I watched Space Amoeba before the following poll ended with The Host winning which I'm looking forward to watching tonight. I really like the TokyoShock Space Amoeba dvd. Excellent picture quality, great sound, and extras to boot. I watched the subtitled version.
The opening music is definitely unique. Kind of a mix of island music and a laboratory experiment, which fits.
The first time I ever saw this movie was about a year and a half ago via a criminally small dimensioned MP4 file. I bought the dvd very soon after watching. I don't remember this movie *ever* playing on tv when I was a kid. Every time I've watched it since I have always appreciated how much monster screen time there is. I know the kid me would have *loved* this even more than I do now, just for all the monster action.
So I want to talk about Gezora. While watching this time, I found myself trying to find the suit actor's actual feet in the tentacles. You know, it's actually not that easy, which is a credit to the suit actor and the creature design.
Out of the three monsters, Gezora is definitely my favorite. However, I'm still not sold on wanting to own a figure of him. All these creatures are just too.....ordinary? That's not the right word, is it? They're supposed to be giant sized versions of everyday creatures on the island, and on that the filmmakers have highly succeeded. Imo, there's just something missing that puts these monsters on the same level as other Toho kaiju despite how technically brilliant and executed they are.