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Then there's the score from "pinky violence" regular Masao Yagi, which while catchy, is a jazzy score that really doesn't fit the proceedings. The two creatures we get are unconvincing and goofy even for the time, and one can just imagine audiences in Japan laughing their asses off at the sight of these creatures. Sadly, there isn't much else worthy of kudos. At best, the people behind this at least deserve kudos for that. Granted, the female nudity is brief, and the gore is mostly of the "found a severed limb" variety, but it was more than other such movies were presenting. Oh, and there's some s#!t involving a scientist and a hot girl, but I really didn't care about that.Īs I said, "Legend" tends to offer a few things that other kaiju films of the time didn't offer, namely gore and nudity. To make matters worse, a Rhamphorhynchus also comes into play, and as will happen in these movies, a fight's going to break out. The story deals with an egg that hatches, and unleashes a none too friendly Plesiosaur, who has taken a liking to munching on the citizens. That's what they tried to do with this movie. That's what Toei studios was probably saying upon preparing for "Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds." Godzilla and his palsenemies were on vacation and had become too beloved, Gamera was for the kids, and you can forget about another Gappa or Dogora movie (especially the former.) When was a studio going to make a kaiju flick for a more grown-up audience? Granted, there already was one of sorts with "The Last Dinosaur", and there would be another with next year's "The Bermuda Depths", but how about something with a little "oomph factor" that others seemed to lack? You know, exploitable elements. |
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