Gojira or Mothra vs Godzilla? Your favorite.

[Voyager]

Both are considered the best in the franchise and are Honda’s best Godzilla works. Which of them is your favourite, not necessarily best, Since we all know who’d stomp.


I picked Mothra vs Godzilla because it’s my favourite G-Film and film of all time.

[CrimsonBloodX]

Gojira because, well, duh. It has the best plot and characters, in my opinion.

[_JNavs_]

It's a no contest. You're comparing an original iconic film to a sequel. The sequel is great, but come on, this is the film that made Godzilla a city stomping threat to begin with.

[Voyager]

It's a no contest. You're comparing an original iconic film to a sequel. The sequel is great, but come on, this is the film that made Godzilla a city stomping threat to begin with.

Well, I was comparing which one was your favourite of the two, not necessarily best.

[LegendZilla]

Why is Mothra Vs Godzilla considered the second best?

[Voyager]

Why is Mothra Vs Godzilla considered the second best?

Of the Showa Series? Because it’s such a masterpiece with a beautiful story, great effects, great acting great characters and plot, great music and much more!

Second best of the franchise? That’s debatable as GMK is rivalling it for that spot.

[miguelnuva]

Mothra vs Godzilla easily for me. Gojira maybe constructed better but Mothra vs Godzilla I feel is the best representative of the Godzilla franchise as a whole.

[UltramanGoji]

G54. I think MvG, while good, is vastly overrated.

[Spuro]

I love them both to death, but Gojira is my favorite of the series.

[eabaker]

The handling of Dr. Serizawa, his moral dilemma, and his sacrifice alone are enough to make the original my absolute favorite of the franchise. The fact that the movie is exceptional in nearly every other respect is just extra credit. This was one of the movies that helped me really understand allegory as a child.

[onerichman]

These are my two favorite Godzilla films. But Gojira gets my vote.

[GojiDog]

Its a battle of the two best Showa films...

But I gotta go with Gojira. Its one of my all time favorite films. The themes, tone, atmosphere, special effects techniques (which were revolutionary at the time) and how the moral dilemmas are presented all combines to make one of my all time favorite films.

Mothra Vs. Godzilla is fantastic for a myriad of reasons, but this is a case where you can't beat the original.

[HedorahIsBestGirl]

Gojira is the superior film but it’s deeply depressing and I have to be in the right mood to watch it. Mothra vs Godzilla is my most watched film in the series, I can put it on at any time. Seen it twice already this year. MvG is one of my top five favorite Godzilla films (presently #4), while the original barely makes the top ten.

[Showa Gojira]

Gojira, as good as Mothra vs Godzilla is it can't quite topple the original from it's lofty perch. In addition to being the better film I also enjoy Gojira on a personal level more as well.

[Chrispy_G]

The is Godzilla, and then there is the rest of the Showa era....and even if Mothra vs Godzilla is near or at the top of the other 14 entries, it is still below the original.

At the end of the day, it is about tone. Movies don't ALL need to be tonally serious, but everyone has a preference. The original strikes a really good tone even if it inherently dealing with something wild like a giant monster.

With Mothra vs Godzilla, you've got magic tiny fairies on top of all of the giant monster business. It impacts the tonal execution.

[Terasawa]

With Mothra vs Godzilla, you've got magic tiny fairies on top of all of the giant monster business. It impacts the tonal execution.

Respectfully disagree: there's nothing about Godzilla in that film that precludes the existence of mythical/magical beings, and I think that aspect is implemented in such a way that fantasy and science fiction can coexist in the same world.

[ShinGojira14]

The original by far.

[LegendZilla]

What do you people think of people who dislike Mothra and to an extent, this film? I have come across people with opinions like that.

[HedorahIsBestGirl]

What do you people think of people who dislike Mothra and to an extent, this film? I have come across people with opinions like that.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but it's hard to be a Godzilla fan and not a Mothra fan. She shows up in some capacity in at least a third of the films in the series and is a huge part of the mythos. I must admit, I have little patience for people who hate Mothra on the grounds that "a monster butterfly is stoopid" or "those fairy chicks are annoying".

As to people who dislike Mothra vs. Godzilla, I have yet to hear a halfway decent reason why. The film certainly isn't flawless and I think an argument can be made that it's overrated, but I think there are too many positives to justify writing this film off completely. In my opinion, this is the quintessential Godzilla film, even more so than the original. It has all of the classic Showa crew (Honda, Tsuburaya, Ifukube, Sekizawa, editor Ryohei Fujii), many of the most recognizable actors from the series (Akira Takarada, Kenji Sahara, Jun Tazaki, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yuriko Hoshi), a Godzilla design that was imitated by many of the successive Showa suits, a narrative formula that set the standard for many of the Showa films to follow and a tone that was somewhere between light and dark.

[miguelnuva]

What do you people think of people who dislike Mothra and to an extent, this film? I have come across people with opinions like that.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but it's hard to be a Godzilla fan and not a Mothra fan. She shows up in some capacity in at least a third of the films in the series and is a huge part of the mythos. I must admit, I have little patience for people who hate Mothra on the grounds that "a monster butterfly is stoopid" or "those fairy chicks are annoying".

As to people who dislike Mothra vs. Godzilla, I have yet to hear a halfway decent reason why. The film certainly isn't flawless and I think an argument can be made that it's overrated, but I think there are too many positives to justify writing this film off completely. In my opinion, this is the quintessential Godzilla film, even more so than the original. It has all of the classic Showa crew (Honda, Tsuburaya, Ifukube, Sekizawa, editor Ryohei Fujii), many of the most recognizable actors from the series (Akira Takarada, Kenji Sahara, Jun Tazaki, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yuriko Hoshi), a Godzilla design that was imitated by many of the successive Showa suits, a narrative formula that set the standard for many of the Showa films to follow and a tone that was somewhere between light and dark.

Ghidorah is the quintessential. It has Mothra, Ghidorah and Godzilla as a hero and villian.