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Fun fact for Chris, the creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion directed this movie! So you will hear and see certain elements of Evangelion in this Godzilla movie. It is awesome too! I think that the director was using this movie to see if a live-action Evangelion movie could possibly be done with success. Kinda like a test run for the future of giant robots and monster films.
I am a hardcore nerd for this film. It's one of the best not only Godzilla films but one of the best films of the decade. This was directed by Hideaki Anno who created Neon Genesis Evangelion, which is why you hear the Evangelion Soundtrack, which funny enough the Score for this movie is by Shiro Sagisu who's worked with Hideaki Anno for years now and has done every Evangelion score. The film was inspired by the Fukushima Tsunami and nuclear disaster of 2011 and its an examination/criticism of Japan's politics and bureaucracy, specifically the ridiculous amount of red tape there is to do anything. That's why you see all the Politicians constantly playing telephone with each other and asking permission for everything, wasting time when there's a clear disaster in their midst. At the end of the film, the creatures you see on the tail are not offspring of Shin Godzilla, but the 5TH FORM of Shin Godzilla! These smaller Shin/humanoid creatures are there to attack/defend themselves against humans on a more efficient and personal level. He would evolve this way because it's an army of humans that actively attack him requiring him to evolve to be more human. It's very much a reflection to our dark nature. Chances are they would have been a pure hive mind of Shin Godzilla all acting working together to defend themselves. I believe there was an idea for the ending where Godzilla keeps evolving until he becomes this planet sized human female form with bone like wings (there's even concept art) and then basically becomes one with the universe or becomes the universe and we all are essentially extensions of Godzilla. That beautiful Song that plays when Shin Godzilla uses his atomic breath for the 1st time is called "Who Will Know". The lyrics are Godzilla's POV. It's him basically saying he's in pain due to the waste Japan and The US left behind that he ate that made him evolve, doesn't understand why he's being attacked because it's not his fault his body is the way it is (You really only see him destroy building/property on accident because of his size and clumsiness, He doesn't start killing people till Japan attacks him) and is fighting to live though he does not want to hurt anybody. That's why the music is sad. It's not sad for humanity who are the aggressors and attack him first. It's sad for Godzilla who didn't ask to be this way but due to our ignorance, meddling and aggression became this way.
It also implies that Shin Godzilla is lonely and actively wants to die, to stop the pain his body is in, but that he can't, and also ponders his purpose and what will be of him. (Sorry if I got anything wrong, it's been a while since I read the lyrics.)
I generally agree, but I think he probably ate or fused with Goro maki first, which is what triggered Godzilla's explosive evolution, and I also think that's why Godzilla headed for Tokyo (the Japanese government).
He is not in constant pain. Since the only one where you can see him scream in pain is in the bombardment on his back. At no point did Godzilla feel pain before. That being is something outside of nature. Goro Maki's Diary proves it.
You guys should know that in crisis situation, you never skip the chain of command. A soldier reports to an officer, an officer to his senior officer and all the way up to chief of staff, then to the minister of defence and finally to the prime minister. The orders go down the same way. The Americans were doing just the same thing in the Cuban crisis. You don't start shooting just because you want to.
Cuba was due to the cold war. American troops actually are trained to have some autonomy in warzones so there aren't that many bottlenecks to getting shit done.
There is also the issue of how the Imperial Japanese military acted, that being completely unilaterally so that low level officers would just decide to direct national policy by invading a country or assassinating an official.
@@infantelocoCorrection the track that’s used multiple times is Decisive Battle. It’s the song used when preparing for the attack on Ramiel with the Positron Rifle, Operation Yashima.
Something about this Godzilla. Since is constantly evolving in a strange body, is in constant pain. If you hear the song when Godzilla is firing his atomic breath. Is litarally "I´m in pain, help me, don´t shoot me". Can you belive that this was made from the creator of Evangelion?
Yup, the song is 'Who Will Know' and it's from Godzilla's perspective. He's not evil. He's in absolute agony, has no idea what's happening to him and is desperate for help. Dude doesn't even do anything aggressive until he's attacked first. He's just walking.
Shin Godzilla is very much a metaphor for the Fukushima disaster and Japan's poor response to it, hence all the unnecessary bureaucracy throughout like the room full of officials relaying a message and constantly spending too long debating solutions to the point the problem becomes much worse.
Not just the Fukushima Disaster, but the preceding Tohouku Earthquake and Tsunami as well. Anno was extremely pissed at the government and decided, in almost the same way that the original director did, to both criticize his government and their response as well as provide a warning against unchecked Nuclear power. It's a beautiful, tragic film.
Arguably, it could apply to basically any disaster that a government fails to address in time due to bureaucracy, as well as incompetence, bias, and fear of accountability in politicians.
Fun fact: this Godzilla, if it lived, would never stop evolving until it became the universe itself pretty much Edit:it has come to my attention that this seems to be a hoax, however it is still a cool idea to think about. It is still true that this Godzilla would’ve never stopped evolving. If it needs wings, it will simply grow wings. It only makes sense that he would never stop until he became a universal entity
@@akshayhere the godzilla from this movie would keep evolving until it became an actual universal entity. that’s what the writers and director confirmed in interviews
@@grucho101 a universal entity or the universe itself? How would it deal with Interstellar distances? I'm sorry these are the things that enter my mind when I hear things like this
@@akshayhere not sure actually, the concept art looks like a biblically accurate angel, or just angels from Evangelion, yknow a divine entity that’s capable of creating smaller versions of itself that it controls, that’s what the ending of the movie was hinting to. in an interview the directors said godzilla adapts to what it’s fighting so “if a committee fights godzilla, godzilla will become a committee”
They had to remove a scene where searchers found a chunk of Godzilla’s flesh that had been blasted off by the military. It was in the process of becoming a new Godzilla. It implies that every part of Godzilla’s body can regenerate into a new individual Godzilla.
I don't know about "had" to, but they chose to because it certainly implied more of a hopeless tone as opposed to the ambiguous ending they settled on.
There was actually a video I saw that was from I think a pachinko machine in Japan, that had Eva-01 fighting Shin Godzilla. So they really wanted people to think about them like that.
@@Fyre11the storyline for that machine is wild. I think Unit-00 gets absorbed by Ghidorah and Asuka ends up defeating it to save Rei. To this day i don't understand how they didn't make it a movie
One of things that made a lot of people dislike Shin Godzilla was it was misunderstood. The director of the film said it was supposed to be a comedy about the beauracracy involved with the government response. The Normies are the first reaction I've seen that got the humor in it.
To clarify: the reason the US can dictate what Japan can do as presented in the movie is a holdover from WWII, as Japan isn't permitted to have its own military, or resolve international disputes through violence (it has a much smaller Self-Defense Force). In practice, it's kind of a protectorate territory of the United States since we destroyed it and then paid for and helmed its reconstruction.
Okinawa was given back to japan from america in the 70's and about 10 years ago they expanded the size of their "defence force" to be able to assist allies. But mostly its a cautionary excuse because china and north korea are acting like wild cards and could attack at anytime. But yeah your right america is obligated to defend japan which is why america still has FOB's(forward operating base) over there. Which is wild considering germany has basically started 2 world wars and doesn't have the same restrictions.
