I remember watching Japanese monster movies as a kid, and I really don't recall seeing this one. I could swear that there were actually a couple of Gamera movies that were decent. But maybe not? This story begins with reports of alien waves being received by Earth scientist. Soon afterwards, a child and his friends discover through a telescope a spaceship approaching Earth. They decide to investigate, and two boys are whisked away in the spaceship to another "star". Yes, I said "star", because that's apparently the translation comes across. For some reason, one of the boys is obsessed with "traffic accidents"
Here we quickly meet Guiron which I guess is the "bad" monster in this movie. He's a monster that walks on 4 legs, and has a big knife blade for a head. Gamera is of course a turtle shaped monster, that breathes fire and is propelled by shooting fire out of it's leg holes. Who knows where the fuel for Gamera comes from? Again, one of they boys is obsessed with "traffic accidents".
It's the typical formula, in the end Gamera defeats his foe, and helps return the boys safely to Earth. The effects in this movie are really poor and laughable. The props make Star Trek the original series shows look like something along the lines of Star Wars 3 or something. The English translation is laughable on it's own, at a point it almost sounds like the Japanese translators are spoofing themselves!
If you insist on watching this movie, at least do yourself a favor and see the MSTed version. They do quite a number with it, after all there's plenty of material to work with. So you can watch the MST version or just avoid it. 1/10
Here we quickly meet Guiron which I guess is the "bad" monster in this movie. He's a monster that walks on 4 legs, and has a big knife blade for a head. Gamera is of course a turtle shaped monster, that breathes fire and is propelled by shooting fire out of it's leg holes. Who knows where the fuel for Gamera comes from? Again, one of they boys is obsessed with "traffic accidents".
It's the typical formula, in the end Gamera defeats his foe, and helps return the boys safely to Earth. The effects in this movie are really poor and laughable. The props make Star Trek the original series shows look like something along the lines of Star Wars 3 or something. The English translation is laughable on it's own, at a point it almost sounds like the Japanese translators are spoofing themselves!
If you insist on watching this movie, at least do yourself a favor and see the MSTed version. They do quite a number with it, after all there's plenty of material to work with. So you can watch the MST version or just avoid it. 1/10