Very best movie i ever watch

People are voting emotionally.

Good movie but grossly overrated

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Earthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.Allegedly, there is no more Korean print of this film and what circulates today is an American television print. This means we are stuck with the American dialogue rather than the original, and the editing may be quite different. Thus, we are watching (and critiquing) a film not as it was ever intended to be seen.While much of what remains is amusing, it does tend to get boring. With Godzilla it never gets old, but with Yongary we can only see him smashing things for so long before it seems like the same old thing over and over. What other tricks do we have? None?

1967, the year Japanese audiences came face to face with "Gamera vs. Gyaos" and "Son of Godzilla". However, Korea was also releasing a kaiju flick that year: "Yongary: Monster From the Deep". Following in the line of King Kong, Godzilla, Gorgo and Gamera, Yongary emerges to wreak havoc on mankind. The monster looks like your average dinosaur, nice and fearsome (quite obviously a Ceratosaurus). Oddly enough, as opposed to most monster movies, there are a significant number of people who choose to die as the monster approaches. Another plus is that the miniatures look pretty awesome in this one.Like Gorgo and Gamera, this movie gets a kick out of throwing a child into the plot. I can't say I care for him but it's still nothing compared to other tortures I've been subjugated to, like "Gamera vs. Guiron" of 1969. The characters here aren't too developed but there's some nice comedy between them. At one point a plan is forged and a government official remarks, "If it can save just one life it'll be worth it". Wow, if only governments in the real world acted on such polices right? I will say though, the scene where Yongary is killed is something akin to the 1933 King Kong death atop the Empire State Building. You actually feel for the poor dancing dinosaur, even though if it is a tad less elegant. Yongary is poisoned like a giant rat, even ends up pissing blood, what a way to go.A lot of what we see here is familiar but it's all in good fun. I find this film better than the new Yongary film, a.k.a. "Reptilian".

Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) ** (out of 4) South Korea comes under attack from a prehistoric creature (obviously looking like Godzilla) who starts to unleash violence so it's up to an overworked scientist and a small child to try and find out its secrets and destroy it. YONGARY, MONSTER FROM THE DEEP isn't a classic by any stretch of the imagination but I think fans of the "monsters-on-the-loose" genre should at least get some mild entertainment out of it. This was clearly influenced by the various Godzilla movies that were out around the time and this includes the monster itself, the story structure, the messages and of course we're even given an annoying kid who of course comes up with a few things about the monster that not even the adults could figure out. The first thirty-minutes of this thing are pretty boring as we're basically given a lot of dialogue scenes and sadly no monster. This introduction to all the human characters was just boring and frankly it was hard to sit through. I never understood why so many of these monster movies had to drag us down with these things especially when the producers knew what the people were really coming to see. Once the monster finally gets on the screen things start to pick up. I thought that the special effects were rather good for this type of film. The monster costume itself wasn't the greatest but it was good enough for a light version of Godzilla. The special effects were somewhat laughable in regards to some of the action scenes that happen towards the end. There's a sequence where Yongary must fight a couple jets and I couldn't help but laugh when he finally destroyed them. Once the jets blew up it looked like they were made out of cardboard. Another funny moment happened after Yongary split an Army vehicle in half and one of the people inside just kneels down begging the monster not to kill him. If you're looking for classic cinema then it's best to stay away from this but if you're just looking for some goofy fun then enjoy.

But you did give us a great one. Thank you.An earthquake shakes up the peninsula and it turns out a 'Seoul' version of Godzilla is to blame. Meet Youngary.Like the Japanese films, this big creature stomps cities and causes general mayhem just because. People flee and we hope they make it. So why is it different? Korea gave the cast, crew, and direction a lot more emotion. The stoic nature in Tokyo is a lot more stressed. The Koreans were allowed to free their feelings. Therefore our hearts were with them.A lot of the decor was different too. An Asia-phile would notice it more. But it was good to see a "Kan-Kokku-no" version in the monster genre.Nice job Seoul-mates. Welcome aboard.