Godzilla Minus One | Movie Review
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Nick and Scott share their thoughts on the newest take of the classic Kaiju in Godzilla Minus One!
Non-Spoiler Review: 0:00
Spoiler Review: 19:14 - Комедії
Scott here.
I see that I was wrong about the recordings used for the original theme. They were, in fact, re-orchestrated.
I maintain my personal opinion that they didn't match entirely with the tone and aesthetic of this particular film, regardless.
You like what you like, it's cool, Scott
Man, when I realized that song was playing... I had to turn to my wife and whisper, "Did they redo the original theme!?" and I was so hype about it. While it may not have fit with the scene itself, I think the call back was the point and in that sense it was perfect.
Glad you caught your mistake and admitted to it. I still disagree with your opinion but I understand what you are feeling.
As a guy who owns every Godzilla and friends movie, glad you still really loved the movie. And I am a Shin fan too so good on you
The original theme was actually the theme for the military. It IS used properly here as it's the theme for collective human efforts to battle Godzilla. Almost every movie since has actually been using it incorrectly just because of how iconic it became. The slower opening that we're all used to coming at the start of "Godzilla's theme" is Godzilla's ACTUAL theme, and was composed later originally as a separate track entirely. If all you watch is the original 1954 film, this movie uses Ifukube's music perfectly.
I respect your opinion scott. Don't worry 🙂
In defense of Tachibana, there's a difference between dying "for your country" and defending your allies against a literal monster
Yeah, but no one knew if the gun would kill it (apparently there was a pamphlet in JP theaters that specified it wouldn't), and there was no guarantee of Goji killing anymore people had another soldier didn't let his nerves get the better of him
Tachibana and Shikishima both fucked up, but hey, thats what character growth is for
@@Dasaltwarriori agree with everything you said but man I really don't like the poster part. I think it's important for that sequence to have mystery and the pamphlet thing devalues it a little
I heard it was a Japan-only novelization that explained it
@@emblemblade9245 Both explained it, though I believe the novel goes into more detail on the narrative reason for that, and Godzilla's character on Odo island in general
Here's the thing though: Japan made it seem like America itself was akin to a monster. That you were giving your life to save others. Kamikaze is wrong, but the Japanese people were so proud of themselves and their honor that they would kill themselves to defend their homeland. It's a horrible twist of self sacrifice.
The only difference is that Godzilla is a literal monster when America was a metaphorical one. Tachibana saw the idea of a suicide bomb run against Goji as redemption for his cowardice from WWII when the whole movie was set up for Tachibana to realize that it wasn't his fault and he was wrong to blame himself for Japan's loss and his personal loss.
Something people don't realize about WWII Japanese Kamikaze pilots:
a) Japan wasn't going to waste veteran pilots on suicide missions. They specifically trained new recruits for the task.
b) The majority of kamikaze pilots weren't fanatical volunteers. Instead, they were largely young men from populations considered less patriotic/more educated who may otherwise oppose the war effort and were essentially given the choice to either participate in a suicidal attack or face death/ostracization.
Who'd have thought that the secret to a fantastic Godzilla movie was making the humans actually compelling characters and NOT cardboard cutouts who detract from the plot?
I was entranced by the weird little family and friends from work
This is a pretty well known fact in kaiju fandom. There is a reason most Godzilla fans almost universally agree that the original 1954 Gojira is top 2 (maybe 3 now) at worst. Its also why the Heisei Gamera Trilogy is so well regarded.
@@nathanaellazaro3347Any idea where I can watch that? I've seen it come up a few times in the comments here, and now I'm curious.
The Gamera Heisei films, I mean.
I find it hilarious how often viewers argue about this.
A majority of Godzilla fans I hear say they don't want humans to take up so much time at all. Then there's people who complain about shin godzilla for the meeting room stuff.
I love how even Gareth Edwards even conceded that this was way better than his movie.
Minus One feels like a legitimately good movie that I could recommend to ANYONE, not just kaiju fans
Even if Godzilla wasn't in it, it would've been amazing.
The shot where mechanic hears Koichi successfully ejected and their plan worked was amazing. The emotion on his face gave me chills.
The mechanic character was one of the best parts, in my opinion.
Enough soldiers died on that island.
When he told him "Live" damn near broke me
Started to actually cry when realizing Koichi survived.
Fucking real.
Whenever Godzilla uses his nuclear breath in this movie. Oh my God, they really sell how terrifyingly devastating it is.
Godzillas breath had always been basically fire,burning or melting whatever it hit, this one hits like an actual nuke, the devastation, the instant loss of life, the fact that it leaves the area uninhabitable.
Ive always loved godzillas atomic breath but after ginza when he started charging up i found myself thinking “dont shoot dont shoot dont shoot”.
