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Awix (3310 KP) rated Mothra (1961) in Movies

Feb 11, 2018 (Updated Feb 11, 2018)

Mothra (1961)

1961 | Adventure, Fantasy

7.3

(14 Ratings)

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You're going to need some bigger mothballs

The film that sets the standard for rampaging-giant-mystic-butterfly pictures is one of the best Toho monster movies, clearly owing a debt to King Kong but adding a lovely veneer of charming Japanese weirdness to the recipe. Evil Rosilicans (i.e., Americans) gatecrash a Japanese expedition to a mysterious island and end up kidnapping the twin fairies in charge of the place and forcing them to appear in a stage musical (this film has some banging tunes, by the way). Disgruntled natives wake up Mothra, butterfly-god protector of the island, who promptly heads for Japan to express displeasure as only a 180 metre long larva can.

Much more of a fantasy movie than the rest of the Godzilla series (with which it is in continuity; Mothra and Godzilla have been fighting together and against each other for over fifty years), and also with an unambiguously sympathetic monster, this is probably a more technically adept and simply enjoyable film than any of its immediate predecessors from Toho. The story is vaultingly peculiar in some ways, but at least it has originality on its side. The attempt to disguise where Rosilica is really supposed to be falls flat as soon as we learn one of its major cities is called New Kirk, but you can't fault one of these movies for being just a little bit odd. Perhaps the lack of another monster for Mothra to fight at the end is a weakness in the story, but if so it is less obvious than is usually the case in this sort of film. An endearing and engaging piece of entertainment.

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Rickstrong23 (216 KP) rated Kong: Skull Island (2017) in Movies

Mar 1, 2018

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

2017 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.3

(121 Ratings)

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John c riely and brie larsoni (0 more)

I actually didnt think id like this movie and had put off watching it for a bit.but just like the first one was plesently suprised .mix match cast worked well together action and effects good and jokes witch are usually pretty corny in movies like this i thought were funny.except for one monster they all looked real .they didnt need to do it so kinda ruined that part for me but pretty good real special effects other than that.

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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Doctor Who: Meglos in TV

Apr 27, 2020

Doctor Who: Meglos

1980 | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

6.4

(11 Ratings)

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Jacqueline hill

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Okay not the best 4 doctor story made but it's saved by Tom baker giving two performances one as the doctor and meglos the monster of the story also brings back Jacqueline hill who played one of the doctors first companions in a different role. And less said about the gataks the comedy space pirates terrible even one of the names is an anagram of bad actor anyway giving this story a high rating just for hi definition picture quality