Steve Reviews: Godzilla 1954 (The Original)
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2019
- Bit of a change from animation I know, but this week Steve Reviews the original Godzilla film from 1954, it is actually an incredibly dark and serious toned film, with a deep polictical message at its core. It is something that I have wanted to review for a long time, and I'm hoping you guys enjoy!
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Original Godzilla: *Extremely serious, dark, and depressing.*
1970s Godzilla: *Kid friendly with goofy monster designs, music, and sound-effects.*
I miss hanna-barbera godzilla so much.
gojira : *who are you*
shin godzilla : _im you but newer_
Monster Planet's Godzilla: *P L A N T*
90s animated Godzilla: I’m the 90s American Godzilla but actually cool
dude the second godzilla movie is goofy
"You'll see your father soon,We'll join him in heaven"
Jesus,that's dark.
Kittenwishstar Derps it was at this point you realize after having seen the others before this one, this isn’t gonna be a happy movie. Hell put the theme to Son of Godzilla over the destruction scenes, the later Showa silliness just doesn’t work with this one.
What the fuck godzilla
But the other godzilla movaes at good
That's steavy for ya
The Japanese are not shy about being painfully blunt about violence. Sex, & pixelated genitals on the other hand...Well no society of humanity is perfect.
Japanese version - "If we continue to develop nuclear weapons we may have another tragedy"
American version - "It's all good, dude, the lizard is dead"
As a non-interventionist, I consider Godzilla one of the greatest anti-war films ever made!
America ruined godzilla...
@@madeinmeme9688corporate suits too
@@madeinmeme9688The Godzilla franchise turned goofy way before it ever got into American hands
@@moth3874 are we really going to ignore the american adaptation of the first movie and all is consequenses ?
Japan: Gojira
America: Godzilla
UK: Godziller
My hecking godzillers
Australia: that cunty lizard over there
Reminds me of that seen from squidbilleis
Lmao
Florida: Large alligator
A lot of people don't realize the original Godzilla is a legitimately good film.
I think people are also way too harsh to the US version (King of the Monsters 1956) as well. While the anti--nuclear message is somewhat toned down, Godzilla was still created through nuclear testing, and the fact that the American protagonist wasn't edited to be "saving the day" (with Serizawa still ultimately sacrificing himself at the end) shows that they still respected the tone of the original, or as much as they could to be given release at a time when World War 2 was fresh in people's minds. In addition, the only scenes that were dubbed over were most scene where Raymond Burr's character wasn't narrating/present, the rest being left in its native language. Personally, I would only rank the US version only slightly lower than the original and would advise people watch both versions.
Most of godzilla movies are legit good and fun
@@painvillegaming4119 Mmmmmmmm. You can make an argument for fun, but good? I think that's a bit much. They're frequently barely coherent with not terribly interesting and largely superfluous characters running around between scenes of monsters fighting.
When I say that first movie was legitimately good, I mean it had fantastic structure, good tension, solid directing, was tonally consistent, and had amazing atmosphere for a movie where several scenes are a guy in a rubber suit stomping his way through a model city. As a film series, Gozilla is the definition of "Peaked early."
@@channelwithout Compared to G'54, it stank.
Its a legitmately brilliant film, as director Honda disguised nuclear bombs with a guy in a rubber lizard suit. Kudos to him. He got around the American censorship imposed on Japanses filmmakers at the time.
Shin Godzilla is the closest thing to this film's tone.
Besides the good amount of satire that is actually finely woven into the plot, I agree.
No
I like the tone of Shin Godzilla too!
Reflection of Fukushima 2011 accident.
Grey ideas the The liopurodon4x bubblesorg king
mmmmmk
Funny username hhahahahahahhashehheehehdh south park
To be fair, the change of Godzilla from villain to hero could be a metaphor for changing attitudes towards nuclear power. He went from an enemy and a weapon to an ally to mirror a potential future for energy in the human scale.
Or the fact that Japan has once historically been saved by a natural disaster. The Kamikaze winds which cause sea storms have once prevented a mongol invasion of Japan by destroying their fleet
That… is actually a good way to put it. Kudos.
Strange you should mention that, when I told my dad about how I was kinda disappointed that the nuclear warning was removed from Godzilla and he told me that Japan invented a nuclear power plant, kinda proving that maybe they should not be telling us to not use nuclear weapons if they themselves use nuclear power.
I mean, sure, if Godzilla's kept as a living battery/fuel source that has to destroy a kaiju every once in a while...
either that or it's the movie evolving and growing to accomodate new audiences, leaving some films for the people who love political messages.
Here's a fact: when the producers added angurus, they notice more kids started to like Godzilla, so they lead down that path of what is modern Godzilla. Except for shin Godzilla, he was the last Godzilla movie made in Japan, he was made as a reminder of what Godzilla once was. Nevermind we got minus one coming up, I'm so happy.
Gmk is pretty tense
Also, the return of Godzilla (1985) was some kind of good reminder of what Godzilla is originally, but including a bit SI-FI elements like the Super X created by humans.
That's not true. While yes the tone definitely shifted towards kid friendly stuff through the 60's and 70's every time Toho has rebooted Godzilla, he's back to basics a horrifying destructive reminder of the horrors of war and nuclear weapons. 1976 was the last time he was a "Good" guy. 1984 he was back to being a villain and he was an anti-hero for the rest of the Heisei and Millennium Eras of Godzilla movies. In the Reiwa era which started with Shin Gojira he is pure villain.
