Other than Gigan (and maybe Se Monster), I'd call those movies "kitschy" rather than "campy." The strange, silly and over-the-top elements weren't being used (as far as I can tell) in a particularly self-aware or tongue-in-cheek way in Astro Monster or Megalon.PitchBlackProgress wrote:It really didn’t though and I’d know, my favorite films are the more campy Showa ones like Astro Monster, Sea Monster, Gigan and Megalon, it’s all about execution and Final Wars did an ass job at conveying anything.Grievous wrote:I"campiness" & it worked if you liked camp.PitchBlackProgress wrote:They really try too hard to push the “coolness” factor in this movie and it just does not work…
I'm willing to give Final Wars the benefit of the doubt and say maybe it was crafted with camp as the intent, though I still think it did a pretty lousy job of it, and the movie doesn't actually seem to have anything to express through that camp tone.