The first "Rebirth of Mothra" was truly an interesting movie but the second incarnation is weak. All three of the little fairies: Moll, Lora and the evil Belvera return which helps this movie. Mothra is no longer just a youngster from the first but a more mature Moth with new weapons to save the Earth. The best weapon was the ability to change into an underwater Moth. She was like a "slick" looking submarine as she was swimming. Another weapon was the ability to break into little Moths, with the "battle smarts" to battle the evil creature Dagarah internally. Talk about giving someone "heartburn." Dagarah sure had a pain in his stomach. He needed to learn that swallowing your enemy is not the "best policy." The weakest part of this film was a little doll like thing called the "Ghogo." It was supposed to contain much power but this was really hard to believe if you "judge a book" by its appearance. It was so child-like that this film seemed like a "kiddie-fair" whenever you watched this creature move around.
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r-c-s27 December 2005TOHO definitely wants to go Disney again with its Mosura trilogy. Mothra meets...
* Gremlings/ghoulies because the co-star is some furby-like creature, and other small creatures are seen. * goonies because the characters are children raiding some lost underwater city seeking a treasure. * Moses, because Mosura can even part the sea. * Mortal Kombat because the neverending underwater labyrinths look like a low budget version of MK. * "the smog monster" because the main villain is a monster born out of pollution. * Gamera, because here too the evil monster (like Gyayos) is the twisted byproduct of some long lost atlantean civilization. * Indiana Jones because of the "invisible bridge" scene... plus at least another dozen movies. * the 1980's fantasy because the evil monster is say a low budget clone of the "kraken" of the Perseus 1981 movie.
It gets 6/10 compared to 8/10 of the #1 because here they try to have SFX save the day but succeed only in (minor) part...many scenes would belong more to a mid-card 1980's fantasy than to 1997.
The miniature girls look more&more like Aladin's tales genies than else, still ride the mini-mosura (Fairy/Terry, whatever ) and still deal with their evil sister-witch riding some robot mini-dragon (much less screen time for her, though ).
Mothra gets CGI-ed and turns into a flying fish. The end battle is poor even by "the lawnmower" standards.
All in all, a nice family movie for quiet evenings, provided we know what we're dealing with. -
Jss02664 September 2007First, I love the majority of Toho films. All the silly Godzilla flicks from the 70's and so on, but this film is taking it to a new level. Granted, I'll give it a 5 out of 10, but whats the deal with Mothra and all the powers it now has?....AquaMothra?...give me a break. Both creatures had too many different weapons that weren't explained nor seemed to be a dominant in battle. The effects were good, better than most films of this type, but I would have liked to see more land-based battles, because a moth in water doesn't cut it for me. Dagahra was a unique and interesting creature, so hopefully he'll appear again. After seeing the "Rebirth of Mothra", this was kind of a letdown and a little boring at the end. Hopefully Rebirth 3 is better.
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barugon8 April 2000I thought this was a really enjoyable movie, though aimed very much at kids. It reminded me of the old-style Gamera flicks, but with an important difference: the kid-heros behaved much more like real children than the insufferable brats of 60's monster movies.
However, my adult-brain has some reservations about it. Most of all, I found the inevitable "what I learned from the Monster" message appalling: the kids suggest it's best not to know too much, and much better to stay uninformed and let God straighten everything out. That's probably not the interpretation the film-makers wanted, but I thought that was what came across, loud and clear.
Another problem -- less serious and actually kind of endearing -- is the poverty of the special effects. Oh, don't get me wrong: some of the effects are first rate, especially those involving Mothra's transformations; and the matte shots are way ahead of the first "Mothra" (1996), where I found myself thinking of bad 70's sci-fi. But I've never seen more visible wire-work outside of a Full Moon picture. Otherwise impressive shots of Dagahrla streaking through the skies are ruined by the obvious cables running from its back. Then there's the Gogo, that bizarre Furby-like creature that creates miracles by peeing on things... even when you can't see the wire attached to his head, you just KNOW it's there.
Much more fun and far less ponderous than some of the later Godzilla flicks, this movie will appeal to anyone who has a lingering affection for the old Gamera movies, shortcomings and all. Just try not to think about it too much... -
TheUnknown837-131 December 2005This film was almost entirely uninteresting and boring. Throughout the time I was watching it, I considered at least five times changing the channel because I was getting so bored. But I wanted to see the movie for the monsters.
