I'm a super fan of the early Ultraman era, it marked my childhood. Both the "Ultraman" (1966-1967) series, whose protagonist was Shin Hayata, and "Return of Ultraman" (1971-!972), with the giant hero's body passing to Hideki Gô's responsibility. Even as an adult, I watched it several times.
When I saw the first teasers of this new film appearing, I was very excited, it reminded me a lot of this nostalgic Ultraman of yesteryear, very different from the modern Ultraman of the last decades, it seemed that I would meet my favorite childhood hero again (along with Batman). Mistake, what a crappy movie.
In addition to being poorly done (okay, Ultraman has always been poorly done), the script is confusing and bad, the soundtrack is terrible, and the film can't decide between ancient and modern Ultraman, it doesn't fit anywhere. The resemblance to the original Ultraman exists in appearance and appearance alone, that's all, everything else is completely lost.
All of this would be acceptable if only it were a good movie in every other respect, but no, nothing is saved. Anything. Real crap.
I rate it 3 out of 10 for Ultraman's nostalgic look alone. The film takes 0 out of 10.
When I saw the first teasers of this new film appearing, I was very excited, it reminded me a lot of this nostalgic Ultraman of yesteryear, very different from the modern Ultraman of the last decades, it seemed that I would meet my favorite childhood hero again (along with Batman). Mistake, what a crappy movie.
In addition to being poorly done (okay, Ultraman has always been poorly done), the script is confusing and bad, the soundtrack is terrible, and the film can't decide between ancient and modern Ultraman, it doesn't fit anywhere. The resemblance to the original Ultraman exists in appearance and appearance alone, that's all, everything else is completely lost.
All of this would be acceptable if only it were a good movie in every other respect, but no, nothing is saved. Anything. Real crap.
I rate it 3 out of 10 for Ultraman's nostalgic look alone. The film takes 0 out of 10.