Funny, but the 1961 "Mothra" movie is actually better than this 1996, despite the fact that they at least had better special effects here.
Anyway, I am getting ahead of myself. I was given the chance here in 2019 to sit down and watch the 1996 "Mosura" (aka "Rebirth of Mothra") movie. I hadn't even heard about it prior to this year. But it being a Japanese Kaiju movie, and it being Mothra, of course I took the chance to sit down and watch it.
The storyline was pretty straight forward, albeit a bit too generic for my liking. It was like they just looked at other Kaiju movies and made a clone of each and every one of them. So, don't go expecting any grand innovation or anything from the 1996 "Rebirth of Mothra" movie.
The acting in the movie was adequate, taking into consideration the genre and the limitations of a generic script and storyline. The girl child actress wasn't particularly convincing in her performance, however. Especially not when put up against the boy child actor.
As for the special effects in the 1996 "Rebirth of Mothra" movie. Well in comparison to the 1961 "Mothra" movie, of course they had moved miles and miles. But still, it wasn't particularly convincing, and it was still painstakingly obvious that they were using puppets. But hey, isn't that part of the old school Kaiju genre?
All in all, "Rebirth of Mothra" definitely is watchable, but sadly it only made for a mediocre enjoyable movie experience. Will I watch the other "Rebirth of Mothra" movies? Certainly. The 1996 "Rebirth of Mothra" movie is hardly a movie that warrants more than a single viewing.
Anyway, I am getting ahead of myself. I was given the chance here in 2019 to sit down and watch the 1996 "Mosura" (aka "Rebirth of Mothra") movie. I hadn't even heard about it prior to this year. But it being a Japanese Kaiju movie, and it being Mothra, of course I took the chance to sit down and watch it.
The storyline was pretty straight forward, albeit a bit too generic for my liking. It was like they just looked at other Kaiju movies and made a clone of each and every one of them. So, don't go expecting any grand innovation or anything from the 1996 "Rebirth of Mothra" movie.
The acting in the movie was adequate, taking into consideration the genre and the limitations of a generic script and storyline. The girl child actress wasn't particularly convincing in her performance, however. Especially not when put up against the boy child actor.
As for the special effects in the 1996 "Rebirth of Mothra" movie. Well in comparison to the 1961 "Mothra" movie, of course they had moved miles and miles. But still, it wasn't particularly convincing, and it was still painstakingly obvious that they were using puppets. But hey, isn't that part of the old school Kaiju genre?
All in all, "Rebirth of Mothra" definitely is watchable, but sadly it only made for a mediocre enjoyable movie experience. Will I watch the other "Rebirth of Mothra" movies? Certainly. The 1996 "Rebirth of Mothra" movie is hardly a movie that warrants more than a single viewing.