@@jkveri-qu1ur worth noting that Godzilla 1984 is a direct sequel to Gojira 1954. The Super X represents 30 years of Humanity developing a new way to combat Godzilla if he ever returned, because the Oxygen Destroyer died with Dr. Serizawa.
@@sorrenblitz805 Well put. I personally love the villain to anti hero transition of the Heisei era Godzilla. In 1984, at the very least, Godzilla was a lost animal, a tragic being.
"I have no German friends"
Dr.serizawa-
1954
can you explain me this, pls?
Whats the meaning behind this?
Good question. From the audio commentary of the Classic Media release of Gojira, some critics believe that the Japanese reporter made up this information about German scientists working with Dr. Serizawa to try to get the doctor to talk about his research. Serizawa doesn't seem like a person to work with the Germans at all, even though it has been said that he fought during WWII and lost his eye. It's been a while since I've heard that commentary, but that is the general explanation.
@@Sozitante its 9 years after the end of WW2
oof
Well ya know
WW2 happaned and yea nobody trusted germany
No one:
Steve: fUn FaCt
Gonna be honest tho the screams of the little girl where really sad.
Nice spelling
So bassicaly godzila represent a huge American warmachine ?
@@pauljeanlll7436 no actually its the proliferation of nuclear and atomic weaponry although i can represent the american warmachine aswell but im not gonna argue with the author xD
Aspiring Marauder r/notmyrace
@@VVM3368 👌
*Japanese:* You cutted out the message about nuclear weapons?
*Americans:* Yep.
*Japanese:* B-But why?
*Americans:* Because it was kinda dark, and didn't really fit in the peace times...
*Japanese:* You just wanna make more bombs don't you?
*Americans:* We wanna make more bombs.
There the ones who bombed them which lead to the creation of the movie in the first place. It just would’ve made them look like hypocrites.
Is also like to point out that due to certain rules and censorship in the American film industry at the time, they may not have been able to keep that message in. The rules were made in the 30s by a priest and were in place until 1963. The sole reason All Quiet on the Western Front exists is because it was made before these rules took effect. Unfortunately it wasn’t possible to bring the original in its full glory to American audiences at the time, because it was just too dark for stuck up parents and priests
I really do think we need an American Godzilla horror movie, that just completely rails on America and it’s war crimes; similar to how GMK criticized Japan.
Infact, have Godzilla win at the end too; destroying a good portion of the western hemisphere before retreating into the ocean.
@@tokuwriter2872 I’d watch that
@@firefly5934tbh literally everyone in America nowadays are very ashamed of what we’ve done to Hiroshima but I still understand your point
15:37 I remember watching that scene for the first time, and I was like, "GOOD GOD, WHAT DID THEY TELL THAT POOR KID???" Even to this day, that scene rips my heart out of my chest!!
Same!
In fact, you can see that it's not her crying. The crying is real, but it's clearly from a newborn.
@@OlS444 It's still touching while watching the film tho
I think this is the darkest scene
*gOdZiLlA sAyS i ShOuLd LeArN tO fIgHt My OwN bAtTlEs*
*yA kNOw?*
*uUuUuUuuUHhhHHhH*
That movie deserves to be burnt in hell and forgotten.
Lol yeah we see where that got him. ☠
Why couldn't every Goji film have the same serious tone as the first?
*Things to fit on the this channel:*
1. Dark
2. Takes itself seriously
3. Disturbing in some places
The Exorcist
The Wickerman 1973
The Witchfinder General starring Vincent Price.
The Fly (1986)
The Haunting 1963
Blood on Satan's Claw
10 Rillington Place.
The night of the hunter (1955)
101st
Some!?
@@harryfitzpatrick7978 The Thing....1951
I like how each Godzilla era that was made started with a darker and serious movie,and then the sequences are just a WWE between giant monsters with goofy fights lol
Nothing's darker than a mother telling her children to look up to their death (as they'll be reunited with their father). It simply deprived us of any possible hope ; and i don't think i ever heard something as depressing as that. . .
That scene makes me cry every single time I watch it. It's a representation of the 300,000 innocent Japanese civilians who were disintegrated instantly, when they were merely a victim of their own government.
@@casesoutherland4175 They were victims of the American military.
@@cancanjaker1620well, their government (Japan’s) didn’t want to surrender, so we had to hit them with the A-bomb. Yeah, it was very excessive, but how else were they gonna learn?
@@The_Artist_Official we didn't have to hit two civilian population centers. The US military could've simply nuked where the Emperor was.
@@sorrenblitz805 …actually, that’s a very good point, why didn’t we just do that?
The crying girl is also one of the daughters being held by their mother who says that they'll join their father in heaven.
She survived but her sister and mother didn't, which makes this even sadder.
I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT NOW I'M SADDER
Lmao 😂
Jesus this movie is dark!
@@thacow7603 The fuck's wrong with you?
@@Metalora I wanna be in
r/cursedcomments.
The prayer for peace is one of the best pieces of music in the entire Godzilla franchise and also one of the most underrated
@Aspiring Marauder You say "the Japanese" as if the entire population thought this way, which is completely ridiculous.
@Aspiring Marauder And quit spamming.
@@rat_king-os2lp Huh? Of course not all Germans supported Hitler. Many Germans helped the Jews during the Holocaust.
