NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

a_chinn I quite liked this non-Godzilla kaiju picture. A group of reporters find a baby monster they call Gappa, which they take back to Japan. Unfortunately these reporters never learned that you don't play with bear cubs because momma bear will come an maul you, because the momma and papa Gappa come to Japan and wreak havoc to find their offspring. Although the characters are all standard issue and not all that interesting or well developed, the humor is actually funny at times and there is a TON of kaiju monster movie destruction throughout the film, which is my main complaint about most kaiju pictures, that they make you wait until the end for a good monster fight. Released by Nikkatsu, this was their only kaiju picture (with terrific special effects by a former Toho SFX artist) and they unfortunately went out of business shortly thereafter. I'd have loved to see what else they would have come up with if they'd stayed in business.

jacobjohntaylor1 I do not know why this got a 3.9. It is a 7. It is just very underrated. I think there are to many sciences fiction that underrated and this is one of them. This movie has a great story line. It also has great acting. It is very scary. It is scarier then The silence of lambs could ever be. This is scarier then A Nightmare on elm street and that is not easy to do. This is scarier the Friday the 13th V a new beginning and that is not easy to do. This is scarier the Halloween resurrection could ever be. If you like monster movies then you should see this movie.

Rainey Dawn Monster from a Prehistoric Planet (a.k.a. Daikyoju Gappa/Gappa the Triphibian Monsters) is a fairly fun film. We all know not to expect to much from a film like this. Just do not go into watching it with high hopes of thinking this movie is going to be as good as the "Godzilla" franchise because it is not.The movie really is not all that bad for the type of film it is... but it does lack the glamor and appeal of the iconic monster "Godzilla". These Gappas or "stupid lizard birds" (to quote the film) are more like "Godzilla" on a mild day - they cannot hold a candle to the beloved "Godzilla".If you do decide to watch this film, just watch it for joy/pleasure - to relax and watch some mindless fun nonsense.2/10

siderite I've seen a lot of Japanese giant monster movies and most of them are terrible. Daikyojû Gappa, or Monster from a Prehistoric Planet as it was translated into English, is no exception. The monsters are flying sea creatures (yeah, it makes a lot of sense) that are clearly men dressed in cheap suits and plastic masks, fly faster than airplanes, breath fire and are pretty upset because people stole their baby, with which they can communicate electromagnetically.There is a bit of fun to be had when you see these people moving around the set and destroying plaster cities, but the enjoyment is limited. The English voice over is a bit funnier, but also not much. A total bore overall.