legend of the dinosaurs and monster birds

He is still an avid Godzilla buff and I still enjoy watching men in rubber suits battle.We previously spotlighted the delights of live action tokutatsu monster and superhero anime hybrid with the Dinosaur War Izenborg 4 episodes-to-compilation film “Attack Of The Super Monsters” by Tsuburaya Productions, so let’s talk about an even more obscure kaiju film, this time by Toei, with Legends Of Dinosaurs And Monster Birds, also known as Legend Of The Dinosaurs. Those hours spent watching rubber suited men slap each other around really shaped my brother and me. We don’t even get any “monster birds” until the last 20 or so minutes.Īll in all though, Legend of Dinosaurs and Monsters Birds holds a special place in my heart as it reminds me of the days when TNT had MonsterVision and TBS showed ridiculous flicks like this on a regular basis, including many Godzilla movies. And that notion, is only mocked by the disc’s packing with a huge blurb that says “HIGHEST BUDGETED TOEI FEATURE OF ITS TIME!” Yikes.

What’s more likely is that the “dino” model looked like crap and he didn’t want it to be so obvious. I would like to think that the director, Junji Kurata, was trying to pull of a Jaws effect by not giving away the beast too early. In contrast to, let’s say, a Godzilla movie, Legend of Dinosaurs and Monsters Birds is fairly gory! There’s enough lost limbs and decapitation to satisfy the Clarence Boddikers of the world, but frankly.there’s not enough monster in this monster movie. You’re running, you’re scared, there’s a monster chasing you or about to fight another crazy monster, you might as well boogie, right? This kind of soundtrack isn’t really that unusual, if not expected, from the kaiju movies of the ‘70s. There are quite a couple remarkable things about this movie, though, that I think make it worth viewing, starting with its crazy Japanese-Monster-Disco soundtrack. But I will concede that the title is truly epic, and that I am truly a nerd. What we do have are two prehistoric monsters though, a Plesiosaur and a Rhamphornycus, which aren’t true dinosaurs.

In fact, there aren't any dinosaurs or monster birds in Legend of Dinosaurs and Monsters Birds if you want to get technical. I know this poster and the movie’s title would lead you to believe there are a bunch of dinos and birds in this piece.

Legend of the dinosaurs and monster birds