Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

[Craig D.]

I can't sympathize at all with the people who say that Gamera 2 and Gamera 3 are better than this movie. Gamera 2 is an insufferable bore and Gamera 3, while much better than Gamera 2, isn't quite as good as Guardian of the Universe. I also can't relate with the legion of giant monster movie fans who insist that Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (from Shusuke Kaneko, the same director of Guardian of the Universe, Gamera 2, and Gamera 3) is the best Godzilla movie since the 1954 original. It's not even the best Godzilla movie of the Millenium (1999-2004) series. (If it wasn't for Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, it would be the worst.) Kaneko knows action, but he has a major problem with cramming way too much boring human s**t into his movies. Guardian of the Universe manages to overcome that flaw, though. It's one of the handful of movies that I would recommend to someone with little or no interest in giant monster movies. (The others would be Godzilla 1954 and Godzilla: Final Wars.)

[gamerathebrave3]

Hey there--love the site and reviews! I just wanted to comment on this one because it was released in theaters the same month I moved to Japan. A bit over a year later I was watching it on TV with my fiance (now my wife). That baseball stadium used to try to trap the monsters was in Fukuoka, very close to her apartment, and in the fight after, Gamera and the birdie-head things were stomping all over our neighborhood! We were cheering them on and hoping to see our apartment building get stomped--unfortunately, it didn't happen, but it was still pretty cool seeing buildings that we could see out the window getting destroyed by giant monsters on-screen. Just a teeny bit spooky, as well.

[FLU-BIRD]

Nothing like a giant fanged turtle with a attatude to protect earth now if they had decided to team him up with GODZILLA,RODAN and MOTHERA just think of the super team they would make

[George]

Of all the new Gamera movies,this one,(Guardian of the Universe),is the best,at least they made Gamera almost the same as the original Gamera,the only difference is he shoots fireballs instead of a stream of fire.The makers of the next two Gamera movies changed Gameras appearance dramatically,with Irs being the worst.

The current film out,Gamera the Brave,(finally with an English soundtrack),has a new young Gamera,here green and sounding more like Mothra.

Although the current X-From Outer Space movie isn't that good,at least Girara hasn't changed.
Will we ever get the good old Gamera we all know and love back someday?.