THE LAST DINOSAUR (1977)
I just got back from seeing Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. And last night, I watched a goofy tokusatsu spectacle that no one cares about. Which film should I review? Better question - which film do you think I'm going to review? Realistically, what could I say about the latest chapter in Legendary's monsterverse that you couldn't predict with infallible accuracy? It's basically a WWE pay-per-view. You know I dug it. What you may not know is that Rankin-Bass took a break from seasonal stop-motion animation in the mid-70's to copilot a kaiju picture starring Richard Boone as a creepy, eccentric big game hunter who winds up foraging for provisions on a remote strip of land in the Pacific. Or the Atlantic. Either way, he tracks down a T-Rex. Man-in-a-suit shenanigans ensue.
Aren't you glad I decided to tackle The Last Dinosaur? Is it too late to switch reviews mid-stream? Nevermind. I'll trudge forward. If this audit is anything like the film on offer, it should be a jaunty footslog. There is plenty of beastie-wrangling action to behold. The special effects are perfectly acceptable, considering the bantam budget. This was originally headed for a theatrical release, but it was thrown to ABC at the last minute. More on the dinosaur suit...it was later repurposed for Dinosaur War Aizenborg, a TV series that combined anime with miniature set destruction. I can wholeheartedly recommend The Last Dinosaur if you enjoyed 1960's Dinosaurus! or 1974's The Land That Time Forgot. I can also recommend Godzilla x Kong, but that goes without saying.
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