If you never saw a trailer, you would think for the first thirty minutes you were watching a thriller murder mystery most of the time. Giant ants are only slightly hinted at during the first third of the film. But what I love about this one is it's pacing. As one of the first radioactive big bug movies, it was one of the first of its kind, and laid out the road for many famous Monster flicks. The menaces came in the form of giant ants, which may sound goofy, but it's actually pulled off near flawlessly. It took us to the grounds of the first atomic bomb test, and showed us what man created with his new weapon. The movie however I believe is the biggest first step in Giant Monster movies. You may or may not have heard of this film, it came out after Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and a few months before Godzilla, but it's kind of an underdog. You may find it surprising that I would place this above King Kong, but I've got some reasons for placing this movie above it. So did the reboot come close? That's a matter of opinion for every fan, but in the minds of most Godzilla fans, we will forever hail this movie as the number one monster film of all time. It is the one Godzilla movie, each movie can look back to as a true starting point, wherever you start in the Godzilla franchise, the year 1954 will always be mentioned. And no one would think that sixty years later, we'd still be celebrating this film, and showing it worldwide in theaters. The raw emotions of this film are easily seen as is the anti nuke message. This film rose amongst harsh criticism, and was successful in one of Japan's strongest franchises to date. And at the time, when it was competing against Japanese film giants like Seven Samurai (a film which Gojira would lose to in the Best Picture Award race, and I can't disagree, Seven Samurai is an epic and a classic adventure for Japanese Cinema), it battled harsh reviews that made 1998s Godzilla look merciful. What isn't to like about the legendary debut of the King of Monsters? Not only is it successful in portraying the then, young fears of nuclear warfare in the Japanese culture, but was successful in creating the most iconic monster in film history. Yes this was the predictable and clear choice for number one.

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