There are several reasons why I dislike this film. And the first and most main reason is the main characters. They're children! Annoying little children! Like in the Showa Gamera films. They really get on my nerves throughout the film, for the movie concentrates mostly on them and not the monsters.
But when there are monster sequences, this film will keep its viewers watching. Like your average Heisei monster film, the battles are pretty good with lots of 'beam-war' action. Maybe this is just a flaw in the English dubbing, but the antagonist, Dagahrah, I pronounced something like "Dagarlah." So, watch this movie only for the monster sequences. But if you didn't like the Heisei Godzilla fights, don't watch this movie at all. -
Well, why did we need three "Rebirth of Mothra" movies with a year in between one another? Seems a bit excessive and cashing in on the success of the Kaiju genre.
Regardless, I sat down to watch the 1997 movie "Mosura 2: Kaitei no deikessen" (aka "Rebirth of Mothra 2", just shortly after I had sat down to watch the 1996 movie "Rebirth of Mothra". Wait... Something is amiss here. The two movies were almost clones of one another, just with minor changes to them.
In both movies, Mothra is reawakened to come to fight another Kaiju that has been stirred from its slumber. First it was a three-headed reptile, then it was a winged aquatic reptile. Two miniature women ride around on a miniature Mothra and calls forth Mothra from her sleep. A group of children are drawn into the fight against their own wishes.
Yup, the 1997 movie was essentially just a clone of the 1996 movie. And that was a shame. Whereas I enjoyed the 1996 movie, seeing everything again just with a different enemy, different children, and such, didn't really do much to win me over.
That being said, if you haven't seen the 1996 "Rebirth of Mothra" movie, then you will definitely like "Rebirth of Mothra 2" - as they are essentially the same movie. But for us that have seen the previous movie, this was a bit of a shallow cash-in.
But wait, in this 1997 movie Mothra becomes fully submerged in salt water. One would think that a moth and salt water is not the best of combos. But I guess a Kaiju moth is impervious to that and survives it regardless.
There are minor changes between the 1997 and 1996 movie, but not enough to really make the two movies different. A shame really. -
OllieSuave-00712 April 2001Mothra is supposed to be a sacred winged goddess. This movie treated Mothra as if he is a razor shooting machine. The second movie in the '90s Mothra trilogy, this movie was overdone. The plot is rushed through - about three annoying kids who travel to an ancient temple in attempts to find a lost treasure to save the Earth from an evil monster Dagahra awaken from pollution, at the request of Mothra's Elias Fairies. Inside the temple, there is an invisible pathway and an ELEVATOR, which was weird considering this temple is supposed to be several thousand years old! The invisible pathway in the temple is a rip off from Star Wars/Indiana Jones, as are several other elements in the film. The girl in the movie, who loves a little monster creature named Gorgo, is very irritating and her screams bleed your ears. In addition, I don't understand why two of the kids in the film wear their school backpacks while filming their action scenes - looks pretty tiring to me. Mothra can transform into different forms like "Voltron" or the "Transformers, " which made him look overkill for a giant moth. The scene where Mothra changes into AquaMothra and "divides" itself into little flying AquaMothras while inside Dagahra's body to zap away the poisonous starfish looked just like a video game! Koichi Kawakita went overboard on the special effects in this movie, Masumi Suetani wrote an over-fantasized script and Kunio Miyoshi directed a "wasting-no-time" film. Toshiyuki Watanabe gave a pleasurable music score, though. As for Mothra, being the worshiped goddess of Infant Island as she was, has now become a zapping, dividing, and screeching machine.
Overall, a very kid-oriented film. A potential movie for a good story, but the annoying kids and the overdone effects consumed the picture.
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drngor6 June 2000This movie is the first sequel to the first solo effort following the Hesei Godzilla series. Like the first one, this movie is directed toward kids. In this movie, three kids are searching for a treasure of an underwater civilization while Mothra battles an underwater monster called Dagala, who was a product of the civilization. This movie has a very fast pace and some really good special effects. Dagala is an impressive monster as well. However, the special FX crew went way overkill on the monsters' powers. I've never seen so many different types of energy weapons from both combatants. I felt like I was watching a light show instead of kaiju fight sometimes. The underwater Mothra was also too much. This movie also contains some corny scenes (i.e. "jumping" over the chasm and the water slide scene). Overall, this movie is a fast-paced kaiju film with some good special FX and extended fight scenes. However, it does not match the epic quality that the Godzilla series reached.
