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Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

A really so-so entry in the Kaiju epics of Toho. Filled with a really likeable cast, this movie is hurt by uninspired monster suits, and really for a Toho, poor special effects. Made after the expert Tsuburaya passed away, the crew that did this didn't do that great of a job. Also known as Yog, Monster From Space, it's easy to see why none of these creations showed up in any other Kaiju films.

A space parasite takes control of an unmanned probe to Jupiter, steering it back to Earth. Splash landing in the Pacific, the interstellar being proceeds to take over the local marine life, growing it to monstrous proportions, starting with an octopus (Gezora), followed by a crab (Ganimes), and finally, a turtle (Kameba). The extraterrestrial's intention is to conquer the world (what else?). Trying to stop the alien and its massive monsters are a group of people planning to build a resort on a nearby island.I'm rather partial to a giant monster movie, so you would think my enjoyment would be threefold with Space Amoeba, which features not just one, but a trio of oversized kaiju. That, however, is not the case. The story is a pedestrian mix of nonsense that we have seen before in earlier Toho movies, and the monster action is uninspired: endless flailing rubber limbs, screeching, and trashing of native villages, all of which is very repetitive and ultimately rather boring.The film is also extremely ridiculous in places: Gezora walks upright on its tentacles (because making it slither would have been too difficult); the islanders conveniently find guns, explosives and gasoline in an old cabin; two of our plucky visitors decide to go diving despite the presence of a colossal killer octopus; and the naturalist in the group somehow works out how to defeat the monsters (which he correctly hypothesises are being controlled by creatures from outer space) using bats! While this silliness might be enough for some, I found the whole thing tiresome.

An unmanned space capsule plummets back to earth carrying an unwelcome visitor in the form of a glowing, amoeba-like invader. In short order, the alien menace inhabits a cuttle fish (a type of squid), a turtle and a crab. Naturally as this is a kaiju, the animals grow to enormous size and attack a small tropical island where our heroes are planning to build a luxury hotel. Bad choice. Happily, mother nature has a secret weapon against the invaders, sonic waves created by dolphins and bats, which are plentiful on the island.As the 70's dawned, director Ishiro Honda wanted to do something different from the Godzilla movies and this was it. On the plus side, it is really different and I felt the monsters were well done. Also, the remote island setting is effective and there are some impressive special effects, along with a terrific musical score by Akira Ifukube. The version in the original Japanese is much better than the dubbed version and adds to the fun. If you like to watch terrified people battling enormous creatures made of rubber (I confess I get a kick out of it), you could do much worse than this. Colorful and fast paced, for those who enjoy kaiju.

When I rented this movie I thought this would be a low budget, rubber monster type, bad acting movie you would see on a late late late show. All of that is true, but the movie plot and situation was kind of interesting.Yog changes into three different giant size monsters, but Yog is more of a blue mist that takes control of the host. The side story with the space mission is very interesting as well and merges well with the rest of the story. This story also has the cutest oriental woman I have ever seen which kept my attention. But without her, I would still be watching the movie finding out how it turns out.This movie was a surprise to see and I did enjoy the film very much.