History YMMV / GodzillaThePlanetEater

* InferredHolocaust: Thanks to Haruo destroying the Vulture and with it in his intended HeroicSacrifice, some of the largest amounts of Nanometal the humans and Houtua had left, he's effectively doomed the former group to a slow and eventual extinction, as their small numbers will never be able to develop technology that would help them survive against Godzilla, who would likely still kill them off if he gets the chance. As the Houtua used Nanometal weapons to protect themselves from the other hazards on the altered Earth, he's screwed them over too.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the movie faced by many fans was that it ended on a rather depressing and cynical note. While the Godzilla series is known for having {{downer ending}}s going as far back as ''Film/Godzilla1954'' [[note]]Dr. Serizawa [[spoiler:sacrifices himself so the Oxygen Destroyer won't be used again]] and Tokyo is in ruins, forced to remember the tragedy that struck that day [[/note]], that film still ended with the monster in question being killed, making the struggles the main characters went through matter. It was a problem here because the characters tried (and failed) to do what they set out what they planned ([[spoiler:take Earth back from Godzilla]]), making [[ShaggyDogStory their journey and fight entirely pointless]], leaving many to dislike the idea that there is no real resolution to the conflict.

** The sex scene encounter isn't really a new thing in the franchise as there was an old manga that also featured it and was way more explicit.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: No doubt about it. One of the most-common criticisms regarding the film is the bleakness of the ending. The movie doesn't even end on a happy note, even in the standards of most of the darkest entries of the franchise, and the setting is way too bleak. Most of the named characters die, and with the Aratrum destroyed mankind is basically extinct or in hiding. Godzilla is still alive and as we've seen, nothing on Earth can kill him, so he'll continue to plague the survivors forever. Ultimately, almost nothing was solved in the film.

* RootingForTheEmpire: Since the fight between [[spoiler:Ghidorah]] and Godzilla is basically evil vs evil, and the Earth is wrecked beyond all comprehension, it's difficult not to agree with the idea that it'd be better to just end it all now and have the former [[spoiler: destroy the Earth if it means the monster dies too.]] As we see in the film, the alternative is hiding in caves under the protection of [[spoiler: Mothra]] with the rest of the world being uninhabitable due to monsters, overgrowth and Godzilla's offspring.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: No doubt about it. One of the most-common criticisms regarding the film is the bleakness of the ending. The movie doesn't even end on a happy note, even in the standards of most of the darkest entries of the franchise, and the setting is way too bleak. Most of the named characters die, and almost nothing was solved in the film.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Haruo again. While the story does try to treat him sympathetically, some lost sympathy for him when he [[spoiler:seems to nearly completely forget about the now braindead Yuko for most of the movie and nigh instantly ends up in a relationship with the Mothra twins (in some way both of them), making some agree with Metphies psychic guilt trip involving her]]. Furthermore, while [[spoiler:his suicide at the end is ''supposed'' to be a HeroicSuicide]], some feel [[spoiler:leaving his wife and unborn child in the process]] came across as more selfish than anything. [[spoiler:And many point out that how heroic his suicide is is entirely dependent on whether Metphies is right or just a delusional madman]].

* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the movie faced by many fans was that it ended on a rather depressing and cynical note. While the Godzilla series is known for having {{downer ending}}s going as far back as ''Film/Godzilla1954'' [[note]] Dr. Serizawa [[spoiler:sacrifices himself so the Oxygen Destroyer won't be used again]] and Tokyo is in ruins, forced to remember the tragedy that struck that day [[/note]], that film still ended with the monster in question being killed, making the struggles the main characters went through matter. It was a problem here because the characters tried (and failed) to do what they set out what they planned ([[spoiler:take Earth back from Godzilla]]), making [[ShaggyDogStory their journey and fight entirely pointless]], leaving many to dislike the idea that there is no real resolution to the conflict.

** The sexual encounter between Haruo and one of the twins has also drawn much mockery from the fans in being a "sex scene in a Godzilla movie", with some even asking if the MUTO courtship in the 2014 film also counts as a sex scene.

** Metiphes manages this. It depends on if you think he was right, and that arrogance and pride will eventually bring about more monsters like Godzilla, or if you think he was a raving, xenocidal lunatic. As third option is he was simply lying to manipulate Harou.

** The below also throws [[spoiler:Haruo's sacrifice into question, as whether it was a HeroicSacrifice or selfish SenselessSacrifice is entirely dependent on how one reads Metphies. Given Haruo's own mental state, is the vision he gets an actual message from Metphies/Ghidorah or a delusion]]?