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FilmExpertWannabe24 April 2011Man oh man, has Mothra become a super monster or what? Transforming into aqua modes and all, woo! I also have to give Toho credit for coming up with an original monster that looks okay. Actually, the plot isn't bad either. But I have to say this movie has some serious execution issues. They whole ancient empire is cool, as is their architecture. But the plot is totally ruined by this movie's serious pacing issues. By the middle of the movie I was antsy. I was watching it with a couple of other people, and one had simply fallen asleep. This film also slips even further into the kid-zone with the Furby looking thing and continuing with the children leads. I found this partially odd with them having become friends with a pair of grown men that they don't know. When's the last time you encouraged kids to make friends with strangers? But I guess that's missing the point.
This movie just fails to movie the needle in any real way, and since there really isn't much of anything connecting the three Mothra films, you might as well skip this one and go straight to Rebirth of Mothra III. The special effects are often unimpressive, even as kids the characters are yawn inducing, the battle scenes are only okay, and so on. -
gigan-9212 July 2011The sequel to the 1996 "Rebirth of Mothra" and like its predecessor it is a mixed bag. In all technical reasoning, this movie's characters suck more ass than the first one's. For some odd reason, the writers thought it was a good idea to mimic the 60s Gamera movies and center the film on child characters. Thing is, 60s Gamera sucked ass, so how was it in any way a good idea? In doing so the human angle is entirely botched from the start, and ruins the movie's remote chance of standing up to Godzilla. It's even more painful in the dubbed version, so please, if you can and at all just stay away from the English dubbed DVD. That means you Sony.
It's a real shame, considering almost every other aspect is done quite well. Mothra Leo is a beautiful rendition of the giant moth, and Dagahra is an impressive foe, looking pretty bad ass. The fight scenes are pretty well executed, although there's some over kill with Mothra and all those laser beams. The temple of Ninai Kanai itself is an awesome miniature and there's actually city destruction in this one. And composer Toshiyuki Watanabe is no Akira Ifukube, but the score is well done and I have to admit some moments were made truly awesome because of it. And let's not forget the final battle where (Aqua) Mothra delivers the bad-ass final blow. I enjoyed the monster scenes and special effects quite a bit, but when the monsters are not on screen I get annoyed. -
This movie is okay. As always lets star with the plot. Three kids join Mothra's priestesses on a journey to find the Lost Treasure of Nilai Kinai, an ancient lost "under-the-sea" civilization in hopes of preserving the Earth's declining environment. Pollution has unyielded the evil monster Dagahra (Who reminds me of Godzilla for some reason), a monster seemingly too powerful for Mothra to vanquish. As a result, the environment's fate lies in the hands of the Lost Treasure. (Special Thanks to Oliver Chu for the summary.) Well it isn't as ridicules as the plot to the other films in the trilogy. But still pretty damn silly. I guess this movie is trying to have some kind of save the environment theme, like GODZILLA VS HEADORAH. Which was another weird movie. Actually in this movie Dagahra is a lot like Hedorah, because of the fact that he like lives of of pollution, or some like that. Isn't that interesting. The effects in this movie are decent, better than the effects in the first movie. But still nothing special, like AVATAR or THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. The dubbing in this movie is awful. That can pretty much be expected. So all in all this is an okay movie probably better for the kids though.
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After kicking the butt of Death Ghidorah, Mothra takes on Dagarah, a creature who was genetically engineered to destroy garbage which went wrong (don't they always?). It's producing starfish-like creatures called Barem, and Mothra's the only one who can stop Dagarah before he destroys the world!
Mothra's more or less the same in this movie (apart from the final battle). The same beam weapons as before, but gets a colour change courtesy of the healing powers of Ghogo.
Dagarah's an odd one. It's original, I'll give it that, but apart from that, it's not a particularly good monster. It's good how Mothra can't touch him, especially when he dives deeper beneath the sea. Apart from that, it's not much good.
AquaMothra is one of the best Mothra forms I've seen. The CGI-fuelled sequence with the multi AquaMothras shooting their beam weapons inside of Dagarah is pretty surreal, but it's meant to be!
