SanEat
A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
ChampDavSlim
The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
AshUnow
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
MonsterVision99
Gamera (1965) its the first movie in the Gamera series of films and its probably the most grounded in reality, for a Gamera film. The film was made, like many other Kaiju movies, to cash in for the success of Gojira (1954), while the two series have many similarities, Gamera follows a very different path.This its the first entry in the series and its a very decent monster movie, better than it needs to be, with some creative ideas, some decent acting (for the most part), good effects and some nice directing, it manages to grab your attention.The film has some flaws, like many other monster movies, like bad acting, some very weird ideas that don't really fit the film, like Gameras flying ability, but it manages to stay interesting, even if it is the typical monster movie.Overall, this its a very decent entry in the Gamera series and a good way to get introduced to the series, but its still too typical.
Clay Loomis
When we in the western world see these funky Japanese movies, (I'm NOT talking Kurosawa here), we can get confused. At least, I can. I'm in my 50's as of this writing, and when I was a kid, I liked these Japanese rubber monster flicks. The story meant nothing to me. I just liked seeing giant monsters fight. But as I've aged, I realize I have less and less in common with them.I don't know what the hell they are talking about anymore. I caught up with Gamera a few days ago and wondered how I loved this movie as a kid. So, I thought I'd try to move up to the 21st century and see what Japanese kids movies were doing today. Bad Idea! I found http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451829/ Naisu no mori: The First Contact. It came out in 2005, 40 years after Gamera. I went on to search for a video clip from this movie, and there certainly is one. It......it....Well, OK, I cannot even describe it here without risking arrest. Check it out.If you thought giant mutated turtles with tusks and rocket legs were strange, you've not seen the children's fare out of Japan lately.I gotta tell you, the aliens are different now.I should REALLY bump my vote for this movie, but I'm too frightened to. The new stuff scares me too much.
Woodyanders
An ancient gigantic prehistoric flying turtle is awakened from its centuries of slumber and embarks on the expected destructive rampage. Can an elite team of top scientists from all over the world figure out a way to stop Gamera before it's too late? Director Noriaki Yuasa, working from a neat script by Nisan Takahashi, relates the cool premise at a steady pace, maintains a serious tone throughout, and stages the funky and exciting mondo destructo set pieces with real aplomb (the scenes with Gamera attacking Tokyo are not only very thrilling, but also surprisingly harsh and grim). The cast play the material with admirable sincerity, with praiseworthy work from Eiiji Funakoshi as pragmatic zoologist Dr. Eiiji Hidaka, the fetching Harumi Kiritachi as Hidaka's faithful assistant Kyoko Yamamoto, Junichiro Yamashita as eager reporter Aoyagi, Jun Hamamura as the wise Professor Murase, and Yoshiro Uchida as lonely turtle-loving misfit kid Toshio Sakurai. The special effects are pretty good and convincing; Gamera makes for an impressively huge, deadly, and fearsome fire-breathing beast. Nubuo Munekawa's crisp widescreen black and white cinematography does the trick. Tadashi Yamauchi's robust and rousing score likewise hits the spirited spot. Moreover, we even get a nice theme about the perils of hero worship with a subplot about Toshio idolizing Gamera to a dangerous degree. A fun flick.
cloud77712577
First off, let me begin by saying, you must be a fan of monster movies. Even then, it's a long stretch for some to enjoy this movie. It was basically Godzilla replaced with a flying turtle and pro-environmental message. If this sounds ridiculous, it is. The movie is full of continuity problems, there are blatantly obvious plot holes, the list goes on for quite a ways. So to enjoy it, what do you need to watch? I say pay attention to all the errors and enjoy yourself. If you try to take this movie seriously, you will be disappointed miserably. However, if you can watch movies with a sense of humor, you could find yourself enjoying this movie a lot. Laugh at the problems you notice instead of analyzing them to death. This is the kind of movie this is. If you think you'll be watching the best movie since Gone with the Wind, you will be sorely disappointed. So just take it for what it is, and remember to have a good time.
