A Japanese daikaiju science fiction film directed by Noriaki Yuasa.
After an airplane discharges a nuclear weapon, a giant turtle is awakened by the blast. During an early rampage in search of fire to eat, the giant turtle saves a Japanese boy from falling off a lighthouse. The boy then follows the progress of all the armies of the world to defeat Gamera.
This was not quite as good as the films which feature Gamera as a protagonist because of my fascination with monsters, beasts and creatures in general. The lack of another giant monster to fight effected the film similarly. It was still that same vintage style of cheesy-cool that all giant monster films are. I believe that the band playing the Gamera song was using my favorite guitars, Teiscos. I'm rating this adequate because of these reasons.
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.
A Japanese science fiction film directed by Noriaki Yuasa.
Two boys wander onto a space ship which takes them to another planet. Gamera, the giant turtle monster follows them. The girls on the planet plan to eat the brains of the boys and have giant monster fights.
Call it cheesy, lame, hokey or any other derogatory terms, but I like this. It's a movie about monster fights (as advertised) and there's nothing wrong with that. The special effects don't look like modern computer graphics, but that gives it style. Speaking of style, it's abundant and you can't mistake this film for something other than what it is. Young male characters are perfect because that is the target audience. I could spout about the glorious simplicity of this film all day or just rate it good. It is exactly what it is supposed to be.
