kiddie stuff and make this a tough one to really recommend to .