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Or GODZILLA vs. MONSTER ZERO (1970)
Dir. Ishirō Honda
Staring Akira Takarada, Nick Adams, Jun Tazaki, Akira Kubo, Keiko Sawai, Kumi Mizuno and Yoshio Tsuchiya)
Since my fellow Godzilla fans are in Chicago this weekend at G-FEST – without me, I’m afraid – I thought I would watch one of my favorite “G” films in their honor. A silly mix of space travel, aliens and monster battles, the sixth entry in the Godzilla franchise, INVASION OF ASTRO-MONSTER is still a charming and fun film. And, of course, it gave us one of the all-time internet memes.
Plot: (wait? There’s a plot?!!): =)) Aliens from a previous unknown planet, renege on their agreement to supply the Earth with a “miracle drug” in return for allowing them to borrow Godzilla and Rodan so that they can defeat King Ghidorah (monster zero) and free their planet of the threat.
For this viewing, I decided to watch the Criterion Blu-Ray.
I’ve often wondered who outfitted the aliens from Planet X? Tom Ford, Ralph Lauren or Giorgio Armani?
While my childhood self was really focused on the monster battles and the spaceships, my older self has grown to appreciate the alien femme fatale, Miss Namikawa (played by the lovely Kumi Mizuno)
…..I think my current priorities are better!!!!: :x
After several years of COVID-19 cancellations, this year's G-FEST really seems like fun.
All star cast with James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Jackie Cooper and Paul Kelly.
Here's my review of this 1941 musical..........................
Needless to say, I liked it.
Very true. I even liked PERSECUTION aka THE GRAVEYARD.
Great review. There are many more in the Bond Girl Fridays thread.
........which happens to be in my top 3 favorite threads on this forum :D
One of Laurel & Hardy s better feature length films. Great premise and conclusion.
Still one of the best thrillers ever made. Richard Burton as Leamass is a performance for the ages.
9/10
Pretty much.
I have to say Marvel is getting much more sloppy and obvious with their pickups and reshoots.
I didn't even have to look at the credits to see that despite shooting almost entirely in Australia at the height of COVID, they did a ton of stuff later in LA and the UK.
It's very distracting when actors like Simon Russell Beale and Brett Goldstein suddenly show up for 10 seconds in a scene, standing off to the side and don't physically interact with any of the other cast members.
Mothers Day 4/6 , somehow i feel ive seen it before , perhaps i saw some press stuff
Horror movie about a stir crazy mom and her 2 inbred sons and 3 girls unfortunate to encounter them while hiking , its okay
Swing Time (1936)
EDIT: Toss in Ken Russell's 'The Devils' with that too. One of the best ever films I've seen, one of those films I never saw, despite it being on my watchlist for ages, yet one I knew I'd love, and sure enough, I do. It's so Fellini-esque and I'm all for it.
Thor : Love and Thunder : Not the worst Thor movie (that would be The Dark World, not the best either (that would be Ragnarok). It's a difficult task to mix funny and sad moments, and I don't think Taika Waititi is quite up to the task, but still, I liked it.
The Wolverine : Hugh Jackman does what he does best, and the movie is certainly an improvement upon X-Men Origins. But his best movie in that part is still Logan.
Children of the Damned : A very good sequel to Village of the Damned, with less monstruous children (although there are quite a few momments of horror because of them). Recommanded.
Sometimes you crave steak, sometimes you crave a juicy cheeseburger. The Gray Man is the latter and shouldn't be faulted for not being the former. The plot is thinner than a human hair but that doesn't matter. A good cheeseburger is submitted to different quality demands after all. There's action, spectacular action, thrilling action, and then some more action. The 'story' is just good enough to support the gun powder, kicks, and exploding vehicles. But then, who cares about the sandwich as long as it keeps the burger and cheese in place?
Let's talk about the condiments of our fast-food meal. Gosling, Henwick, De Armas, Evans, Page, Thornton and others bring just the right amount of charisma to this by-the-numbers action flick. The visual style of the film is brisk but not sensorily paralysing. (Okay, "flying" into an establishing shot may be too much mayonnaise for my taste.) Jackman's score tops it all off with delicious, crispy onions--nothing more, but certainly nothing less.
Overall, the Russo brothers invited me to a 2-hour BBQ which isn't going to win them any Oscars or cinematic appraisal, but I have eaten well and I'm willing to come back for sloppy seconds. As far as modern action films go, this is certainly one of the better.
=)) Awesome, @Dwayne! By the way, excellent choices, both of them, though I consider THE KILLING slightly better than KILLER'S KISS. And PATHS OF GLORY may be my second favourite Kubrick film, after the absolutely stunning 2OO1: A SPACE ODYSSEY, of course.
You may be right about PATHS OF GLORY. While 2OO1 will always be number 1 for me (and my favorite movie of all time), the race for "#2" is neck and neck!!!
BTW: Thanks for the recommendation on THE GRAY MAN. I think it is playing in limited US release for those of us that don't have Netflix.
Interesting! By the way, 2OO1 is my favourite film of all time too. I mean, you just can't beat the experience.BLADE RUNNER comes second.
Been trying to make it through classics and big hits this year that I've never seen. Just saw Akira Kurosawa's Ran yesterday - cinematic perfection through and through.
Was brought to see '2001' with my classmates in primary school. We were way too young to appreciate it! It is one of those movies you have to see at least once!
Certainly better than the last Spidey film, but I really can't take to Tom Holland and this is all very silly indeed. All it did was make me want to watch the far superior Spider-Man 2. Which actually bears a resemblance to the comic book and surprisingly has better special effects.
I watch 2001 once a year. Usually around December. There really is nothing else like it. A truly celestial experience. Kubrick's masterpiece IMO.
For those in the UK/London, 2OO1 will be screening (in 70mm) at the Prince Charles Cinema starting next Friday, July 29th.
https://princecharlescinema.com/PrinceCharlesCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=7260457
I first saw it in 1968/1969 when I was about 7 ½ years old and didn’t really understand it. Yet the images and the music seeped deep into my subconsciousness on that day….and have never left. For me 2OO1 was really life altering and I could talk about it all day.
Great fun.
Much better than the original.
It has to smart being one of the leads of the film, and yet all that is talked about are the secondary leads (Astaire and Rogers). This is the film that gave birth to the Astaire & Rogers partnership. They aren't on screen that much, but when they are, it's easy to see what the studio execs saw.
Primary school? That's too young for 2OO1 I think, at least for most people. The film isn't about cool spaceships and killer robots. It invites deeper phylosophical thought which most of us aren't capabele of until we're well into our teens. Ah well, maybe I should just speak for myself. 😉