Kame...hame...HAAA
@@johannesstephanusroos4969no
@@johannesstephanusroos4969 well you've just changed how I'll watch Godzilla movies 😂
It went from a glorified laser beam to a “FUCK EVERYTHING IN THAT DIRECTION” beam.
Making me care about the people in a Godzilla movie is damn near impossible, but minus one managed to make me tear up in the theatre with these humans
I'll have to give this movie a watch sometime. My biggest (and maybe only) problem with the more recent films (King of Monsters, Kong, etc) was how the human characters were all boring and mostly pointless to the plot, and took up SO MUCH screentime.
Edit: I just remembered the whole "hollow Earth" thing. . . So I guess that wasn't the _only_ problem. But other than that, they were fun action flicks.
The ending with the main characters made me tear up. It was so beautiful ❤ 🥺
It did the same for me like I love those characters mainly “Doc”
@@Disgruntled_GruntI can safely tell you that even as someone who likes the Legendary Pictures kaiju films, unlike them this one actually gives a shit about the characters.
Ironically enough, Monarch :Legacy of Monsters is doing just that. It's surprisingly not bad, and I actually find myself invested in the human characters.
Glad I wasn’t the only one who thought Tachibana rigged the ejection seat with the bomb arming plug. Better this way, it gives agency to Koichi to decide to live or not.
I find it funny, while Shin had the more grotesque monster, Minus One was way more terrifying. Mainly because while Shin was causing destruction, it was reactionary. Godzilla here was straight-up mallicious, he was KILLING dudes just because he could and holy shit it was brutal.
similar to Godzilla GMK
In other words, Shin Godzilla was a mindless stockpile of radioactive tumors, and an increasingly deadly one at that, while Godzilla Minus One very much has a mind and will of its own, and they’re that of a predator, of a killer
@@sentientmustache8360that's a good point
I would like to make a comment on the healing factor. When you see Godzilla use his atomic breath, you can see parts of him break off and his body just take massive amounts of damage. To me that explains the healing factor, because at least in the Minus One verse, he needs that healing in order to use his greatest ability.
Plus, you know, Heisei Godzilla could apparently heal fast enough that in the space between two tank shells hitting him, fired at almost the same time, he was fully healed from the first shot.
He (with radons help) regrew his second brain and got up like it was nothing too lmao
Plus Godzilla 2000 establish that Godzillas dna has an organizer that causes him to heal instantly called Organizer (Regenerator) G-1
Yeah several versions of Godzilla had a ridiculous healing factor. It's just that this time special effects have now caught up with his powers.
Isn't that also how the og Godzilla took control of Kiryu?
It's established as early as Biollante in '89 that Godzilla has a wolverine level healing factor. That was the entire plot of that movie, that his cells not only regenerate but if you combine them with other cells it takes over those cells turning that organism into a Godzilla creature which is who you get Biollante and later Space Godzilla.
I can't be the only one who was just so fucking proud of the kid showing up with that tug fleet.
I loved how everything came together in that finaly, the plans, the kid coming back, him making good on his idea earlier of using the boats to pull godzilla up instead of the floats by bringing in the tug boats, and him pretty much bringing a fleet of all people that weren't military and weren't able to join the volunteer effort
Then of course there's everything with Koichi but all the little details there were fantastic
I think that was such a good cap to the kids ark. From being this punk who told a a combat veteran that he wished the war had gone longer so he could have gotten some action, being so bent out of shape that he couldn’t go fight and die to “prove himself”, to proving himself anyway by just being there to help when folks needed him
@@Ishma3l He really saved the day, in a way no one else thought he would be needed. The overlooked kid finally pulled through, finally contributed, and was instrumental in victory
For anyone confuses about Godzilla's healing factor, it has had it for some time. It was a somewhat significant plot point in Godzilla 2000 and G Cells have been a factor since Heisei era
Yep. The Regenerator G1 cells…
I found the happy ending especially effective, handwaivey "How the fuck are you here" aside. Koichi went from the darkest place he's ever been, came out of it actively choosing to go on, and learned he had another reason to keep going that was there all along but he was only able to learn after choosing to live. I've never been in that dark a place, but I've been close enough that that element of the ending resonated hard.
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Its not really a happy ending. In the last few seconds you can clearly see that she shows symptoms of major radiation poisoning.
@@NerdUndStolzDarauf The mark moves, that ain't no ordinary radiation burn
@@Schemerhythm Was going to say this. Pretty sure there's some kind of freaky Godzilla cell infection there.
The ending was a bit hand wavey but also that sort of thing happens during catastrophies. Bodies often arent found and people are just assumed(logically) to be dead. Sometimes people turn out to actually be alive later amongst all the chaos.
@@NerdUndStolzDaraufOR Godzilla infection, how she possibly survived what appeared to be a shredding blast.
The movie is basically a war drama, both because it's about the trauma of a man returning from war and living with the loss and guilt that war left him with, and also because they are at war with this incomprehensible force of death and destruction.
