646f9e108c A greedy developer unwittingly hatches a gigantic baby moth upon Tokyo, while Godzilla strikes once again. A hurricane blows Mothra&#39;s egg off Infant Island and causes it to drift to Japan. Banzo Torhata sees an opportunity to make money off the egg but Mothra&#39;s twin priestesses show up and plead with him to return the egg or else the larva will hatch and cause great damage in search of food. Torahata refuses and tries to kidnap the fairies. They then go to reporters Ichiro Sakai and Junko Nakanishi to try to persuade Torahata to return the egg. Torahata still refuses and the girls leave with the adult Mothra. In the meantime Godzilla reawakens and begins another rampage. Japan&#39;s only hope is for Mothra to return and not only save her unhatched offspring, but Japanwell. This routine entry in the GODZILLA series has far too much human intrigue and far too little of the monster-bashing we&#39;ve all come to love. Scenes of giant monsters trashing some cardboard cities, which came to be a staple of these Japanese fantasy films, are few on the ground here and the ones which do occur are rather uninspired. Godzilla, the baddie again this time around, makes for a couple of large pylons and buildings and knocks them down, but even these simple acts are half-hearted affairs.<br/><br/>The human side of this film is more interesting than most; concerningsuch some greedy villains who plan to make money from the arrival of a giant egg and the good-natured reporters (there&#39;s a turn-up for the books) who just want to return it to the rightful keepers. Suffice to say the villains get their bloody comeuppance and the reporters turn out to be the film&#39;s heroes, convincing Mothra to come and help. There&#39;s stuff for the children thrown in here (singing fairies) along with a few moments of grief, plenty of action, and questioning of nuclear warfare the likes of which we hadn&#39;t seen since 1954&#39;s GODZILLA.<br/><br/>The acting is pretty good all round and there are only a few howlers with the English dubbing. The special effects are excellent for this type of film, with the final battle of the titans looking aboutconvincingit could be with the special effects used. This is an excellent film for the kidsit has plenty of morals and things to say about human naturewellthe fun value. It&#39;s decent and good-natured too. Incidentally, this is probably one of the most well-made of the series that I&#39;ve seen, only let down by a lack of action which is far outweighed by the lengthy dialogue scenes. When a giant egg washes up on the beach after a hurricane, a greedy businessman takes possession of it. Then two tiny fairy twins show up declaring the egg must be returned to its mother, the giant moth appropriately called Mothra. The businessman refuses to give back the egg. Then Godzilla shows up wrecking havoc again and it looks like the only hope for Japan stopping the monster may be Mothra and its unhatched children.<br/><br/>I am not a hardcore Godzilla fan but I have read many reviews here that claim this to be the best Godzilla sequel. Some even call it the best Godzilla film altogether! I can&#39;t agree with that at all. It&#39;s enjoyable but it&#39;s nowhere nearprofoundthe first film orfunmany of the campy monster rally sequels. The returning silly fairy twins from the first Mothra film and the cartoonish greedy businessman villain automatically disqualify it from being considered better than the original Godzilla. Still, it&#39;s an entertaining Japanese giant monster movie. The music is great and special effects are pretty good. This has one of the best Godzilla suits I&#39;ve seen in any of the movies I&#39;ve watched. All of the Godzilla scenes are enjoyable, particularly the fight scenes. I confess to never getting the appeal of Mothra but I&#39;m probably in the minority on that.
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