"Gamera The Brave" is kind of a sideways step helmed by Ryuta Tasaki who continues the overall technical quality of the 3 previous Gamera films but also gears this movie far more towards the younger market with children the primary characters instead of adults. Kaneko inventively updated the Gamera series with far more mature themes and a high level of technical artistry previously absent from the often cloyingly childish Gamera series. This movie follows the artistically successful reboot of the otherwise goofy 60's-70's Gamera giant flying turtle films helmed by Shusuke Kaneko through 3 movies in the '90s. Obviously, this kind of movie will likely appeal to those who have a fondness for the old fashioned Japanese man-in-suit "Kaiju" giant monster genre so I'm directing my comments to those that already have some familiarity with the subject. I previously bought this as the pricey import 2 dvd disc Japanese release when it first came out on home video in Japan so I was familiar with the movie. Picked this one up late last week and watched it last night.
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