Ghogo's one of the most bizarre points of the movie. You can actually see the wire which it's attached to when it bounces! Even more bizarre is its human-healing properties: its urine. I wonder if it's any relation to Trumpy from Pod People, like a mother's niece's friend's friend's sister's person-who-they-met-in-the-mall's cousin's school-friend's pet. Ghogo, you can do magic things! (It's called evil. Or is it more like goofiness?)
I'm not going to talk about the kids. The Elias are not much different. Moll's still determined to stop the creature and Belvera, where Lora is still the unsure, emotional one. Belvera doesn't get much screentime, and when she does, it's in the company of those two nimrods she hired. Garu Garu's back, but its more mechanised this time. When Mothra lifts Dagarah out of the water when it's been killed (or something like it) the princess says something, Mothra's tractor-beam loses hold, and DAGARAH LANDS ON THE TEMPLE, COMPLETELY OBLITERATED!!! Was that meant to happen?
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ebiros220 October 2005Most people would think this movie is made for children, and it is. Toho has a tradition of making kaijyu movies for children on summer vacation each year, and this was one of them. But the movie is good on its own right with brilliant cinematography, good special effects, and story plot which only the Japanese would be daring enough to come up with. The plot is telling about the destruction of environment, and this awakens the monster Dagara which an Atlantis like civilization called Ely Kanai have created 12000 years ago to protect the environment, but has turned evil. Dagara's awakening also awakens what is known as the treasure of Ely Kanai called the Gorgo. Three elementary school children of Ishigaki island finds Gorgo and wonders what it is. Mothra's companion Elias and their evil sister Belvera shows up, Elias to help the children and to save the earth from Dagara and the other to capture Gorgo and use it to destroy the earth.
Belvera claims that humans are useless and keeps destroying earth's habitat and deserves to go extinct. Elias has the opposing view that they still have qualities worth saving.
When all American movie studios were busy making very dark movies such as the Batman series (which still continues today) which is based on some sort of amoral intent on the villain's part, or revenge and anger for their motive, Japan was cranking out this brilliant (I mean brilliant cinematography) movie which had positive message towards our children about the earth's environment (The first Rebirth of Mothra had message in that vein also). I bet no one in American movie studio would even consider such plot seriously, but which one has more positive message (to our children and to us) ? The movie is uplifting, and is worth enjoying. I give it high marks for bucking the trend of dreary dark movies. -
jordanclewans27 March 2024I started watching this on a whim, since it was uploaded as Japanese dub with English subtitles, which is how I prefer to watch the kaiju movies. I hadn't seen the first 'Rebirth of Mothra' before this one, so I may have been missing some context for it.
It definitely seemed more of a kids' movie than some of the kaijus I've seen.
I give it major deductions, particularly for its heavy reliance on greenscreens & early-gen CGI, which made for a lot of unbelievable scenes. I was surprised at the amount of blood shown on the shirts of the two human antagonists in one of the later scenes - & even more surprised to see them in the scene immediately following to be wearing perfectly clean shirts!
I give it one star for the studio of the ancient city, which was surprisingly ornate, one star for the explosions & such which they look to have put a lot of work into, & three stars for Moll & Lora. Those two cuties were the stars of the show for me. I wouldn't mind wifing that Sayaka Yamaguchi, to be honest. -
steelcorpfilms19 February 2003The sequel to Rebirth of Mothra is surprisingly much more
entertaining. The cast is a lot better, and a lot less pointless.
The sets are pretty cool and much more interesting then the first
one. The plot is pretty much a typical kaiju plot, with the same
Captain Planet stuff the first one had. The new monster, Dagahra, is
pretty cool, too.
One of the main things that killed Rebirth of Mothra was the human
interaction and how pointless it was. Thankfully, this one has a lot
better and a lot less pointless human interaction. The main
characters are still kids, but they're a lot less annoying then the
ones from the first one. There's also more for them to do, and no
blank stares! It's a lot more like the usual kaiju plot and it helps
make the movie more entertaining.
Another thing that was kind of boring with Rebirth was the sets. It
was pretty much just forest. This is a lot more interesting, with a
city being demolished, and a bunch of cool water scenes, as well as a
great looking ancient pyramid that comes out of the water. The
inside of the pyramid is a bunch of corridors that are like part Last
Crusade and part Stargate.