@@rat_king-os2lp
How does that make me a Nazi?
What of the few Germans in the military that tried to assassimate Hitler?
@Aspiring Marauder everyone else has moved on except you. Grow up.
Fun fact: Shin Gojira has a song named "Who will know" which is about "Who will know... If I die..." implying that Gojira was a victim of some sort. This is true in some sense, because of the pollution. This can also be applied to the first Gojira.
It's even more applicable to Gojira 1954. He's literally the victim of taking an H-bomb to the face, losing his family in the blast and becoming horrifically mutated and burned. Shin Gojira is more a victim of his own flesh. Because he's constantly in a state of hyper evolutionary metamorphosis, he lives in constant agony within his own flesh.
As well as the many human victims of the destruction whose names we’ll never know.
After watching Godzilla Minus 1, it's clear that they followed the path of the original film.
R.I.P Haruo Nakajima, the father of rubber suit monsters.
Wasn't rubber, but concrete
@@aristosachaion_ fuck it
@@aristosachaion_ although I am fully aware they used concrete instead because post war Japan has close to no resources.
Dancing rubber suit monsters
*Cough cough invasion of Astro monster cough cough*
No. Not the father. The true creator. The one that brought this series to life.
The cries from the little girl gave me chills and goosebumps
It almost makes me cry everytime I see it
Is it me because I didn' t get chills or goosebumps?
Keeps me up at night
I thought she was told her mother actually died too.
its extremely dubbed though
Godzilla (1954): Dark, depressing, symbolic of World War 2 bombings.
The very next movie and last 66 years: YEAH FIGHT THAT GIANT ALIEN MONSTER YEAH OHHHH NO THEY SAY HE'S GOT TO GO GO GO GODZILLA!
There have been some serious remakes that star Godzilla as the villain again. Such as Godzilla 1984, GMK, and Shin Godzilla. Still, nothing will ever truly capture the absolute phenomenon that is the original. Shin Godzilla is the closest we've ever gotten.
@@MistaTwigz shin godzilla actually is the main character in that film
@@MistaTwigz Here is a tier list of best to worst of the villian godzillas:
1- gojira 1954
2- shin godzilla
3- godzilla 1984
5- GMK godzilla
@@cupcaketf223 GMK is better than 84 and Shin
@@sirfijoe450 No, far from it, he is just a random horror film character than the actual Godzilla, the story is mostly: Oooo, the ghosts from hell have posessed the body of the original Godzilla to haunt japan! Oooooo! While 1984 godzilla and shin godzilla just like the original is a tragic creature who was heavily afected by radiation who feeds on that and is destroying everything in his way, anyways, our fault for using nukes or dumping radioactive waste in the ocean.
16:00 the crying must sound like a prerecorded one, and the little girl was just acting it out. Whoever did the crying tho... that was unsettling
All I wanna know is where the sound is from with that knowledge
Comparable to the “femur breaker scream”
It is one of the most gut-wrenching screams I’ve ever heard.
My friend wanted to show me this movie, and I was like "Ah heck yeah this going to be hillarious!"
And he said "no this is a serious movie."
And yeah... it wasn't hillarious. It was heartbreaking. But its a great movie.
@RONANJO XVIII fr??
@@flamerunner8818 yep
For the first time ever
A 1954 monster film _isnt_ a metaphor for communism!!!!!
Yes finally!
*USSR ANTHEM INTENSIFIES *
@Ice King a.lot of people tend to assume that just because a movie was produced at that time
I was reffering to Communism
Many of them ARE, but not this one
It's an metaphor for nuclear weapons
No but its a metaphor for nuclear warfare ):
Godzilla was basically nature showing people what happens when they mess with bombs and stuff
And then in 1956, the US "Americanized" this film to remove any anti-nuclear themes that might induce a negative perception amongst the American public regarding the nuclear bombings of Japan. It was turned into a simple monster movie. I'm glad people are now appreciating the original version.
Well japanese should make mivie about their war crimes
@@amrita_s8094*movie.
We make movies, not mivies
Womp womp
1954 Godzilla is still the best example of Godzilla film with human dramas.
Dr.Serizawa is undeniably the best and saddest human hero of entire series.
The pilot of Kiryu (Mechagodzilla) is another great hero she stopped at nothing to be able to stop Godzilla even risking her own life to eventually wounding Godzilla by ripping a hole in his chest while Kiryu lost an arm
Until minus one came out…..
@@borbafatt Yeah Godzilla: Minus One is fucking amazing, hell I was crying right after Godzilla's first atomic breath blast
@@The_Blue_Otaku same
The original Godzilla theme was used in the 2019 king of the monsters movie and I loved it so much
It was also(at least in the US version) used as the end credits theme for GODZILLA VS. DESTROYAH.
Chris Mulwee noice
_dont_
_spoil_
_it_
The choir made it epic af
@@thetwigjig
That
isnt
a
spoiler
I grew up with the Americanized version where they edited in Raymond Burr. I didnt know how good this film really is until I finally saw the original a few years ago.
This movie is a true Cinema masterpiece. It deserves more recognition
The "EEEEEEEEUUUUUUUMMMM"
At the end of Godzilla's roar is so satisfying
In japan the onomatppea of Godzilla is Gyooooouuuuuu.
Actually it’s,”SCREEEEEEEEEEOOOON”.
