Giant Dinosaurs vs Three Headed Dragon

So my daughter wants to be a dragon when she grows up. Being a supportive father, I am not about to stifle her dreams. After all, one of three things is going to happen. She will eventually understand that this is a physical impossibility, I will realize that she knows this and is not actually serious or she will, in fact, become a dragon and that will be totally awesome. Not to mention probably saving me from a significant post-secondary burden. The actual financial repercussions of rearing a dragon-daughter will have to be addressed as necessary.

In her defense, this is not the only option developing within her 7-year-old mind. Her secondary choices at this point are paleontologist or pizza delivery driver. Given the choice between delivery service and dragon I admit I am more apt to encourage dragon.

Kookoo, like many children her age, has a fascination with dinosaurs and since dragons are basically cooler, modified dinosaurs the connection just makes sense. I may have had something to do with this since when the option of dressing up Barbies or destroying lego cities with dinosaurs is on the table, I am most likely to pick the dinosaurs.

Of course this is all to my wife's chagrin as our house is now littered with prehistoric creatures which she considers hazardous. However, when Kookoo aces that dinosaur unit in grade 2 who will be the wiser? It's science, baby!

Don't get me wrong. I do play Barbies with Little Sweetie as she does not share this dinosaur fascination with her sister. Interestingly, Little Sweetie has no Ken for her Barbie so when it comes time to play wedding, Terry the Pterodactyl is often the groom.

Surprisingly there are few cinematic achievements which combine both dinosaurs and dragons within their storyline so for our movie night event the obvious choice had to be....Godzilla vs. Monster Zero.

This epic men-in-rubber-monster-suits movie from 1965 has always been one of my childhood favourites. In this silly sci-fi classic, aliens from Planet X enlists Earth's help in saving their planet from the destructive rampage of Monster Zero, who actually turns out to be King Ghidorah, a three-headed dragon who breaths lightning. Who could be better to save them than a couple of giant dinosaurs named Godzilla and and his big bird pal, Rodan? What could possibly go wrong? Without spoiling it for you, there is a spectacular plot twist mid-way that you will not see coming. Well...you probably will.

If you are only familiar with the recent big-budget Hollywood Godzilla movies where the titular dinosaur is a destructive force of nature threatening humankind, I recommend revisiting this Japanese gem. Godzilla is the good guy! Sort of. Don't worry about being confused. It doesn't really matter. And the dubbing is, of course, hilarious.

The girls had a blast watching this one, laughing hysterically as the rubber suit monsters lumbered around clumsily, dancing and kicking rocks at each other.

Little Sweetie has now renamed Barbie's husband "Rodan" and the three of us occasionally chase each other around pretending to be these monsters. Without the rock kicking of course.