The plot is a typical kaiju/Captain Planet one. Humans do bad
things, like polluting the oceans; monster comes to wreak havoc for
it. The little twin faerie girls of Mothra, Moll and Lora, come to
the rescue and call on Mothra to fight the creature off. Belvera,
the bad faerie sister, tries to stop them. They're costumes have
changed since the first movie, and they still look pretty cool, but I
liked Belvera's old costume better. At least the Captain Planet
stuff isn't as sappy as it was in the first movie.
Dagahra is pretty cool looking, but not as cool as some of the other
baddies in other kaiju movies. The fight scenes were a lot more
action packed and a lot steadier then the first, which helped keep
the boredom at bay. But still, I tended to get bored while watching
it. While Mothra can kick ass, his powers seem to be so weird and
varied that it's almost like there isn't anything he can't do.
Mothra can even transform into Aqua-Mothra to fight underwater, as
well as turn into a bunch of Mini-Mothras to actually go INSIDE
Dagahra and fight the little poisonous starfish critters it can shoot
out.
Overall: Rebirth of Mothra 2 is more entertaining then the first one,
but it's still a mediocre kaiju movie. It goes from kinda
entertaining, to kinda weird, and finally just kinda boring. Like
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jamesrupert201419 March 2018As was the previous instalment in the "Mothra Rebirth" trilogy, this movie is clearly intended for children. The main (human) characters are three kids and there are pretty fairies in brightly coloured outfits riding a 'cute' moth, a non-threatening 'evil' fairy riding a 'cute' dragon, goofy comic-relief 'bad guys', a Furby-like creature with which one of the children bonds, a monster to fight, and lots of coloured lights, rainbows, and sparkles. The somewhat incoherent plot finds Earth once again threatened by a monster (Dagahra) reacting to our environmental negligence and, once again, the two fairies recruiting Mothra to defend us. The kids (and the comic-relief teen-agers being manipulated by Belvera, the cackling evil fairy) travel to an ancient castle to find a secret treasure that can defeat Dagahra (and his horde of predatory starfish). There is lots of running through castle corridors and couple of fights between the kaiju before a colourful Deus ex Machina climax, in which Mothra reveals even more magical abilities. While I am clearly not the target audience, I found the movie a dull and trite rehash of 1996's "Rebirth of Mothra". I was also watching an indifferently English-dubbed version which I'm sure didn't help. Other than the emergence of the ancient castle from the ocean and some early city wrecking, both of which were reasonably well done, the special effects were unimpressive. Dagahra looked like a large plastic toy and, even by 1970's suit-mation standards, was neither 'realistic' nor interesting. Mothra continues to the trend to be more colourful and now boasts a variety of 'energy weapons" (?) that seem to emanate from multiple places on her body (resulting in kaiju battles that are primarily repetitious light shows) as well the ability to turn into both some kind of flying-fish morph or a flock of little Mothras. There is also some kind of spiritual-tribble called "Ghogo", which will appeal to the very young or lovers of cloyingly-cute fur balls and who has a special healing power which I won't describe (but may result in a lot of sniggering amongst older boy viewers). I can't judge this movie through the eyes of a child, but I do watch a lot of children's movies and enjoy kaiju of all qualities, and IMO, "Rebirth of Mothra II" is insipid, uninteresting live action film that is just a notch above a forgettable cartoon.
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Rebirth of Mothra II (1997) is a movie that I recently watched on a random streaming service. The storyline follows a group of kids who meet Mothra's minions who warn them that a new monster is terrorizing Earth due to over pollution. Mothra can't stop the monster without the treasure from an underwater civilization. The kids and Mothra's minions will set out to find the treasure and save the planet.
This movie is directed by Kunio Miyoshi in his directorial debut and stars Hikari Mitsushima (Death Note), Megumi Kobayashi (Rebirth of Mothra) and Sayaka Yamaguchi (Radiation House).
This definitely continues the Mothra movies being more kid focused than the traditional Godzilla monster universe pictures. The monsters in this look pretty cool and the models and universe depiction they take place in are fun. The villain reminded me of Bowser in some ways. However, the ladies they used as Mothra's minions were the worst in a Mothra movies to date and the CGI was pretty bad. The underwater scenes reminded me of Indiana Jones in some ways and the final transformation of Mothra was super cool.
