Godzilla Tokyo S.O.S [ゴジラ×モスラ×メカゴジラ 東京SOS] (2003)
[*Gojira tai Mosura tai Mekagojira Tōkyō SOS]
Special effects were sweet. Godzilla beating Mechagodzilla into a scrap metal. Is there anything that I wouldn't like? One of the Millennium-era movies.
(Japanese)
Visitor Q [ビジターＱ] (2001)
[*Bijitā Q]
Takashi Miike, he seems to give very mixed opinions and messages in his films... But, this was something, that I was kind of glad to witness. It was dark comedy, social commentary and it had very crooked plot.
About father who tries to make a documentary about violence and corruption of youth, but his family is not much better. We meet stranger, who just hooks up with family and is pretty okay for what is happening inside of closed doors. Includes whole bunch of taboos.
Recommended! (The beginning seems little slow, but it does not really matter, what will happen afterwards).
(Japanese)
Pulgasari (1985)
One of the most infamous kaiju/monster movies of all time. Or anything that matter. Made by the help of, kidnapped director and his wife, who escaped from the clutches of North Korean government. I think story was that, Kim Jong-il was so big fan of the Godzilla movies, that he thought, that maybe his people needed something similar.
IN THE NAME OF GREAT DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA!!!
So story goes like this. There is Korean people in agony and hunger. A big bad landlord takes all their metals/tools and food for his army. There is an old man, who rebels against the enslaving authority. He gets captured and dies. Before his death, he makes this clay(?) monster-thing.
His daughter gets this tiny statue, accidentally cuts herself, drops blood on it and it brings creature alive.
Creature eats only metal and later on joins on the side of the enslaved people. I really don't want to give anything up...
So, it has this propaganda going on, which is obvious if you know anything about the country where it came from.
Special effects are cheap, but I think, this was the "best" that they could come up with.
It really was, interesting piece about history of cinema and specially kind of history, where the country is very isolated.
Not really great movie, but check it out if you are interested!
(North-Korea)