Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

Man, I'm SO glad I made a point to go see Death Kappa last night - I loved it! It was wacky, yes, and poked fun at everything, but I could feel just how much the filmmakers love the genre. It was the little things I loved - for example, all of the classic sound effects they used! I spotted too many to count. ^_^

I loved Hangyolas' design and his entire sequence, though I do wish there was a little more destruction. It was still a great homage (and parody!) of the classic films, IMO, and I loved every second of it. ^_^

I, for one, am definitely picking up the DVD this fall!

To the people who hate Death Kappa: Do you also dislike Monster X attacks the G8 summit? I absolutely can not stand the latter one and want to know if Death Kappa's roughly the same terrain.

And I'm one of the few, who LOVE Godzilla vs. Megalon btw...

Is this film just a bunch of jokes or is it a film that has a lot of things borrowed from old Kaiju films? The latter I can deal with and looking forward too. If its just one stupid joke after another and is distracting and makes the whole thing look way too dumb then i will not be pleased at all. I hate when people try and do this sort of thing and end up trying too hard so that it looks like they are trying to make a parody and be funny but that's not what they were aiming for. The audience thinks that they were but they weren't.

I saw DEATH KAPPA a couple of weeks ago. I knew beforehand that the film was made on a VERY tight budget and was intentionally over-the-top, and had adjusted my expectations accordingly.

Even so, this movie is awful. I have no problems with a low budget or a comedic treatment of the subject, but the most basic rules and techniques of filmmaking seemed to have been tossed out the window here... the editing, performances, and storytelling are terrible. DEATH KAPPA is a strong contender for the worst daikaiju film I have ever seen. Based on my first viewing (and I'm in no rush to sit through it again) it's worse than MONSTER X STRIKES BACK, and I thought MONSTER X was pretty bad.

As someone who finds Godzilla: Final Wars very entertaining, I'll still give this movie a shot.

KPA ....perfect review of that joke of a film......

It is a sloppy job of a film ...There is a couple of must have that films like that need to have ...just a example ....impressive first appearence of the monsters of main stars....Neirther Death Kappa or its opponent....the introduction of HYangiras or whatever his name is sooooooooo boring its incredible.

A good parody is based good on observation of the real thing ...this is what GEHARA does with class ...it is toungue in cheek but it hits the mark perfectly ...
This film and MONSTER X STRIKES BACK misses the nail on every try ...
WAY OFF and ambarassing...

But between the 2 ...At least MONSTER X has a superb Guilala costume and a few decent scene...THe same idea with a better director and it could have been a fine comedy and fun monsters movie.

To THE FLAME......I m a programmer of the FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL in Montreal...Japanese science fiction films has been my passion since the age of 8...Every year I try to program every J SCFI I can ....And since 1996 I ve programmed over 25 Japanese kaiju films...
I ve decided to say NO to those 2 films because they are a diservice to the genre. There is a crowd in Montreal that comes and pay their tickets to see good films in that genre...And it is my resposability to keep them happy and coming back for more.....

A convention like G-Fest would be more appropriate because its hard core fans who wants to see everything anyway...
I myself is such a Guilala (the creature) fan that I was happy to see him back though very disapointed by the farce he was in ....

WANT TO SEE GOOD OLD STYLE DAIKAIJU??? WATCH ULTRAMAN films and series ...they are the last it its kind