The Japanese werent the only ones making giant monster movies.
We owe it a lot.
King Kong(1933)
What can be said aboutKing Kongthat hasnt already been said?
Kong himself while an overgrown ape and less a strange beast is one of cinemas iconic giant monsters.
Remade poorly in 1976and decently (by Peter Jackson) in 2005.
One of the best sci-fi films of the 1950s.
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Which is a lot of people.
The movie also engenders a much better sense of melodrama and believability than the standard rampaging-monster destruction fest.
Easily one of the best monster movies of its time,Gorgois ready to be re-appreciated.
It also didnt help that his Godzilla resembled an iguana more than the towering beast of the Japanese series.
Still, its got real scope and Del Toros love of the genre shines through from time to time.
Godzilla himself attains the awe and grandeur that he deserves, all 400 feet of him.