@@holyfire11 I think Germany is a unique case because it was literally cut into two countries right after the war, and both East and West had a prominent military presence there, so (a little hypocritically) they were softer on that front because it was probably more useful to both sides of the Cold War
@holyfire11 I don't know if you forgot but after World War II Germany literally lost the right to even be a country anymore lmao. It wasn't until 1990 that The Federal Republic of Germany was born. Between 1945 and 1990 the entire country was completely occupied by foreign armies and their government was nearly fully dissolved. Germany, if anything have had far worse restrictions than Japan had lol.
this movie was also inspired by the Government's slow response to the Japanese triple disaster event in 2011 and essentially critiquing how they would respond to a disaster now, this movie's development is crazy interesting you guys should check it out too
Yup! Anno was extremely pissed at the government and decided, in almost the same way that the original director did, to both criticize his government and their response as well as provide a warning against unchecked Nuclear power. It's a beautiful, tragic film.
So apparently the creator had more forms for THIS Godzilla, the bodies you saw at the end were going to be Shin’s next evolution. He would’ve turned into an army of humanoid godzillas
Yes, if they ever made a sequel they would turn godzilla into a winged humanoid monster who would grow bigger than the earth and keep evolving, pretty much becoming a celestial creature like Ghidora was. Pretty much like an angel and grow forever
Shin and Minus are not related just inspired there all different interpretations of Godzilla. There are series of movies related by era of directors like Hisei and Toho also has a series that span several films. The kaiju people spawning from its tail where gonna be its next evolution a new species based from him a Godzilla species. Since bit evolves and adapts to survive it adapted to humanities threat towards it by becoming its own species. This Godzilla would never stop evolving and would assimilate everything if it wasn’t stopped.
I like how a shared plot point in both shin and minus one is that there was a solid point where someone had the ability to stop Godzilla before things got too far, but failed as a result of indecisiveness
@@christopheraustin5915I think we know because if you look at Godzilla’s neck you would see some deep scars from other battles/ships. A gun would be tickling him
Shin Godzilla is part of the Shin Japan Heroes Universe which consists of this movie, Shin Ultraman, Shin Kamen Rider, and Evangelion 3.0+1.0. If you love Shin Godzilla (and Evangelion), you should also look into Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider, they're made by the same crew as this one, Studio Khara. If you don't know Studio Khara is led by Hideaki Anno, the creator of Evangelion.
The shin godzilla soundtrack is also made by Sagisu who did Neon Genesis so that's why y'all are hearing the similarities in the EM20 ost in the movie. I think its most similar to the Strategie Yashima from Evangelion.
Also, godzilla movies are usually a critizsm of goverment, anti ecology sentiments etc. This one is meant to insult the goverment response after the Fukushima incident.
Ah it never cease to amaze me, every reactors watching this version of Godzilla, "Shin Godzilla" they always flinched when they see Shin for the first time and an awestruck and fear seeing him with his Atomic breath. "If I die who will know of me".
One of the most tragic aspects of thia movie is the fact that Godzilla is just defending itself, it was just an animal, and it became a monster so fast. When it's evolving it's also suffering, it's constantly in pain. It's just trying to survive.
Navi - Godzilla in this movie is a CG model designed to resemble the physical suit actors of old Kaiju films. Physically its skin is evocative of the damage to nuclear burns on human bodies after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Hideaki Anno, the director of this film and creator of Evangelion is a big Tokusatsu and Daikaijū Eiga fan. So he gets a lot of inspiration for his creations from movies like Godzilla, Gamera and the Kamen rider series and Ultraman series.
the different forms of Godzilla have pet names. " The nicknames for Godzilla's first two land-capable forms, "Kamata-kun" and "Shinagawa-kun" (after the wards the monster rampages through, respectively), were later used in official advertising and merchandising after being popularized online through fan art." - TVTropes 17:35 Ref the music. this is the first of 3 times they used Neon Genesis Evangelion music. Easy to get permission since it was the same director.
Shin Godzilla did well at the box office in Japan, but its overseas box office revenue was around 210 million yen, and it wasn't even talked about. Furthermore, in Europe, where Godzilla is less familiar, the film managed to be released in Spain, but it was a disastrous film that cost only 920,000 yen.
Shin Godzilla's rate of evolution was also accelerating; in the final battle, he went from shooting multiple heat rays from his back fins to shooting just the one from his tail, so that he WOULDN'T wear himself out in a fight too quickly. Two focused heat rays with one of them having full 360 range is more effective than firing blindly without looking and hoping you hit your target, a la the dorsal fin heat rays.
This movie was a metaphor for the Japanese government’s failed response to the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. It’s mocking government bureaucracy. I didn’t fully understand it until I started working in government… now when I watch it I laugh my ass off during the entire thing because of how accurate (and sad) it is
Navi - Godzilla has multiple continuities. He debuts in whichever movie starts the current run and then they’re aware of him until the next cycle starts. His allegiances, temperament and the tone of the films also vary with the times
Most of the Japanese continuities (Shows, Heisiei & Millennium) keep 1954 Godzilla as the original continuity and then the Godzilla that appears afterwards is a second one.
Fun fact: There was a massive practical puppet for Shin Godzilla on set. Almost each body party of it was remote controlled, and there’s even a short video on UA-cam of it movie my and working! Sadly it never made it into the final version of the film.
Directed by Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno, music by Eva composer Shiro Sagisu, effects by Eva co-writer Shinji Higuchi. This is the first of the Shin trilogy, with Ultraman and Kamen Rider. Definitely recommend the other 2, even if you have no experience with the franchises. They are good, self contained adaptations
This movie Shin Gojira is about satire Japanese political bureaucracy government, that what I like from Japanese Godzilla always about human life not only story about Godzilla itself.
Just to give an understanding on the different interpretations of Godzilla. Mostly you want to be away from Godzilla, but if you want to cheer for him, it would mean that there's another monster that is even a greater problem. The only one that you shouldn't cheer in any way is GMK Godzilla, as that is literally an amalgamation of vengeful spirits of the people who had suffered by the Japanese on WW2.
This was directed by hideali anno, the same director who directed every evangelion thing. I highly recommend watching the full franchise, basically shin ultraman and shin kamen rider
So here's an explanation Throughout the movie, godzilla evolves to fight back against what can harm him. When the bombs hit his back, he fired those beams from his back to destroy the bombers. Those little humanoids on his tail were him attempting to evolve again. If humans could harm him, then that's exactly what he'll become. I believe Shin has a total of eight forms. We only get to see five of them. The implication of those little creatures is much terrifying, and then you'd think, since they'd grow roughly to the same size as godzilla and travel across the world for colonization. There's a short fan film that answers the question of what would have happened if Godzilla hadn't froze and those things escaped. Shin godzilla apocalypse scenario
Shin has only had 5 forms thats it not 8th forms with him becoming the same level as void ghidorah. It saddens me a lot that people still believe this hoax
I love the fact that the Crane Platoon is named "Ame-no-habakiri", which is the katana (sword) used to defeat Yamata-no-Orochi (eight-headed serpent) in Japanese myths. It is said that Shin Godzilla represents disaster, especially Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, and that's why Godzilla just go around destroy buildings, not targetting humans like the one in Godzilla -1. Anno cast light on, encouraged, and praised those who work to support our daily lives, by giving the grate name to heavy machinery, not tanks or fighters.
