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there's a few nods to older godzilla movies Odo Island and Godzillasaurus - Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah - Godzillasaurus was wounded and left to die with one japanese solider apologizing and raising his arm Godzilla Minus One - godzilla Minus 1 is just chilling on odo island bringing fish to the natives How Godzilla dies in the movie is an homage to Godzilla GMK where Tachibana Enters godzilla and kills him within HOWEVER the ending scene is similar to the ending of godzilla minus one. and the final homage to godzilla's death is similar to how as you said russell protects the president and flys his plane into the alien ship's tractor beam destroying it for good
💁🏻♀️💯funfact : did you know director Takashi Yamazaki of this film was also the CG director behind the opening cutscene of this forgotten PS2 Capcom classic game called Onimusha 3 Demon Siege💁🏻♀️… the opening cutscene to me to this day is still one of the best opening cutscenes in gaming history💯💁🏻♀️and after knowing Godzilla Minus One was directed by him and won an award for visual effects i was already expecting him that one day he will achieve something great based on Onimusha 3’s opening trailer…which is a very deserving award🏆… congrats to team Godzilla Minus One team for bringing home the W💁🏻♀️🥰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It was just so good. I didn't have "cry at a Godzilla movie" on my 2023 bingo card, but there I was, weeping. As for Noriko not shoving them both in the alley, I felt like she instinctively "mom-armed" him, like a mother in a car reflexively putting her arm out in front of the kid in the passenger seat when she has to brake hard. It's a snap movement, a mother instinct, to protect someone.
I felt like she didn’t have enough strength to shove both of them, so she put All of her strength protecting kochi. That’s my theory, but the mother instinct is also valid considering she is a mother to akiko
Not a villain per say, he is REALLY pissed off, and just a force of nature. He is the definition of F around and find out. Go watch it, you wont be dissapointed! @@somethingspecial1292
Saw it on Imax last night, packed house, and I was shocked that I was crying during a monster movie. It's a great movie, period. The audience applauded at the end, and I cannot remember the last time that happened. Great script, beautiful period production design, the whole cast is excellent and the G man is mean as hell.
20:45 The reporters on a roof are a direct homage to the very first Gojira where reporters were on top of a tower similar to Tokyo Tower. They were reporting and taking pictures which attracted Godzilla who subsequently tore it down
There were so many little easter eggs and homages to the original.. The one that really sticks out to me is the radio report of Godzilla in the bay approaching the city.. which was the same radio report the Yamane's heard in the original.
Yep - and something to keep in mind - some of those reporters likely weren't far removed from reporting while witnessing firebombings and the like - very likely, their trying to get the story during chaos didn't let them register how much danger they were putting themselves in needlessly.
Mine (in Texas) was also nearly empty on the two days I saw it. It was the first two days it was shown, so that might be the reason. It was nice to see it without crowding, but also a shame since it's so good.
I just saw this today. The scene of the reporters dying on the top of the building was a call back to a similar scene in the original Godzilla movie where reporters were up on the tower and their flash bulbs attracted Godzilla's attention and he destroyed them.
The main character went from someone who failed his duty and felt responsible for all the death on Odo Island. He felt he didn't deserve to be happy and have a family. The fact this guy Killed Godzilla (with help), saved his country, saved all his friends and family is pure cinema. I haven't felt that happy for a main character since Luke Skywalker blew up the Death Star.
I think the Koichi anger rage in the rain part was well done and you guys may have misperceived it a bit when you said when you wanted to cry with him but couldn't because of his scratchy yelling. Its probably one of the best scenes because its a turning point in the movie for him where he no longer wants to run and live cowardly but has now built up the courage (rage) to hate Godzilla so much of what he has lost that he wants to take his own life to destroy it (but later on gets guided back to life again the right way). I could relate to him and felt it speaking to me that all of us have a "Godzilla" in our lives that we have ran away from until we own up to ourselves or face the facts of how much damage it has done in our lives and want to do the right thing. That was the first time I felt empathy for him and wanted to rage with him and actually root against Godzilla.
@@groudonor12 Mario movie...? Spiderverse looks amazing, but it insists upon itself to the point of distraction from some of the big emotional beats. I don't think it's as strong of a film as the first one.
Unfortunately it’s not eligible for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars. They can’t nominate any film they want for the category. Each country can submit one film, and Japan submitted a different film.
ABSOLUTELY! I was choked up for a large part of the last 30 minutes and that last part broke me 😭 lol. I tried my hardest to hold back but that wasn’t possible 😂
I agree with Achara on the point about the acting. If you watch Japanese movies, they frequently feature acting like this. You especially see it in anime, but it's also present in samurai movies and monster movies. I don't think their aim is realism. It's more impressionistic.
I agree with her also. I think they deserve awards for their performance in this movie. I cannot remember a Godzilla movie, TOHO or Legendary, where the acting was this good with such an impactful story, not since the original Godzilla. I personally would put Minus One higher on my list for everything including acting. - No matter how many times I have watched and rewatched all the TOHO Godzillas, the human side stories were usually worthless and the acting was so over the top. It seemed like theater and I never grew any empathy for the characters. Godzilla Minus One is completely different. Every single character had emotion and seemed REAL. Their interactions seemed natural and human, If it was not on a screen, I would believe it was not acting. I felt their traumas and struggles. I mean even Sumiko the neighbor, that relationship with Shikishima is so complex and full of emotion over the time spanned in the movie and she is a minor side character. Sakura Ando did an incredible job.
