A three way wrestling match between Godzilla, Mothra, and newcomer Battra, who is a mean, evil, spiky version of Mothra. The plot honestly is stupid. We have a gratuitous opening aping Indiana Jones, and Mothra's egg getting captured by some industrialist. There's a lot of retconning-Mothra's fairies are now called the Kosmos, and Mothra seems to be more the spirit of humanity than a deity on a specific island, who holds in check the deity of the earth, Battra. Meanwhile Godzilla wakes up, and gets in the middle of things yet again.
To be honest it's a lot of gibberish, even for a Godzilla film. What matters are the battles, and this is a mixed bag. Godzilla is fine, but Mothra looks incredibly cheap, almost toy-like, whenever its shown. Battra steals the show from both of them by being almost hilariously mean and angry in action. Where as larva Mothra spins silk, larva Battra fires lasers(!), goes toe to toe with Godzilla ending in another hilarious underwater battle which shows that Battra takes no nonsense from anyone. Another funny moment is in the usual transformation. Mothra spins a cocoon, and slowly changes to adult Mothra. Battra changes into adult Battra by sheer force of will, and proceeds to chase Mothra around like a large dog chases a small cat. Mean Battra is incredibly entertaining, but it's not to last.
For some reason, Mothra and Battra join forces to stop Godzilla, and defeat him in a manner aping Mecha-King Ghidorah's efforts in a previous film. People are happy, Godzilla is KO'ed at the sea bottom yet again, and so on. Honestly, if this weren't for Battra it's be unwatchable, but he makes it fun enough to tolerate.
To be honest it's a lot of gibberish, even for a Godzilla film. What matters are the battles, and this is a mixed bag. Godzilla is fine, but Mothra looks incredibly cheap, almost toy-like, whenever its shown. Battra steals the show from both of them by being almost hilariously mean and angry in action. Where as larva Mothra spins silk, larva Battra fires lasers(!), goes toe to toe with Godzilla ending in another hilarious underwater battle which shows that Battra takes no nonsense from anyone. Another funny moment is in the usual transformation. Mothra spins a cocoon, and slowly changes to adult Mothra. Battra changes into adult Battra by sheer force of will, and proceeds to chase Mothra around like a large dog chases a small cat. Mean Battra is incredibly entertaining, but it's not to last.
For some reason, Mothra and Battra join forces to stop Godzilla, and defeat him in a manner aping Mecha-King Ghidorah's efforts in a previous film. People are happy, Godzilla is KO'ed at the sea bottom yet again, and so on. Honestly, if this weren't for Battra it's be unwatchable, but he makes it fun enough to tolerate.