Jeremy Urquhart is a writer at Collider who focuses on the Godzilla series, the films of Martin Scorsese, and anything in the action genre.
Giant monsters have been a part of movies for almost as long as cinema as an art form has been around. People like to see creatures of staggering size stomp around, destroying cities and/or fighting other big monsters, and such sights are the main reason to enjoy kaiju movies. Films that focus on giant monsters like Godzilla, Gamera, or King Kong can be considered titles within the kaiju genre.
✕ Remove Ads As for Starro, it’s a giant alien creature that looks roughly like a starfish, only it towers above buildings in a way that’s far from reminiscent of traditional starfish. If Starro was in the movie more, maybe The Suicide Squad would classify as a kaiju film in part, but the sudden appearance in the final act does mean there’s ultimately just a sprinkling of kaiju sensibilities added to The Suicide Squad, and that’s all it ends up needing, really.
As such, the titular Smaug kind of overstays his welcome, but he is pretty cool-looking at first, being even bigger than most dragons you might see in your average fantasy flick. He has a size that rivals some versions of Godzilla and the like, plus he can fly, breathe fire, and talk to those far smaller than he is. No one would call The Desolation of Smaug a kaiju film by any means, but the titular giant monster is a moderately neat one nonetheless.
✕ Remove Ads Unlike most giant monsters, the rancor is contained within a relatively claustrophobic location that’s like an underground arena of sorts, and one which Luke Skywalker is dropped into with the idea that he won’t survive.
✕ Remove Ads Clash of the Titans features numerous monsters, but the Kraken is the biggest and perhaps the most impressive as a result, with the special effects used making it look as though it absolutely towers over any puny humans it shares the frame with. For what it’s worth, the less-than-great 2010 take on Clash of the Titans also has a fairly impressive take on the Kraken, but no one’s topping Harryhausen.
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