I may have asked this question before but...Why am I doing this to myself!?!? Do I really need to watch all of the Godzilla movies? In production order no less? Oh, how I long to watch the original film again.

Godzilla movies are so similar to each other I can't keep any of them separate in my mind anymore. This movie is the middle entry from 'Heisei' series of Godzilla movies and returns us to the magical world of Mothra. The egg, the tiny fairy twins, the magical life-giving glitter or whatever it is supposed to be. Because this one stars Mothra, you get the whole "Save the Earth" theme practically hammered into your melon. Heavy-handed doesn't even begin to describe this. Guess what? An evil corporation is destroying the Earth. Ever heard that one before?!? You have to wonder...Just how can movie makers, be they American, Japanese, or whatever, not get tired of constantly blathering on and on about companies being bad.

This movie was made 20 years ago and it's the same thing I see today in movies and it's the same thing I watched 40 years ago (I wish I could forget 'Silent Running'). I like the Earth as much as the next guy. I live here, too. But the Earth will be here long after all of us wasteful, evil humans are gone. You see, what "Save the Earthers" are really about is saving their own hides. Their actually worried about something uncomfortable happening to them while they're still walking the planet.

Anyway, getting off of the soapbox, I thought the special effects even took a big step backwards here. Mothra's fuzzier, Godzilla is stiffer, and the buildings are "cardboard-boxier" than other entries in the 'Heisei' run of G-films. At least Godzilla is a bad guy in this.