Thank you for appreciating Shin Godzilla. This film is inspired by the unforgettable 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake for the Japanese people. The scene of Godzilla coming ashore by moving against the river’s flow and the following ruins evoke memories of the tsunami. The film also captures various aspects of the Japanese experience, including the nuclear disaster, bureaucratic response, and public protests. It’s a piece that holds a special place in my heart.
so to explain what happened at the end there it goes back to something that was mentioned earlier in the movie where the scientist said That Godzilla Could sprout wings and fly, This Godzilla, is a unique one, because it doesn't have a set final form...it will continue to evolve to suite its environment and surroundings...at the end of the movie we can see minature godzilla creatures sprouting from its tail...That's because it took a community to take out godzilla, therefore godzilla was getting ready to evolve again into an army of minature godzilla creatures
Ok, here you go. Monsterverse Godzilla - Ancient Alpha predator, been around for millions of years. Subsists on radiation. Keeps the balance of all the "titans" on Earth. Doesn't care about humanity, but won't go out of his way to hurt them. Reactionary to humanity. Shin-Godzilla - mutated underwater organism. Goes through 4 evolutionary changes. Generates his own radiation to survive. Couldn't care less about humanity until they start messing with him. Very reactionary to humanity. Godzilla -1.0 - Legendary (not the company) creature who thrived near Odo Island. Apparently, lived in harmony with the Odo Island natives, until the Japanese Military aircraft technicians blew that. Decimated all humans that it spotted moving after it was fired on. This is why he initially left Shikishima alone in the plane. He saw him, Shikishima just wasn't doing anything. Then, months later, Castle Bravo nuclear test detonation, basically fried him and suped up his regeneration factor, and he hated humans, because he knew what they did to him.
What I learned from this reaction: 1. Americans don't have civilian control so they don't understand the chain of command. 2. Americans don't care civilian lives so they don't hesitate shooting in the middle of cities. 3. Americans don't remember they ORDERED Japan not to have military power (Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution), so they lack the perspective where use of force will cause so much trouble within laws and politics in Japan after WW2.
1 we don’t have civilian control but we know what chain of command is 2 only criminals shoot in cities unless necessary 3 we know this we are taught it in school, but the US does not hold Japan to that standard anymore (mostly talking about US civilians but the military too), Japan takes their pacifism more seriously than we do
by the way, the music artist in this is the same person who did tracks for Evangelion. Bleach, and other things. I totally suggest checking out all his works, amazing music artist.
In fairness to the PM with ordering the helicopters to abort the attack, he was only told "Civilians are in the line of fire", not how *many* civilians there were. And I actually cut the government a lot of slack during Godzilla's first appearance on land - they'd have contingency plans in place for, say, China or North Korea trying to invade them. But how many countries would actively plan for a marine creature coming onto land, being taller than most apartment buildings, and wreaking havoc in a downtown area?
In the godzilla fandom each Godzilla has his own name. This one is called SHIN. He is the most unique, since unlike all the other Godzilla's he's not a biological creature that was mutated, he's a fully man made monster. Based on the movie context it's generally believed that dr. Maki either created, or turned himself into Shin. Also as with all Godzilla movies, this one criticizes the poor decision making of the Japanese government and its poor response time to disasters. During the Fukushima disaster, the government responded poorly and with high delays, so the damage was much worse than it could've been.
You should watch Godzilla final wars at some point, mostly because the contrast between this and minus one vs "big lizard fights other monsters" is part of what makes Godzilla such a fun franchise
He evolves and adapts to any and all situations and in the end he was adapting to us so if they didn’t stop him he was going to unleash human-size hybrid monsters to eliminate the humans.
Basically this film is couple things One, a criticism of the Japanese bureaucracy and government for their flawed reaction to the 2011 triple disaster, represented by Godzilla's 3 forms that appear in full. It also touches on Japan's place in the modern world, as essentially subservient to the US post-WWII. One cannot undermine the horrific idea of dropping a nuke on Japan *AGAIN* This is why the human plot is essential to the film.
If y’all wanna see more of an evolving shin Godzilla ya gotta watch. This animations of hakaishin Godzilla the fights and his evolved designs go hard✨👍
Marketa, Chris, Spidey - Hideaki Anno who did Eva directed this movie. He uses music from his old projects in new ones quite frequently and Shiro Sagisu returns from Eva to compose for this film. A lot of the military vehicle open landscape shots and shots of Godzilla are evocative of Eva’s establishing shots and angel scenes. Kayoko and Hiromi are very much Asuka and Rei type characters and the task force evokes Nerv’s bridge team.
The American Monsterverse Godzilla is like a juicy hamburger while the recent Japanese Toho Godzilla is like a gourmet steak - both are “delicious” depending on your mood. Godzilla Minus One (2023) dealt with post-WWII “survivor guilt” with a compelling human story. Shin Godzilla (2016) highlighted the bureaucratic failures in dealing with the triple disasters (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear reactor meltdown) in 2011.
Bro not every Godzilla movie has to be Serious in order to be good the opposite can be the same Movies will always have different ideas and goals wanted to achieve all it comes to personal preference In my opinion GVK is a great movie as well minus one and Shin (2016)
@@HelenaSan425 I have a “soft spot” for campy reruns of Godzilla movies made in the 1960s and 1970s. To date, there have been 38 Godzilla movies released. I have seen them all.
@@chanhw As much as I love these offerings, I still adore the first MechaGodzilla movie. My cousin, who got me into Godzilla when we were kids and shares my opinions, his favorite is still the Mecha King Ghidorah movie. On another note, having seen 36/38, I was wondering if you knew where I can find a way to watch Biolante and '84...
@@Zeugnimodms I have a “soft spot” for campy reruns of Godzilla movies made in the 1960s and 1970s. As of May 2024, there were 38 Godzilla movies made - I saw them all.
Explanation for the end: Godzilla adapts to whatever hurts him. Hence his back beams to stop the bombs, those humanoids was Godzillas adaptation. Put simply, humans killed Godzilla in a sense so Godzilla became human like
15:33 The point of always informing the woman first and then the prime minister is because each one is responsible for an area, so only as a matter of law should the information be passed on to the right ministers.
34:51 ok but there is a series called Shinkalion (a parallel universe to Evangelion) where this was believed to be true, and Godzilla was a fictional character created in 1954, just like our world. AND THEN HE SHOWED UP ANYWAY. All of a sudden, despite our fictional movies, comics, etc, Godzilla is just real with no explanation given. The MCs were horrified and they got curbstomped quite easily.
Anno wanted his Godzilla to be representative of the events of the Tōhoku earthquake and ensuing tsunami in 2011 and the japanese government's indecisiveness during the ensuing crisis that led to far more civilian deaths than necessary.
