Among the many Japanese monster movies from the 60's, this one is one that holds together best. 1 i don't know what many find so appealing in the MST3K. What you actually get is a midget size screen, with those odd characters from that horrible show overshadowing the movie as if they were sitting in the first row in a real cinema, and you in the 20th or so.
2 this movie has some plot...or at least tries to. I understand in 2005 we've seen all at least ten times, including all the Ark films, its B and C spoofs, etc...however we should remember that was the mid 60's, thus it was quite "new" to begin with.
3 Four idiots want to go & seek a precious stone in the jungle. Three of them venture there and -predictably- one is the real jerk & lets the first die to a scorpio and tries to blow the second with the entire cave. At home he even murders the "procurer" of the deal, who had seen the stone decades earlier. Bang! The stone is no less than Barugon's egg...1+1=2.
4 Gamera ( or GameLa as the Japanese say ) is little more than a stand in and -unfortunately- it shows it's a man in suit.
Overall, a very decent monster movie from the 60's, worth watching for some unpretentious fun. These movies hold a great nostalgic value reminding me of my childhood when they were just awesome, even on our old black&white TV. I love to watch these old, mostly rainy & grainy movies with my childhood's eyes, when it didn't actually matter it was a man in suit, or the actors weren't Dustin Hoffman or Alec Guinness...
2 this movie has some plot...or at least tries to. I understand in 2005 we've seen all at least ten times, including all the Ark films, its B and C spoofs, etc...however we should remember that was the mid 60's, thus it was quite "new" to begin with.
3 Four idiots want to go & seek a precious stone in the jungle. Three of them venture there and -predictably- one is the real jerk & lets the first die to a scorpio and tries to blow the second with the entire cave. At home he even murders the "procurer" of the deal, who had seen the stone decades earlier. Bang! The stone is no less than Barugon's egg...1+1=2.
4 Gamera ( or GameLa as the Japanese say ) is little more than a stand in and -unfortunately- it shows it's a man in suit.
Overall, a very decent monster movie from the 60's, worth watching for some unpretentious fun. These movies hold a great nostalgic value reminding me of my childhood when they were just awesome, even on our old black&white TV. I love to watch these old, mostly rainy & grainy movies with my childhood's eyes, when it didn't actually matter it was a man in suit, or the actors weren't Dustin Hoffman or Alec Guinness...