Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: MOTHRA
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Time for another legendary Japanese monster movie with "Mothra" (1961), a film that proves giant monsters can be cute AND destructive!
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I love it when the Fairies are summoning Mothra on stage. They're like "Oh, you want a song? Well, we'll sing you a song. We'll sing you a song you'll never forget!"
Humans: well, as long as we're clear on that
**insert death and destruction here**
Mosura ya Mosura
Dongan kasakuyan indo muu
Rusuto uiraandoa, hanba hanbamuyan, randa banunradan
Tounjukanraa
Kasaku yaanmu
Mosura ya Mosura
Dongan kasakuyan indo muu
Rusuto uiraandoa, hanba hanbamuyan, randa banunradan
Tounjukanraa
Kasaku yaanmu
Mosura ya Mosura
Tasukete yo te yobeba
Toki o koete, umi o koete, nami no yo ni
Yate kuru
Mamorigami
Mosura ya Mosura
Yasasishasae wasure
Arehateta hito no kokoro inorinagara utaitai
Ai no uta
Mosura ya Mosura
Dongan kasakuyan indo muu
Rusuto uiraandoa, hanba hanbamuyan, randa banunradan
Tounjukanraa
Kasaku yaanmu
@@bromodragone8405 this languages from indonesia
@@stonecold1002 huh?
Shame Mothra didn't pass by a lighthouse on her way to trash Tokyo. That would have kept her occupied at least until morning.
Now I kinda wanna see that happen in a movie XD
LEAVE MOTHRA ALONE!
pFFTT-
Maybe they could've done that to keep Battra from killing people
Simon moth want lamp
Toho: *has movie*
Brandon: *uses footage*
Sony: this looks like a job for me
welcome to the world of copyrights
Mothra is a ruthless engine of destruction that destroys everything in her path for peace and love.
So, a bit like religion? "He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brothers' path to happiness and heaven." - Mark Twain.
Writ In Water This was literally the most off topic thing that could have been said here
Especially plants and clothes.
@@WritInWater Yeah, or Socialism, which is, in essence, just another self-righteous know-it-all religion.
@@varanid9 Jesus, just let us enjoy our freaking movie review in piece. Go back to Breitbart and Fox News you Trolloc.
And Mothra practically was a highlight in King of the Monsters. Queen of the monsters indeed
Long live the queen
Same
The queen doesn’t live that long
@@fartpantsmcdingle You know what we mean.
Besides, she’s always leaving behind an egg to be reborn again, right?
@@anthonynambo6426 Long live the... Dynasty, I guess?
8:23: "I just had a wonderful dream about eating a giant silk shirt!"
Funny thing is that in one of the episodes of Monster Island Buddies, you can see that Mothra is eating sweaters when she was invited for dinner with Godzilla, Rodan, and Jet Jaguar (this was the same episode in which Godzilla recall of him ranting about how everything gives you cancer, only for Jet Jaguar to say that Godzilla should've gave everyone cancer considering he is radioactive himself)
Mothra: Toho proving that it doesn't matter if the basic concept is completely insane, it just has to be creative and original.
adiraiju did you know there is a new monster in godzilla dkbr
@@carawreyford1416 yes
Gus Godzilla kids Gorillas shin1godzilla Godzilla king roars godz illa u 1redraft godz 4 godz r Godzilla kids rtf 4rgodz
Adiraiju Well, no.
No, it also has to be good. They missed that part.
This is one of those movies that you go back and watch to remind yourself that, while Mothra is a very benevolent Kaiju, and not usually one of the more destructive ones, she's still a force of nature when all you have is conventional weapons
Theory: Mothra _protected_ the natives of Infant Island from radiation. She's the reason they're all still alive and not in complete agony from radiation poisoning.
Yup.
No. Is the red juice. (Mothra vs. Godzilla also supports that; and at the same time contradicts it, but that's why you have to see kaiju in Japanese. Things are clearer).
I was so stoked when Mothra's song was in King of the Monsters.
When it came on me and my son, who is an up and coming kaiju fan, both sat there singing along with the three rows around us joining in.
Nice
Have you seen the 5678s cover?
"Between this and Rodan you would almost think Toho had just bought a giant wind machine and wanted to get their money's worth?" BINGO! Got it in one! This is Toho's standard approach to such things so long as Eiji Tsuburaya was still around. He maximized the use of every dime they spent. Remember what happened to the Octopus used in King Kong vs Godzilla. It was both an efficient low budget special effect and Tsubaraya's lunch that day.