Absolutely; and since Godzilla always represents something in its movies, I see it as a giant metaphor for his ptsd/fear/regret from War.
I also love how they kept the original movies nuclear origins by putting in the nuke testing at Bikini Atoll, which the first movie referenced how some IRL Japanese fishermen got radiation poisoning from said tests
Ah yes, Lucky Dragon #5
Fun fact, there were multiple tests at Bikini Atoll. They just used Operation Crossroads instead of Operation Castle. Much lower yield bombs at Crossroads but it still fits the real world timeline and similar themes of the original.
Ok so I grew up with the "Godzilla vs" era of movies, and that's what he's always been to me. Big monster that fight other big monster(s). And while I can appreciate what '54, Shin and Minus One do with him effectively making him a horror movie antagonist, the shlocky B movie monster brawl style movies will always be my favorites. Minus one was great, 10/10, but I'm still looking forward to seeing Legendary's eventual take on Destroy All Monsters
Totally fair. And kinda same. I appreciate both myself. Godzilla as the unstoppable force of nature birthed from humanity corrupting nature, and Godzilla as the cheesy anti-hero brawling with other big bad monsters. Both are great.
Any hot takes now that Godzilla x Kong is out now? Satisfied?
Had to drive over an hour to see this in IMAX and i do not regret at all. What an amazing movie experience. LOVED IT!
I drove an hour + twice to see it, and you're right, worth every single gallon of gas.
I'm surprised at how many people didn't notice the growths creeping up Noriko's neck at the hospital, the implication being that she survived the blast but her prolonged exposure to Godzilla gave her a mutated form of radiation posioning. 50:05
Once they mentioned it I hit the comments looking for this reply. Yeah, the whatever it is on her neck could imply a lot of things. I saw one theory that said she got exposed to one of the bits of Godzilla they mentioned folks were picking up around the city, and she inherited the healing factor which is why she survived.
I would not be shocked if they were going with the Godzilla cells angle with that. But it felt like they used the healing factor a bit.
I noticed it but the implication was lost on me
@@kylecook7187there’s three possible implications
1- The ending is more bittersweet than we first thought, as Noriko may be on borrowed time due to severe radiation poisoning
2- Noriko and all survivors of Ginza will mutate into Godzilla-people like the ones at the end of Shin Godzilla
3- This leads into a possible Godzilla Minus Two
As a long time fan of the franchise, I can say with certainty that Godzilla Minus One is in the top five, maybe top two.
It's easily top 3 with the Original and Shin Godzilla, I don't know if I can give it an order beyond that.
@@user-fc2xk5tl8m"Who's the fourth?"
@@user-fc2xk5tl8m The original 1954 Godzilla film.
probably the OG if he's a megafan.@@user-fc2xk5tl8m
Same. Top 5 for me. Gojira 54, Biollante, Destoroyah, Shin and this (not in that order) round out my top 5 right now. Been watching these for 30+ years and this was the most fun I’ve had since discovering the Heisei series didn’t end in 85 and caught up through GvMG in 93.
The creator of the movie said during the initial press run that Jaws WAS an inspiration for this movie, which you can feel during the boat segments. He also credited Miyazaki's work, which I definitely feel in the found family portions; very Grave of the Fireflies at the start.
ホタルの墓は高畑勲監督の作品です
I hate to be the "akshually" guy, but Miyazaki didn't work on Grave of the Fireflies. That was the work of his fellow Studio Ghibli founder, Isao Takahata.
Just saw the movie and dear god the atomic breath was horrifying. Watching each spike ignite and stick out made me think of the hammer on a gun cocking and being ready to fire. I also have been binging the Godzilla movies this past year and saw the first last week. The way they adapt the lore from the first film is so well done and do a master class or making me feel the dread of when Godzilla is tearing through a city as people would’ve felt in the 50s when Godzilla was first made. Best Godzilla film I’ve ever seen hands down.
God I loved the atomic breath as more of a nuclear railgun than a death laser
It's funny how you mention that the human characters aren't compelling a lot of the time in the Godzilla movies, because the first Godzilla movie was a human story. Hell it ended with scientists and the government having a weapon that can destroy Godzilla but they're hesitant to use it because the weapon will open up Pandora's Box with other nations hearing about the weapon and making their own. Ultimately they had no choice but to use the weapon, which killed Godzilla, but characters looking on in horror as they've unleashed another monster into the world
@emptyglass7867pretty much, yeah, but also adding that maybe it's not best to fight fire with fire
Dr. Serizawa destroyed all of his notes so no one else could use them, then personally activated the weapon to kill himself so all knowledge of the weapon would die with him. Turns out he was right, though, since the Oxygen Destroyer ended up creating Destroyah forty years later.
i was half expecting them to use the oxygen destroyer, HOWEVER i liked the plan they went with crushing godzilla with the force of the ocean, but not even that was good enough, it took an independence day/Godzilla GMK type attack to "finally" defeat godzilla, cuz that ending tho
17:02 What's weird for me is it didn't feel like it was a 2 hour movie. Nothing felt dragged out or unnecessary.
