The Greatest Giant Flying Turtle Deep Dive: GAMERA!
Celebrate Gamera with: GAMERA TRAILERS, GAMERA, GAMERA 2 ATTACK OF LEGION, GAMERA GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE and GAMERA THE BRAVE.
Photo: A wounded Gamera from GAMERA THE BRAVE
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Believe it or not there are actually good Gamera movies and tonight you can see some of the best ones.
Gamera, the Giant Monster (大怪獣ガメラ Daikaijū Gamera?, lit. Giant Monster Gamera) is a 1965 daikaiju eiga (giant-monster movie) about a giant turtle named Gamera. The film is similar in nature to the popular Godzilla films, and is also the first in a series of films about Gamera. It was one of the five Gamera films to be featured as episodes of the movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Our version is the original Japanese version with English subtitles.
While Gamera does share many similarities with other "giant monster" films, especially the Godzilla series, it does contain one notable difference. At one point in the film, Gamera saves a small boy named Toshio Sakurai (renamed "Kenny" in the English version from Sandy Frank Productions) from death after knocking down a lighthouse. This leads the young boy to conclude that Gamera is not really destructive but merely misunderstood and out of place in the world. This is a concept that would be seen in many monster movies to come.
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Gamera 2 Attack Of Legion Great fight scenes make this one worth watching.
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Gamera Guardian Of The Universe Top to bottom a great movie. This is the Gamera film you show people who have never seen a Gamera film.
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Gamera The Brave The best for last, Gamera The Brave actually has genuinely moving scenes and great battles. It was meant for adult fans and children, and it worked on every level.
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A deep dive look into the entire franchise of our favorite giant kaiju turtle.... GAMERA!!!
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