** The portrayal of Ghidorah in both films has also led to some fan debate. Detractors of the Monsterverse Ghidorah percieve him as a generic-looking [[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug Smaug expy]] and the portrayal of [[MultipleHeadCase his three heads bickering]] made for some significant NightmareRetardant. In return, detractors of Anime Ghidorah complain that Ghidorah's design is too radical a departure, and that the fight is not even a proper fight unlike in KOTM where Godzilla and Ghidorah fight three times, in visually stunning battle sequences.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: For the third time with Haruo's voice actors:
** Chris Niosi, who often makes silly posts on Twitter, gave his all in the English dub.
** Creator/MamoruMiyano, who's a veteran voice actor in the industry, gave one of his best performances as Haruo. And this is the guy who plays the goofy [[LargeHam Kotaro]] [[SadClown Tatsumi]] from ''Anime/ZombielandSaga'' in the same year.

** Hauro's [[spoiler:sacrifice]].

** After 2 films that lacked any monster on monster action, this film finally delivers what fans were waiting for, the confrontation between Godzilla Earth and King Ghidorah... only for the fight to amount to [[spoiler:Ghidorah's 3 heads biting Godzilla and levitating him for a painfully long time while [[SecondHandStorytellingMartin tells us what's happening instead.]]]] This is especially true, as Ghidorah is introduced with all kinds of crazy, reality and time bending powers...and only uses them to deflect Godzilla's beam and be intangible, that's it. The fight doesn't get any more interesting once KG becomes tangible, since all he does is [[spoiler:scream in terror and get taken down by Godzilla in only a few hits.]]

** After 2 films that lacked any monster on monster action, this film finally delivers what fans were waiting for, the confrontation between Godzilla Earth and King Ghidorah... only for the fight to amount to [[spoiler:Ghidorah's 3 heads biting Godzilla and levitating him for a painfully long time]]. This is especially true, as Ghidorah is introduced with all kinds of crazy, reality and time bending powers...and only uses them to deflect Godzilla's beam and be intangible, that's it.

** An alternate argument, presented by [=OmniViewer=] is that Haruo could have [[spoiler:learned to let go of Godzilla]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Haruo again. While the story does try to treat him sympathetically, some lost sympathy for him when he [[spoiler:seems to nearly completely forget about the now braindead Yuko for most of the movie and nigh instantly ends up in a relationship with the Mothra twins (in some way both of them), making some agree with Metphies psychic guilt trip involving her]]. Furthermore, while [[spoiler:his suicide at the end is ''supposed'' to be a HeroicSuicide]], some feel [[spoiler:leaving his wife and unborn child in the process]] came across as more selfish than anything. [[spoiler:And many point out that how heroic his suicide is is entirely dependent on whether Metphies is right or just a delusional madman]]. [=OmniViewer=] even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-lriyOFEOg thinks]] he's less of a character and more of a mouthpiece for Creator/GenUrobuchi's misanthropic beliefs.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: No doubt about it, the movie doesn't even end on a happy note, even in the standards of most of the darkest entry of the franchise as explained in EsotericHappyEnding, and the setting is way too bleak. Most of the named characters die, and almost nothing was solved in the film.

* EsotericHappyEnding: An ending so bad that [=OmniViewer=] had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTU6NpSaAUg field day]] tearing it to pieces: [[spoiler:the only thing the humans who escaped 20,000 years ago manage to accomplish is saving a handful of their number in the longrun with only one named survivor still alive and the rest dying horrific deaths, the situation on Earth hasn't changed ''at all'', Godzilla Earth is (more than likely) still alive to continue his reign, and Haruo leaves his wife and unborn child to fend for themselves. Oh, and as part of this "happy ending," the humans give up all their advanced technology that could no doubt improve the lives of everyone involved, from medicine to defensive weapons, to live in a cave as primitives, no doubt dying of many easily preventable deaths. And all this on the word of a man who was possibly lying or insane]]. Doubly so if one [[spoiler:believes Metphies was actually right or just insane, in which case Haruo's death is a SenselessSacrifice that left his wife and unborn child widowed and orphaned respectively. The only potential silver-lining is that Mothra's offspring may be able to finally defeat Godzilla, but who knows how long that may be]]. Oh, and [[spoiler:The ''Oratio'', the second space ark, is still out there somewhere...]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Haruo again. While the story does try to treat him sympathetically, some lost sympathy for him when he [[spoiler:seems to nearly completely forget about the now braindead Yuko for most of the movie and nigh instantly ends up in a relationship with the Mothra twins (in some way both of them), making some agree with Metphies psychic guilt trip involving her]]. Furthermore, while [[spoiler:his suicide at the end is ''supposed'' to be a HeroicSuicide]], some feel [[spoiler:leaving his wife and unborn child in the process]] came across as more selfish than anything. [[spoiler:And many point out that how heroic his suicide is is entirely dependent on whether Metphies is right or just a delusional madman]]. [=OmniViewer=] even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-lriyOFEOg thinks]] he's less of a character and more of a mouthpiece for Creator/GenUrobuchi's misanthropic beliefs.