Honestly the only thing that felt dragged out was the "pre-show" shit went on for like 20 minutes at my theatre I swear to god.
@@JM64 where it was playing nothing but repeated ads and dog shit trailers? Yea I agree.
The worst one was a trailer for the most obvious will they won't they romantic "comedy". Jesus that was painful to sit through.
@@macrussell78 If cinemas made special showings where you pay extra in order to skip all ads and trailers i would 100% buy it
The mirror of the opening scene with Koichi's plane landing after running away from his mission and the shot-for-shot reversal of him taking off to confront Godzilla actually had me about to jump from excitement in the theater. It's a relatively simple visual communication of Koichi's journey, but also an incredibly effective one.
Fantastic.
It showed Noriko with this weird mark on her neck near the end, I interpreted that as her regenerating just like Zilla.
She had some strange effect being caught near the blast. That’s how I rationalized her surviving.
I thought something weird was happening at first too. But, it was pointed out to me that those markings are the signs of radiation posioning. Which makes the ending very bitter sweet imo.
Thanks to word of mouth and demand, GM1 expanding to more theaters this weekend. By far, best movie of the year and(imo) one the best films ever made.
I do think it’s worth noting, tachibana was likely also dealing with his own survivor’s guilt. If he let koichi die, he’d be the last survivor of odo island.
Y'all need to check out the Gamera heisei trilogy, legitimately the best Kaiju movies that used suits, the effects are the masters of their craft at their finest, with the modern quality cameras and computers being used to help as needed but not overly, just as perfect as can be
gamera: guardian of the universe is at least a top 5 kaiju film
This movie ties with Across the Spiderverse as my favorite movie of the year. Also, Noriiko may have lived, but you see radiation poisoning on her neck, which circles around to survivors of the nuclear bomb dealing with the after effects.
Seen another UA-cam point that out, and that it moves. It could signify something even worse in store if they decide to make a follow-up movie.
I knew I saw something moving on her neck but I couldn’t quite tell if it was just hair
@thephony1651 After seeing the film, I'm pretty certain that it's a fragment of Godzilla. They had made mention of finding fragments after Godzilla blasted Ginza.
Plus, directly after seeing Noriko's neck, you see Godzilla beginning to regenerate.
I put this in first place for the flicks I saw this year. Spider Verse was good but I found it very disappointing. Whole lot of build up and almost no pay off. 2 hours of sequel bait
I saw ten seconds of that trailer and instantly screamed, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER BOAT!
No... *BIGGER.*
Turns out, they needed a smaller plane.
In regards to Godzilla's "healing factor" as Scott and Nick point out around the 34:00 mark, there's actually a ton of established precedent for this. A lot of iterations of Godzilla have had regeneration, and it's often been a major plot point in some of the movies.
Godzilla's healing factor has been established in other movies(especially in the Heisei & Millennium eras) but I will allow that this is one of the more extreme examples of it.
Definitely more prominent in how it makes godzilla unkillable
and his atomic breath is no joke
I'm glad you guys like the film. And speaking of dinosaurs; Godzilla was actually inspired BY dinosaurs, Which were the T-rex, iguanodon and the stegosaurus. With a alligator mixed in too.
Don't forget the atomic bombs from WWII, those played a BEEEEEG part of Gojira's creation.
@@luigiboi4244 True
There is a Gojirasaurus
@@GrizzledBear7 Yea. But this was before a actual gojirasaurus was discovered and named after him.
@@GrizzledBear7 that was a reboot thing.
I turned to my friend during the movie and said “Hold up, what’s a Godzilla movie doing having characters I actually want to see succeed and care wether or not they’re alive by the end”. I said this BEFORE Noriko’s big moment in the city.
Unless I'm mistaken I don't think the guy who told the main character he was right to live was tachibana i think it was another mechanic who ended up dying meaning the one person who told him he made the right choice was now dead because of another choice he made. Though only saw the movie once need to rewatch to confirm
I rewatched it yeah I can confirm it was a different guy thought it was Tachibana the first time too.
They did reorchastrate the Godzilla themes, using versions from the original King Kong vs. Godzilla, they just stayed faithful to the original, this doesn't detract from your opinion, I totally understand why you weren't a fan, it does stick out from the rest of the score. But they're amazingly done versions of his theme.
the first time i cried in this movie is when the OG Goji theme played when he attacked Ginza. I loved it.
i honestly really loved the healing factor, especially with how it shows the raw power of his beam where he has to heal from it afterwards
The budget was actually only about 15 Million with the director indicating it might have even been less than that, so even more impressive what they were able to do with that.