Broooo....was so good. Visual effects, all the shots. Fucking GODZILLA was damaging shit dude. Like he's slow and old school but was pure CHAOS!!! 10/10
FYI - To answer your question about the reporters who died on the rooftop. In the original Godzilla movie, there were reporters on Tokyo tower reporting what's happening & Godzilla walks up to them & tears down the tower with them. One of them says, "Sayonara" (Good-bye). So to me, it was a, "Homage", to that scene. Also, during the 3rd act & the navy ships are fighting Godzilla, it was SO COOL to hear the musical score from the, "Original", King Kong vs Godzilla. I just started CHEERING!!! 🙂
This is without question the best monster movie ever made! I never thought I would care THIS MUCH about human characters in a Godzilla movie. It was the first time I actually feared for the destruction of a city from any monster. And this Godzilla is not “nature’s revenge” or the planet’s guardian or an animal acting on its nature, he is a ruthless and mindless monster who purposely targets humans and their homes just for the sake of destruction.
Wake me up when the movie's finished 🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱😴😴😴😴😴 Giant monster at a time when no one's prepared oh wait that's Gojira Singular Point and Shin Except they were way BETTER since they had a BETTER Gojira that can at least evolve. Look here I'm all for a dark Gojira but cmon man at least make it unique this is the same boring generic Japanese Gojira flick.
Never thought i would cry watching a Godzilla movie. That scene when Shikishima comes to home and the baby shows him a picture of mom and dad and cry, that scene wrecked me. That final hospital was pure happiness.
Godzillas appearance at the beginning reminded me more of the 98 zilla from ny. The way it moved. I was tearing up throughout the film. I thought noriko was dead too and had a similar thought about the guy not confirming her body. And I loved the comrodery of the characters. I loved that this wasn't about "what the govt will do" but what will the people do. And the family bond of our main characters, and how she comforts him. One of the best movies ever and easily the best movie of 2023.
Noriko during the Ginza scene ended up not dying because she was irradiated by Godzilla or G-cells. Godzilla breaks down every time he uses his atomic breath in the movie and she was doused in his energy fallout like all the other people in Ginza. His G-cells healed all those people that didn't die from debris or the shockwave after the burst from the explosion but gave them radiation poisoning and changes them on a cellular level. Look at the Kaiju Biollante, as an example or look up G-cells. It's fascinating and kinda cool. As too covering the pilot, her motherly instincts and love for the pilot took over and it is contrived but showcases her deep love for him. His scream after her "death" from the shockwave in Ginza shows just how much he loved her. Finally, the reporters on the roof is a copy of the 1954 Gojira film from Toho where something similar happens and it plqys on that monster movie trope. This is easily up there as the best Godzilla movie and one of the best movies of 2023. It is a masterpiece and instant classic, must-see film. Godzilla minus one is phenomenal.
Great upload, you two! Koichi's scream when Noriko vanished in the Ginza carnage cringed me slightly, but I heard it as raw human anguish and appreciated his howl's honest agony. As for the rooftop film crew, I think their reluctance to move to safety reflected (again) the Japanese mentality of self-sacrifice to achieve a result; like war correspondants, they put their lives at risk to film a war-footing situation.
I believe that Noriko survived by absorbing some of Godzilla's essence and regenerating her mangled body after the explosion. From what I can tell, she is a nod to Miki Saegusa, the most prevalent human character in the Godzilla franchise. She essentially, developed the ability to telepathically feel Godzilla's emotions and has tried to use her connection to manipulate Godzilla's actions in a prior film. Therefore, expect super human healing and telepathy if they make a sequel to Minus 1.
@@brianng8350Hmm... I personally would prefer it if Godzilla Minus-1 became a trilogy. As for Noriko, her gaining supernatural abilities has precedence in prior Godzilla films and I don't have a problem with it. Finally, based on the end scenes and how the film has already recovered its budget and it's now profitable, it's safe to say that there will be sequels made.
oh they have to make a sequel.they cant leave the movie of godzilla slowling regenerating and not follow up on it. its like oh we killed godzilla, haha No you didn't did you forget its ability to heal
In case you’re wondering, the reporters on the rooftop is a direct homage to the original. They continued broadcasting while Godzilla chewed at the tower before they fell.
Lots of sniffles and crying in the theater. My date was sobbing on my arm. Just a well done job of storytelling and invoking emotion. When you aren't cheering for Godzilla, you know that movie was very well done.
I didn't have any trouble getting used to the pacing. I was so invested in the characters that I would have been fine if Godzilla wasn't even in it. It was a movie about so much more than a giant lizard smashing things. It was about survivor's guilt, duty and honor, love, redemption, and what it means to be a family.
I don't know if anyone else got this too, but Koichi's screaming reminded me of Shinji from Evangelion. His screaming was not out of pain, but also anger and frustration at Godzilla, and most importantly, himself. Whether it was true or not, he earnestly believed that he could have killed Godzilla earlier and prevented everything. So I saw that scream directed at himself too.
The cry from Koichi was an angry cry. I felt his anger. The reason why Noriko survived is because she was infected by something…maybe Godzilla’s cell hence the growing virus in her neck. We think the movie had a happy ending but I don’t think this is the case. Everyone in Godzilla’s vacinity will die slowly in the years to come. Not sure what will happen to Noriko. Who knows if there are other survivors like Noriko.
Maybe she was exposed to it when she fell into the water with all the dead fish, she was already sort of out of it when she was walking down the street while everyone else was running. The blast and subsequent black rain didn't seem to infect Koichi or other people. Maybe it gave her enhanced healing.
@@jonuiucDamn bro that's probably completely true she did drop into the water and that area was def polluted even if it didn't show it, I don't see how she's infected by getting blasted away like she did so your take makes more sense.