** For the past two films, Godzilla was called the most evil monster who drove humanity to oblivion, but ever since TheReveal about [[spoiler: King Ghidorah and his servants, the Exif, his actions take a more different light if he is aware about the interdimensional beast. If he did, is Godzilla the BigBad, or a WellIntentionedExtremist who had to destroy humanity to stop Ghidorah?]]
** Adding to the above, was Godzilla specifically hunting down Haruo's group or just [[spoiler: Metphies]].
** The below also throws [[spoiler:Haruo's sacrifice into question, as whether it was a HeroicSacrifice or selfish SenselessSacrifice is entirely dependent on how one reads Metphies. Given Haruo's own mental state, is the vision he gets an actual message from Metphies/Ghidorah or a delusion?]]

* CriticalDissonance: ''The Planet Eater'' has received a generous amount of positive reviews from many western critics who saw the film as the best of the trilogy for integrating more interesting human drama and themes, more onscreen monster action, and consider it an overall solid and conclusive end to the trilogy, some even going as far as to say it vindicates the trilogy as a whole. Fans, however, [[ContestedSequel are torn on its quality]], with some agreeing that it was the best, whereas others consider it [[{{Sequelitis}} the worst of the three, and one of the worst of the franchise.]]
* EsotericHappyEnding: An ending so bad that [=OmniViewer=] had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTU6NpSaAUg field day]] tearing it to pieces: [[spoiler:the only thing the humans who escaped 20,000 years ago manage to accomplish is saving a handful of their number in the longrun with only one named survivor still alive and the rest dying horrific deaths, the situation on Earth hasn't changed ''at all'', Godzilla Earth is (more than likely) still alive to continue his reign, and Haruo leaves his wife and unborn child to fend for themselves. Oh, and as part of this "happy ending," the humans give up all their advanced technology that could no doubt improve the lives of everyone involved, from medicine to defensive weapons, to live in a cave as primitives, no doubt dying of many easily preventable deaths. And all this on the word of a man who was possibly lying or insane.]] Doubly so if one [[spoiler:believes Metphies was actually right or just insane, in which case Haruo's death is a SenselessSacrifice that left his wife and unborn child widowed and orphaned respectively. The only potential silver-lining is that Mothra's offspring may be able to finally defeat Godzilla, but who knows how long that may be.]] Oh, and [[spoiler:The ''Oratio'', the second space ark, is still out there somewhere...]]
* FandomRivalry: A small, yet bizarre inter-fandom example between this film and ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''. Fans of ''Planet Eater'' are quick to denounce KOTM as it [[OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight wasn’t produced by Toho originally]] and that it lacked any sort of development with the human characters in favor of having big action scenes and monster fights [[PanderingToTheBase trying to please the die-hard fans]]. Fans of ''King of the Monsters'' were quick to fireback, criticizing ''Planet Eater'' for taking too many liberties with the Godzilla mythos and not delivering on a true monster on monster fight, and that KOTM at the very least had a sense of enjoyment to it as opposed to the cynical & nihilistic tone throughout this one. Much also comes from the portrayal of Godzilla as outright antagonistic, as opposed to the anti-hero nature of the Monsterverse version, leading to some believing that DarknessInducedAudienceApathy quickly set in once there was no character to root for.

* FightSceneFailure: The "fight" between Godzilla and Ghidorah consists of [[spoiler:Ghidorah biting Godzilla for a large portion of the film with the two more or less completely static, then Ghidorah is dispatched with ease. Ghidorah's general lack of emoting and the lack of anything really happening also means the only real way to tell Ghidorah's hurting Godzilla or winning the fight is the characters [[ShowDontTell telling the audience he is.]] Which means large chunks of the film involve the audience watching some people standing basically motionless and commenting on a fight in which nothing is happening.]]
* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the movie faced by many fans was that it ended on a rather depressing and cynical note. While the Godzilla series is known for having [[DownerEnding downer endings]] going as far back as ''Film/Godzilla1954'' [[note]] Dr. Serizawa [[spoiler:sacrifices himself so the Oxygen Destroyer won't be used again]] and Tokyo is in ruins, forced to remember the tragedy that struck that day [[/note]], that film still ended with the monster in question being killed, making the struggles the main characters went through matter. It was a problem here because the characters tried (and failed) to do what they set out what they planned ([[spoiler:take Earth back from Godzilla]]), making [[ShaggyDogStory their journey and fight entirely pointless]], leaving many to dislike the idea that there is no real resolution to the conflict.

