Mothra’s music theme HAS to be the most iconic one. It gives me such a goosebumps every single time. The way they sing it to worship her as a deity... it’s fucking peak. Under this song, Mothra feels like something truly majestic and divine, not just another giant monster. She has this aura of greatness that’s hard to explain.

This version of the tiny twins is hands down my favorite. Everything about them, from their character to their costume design, is just so simple yet perfect, tbh, I think their designs in the later movies tend to overplay their role a bit too much, but here they hit the perfect balance

The film is a bit slower than I’d like, and it doesn't have that dark edge of the early kaiju films, but maybe it doesn’t even need it. As the start of Mothra's legacy, it’s beautiful.

Mothra’s music theme HAS to be the most iconic one. It gives me such a goosebumps every single time. The way they sing it to worship her as a deity... it’s fucking peak. Under this song, Mothra feels like something truly majestic and divine, not just another giant monster. She has this aura of greatness that’s hard to explain.

This version of the tiny twins is hands down my favorite. Everything about them, from their character to their costume design, is just so simple yet perfect, tbh, I think their designs in the later movies tend to overplay their role a bit too much, but here they hit the perfect balance

The film is a bit slower than I’d like, and it doesn't have that dark edge of the early kaiju films, but maybe it doesn’t even need it. As the start of Mothra's legacy, it’s beautiful.

I think there’s a really really good hour and 20 minute long movie in here somewhere but there’s a whole extra 20 minutes worth of footage sprinkled throughout that makes this boring as hell in the second half.

I think there’s a really really good hour and 20 minute long movie in here somewhere but there’s a whole extra 20 minutes worth of footage sprinkled throughout that makes this boring as hell in the second half.

America could really use a Mothra right now.

America could really use a Mothra right now.

Final line of Film: “The End”
Streaming service: YouTube
Acting: 5/10
Script: 5/10
Cinematography: 4/10
Movie title said: Yes

Unfortunately I had to watch the English dub. Why are the actors putting on stereotypical Asian accents?

Final line of Film: “The End”
Streaming service: YouTube
Acting: 5/10
Script: 5/10
Cinematography: 4/10
Movie title said: Yes

Unfortunately I had to watch the English dub. Why are the actors putting on stereotypical Asian accents?

Mothra is an absolute icon!!!!!! I love her design, I love the pure artistry of the Mothra puppet, I love the ending, and I love this movie!!!! The pure craftsmanship on display here is simply astonishing, from the spectacular production design, miniatures, and of course the aforementioned Mothra puppet that is so beautiful and colorful and amazing. This whole movie is quite vibrant and filled to the brim with pretty colors, which makes sense because it’s from the 60s. But where this movie is truly fantastic is its symbolism and overall message. It’s all about capitalism, and subsequently the greed associated with it, and how it conflicts with and sometimes even decimates other cultures in the name of profit. For instance, a businessman kidnaps natives from the island where Mothra is from and this is what drives Mothra to go on a rampage of destruction. It’s not like Mothra wants to kill people or destroy cities, she does what she does because she is on a mission to save her people. There’s a lot of interesting topics going on here from the effects of nuclear testing to how colonialism has created the world of today and its so cool because this is a monster movie and I love that it has these deep meanings hidden within it. But anyway, instead of trying to understand the culture and traditions of the natives, the greedy businessmen merely capitalize off of them and it leads to a lot of problems including multiple cities being destroyed. It’s a metaphor and a powerful one at that. The ending is great and I love that the newspaper guys were the ones who understood Mothra all the way through!! This is an impressive movie and even though I wish it had some more action set pieces and scenes involving Mothra post-cocoon, it’s still a fun watch and one of the better Kaiju movies to come out after the original Godzilla in 1954.

Mothra is an absolute icon!!!!!! I love her design, I love the pure artistry of the Mothra puppet, I love the ending, and I love this movie!!!! The pure craftsmanship on display here is simply astonishing, from the spectacular production design, miniatures, and of course the aforementioned Mothra puppet that is so beautiful and colorful and amazing. This whole movie is quite vibrant and filled to the brim with pretty colors, which makes sense because it’s from the 60s. But where this movie is truly fantastic is its symbolism and overall message. It’s all about capitalism, and subsequently the greed associated with it, and how it conflicts with and sometimes even decimates other cultures in the name of profit. For instance, a businessman kidnaps natives from the island where Mothra is from and this is what drives Mothra to go on a rampage of destruction. It’s not like Mothra wants to kill people or destroy cities, she does what she does because she is on a mission to save her people. There’s a lot of interesting topics going on here from the effects of nuclear testing to how colonialism has created the world of today and its so cool because this is a monster movie and I love that it has these deep meanings hidden within it. But anyway, instead of trying to understand the culture and traditions of the natives, the greedy businessmen merely capitalize off of them and it leads to a lot of problems including multiple cities being destroyed. It’s a metaphor and a powerful one at that. The ending is great and I love that the newspaper guys were the ones who understood Mothra all the way through!! This is an impressive movie and even though I wish it had some more action set pieces and scenes involving Mothra post-cocoon, it’s still a fun watch and one of the better Kaiju movies to come out after the original Godzilla in 1954.