Heh, it's been a while since this poor thread saw the light of day. Anyway, I just got done with my long-anticipated first viewing of
Space Amoeba, dubbed, courtesy of Amazon Prime. I guess I understand why this movie doesn't get a whole lot of discussion around here: there's really just not that much to say. It was plenty enjoyable as a dumb-fun monster adventure, but just... unremarkable. The human cast were all just sort of there, the story stumbled loosely along, doing whatever was convenient at any given time, like having weapons and gas show up every time they were needed, or the bats inexplicably circling over the kaiju whenever it would bail the humans out.
The monsters were a highlight, obviously, managing to be simultaneously generic and original. Some of their early scenes were impressive, particularly the slow, chilling underwater sequence with Gezora. Kameobas vs. Ganimes was a decent enough fight, a bit interestingly unconventional in that neither of them was humanoid/bipedal, but felt tacked on to add some spectacle to the climax.
The Yog themselves were cool, too. I agree that they made a great change of pace from the usual human-like aliens. And as an aside to those of you who played
Godzilla: Kaiju Uprising, it's really weird; I actually had no idea that Yog took control of a human and could talk to/through him in the movie. I thought I was doing something original with my version of the character, but apparently not.
Anyway, it'll probably never be a favorite of mine, but it was a fun way to kill an hour and a half, and I'm glad I finally saw it.
"Stop wars and no more accidents. I guess that's all I can ask." -Akio
