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Gamera Limited Edition Box Set
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Manufacturer: ADV Films
Find all by ADV Films
Directed By: Shusuke Kaneko
Audience Rating: Unrated
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Theatrical Release: December 2, 1995
Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Akira Kubo, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Shinobu Nakayama, Akira Onodera, Ayako Fujitani
Japan's classic monster movie is back again! Not only does he carry a two-hundred foot house on his back, but he also has the weight of the world on his shoulders. Gamera - a giant, flying, fire-breathing turle, friend to children everywhere, and protector of Earth - is now available in a collectible hard shell.
User Submitted Gamera Limited Edition Box Set Reviews
August 25, 2008
Gamera...Need I say more?
If you don't understand the beauty and cinematic bliss of a giant flying radioactive turtle then move on. Spin on Gamera! Get this and the latest movie about the baby Gamera. It is very cute and well done.
July 29, 2007
Gamera KITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
While the old Gamera movies has some really cheesy fx this ones are just great. Even better than some of the newer Godzilla ones. The stories are quite interesting and get better with each movie. The extras are pretty funny and enjoyable. Gamera is a tough monster, kinda like the John Mclane if kaiju. Takes a beating and just keeps going!
March 14, 2007
Worth it for Disc 2 alone
The first movie is rather slow. But the second one is pretty freaking awesome, especially if you activate language Track 3!! Texarcana Lake Gamera is one of the funniest things I've ever seen/heard. More like "What's Up, tigerlily?" than Mystery science theater, they redubbed the entire movie except for the main female character in redneck voices and altered the script to hilarious effect while still following the general storyline. It's rare that something will make me laugh sitting watching it by myself but this one had me chuckling throughout. I could have done without about 50 of the "Holy Crap!" dubs that were WAY overused but some of the things were so clever that I forgive them this one excess. The General that sounded like George Bush was hilarious, the one who was dubbed with the voice of a 7 year old boy was insane and the radioman that just says "Kyuh Kyuh Kyuh" like Roscoe P. Coltrane from the "Dukes of Hazzard" was genius. I have yet to watch the third film but I have no doubt the commentary by Gamera will be amusing. Unless it's just Gamera screaming through the whole movie in which case it will only be amusing for about 30 seconds. So if you like Wild Turkey, Bar B Que, Guns and your sister a little too much this is definitely the box set for you!
February 2, 2007
Friend of Children & Giant Monster Fans Everywhere
Even the most causal fans of the "giant Japanese monster movies" that were staples of 1960s "creature features" will delight in this three disc set! Gamera gets an incredible updating while retaining the "turtle cry", the flaming breath, the flight by spinning shell; in short, everything we loved in a package that is slick, skillful and dazzling. A triumph on all levels, with stories kids can still enjoy, while being more mature than the original films were. If only all movies could be this well done.
January 10, 2007
Gamera ROCKS!!!
I haven't seen the Giant Turtle since I was a kid, I LOVE these new movies!
I had the 60's ones on DVD, but the special effects on the 3 new movies was out of this world!
If you are a Godzilla Fan then you'll LOVE Gamera!!!
January 6, 2007
Good box set but its non-anamorphic
So if you have a Widescreen tv you'll have to deal with zooming the picture to fill it in.
September 11, 2006
The unknown giant
I never heard of this monster called Gamera before, till I saw it here at Amazon. I read a few of the reviews and thought: "Let's try this".
I'm really glad I did. This is a great collection of three terrific movies. The special effects are stunning. I don't think I ever saw more beautiful explosions. The explosion of the Kyoto train station (in the third movie: Revenge of Iris) is incredible, as well as the total destruction of Tokio when Gamera suddenly appears in that same movie.
And what about the acting. Well, I've seen a lot worse in Godzilla films. The third film is without a doubt the best acted film of the three, but the other two ain't bad at all.
The stories aren't great, the second one is a mess really. There are so many characters you cannot tell them apart, but this second movie has the most fantastic monster though. It is called Legion and it really is a worthy adversary. Great stuff !!!
And then something about the extra's on the disc's: A lot of trailers and an interesting three part interview with the special effects director. But the craziest extra is a soundtrack (on the second film) in which all the characters speak like rednecks and the music is changed to hillbilly style. It's called the Texarcana lake track. It's insane but absolute fun.
Now, the big question, should you buy this. If you like Godzilla films, I think the answer is clear: Yes, absolutely.
December 23, 2005
Gamera gets an upgrade
Oldschool Gamera is definitely classic kaiju, it just tends to have some of the worst aspects of kaiju built into its roots: annoying little kids, illogical stories, bad set designs, and plots that seem just a skeleton to justify monster fights. Good kaiju, on the other hand, tends to have characters that the viewer can indentify with, a sense of being overwhelmed by the size of the battles, a desperation for survival, allegory to real world problems, and monsters that, though they may be large and scary, are somehow sympathetic at the same time.
That is what I like about this new trilogy. It takes one of the more ludicrous monsters, a large turtle that walks on its hind legs, eats fire and uses atomic jets to propel itself, and gives it as a good of a treatment as I have ever seen a kaiju receive.
The first one has an excellent story, and a great old school "King Kong" kind of feel to it. The second one, which seems to either be the favorite or the most hated depending on who you ask, takes the story a step up (in my opinion) and adds a level of desperation that somehow was lacking in the first one. The fight scenes and effects are improved, though the sense of adventure and human interaction is weakened and the almost add-on moral from the very end seems out of place. The last one is probably the best, and I feel it is such because the story line brings the monster-to-hero so epitomized in the original Gamera idea full circle.
The effects are excellent by kaiju standards (which are still lacking by what some people would want, but I loved them) and the storylines are still a little illogical. The new explanation for the origins is kind of better as far as making sense of the oddity that is Gamera, but not 100% satisfactory. The dubbing and the subbing are both excellent, and I love the fact that I can get wide-screened, well transferred dvds as opposed to the low quality ones with bad dubbing that are normally part of the genre. The features are not the best in the world, but were a nice addition (since I got the movies for the movies, the extras are just some additional icing).
September 14, 2005
Gamera's back and Kickin' Butt!
It had been a really long time since I had seen a Gamera movie. Couldn't even tell you what the title of the last one I saw was.
This collection is awesome. Much better than the older versions. Of course technology has advanced, but I thought the story lines were pretty good and the newer Gamera is much more "viscous" looking.
All-in-all a great buy. What a way for me to introduce Gamera to my children! Loved it, would recommend it to anyone.
Go turtle power!
August 12, 2005
WOW the DVDs are great but Gamera 3 is best
Wow, just finished watching Gamera 3 and this is the best Kaiju or monster movie, I've seen up to now.
Good story, very good fights, intelligent - if you can call such a movie intelligent and absolutely entertaining. DVD quality is good to very good and it is fun to watch the movies.
I recommend to start at Guardian of the Universe, The Legion and last Gamera 3 and you got the highlight. This is a trilogy of movies and I put them just the way they were issued. Gamera 3 is one of the best if not the best Kaiju movie I've seen and it beats the latest 'G' movies which are also very good but G3 is the best one I watched. Original Japanese sound track with subtitles included, translation OK.
Also interesting in G3 to watch the typical bullying in Japanese schools, pretty honest, pretty real.
Good stuff, my 100% recommendation, if you are into monster movies and like the Japanese style.
Not 5 stars, because of the relatively weak 'Legion' movie. 1 and 3 are great, 2 is weak.
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