There's another shootout with the assassins, Murai and Naoko show up, no one is killed, the assassins get away, blah blah blah. the main characters get in a car to evacuate finally, but stop when the fairies announce that Mothra has arrived. They all head over a cliff side to witness the most bizarre scene I've ever laid eyes on. Mothra crawls over to Godzilla and Rodan, fighting like kindergartners. She (I'm calling Mothra "she") gets their attention by web shooting Godzilla, which causes Rodan to actually laugh like he's seeing something funny happen. This earns him some web shooting as well, which goddamn causes Godzilla to laugh, like actually laugh, like grabbing his belly because it hurts, laughing. I truly don't understand what this movie is doing. What, the actual and literal, hell is going on? Luckily, the fairies translate the (apparently intelligent) conversation the monsters (who, I'll remind you, are ancient and unknowable beasts from before humans). Mothra tries to convince them to work together, but they feel (and I can't stress enough how weird it is that Godzilla has thoughts, and communicates those thoughts to his monster friends) that humans are not worth saving. Humans hate Godzilla, so why should Godzilla risk his life to save them. Whatever, movie. What, the hell, ever. Mothra also decides that this scene is stupid, so she peaces out to deal with Ghidorah on her own.

Speaking of Ghidorah, we haven't talked about him in a while. He's been flying around, wrecking shit this whole movie. He, like Rodan, has the power to destroy cities with the flap of his wings, and he also has his own version of atomic breath. His is more like yellow electricity. Anyway, he shows up and destroys the assassin's car, killing the thugs, but SADWS escapes. Dude's suuuuper committed to his job, that's admirable. Mothra and Ghidorah meet, and immediately, the dragon thing blasts the worm with lightning breath, sending her flying. That's pretty funny. Godzilla changes his mind, and he and Rodan join the fight. Godzilla starts throwing rocks at Ghidorah, an idea he probably got from King Kong.

Meanwhile, Salno begins praying to the gods to save this planet, and SADWS arrives to snipe at her. She falls/jumps/is shot down onto some rocks below, as Shindo appears and shoots back. Another blast from Ghidorah sends some rocks tumbling onto him, just after Salno wakes up and recognize him. So her memory's back, yay! And the assassin is dead, yay! I guess that's all resolved.

The monsters look down at the timeline of this movie, and see that it's only a couple minutes from the end, so they decide to wrap things up. Mothra (who, by the way, has spent this whole movie as a larva, not a moth), climbs onto Rodan, who flies up. This allows the worm to wrap Ghidorah's heads in webbing. Godzilla grabs him by the tail and throws him, then hits him with some rocks, until Ghidorah, just, gives up and flies away. AND THAT'S THE GODDAMN END OF THAT! No one asks where he's going. No one worries if he'll come back. It's just, like, that's it, huh? Okay, movie... okay. You've beaten me.

There's a wrap up scene where Salno, now in full princess form, announces she's going home. She thanks Shindo for saving him all those times, and says goodbye to him, promising to never forget him. She also thanks Naoko, and then bounces. The movie ends with Mothra returning to Infant Island, Twin Fairies in tow, as Godzilla and Rodan look on for some reason.

The Review

So, I really don't know how to feel about this movie. I think back to the original, and it seems like a masterpiece, compared the bizarre elements these newer ones have. Sure, maybe the effects are getting better, and they're in color now, but Godzilla laughing at Rodan getting covered in webs, is just... What's going on here, you know?

I've decided I liked the movie. It wasn't boring (the worst thing a movie can be), and it gave me enough of the monster fights to keep me happy. I actually did love all the battles. I couldn't detail them all, because this thing is long enough, but they were pretty fun. I CAN'T BELIEVE RODAN LIFTED GODZILLA AND FLEW OFF WITH HIM! That was the most insane shit! I absolutely loved it. Apart from the bizarre humanity of the monsters, I liked them in this movie. Rodan wasn't much of a threat, but Ghidorah seemed pretty scary! He didn't do a whole hell of a lot in his first outing, but when he was there, he was wrecking shop. I'm excited to see how he changes going forward. I continue to be confused as to the nature of Mothra as the series goes on. I get that it's realistic that she would be a larva for a long time, but this series has continually demonstrated an aversion to realism. That's not a criticism, by the way, I think that makes it more fun. But if they are going to be unrealistic, at least give us the moth. It was probably a budgetary thing, so I guess it's fine. But I super don't care about larva form Mothra. Which, I want to point out, he was this entire movie. There was no actual MOTHra. Not once. But whatever. And, I also didn't get why they ended the way they did. Ghidorah (never referred to as "King"), just flies off? Not even into space, unless I missed something. Like, he's still around, and still a problem, right? It's confusing. I guess we'll have to wait and see.