The horror movie Godzilla. What an amazing experience it was to see it for the first time! I loved how you guys seemed to understand the differences between the American and the Japanese Godzilla movies pretty quick! Especially this one, who was the most excentric of the bunch, much like its own Godzilla!!
Loved how different this was with one exception - it's "Googly Eyes" in the beginning. Couldn't stop laughing when I kept seeing it. Thank goodness it evolved out of them!
Godzilla Minus One was originally going to be Shin Godzilla 2 but after a while directors decided to make Minus One its own standalone film. Also while I don’t speak or read Japanese fluently I believe the Japanese word “Shin” can mean things like “True”, “New” or “God”. Really putting the “God” in “Godzilla” in this movie.
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Here’s the differences between Legendary, Shin, & Minus One Godzillas… - Legendary is basically a god of nature with a WICKED sadistic streak and looks to protect the planet (NOT humans) - Shin is a mutated creature that is in excruciating pain due to its constant evolution, and does not want to die, but also wants to be put out of its misery - Minus One’s personality is based on a cat, with his motivations being revenge on humanity from mutating him with the Atomic Bomb. “I was the last of my kind, and you turned me into the first. That is why I punish you. Because I never thought I could be made more alone” The one thing every incarnation of Godzilla has in common (besides the 98 one) is that they are unstoppable. They can never be hurt by conventional means. Hell it’s confirmed he can nearly kill Superman!
Shin Godzilla is basically suffering personified, a being that lives in constant pain and wants to end its existence but can't. To sum it up, Shin Godzilla is a mind that wants to die with a body that fights to survive.
Hideaki Anno, who created Evangelion was hired to direct this film, so go figure his cinematic anime style made some transitions to film. There was some concern in that he planned to make the first ever fully CGI Godzilla for a Japanese film and in the final product Godzilla is fully digital, but his movements were motion captured by Mansai Nomura, so in spirit, Godzilla still had a human actor's portrayal. Much like the original 1952 Godzilla film, Shin is an artistic depiction of the consequences of disaster in Japan. The Fukushima reactor was damaged in the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami that struck Japan. The images of Godzilla moving up the channels from the bay flooding streets and displacing vessels was meant to invoke the same imagery as the tsunami making landfall. Furthermore, the heavy focus on the human characters is very much for the sake of criticism in regard to how Japanese officials handled the emergency situation with the Fukushima plant as it unfolded. The portrayal of second-guessing, bureaucracy, and ineffective communication are all direct criticisms of the government's inept response to the disaster and emphasize how many lives were lost due to poor decision-making ability. Much like Godzilla in the film, what began as a manageable and difficult, but surmountable obstacle became much bigger and more problematic with the aid of time, morphing into something that became completely beyond control. Afterall, Godzilla in the truest sense is meant to highlight the hubris of humanity in the face of nature.
14:33 This is the critique of the movie in a quick little scene. By this point in the runtime you can already feel annoyed and aggravated by all the bureaucracy.
The eerie implication of that ending was just the perfect touch. Did they freeze it before any of those little zillas split off from the tail? Are there human-zilla infiltrators among us now? It was such a good way to end that they did it again in Minus One.
Fun fact: The crane trucks were actually used in Fukushima in an attempt to cool down the nuclear reactor -- which, as you all know, failed. Many of the scenes in this movie look like they were taken from actual news footage of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), which caused the nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima. The government's response to Godzilla is, in Japanese eyes, an obvious caricature of the action/inaction of the political systems at the time.
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Gojira 1960's movie the very first Godzilla movie.
Now try watching Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider!!
FYI: Japan still has a lot of business using faxes and printers!!
Now we need Godzilla X Kong!
Fun fact for Chris, the creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion directed this movie! So you will hear and see certain elements of Evangelion in this Godzilla movie. It is awesome too! I think that the director was using this movie to see if a live-action Evangelion movie could possibly be done with success. Kinda like a test run for the future of giant robots and monster films.
I am a hardcore nerd for this film. It's one of the best not only Godzilla films but one of the best films of the decade. This was directed by Hideaki Anno who created Neon Genesis Evangelion, which is why you hear the Evangelion Soundtrack, which funny enough the Score for this movie is by Shiro Sagisu who's worked with Hideaki Anno for years now and has done every Evangelion score. The film was inspired by the Fukushima Tsunami and nuclear disaster of 2011 and its an examination/criticism of Japan's politics and bureaucracy, specifically the ridiculous amount of red tape there is to do anything. That's why you see all the Politicians constantly playing telephone with each other and asking permission for everything, wasting time when there's a clear disaster in their midst.
At the end of the film, the creatures you see on the tail are not offspring of Shin Godzilla, but the 5TH FORM of Shin Godzilla! These smaller Shin/humanoid creatures are there to attack/defend themselves against humans on a more efficient and personal level. He would evolve this way because it's an army of humans that actively attack him requiring him to evolve to be more human. It's very much a reflection to our dark nature. Chances are they would have been a pure hive mind of Shin Godzilla all acting working together to defend themselves. I believe there was an idea for the ending where Godzilla keeps evolving until he becomes this planet sized human female form with bone like wings (there's even concept art) and then basically becomes one with the universe or becomes the universe and we all are essentially extensions of Godzilla.
That beautiful Song that plays when Shin Godzilla uses his atomic breath for the 1st time is called "Who Will Know". The lyrics are Godzilla's POV. It's him basically saying he's in pain due to the waste Japan and The US left behind that he ate that made him evolve, doesn't understand why he's being attacked because it's not his fault his body is the way it is (You really only see him destroy building/property on accident because of his size and clumsiness, He doesn't start killing people till Japan attacks him) and is fighting to live though he does not want to hurt anybody. That's why the music is sad. It's not sad for humanity who are the aggressors and attack him first. It's sad for Godzilla who didn't ask to be this way but due to our ignorance, meddling and aggression became this way.
I swear every single time I hear that song I just randomly started to cry
It also implies that Shin Godzilla is lonely and actively wants to die, to stop the pain his body is in, but that he can't, and also ponders his purpose and what will be of him. (Sorry if I got anything wrong, it's been a while since I read the lyrics.)
I generally agree, but I think he probably ate or fused with Goro maki first, which is what triggered Godzilla's explosive evolution, and I also think that's why Godzilla headed for Tokyo (the Japanese government).
@@犬まにまに what are you yapping about?
THIS, this comment right here! This is a perfect explanation 💙
It's heartbreaking that Godzilla's roars are shrieks of pain. It's in constant pain, evolving millions of years per hour.
He is not in constant pain. Since the only one where you can see him scream in pain is in the bombardment on his back. At no point did Godzilla feel pain before. That being is something outside of nature. Goro Maki's Diary proves it.
I'm way too high for this comment😂
@@Eddhielo idiot
@@EddhieloHes all in pain bruh hes blood is litteraly boiling hot
@@Eddhielowe are talking about shin not other goji's and hes the only one in constant painfull pain and all of the movie he was all in pain
You guys should know that in crisis situation, you never skip the chain of command. A soldier reports to an officer, an officer to his senior officer and all the way up to chief of staff, then to the minister of defence and finally to the prime minister. The orders go down the same way. The Americans were doing just the same thing in the Cuban crisis. You don't start shooting just because you want to.
