Talk:Gorgo (film)/@comment-343942-20160418010659

One of the best kaiju films to come from outside Japan.

The costumes and miniatures are very well done for an early 60's creature feature. I especially love Mama Gorgo's rampage through the city (keeping track of the monsters' names gets confusing, so I just call the adult "Mama Gorgo"). She just shrugs off every attempt to slow her down and stays the course like a force of nature, completely demolishing everything and everyone that gets in her way.

These destruction scenes are easily on par with the very best of the Toho films of the same period. The ending is also a pleasant surprise: Gorgo and Mama Gorgo just wade back into the sea. It's not very often when it's the monster that gets the happily-ever-after.

The human aspect of the story isn't overly interesting, and the characters aren't particularly memorable, but at least they don't weigh the film down like in other films, such as "Gappa". They're serviceable as far as monster movie characters go, just not very engaging.

Overall, this film is easily as good as anything the Godzilla or Gamera series' were putting out at the time, and deserves a watch.