* MagnificentBastard: [[TheHeavy Metphies]] is an Exif who serves as the [[SinisterMinister archbishop]] of their religion. Using his status as a colonel of the United Earth Military to convert numerous people on board the Aratum into his religion, he would mold one of them, hero Haruo Sakaki, into his own personal weapon against Godzilla by exploiting Haruo’s hatred for the beast. Leaking Haruo information about Godzilla, he sent him and a squadron down to Earth to kill the beast, before convincing Haruo to turn against Mulu-elu Galu-gu when the latter’s plans to assimilate the Earth with Mechagodzilla’s nanometal interferes with Metphies' own plans for the planet. After saving Earth from Mulu-elu and Mechagodzilla, Metphies persuades many of the survivors into helping his cause, having them summon Ghidorah -- an EldritchAbomination that destroyed the Exif homeworld -- to the planet by telling them it could destroy Godzilla. When Haruo and Miana learn of Metphies' intentions to sacrifice Earth to Ghidorah, Metphies subjects them to [[MindRape mind breaking visions and hallucinations]] to prevent them from stopping him. Only losing to Mothra’s [[DeusExMachina sudden intervention]] and Haruo gaining the determination to resist him, Metphies proves that with his intellect and charisma alone he can become a threat on par with the King of Monsters.
* MemeticMutation:

** Ghidorah 'killing' the bridge crew 40 seconds before they actually die has drawn comparisons to [[YouAreAlreadyDead "Omae wa mou shindeiru"]] from ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar.''

%%* NeverLiveItDown: Depending on who you ask, this movie is '''''probably''''' considered as the fans' last straw on being skeptical to any good future animated adaptations of Kaiju genre.
* NightmareFuel: The introduction of King Ghidorah is quite intimidating and fierce. After praying for the “golden demise” to come and kill Godzilla once and for all, the ''shadows'' of Ghidorah’s heads slowly eviscerate the many on earth who have prayed for it to come, then the heads proceed to attack the Aratrum, killing the remaining remnants of earth’s past technology in one fail swoop. While fan reactions towards this take on Ghidorah is mixed at best, many will agree that his introduction is top notch.

** The idea of nudity (or partial nudity in this films case) isn’t new to the series itself, as some of the past films featured some nudity. ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'' featured a scene showing Katsura’s breast, ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'' has a pinup poster in a truck that features a full on nude female model, even ''Film/Godzilla1954'' has some NationalGeographicNudity.

** Ghidorah’s arrival and the destruction of the Aratrum.
** Hauro’s [[spoiler:sacrifice.]]

** Many have argued that [[spoiler:Haruo's HeroicSacrifice could’ve had some more weight to it had he ''killed'' Godzilla in the process considering his reason for said sacrifice was to eliminate the last remaining remnants of the past civilization and humanity’s hatred towards the creature. Since even this Godzilla was created by the same technology made to kill it in this continuity also, some felt it would’ve made it a much more powerful and satisfying end.]]

** After 2 films that lacked any monster on monster action, this film finally delivers what fans were waiting for, the confrontation between Godzilla Earth and King Ghidorah... only for the fight to amount to [[spoiler:Ghidorah’s 3 heads biting Godzilla and levitating him for a painfully long time.]] This is especially true, as Ghidorah is introduced with all kinds of crazy, reality and time bending powers...and only uses them to deflect Godzilla's beam and be intangible, that's it.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Haruo again. While the story does try to treat him sympathetically, some lost sympathy for him when he [[spoiler:seems to nearly completely forget about the now braindead Yuko for most of the movie and nigh instantly ends up in a relationship with the Mothra twins (in some way both of them), making some agree with Metphies psychic guilt trip involving her.]] Furthermore, while [[spoiler:his suicide at the end is ''supposed'' to be a HeroicSuicide]], some feel [[spoiler:leaving his wife and unborn child in the process]] came across as more selfish than anything. [[spoiler:And many point out that how heroic his suicide is is entirely dependent on whether Metphies is right or just a delusional madman.]] [=OmniViewer=] even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-lriyOFEOg thinks]] he's less of a character and more of a mouthpiece for Creator/GenUrobuchi's misanthropic beliefs.