Nelson portrayed by Jerry Ito is by far the most memorable thing of this movie, a character so cartoonishly evil he's over the top even in a kaiju movie, and that says something.
The precursor to Hannibal Chau.
"Mothra" is indeed a Toho classic, and as it happens, Mothra wasn't Catholic, but Eiji Tsuburaya was--he frequently found ways to incorporate his faith into the movies and shows he worked on. For example. Ultraman's classic Specium Ray pose is a riff on the True Cross to represent it as a force of goodness. The Mothra song, as sung by the late Ito twins, is one of the most touching and sweet songs I've ever heard, for sure; those girls could SING. Mothra is one of my very favorite Toho kaiju, as it happens, and she even made an appearance in my Pathfinder game briefly.
@Katie Lewis Exactly. He was one of the few.
@Katie Lewis Oh, is there? I never played them, so I didn't know that until now. Fascinating!
and also the pope in invasion of astro-monster
"Wait, so Mothra's Catholic?"
You should see that time when she married Rodan.
Mib reference?
Peanuts - twin sisters Emi and Yumi They were born in Nagoya, Japan in April, 1 1941. As identical twins they had voices only slightly apart in timbre, which resulted in their singing together sounding like a solo artist utilizing double tracking or reverb. Very popular and beloved.
The twin girls were actually a popular singing act in the 60s known as "The Peanuts" they had several albums apparently did stage shows. They have some videos on CZcams from that era.
13:22 Oh thank god. That giant butterfly got rid of our giant worm problem.
Also why would you leave out the scene where the comic relief guy fought off four of Nelson's goons and WON? That scene was amazing.
@Werezilla your name would have made an awesome 80's video game boss
That was the most hilarious fight scene I've ever seen. He makes Jackie Chan look like Bruce Lee in comparison.
Ah, Mothra, the only monster that has defeated Godzilla in every movie they've been in together where they were enemies. The only other monsters who can lay claim to that are King Kong and Biollante.
There's still several Toho monster movies you can do: Varan the Unbelievable, Frankenstein Conquers The World, War of the Gargantuas.
No, Godzilla beat Biolante, didn't he?
The battle between Godzilla and Biolante was actually a draw. Godzilla couldn't really deal a final blow to Biolante and Biolante's attacks were long enough to force Godzilla's body to heat up, allowing the ANEB to begin draining Godzilla's energy.
Hey Brandon, I don't know if anyone told you. But did you know tnat Mothra originally debut in her own novel titled The Luminous Fairies and Mothra months before the film came to be? That's right! Mothra is actually an adaptation and in short makes Mothra one of the only kaiju to be a literary character first.
Brandon's lyrics to the twin's "Mothra" song made me double over! "Raindrops, drop tops, Smokin' on cookie in the hot box". LOL!!!!
Mothra oh Mothra
If we were to call for help
Over time, over sea, like a wave
You'd come
Our guardian angel
(Repeat of this first verse twice)
Mothra oh Mothra
Of forgotten kindness and ruined spirits
We pray for the people's spirit as we sing
This song of love
Mothra oh Mothra
If we were to call for help
Over time, over sea, like a wave
You'd come
Our guardian angel
Proper lyrics
Thanks for that, it never occurred to me that the lyrics actually meant something. Kinda cool.
I really enjoy this song.
This "Song Of Love" killed a lot of people
Mosura ya Mosura
Dongan kasakuyan indo muu
Rusuto uiraandoa, hanba hanbamuyan, randa banunradan
Tounjukanraa
Kasaku yaanmu
Mosura ya Mosura
Dongan kasakuyan indo muu
Rusuto uiraandoa, hanba hanbamuyan, randa banunradan
Tounjukanraa
Kasaku yaanmu
Mosura ya Mosura
Tasukete yo te yobeba
Toki o koete, umi o koete, nami no yo ni
Yate kuru
Mamorigami
Mosura ya Mosura
Yasasishasae wasure
Arehateta hito no kokoro inorinagara utaitai
Ai no uta
Mosura ya Mosura
Dongan kasakuyan indo muu
Rusuto uiraandoa, hanba hanbamuyan, randa banunradan
Tounjukanraa
Kasaku yaanmu
Not sure if it actually exists, but after seeing so many Kaiju movies, it would be awesome if there is a movie based on EDF. Nothing like the Earth Defense Force to take on various giant monsters, aliens, or robots.