Cuba was due to the cold war. American troops actually are trained to have some autonomy in warzones so there aren't that many bottlenecks to getting shit done.
A huge weakness
@@CaptainC319no chain of command means no cohesion, there are pros and cons but the pros heavily outweigh the cons.
There is also the issue of how the Imperial Japanese military acted, that being completely unilaterally so that low level officers would just decide to direct national policy by invading a country or assassinating an official.
@@winstonpeanutbutter largely yes but that is dependent on the effectiveness of the people at the top of the chain
“Straight Evangelion right now.”
Yeah, guess who did the music for it too.
Yes, the score was made by the same composer from Evangelion, Shiro Sagisu, and they use the theme "Angel Attack" from the series on this movie
@@infantelocoCorrection the track that’s used multiple times is Decisive Battle. It’s the song used when preparing for the attack on Ramiel with the Positron Rifle, Operation Yashima.
Godzilla?
@@khornethebloodgod4155 you absolutely right... my bad... it is Decesive battle, Angel Attack has another tone.
@@infanteloco thank you.
Something about this Godzilla. Since is constantly evolving in a strange body, is in constant pain. If you hear the song when Godzilla is firing his atomic breath. Is litarally "I´m in pain, help me, don´t shoot me".
Can you belive that this was made from the creator of Evangelion?
Yup, the song is 'Who Will Know' and it's from Godzilla's perspective. He's not evil. He's in absolute agony, has no idea what's happening to him and is desperate for help.
Dude doesn't even do anything aggressive until he's attacked first. He's just walking.
I can't believe it has the same creator since it ended on an ominous note, as opposed to nihilistic. lol
Shin Godzilla is very much a metaphor for the Fukushima disaster and Japan's poor response to it, hence all the unnecessary bureaucracy throughout like the room full of officials relaying a message and constantly spending too long debating solutions to the point the problem becomes much worse.
Not just the Fukushima Disaster, but the preceding Tohouku Earthquake and Tsunami as well. Anno was extremely pissed at the government and decided, in almost the same way that the original director did, to both criticize his government and their response as well as provide a warning against unchecked Nuclear power. It's a beautiful, tragic film.
Arguably, it could apply to basically any disaster that a government fails to address in time due to bureaucracy, as well as incompetence, bias, and fear of accountability in politicians.
Idk I think Pat is on to something...literal...shin...rofl
Fun fact: this Godzilla, if it lived, would never stop evolving until it became the universe itself pretty much
Edit:it has come to my attention that this seems to be a hoax, however it is still a cool idea to think about. It is still true that this Godzilla would’ve never stopped evolving. If it needs wings, it will simply grow wings. It only makes sense that he would never stop until he became a universal entity
yeah the concept art is so cool with the humanoid angelic Godzilla form
What does that mean?
@@akshayhere the godzilla from this movie would keep evolving until it became an actual universal entity. that’s what the writers and director confirmed in interviews
@@grucho101 a universal entity or the universe itself? How would it deal with Interstellar distances? I'm sorry these are the things that enter my mind when I hear things like this
@@akshayhere not sure actually, the concept art looks like a biblically accurate angel, or just angels from Evangelion, yknow a divine entity that’s capable of creating smaller versions of itself that it controls, that’s what the ending of the movie was hinting to. in an interview the directors said godzilla adapts to what it’s fighting so “if a committee fights godzilla, godzilla will become a committee”
They had to remove a scene where searchers found a chunk of Godzilla’s flesh that had been blasted off by the military. It was in the process of becoming a new Godzilla. It implies that every part of Godzilla’s body can regenerate into a new individual Godzilla.
I don't know about "had" to, but they chose to because it certainly implied more of a hopeless tone as opposed to the ambiguous ending they settled on.
The Evangelion crew coming back to get traumatized by Anno
Again
There was actually a video I saw that was from I think a pachinko machine in Japan, that had Eva-01 fighting Shin Godzilla. So they really wanted people to think about them like that.
@@Fyre11 I mean the creator of evangelion and a few of the original artists made this movie soooo
@@Fyre11the storyline for that machine is wild. I think Unit-00 gets absorbed by Ghidorah and Asuka ends up defeating it to save Rei. To this day i don't understand how they didn't make it a movie
@@Fyre11 There was also a 3D ride of Godzilla vs Evangelion which introduced Shin Ghidorah.
One of things that made a lot of people dislike Shin Godzilla was it was misunderstood. The director of the film said it was supposed to be a comedy about the beauracracy involved with the government response. The Normies are the first reaction I've seen that got the humor in it.
To clarify: the reason the US can dictate what Japan can do as presented in the movie is a holdover from WWII, as Japan isn't permitted to have its own military, or resolve international disputes through violence (it has a much smaller Self-Defense Force). In practice, it's kind of a protectorate territory of the United States since we destroyed it and then paid for and helmed its reconstruction.
Okinawa was given back to japan from america in the 70's and about 10 years ago they expanded the size of their "defence force" to be able to assist allies. But mostly its a cautionary excuse because china and north korea are acting like wild cards and could attack at anytime. But yeah your right america is obligated to defend japan which is why america still has FOB's(forward operating base) over there. Which is wild considering germany has basically started 2 world wars and doesn't have the same restrictions.
@@holyfire11 I think Germany is a unique case because it was literally cut into two countries right after the war, and both East and West had a prominent military presence there, so (a little hypocritically) they were softer on that front because it was probably more useful to both sides of the Cold War
In fact, most of the countries that participated in World War II and were involved in the Cold War had similar situations.
@holyfire11 I don't know if you forgot but after World War II Germany literally lost the right to even be a country anymore lmao. It wasn't until 1990 that The Federal Republic of Germany was born. Between 1945 and 1990 the entire country was completely occupied by foreign armies and their government was nearly fully dissolved. Germany, if anything have had far worse restrictions than Japan had lol.
So much for freedom, eh? That explains a lot in terms of what Japan thinks about the US
this movie was also inspired by the Government's slow response to the Japanese triple disaster event in 2011 and essentially critiquing how they would respond to a disaster now, this movie's development is crazy interesting you guys should check it out too
Yup! Anno was extremely pissed at the government and decided, in almost the same way that the original director did, to both criticize his government and their response as well as provide a warning against unchecked Nuclear power. It's a beautiful, tragic film.
The final shot is Godzilla evolving again. Since he was defeated by humanity, he decided to become humanity.
censoring pat's belly at 39:50 is the best gag in this entire video 🤣
bro that had me dying lmfao i was like wait how tf did nobody else notice that, i was looking for this comment
😂
And the girl didn't get censored😂
@@rosinaya Fanservice 😂
So apparently the creator had more forms for THIS Godzilla, the bodies you saw at the end were going to be Shin’s next evolution. He would’ve turned into an army of humanoid godzillas
So apparently Godzilla evolves into whatever it has to beat, and it's humans in this case
Yes, if they ever made a sequel they would turn godzilla into a winged humanoid monster who would grow bigger than the earth and keep evolving, pretty much becoming a celestial creature like Ghidora was. Pretty much like an angel and grow forever
@@SandSlash242that has been confirmed to be a hoax please stop spreading misinformation
I'd watch a movie based on that, if it was done by the same people, it'd be better than Cloverfield.