* ContestedSequel: The movie has proven extremely polarizing. Some reviewers feel this entry is the best of the three, with the characters feeling more rounded, an interesting religious theme, actual Kaiju action and an emotional ending. Others consider it the worst of the anime trilogy, if not one of the worst Godzilla films, ''period'' (which is saying something, considering one would have to try hard to be worse than ''Film/AllMonstersAttack'' or [[Film/Godzilla1998 the TriStar remake]]). Reasons cited are Ghidorah's design and [[spoiler:how once the fight with Godzilla starts he just bites Godzilla for the rest of the movie without really moving before being killed with ease]], Haruo managing to have romantic encounters with every named main female character except Mothra before the first third is over (and the BaitAndSwitch with which twin he's going to get with), the SuddenDownerEnding and the {{Aesop}} that accompanies it feeling very forced, and that in the end it feels like [[ShaggyDogStory nothing at all was accomplished throughout the entire trilogy]], and that its sole purpose was to [[ShockingSwerve "subvert expecations" without regard for telling a coherent story]].

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: No doubt about it, the movie doesn't even end on a happy note, even in the standards of most of the darkest entry of the franchise as explained in EsotericHappyEnding, and the setting is way too bleak. Most of the named characters die, and almost nothing was solved in the film.

** Ghidorah being called the Golden Demise and emerging from three round portals have drawn joking comparisons to [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Giorno Giovanna's]] Golden Experience and his three circular loops of hair.

* EsotericHappyEnding: A number of fans feel this way about the ending: [[spoiler:the only thing the humans who escaped 20,000 years ago manage to accomplish is saving a handful of their number in the longrun with only one named survivor still alive and the rest dying horrific deaths, the situation on Earth hasn't changed ''at all'', Godzilla Earth is (more than likely) still alive to continue his reign, and Haruo leaves his wife and unborn child to fend for themselves. Oh, and as part of this "happy ending," the humans give up all their advanced technology that could no doubt improve the lives of everyone involved, from medicine to defensive weapons, to live in a cave as primitives, no doubt dying of many easily preventable deaths. And all this on the word of a man who was possibly lying or insane.]] Doubly so if one [[spoiler:believes Metphies was actually right or just insane, in which case Haruo's death is a SenselessSacrifice that left his wife and unborn child widowed and orphaned respectively. The only potential silver-lining is that Mothra's offspring may be able to finally defeat Godzilla, but who knows how long that may be.]] Oh, and [[spoiler:The Oratio, the second space ark, is still out there somewhere...]]

* FightSceneFailure: The 'fight' between Godzilla and Ghidorah consists of [[spoiler:Ghidorah biting Godzilla for a large portion of the film with the two more or less completely static, then Ghidorah is dispatched with ease. Ghidorah's general lack of emoting and the lack of anything really happening also means the only real way to tell Ghidorah's hurting Godzilla or winning the fight is the characters [[ShowDontTell telling the audience he is.]] Which means large chunks of the film involve the audience watching some people standing basically motionless and commenting on a fight in which nothing is happening.]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Haruo again. While the story does try to treat him sympathetically, some lost sympathy for him when he [[spoiler:seems to nearly completely forget about the now braindead Yuko for most of the movie and nigh instantly ends up in a relationship with the Mothra twins (in some way both of them), making some agree with Metphies psychic guilt trip involving her.]] Furthermore, while [[spoiler:his suicide at the end is ''supposed'' to be a HeroicSuicide]], some feel [[spoiler: leaving his wife and unborn child in the process]] came across as more selfish than anything. [[spoiler:And many point out that how heroic his suicide is is entirely dependent on whether Metphies is right or just a delusional madman.]]

* ContestedSequel: The movie has proven extremely polarizing. Some reviewers feel this entry is the best of the three, with the characters feeling more rounded, an interesting religious theme, actual Kaiju action and an emotional ending. Others consider it the worst of the anime trilogy, if not one of the worst Godzilla films, ''period'' (which is saying something, considering one would have to try hard to be worse than ''Film/AllMonstersAttack'' or [[Film/Godzilla1998 the TriStar remake]]). Reasons cited are Ghidorah's design and [[spoiler:how once the fight with Godzilla starts he just bites Godzilla for the rest of the movie without really moving before being killed with ease]], Haruo managing to have romantic encounters with every named main female character except Mothra before the first third is over (and the BaitAndSwitch with which twin he's going to get with), the SuddenDownerEnding and the {{Aesop}} that accompanies it feeling very forced, and that in the end it feels like [[ShaggyDogStory nothing at all was accomplished throughout the entire trilogy]], and that its sole purpose was to [[AssPull "subvert expecations" without regard for telling a coherent story]].