There's a video game like this. It's called earth defense force. I think it's japanese only, though.
@@brandonspencer6834He probably means live action of that game.
re: 3:26
Back in 1961, the studies that would go on to prove plate tectonics (and thus the historic existence of Pangaea) were still underway. So calling it a "legend" in a 1961 movie isn't entirely unfair.
"Legend" still seems like an awkward translation even considering that, but no more so than lots of the other lines.
I mean, all the time I was only thinking "I'M ON MY WAY GIRLS HOLD ON" I didn't think of the casualties :(
At least you never intended to cause casualties, unlike Gojira.
@dexoearth9167 Yeah, I still feel guilty though.
9:47 rip Haruo nakajima he was the one who played the mothra suit he also played Godzilla and rodan
Yeah it was him and about 3 other guys who wore that giant suit.
Aakili K. Sharp fun fact: during the bridge scene in Rodan, when rodan dived into the water the cables holding him up broke and Haruo almost drowned in the suit. R.I.P. The true dare devil.
Gawdziller 16 I think he almost drowned because the wings might be to havy
Let us do the 22 Atomic Breath Salute
And Gezora, Ganimes, Gaira, Varan, Baragon, a sailor in "H-Man", Maguma, Invisible Man Akita, and cameos in Human Vapor, Secret of the Telegian and Dogora.
Rebirth of Mothra trilogy
Jackson beard I like those movies
me too
Me 9000
Good movies
Yeah Brandon tenold should review the rebirth of mothra trilogy!!!!!
You may knock moths, but once, they ate most of my new carpet and they were EVERYWHERE. Took me weeks to get rid of all of them. Brrrr. So yeah, underestimate moths at your peril! That said, the kind of moth that Mothra is is the Atlas Moth that is really totally harmless unless you are a tree.
Also, moths can help you with your resume.
"A Japanese movie that opens with a ship on a stormy night."
I think I know how you're review of War of the Gargantuas will begin.
Mosura! Mosura!
Random riff I made for Rebirth of Mothra, was during the time travel scene, "Once this moth hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit.".
Brian O'Connell XD
Lol
The Crimson Dragon would jus like to chew you out for breaking the speed limit! Oh, and for me to tell you to try to drive slower than that!
"Moshu Moshu! Moshu Moshu!"
Have I seen you before I watched this?
Based on the budgets Toho had and the technology of the times, I think the effects are good. Even the stuff that doesn't look real at least looks awesome.
So there's a "Pokemon" episode where Jigglypuff's singing awakens the Ancient Jiggly...and Jigglypuff is a FAIRY TYPE...hmm...
Yes
So basically Mothra’s a bug/fairy type. Gotcha.
Even though that episode is way before the introduction of the fairy type, I get the point
@@ryanangelastro504 Honestly, I can see that being Mothra's typing if she were a Pokémon.
5:05 - You laugh, but in D&D, they are! I just read the Monster Manual (2E) entry for the Vampire Cactus. Name aside, no, it does not wear a cape and it actually stands around in the sun without turning to ash. :D Imagine something as scary as a vampire plant that can photosyntethize AND drain blood!
11:07 wow, that kid pummeled the first guy pretty well. For a Kid in a monster movie that usually competent, they usually just come up with ideas from nowhere that the adults didn;t consider or rascals with technology skills that come in handy for later.
13:33 Mothra used Gust
It was super effective!
Next best thing to a Godzilla review. Fuck yes.
Mothra > Godzilla
+Jimi Best Godzilla>Mothra!
“Vampire plant?”
Technically, it's caterpillars that eat clothes, not moths. And only specific species (typically ones that prefer cotton as a primary food source). Also, Mothra was always muh fave.
1:00 And Silent Hill.
Moshu Moshu! Moshu Moshu!
they love wool.
Just when you thought it was safe to turn on the porchlight
Mosura ya Mosura
Dongan kasakuyan indo muu
Rusuto uiraandoa, hanba hanbamuyan, randa banunradan
Tounjukanraa
Kasaku yaanmu
Mosura ya Mosura
Dongan kasakuyan indo muu
Rusuto uiraandoa, hanba hanbamuyan, randa banunradan
Tounjukanraa
Kasaku yaanmu
Mosura ya Mosura
Tasukete yo te yobeba
Toki o koete, umi o koete, nami no yo ni
Yate kuru
Mamorigami
Mosura ya Mosura
Yasasishasae wasure
Arehateta hito no kokoro inorinagara utaitai
Ai no uta
Mosura ya Mosura
Dongan kasakuyan indo muu
Rusuto uiraandoa, hanba hanbamuyan, randa banunradan
Tounjukanraa
Kasaku yaanmu
Now, that is cool.
