SYNOPSIS:
Nine years old Tsutomu discovers a strange glowing red stone
with the power to make wishes come true, but the meanest bully
in school uses it to create a gigantic, evil monster, Now
Tsutomu can realize his own heart’s desire to meet his
hero, Agent Gamu of the XIG Team, the human alter ego of the
mighty Ultraman Gaia! The skyscraper-sized silver and red
superhero takes on a growing army of monster with the aid
of Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna, pitting this intrepid
trio of good guys against the forces of darkness in the blistering
battle over the future of Earth!
MOVIE REVIEW
This Ultraman
movie, better known as “Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman
Dyna & Ultraman Gaia: The Great Decisive Attack of Super-Time
& Space” when is was released in Japan is the third
movie installment of non traditional red & silver Ultraman
franchise. The amazing part is that amidst so many Ultraman
movies, this movie is still able to approach the standard
Ultraman movie with a refreshing new angle.
Using
the concept of Gulliver’s Travels, this movie tells
the tale of Ultraman Gaia traveling across time and dimension
into another world that is very different from his world.
In this new world, his duty as a gigantic superhero is a popular
children program and he soon realized that he was being summoned
by his young number one fan, Tsutomu (or Tommy if you are
listening to the English Soundtracks) with the help of a certain
dubious red ball. It’s also not hard to figure out that
in the wrong hands, this red ball could also summon gigantic
monsters.
This film
should appeal to the young children as the bulk of this movie
focus on Tsutomu and his adventures in meeting his cartoon
hero. Just imagine how grand it would be for a child to finally
meet his idol and it’s not hard to see it will spark
the young audience’s imagination as they relate to Tsutomu’s
character.
And as
usual, this Ultraman movie (like many children cartoon and
programs) is packed with morals education. Beside the usual
persisting and enduring through hardship, this movie also
attempts to educate that there is no boundaries to greed and
one should be careful with what he or she wishes for. Hopefully
this will detract older viewers from thinking that Ultraman
movies are filled with nothing but violence and mayhem.
Speaking
of violence, there will be your usual gigantic fights in the
city in this movie. The Japanese original title will indicate
the number of Ultramen that will be making an appearance in
this movie but like it’s predecessor (Ultraman Dyna),
the other two only make a mere cameo appearance in the end
and this is a strictly Gaia’s movie. Sadly compare to
the other Ultraman’s movies, the only inspiring fight
sequence in this movie belongs to the last fight where it
features a battle royal among the monsters and super trio
which took place in space, earth and underwater.
Ultraman
Gaia is a kid movie and from an adult’s point of view,
it’s laden with weak character’s motivation and
plot holes that almost as big as Ultraman’s pants. It’s
unlikely that the adult will be as entertain as a child but
then again, it’s a good dvd to reach for while babysitting
or a birthday present for 9 years old and below.
SPECIAL FEATURES :
NIL
AUDIO/VISUAL:
This movie comes in 2.0 Dolby Japanese, English, Chinese and
Malay audio options with English, Chinese and Bahasa subtitles.
Between the English and Chinese audio options, the Chinese
audio came across as more professional and natural. But of
course, the original Japanese soundtrack is the recommended
option to watch this movie in. Some nitpicks for the English
subtitle was that there were some misspell words but other
than that, it’s basically comprehensible for Non Japanese
speaker.
MOVIE RATING:
 
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by Ultra Fan Gicka
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