@@ramatheidiotfilipino8855 well it doesn't sound like that to be honest
*_Gyaoon!_*
@@vanilla2234 The noise a frog makes we interpret as "ribbit, ribbit" but Japan interprets that same sound as "kero, kero" so different cultures have different onomatppea.
I like how the first godzillas true foe was a guy with a eyepatch
I wish they kept the eyepatch for 2019 serizawa
Zechariyah III Could have had him lose the eye to a cat in Godzilla 2014
For some reason it reminded me of that dude from the Yakuza games.
@@Hyper_Egret *KIRYU CHAANNN!*
@ayy imao No Kiryu as Godzilla and Majima as Gidorah, all three heads have eyepatches
Original Godzilla: Extremely serious, dark, and depressing, a symbol of war and destruction.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956): A giant lizard/dinosaur who stomps on buildings and breaths fire.
Fun fact about your fun fact:
"Gojira" was allegedly a nickname for a Toho Studio employee who was tall, muscly and had a lot of body hair. They named the monster after this employee as an in-joke. However, nobody has ever come forward to being this employee. And to be fair, I probably wouldn't either. Its a bit of a myth, but its kind of funny.
No the name of gojira comes from the mix between the words gorira, gorila in japanese, and kujira, whale in japanese.
Haruo Akajima sadly passed away, Rip to the original Godzilla actor, they actually named the main character in the animated Godzilla trilogy Haruo, likely as a tribute.
Just like how 2019 Dr. Serizawa's firat name is Ishiro. The same first name as the director of 54 Gojira
League You Spelt Nakajima Wrong
You mean that very confusing anime called Monster Planet
I wouldn't want that wack adaption to be a tribute to me tbh. Godzilla in it was great... And that was it. Everything else was terrible
@@YoursTrulyThe1Pony yes
Agreed. The original 1954 film is eternally gothic and haunting in its tone.
Eternal? Yes.
Haunting? Yes.
Gothic? Hell no.
@@justagundam he IS gothic
This is why Gojira is one of my all time favorite movies.
It uses a fictional monster to display the real terrors of war.
15:10 According to my brother, the heavy focus on the people suffering from Gojira's attacks was meant to symbolize the people who suffered after the atom bombs fell.
When I was a kid in the 60s and saw the original Godzilla (the one cut with Raymond Burr for American release), it affected me. Even though it haunted my nightmares, I still sat in the front row of the movie theater when a fresh 1960s Godzilla movie played in a matinee. Just for the foot of the monster, big screen view.
FUN OBSERVATION (haha.)
I know the film is in black and white, but I think that's what makes Godzilla look really scary in this movie, because most of the time, he's completely covered in darkness.
Raids Again isn't scary tho
@@maude7420 Yeah I know, but in this film, they use cinematography techniques combined with the black and white to make him look scary.
B&W certainly helps the special effects.
Kubrick made the same choice for Dr Strangelove in the 60s to make the bomber effects more plausible.
Godzilla 1954’s cinematography and bleak tone pretty much makes it a film noir with a giant monster.
THIS 54 ORIGINAL is the ONLY one that I really care for. I'll always take IT over ANY of the subsequent films - either those silly kiddie-oriented "Vrs" films or some post-2000 overblown Hollywood CGI orgy!
Oh boy, this film.
I sum up this film in one word, grim
Definitely.
James Knighton it’s my personal favorite Godzilla movie, and I’ve seen most of them.
Even more grim than the, well... the Grimm from RWBY!
Dark
Agreed, even though I love this movie I can't help but feel a tiny bit of relief when the credits roll.
0:06 It brings me to tears every time. I don't know why, but out of all the sad movie scenes in history, this one hits the hardest for me. That mother and her children didn't deserve to die. 😭😭😭
The Creature, or "Shell of a Bomb" doesn't care. It just does what it was designed to do.
It’s the child crying for her mother for me. I like to pretend her mother is just being taken away for surgery
Literally a cinematic master piece.
This video is so incredibly well researched and in-depth. Really impressive I hope I can make something like this at some point
"Having a hero that gives you a terminal illness, doesn't make fro great writing"
*Remembering Spider-Man having nuclear **_jizz_*
We don't talk about that 👀
Radioactive Spidey Nuts
Hulk has nuclear bodily fluuds
Good thing is not canon hahaha
Would sound great in his Marvel vs Capcom voice: “NUCLEAR NUT! NUCLEAR NUT!”
That scene with the mother holding her children and crying about seeing their father soon haunts me, it's truly disturbing.
It is fascinating that the evolution of the character somewhat mirrors our relationship to nuclear power itself. At its core it is a monster that can't ever be truly controlled or fully trusted, but it has eventually become a source of assistance to us and kind of a neutral figure of just pure power.
Number one movie moment that makes me cry. It's heartbreaking!
Time stamp
I thought it was funny
It was first stuposed to be meant for political means for stoping the use of nuclear weapons, then it soon became misunderstood and portrayed the useof nuclear energy, he’s useful for us but no one wants to because they think he will kill us all bc of his radiation
@@loftgaming5031 How
The scene of the little girl has scarred me. Not only does it cement the amount of suffering Gojira has caused, but how much suffering War in general causes.
how about we don’t blame the big over grown lizard and blame it on ourselves godzilla did nothing he’s just a pawn of a stupid government trying to do something
@@Zeuqsav30 I don’t think you Really understood the movie. Gozzila caused all that suffering by simply being there. Sure Gojira didn’t do it intentionally but it still happened. And how is he a pawn of the government?
