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Gamera Vs Zigra
Author: ham4 from Italy
This episode of the Gamera franchise reprises
the pollution item from the more famous
Godzilla-Toho movies. If we can make a
comparison, this movie is closely related to
"the smog monster" movie of the Godzilla
series. Two annoying kids are abducted by
aliens. at first they think some pretty woman
to be the villain, only to realize later
she's a captive earthling and her boss &
invading alien is some sort of stuffed shark.
Lots of hide'n'seek & a few shots of the
hottie in bikini. What takes these early
gamera movies apart is they are expressly
children movies. However, children movies
from the 60's get old quick and i'm not sure
how much of any appeal they might have for
today's children. The budget is typically
low, SFX nearly non-existent and the plot is
nearly non-existent, with the trademark of
say UN surrendering to the aliens to save a
couple of silly childs. While childs in other
Gamera movies are very smart, these 2 are
borderline idiots (check the military
interview part). Most TOHO movies were
children movies but could easily target
adults; not so with most of these early DAIEI
productions. Kikuchi rips himself off
recycling tunes from his score repertory.
Luckily it is a short movies, thus it is
perfectly watchable for what it is.
Author: bensonmum2 from Tennessee
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
When the Earth is threatened by an aquatic,
shark-looking alien named Zigra (and
conveniently from the planet Zigra), it's up
to Gamera (and two very annoying Japanese
children) to save all of mankind.
Gamera vs. Zigra is the bottom of the barrel
when if comes to Japanese monster movies.
Everything that makes Gamera so inferior to
Godzilla is here: the annoying children, the
ridiculous Gamera theme song, the ineffective
defense force taking its lead from a 6
year-old, a woman in a mini-skirt chasing
kids through Sea World, Kenny (Is there
always a kid named "Kenny" in one of these
movies?), and the worst looking monsters put
on film. I realize these movies were aimed at
a much younger audience (remember, "Gamera is
the friend of all children!"), but do they
have to be so stupid? I'm afraid my head
might explode if I think about it too much. I
could go on and on, but I'll limit this to
two surreal moments that are so silly they
almost defy description.
First, with the entire planet facing the
threat of being conquered by Zigra and Tokyo
preparing for a magnitude 18 (whatever that
means) earthquake, an argument over fish
takes center stage for better than 5 minutes
of the movie's runtime. The man responsible
for feeding the dolphins at the Tokyo Sea
World and the manager of a swanky hotel get
into a heated argument with a fishmonger over
a crate of fish. Mankind is on the verge of
extinction and all these people seem to be
worried about is fish. As I indicated, I
really can't do it justice. You'd have to see
it to believe it.
Second, having just defeated Zigra (not
really a spoiler -- did you think Gamera was
going to lose?), Gamera uses Zigra like a
xylophone to pound out a tune. Yes, that's
right -- Gamera uses a club on Zigra's dorsal
fin to play the first few notes of his theme
song. And if that weren't ridiculous enough,
Gamera follows it up with a few dance steps.
This is surely one of the proudest moments in
Japanese film history.
See what I mean? My head hurts just thinking
about it.
Tags : japanese sci fi |
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Affichage : 9549
Durée : 153 s |
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