0:17 May I recommend Scott the Heisei Gamera Trilogy because that trilogy is known in the Kaiju community as one of the best trilogy and it's one of my favorite trilogy (but one of my favorite kaiju film is Shin for now I haven't seen Minus One yet)
I watched the entire Gamera trilogy a few weeks ago and immediately became a huge Gamera fan. Absolutely the best Kaiju battle movies ever made. Leagues ahead of all Godzilla vs whatever Kaiju of the week movies.
The Heisei Gameras are fantastic. Though I am compelled to note you can draw a line connecting those to both Shin and Minus One. Shinji Higuchi was in charge of Gamera and Shin's VFX, and director Kaneko's own Godzilla movie (GMK) was an inspiration for Minus One.
Honestly might’ve dethroned KotM as my favorite Godzilla movie (which, for all its faults on the human side, definitely excelled at making the fights seem like a true battle of mythical Titans) ever, of all time.
My heart was just pounding out of my chest through basically the entire climax, and a good portion of the rest of the film. Outside of a handful of scenes with, like, smoke effects and one scene with the plane, I thought the CGI was outstanding - especially for the budget it was on. The human characters were actually compelling and I honestly nearly cried at several points (and I probably would’ve at that really touching end scene, but some jackass in the theater shouted out some kinda quip along the lines of “How?!” and just ruined the moment). It’s just _SO GOOD_ and I’m glad to finally see a Godzilla movie getting both the critical and popular praise that it deserves.
Also, and spoiler warning here, but I really loved how horrifying Godzilla looked at the end where he was suffering from decompression - his skin all boiling and his eyes bugging out of his skull like they were, but he’s still going on just pure rage. I get it’s a minor thing, but I feel like I don’t see enough people talking about it, though there is plenty more to love about the movie besides it so it probably tends to get lost in the background compared to, say, the atomic breath (which was also horrifying and spectacular in one).
Just.. honestly one of the best movies both this year and just in general, ranks right up there with Oppenheimer and Spider-verse, though they’re all vastly different kinds of films.
I agree with you on the ending with Godzilla. I didn't cry for Noriko and Koichi, but I cried for Godzilla in the end.
Never before have i seen a movie that made me cry, shiver in fear and suspense, then make me cry again. This movie was fantastic.
3:52 my cousin was actually into all 3. He loved Space Dinosaurs riding Trucks, and Dinosaur Trucks in Space
Same
Probably already covered by someone else - the Shinden wasn't built by the Germans, but it was built with German tech. The two did do a few tech exchanges.
I do love that the secondary characters in the climax are persistent - you start getting personality traits from some of the non-speaking roles!
Also, the mirroring of the plane coming in at the beginning and the wheels opening in the undercarriage shot, with the Shinden taking off and the wheels closing was great!
unlike any other Godzilla movie, this movie made me FEEL, made me invested in the characters. one of my favorite moments in the movie was... the tugboats. if you know... The music was phenomenal, and hearing the Godzilla March just sold it for me.
The original theme was perfectly utilized for this, it was essentially communicating to the audience, "hey, this is the REAL Godzilla."
The part with the ships and the renewed resolve of those involved synced to the theme picking back up gave me chills. And the film had incredible original music to go along with the classic themes.
I'm a pretty big godzilla snob, I grew up with Godzilla, the first film being Godzilla 1985 I saw when I was like 6 years old haha. Ever since then I was obscessed and have seen every film up to this point, and this one is..really damn high up on my list of best Godzilla films.
Don't feel bad Kaiser. My first Godzilla was ALSO the Broderick one. My very into Godzilla friend who went to this in 4DX last night with me informs me that they hated that one so bad they made a movie just for REAL Godzilla to beat that one up.
mr nada is like, if you took Serizawa's professionalism from the first movie, and Matthew Broddrick's slightly bewildered tone of voice and just centrifuged it together into this very kind weapons developer!
The Roland Emmerich Godzilla movie has been a guilty pleasure movie for me. I'm not afraid to admit that.
Doc was my favourite character in the whole movie, I wanted to give him a giant hug every time he fucking smiled
The reason that Shin's eyes are 'Goofy' is because the entire point of Shin is he's a tragic accident that lives in constant agony and is only going on because of its burning drive to keep living.
Godzilla Minus One is honestly tied with Shin Gojira for my favorite Godzilla movie. One review I listened to brings up the thought of an Offensive vs Defensive Godzilla. Shin was evolving to protect themself in a new environment while Minus One was claiming new territory
Tachibana telling Koichi to live was the manly man tear moment for me. Damn, I really loved this movie. Maybe I'll go see it again this weekend...
Kaiser be like "Kaiju... I just think they're neat!"
I think the music works for me because it’s a theme for Godzilla moments, kinda like the imperial march playing when darth Vader shows up no matter what movie he’s in, it just feels like musical storytelling
I am really glad to see you guys reviewing movies. I was worried that when you got to the end of the DBZA commentary, I'd stop getting content. You guys somehow work well with my workflow, I just leave you running in the background when I am doing the dishes etc...
