Mothra kontra Godzilla

The problem with kaiju films of this era is that Ishirô Honda and his collaborators filmed at an incredibly fast pace, so adjustments to filming were necessary. This is manifested in the fact that animatronics basically disappeared, in the case of Godzilla, because it is mostly just a human costume, which doesn't look as good. There are very few shared shots with Mothra or Mothras. It's a shame because animatronics is what gives these films such incredible magic. (01.06.2014)

6) GODZILLA vs MOTHRA – ORIGINAL SHOWA SERIES 1954-1974. Of all Godzilla’s enemies, Mothra is the most fun. It has an interesting backstory (a divine origin, a mythical island, a refined appearance) and her children, her heralds and verbal contact with humanity (two little fairies in orange dresses with fur over their shoulders) always get me. Here, for the first time in the Godzilla franchise, they’re given space and use their sweet chant of "Mosuraja, Mosuraja" to convince Mothra to help humanity destroy Godzilla. What follows are many fights between Godzilla and Mothra, with humans, and with two larvae (which hatch from a giant egg washed up from the sea and hidden in a giant incubator), one of which bites Godzilla's tail and the other, hidden among the rocks ambushes him squirting a yellow gooey secretion. So, all in all, an enjoyable episode an ode to a plush moth, models of tanks, planes, helicopters, rocket launchers, and an island, all of which look like a picture in an issue of Watchtower, plus the overacting, lots of pathos and an ubiquitous serious tone :o) (09.12.2010)