Really excited to see that SMC was showing 'Godzilla vs Mothra' in high-def, settled down with a big bowl of popcorn...and a minute into the movie I was thinking WT_? Another true classic utterly destroyed in a remake. What were they thinking??? Truly terrible in every respect - acting, dialogue, cinematography, music, plot, all as bad as it gets. Don't waste your time with this piece of dreck; wait for the original, it's 1000 times better.
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It's a sequel from the 1964 one.
Come on, Franklin! It'll be a fun trip!
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Well, I did like the Cosmos' (pretty) singing. But Mortha (a pun on moth) looks like it was made out of millions of pipe cleaners...very colorful though...like a gigantic butterfly.
shareI don't understand what is so good about the 1964 one? Mothra barely does anything, and Godzilla is so weak... I much preferred this one
shareLike others have said, this isn't really a remake and isn't a bad movie at all. Definitely not the "worst" of any category. It isn't as good as the 1964 film but a good entry nonetheless. Battra was a great addition, easily the best of the newer monsters introduced in the Heisei series, along with Biollante. I love how it seemingly takes the larval Mothra hours to build that cocoon and metamorphose into a butterfly but Battra transforms in a matter of minutes.
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Well, to each their own, but I just watched this for the second time tonight (on Blu-ray) and I actually liked it even better than the first time around. In fact, I think it's one of the best of the Heisei series, with a cool Godzilla design, nice epic sweep to a lot of the visuals, above-par special effects, excellent Ifukube score, very restrained use of the little girl, and virtually none of the cutesiness or dumb humor of other G films. I'm having a hard time understanding any of your criticisms, especially since it is not a remake of the 1964 Godzilla vs. Mothra at all, which I think is one of the better Showa entries. Have you ever seen Godzilla vs. Megalon or Godzilla vs. Hedorah? Absolutely the pits.
I grew up on the Showa series and love most all of them, but I have to objectively admit that several of the Heisei and Millenium entries are better all-around movies than many of those produced in the Showa era, particularly Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus. You're entitled to your opinion, of course, but from your trashing of every aspect of it (especially Ifukube's score [!!??]) it seems like we watched two entirely different movies.