http://blogotronicvideo.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/daikaiju-gamera-1965/
New Review, and new banner! I'm going to enjoy going through the Gamera series for the first time in a while.
I have to agree with most of what you bring up here. For all I cared, when I first saw this film back in my childhood, Gamera could have just eaten the little brat kid and saved many a viewer a ton of grief.
I'm interested to know your thoughts on the 90's Gamera films, especially the third (which I really enjoyed).