Who else is here rewatching this after Godzilla Minus One?
Dang steve is a godzilla fan! Even bigger respect!
It's isma the nerd I’m also a Godzilla fan
@@waluigi2712 no one cares about you waluigi, that's the motive to you be an assit trophy
@@severketorskeleton3759 🤣
But doesn't know who Akira Ifukube is
*Cough* *cough* new movie hype train
Emiko is a really underrated character that deserves more attention
I really appreciate the forbidden love of Emiko and Ogata
@I remember Emiko was promised to Serizawa
@I It was definitely some forbidden love. She was betrothed to Serizawa, a well off scientist, but she instead fell in love with the diver Ogata
She also had to make the difficult decision of letting people know of Serizawa's Oxygen Destroyer in order to save countless amounts of lives, which she promised to Serizawa not to do. Serizawa also had to make that difficult decision, of possible reality vs actual reality.
Honestly what kills her character for me is the over dramatization of her sobbing over Serizawa's death as if she didn't expect it to happen, when he clearly stated to her when he first told her about the Oxygen destroyer if his invention ever got out as a weapon he'd kill himself. The two best characters of this film were Serizawa and Professor Yamane who I think are both the origin for the Monsterverse's Serizawa, while that Serizawa has Dr Serizawa's family name, his personality is more like Prof. Yamane
Godzilla is an amazing character. Originally, Godzilla represented the horrors of that fateful day in 1945. The pain, suffering and loss the innocent Japanese people had to go through due to the sick depravity of the bastard responsible for ordering the use of the bombs in the first place. Godzillas skin was reflective of this as it was made to look like burn victims from the blast. Charred and almost black. But then, more in the future. Toho decided something that would have more impact they might have realized at the time. Godzilla all of a sudden, became a symbol of heroism, fortitude, and all around persistance. Then I realized myself that the Japanese did this to try to mend the broken feelings of thier dark past of what their people have suffered through. That Godzilla can be a symbol of hope and triumph for them, something to project themselves on. Most of all. Something to allow them to finally heal and move on from the past.
I know Japanese officials are not all so innocent either, but the use of the bombs could've been passed over.
I can’t believe that this year is going to be the 70th anniversary of this film
I watched Godzilla king of the monsters with my parents.
They said it was boring.
I think I'm adopted.
2019 or 1954
It good
Very good...................... 😁😏😉😊👌👌👌👌☺️👍😀😜😋
Trust me
ur parents are fucking critics
Were you watching the dubbed American version? Because if so, then they might have a point.
@@darkmanstudios3828 2019.
Oddly enough, the 'People are the Problem' aspect can be taken further when looking at Godzilla's motivations in the film.
He only comes to Japan after following the ships that had just used Depth Charges against him.
Once coming to Tokyo for the first time, the only destruction caused is simply because of him walking, much like how an animal may trample brush and break branches when walking through the forest. Godzilla only attacks the train because it ran into his foot, causing him to react violently to the metal creature that attacked him so.
For the second appearance in Tokyo, after the electrical towers are constructed, Godzilla learns that these structures not only block his path and protect the small creatures that fire upon him, but that they harm him as well, prompting the usage of the atomic breath and enraging Godzilla enough to destroy the heart of Japan's capital.
Had Godzilla just been left alone and the fishing route in which he resided been quarantined off, he probably would've just retreated back down to the depths of the ocean and never seen again.
Yes, and furthermore don't forget, the reason Godzilla came to be in the first place was because of our H-Bomb tests!
Eloquently said, my friend. Godzilla (Gojiro) and I are both 1954 babies and I've loved him since I was little.
But then we wouldn’t have a wonderful 30+ movies.
@liamsteam walsh Which can honestly be traced all the way back to the Black Ships, teaching Japan to fear the U.S. It's wild to consider the long-term ramifications of historical events.
To this day, whenever I watch this film, I can get through the crying little girl, and I can force myself not to well up with the mother and her children, but the scene where Serizawa makes his decision, the prayer for peace sung over the television, calling to God for mercy and hope... that part always gets me.
Honestly probably the most important movie ever made, with the most felt lasting effect on culture and entertainment, yet sadly is consistently ignored because of what the series became. I love the Godzilla series, don't get me wrong, but it has undermined the purpose of the character so much.
One of the greatest films ever made. Am I biased? Absolutely. Am I wrong? Not in the slightest.
The beauty of Godzilla is just how malleable his character is. Godzilla movies have tackled everything from nuclear weaponry, nuclear fallout, pollution, war crimes, or just plain giant monster 1 v 1 for fun. In every era of the series, there is at least one film that starts the new era on a serious note or tackles serious themes. Godzilla movies bounce back and forth from serious to silly in every era of the franchise. This has contributed to its long lasting appeal.
The ending gets me almost every time, it's difficult to keep my eyes dry while watching the end title card show up along with a prayer for peace playing I'm the background.
1954 :
-Dr serizawa create oxygen destroyer
-dr serizawa burn his note before sacrifing himself to kill godzilla
2019 :
- america create oxygen destroyer
- dr serizawa give his note to somebody else before sacrifing himself to save godzilla
kevin22105 The parallels.. :(
warystatue33 *visible anger*
2019 Serizawa had an obvious passion for the titan. Even in 2014, he would prefer that nature take its toll by having Godzilla defeat the MUTO's then have the military try and do it themselves. Obviously he understood that the natural balance needed to be restored and just like in 2014, the answer was Godzilla. So he wanted to make sure that that happened. Obviously he wanted his research on the titans to continue so he passed them on before going down to sacrifice himself.
