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It's a cold, snowy night here with nothing to do, so I sat down and watched a film about a tropical island...Ebirah, Horror of the Deep!
I haven't heard it mentioned so much by fans, and I can kinda see why. It's very obvious that Godzilla's part was written for Kong. Seeing as this came out just a few months after War of the Gargantuas, I'm almost surprised they didn't just use Frankenstein (either in original "...Conquers the World" form or the "Sanda" version) and release it in '67. It would have probably been a better fit. The giant condor was pointless, and it needed much more Mothra (because IMO every film needs more Mothra).
Having said that, so many of these films are basically just sitting through the first hour trying not to get too bored while waiting for the monster fight in the third act, and this film did manage to keep me interested from the start with the boatjacking, sneaking around on the island etc. So I have to give it some credit for being 87 minutes of entertainment rather than just ten.
I haven't heard it mentioned so much by fans, and I can kinda see why. It's very obvious that Godzilla's part was written for Kong. Seeing as this came out just a few months after War of the Gargantuas, I'm almost surprised they didn't just use Frankenstein (either in original "...Conquers the World" form or the "Sanda" version) and release it in '67. It would have probably been a better fit. The giant condor was pointless, and it needed much more Mothra (because IMO every film needs more Mothra).
Having said that, so many of these films are basically just sitting through the first hour trying not to get too bored while waiting for the monster fight in the third act, and this film did manage to keep me interested from the start with the boatjacking, sneaking around on the island etc. So I have to give it some credit for being 87 minutes of entertainment rather than just ten.
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