Shin and Minus are not related just inspired there all different interpretations of Godzilla. There are series of movies related by era of directors like Hisei and Toho also has a series that span several films.
The kaiju people spawning from its tail where gonna be its next evolution a new species based from him a Godzilla species. Since bit evolves and adapts to survive it adapted to humanities threat towards it by becoming its own species. This Godzilla would never stop evolving and would assimilate everything if it wasn’t stopped.
I like how a shared plot point in both shin and minus one is that there was a solid point where someone had the ability to stop Godzilla before things got too far, but failed as a result of indecisiveness
It‘s a trope that goes back all the way to the very first Godzilla :)
I don’t think minus one goji would’ve died from an airplane machine gun.
@@meswoopnoseenothing and we’ll never know.
More importantly, never will Kōichi
@@christopheraustin5915I think we know because if you look at Godzilla’s neck you would see some deep scars from other battles/ships. A gun would be tickling him
@@pizzaman8918 it’s not what we think; it’s what Kōichi thinks.
Shin Godzilla is part of the Shin Japan Heroes Universe which consists of this movie, Shin Ultraman, Shin Kamen Rider, and Evangelion 3.0+1.0. If you love Shin Godzilla (and Evangelion), you should also look into Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider, they're made by the same crew as this one, Studio Khara.
If you don't know Studio Khara is led by Hideaki Anno, the creator of Evangelion.
Rumor is that his next work is Shin Kamen Rider: Masked World. Not sure how viable it is tho. Dude seems to be having his anti-villain era
I'd love a Shin Gamera
The shin godzilla soundtrack is also made by Sagisu who did Neon Genesis so that's why y'all are hearing the similarities in the EM20 ost in the movie. I think its most similar to the Strategie Yashima from Evangelion.
Also, godzilla movies are usually a critizsm of goverment, anti ecology sentiments etc. This one is meant to insult the goverment response after the Fukushima incident.
Ah it never cease to amaze me, every reactors watching this version of Godzilla, "Shin Godzilla" they always flinched when they see Shin for the first time and an awestruck and fear seeing him with his Atomic breath. "If I die who will know of me".
I love that when done well Godzilla can be a hero or a terrifying villain.
One of the most tragic aspects of thia movie is the fact that Godzilla is just defending itself, it was just an animal, and it became a monster so fast. When it's evolving it's also suffering, it's constantly in pain.
It's just trying to survive.
Navi - Godzilla in this movie is a CG model designed to resemble the physical suit actors of old Kaiju films. Physically its skin is evocative of the damage to nuclear burns on human bodies after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Hideaki Anno, the director of this film and creator of Evangelion is a big Tokusatsu and Daikaijū Eiga fan. So he gets a lot of inspiration for his creations from movies like Godzilla, Gamera and the Kamen rider series and Ultraman series.
the different forms of Godzilla have pet names.
" The nicknames for Godzilla's first two land-capable forms, "Kamata-kun" and "Shinagawa-kun" (after the wards the monster rampages through, respectively),
were later used in official advertising and merchandising after being popularized online through fan art." - TVTropes
17:35
Ref the music. this is the first of 3 times they used Neon Genesis Evangelion music.
Easy to get permission since it was the same director.
as for the breath, i love how he goes from fire to literal plasma.
By far my favorite Godzilla film, I'm so glad Minus One has Americans seeking out the other Toho films
This Godzilla is terrifying not only because his design but also the fact he can evolve infinitely adapting to anything they throw at him
Shin Godzilla did well at the box office in Japan, but its overseas box office revenue was around 210 million yen, and it wasn't even talked about. Furthermore, in Europe, where Godzilla is less familiar, the film managed to be released in Spain, but it was a disastrous film that cost only 920,000 yen.
Shin Godzilla's rate of evolution was also accelerating; in the final battle, he went from shooting multiple heat rays from his back fins to shooting just the one from his tail, so that he WOULDN'T wear himself out in a fight too quickly. Two focused heat rays with one of them having full 360 range is more effective than firing blindly without looking and hoping you hit your target, a la the dorsal fin heat rays.
This movie was a metaphor for the Japanese government’s failed response to the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. It’s mocking government bureaucracy. I didn’t fully understand it until I started working in government… now when I watch it I laugh my ass off during the entire thing because of how accurate (and sad) it is
Navi - Godzilla has multiple continuities. He debuts in whichever movie starts the current run and then they’re aware of him until the next cycle starts. His allegiances, temperament and the tone of the films also vary with the times
Most of the Japanese continuities (Shows, Heisiei & Millennium) keep 1954 Godzilla as the original continuity and then the Godzilla that appears afterwards is a second one.
33:51 "Alright, so we've lost..." I've never heard a more accurate assessment of a Godzilla encounter than that. Nailed it on the first try.
The thing with Toho Godzilla movies is some are standalone movies and some are connected to other films. Shin Godzilla is a standalone movie.
Fun fact: There was a massive practical puppet for Shin Godzilla on set. Almost each body party of it was remote controlled, and there’s even a short video on UA-cam of it movie my and working! Sadly it never made it into the final version of the film.
Directed by Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno, music by Eva composer Shiro Sagisu, effects by Eva co-writer Shinji Higuchi.
This is the first of the Shin trilogy, with Ultraman and Kamen Rider. Definitely recommend the other 2, even if you have no experience with the franchises. They are good, self contained adaptations
50:45 Chris you weren't expecting to be confused by an Anno ending after the first 3 times you experienced an Anno ending?!
I love ho Chris' face changes as the movie shows the tail
Guess im going to learn my lesson now
This movie Shin Gojira is about satire Japanese political bureaucracy government, that what I like from Japanese
Godzilla always about human life not only story about Godzilla itself.
34:16 "I think...we find a way to communicate" had me dying
"sir, another Godzilla has hit the tower"
Underrated joke
Shin Godzilla is great. It’s basically a huge episode of Evangelion.
another Godzilla reaction?
Guess we have to change rooms. See you in the conference hall #7 everyone.
Now you guys need to watch the original Godzilla, that way you can round out the dark and horror-like godzilla movies.
Just to give an understanding on the different interpretations of Godzilla. Mostly you want to be away from Godzilla, but if you want to cheer for him, it would mean that there's another monster that is even a greater problem.
The only one that you shouldn't cheer in any way is GMK Godzilla, as that is literally an amalgamation of vengeful spirits of the people who had suffered by the Japanese on WW2.
This was directed by hideali anno, the same director who directed every evangelion thing. I highly recommend watching the full franchise, basically shin ultraman and shin kamen rider
My favorite part of Shin Godzilla is when Misato shows up
12:38 Kamata-kun's adorable little numbs for arms 🥰
Now you all need to watch Shin Ultraman and Shin Masked Rider.