Loved the message of the movie. The beginning part, the movie makes its audience turn on the main character with him not taking the shot and them saying "Man, you are a coward." And then the next scene when they equate that to the woman saying "You're a coward for not kamikaze-ing", it's up to the audience to decide "Well, hang on. He may have been justified in that part". And the whole movie is about whether or not he deserves to want life
Was a little worried in the middle when it looked like the movie was saying "No. He needed to go out like a warrior. That's the honorable thing to do", but Dr. Noda's speech assuaged those feelings. Outstanding movie.
And it really feeds into my tinfoil hat theory that, ever since Legendary Studio's Godzilla, Japan's been in this mindset where every Godzilla project afterwards has to say "No. Godzilla is not an anti-hero that represents Mother Nature. He is a villain, tantamount to a modern day Lovecraftian Horror created by science, that needs to be beaten by human ingenuity and gumption."
That is definitely a tinfoil hat since Showa era Godzilla fought King Kong in his third movie and became a Regular Hero in Kaiju wrestling matches for a ton of his history.
@@TysonRex37 Exactly. Japan can't go casting stones. They did it first!
@@TysonRex37I second this they're just doing more villainous stuff because because legendary has the heroic side of things covered. Most of Showa era Godzilla is flat out superhero, in the Hesei and Millennium eras he was an anti-hero an animal that wanted left alone but mankind wouldnt do so for various stupid reasons. Reiwa era Godzilla has been going back to what the original movie did because they dont want to compete with the Legendary Monsterverse as Toho does make money from the licensing when when it comes to those movies so they focus on the more villainous side of Godzilla going back to the original film's themes something that hasnt been done in a long time so it's still fresh all of this being inspired by 2016's shin godzilla which has basically shaped the tone of this era of films. There's no wrong way to do a Godzilla movie when it comes to big G himself as he's been both hero and villian over the years he may have started out as an allegory for the bomb but he's evolved to embody all the good and bad of nuclear power in general is how I see it.
@@demi-fiendoftime3825Bingo! Godzilla contains multitudes, and we should love all aspects of the big guy.
A really awesome detail about the musical score during the last confrontation with Godzilla is that it takes the Godzilla theme back to it's roots
You have the main intro to the Godzilla theme after he uses the atomic breath on the battle ship. When it then shifts to the faster part of the theme that is actually the music for the Japanese Defense Force during the original Gojira film. Over time however it just became associated with Godzilla himself.
So having the theme shift from the main lead into of Godzilla's theme into the JDF theme as our main heroes put their plan into action takes the music back to being the song of Japans protectors as the try to fend of Godzilla.
Which is symbolic as the Japanese government was powerless to defend the country and it's people from the bombs. Now the people of Japan let down by their government again will come together to face the very representation of that trauma and destruction
A minor detail I appreciated is that the warships they do use are mostly disarmed, better explaining why they go for such a weird approach to take out Godzilla.
In nearly every other Godzilla movie there's a point where Godzilla shows up and I'm all "Yay! It's Godzilla!" or something bad happens to Godzilla and I think "Oh man, I hope Godzilla's going to be okay!"
This is not one of those movies.
Not gonna lie, the ending of this movie made me cry. Not because of the human story, but seeing the plan to kill Godzilla go off, seeing him in pain and lashing out, knowing he was going to die... I cried. As the humans saluted him as his body sank into the ocean, I agreed. I was sad to see him die, knowing that he was also a victim of the war.
@@eliasmolck5566 Nah he's not dead. They pulled the ole GMK ending where the heart is still beating which means he can regenerate
I watched the original Gojira movie a couple years back, and there is a scene in the hospital after Godzilla roles through that has the most haunting cries, the dead and dying, including the wail of a small child. When the kid in this movie, heard that her mom was “not coming back for a few days” she had that same wail; and it broke me in half.
Scott: "I'm also a big King Ghidorah fan--"
Me: "sorry Nick, but Scott's my favorite now."
I liked how Godzilla actually seemed to be a Predator. He was actively eating and killing humans, instead of the more common ones where killing people is just a side effect of destroying places.
He killed but I don't believe he ate any of them.
@@THEShoky I thought he at least at those guys at the beginning
@@DracoInduperator no just threw them around after biting them.
Toho has a rule where Godzilla can't eat people. Rodan ate someone in KOTM, so maybe the rule only applies to Godzilla himself.
@@Ferropexola1996 huh that's interesting. Thanks for sharing
Who would have thought, the best 2 Godzilla movie (Shin Godzilla and Godzilla Minus One) would have been published by the original creators at Toho Studios. I love that they made use of completely silent bits, sometimes having zero audio is truly haunting.
