tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post3342843789025212663..comments2024-02-18T08:45:16.295-08:00Comments on The Film Connoisseur: Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)Franco Macabrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-70265691730959488272011-07-03T13:22:07.751-07:002011-07-03T13:22:07.751-07:00LOL! I forgot about LAST EXORCISM. I still liked t...LOL! I forgot about LAST EXORCISM. I still liked the movie, though. So I forgive them that sin, lol.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-77184378103180872232011-07-03T13:05:42.519-07:002011-07-03T13:05:42.519-07:00Thats true Brian, about the sleazy nature of promo...Thats true Brian, about the sleazy nature of promotion, specially in Roger Corman films! The same sort of misleading promotional material happened recently with The Last Exorcism, a film that promised a possesed girl walking up walls like a spider, when there was no such scene included in the film. At all!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-63330107108006087022011-07-03T08:58:34.654-07:002011-07-03T08:58:34.654-07:00AIP (and even Roger Corman) did an awful lot of mi...AIP (and even Roger Corman) did an awful lot of misleading back in the day. The wonders of movie promotion!<br /><br />Ryfle mentions that as a possibility in his book, too. AIP were notorious for this kind of thing, though. Just about every exploitation showman back in the day hyped things and altered perceptions of what they were selling the same way a barker in a carnival would their "freaks" behind the tents.<br /><br />When you think about it, big studios do this sort of thing today with their trailers that promise non stop action only to find all the action was in the trailer, lol.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-46228239901033524912011-07-02T23:32:37.575-07:002011-07-02T23:32:37.575-07:00One thing is creating curiosity, the other is misl...One thing is creating curiosity, the other is misleading and lying to the audience, there are no tentacles anywhere around this film whatsoever, thats why I thought they were trying to make audiences think that the creature was something more menacing than a moth. <br /><br />I'll be checking out the U.S. version for that scene, thanks for commenting Bri!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-2472813231725801772011-07-02T19:10:31.816-07:002011-07-02T19:10:31.816-07:00This ones a major classic. I'm not the biggest...This ones a major classic. I'm not the biggest Mothra fan, but the battle here is very well staged and accomplished. The US version has an exclusive and lengthy action sequence wherein the navy attacks Godzilla with frontier missiles. There were a few minor cuts to the US print, too.<br /><br />It's not known just why AIP altered the films title. Judging by the theater ads and posters, it's likely the reason was one of ticket sales to create curiosity amongst patrons. The films trailer showed off Mothra so it's odd they'd try to hide the creature on the ads. <br /><br />Steve Ryfle's excellent book, Japan's Favorite Mon-star: the Unauthorized Autobiography of the Big G, he offers up two possible explanations one of them being that AIP might have been trying to avoid legal action since Columbia had released the original MOTHRA two years earlier.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-78356212110282220082011-06-30T22:02:39.079-07:002011-06-30T22:02:39.079-07:00@Mr. Fiendish: It turned into one of my favorites ...@Mr. Fiendish: It turned into one of my favorites as well. Honda really was the beat Godzilla director, no doubts about it. <br /><br />@Manuel Marrero: Some love Mothra, others hate her. I like Mothra, its as much a part of Godzilla as Godzilla himself. She's appeared in a lot of these movies.Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-91622024259426042082011-06-29T00:12:36.301-07:002011-06-29T00:12:36.301-07:00Damn butterfly.Damn butterfly.Manuel Marrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341967701127338133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-33808320432379490422011-06-28T17:49:32.589-07:002011-06-28T17:49:32.589-07:00this is one of my favoritesthis is one of my favoritesMr. Fiendishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400272984451242034noreply@blogger.com