Mothra Vs. Godzilla

Region 1

Studio: Classic Media

Country: US

Format: NTSC

Year: 2007

Chapters: 11

Time: 87 Minutes (Time for both versions)

Video: ** 1/2 / *****

The Japanese print of the film gets a 4, barely, there's some problems I have with both versions personally with the print. There's some contrast problems when you see dark images, but that's it. The Japanese film is presented in Anamorphic 2.35:1 and has switchable English subs which are better than the other sub prints used on the other Classic Media, maybe because this was filmed in Widescreen. The English print of the film is terrible; it is the widescreen version of 2.35:1 cropped to 1.85:1 and you wouldn't think much of the action would be lost, but you'd be surprised. The scene where it's Godzilla destroying the castle, you don't see him in the shot until it cuts back and he's there. When the professor is asked a question about if Mothra would arrive, he's not in the shot at all, as in the 2.35:1 version the professor is on the far left and you see him perfectly. The print that used is possibly the worst print I've seen that's not artificially damaged like the film Grindhouse. There is severe color saturation problems throughout the whole film, grain and hairs/lines throughout as well which is pretty bad. The whole thing on cropping the film is just a major dissapointment.

Audio: *** 1/2 / *****

The audio is 2-Ch on both of the versions. The Japanese audio sounds quite well and the English is, well, bad. The audio sound kind of muffled in some places.