Talk:Daimajin/@comment-343942-20140318021315

The Daimajin films were proof Daiei was more than capable of taking a serious approach with their monster flicks.

Some people might be disappointed to know that the titular monster only appears toward the end of these movies. Most films that try to get away with this tend to fail pretty hard due to poor character development and/or poor creature design.

Daimajin suffers from neither of these weaknesses: In addition to a pretty epic monster design, the Daimajin films have some pretty defined and likable human characters, something that's kind of uncommon for a daikaiju flick. The third film in the trilogy even sports some likable and identifiable child characters. That's something you almost NEVER see. Having human characters that you hope will be more than just fodder for the monsters makes up for the fact that Daimajin isn't on screen for that long.

Of course, the monster action we DO see is pretty epic. Daimajin really reminds me of Michael Myers in how he goes about his rampages; he jus walks about, nice and slow, demolishing everything in is path until he catches up with his victim.

Overall, if you're looking for a monster movie that actually has some pretty strong human characters in addition to great destruction scenes, the Daimajin trilogy is for you.