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.
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't agree with that at all. It's enjoyable but it's nowhere near as profound as the first film or as fun as many 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'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've seen in any of the movies I've watched. All of the Godzilla scenes are enjoyable, particularly the fight scenes. I confess to never getting the appeal of Mothra but I'm probably in the minority on that.
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't agree with that at all. It's enjoyable but it's nowhere near as profound as the first film or as fun as many 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'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've seen in any of the movies I've watched. All of the Godzilla scenes are enjoyable, particularly the fight scenes. I confess to never getting the appeal of Mothra but I'm probably in the minority on that.