Takashi Yamazaki, the director of the movie said that he did not use motion capture in the scenes where Godzilla destroys cities on purpose. That way he looks something beyond any creatures, and that makes it symbolize all disasters or wars just like the first Godzilla in 1954 did.
You two had a lot of passion for this movie which I can see. And I too have a lot of passion after seeing the movie. It was a beautiful movie. I haven’t felt like that in a long time. I will be watching for the third time and until I got enough.
4:30 I have a theory about why Japanese acting seems over the top. It is cultural as traditional Japanese theater is Kabuki. Kabuki does not have spoken words, so every movement is exaggerated to give a better meaning and feeling of what is portrayed. 22:56 The black stuff on Noriko's neck is radiation poisoning. In fact the original Godzilla design makes use of that. His skin texture is supposed to reflect the radiation poisoning as a lot of the skin of the survivors from the atomic bombs did turn that way.
I just watched this movie today and I think it deserves some awards. The music, the CGI, the ACTING. Wow, what a human story. While I can nitpick on a couple things in the movie. It simply was incredible. I am SO GLAD that it was released in the US and I went to see it in the theater. This is by far my FAVORITE Godzilla movie ever! I'm still excited about it! - I have to agree with Achara here. The acting was top-notch to me, I mean award-winning to me. This level of acting is unexpected in a Godzilla movie, especially a TOHO one. The human portion of most TOHO Godzilla movies has always been throw away for me. Acting to me has always been mediocre and the human stories tended to be silly or have nothing really to do with Godzilla. The story in this movie was tremendous, but the actors really made me feel for the characters. - I have to disagree that Shikishima should have died. He was willing to sacrifice himself to stop Godzilla, but when he was given the option to live he HAD to take it. He believed Noriko gave her life for him. What would her sacrifice mean if he was just going to throw his life away as well? I think he fully expected to die, which is why he left the money and home to Sumiko for Akiko. When Tachibana told him about the ejection seat. he realized he had a chance to live. Even then, there would be no guarantee he would survive, but he had to try and live because of Noriko's sacrifice. - There were not a lot of people in the theater when I went. Small town theater. But it was absolutely silent when the sound cut out for that scene. It's almost as if everyone was holding their breath for the silence. Not even a crunch of popcorn or a sip of soda.
The Black Goo on Rico's neck at the end of the film is meant to indicate that she's affected by Godzilla's healing powers which is why she survive the glass.
I thought it was just radiation since lots of folks after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were heavily affected by it. But looking back it DOES look strange for a radiation burn, would explain why she looked so "okay" aside from a few broken bones and loss of her eye Godzilla has left a permanent mark on her.
It was about 10 days Noriko was out of the picture. Its possible the dark thing spreading on her skin is soemthing related to the Godzilla cells. Maybe she did get completely wrecked, but the infection made her start healing really fast. Especially because immediately after they show the infection, it switches to Godzilla not being dead either, and healing. I dont know what the full effects of her infection will be but its not as happy an ending as it seems :/ Still an amazing movie though and beautiful, made me want to live more lol
I was at first unhappy that she was so lightly injured. That shockwave should've shredded her. The second showing I saw that thing moving on her arm and I got it. I'm in.
How did you concluded it was about 10 days? Because the Doc said Godzilla would ome back in about 10 days? As for Godzilla healing factor contamination thing, I hope that is not true. That would lean on to superhero or Ultraman stuff. Unless they lean to do a crossover... 😂😂😂
Tachibana seeing Shikishima had kept the pictures of all the airmen from Odo Island and his willingness to finally die for something, to protect Akiko's future, is such a pivotal moment. I think he sees Shikishima wants to fulfill his duty to repay the deaths of the airmen. He clearly wants to turn the airplane into a bomb so a kamikaze run is obvious. When Tachibana tells him "You're finally ready.", we later realize that he's not acknowledging he's ready to die, but that he's ready to live. Tachibana begins as the first person to condemn Shikishima and blame him for the deaths of the airmen, but he, at the last, is the one that forgives Shikishima and is the one who tells him, effectively, that he can forgive himself and to live, and shows him the ejector seat. Such a powerful moment and encapsulates Shikishima's journey.
Great analysis! This is such a powerful part of this masterpiece film. There is so much to unpack and analyze. It's been such a long time since I've done that with any film, regardless of the genre. So much going on, but it all works as a cohesive and brilliant story. And the fact that Godzilla doesn't give 2 f@#ks about anything?? Best movie of the decade for me.
Saw it in theather yesterday. What a movie! It's basically a post war drama first and a monster movie second. The Godzilla x Kong trailer looks like a complete joke in comparison. Godzilla Minus One is a proper movie. Godzilla X Kong is a Saturday morning cartoon.
One thing to remember is that in Japan, kids down to about five years old are going to see this movie. You want to show the horrors of war and nuclear war, but still not scare for life really young kids. Thus no ripped apart bodies and they aren't going to kill the mother.
Godzilla Minus One is not a "great Godzilla movie." Godzilla Minus One is a GREAT movie that happens to have Godzilla in it! I've been a huge Godzilla fan for almost 50 years (I'm 51) and this was the first movie where I was so invested in the human plot I was DREADING Godzilla showing up to fuck everything up! Hollywood should be ashamed.