Overall, this is a very average addition to the monster movies that is very kid focused. I would score this a 4/10 and only recommend it to die hard Godzilla universe fans. -
DrSatan9 September 1999Mothra 2 (saw an English subtitled edition) was mildly entertaining but clearly marketed at children...3 of the main characters are children. No one is seen getting hurt (although they must have when the monsters were fighting over populated areas). I can see how I would have loved this when I was a kid, and how children now might enjoy it. Overall, however, its fluff; a redeeming factor is the fact that the villan has a real (and good) motivation: she wants to save the earth. Her method (kill all humans) leaves something to be desired; but I could see how in an American kids' flick the villan would simply seek world domination or genocide for no particular reason. Basically harmless fun.
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coconutkungfu-3070418 February 2020Much like the rest of the Rebirth trilogy, this is an enjoyable film with some fun special effects. A must for Mothra fans but still entertaining if you aren't the biggest Mothra fan ( like myself).
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jacobjohntaylor113 June 2014All the M.o.t.h.r.a movie are good. This is the 10th one. The 11th one M.o.t.h.r.a rebirth III is better. The 12th one Godzilla M.o.t.h.r.a and King G.h.i.d.o.r.a.h giant monsters on an all out attack is also better The 13th one Godzilla Tokyo S.O.S is also better. But still it is a great movie. the 14th one Godzilla final wars is better. The 8th on Godzilla vs Space Godzilla is better. The 7th one Godzilla and M.o.t.h.r.a and the battle for the earth is also better. The 6th one Godzilla vs G.i.g.a.n is also better. The 5th Destroy all monsters is better. The 4th one Godzilla and M.o.t.h.r.a vs the Sea monster is also better. The 3rd M.o.t.h.r.a movie G.h.i.d.o.r.a.h the three headed monster is also better. But still a great movie. See it.
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djzilla23 April 1999Although some kaiju fans consider a majority of this film a joke, I do not.
What you have here is a great little film, made on a small budget, that not only entertains but also keeps the the series going in the same direction as the first of the trilogy, Mothra (1996).
In this film, a creature by the name of Go-Go is discovered by some fishermen. The creature flees and is discovered by some local kids who together with Moll and Lora (Mothra's fairies) head off the coastline to discover a "secret treasure." They are pursued by the fishermen, now controled by Belvera (the evil sister fairie). When they arrive at a point in the ocean, Go-Go raises a temple from under the water and they go inside to investigate.
They discover a horrible monster is being unleased. Dagahra has been awakened by the pollution of man and is wreaking havoc on the island and the fairies have to summon Mothra to battle it.
The fight sequences in this movie are well done, especially for the first major battle between MothraLeo and Dagahra. Some kaiju fans may have a problem with AquaMothra but all in all, this is a fun movie and should be enjoyed by all! -
Leofwine_draca26 November 2020REBIRTH OF MOTHRA II is different enough from the first film to work. This time around there's a watery feel to the proceedings, with an undersea kingdom risen from the waves and a new sea-dragon called Dagarla to contend with. The fairy characters from the first film are back, both good and evil, but the kids are new and there are a couple of goofy adult characters along for the ride too. I didn't care for the human characters at all in this one but there's an absolute ton of monster and FX action to see it through, particularly in the latter half of the proceedings. Just remember that this is aimed squarely at kids with all of the '90s cheesiness that entails and you'll have a good time.
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trancejeremy11 April 2003This is a really good movie. I like Godzilla movies, but mostly in a campy fashion, they've good because they're so bad. But this movie is actually good. And many of the lines are funny. Again, not funny because they're goofy, but just funny.
The main characters are kids, which could be annoying, but they aren't too bratty. Many of their scenes are actually funny. There are also the 3 faerie sisters (though the evil one has only a minor role), and 2 lackeys of the evil faerie, who are bumbling slackers, almost of the Home Alone variety. Generally speaking, the characterization is quite good - the characters feel like real people for the most part.
The production qualities are generally pretty good. Ghogo (sounds like Gorgo), who is this muppet thing that looks like a refugee from Pac-Man, looks fake, but the rest of the movie is excellent. The underwater city is quite impressive, actually. You can tell it's a model, but it's an impressive looking model.
The fight scenes are quite good. It follows the general model of these movies. 2 rounds, good monster loses in the first round, but comes back. But the second fight was somewhat unexpected. I saw the AquaMothra bit from the DVD liner, but that didn't prepare me for what was next. Absolutely brilliant.