1954: Japan reminds US about the destruction of going nuclear. 😢
1956: America - "it was Godzilla's fault (propaganda)!" 👉🦎
Snowfang00 finnaly a person who understands G-14!!
Godzilla: Unleashes destruction upon the masses and appears indestructible
Some man with an eye patch: I'm about to end this man's whole career
The entirety of the godzilla series: Let me Introduce myself
Is?
I mean if you wanna be technical 1954 Goji is still dead until his skeleton was used to make Kiryu
@@tydyman2003 And even then that's only in the Kiryu timeline
marvel dc pretty sure the original Godzilla is canon in a few movies
@@yog7439 Yeah but I mean him being used to make Kiryu
If you want a nice, modern Godzilla reflecting this movie, Shin Gojira is a pretty good retelling.
Nah GMO makes Shin super obsolete in this regarded it really makes shin look like a complete different film from 1954 now with GMO existence being a very more Remake of 1954 and even GMK the most evilest Godzilla ever
Godzilla minus one is a much better retelling imo, Shin is a great adaptation and in no way obsolete, but i think the tone and morals are way different.
Out of all the large monster films, especially the ones created in the 50s, the original Godzilla and THEM! are my two top picks for actually showing the human side and not just borderline glorifying the destruction of the monster, glad to see you covered one of my faves Ste~
*I imagine in Godzilla’s mind he was probably thinking they were legos..*
I think it was more like a phsycopathic toddler destroying an ant hill
He did thought they were Legos, he would’ve avoided stepping on them.
@natgal thanks now i imagine big Zilla saying "what is this big rectangle? Why are there so many? *Atomic breath*"
@@TheDragonman104 LMFAOOO
@@TheDragonman104 same
"Having a hero that gives you a terminal illness, isn't good writting."
But it sounds like an interesting premise.
That would be an interesting plot/concept.
Like Dr Manhattan?
@@nooneinparticular5256 wasn't that a hoax by Ozymandias?
@@magallanesagustin4952 I don't remember officially, but I think I remember hearing that being close to him for prolonged periods of time gave people cancer.
If I remember correctly, the hoax was destroying a city, to give humanity a common (fake) enemy, to de-escalate the cold war.
There's a Spiderman story where Mary Jane(?) Died from radiation poisoning
I found the original Gojira to be a GREAT movie. So very much in so far as storytelling goes. Once you get over the fact that it is a guy in a rubber suit and you have to read all the subtitles, you can really enjoy it. Yep, it's in my top 3 movies of all time.
Ever since I’ve come to understand Godzilla from an idea perspective I’ve come to understand post WW2 Japan. It’s quite interesting.
“I have no German friends,” -Dr. Serizawa
Sad, we all need a German Friend :c
@denis Puljek bro? :o
Little Girl: Is crying about the death of her mother
Captions: (Applause) (Music)
LOL
21:53 The doctor: "If they keep experimenting with deadly weapon.."
Auto caption: *cEwEBriTY KiLler, sHe'S GeTtiNg gONnoRhEa tWIstEr..*
@@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435 true
Deaf people: 🕺🕺💃💃🕺💃
lmao
Having been a fan of Godzilla since a child, I finally saw the 1954 original as an adult. Wow. What a great film. The monster was a direct result of man playing god with nuclear weapons, and its tone is perfectly dark.
So here's a fun fact. Godzilla 1985 did have the actor who played Steve show back up BUT he turned down ANY attempt to try and make the movie 'funnier' or 'less serious' then the original The Return of Godzilla because he TOOK the message of Godzilla SUPER serious. Hell one of the lines where a Soldier mentions that Godzilla's doing a 'remodel' of Tokyo, or something like that, has him LOOK AT THE GUY IN DISGUST at saying such a thing.
Steve reviews a film about death and destruction
Also Steve: FUN FACT!
A good way to describe Godzilla, the way he was intended to be seen originally:
It doesn't matter so much the form in which the destruction is caused. A cold shell of a bomb or a giant lizard, isn't what makes it horrifying.
It's what comes after that people truly care about. What makes it horrifying. This is why Godzilla isn't particularly horrifying in terms of his appearance, why he never really was for that long. The destruction he brings and the after effects of that destruction are what makes it so tragic. What makes him truly terrifying. The realism and horror of what comes after the fact.
@Sosnir De Jejejo Shin Godzilla just doesnt hit you in the feels unlike the original
@Sosnir De Jejejo yeah shin godzilla feels like a fish that evolved and thats it.
@@swag_giganit’s because it’s mostly a political commentary on the government of Japan rather than an actual war/godzilla film
Yea, no, I'm pretty sure if I saw him destroying shit I'd be more worried about that than rebuilding. Online ppl always trying to be deep 🙄
“We’ll see your father soon.”
Holy
F#cking
God.
This movie is a masterpiece,it changed the way monsters films were made but also from a technical aspect was surprisingly amazing,the cinematography,the special and sound effects and even the musical score even if it’s pretty simple.
That little girl crying over her mother's death really pierces once heart,
...
My country Bangladesh suffered war loss many times! This really rings a bell!
