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| Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964); Back to the basics | |
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| Topic Started: Jun 12 2010, 12:01 PM (37 Views) | |
| Zandrax | Jun 12 2010, 12:01 PM Post #1 |
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STARRING: Haruo Nakajima, Katsumi Tezuka, Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yu Fujiki, Emi Itō, Yumi Itō, Yoshifumi Tajima, Kenji Sahara, Jun Tazaki DIRECTOR: Ishiro Honda WRITER: Shinichi Sekizawa STUDIO: Toho RUNTIME: 89 mins. RATED: G OFFICIAL HZ CINEMA SCORE: ****  TONS better. King Kong vs. Godzilla is all around a pretty bad movie because it was a comedy re-edited to be more sci-fi. Many monster films have bad scripts with lousy acting/dubbing, and effects that were bad even in their time. That is not the case with this film. This actually has a pretty good script, and the effects only look dated now. I think it is very comparable to the modern Kaiju films from the 90s and 2000s. One of the constant things about 'zilla films is Godzilla himself usually waits until at least 30 minutes or so into the picture before actually showing up. This one is no exception, and it's more like halfway through the picture before he makes his first appearance. But since the movie concentrates on the giant Mothra egg, there is a strong plot device to keep us interested. The main part of the first act is the appearance of a giant egg after a hurricane. This is of course a Mothra egg, and Mothra (being, you know, a moth) doesn't live very long. This egg is to be its replacement. The natives of the now obligatory nearby primitive island demand that the egg be returned. Greedy marketers want to use the egg to make money (one of the few similarities from the previous film that stays and actually works is human greed causing conflicts) and try to keep it in Japan. Cue Godzilla, who had been swept up in the hurricane and was buried amongst a bunch of other ships and debris. He climbs out of the ground and starts wreaking havoc. I think you can guess the rest of the movie from here. Mothra comes in to save the day, and the last quarter of the movie is a big fight. However, unlike KKvG this is a well planned out and directed fight. No arm flapping. Another thing I've noticed is Toho reuses a lot of the same actors, but has them in different roles. Maybe it's just a custom they have or had in those days. But Westerners like us would expect the same actors to be playing the same characters in what would essentially be a sequel. For instance, the same actor who played Ogata in the original Gojira plays a reporter in this one. The same actor from KKvG is in this one, playing a different part. In closing, this movie is a solid 8 or 8.5 on the Giant Monster scale. It's entertaining, and is mainly only campy now due to being 45 years old rather than bad film making.  "I told you G, you gotta pace yourself with that Southern Comfort stuff..." Firsts -Meeting of Mothra & Godzilla -Death of Mothra Edited by Zandrax, Jun 12 2010, 01:09 PM.
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