Why because they put their Kaiju's first instead of dragging Godzilla up the same boring plotline every single time. You know what I'll happily take Shin Gojira over this movie that's how bad it is. Not to mention the human part of the story is a 1-1 ripoff of Godzilla 2014 which is highly disappointing... Expected better since this is a JAPANESE FILM AND FRANCHISE. It's because of movies like this one that the Monsterverse is having to go out of their way to explain the Kaiju's Origins
There is a reason why Noriko could have survived " from the Godzilla's atomic beam. The hint is a black bruise on her backside neck shown in the last scene of her. That means that she have taken in remains of Godzilla's meats in her body at the mess accidentally, and the power of the cell of Godzilla made her cured or regenerated her body. That's why she have survived from the destruction like "Godzilla". I am Japanese and found the behind plot from one of the move reviews in Japan. I am not sure what would happen to her later on with the cells of Godzilla.
The reason the Kamikaze planes didn't have ejection seats is that they were a slap dash modification of their regular planes, no time for that. I have read before that the canopies were bolted shut on some of them so there was no getting out and no parachutes. The Zero fighters were so maneuverable and light because they purposefully left out any protective armor to save weight. They would have never used the additional weight and complexity of ejection seats if they didn't even have armor around the cockpit.
Wholesome is exactly right. . Also the banter between the soldiers. Japanese policy and the lack of evacuation, etc. His dad told him to come back alive.
Its so hard to compare this with Spiderverse imo. Spiderverse is a jaw dropping spectacle showing the peak of animation and sound design, demonstrating the capabilities of modern technology. Godzilla on the other hand is, live action, and showcasing a much older style of film. Old vs New, both completely different in every single way, yet both peak
If you pay attention to the ending. Noriko got infected with the G Cells. It was spreading in her neck as she was embracing with Koichi. The G Cell is what gives Godzilla his regenerative abilities. Hence why she survived the blast..
I saw an review today where somebody said this is the Godzilla version of the "Train of Busan" and I think he nailed it. The character development made this movie so much better, acting was outstanding and story was well written.
Have to disagree about the scene with the reporters on the roof - loved it! it was a throwback to the old films and worked just as well as incorporating the classic musical motifs. At least for me 🤷🏻♀️
In the Toho Godzilla series, there is a film called "Godzilla vs. Biollante" (1989). To summarize, it is a tragedy of a scientist who attempts to prolong the life of his sickly daughter by transplanting Godzilla's cells into her.😁 Maybe the sequel will go in the direction of a Godzilla pandemic in which Godzilla cells become infected.🥶
As someone who works in news, our best reporters would absolutely die covering a crucial story just like the reporters on top of that tower. Theres a sense of duty just like in thr military. Especially if lives can be saved by the moment-to-moment info they're giving.
Koichi was sure Noriko was dead (because anyone would be) and it's totally plausible (though implausible her survival was) that she was only identified after waking up from coma.
I enjoyed your review. But, you said a few things I couldn't believe my ears as a Japanese. For example, I and my husband often kiss and say I love you. My children who are already married do the same as we do. As far as I know my friends say the same story. One more thing I know is the fact that the history education in the United States is also written to suit their own interests.
weII true, I think thats a Jaby thing, because when heCry, that screech sound made me feIt for him, I mean u couId feeI his paint, gave me goosebump.. that is one of the most powerfuI scene in the movie, its sad after all he's been through and then having to see the oniy hope of him die.
Fan from Japan. Noriko was affected by Godzilla cell, and she got super healing ability just like Godzilla itself. If that's true, Noriko couldn't be the only one who got Godzilla power, and may be there're more survivers.
Yeah the news reporters waa a more frantic version of like when the musicians in the Titanic decided to keep playing even though they knew they was about to die.
I think the reporters on the roof was a 'War of the Worlds' reference. I believe in the original radio broadcast, reporters were killed when the aliens attacked.
If you thought Godzilla Minus One was phenomenal, I recommend you watching some other beloved Jspanese films such as Battles Without Jingi, Otokotachino Yamato, Crows Zero & Crows Zero 2, and Umizaru (2004)
What I thought about the part that said, ``It's like the scene in the movie 'Independence Day' where a plane attacks an alien mothership.'' Many Japanese people saw the scene in the movie "Independence Day" and thought, "That's a Kamikaze-Special Attack Force." Also, any Japanese person would have felt that this is the approach that someone would definitely take if that movie were set in Japan. Forty years ago, when I was still in high school, a Protestant American missionary said this to me. He was told, ``Jesus Christ was crucified and sacrificed for the atonement of mankind.'' "What do you think of that precious sacrifice?" I wondered, "So? What's so special about that sacrifice?" Why does this American missionary preach so much sacrifice? In Japan, there are many stories of people sacrificing their lives for honor. What's more, many Japanese soldiers sacrificed their lives for Japan in the last war, based on actual testimonies from people who experienced the war, as well as comics, movies, and novels. This is because we Japanese were aware of the existence of kamikaze special attack forces, human torpedoes, human missiles, and soldiers who were run over by tank caterpillars while carrying land mines on their backs. In any case, just as the Vikings of Northern Europe once believed in the existence of Valhalla, common sense perceptions change depending on the country, ethnicity, and era. Of course, sacrificing one's own life is not something that everyone can do easily, but for us Japanese, the approach exemplified by the kamikaze special attack force is still imprinted in our consciousness to a large extent. I think there are. By the way, Japan's Air Self-Defense Force calls the reconnaissance planes that fly from Russia "Tokyo Express." However, the Japanese side cannot easily attack the enemy reconnaissance aircraft from Russia. This is because even in the 21st century, Japan is still treated as a "hostile aggressor state" under the terms of the United Nations. There are still some extremely unreasonable provisions in place. Even if Japan were to defend itself, there is a possibility that Japan would consider it an act of aggression based on the United Nations provisions. When I asked a friend who used to be a pilot in the Air Self-Defense Force about this, he said, ``If we had to stop an enemy plane, we would be bashed by the international media as stupid villains. You can't attack aircraft, but you can cause an unfortunate collision.'' Fortunately, as far as I know, I have not yet heard of any such unfortunate accidents.