Im also from bangladesh and I was also crying when she was crying and hey atleast pakistan didn't drop nuclear bombs
@@thatguywhoisalwaysarguing6219 don't talk about my country.
@@adamkhan985 its also my country
@@thatguywhoisalwaysarguing6219 I'm Pakistani
@@adamkhan985 actually I'm just saying pakistan actually started the war I don't have problem with them anymore it's just pakistan started the war with bangladesh now it's fine we both are fine I'm talking about the past
Me: nothing can make me cry
Emotional scene: exists
Me: pauses video to cry
MAMA
@@gameknight9956 OOOO~~
Step 1: Try not to cry
Step 2: Cry a lot
15:40 either that little girl is an AMAZING actress, or she was genuinely in some kind of physical or emotional pain. I haven't heard pained cries from a child like that since the game That Dragon Cancer - which featured *real* cries from a kid who *actually died* from cancer.
Godzilla: why are there bugs in my home???? *breathes atomic breath on buildings*
The humans: dafuk bro..
1:13 That scene alone will haunt our dreams.
And the infamous scene 3:08 ... just wtf! XD
Maybe one day we can see Minzilla but like his dad with more gray.
3:08 ok I fina head out
1:13 shouldn't exist, 3:08 is iconic and the best part of Godzilla. I will say this 80% of Godzilla showa era was literally just the goofiness, but Mechagodzilla turned the tables.
TerreneSky57 Sky
Thats why I prefer millennium era
@Thomas Wray speak for yourself m8 3:08 is one of the best
Something that I didn’t catch on to until fairly recently was just how deep the connections between Godzilla and the atomic bomb go. His design, and specifically his head, were meant to evoke the image of a mushroom cloud. Along with that, the rough texture of his hide is very similar in appearance to the skin of bomb survivors who were partially exposed to the flash from the bomb’s detonation; those survivors who were closer to the blast than others had such terrible burns that the parts of their skin that had been exposed looked almost like asphalt.
You could build a monster to be evocative of all sorts of catastrophic events, but those based on man-made disasters will always be that much more unsettling. (With a few notable exceptions; Hedorah was a very interesting idea for a monster that was put in a bizarrely campy movie where it just couldn’t be taken seriously)
A recent exampe of this is Shin Godzilla. It does a brilliant job of taking the original metaphor of the kaiju and putting it in a modern setting, but instead of being a metaphor for nuclear weapons, Godzilla is the result of human carelessness and taking too long to come to conclusions. Most of the first act is the government having all these meetings just to discuss what needs to be done which reflects on what mainly inspired the movie, the 2011 Fukushima tsunami and nuclear meltdown, The japanese government took too long to respond and it cost some people their lives.
People of Japan: "AAAAHHHHHHH"
Godzilla: "DERP"
Several critics that are reviewing Godzilla minus One saying “Wait Godzilla is a villain and the film is dark?!” Should watch this video.
Godzilla (1954):You’ll see your father soon, We’ll join him in heaven
Godzilla KOTM (2019): serizawa got that lizard juiced!
To be fair, if they released Gojira (1954) today, it would be criticized and not be allowed because of its dark themes
My god KOTM was awful.
@@shinndig1293 still better than the first American reboot
@@spectralknightgaming8364 and still better then Godzilla 1998, Godzilla’s Revenge and The Anime Trilogy
@@alexceous not true at all, they don't release movies like this because they simply don't sell well
19:52 They were! The footsteps are meant to represent the bombs being dropped while the roar is meant to represent the planes soaring over head that dropped the bombs. Also, I think that the main difference between the original Japanese version from 1954 and the American remake from 1956 with Raymond Burr, is that the original is written as an expressive piece, while the American version is written as a reflective piece. In the same way that Godzilla represents America when we bombed them, I believe that Raymond Burr’s character, Steve Martin, is meant to represent America and our reaction to the destruction we caused. Also, the only other differences between the two films were small ones, for example, in the original Japanese version Godzilla is said to be 150 feet tall because, at the time, that was bigger than any building Japan had. However, in the American version, because America has big skyscrapers, 150 feet wouldn’t have come up above any building so they changed it to be over 400 feet tall.
I forget how they made his footsteps I think it had something to do with an amplifier
@@YoursTrulyThe1Pony His footsteps, which represent the sound of the bombs exploding, were created by taking a drum kettle sticking a sack in it (I believe it was a sand sack) and then smacking it with a knotted rope. And then they just dropped the pitch. His roar, which represent the sound of the jets from the planes that dropped the bombs, was created by taking a leather glove, soaking it in some kind of oil (I believe it was called Resignal Oil, or something like that) and then scratching it over the strings of a contrast bass. And then they just slowed it down which also dropped the pitch.
so the American version of the 1954 movie has the biggest non-anime Godzilla? That's kinda weird
Godzilla 1954: *Metaphor for nuclear weaponry and destruction it causes and radioactive poison*
Godzilla 1955-1964: *Just a monster, but still pretty scary*
Rest of the showa era: *Okay what the hell is this*
Heisei *Sort of a metaphor but mostly big scary monster*
Millennium: *Scary monster*
Reiwa: *Metaphor for not nuckear weapons but sort of just natural disasters*
MonsterVerse: *Earth defender but not goofy as hell*
"we'll join him in heaven" thats dark af
*uses go go Godzilla song in review*
Huzzah! A man of quality!
