Sunday, August 16, 2009

The wonderful world of Kaiju Eiga plotting

In the far-fetched world of Japanese monster movies -- KAIJU EIGA -- few plots seem as fantastic as the one in "GAMERA TAI DAIMAJU JAIGA (GAMERA VERSUS MONSTER X)," a movie I watched on DVD this afternoon.
After archeologists transfer a statue from a Pacific island to OSAKA, a monster comes to life and comes to Japan, intent on destruction.
The monster injects some sort of poison into kid-friendly, fire-breathing GAMERA (pictured, with telephone poles sticking out of his ears), sending the giant turtle into a coma.
Two kids take a mini-sub deep into Gamera, discovering a baby version of the island monster.
Electricity jump starts Gamera's heart after the kids discover that...
Oh, you get the picture.
This 1970 film's plot is like a dream you have after eating too much junk food before bed.
I enjoyed it.

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