Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Claire Dunne One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Thanos Milios My involvement the last time with the Godzilla films, on the occasion of the new movie that came out in theaters a few days ago, I revealed another kind of film, a sub-genre in fantasy or science fiction, if you will, that of kaiju. Accurate translation of the term kaiju, is "strange creatures" and has been associated with giant creatures with features usually animal-like. In the kaiju flicks therefore, the case is always simple: a giant creature attacks a city and destroys it, as is most common, two of these creatures fight each other, with one being usually with the side of people. The most famous of kaiju remains until today Godzilla, with dozens of films to his credit, animated series, comic books, action figures and anything else you can imagine. Somewhere in the 90s, Godzilla meets a powerful opponent, who makes his reappearance in the cinema after fifteen years and after a series of films in the 60s and 70s, not particularly successful. The name of the kaiju that soured his omnipotence Godzilla is Gamera. Gamera is a creature that is actually a giant turtle with tusks, which can fly using jet thrusters, shown in place of the rear legs (spiteful say that there is not his legs ...). Gamera never had the glamor of Godzilla but with the trilogy he gained in the 90s, for many is what best in Japanese cinema of kaiju. So I decided to take a look at the Gamera trilogy, starting from Gamera: Guardian Of The Universe. The first encouraging sign, even before the movie was the name of the director, Shusuke Kaneko, who is the man who directed the best of the series of Godzilla movies, I've watched, GMK. Second positive element, very good theme music, we hear from launch title, which exudes a seriousness and "creates" something interesting. And the truth is that the Gamera: Guardian Of The Universe, evolve with interesting and entertaining way. Good action scenes, with high quality (for 1995) special effects and a script, which is more or less the standard kind of movies (it's never their strong point). The first film in the Gamera trilogy entered dynamically in the arena of claiming the crown of the best kaiju film. Remains just under GMK, but we have two sequels to follow, which indeed they have received better reviews than the first part of the trilogy.

Michael_Elliott Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe (1995) * 1/2 (out of 4) Three flying bird creatures wanna eat the people of Japan but thankfully there's a giant turtle that can breathe fire to save them. I really don't understand the concept of these giant monster films from Japan. If you're rarely going to show the monsters then you should try to make the humans interesting, which is something they never do. The humans here are as boring as ever and (as usual) you've got the one female scientist trying to be the nice one and save the planet. When the monsters are on screen the film comes to life somewhat but the incredibly poor special effects don't help matters.

lastliberal It's nice to take a break from Godzilla and still have the same formula, except that the hero is a Terrapin.We don't get too far away as the director, Shusuke Kaneko, is a Godzilla (Godzilla,Mothra and King Ghidorah) writer and director, too, as well as director of two more Gamera movies.One of the main characters, Shinobu Nakayama, was also featured in Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla, or Godzilla and the Transformers as I like to call it.The special affects were fantastic, and the military blows it again by fighting the wrong monster as Gamera is a friend.The evil monsters, no not Florida State, but the Gyaos, huge birds, are defeated. of course. and Gamera can safely go back to the sea until Gamera 2.

Newski_the_Hippie If I had to chose one Japanese monster movie, it would be Gamera Guardian of the Universe. The original Gamera films were intended for a child audience. While not a children's film, this is a fun film for all audiences.A young girl forms a psychic Bond with a monster. Other monsters attack. The good monster beats the living hell out of the bad monsters. Pretty simple. What is so good about this film is, of course, the fact that is is so well balanced when it comes to human suspense and monster action. Most Japanese monster films have this tendency to sacrifice one for the other. This one doesn't, and all action sequences are top notch. Gamera fighting Gyaos in a Stadium, or saving some kids on a Bridge, its the type of movie that will have you cheering.This, the first in the Gamera Trilogy, has some minor enviromental undercurrents. This is welcome, because we all know how sometimes films like to get preachy. This enviromental theme is apparent in the entire trilogy, but is always on a subdued level where it does get to you, instead of annoying you.