Jocelyn Shackelford it’s (Godzilla-Blue Oyster Cult)
Some of the lyrics: Oh woah they say he's got to go go go Godzilla
Oh woah there goes Tokyo go go Godzilla
Godzilla 1954: *well this is dark and depressing*
Shin Godzilla: _hold my sake_
*edit*: while the OG Godzilla is dark and depressing by the human's standpoint,
I find Shin Godzilla dark and depressing from the monster's standpoint. I also find the stakes to be higher in Shin Godzilla, as the destruction of Tokyo is more pronounced and on a much larger scale, not to mention the U.S decides to solve the problem by (you guessed it!) dropping a nuke.
Beer works fine as long as you are referring to Musashi Super Dry
I guess women and children dying from radiation poisoning and starvation arent very dark and depressing more like funny amiright fellas
I felt the same
Oh, it's a tragedy in both movies. While yes, we see the people who are suffering from the attack of a mindless monster is depressing as hell in the 54 movie, Shin is depressing in the fact that the monster is actually a tad bit smarter in a world it was never ment to exist in. Not to downplay the fact that both movies are serious parallels to the horrors of the time, 54 being about the nuclear war and shin being about the tsunami that hit Japan and the government's lack of action in response.
In shin Godzilla I feel worse for Gojira than mankind. The animal was never meant to live but his body keeps forcing him to adapt and survive. Even the roars are not of triumph but of pain.
I can’t be the only one to get goosebumps from the kid screaming “MAMA!!!”
People: The MonsterVerse is too dark, Showa was better
The first Godzilla:
A bit unnerving that the U.S. version cut out the parts that advise against WMDs.
Yes, I'm paranoid.
I mean, the part where the guy is talking about how "they" should stop doing nuclear experiments so that no more Godzilla-like monsters are born was obviously referencing the US, who surely didn't want to tell their audiences that everything that has happened in the film was their fault.
@@gojiratar1132 The bombs were retaliatory. Gojira was... Revenge! Though not intended by its creator.
I think that if you are ever forced to go to war, it is best to leave the civilians out of it. Just fight off enemy soldiers trying to invade your country without invading their country until they get sick of getting nowhere with you and agree to peace talks. The soldiers knew they might die going in, but the civilians never agreed to be subjected to the violence of war.
That change is peak America
@@gojiratar1132 Well Japan Should have Pearl Harboured the US. Or Mimic Western Colonialism.
The original looks so good. I like the serious tone and message of the movie. Great review
you should watch godzilla resurgence (2016) if you haven't. It's also a great movie.
Whatever you feel about King of Monsters, it does have some wonderful translations in it. "You have your fears, that which might become reality. And you have Godzilla, which is reality"
15:38 this scene sends chills down my spine every time.
17:17 That's funny, because the use of the oxygen destroyer spawned destroyah, arguably the most powerful monster in this universe....
If Destoroyah pops up in the monsterverse, We're fucked
@@Snowfang00andco I hope that's the case for Godzilla Vs Kong like they'll fight at first but that'll be their main enemy
@@limpnoodle5516 Id prefer for Destoroyah to appear later on. Like they could tease him at the end of the movie to keep fans hungry and interested. There is such thing as too much which was almost the case for Godzilla King Of The Monsters, thankfully just by holding back that little bit, they saved the risk of the movie having too much
@@Snowfang00andco yeah lmaoo maybe u right but I do wanna see at some point but at the end of KOTM they showed they fount one of Ghidorah's heads so it may have something to do with that
@@limpnoodle5516 the head they found i can predict will probably be used to create Mecha-King Ghidorah, since Alan was so fixed on Ghidorah being the alpha predator and throwing the world into chaos. I can see the setup for a lot of toho kaiju in the future.
I just love how dark this movie truly is, I actually prefer to watch this over the Americanized version.
why wouldn't you
the americanized version is trash
MazinGetter the American version has its own charm, I just prefer the darker tone of the original Japanese version.
Despite the American version downplaying the nuclear theme, amongst other things, the grim and depressing tone is still very much present.
@@mazingetter5965 the Amercianized isn't trash but if you're talking about the 1998 one..
You're right on the money
@@damiengoof7831 its pretty not good, 2014 is a bit better as people say, but i do say 2014 is better than 2019, i just dont know what is better
Love how minus one does a full on look into this type of godzilla, you can see his skin flaking off at the end of the trailer and like the 1954 version, his rampages are very intentional
"gOdZiLlA sAyS tHaT I sHoUlD lEaRn To FiGhT mY oWn BaTtLeS"
12:03 When your mum notices the glowing light from your DS under your pillow
Funny
Hilarious and Original XD
Not funny
Party pooper
Wait we have the same icon lol weird 2d being g 3d
There was a man who survived both nukes, first one he was at work, survived and then after he recovered he went home and thats where the 2nd nuke dropped, he survived as well.
Man was built like Godzilla
I ran into this video a long time ago, and this was the video that got me into Godzilla. Thanks, Steve Reviews. 🙂
Tokyo 1954: **exists**
Godzilla 1954: *I’m about to end this man’s whole career*
Y E S XDDD
Little Oof Gamer Zilla: *E X I S T S*
Matt Frank: *I'M ABOUT TO FIX THIS MAN'S WHOLE CAREER!!!*
Oxygen destroyer: I am gonna stop you right there
*godzilla: im about to end this city and the people in it
@@imsonicnoob2112 *have