Rodan
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Movie Reviews of Rodan
Movie Review: Tragic Pterodactyls
Summary: 4 Stars
Toho, the force behind the Godzilla movies, created another monster mainstay with this one. This time, a small mining community is visited by giant worm bugs. First they cause disappearances in the mine but eventually move out to the surface. But they are the tip of the iceberg for the mine has connected to an ancient cavern containing a gigantic egg.
Once the egg hatches, Rodan is born. It eats the bug worms and flies around. For the most part it is an indifferent creature no doing any purposeful harm but its wake causes severe damage. Then there are two of them and the government decides that the creatures must be stopped as their simple existence can cause countless damage.
The final moments of this film are sad and tragic. Rodan and spouse are not rampaging monsters, just misplaced. One does not feel any victory at their defeat, only sadness. This was a wonderful film from Toho that took the giant monster (kaiju) film in a new direction. Definitely worth watching.
Movie Review: Classic Kaiju
Summary: 4 Stars
Now, This flm, Rodan was the first movie to consist of the famous Rodan monster. and was also the first Toho Kaiju (Giant Monster) film to feature Color Video.Rodan all begins when several miners are found dead, and then suddenly GIANT FREAKY monsters appear in the town, this all leads up to the hatching of Rodan, the giant prehistoric flying dinosaur, that is so big, when it flaps its wings it is propeled forward so fast it creates a sonic boom.
The film itself features a lot of human dialog, and there are not many Monster VS Monster battles, but we do get to see some interesting destruction scenes.
Without spoling anyone I would say that the ending was sort of cheap.
Overall would I sugguest Rodan to people? Yes, but not as much casual fans as fans deeper into the Giant Monster stuff. But if you like classics, and think you would like like a Giant Prehistoric bird flying around killing planes and sonic booming cities, then you probably will like this film
Movie Review: Excellent presentation of a minor classic
Summary: 4 Stars
It's not Godzilla, but it's not bad, either. The DVD features a decent transfer and good sound. It's a minor classic, if your taste runs towards giant monster movies, and my taste sure does. I'm delighted to have a "real" copy of another one of my favorite old giant monster movies after putting up with a crappy VHS copy for years. Entertainment like this brings me real joy and having a clean copy is a delight.
You've gotta love the ending of the movie and the hero's voice over asking himself if he could ever die as well as the monsters die in the movie -- SUCH a Japanese sentiment, I just love Japanese movies, the hack translations offered such tantalizing clues into the culture of Japan. Fascinating stuff on several levels at once. Nothing like it.
Movie Review: Well Done
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is much better than Godzilla King of the Monsters. Not only the movie itself but the picture quality is much better as well. Not one but two prehistoric, flying reptiles hatch beneath a coal mine and proceed to raise havok on Japan. Not as high tech as todays pictures but a very entertaining monster movie of the classic era.Movie Review: Japanese Monster pictures
Summary: 4 Stars
Rodan is a fine example fo the early Japanese monster picture with anti-atomic sentiments. The great part about the film is the naration by the miner who's story and family is intertwined with the story of Rodan. It is the naration that does so much to set the erie feel of this film.