You know it's kinda funny, I've never notice Mothra's original song was sung in my native language ( albeit with funny Japanese accent ) until I look it up.
Adang, is the song written in malay?
Armored time traveling rainbow Mothra is badass!
The biggest twist in this is that Sony copyright claimed this vid and not toho
11:09 "Alright you little shit, time to send you back to Gamera movie, where you belong." That almost killed me. Fucking great.
So Mothra is basically Bryan Mills, ruthlessly destroying everything in its path to save their little girls.
Do the War of the Gargantuas,That movie would be really fun.
Moses Hernandez he will after he reaches a patreon goal
Because of the singing lady?
I really don't like that lady's singing!!!
what about Varan the Unbelievable? Or the Mysterians?
As opposed to Varan the decently plausible?
Well he _was_ until he starred in a Japanese monster movie.
@Bawsah Koopa 2.0 he do exist in game, but was a new monsta
And Atragon
Varan the disappointedly believable
You're right I just want Martha as a plushie she is so cute😍
A combination of America and Russia?
Because one or the other wasn't Strong enough by itself.
Mothra holds a big furry place in my heart! Obviously..... Also, Brandon, you could do more animated films.... But, try looking for something with less noseless, stalker, robot girls...... But, you be you.
Anyone else surprised Brandon hasn’t done “Heavy Metal” or “Fire and Ice?” Those seem like they were made for his channel.
If you pause at 5:12 the guy is holding a doll. It looks like they didn’t even try.
Goji Saurian 2.0 at least it's better than the Turkish doll effect
How else were they supposed to pull off an effect like that in the 60s?
+Cybermat47 and a budget that mostly went into the monster suits and model cities!
Goji Saurian 2.0 you are right
think of it this way, you try to make that effect look better with what budget you can get, I promise ya, it ain't easy
3:45 "Hello, Georgie. Want a balloon?"
Adiraiju noice
Adiraiju lol
What's more is that in Godzilla: Tokyo SOS, this Mothra (1961) is not only referenced but connected to this movie with Hiroshi Koizumi again reprising his role as Shinichi Chujo.
Being a benevolent god is not a free pass for everyone to get on her bad side. It's not like the fairies weren't constantly warning people what would happen if they ticked Mothra off. Besides, she's helped save the world from Godzilla and King Ghidorah, like, five or six times now.
awww I love mothra she's just so fluffy
I just wanna cuddle her!
Mother’s twin fairies song have dope as heck lyrics
The Rebirth of Mothra series would be cool to review!
Wait this video was flagged by Sony and not TOHO? The Fuck? Also what about the movies focused on Ultraman, Varan, Gappa: The Triphibian Monster, Dogora, Space Amoeba and the TOHO Frankenstein movies?
so is mothra as big as a battleship??
No, but La Cacanya is!
Awesome review Brandon!!!!
I love the "Tremors" reference you made in this vid and also the fact that you haven't reviewed "Big Man Japan" yet is actually shocking.
Mothra: basically the kaiju-equivalent of a *BUTTERFLY!!!*
#MothraIsButterfree
...and Butterfree was only Butterfree because they mixed up the design with Venomoth.
But.. her name is MOTHra.
A butterfly that killed a giant god damn dinosaur
For some dump reason the mothra from the title card is soool adorable
king of kaiju *DUMB
MaximumRD no you dump
Dumb*
He saying that's how you spell dumb
lol Now it all makes sense ! You cannot fix stupid. :)
Finally, someone else who questions Mothra’s actions!
I always liked the little twins.
2:26 kennies!!!!!!
Thomas Wightman they can't be there not in the movie that long
Thomas Wightman AH!
Thomas Wightman Oh my god! They're reproducing!
Quickly burn them with fire!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Do Frankenstein vs baragon soon
He should do Frankenstein Conquers The World that would be so funny.
Oh Yeah I know (just you know US crap version).
Your wish has been granted!
Great review as always. I've never actually seen Mothra before, so really enjoyed this. And what's with the dislike?! Has Battra figured out how to use the internet?! : ) Great job.
You are not telling me you don't know what The X from Outer Space is.
Brandon Tenold ULTRAMAN MOVIES
+Jacksonbeard
Or
The
UltraMan tv series!!