So here's an explanation
Throughout the movie, godzilla evolves to fight back against what can harm him. When the bombs hit his back, he fired those beams from his back to destroy the bombers.
Those little humanoids on his tail were him attempting to evolve again. If humans could harm him, then that's exactly what he'll become.
I believe Shin has a total of eight forms. We only get to see five of them. The implication of those little creatures is much terrifying, and then you'd think, since they'd grow roughly to the same size as godzilla and travel across the world for colonization.
There's a short fan film that answers the question of what would have happened if Godzilla hadn't froze and those things escaped.
Shin godzilla apocalypse scenario
I saw that video or rather an animation based on it. And yeah, it evokes some scary imagery and thoughts
Shin has only had 5 forms thats it not 8th forms with him becoming the same level as void ghidorah. It saddens me a lot that people still believe this hoax
This film is one of the reasons why it took so long for the fourth REBUILD.OF EVANGELION film to come out
I love the fact that the Crane Platoon is named "Ame-no-habakiri", which is the katana (sword) used to defeat Yamata-no-Orochi (eight-headed serpent) in Japanese myths. It is said that Shin Godzilla represents disaster, especially Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, and that's why Godzilla just go around destroy buildings, not targetting humans like the one in Godzilla -1. Anno cast light on, encouraged, and praised those who work to support our daily lives, by giving the grate name to heavy machinery, not tanks or fighters.
Thank you for appreciating Shin Godzilla. This film is inspired by the unforgettable 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake for the Japanese people. The scene of Godzilla coming ashore by moving against the river’s flow and the following ruins evoke memories of the tsunami. The film also captures various aspects of the Japanese experience, including the nuclear disaster, bureaucratic response, and public protests. It’s a piece that holds a special place in my heart.
so to explain what happened at the end there it goes back to something that was mentioned earlier in the movie where the scientist said That Godzilla Could sprout wings and fly, This Godzilla, is a unique one, because it doesn't have a set final form...it will continue to evolve to suite its environment and surroundings...at the end of the movie we can see minature godzilla creatures sprouting from its tail...That's because it took a community to take out godzilla, therefore godzilla was getting ready to evolve again into an army of minature godzilla creatures
Ok, here you go. Monsterverse Godzilla - Ancient Alpha predator, been around for millions of years. Subsists on radiation. Keeps the balance of all the "titans" on Earth. Doesn't care about humanity, but won't go out of his way to hurt them. Reactionary to humanity. Shin-Godzilla - mutated underwater organism. Goes through 4 evolutionary changes. Generates his own radiation to survive. Couldn't care less about humanity until they start messing with him. Very reactionary to humanity. Godzilla -1.0 - Legendary (not the company) creature who thrived near Odo Island. Apparently, lived in harmony with the Odo Island natives, until the Japanese Military aircraft technicians blew that. Decimated all humans that it spotted moving after it was fired on. This is why he initially left Shikishima alone in the plane. He saw him, Shikishima just wasn't doing anything. Then, months later, Castle Bravo nuclear test detonation, basically fried him and suped up his regeneration factor, and he hated humans, because he knew what they did to him.
What I learned from this reaction:
1. Americans don't have civilian control so they don't understand the chain of command.
2. Americans don't care civilian lives so they don't hesitate shooting in the middle of cities.
3. Americans don't remember they ORDERED Japan not to have military power (Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution), so they lack the perspective where use of force will cause so much trouble within laws and politics in Japan after WW2.
1 we don’t have civilian control but we know what chain of command is
2 only criminals shoot in cities unless necessary
3 we know this we are taught it in school, but the US does not hold Japan to that standard anymore (mostly talking about US civilians but the military too), Japan takes their pacifism more seriously than we do
by the way, the music artist in this is the same person who did tracks for Evangelion. Bleach, and other things. I totally suggest checking out all his works, amazing music artist.
Pat talking about communicating with sign language killing me lmfao
In fairness to the PM with ordering the helicopters to abort the attack, he was only told "Civilians are in the line of fire", not how *many* civilians there were. And I actually cut the government a lot of slack during Godzilla's first appearance on land - they'd have contingency plans in place for, say, China or North Korea trying to invade them. But how many countries would actively plan for a marine creature coming onto land, being taller than most apartment buildings, and wreaking havoc in a downtown area?
Godzilla was evolving to handle each new threat. It was defeated by a committee. Thus, it was evolving into its own committee.
You should see the follow up Shin Ultraman.
Finding out that creator of NGE made the Shin Godzilla makes this movie even more better on later viewers of the flim.
In the godzilla fandom each Godzilla has his own name. This one is called SHIN. He is the most unique, since unlike all the other Godzilla's he's not a biological creature that was mutated, he's a fully man made monster. Based on the movie context it's generally believed that dr. Maki either created, or turned himself into Shin. Also as with all Godzilla movies, this one criticizes the poor decision making of the Japanese government and its poor response time to disasters. During the Fukushima disaster, the government responded poorly and with high delays, so the damage was much worse than it could've been.
You should watch Godzilla final wars at some point, mostly because the contrast between this and minus one vs "big lizard fights other monsters" is part of what makes Godzilla such a fun franchise
39:49 The censored Pat belly caught me off guard lol
I laughed too much when i noticed it... haha
4:38 Do you root for characters because people tell you to? Just decide for yourself when you watch.
He evolves and adapts to any and all situations and in the end he was adapting to us so if they didn’t stop him he was going to unleash human-size hybrid monsters to eliminate the humans.
Basically this film is couple things
One, a criticism of the Japanese bureaucracy and government for their flawed reaction to the 2011 triple disaster, represented by Godzilla's 3 forms that appear in full.
It also touches on Japan's place in the modern world, as essentially subservient to the US post-WWII.
One cannot undermine the horrific idea of dropping a nuke on Japan *AGAIN*
This is why the human plot is essential to the film.
If y’all wanna see more of an evolving shin Godzilla ya gotta watch. This animations of hakaishin Godzilla the fights and his evolved designs go hard✨👍
This movie is Anno's critique to the red tape and how the japan government let the Fukushima incident happened
I would honestly like to see them react to GMK (Godzilla mothra king ghidorah giant monsters all out attack) or final wars
Marketa, Chris, Spidey - Hideaki Anno who did Eva directed this movie. He uses music from his old projects in new ones quite frequently and Shiro Sagisu returns from Eva to compose for this film. A lot of the military vehicle open landscape shots and shots of Godzilla are evocative of Eva’s establishing shots and angel scenes. Kayoko and Hiromi are very much Asuka and Rei type characters and the task force evokes Nerv’s bridge team.
"What's up with the sad music?"
Moments before disaster
The American Monsterverse Godzilla is like a juicy hamburger while the recent Japanese Toho Godzilla is like a gourmet steak - both are “delicious” depending on your mood.
Godzilla Minus One (2023) dealt with post-WWII “survivor guilt” with a compelling human story.
Shin Godzilla (2016) highlighted the bureaucratic failures in dealing with the triple disasters (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear reactor meltdown) in 2011.
