Mothra (1962) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!
- Just start watching that movie this Sunday, Jan 18 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 2am Monday UTC
- and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live text commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
- I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.
How to watch the movie (NOTE there's apparently an English 1962 dub as well as the slightly longer original 1961 Japanese dub with subtitles out, I think people are going to be watching both):
- tubi (availability varies by country) [WARNING you may need to turn on DRM which may disable adblock - I think this is the English dub?]: https://tubitv.com/movies/100005713/mothra
- mometu (idk wtf mometu is or how bad the ads are, but it seems to have the english dub?): https://watch.mometu.com/feature/mothra
- archive (english dub): https://archive.org/details/MOTHRA_201905
- archive (Japanese subtitles - may need to add subs manually from file that is on this page): https://archive.org/details/MOTHRAJapEngSub
- it's usually streamed on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time - I think they plan to show the Japanese dub with subtitles
- if you want to pay and/or watch ads, look here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/mothra
... an expedition to an irradiated island brings civilization in contact with a primitive native culture. When one sensationalist entrepreneur abducts two doll-sized priestesses for exploitation, their ancient deity, known as Mothra, arises in retaliation.
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On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 80% based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10.[66]
Film critic A. H. Weiler in The New York Times gave the film a generally positive review, singling out the color and special effects for praise. "There's that color, as pretty as can be, that now and then smites the eye with some genuinely artistic panoramas and décor designs."[67] Hazel Flynn of the Los Angeles Citizen News stated, "the sight of the huge flying monster flapping its wings is one of the most impressive special effects I've ever encountered."[68] Boxoffice magazine called the film "one of the best of its kind."[69] A reviewer for Variety called the film "ludicrous" and "haphazardly executed", stating, "the post-dubbed film is too awkward in dramatic construction and crude in histrionic style to score appreciably at the box office."
Please return the egg!