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Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds (Dub Sub)
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List Price: $19.95
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Manufacturer: Tokyo Shock
Starring: Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds
Directed By: Junji Kurata
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Media Blasters
EAN: 0631595071580
Format: Color
Label: Tokyo Shock
Manufacturer: Tokyo Shock
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tokyo Shock
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-12-18
Running Time: 92
Studio: Tokyo Shock
Theatrical Release Date: 1977
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Editorial Reviews:
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A curious geologist and his female photographer explore a remote area near Mt. Fuji. Legend has it that dinosaurs once roamed the area and there are even reports that some large lizards remain. The pair poke around hoping to find something that will bring them wealth. Changes in the weather awaken a plesiosaur in the nearby lake who eats anyone that enter its waters. Meanwhile, a pterosaur is about to hatch high in a mountain ice cave. The explorers get way more than they bargain for when these two prehistoric giants clash in an inevitable battle worthy of their legend.
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Summary: What the Hell?!
Comment: Can't imagine who the audience must have been for this macabre hybrid of musical/monster movie/surreal journey into Z-grade filmmaking. Is it even possible this was meant to be taken seriously when it was made, or is it all just a clever put-on: a spoof of the genre by winking jokesters? Fans of Japanese monster films might want to avoid this for several reasons: the creatures are, to be kind, from hunger--and their action scenes are few and far between. As for the rest? It's either the worst kind of mess or it's brilliant, depending upon your state of inebriation or tolerance. Recommended only for hardcore completists or for those who worship "Manos, the Hands of Fate". The only thing missing is Nick Adams. Nice widescreen transfer, clean print.
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Summary: Giant Monsters and Wacky Music
Comment: The music in this film will bring back memories of Godzilla and a Smog Monster but the action is more along the lines of more classic Toho features. Here we have two giant monsters, a plesiosaur and a pterodactyl, a crazy music score, and a strange premise.
A young scientist is trying to prove that his father's theories are correct and that he was not crazy. The two believe that dinosaurs have managed to survive to modern day. When the giant plesiosaur makes its appearances he looks like he is being proved right. Suddenly a giant pterodactyl also makes an appearance. Both of these creatures (neither one is actually a dinosaur) are far larger than they really were. The film ends when the two monsters run into one another and have a typical monster brawl. Oddly enough this occurs deep in a forest (what's the plesiosaur doing out of water? How does the pterodactyl fit between the trees and under the treetops?).
All in all this is a pretty fun giant monster kaiju film. The monsters are just big, no powers of any sort. The final scene, involving a volcano, may be a bit too long for the action, but otherwise I really enjoyed this one. It was good to see a "new" corny kaiju film (think Godzilla's Revenge) as opposed to the more modern, but wonderful, releases. A bit of a trip down memory lane. Check it out.
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Summary: Just bad.
Comment: This was fairly painful to sit through, and towards the end I resorted to FF in order to make it all the way. I have a high tolerence for bad movies but this offered nothing. Totally bad monsters and effects. After this film, I was wishing that Amazon had a DVD return policy.
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Summary: Ambitious and not what I was expecting
Comment: The monsters in this movie get a lot less focus than I've seen in other kaiju films. It focuses a lot more atmosphere and such. The central human characters have solid personnalities and the lead man has a decent storyline.
Two completely non-humanoid creatures fighting seems very ambitious by the standards of what I've seen before. Unfortunately, their fight is (understandably, I guess) only a small part of the movie.
As a fan of Toei's Super Sentai series, though, a lot of footage of which was used in "Power Rangers", I ghonestly think Toei did a lot better with that battle than with a lot of the giant monster battles they're making even now.
The Pterosaur isn't even introduced until near the end and because of that I wasn't going to give the movie more than three stars. But after the Pterosaur's debut, I thought what the heck, that is a really awesome Pterosaur, hence the higher rating.
I'm assuming movies like this were common after the end of the Showa Godzilla series; a lot of filmmakers probably saw a void they wanted to fill.
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Summary: Hands down the worst Kaiju movie I have ever seen.
Comment: Being a massively obsessed kaiju fan I of course had to buy this one. However I can assure you that this movie is by far the worst Kaiju movie I have ever seen. Unless you count the Korean film APE, that one was pretty bad. Why did I give it a two? Well for kaiju completionists like myself I still consider this an essential. For everyone else, Stay Away...
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