It's bluray.com. They're reviews always have something stupid and confusing in them.

"[Q]uite difficult to endure" is a new one. I'm guessing this was the reviewer's first round with a Kalat commentary.

It's not as bad as all the times their Video Quality comments add up to "The transfer is excellent with no compression flaws or DNR, but the movie is old, black and white, and has grain, so I'm giving it 2 stars because, well, FUCK YOU".

I've never seen a site so consistently take points away because the discs accurately portray the movie. You're reviewing the transfer, not the photography!

If you can't "endure" a Kalat commentary, you are obviously some sort of masochistic monk who refuses to allow yourself basic human pleasures

Criterion's looks great! So.Much.Detail.

I wonder if Criterion's existing deals with Toho and Universal could lead to a better DVD of KING KONG VS GODZILLA. The US disc is just the horrible re-edit, and the Japanese DVD has an awful video transfer.

Nice interview with producer Curtis Tsui on Godzilla over at SciFi Japan.

I cannot fully explain how happy I am to know that there exists a Criterion disc where the commentary name checks YAGH MONSTER FROM SPACE. That was worth the price of admission!

It's impossible for Kalat to disappoint. Even when he just shows up randomly half way through The Cry of the Owl it's a great experience.

Until last night, I hadn't seen King of the Monsters since I was a kid - and my goodness what an experience it was. It's undeniably a truly awful film, but it reaches the heights of hilarious badness. Raymond Burr's performance is a gem - his reaction to Godzilla never amounts to more than mild annoyance and a flick of his pipe, even while the Japanese are running and screaming, and it's just so absurd that I found myself howling with laughter every time. His very lack of reaction, and his general witlessness, remind me a lot of Puddy from Seinfeld somehow (there's even a mild physical resemblance)... it leads me to wonder. I also love the dubbing: best moment is when Ogata begs Sarizawa to use the Oxygen Destroyer and Sarizawa, while having a wildly physical reaction (jumping to his feet, dramatically swooshing his jacket as he turns to run away, face all contorted), is heard to say only a mildly curt "No". It's ridiculous.

I suppose I should be appalled at how King of the Monsters makes a mockery of Honda's masterpiece, but the charming badness of it wins me over. Even in a world with Equinox and The Blob, I still find it kind of amazing that a label like Criterion has released a goofy piece of schlock like this, but I'm glad to have it on a blu-ray like this. The transfer is almost shamefully good, and Kalat's commentary is excellent as well. Tremendous presentation.

There's a brilliant Pinky And The Brain episode where the two mice confront a big green Tokyo destroying dinosaur called Gollyzilla, and every so often the episode cuts away to a Burr look-alike in front of a curtain going "Hmm...yes I see...."

Personally I think Burr manages well in the film (unlike the feeble feudal Japanese peasant who is supposed to be a 20th century fisherman that he interviews!). He's certainly better than the awful joker Michael Keith, who gummed up the US version of King Kong Vs Godzilla.

Glad I'm not there... but my girlfriend is currently there. Poor her...

I finally received the Godzilla Criterion, and that little 'pop-up' made me chuckle very gladly. It was a nice surprise I didn't expect. Extras score went up one point.

I noticed on the Criterion disc that around the 50-minute mark there is a jump cut when Emiko stands up. I checked the BFI disc and it's also the same.

Don't have the CC version of Godzilla, but I heard from I think August Ragone that Kalat made some mistakes in his Ghidorah commentary.

Ragone's just jealous he can't do a commentary that is more than just an endless list of credits. He is an egotistical jerk on various forums.