A movie with a $15 million budget managed to embarrass Hollywood. When it comes to Godzilla, Togo knows wtf they’re talking about.
No joke though this movie was perfect for me. His Atomic Breath is terrifying and I love it
I love that we have both ends of the Godzilla spectrum. We got over the top silly with Legendary, and serious character drama with Toho.
Yay! The Reviews are back!
I missed the podcast, but honestly, I kinda just like hearing your take on stuff
In regards to the healing factor, Godzilla has actually had that ability for quite a while, notably in some of the Millennium films. Though the ability admittedly is rather sporadic for how much they decide to give it to him in the films.
Yeah, I don't think any other movie has really made mention or focused on his healing factor this much.
Remember the beating heart
I think it came up in '85 but that may have just been the guff about feeding him nuclear control rods to shut down his...metabolism in general? The plan didn't really make sense even with my 10 year old understanding of nuclear physics, but hey, it's a Godzilla movie, we're here to see Tokyo get smashed, not learn physics.
It's rarely this powerful. Which made him terrifying
@@TheKyrix82 Yeah, that hyper regeneration is crazy. GMK survived as a heart but would probably take decades to reform. Minus G is nearly instant. Even at the end that flesh begins rapidly reforming. Absolutely horrifying.
Was it a happy ending? I could swear that the last scene focuses on Noriko's neck an extra moment, and it looked like she had some kind of black mark, like cancer, on the back of her neck. If I'm right, this adds that last chef's kiss of tragedy to Shikishima's story.
When Godzilla shows off his atomic breath in full, I saw him less as a Kaiju and more as the World's Deadliest Revolver. Not to say that's bad, no it isn't, it's unique for an atomic breath. It's just that I can't unsee the Dorsal plates cocking back like a hammer and then all releasing at once. The movie was spectacular, the Human characters were very compelling and I actually liked them this time around.
".... Godzilla Ocelot, deadly gunslinger and interrogation expert"
I wont lie i saw the spines popping out as control rods of a nuclear reactor, not a gun haha
This is the most beautiful Godzilla-1.0 review I've ever seen.
Reminds me the beauties of the movie a lot!
Thanks for share this and hope you guys keep good work!
Godzilla having a wolverine-ish healing factor is actually a thing that happens in most of the Showa and Heisei movies iirc
Loved this Godzilla. The interpretation was wonderful. The characters stories are perfect. Plus, love whenever the people come together to help save the day.
I have to say, Zilla was one of the few times in my entire life I've been to a movie with a completely empty theater
I have seen people who say they either weren't a fan of this movie because it was slow/boring or there wasn't enough Godzilla in it. Personally I disagree with both of those sentiments. As someone who's been a long time Godzilla fan the amount they used him was on par with most other movies. And this was one of the most compelling human dramas in a Godzilla movie. This may be the best + favorite movie of the year for me.
I absolutely love this style of video from you guys so much
The commentaries
The reviews
The cooking stuff
Seeing you all together talking about absolutely everything is just fun and i love ir
The movie is amazing 10/10
Godzilla Minus One was damn near perfect. That ending had me shedding tears.
Absolutely LOVED watching this movie in IMAX. I wanted to watch it again before it left cinemas over here but couldn’t. So glad you guys are reviewing this masterpiece!
I was originally on the side of wanting Noriko to stay dead but after your explanation I change my mind as Koichi deserves that happy ending. However I think we can all agree she should've been more damage. Perhaps had her head shaved for brain surgery, amputated right ear/arm. Because she looks like she tripped at the end not survived a nuke.
Other people pointed out something I missed: she has either a radiation burn or some parasitic G-tumor on her neck.
I gotta say I have loved EVERY PIECE of non-commentary content from this channel!
I'm not entirely certain that it is a truly happy ending.
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Noriko survives, but the camera lingers on an angle that shows a pulsing black mark on her neck. I don't know if that's some sort of infection unique to Godzilla, or a side-effect of the radiation from his atomic breath. Either way, the movie seems to imply that something sinister is at play still.
I think it's based on radiation poisoning and related to the black rain
It’s radiation poisoning. Fun fact, Godzilla’s skin is a reference to the radiation poisoning symptoms that some people developed after surviving Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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When I saw the news reporter on the rooftop my first thought was “Jimmy Firecracker here”
the classic music made the movie 100x better for me imo
i get your point scott
Haven't watched the whole video, just glad to see you guys doing reviews again.
In regards to the healing factor, that is something Godzilla has ALWAYS had, he's always recovered quickly from things like conventional weaponry which is why the Japanese Defense Forces have had to resort to other weapons in the past movies. This, however, is the first time we've gotten to see it actually up close and in detail, especially with the damage that is done to him on his face like that, so it's NOT a new thing Godzilla healing as quick as Wolverine from things not rending damage from giant claws or other monsters/lightning guns from the JSDF.
