Just watched Gojira (1954) for the first time, boy, that's rough.
I can definitely understand it being a classic for many people but discovering it for the first time in 2014 ^^ At least, I enjoyed Godzilla thrashing the town completely, lifting up bridges like they were toys and toasting everyone with his atomic breath ^^ It's quite funny to watch & very cheesy as well.
The rest for me was really boring, except the last part of the movie when Serizawa ponders the implications of using the Oxygen Destroyer.
I'm gonna watch the other Godzilla movies listed as must watched, I tried several times but the story bits were so terrible that I just had to stop, but am tempted to just watch the fights themselves even though they're still cheesy & old as hell.
It's kinda hard to get used to it when you got what we have now in terms of CG & VFX with Edwards' Godzilla. I definitely love me some classics but sometimes, it's just too cheesy & cheap to make it through.