#RequestedReviews
#UltraManReview
Yesss. I second that
But...which ones, though?
Well, he could start with the original Ultraman, then Ultraseven since that was kinda more popular than OG Ultraman, and maybe some of the chapters of Gridman buuuuuut since that one here was only known as Syber Samurai Squad, yeaaahhhh i think its better if he does Old school Ultra rather than what came after Gridman since the new ones arent as popular as the studios wanted here in the west.
UltraGalaxyify like the ones that start with mebius to the current one
You gotta do Godzilla vs Mothra now
I thought he did, but I could be wrong.
Just realized, he didn't. It was a different youtube reviewer I was thinking of.
This makes me think of that one episode of Spongebob called “Wormy”.
0:16, the monster is called Guilala, He appeared in the movie The X from Outer Space, or Space Monster Guilala as it's called in Japan from 1967. In 2009 it got a sequel/reboot called Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G 8 Summit. Btw, the monster is also sometimes called Monster X, cause that won't cause any confusion.
I wasn't explaining to him I was explaining it to them. (points to the audience)
Now you've done it Brandon. I want to watch that move where that last clip was from.
Now it gidrah the 3 headed monster
Loved the tremors joke could you review it some time
That was the best Doublemint commercial I have ever seen
16:03 why is godzilla photo shopped on that rebirth of mothra 2 poster
... This is suprisingly similar to Godzilla anime movies... specifically the second and third ones, which introduce a tribal race that worship Mothra and it's egg, introduces two identical twin characters that use telepathy to communicate - who aren't quite human themselves (although they aren't fairies in this case either... I think...) and live in a highly radiated environment...
I have slightly more respect for those films now knowing that they in some sense incorporated ideas from the original Mothra movie despite taking place in a very different story set thousands of years in the future and involving alien races and shit lol.
You should do some more Toho movies such as Varan, Atragon, and The Mysterians
As "GODZILLA" was Japan's answer to "THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS" (totally true), "MOTHRA" was Japan's answer to "MIGHTY JOE YOUNG". Both involve cute girls and show business.
The last time I watched "MOTHRA", my impression was that "Rolisica" was "America", and Mothra passed by San Francisco on its way to destroy LAS VEGAS. (But, that's me.)
So the military shoot atomic heat guns at Mothra: were they trying to make Tokyo a City on Fire?
8:18 My favoryte part
Can we also get reviews on the "Rebirth of Mothra" series?
I love the song of MOTHRA...my band actually uses it as an intro to our shows
Mothra is the queen of the monsters, she is the most well known female kaiju(which is pretty small list definitely with the Godzilla films).
Chujo returns as one of the main characters in Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Mothra is my aunts worst nightmare
Thank God that worm is gone and there's a giant moth. ...wait.
The thumbnail art for this episode caused me to realize that Mothra (regardless of form) is somehow even more difficult to take seriously if she ever has a frowny face.
Oh god, Big Man Japan at the end. That film is fucking weird. Awesome vid as usual!
Nigel Nigelson Big Man Japan is awesome!
That kinda reminded me of one of the Dark Tower novels where the characters rode a train through a supernatural barren wasteland that had bizarre creatures crawling around in it.
I was wondering what in the hell that was from. Gotta see it, now.
16:03 question why is Godzilla in the rebirth of Mothra II poster if he did not appear in the movie
Godzillas more recognizable than a new monster they introduced in the same movie
Oh god there’s a giant worm on the lose and Kevin bacon is still a little kid we’re doomed!! 11:50
Imagine Nelson getting back up after being shot at. Brandon would have been thinking "what the fuck?"
6:40 nice one xD
Y Didn't u review creature from the Black Lagoon?
Yea you called me out on that. Had an entire bar's population yelling " Freebird" and i knew the band was only 4 people, one a singer. Took them 10 minutes to play the last song. Wasn't "Freebird
Fun fact: Nelson's alternative death was Mothra pushing him down a volcano with a flap of her wings.
They made a dummy for that scene but they forgot to bring it back until someone found the dummy and they think it's a suicide victim.
4:41 When you finally pee after holding it for three hours.
No dune reference?
I know right?
*_T H E S P I C E M U S T F L O W_*
There are still some spin off movies to review like:
The Mysterians
Varan
Battle in Outer Space
Gorath
Atragon
Dogora
Space Amoeba
War in Space
Rebirth of Mothra 1-3
and of course more Godzilla movies!
13:30 godzilla:hey back off