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I ALSO thought the “bomb safety” was actually the ejector seat, but Shikishima choosing to live is an even better way of doing it.
Why do people seem to think dinosaurs are only for kids. They are giant lizards, some flying. That is still cool.
What part of "tyrant lizard king" isnt cool
EDIT: im not saying lani and kaiser think this way, but i think a lot of people do
Agreed. It's amazing howany things that applies to. Things that somehow "groupthink" dictates they look down on, but when viewed honestly are incredibly cool. People on groupthink are just dumb.
Saw twice already and seeing again with another friend tomorrow night! Perfection!
I've been missing these reviews, and I love that it's about this movie! I loved it
34:12 Regarding the regenerating factor, that's actually a canon feature of Godzilla for sometime. The Millennium film they released right after the Emmerich Film had a whole subplot of scientists studying his cells, calling it Organizer G-1. He's basically like a jellyfish where he can regrow cells constantly.
I like how Godzilla is characterized in this. It’s a great combination of all those before. You feel bad that he got a bomb dropped on him… but this is definitely one of the most aggressive and bloodthirsty Godzilla’s we’ve gotten. He treats cities, boats, and humans like a cat, knocking things over seemingly cause it’s fun. But there’s no aggression with his destruction. It’s an animal playing. He’s only truly angry when shot at.
He even gets distracted at his own atomic blast like a curious animal.
My favorite detail was when they gave the main character a head injury so that he would have a white bandage around his head. Just so later when he was running in a crowd of other Japanese people, American audiences could tell which one was the main character cuz he still had the bandage on.
It’s not just him, Kid gets his arm put in a sling, Doc has his glasses, Sumiko has her white shirt, and Tachibana has his limp. They put work into making the characters identifiable
Love that you guys are talking about this movie!
So I didn't catch it the first time I saw it, but Noriko has black shit in her veins on her neck when it gives you the side shot of her holding him when he puts his head in her lap. I think she's heavily irradiated so she didn't just escape with some bumps and bruises.
I thought it might be radiation poisoning
@@StrawhatOrtaI've seen some wild theories like it was Godzilla's scales in her... or she was infected by something from Godzilla and is gonna transform or something.
This story feels too grounded for me and I think it's radiation poisoning.
@@Grimbear13there’s a reason for that. Godzilla’s skin was designed to look like the skin some victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki developed as a result of radiation poisoning
@@HyperShadow89Oh I'm fully aware of why Godzilla looks the way he does. What these people were saying was that Godzilla's cells or a piece of his scale got into her and she was like transforming into a new Godzilla or something lol.
You actually see it grow on her, which is really weird, and that's what probably has led to the wild theories.
Even thought the film is about Post War Japan and the main character is a Kamikaze pilot this film has universal appeal. Reminds me of a Spielberg film. I was nearly brought to tears
This is an amazing movie and was moved to tears several times. The human cast is just so well acted.
That scene after the destruction of Ginza with the Mushroom Cloud and Godzilla is such a striking image.
I’ve missed the reviews so damn much!!
Completely agree with your takes on this movie hit the exact same points I felt and thought of when walking out of the theater! Can't wait to catch another showing now that they extended it for another week!
From the moment they announced this movie I was hype. The concept of Godzilla bringing even more destruction to a ground zero Japan? Such a DUH concept that’s never been done. Yet I was COMPLETELY blown away. The strength of the characters, the incredible effects given the reported budget, and the main man himself. As a semi-Godzilla fan, I always found it fascinating how he can be the coolest monster in some movies but also a nightmare in others. And this movie gave you both equally. The destruction he causes is so fun to watch but because you care about the human characters, it’s horrifying to imagine them against this nigh-unstoppable who cannot be reasoned with. By far my favorite Godzilla movie. I hope the newly announced Black and White cut comes to the US and I hope we get a sequel of sorts set in the 70s or 80s. And that all future Godzilla movies takes notes on how Minus One balanced the human characters and Godzilla, who maintained a presence even when not on screen
Im not the biggest Godzilla Fan but i like how he can have multiple interpretations. The monsterverse version where he teams up with King Kong and Other good monsters is my favorite,but then u have the rampaging monster or an uncontrollable force of Nature that is pretty cool to see done.
But man the human element in this movie was awesome with favorites being The failed Kamikaze Pilot,the Next Door Neighbor who hated him but then became a Babysitter to his Adopted Daughter and the Boat Crew the Pilot works with.
I also really appreciated how they twisted the Kamikaze sacrificial methods around and actually made you want the Main characters to live. It painted a Sacrifice like that Needless and Selfish when Shikishima had so much to live for back at home when his Friends told him kept telling him he had been blessed with a new family despite the loss of his old one.
That speech by the Doctor telling all the people who survived the war previously the night before Godzillas assault that rather than fight to the death and just sit at the docks all night that they should fight for the future and to go home and be with and appreciate their families was beautiful.