I stumbled upon the 1970 Japanese monster movie "Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai No Daikaijû" (aka "Space Amoeba") here in 2022, and having sat through the majority of these old, and often cheesy, Japanese monster movies, of course I had to watch this one as well.
I figured that this particular 1970 movie from writer Ei Ogawa and director Ishirô Honda might be in the same spirit as the countless other movies of that era, so I had some expectations to the movie. And the movie turned out to be exactly that; yeah, it was a cheesy monster movie with huge monsters - Kaijus - duking it out on Earth, with humanity caught in the middle.
The storyline in the movie was good. Sure, it was very formulaic, if you actually generic for the genre. But hey, why change on a formula that worked so well for so many years? If you enjoyed the good old movie like "Godzilla", then you will definitely also enjoy "Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai No Daikaijû".
The acting performances in the movie were fair enough.
Visually, then the movie is showing signs of being 52 years old. Of course it is. But isn't that part of the charm of these monster movies, where it is essentially people in monster suits duking it out between toy houses and toy cars at their feet?
I was genuinely entertained by director Ishirô Honda's 1970 movie.
My rating of "Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai No Daikaijû" lands on a six out of ten stars.
I figured that this particular 1970 movie from writer Ei Ogawa and director Ishirô Honda might be in the same spirit as the countless other movies of that era, so I had some expectations to the movie. And the movie turned out to be exactly that; yeah, it was a cheesy monster movie with huge monsters - Kaijus - duking it out on Earth, with humanity caught in the middle.
The storyline in the movie was good. Sure, it was very formulaic, if you actually generic for the genre. But hey, why change on a formula that worked so well for so many years? If you enjoyed the good old movie like "Godzilla", then you will definitely also enjoy "Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai No Daikaijû".
The acting performances in the movie were fair enough.
Visually, then the movie is showing signs of being 52 years old. Of course it is. But isn't that part of the charm of these monster movies, where it is essentially people in monster suits duking it out between toy houses and toy cars at their feet?
I was genuinely entertained by director Ishirô Honda's 1970 movie.
My rating of "Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai No Daikaijû" lands on a six out of ten stars.