Playground bully preying mantises that like to play soccer with big boulders. Giant spiders who shoot New Year's confetti. And then of course, there's Godzilla and the little baby that he adopts and trains to take care of himself in this island of horrors. There's the urge to go "ah!" Every time that the baby lizard is in Peril, pick John by the giant mantises who keeps throwing rocks at its head, causing it to fall down in awkward ways. But out of the blue comes Godzilla, not its real parent, but conveniently woken up by an explosion that scientist create on this island.
This is by far the most humorous of the Godzilla movies, but the mantises certainly are scary looking and the spider is very imposing, not at all laughable like the one in "Cat Women of the Moon" or its near identical remake, "Missile to the Moon". The special effects are pretty good, although close-ups of Godzilla and the baby do indicate a cheapness in leather for the lizard's costumes. It is impressively filmed in tropical blue waters and the scenery is breathtaking. Even then, those aspects of it are easy to forgive because it is just so darned adorable.
This is by far the most humorous of the Godzilla movies, but the mantises certainly are scary looking and the spider is very imposing, not at all laughable like the one in "Cat Women of the Moon" or its near identical remake, "Missile to the Moon". The special effects are pretty good, although close-ups of Godzilla and the baby do indicate a cheapness in leather for the lizard's costumes. It is impressively filmed in tropical blue waters and the scenery is breathtaking. Even then, those aspects of it are easy to forgive because it is just so darned adorable.