Despite what you'd think being a Toho movie, Gorath isn't a giant beastie in fact dependent on which version you watch there may not be a beastie at all.
Gorath tells the standard story of a meteor heading towards Earth that will destroy the planet and the efforts of its people to prevent catastrophe. The aforementioned beastie only exists in the original Japanese version and was entirely edited out the American version for some reason. Probably best as it brought nothing to the movie and the giant seal monster did look a tad goofy.
The core theme of the movie is a world united, a message that we need more than ever at time of writing.
It follows a very commonly used plot and doesn't bring anything new to the table at all. With all the usual 60's sci-fi tropes it's well below par for a Toho film.
The Good:
That Toho charm
The Bad:
Doesn't look that great even for its time
Really quite boring stuff
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
It was global law that all sci-fi movies needed to have that same sound effect, you know the one!
I understand that Toho had a small talent pool and hired the same people, but why are the most talented ones usually the smaller roles?
Gorath tells the standard story of a meteor heading towards Earth that will destroy the planet and the efforts of its people to prevent catastrophe. The aforementioned beastie only exists in the original Japanese version and was entirely edited out the American version for some reason. Probably best as it brought nothing to the movie and the giant seal monster did look a tad goofy.
The core theme of the movie is a world united, a message that we need more than ever at time of writing.
It follows a very commonly used plot and doesn't bring anything new to the table at all. With all the usual 60's sci-fi tropes it's well below par for a Toho film.
The Good:
That Toho charm
The Bad:
Doesn't look that great even for its time
Really quite boring stuff
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
It was global law that all sci-fi movies needed to have that same sound effect, you know the one!
I understand that Toho had a small talent pool and hired the same people, but why are the most talented ones usually the smaller roles?