Godzilla Film Tier List

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Decided to try something new here. I'd like to see how the Godzilla films stack up in your opinion on the famous Tier List site. Opinions may vary, and I'm interested to see what you guys think. The tiers themselves can be edited and added/subtracted as you wish.
https://tiermaker.com/create/godzilla-f ... -kotm-8091
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Here's mine as an example
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Hmmmmm the more I think about it the more I might actually prefer Ebirah over 1984. Biollante probably belongs with the other films.
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I don't think I've ever seen a tier list so pretentious in it's naming system, Mr. Goji :lol:
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DirektorSplennic wrote:I don't think I've ever seen a tier list so pretentious in it's naming system, Mr. Goji :lol:
Moogabunga wrote:Ive said it before and I'll gladly say it again, this is going to be the best Godzilla film ever and more importantly, its going to be the film that truly makes Godzilla mainstream (and cool)
SoggyNoodles2016 wrote:I'm glad to be a fake fan.

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S Rank - 1954

A Rank - Terror of Mechagodzilla, Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster

B Rank - The Hesei era, GMK, Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, Mothra vs. Godzilla, Godzilla (2014), Shin Godzilla

C Rank - Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, Invasion of Astro Monster

D Rank - King of the Monsters (2019), Planet Eater, Final Wars, 2000

E Rank - Planet of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, King Kong vs. Godzilla, All Monsters Attack, Godzilla Raids Again

Unsure/Undefined: Ebirah, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Godzilla vs. Gigan, Godzilla vs. Megalon
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How do I get my tier list on here? I finished it.

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DirektorSplennic wrote:How do I get my tier list on here? I finished it.
I downloaded mine, posted it to Facebook, and then linked to that on TK.
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eabaker wrote:
DirektorSplennic wrote:How do I get my tier list on here? I finished it.
I downloaded mine, posted it to Facebook, and then linked to that on TK.
Aw I don't have social media.

This sucks.

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DirektorSplennic wrote: I don't have social media.

This sucks.
Snip the tier list with the snipping tool, save the image and upload it to an image host like Imgur, then paste the link you get onto here.
Moogabunga wrote:Ive said it before and I'll gladly say it again, this is going to be the best Godzilla film ever and more importantly, its going to be the film that truly makes Godzilla mainstream (and cool)
SoggyNoodles2016 wrote:I'm glad to be a fake fan.

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I find it kind of hard to order the two green rows.
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Terasawa wrote:I find it kind of hard to order the two green rows.
You're ranking within the tiers? Doesn't that somewhat defeat the purpose of tiers in the first place?
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eabaker wrote:
Terasawa wrote:I find it kind of hard to order the two green rows.
You're ranking within the tiers? Doesn't that somewhat defeat the purpose of tiers in the first place?
I suppose, but I started by putting my top ten and bottom five in order and after that it was kind of hard to stop.
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Terasawa wrote:
eabaker wrote:
Terasawa wrote:I find it kind of hard to order the two green rows.
You're ranking within the tiers? Doesn't that somewhat defeat the purpose of tiers in the first place?
I suppose, but I started by putting my top ten and bottom five in order and after that it was kind of hard to stop.
Oh, man, I think ranking my upper two tiers would be especially difficult/painful/ultimately arbitrary. There's simply no way I could directly compare/choose between, say, King Kong vs. Godzilla and Godzilla vs. Biollante.

Eh, ranking the bottom tier would be pretty tough these days, too. Prior to the animes and KotM, bottom place would have solidly belonged to Tokyo SOS, but now that's a much tougher call, with maybe CotEoB and KotM19 competing for the very lowest spot.
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eabaker wrote:Oh, man, I think ranking my upper two tiers would be especially difficult/painful/ultimately arbitrary. There's simply no way I could directly compare/choose between, say, King Kong vs. Godzilla and Godzilla vs. Biollante.

Eh, ranking the bottom tier would be pretty tough these days, too. Prior to the animes and KotM, bottom place would have solidly belonged to Tokyo SOS, but now that's a much tougher call, with maybe CotEoB and KotM19 competing for the very lowest spot.
It's not easy, I'll give you that! First I ask myself how good or bad a movie each entry is. That gives me the tiers. From there I try to weigh each movie against each other based on how comparatively well made they are, or how successful they are at presenting the filmmakers' intent. If they're deadlocked I resort to which one I'd rather watch or eeny, meeny, miny, moe. It's very scientific.

And while I don't think Emmerich's movie is the worst-made Godzilla movie I think it's easily the one that worst represents what Godzilla movies are. So there's some of that involved too.

So yeah it would have been easier to just list them all chronologically in a few tiers. :P
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Terasawa wrote:
eabaker wrote:Oh, man, I think ranking my upper two tiers would be especially difficult/painful/ultimately arbitrary. There's simply no way I could directly compare/choose between, say, King Kong vs. Godzilla and Godzilla vs. Biollante.

Eh, ranking the bottom tier would be pretty tough these days, too. Prior to the animes and KotM, bottom place would have solidly belonged to Tokyo SOS, but now that's a much tougher call, with maybe CotEoB and KotM19 competing for the very lowest spot.
It's not easy, I'll give you that! First I ask myself how good or bad a movie each entry is. That gives me the tiers. From there I try to weigh each movie against each other based on how comparatively well made they are, or how successful they are at presenting the filmmakers' intent. If they're deadlocked I resort to which one I'd rather watch or eeny, meeny, miny, moe. It's very scientific.

And while I don't think Emmerich's movie is the worst-made Godzilla movie I think it's easily the one that worst represents what Godzilla movies are. So there's some of that involved too.

So yeah it would have been easier to just list them all chronologically in a few tiers. :P
I list them on how much I like them *twiddles thumbs*

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Baleeted! See my newer post on this topic for an updated list.
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