Great review on a great film, thank you. However, just one thing. Around 16:25, I don’t know whom or what you got that knowledge from, but, the Japanese textbooks Do tell about the Pearl Harbour attack as well as before and after that pretty negatively all along. Since the occupation HQ’s orders on education in late 1940’s, Japanese students have been taught all those “Imperial Japan’s evil deeds” to some extent that the conservatives have been criticising it as masochistic and self-denial. Perhaps, what you learned was about their counter actions attempting to change that trend in the school textbooks and mostly liberal foreign media such as NYT pick on such actions as a dangerous nostalgia to militarism each time. Please check such politically tricky tips with various info sources before taking in. If that knowledge was your own conviction, I respect that even though I disagree.
Excluding the 1998 film. All versions of Godzilla are invulnerable to traditional military weapons. Such as tanks and missiles. The thing I love about this film is that they used a realistic strategy w/ limited resources from 1947 to take down Godzilla. No fictional lasers or freeze rays, no giant flying battleship, or giant robotic mech. Sinking him to the bottom and allowing the pressure from the ocean to damage him then raising him rapidly was very clever, you can definitely tell they put some thought in this movie
Also on team mutation. To look that good within 1 month of being absolutely destroyed, she has to have regenerated the same way godzilla does. Only way it makes sense
Yeah, I had the same reaction about Noriko not pushing them both in, along with it being slightly unbelievable that she would have survived, given the view we saw of the mass destruction in the direction she was blown towards. But, it didn't diminish the emotional impact of her reveal at the end, although I also agree I would have preferred to look a LOT more injured. Not a scratch on her face anywhere in all that flying concrete, timber, etc.? And I also agree about that news crew. I thought for sure that Godzilla would have just turned and attacked them since there were basically at eye level with him, so I need to go back and watch the original Japanese version to see if maybe you're right, that that is an homage or reference to the original (or another film). But, all that aside, seeing it at the Prime theatre at the AMC Burbank 16 (I missed the one IMAX screening, sadly) was amazing. The seats literally shook so many times from the sound during the attacks and some of the explosions, etc. I also do think it could have been tightened up just a little. I don't mind at all a film lasting 2-4 hours, but there were some stretches I wish had just been expedited (my memory of Shin Godzilla was how snappy it was, while still delivering an awesome story). Still, best Godzilla film in a while and really want to watch it again now just to see him eject, which I also totally missed.
That’s like watching 9/11 and saying no way someone survived, hope and miracles do exist so her being alive but banged up was believable to me we just saw her blow away and had to use our imagination of what possibly happened to her (bad things) but was never showed. Element of surprise and gave him the character arc he needed to beat Godzilla. The point was him living.
@@jayetoler1923yeah crazy random survival happens. I remember an episode of Mythbusters where they tried to test a claim that you can hold onto plywood and fall 3 floors and be unscathed. Total failure... except they eerent testing a myth, but a real event. It was a 1 in a million thing where the wind caught the plywood like a sail, took him off the roof, but they changed somehow to slow his fall like an updraft on an inefficient parachute... gently setting them down. IRL people have fallen from airplanes without parachutes and been mostly ok... others trip on a rock and die. Reality is CRAZY.
@@ravissary79 Did you not see the Godzilla cell/goo/symbiote on her neck at the end of the movie. Probably gave her some of Godzilla's regenerative abilities
@@zeldakamath7173 yes I did, but they didn't clear up that's what that means. It could be an infection/radiation cancer that will kill her, or it could be a symbiotic reaction that regenerated her like she's Deadpool. I'm simply addressing that crazy things are possible.
I saw it yesterday and it blows my mind this movie only cost 15 million dollars to make mean while Hollywood burns hundreds of millions of dollars on garbage disposal products that are so forgettable
As a Japanese American, I felt very proud to be born in a culture where Japanese citizens value the concept of living life and working together despite what has happened during the war. The Japanese government made a stupid move to attack the Americans and got nukes twice for it (three if you count the Bikini bomb test and resulting in the creation of Godzilla). The government also made cheap artillery for their soldiers and didn't care about their own men. I felt happy to hear the sound of applause from the audience rooting for a character who should have died but if he did, he would not have stopped Godzilla. Overall it was the human spirit and voluntary sacrifice that made the mission to stop Godzilla possible, which is a beautiful concept. We need to stop fighting.
@@groudonor12 Spidey is my number 2 for sure. Godzilla movies are an event for me though. Superheroes are apart of my life consistently through film, games and comics but a Japanese Godzilla movie isn't something I get every year.
I think the pacing was Ok, it didn’t feel slow to me. Problem is we have been acostumed so much to endless explosions and innecesary CGI scenes on sci fiction films that now some scenes of human interaction and subtleties adopted by the director can feel like slowing down the film, but that is subjective. In fact I found myself yawning and losing attention a lot in Marvel films and the Star Wars sequels but in this Godzilla movie I didn’t because it gets you engaged with the personal drama and human relationships, and then suddenly scares the sh#t out of you with the Godzilla scenes. For me this ups and downs on the intensity of the scenes creates a well balanced movie and builds up tension for the moment when Godzilla appears.
I'm kind of in between the two of you in regards to the acting being a little over the top. I do find that it does take me out of it a little bit, but I do recognize it as a Japanese flavor. Also, I believe Koichi is screaming, not crying in his nightmare and after Noriko's 'demise'.
