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Monday, September 1, 2014

Gamera vs Viras A.K.A. Destroy All Planets (1968)

A Japanese Daikaiju science fiction film directed by Noriaki Yuasa.
Aliens kidnap a pair of boys who must escape so Gamera can defeat the aliens.
This was super-cool. The movie is composed of 3 monster fights. The first one is Gamera against a reptile, second with a bird and in the third fight, Gamera battles a squid. I remember being very young and watching monster movies with my friend. We were watching lame Godzilla movies. We would have been totally blown away by Gamera! This is what Daikaiju monster movies are about: most of the film is giant monster fights, with very little other plot. The special effects are lame, hokey, etc, and that makes them that much better. My only issue with this type of film is that the pacing is really slow for some reason. Other than that, it's great. I rate this awesome.

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