Bro not every Godzilla movie has to be Serious in order to be good the opposite can be the same
Movies will always have different ideas and goals wanted to achieve all it comes to personal preference
In my opinion GVK is a great movie as well minus one and Shin (2016)
@@HelenaSan425
I have a “soft spot” for campy reruns of Godzilla movies made in the 1960s and 1970s.
To date, there have been 38 Godzilla movies released. I have seen them all.
@@chanhw As much as I love these offerings, I still adore the first MechaGodzilla movie. My cousin, who got me into Godzilla when we were kids and shares my opinions, his favorite is still the Mecha King Ghidorah movie.
On another note, having seen 36/38, I was wondering if you knew where I can find a way to watch Biolante and '84...
@@Zeugnimodms
I have a “soft spot” for campy reruns of Godzilla movies made in the 1960s and 1970s. As of May 2024, there were 38 Godzilla movies made - I saw them all.
@@Zeugnimodms
Biolante and 1984 are impossible to locate. I saw them as reruns on TV. Sorry, not sure how they located these films.
Explanation for the end: Godzilla adapts to whatever hurts him. Hence his back beams to stop the bombs, those humanoids was Godzillas adaptation. Put simply, humans killed Godzilla in a sense so Godzilla became human like
Peoples first reaction to Godzillas “Kamata-Kun” form is always so funny.
“Rat Godzilla” was wild 😂
Rat Godzilla you mean Race Across Time Godzilla?
15:33 The point of always informing the woman first and then the prime minister is because each one is responsible for an area, so only as a matter of law should the information be passed on to the right ministers.
The music during that atomic breath scene is sad and haunting
34:51 ok but there is a series called Shinkalion (a parallel universe to Evangelion) where this was believed to be true, and Godzilla was a fictional character created in 1954, just like our world.
AND THEN HE SHOWED UP ANYWAY. All of a sudden, despite our fictional movies, comics, etc, Godzilla is just real with no explanation given. The MCs were horrified and they got curbstomped quite easily.
Anno wanted his Godzilla to be representative of the events of the Tōhoku earthquake and ensuing tsunami in 2011 and the japanese government's indecisiveness during the ensuing crisis that led to far more civilian deaths than necessary.
Depending, Godzilla be a violent savior. A demon, a devil, or just straight up the G.O.W.
The horror movie Godzilla. What an amazing experience it was to see it for the first time!
I loved how you guys seemed to understand the differences between the American and the Japanese Godzilla movies pretty quick! Especially this one, who was the most excentric of the bunch, much like its own Godzilla!!
Loved how different this was with one exception - it's "Googly Eyes" in the beginning.
Couldn't stop laughing when I kept seeing it.
Thank goodness it evolved out of them!
Godzilla Minus One was originally going to be Shin Godzilla 2 but after a while directors decided to make Minus One its own standalone film.
Also while I don’t speak or read Japanese fluently I believe the Japanese word “Shin” can mean things like “True”, “New” or “God”.
Really putting the “God” in “Godzilla” in this movie.
In regards to the tail. If committies can beat Godzilla, Godzillawill become a commity
1:08:27 Mark! 108,613 Views + Mine 🎉 3.9K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! 😊
Notes: This movie isn't on "Tubi" or "Netflix" yet, but I couldn't wait, I just had to begin viewing "UA-cam" videos such as yours! 😊 You're such a fun group! 🎉
You may have noticed CGI effects here and there, while I was marveling at how I didn't feel like I was watching toys and models being played with! Except when Godzilla first appeared, I was reminded of one of my Chihuahuas burrowing under a blanket and me shining my smartphone light at his or face! I was also reminded of fish seen in pictures at some Asian restaurants, because of the eyes. But most of all, I was reminded of those long dragon costumes seen in parades, because of the eyes and the movements. 😮😅😂
Bye-bye for now! Namaste! 🙏
While Godzilla minus one was amazing, this is still best Godzilla for me
Here’s the differences between Legendary, Shin, & Minus One Godzillas…
- Legendary is basically a god of nature with a WICKED sadistic streak and looks to protect the planet (NOT humans)
- Shin is a mutated creature that is in excruciating pain due to its constant evolution, and does not want to die, but also wants to be put out of its misery
- Minus One’s personality is based on a cat, with his motivations being revenge on humanity from mutating him with the Atomic Bomb.
“I was the last of my kind, and you turned me into the first. That is why I punish you. Because I never thought I could be made more alone”
The one thing every incarnation of Godzilla has in common (besides the 98 one) is that they are unstoppable. They can never be hurt by conventional means. Hell it’s confirmed he can nearly kill Superman!
Shin Godzilla is basically suffering personified, a being that lives in constant pain and wants to end its existence but can't. To sum it up, Shin Godzilla is a mind that wants to die with a body that fights to survive.
The last battle is literally like the battle vs Ramiel in Evangelion 1.0
Hideaki Anno, who created Evangelion was hired to direct this film, so go figure his cinematic anime style made some transitions to film. There was some concern in that he planned to make the first ever fully CGI Godzilla for a Japanese film and in the final product Godzilla is fully digital, but his movements were motion captured by Mansai Nomura, so in spirit, Godzilla still had a human actor's portrayal.
Much like the original 1952 Godzilla film, Shin is an artistic depiction of the consequences of disaster in Japan. The Fukushima reactor was damaged in the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami that struck Japan. The images of Godzilla moving up the channels from the bay flooding streets and displacing vessels was meant to invoke the same imagery as the tsunami making landfall.
Furthermore, the heavy focus on the human characters is very much for the sake of criticism in regard to how Japanese officials handled the emergency situation with the Fukushima plant as it unfolded. The portrayal of second-guessing, bureaucracy, and ineffective communication are all direct criticisms of the government's inept response to the disaster and emphasize how many lives were lost due to poor decision-making ability. Much like Godzilla in the film, what began as a manageable and difficult, but surmountable obstacle became much bigger and more problematic with the aid of time, morphing into something that became completely beyond control.
Afterall, Godzilla in the truest sense is meant to highlight the hubris of humanity in the face of nature.
Arguably the strongest Goji because it won't stop evolving. It's mentioned it will grow wings at some point.
The skeletons on Godzilla’s tail were his next evolution, an army of Humanoid Godzillas. You can see that they have spikes on their backs too.
There are very subtle hints in Shin Ultraman that makes it the sequel to this movie
14:33 This is the critique of the movie in a quick little scene. By this point in the runtime you can already feel annoyed and aggravated by all the bureaucracy.
Fun fact: shins lazer is actually the stuff balck holes shoot
The eerie implication of that ending was just the perfect touch. Did they freeze it before any of those little zillas split off from the tail? Are there human-zilla infiltrators among us now? It was such a good way to end that they did it again in Minus One.
Fun fact: The crane trucks were actually used in Fukushima in an attempt to cool down the nuclear reactor -- which, as you all know, failed.
Many of the scenes in this movie look like they were taken from actual news footage of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), which caused the nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima.
The government's response to Godzilla is, in Japanese eyes, an obvious caricature of the action/inaction of the political systems at the time.
Highly recommend - The Gamera Heisei Trilogy - it’s top shelf Kaiju movie