As a lifelong Godzilla fan that has seen every single movie in the franchise I was completely blown away at just how great Godzilla Minus One was, admittedly I am biased and was going to find something enjoyable about it no matter what but this was something else; great characters (even the minor/supporting characters), an engaging and emotional story, a real sense of tension and dread whenever Godzilla appeared on screen, a fantastic film score, more often than not great acting and dialogue, and impressive special effects (especially the scene in which Godzilla is swimming after the tugboat as the crew is desperately trying to drop the two mines in his mouth),and a universal socio-political message that people of different political affiliations can get behind… that being anti-war. Long story short this was the Godzilla movie I have been waiting my whole life for. The only thing I am a little annoyed about is how certain types of people (mostly anti-woke grifters) are trying to claim the movie as their own and point to it as an example of a movie that caters to them. I’m a pretty liberal guy and if people that don’t share my opinions love the movie that’s great, all the more power to them, but I just wish they wouldn’t try dragging this into their whole weird culture war thing. That’s no fault of the movie though. Anyways, I absolutely loved your two’s review of the movie and the points you both made!
I saw it and loved it. It has real people with flaws working together to save their country. No woke message. Real men, real women, real friendships, and real love and caring. The framework every movie should have.
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there's a few nods to older godzilla movies
Odo Island and Godzillasaurus - Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah - Godzillasaurus was wounded and left to die with one japanese solider apologizing and raising his arm
Godzilla Minus One - godzilla Minus 1 is just chilling on odo island bringing fish to the natives
How Godzilla dies in the movie is an homage to Godzilla GMK where Tachibana Enters godzilla and kills him within HOWEVER the ending scene is similar to the ending of godzilla minus one. and the final homage to godzilla's death is similar to how as you said russell protects the president and flys his plane into the alien ship's tractor beam destroying it for good
💁🏻♀️💯funfact : did you know director Takashi Yamazaki of this film was also the CG director behind the opening cutscene of this forgotten PS2 Capcom classic game called Onimusha 3 Demon Siege💁🏻♀️… the opening cutscene to me to this day is still one of the best opening cutscenes in gaming history💯💁🏻♀️and after knowing Godzilla Minus One was directed by him and won an award for visual effects i was already expecting him that one day he will achieve something great based on Onimusha 3’s opening trailer…which is a very deserving award🏆… congrats to team Godzilla Minus One team for bringing home the W💁🏻♀️🥰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It was just so good. I didn't have "cry at a Godzilla movie" on my 2023 bingo card, but there I was, weeping. As for Noriko not shoving them both in the alley, I felt like she instinctively "mom-armed" him, like a mother in a car reflexively putting her arm out in front of the kid in the passenger seat when she has to brake hard. It's a snap movement, a mother instinct, to protect someone.
Agreed
She was shown to have a strong mother instinct by taking in a child that clearly wasn't hers, makes perfect sense.
bro small help just briefly
can you tell me the story i mean is it purely godzilla as a villain ? or what
I felt like she didn’t have enough strength to shove both of them, so she put All of her strength protecting kochi. That’s my theory, but the mother instinct is also valid considering she is a mother to akiko
Not a villain per say, he is REALLY pissed off, and just a force of nature. He is the definition of F around and find out. Go watch it, you wont be dissapointed! @@somethingspecial1292
@@somethingspecial1292 Godzilla is a villain in the film, yes. There's nothing remotely heroic about this version. He's a terrifying monster.
Saw it on Imax last night, packed house, and I was shocked that I was crying during a monster movie. It's a great movie, period. The audience applauded at the end, and I cannot remember the last time that happened. Great script, beautiful period production design, the whole cast is excellent and the G man is mean as hell.
20:45 The reporters on a roof are a direct homage to the very first Gojira where reporters were on top of a tower similar to Tokyo Tower. They were reporting and taking pictures which attracted Godzilla who subsequently tore it down
There were so many little easter eggs and homages to the original..
The one that really sticks out to me is the radio report of Godzilla in the bay approaching the city.. which was the same radio report the Yamane's heard in the original.
Yep - and something to keep in mind - some of those reporters likely weren't far removed from reporting while witnessing firebombings and the like - very likely, their trying to get the story during chaos didn't let them register how much danger they were putting themselves in needlessly.
I love how they got it down so we'll, even to the detail of the reporter using a very exaggerated radio voice, that they used in Japan at that time.
Yup!!!! Loved that part so much. I was instantly transported to childhood but still remained in the moment, watching this film
Saw this in an empty theatre tonight. We need to spread the word, this movie is amazing!!!
Empty???? My theater was packed!!!!
Mine (in Texas) was also nearly empty on the two days I saw it. It was the first two days it was shown, so that might be the reason. It was nice to see it without crowding, but also a shame since it's so good.
@@georgiannjordan1552a theater in my country was completely full
Cramlington, Northumberland in the UK was packed. What a film!!
I just saw this today. The scene of the reporters dying on the top of the building was a call back to a similar scene in the original Godzilla movie where reporters were up on the tower and their flash bulbs attracted Godzilla's attention and he destroyed them.
素晴らしい知識です！（拍手👏）🇯🇵
So was the scene where he attacked the train.
The main character went from someone who failed his duty and felt responsible for all the death on Odo Island. He felt he didn't deserve to be happy and have a family. The fact this guy Killed Godzilla (with help), saved his country, saved all his friends and family is pure cinema. I haven't felt that happy for a main character since Luke Skywalker blew up the Death Star.
YES!
