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Is there a movie from childhood that still holds a special place with you?
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I enjoyed a variety of television and movies with my family when I was a little one, but I think the ones that give me the biggest warm fuzzies are Godzilla and other kaiju movies, like Gamera and Mothra.
My dad and I used to watch them together. The silliness of the rubber suits undercut the scariness of the destruction (poor Tokyo--destroyed over and over again). We'd sit together eating popcorn, laughing and fascinated in turn. Mom would tease us about our bad taste in movies. I have very fond memories of those Saturday afternoons, still in my pajamas after lunch, sitting with my dad, cheering for monsters.
I still love kaiju movies to this day. In fact, I'm now sharing that love with the next generation. A local theatre is bringing all these old films to the big screen again as part of Kaiju-Quest and we try never to miss one!
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Godzilla has been reinterpreted and rebooted many times, and through this movie series I'm getting a new view into the craft, politics, and philosophy that underpin these monster flicks. Of all of them we've been the cinema to watch, I think my favorite was Destroy All Monsters! I suspect it's because so many of the monsters were together in a single film. It almost felt like a family reunion (though there's less destruction of landscape at MY family reunions).
I sat and watched Godzilla once with my granddaughter in the school holidays. It's not the type of film I would usually watch, although my granddaughter liked it I think.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, I've never seen these, they do look and sound pretty awesome though.
ReplyDeleteI could never sit still long enough as a kid to watch Godzilla and other similar movies. But the names are part of geek lore.
ReplyDeleteI think of those as scary movies - mild I know compared to some but scary movies scare me and I avoid them. My daughter adores them. Tweeted.
ReplyDeleteI might of on movie version of Godzilla but I don't know which one.
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