Let me take time out from my incessant bitching to institute a new public service: movie reviews. I will attempt to bring a level of consistent professionalism to movie reviews that has been absent from such efforts in the past. I will use a stolen system to rate the movies that I have seen. Since I don't have many (any) original thoughts, I will rate movies according to the "Mothra" rating system. I read about this systems some time in the past and I made a half assed attempt to Google it but found nothing, so I'll use it like I own it. All movies shall be rated for overall appeal on a scale of 1 to 10 with Mothra as a 5. As everybody know, Mothra (the 1961 original), was about two very small twins from a radioactive island (the root of all mutations in Japanese movies) that use telepathic songs to summon their friend, Mothra, the giant moth. Mothra goes to Tokyo to find the pint sized twins and rescue them and in the process, the wind from his wings cause great destruction along his path and on Tokyo eventually. The special effects are spectacular with the Mothra model beating his wings a couple of times and achieving supersonic speed almost immediately. The best scene in the movie, aside from the high pitched keening of the twins' song, is where Mothra is flying over a city with the expected destruction ensuing and a man is walking down the street leaning against the wind caused by Mothra when a car goes blowing past him.
Therefore, by definition Mothra is a "Mothra" 5 and all other movies will be rated based on this.
Like I said, a highly technical, tightly defined system.
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