Also YES!👍
I think the Koichi anger rage in the rain part was well done and you guys may have misperceived it a bit when you said when you wanted to cry with him but couldn't because of his scratchy yelling. Its probably one of the best scenes because its a turning point in the movie for him where he no longer wants to run and live cowardly but has now built up the courage (rage) to hate Godzilla so much of what he has lost that he wants to take his own life to destroy it (but later on gets guided back to life again the right way). I could relate to him and felt it speaking to me that all of us have a "Godzilla" in our lives that we have ran away from until we own up to ourselves or face the facts of how much damage it has done in our lives and want to do the right thing. That was the first time I felt empathy for him and wanted to rage with him and actually root against Godzilla.
I'm with you, this film should be considered at the least for Best International Film if not Best Film.
No where near Best Film, considering it's going against movies like Across the Spiderverse and The Mario Movie
@@groudonor12 Mario movie...? Spiderverse looks amazing, but it insists upon itself to the point of distraction from some of the big emotional beats. I don't think it's as strong of a film as the first one.
@@groudonor12 The Mario Movie...dafuq
Unfortunately it’s not eligible for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars. They can’t nominate any film they want for the category. Each country can submit one film, and Japan submitted a different film.
@@groudonor12 You have to be trolling.
Never have I ever thought I’d be crying at a Godzilla film. The end at hospital WRECKED the audience and myself.
ABSOLUTELY! I was choked up for a large part of the last 30 minutes and that last part broke me 😭 lol. I tried my hardest to hold back but that wasn’t possible 😂
when the lights came on you could hear people crying in our theater. I teared up several times myself.
I agree with Achara on the point about the acting. If you watch Japanese movies, they frequently feature acting like this. You especially see it in anime, but it's also present in samurai movies and monster movies. I don't think their aim is realism. It's more impressionistic.
I agree with her also. I think they deserve awards for their performance in this movie. I cannot remember a Godzilla movie, TOHO or Legendary, where the acting was this good with such an impactful story, not since the original Godzilla. I personally would put Minus One higher on my list for everything including acting.
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No matter how many times I have watched and rewatched all the TOHO Godzillas, the human side stories were usually worthless and the acting was so over the top. It seemed like theater and I never grew any empathy for the characters. Godzilla Minus One is completely different. Every single character had emotion and seemed REAL. Their interactions seemed natural and human, If it was not on a screen, I would believe it was not acting. I felt their traumas and struggles. I mean even Sumiko the neighbor, that relationship with Shikishima is so complex and full of emotion over the time spanned in the movie and she is a minor side character. Sakura Ando did an incredible job.
“Is your war over ?!”😢😢😢😢😢😢
Noriko: “Is your war over? My war has just begun.”
Broooo....was so good. Visual effects, all the shots. Fucking GODZILLA was damaging shit dude. Like he's slow and old school but was pure CHAOS!!!
10/10
FYI - To answer your question about the reporters who died on the rooftop. In the original Godzilla movie, there were reporters on Tokyo tower reporting what's happening & Godzilla walks up to them & tears down the tower with them. One of them says, "Sayonara" (Good-bye). So to me, it was a, "Homage", to that scene. Also, during the 3rd act & the navy ships are fighting Godzilla, it was SO COOL to hear the musical score from the, "Original", King Kong vs Godzilla. I just started CHEERING!!! 🙂
This is without question the best monster movie ever made! I never thought I would care THIS MUCH about human characters in a Godzilla movie. It was the first time I actually feared for the destruction of a city from any monster. And this Godzilla is not “nature’s revenge” or the planet’s guardian or an animal acting on its nature, he is a ruthless and mindless monster who purposely targets humans and their homes just for the sake of destruction.
Wake me up when the movie's finished 🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱😴😴😴😴😴 Giant monster at a time when no one's prepared oh wait that's Gojira Singular Point and Shin Except they were way BETTER since they had a BETTER Gojira that can at least evolve. Look here I'm all for a dark Gojira but cmon man at least make it unique this is the same boring generic Japanese Gojira flick.
@@groudonor12 ignore the long winded troll.
Calm down. It was mediocre at best.
Never thought i would cry watching a Godzilla movie. That scene when Shikishima comes to home and the baby shows him a picture of mom and dad and cry, that scene wrecked me. That final hospital was pure happiness.
Godzillas appearance at the beginning reminded me more of the 98 zilla from ny. The way it moved.
I was tearing up throughout the film. I thought noriko was dead too and had a similar thought about the guy not confirming her body. And I loved the comrodery of the characters. I loved that this wasn't about "what the govt will do" but what will the people do. And the family bond of our main characters, and how she comforts him. One of the best movies ever and easily the best movie of 2023.
Noriko during the Ginza scene ended up not dying because she was irradiated by Godzilla or G-cells. Godzilla breaks down every time he uses his atomic breath in the movie and she was doused in his energy fallout like all the other people in Ginza. His G-cells healed all those people that didn't die from debris or the shockwave after the burst from the explosion but gave them radiation poisoning and changes them on a cellular level. Look at the Kaiju Biollante, as an example or look up G-cells. It's fascinating and kinda cool.
As too covering the pilot, her motherly instincts and love for the pilot took over and it is contrived but showcases her deep love for him. His scream after her "death" from the shockwave in Ginza shows just how much he loved her.
Finally, the reporters on the roof is a copy of the 1954 Gojira film from Toho where something similar happens and it plqys on that monster movie trope.
This is easily up there as the best Godzilla movie and one of the best movies of 2023. It is a masterpiece and instant classic, must-see film. Godzilla minus one is phenomenal.
Great upload, you two! Koichi's scream when Noriko vanished in the Ginza carnage cringed me slightly, but I heard it as raw human anguish and appreciated his howl's honest agony. As for the rooftop film crew, I think their reluctance to move to safety reflected (again) the Japanese mentality of self-sacrifice to achieve a result; like war correspondants, they put their lives at risk to film a war-footing situation.
I believe that Noriko survived by absorbing some of Godzilla's essence and regenerating her mangled body after the explosion. From what I can tell, she is a nod to Miki Saegusa, the most prevalent human character in the Godzilla franchise. She essentially, developed the ability to telepathically feel Godzilla's emotions and has tried to use her connection to manipulate Godzilla's actions in a prior film. Therefore, expect super human healing and telepathy if they make a sequel to Minus 1.
Noooo...! Please don't. Hope they don't do a sequel or superhero thing...
@@brianng8350Hmm... I personally would prefer it if Godzilla Minus-1 became a trilogy. As for Noriko, her gaining supernatural abilities has precedence in prior Godzilla films and I don't have a problem with it. Finally, based on the end scenes and how the film has already recovered its budget and it's now profitable, it's safe to say that there will be sequels made.
oh they have to make a sequel.they cant leave the movie of godzilla slowling regenerating and not follow up on it. its like oh we killed godzilla, haha No you didn't did you forget its ability to heal
In case you’re wondering, the reporters on the rooftop is a direct homage to the original. They continued broadcasting while Godzilla chewed at the tower before they fell.
Lots of sniffles and crying in the theater. My date was sobbing on my arm. Just a well done job of storytelling and invoking emotion. When you aren't cheering for Godzilla, you know that movie was very well done.
I didn't have any trouble getting used to the pacing. I was so invested in the characters that I would have been fine if Godzilla wasn't even in it. It was a movie about so much more than a giant lizard smashing things. It was about survivor's guilt, duty and honor, love, redemption, and what it means to be a family.
I don't know if anyone else got this too, but Koichi's screaming reminded me of Shinji from Evangelion. His screaming was not out of pain, but also anger and frustration at Godzilla, and most importantly, himself.
Whether it was true or not, he earnestly believed that he could have killed Godzilla earlier and prevented everything. So I saw that scream directed at himself too.
The cry from Koichi was an angry cry. I felt his anger.
The reason why Noriko survived is because she was infected by something…maybe Godzilla’s cell hence the growing virus in her neck. We think the movie had a happy ending but I don’t think this is the case. Everyone in Godzilla’s vacinity will die slowly in the years to come. Not sure what will happen to Noriko. Who knows if there are other survivors like Noriko.
Maybe she was exposed to it when she fell into the water with all the dead fish, she was already sort of out of it when she was walking down the street while everyone else was running. The blast and subsequent black rain didn't seem to infect Koichi or other people. Maybe it gave her enhanced healing.
@@jonuiuc yes, could be cell regeneration within Noriko.
@@jonuiucDamn bro that's probably completely true she did drop into the water and that area was def polluted even if it didn't show it, I don't see how she's infected by getting blasted away like she did so your take makes more sense.
So wait what you're telling me here they've pulled the same move they did in Secret Invasion yeah fuck this movie..
@@groudonor12 lol I don't know one single person that has seen Secret invasion. I don't think she was a skrull.
Love this movie so much. The nostalgia look of the Godzilla I grew up on and the story line was perfect and keeping it all in Japanese
Takashi Yamazaki, the director of the movie said that he did not use motion capture in the scenes where Godzilla destroys cities on purpose. That way he looks something beyond any creatures, and that makes it symbolize all disasters or wars just like the first Godzilla in 1954 did.
You two had a lot of passion for this movie which I can see. And I too have a lot of passion after seeing the movie. It was a beautiful movie. I haven’t felt like that in a long time. I will be watching for the third time and until I got enough.
4:30 I have a theory about why Japanese acting seems over the top. It is cultural as traditional Japanese theater is Kabuki. Kabuki does not have spoken words, so every movement is exaggerated to give a better meaning and feeling of what is portrayed.
22:56 The black stuff on Noriko's neck is radiation poisoning. In fact the original Godzilla design makes use of that. His skin texture is supposed to reflect the radiation poisoning as a lot of the skin of the survivors from the atomic bombs did turn that way.
The film of the year for me and one of (if not )the best Godzilla films ever.
I just watched this movie today and I think it deserves some awards. The music, the CGI, the ACTING. Wow, what a human story. While I can nitpick on a couple things in the movie. It simply was incredible. I am SO GLAD that it was released in the US and I went to see it in the theater. This is by far my FAVORITE Godzilla movie ever! I'm still excited about it!
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I have to agree with Achara here. The acting was top-notch to me, I mean award-winning to me. This level of acting is unexpected in a Godzilla movie, especially a TOHO one. The human portion of most TOHO Godzilla movies has always been throw away for me. Acting to me has always been mediocre and the human stories tended to be silly or have nothing really to do with Godzilla. The story in this movie was tremendous, but the actors really made me feel for the characters.
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I have to disagree that Shikishima should have died. He was willing to sacrifice himself to stop Godzilla, but when he was given the option to live he HAD to take it. He believed Noriko gave her life for him. What would her sacrifice mean if he was just going to throw his life away as well? I think he fully expected to die, which is why he left the money and home to Sumiko for Akiko. When Tachibana told him about the ejection seat. he realized he had a chance to live. Even then, there would be no guarantee he would survive, but he had to try and live because of Noriko's sacrifice.
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There were not a lot of people in the theater when I went. Small town theater. But it was absolutely silent when the sound cut out for that scene. It's almost as if everyone was holding their breath for the silence. Not even a crunch of popcorn or a sip of soda.
Movie of the year...far better than current Hollywood movies
Such a great movie. Without a doubt a great Godzilla movie and one of the best since the original Gojira and shin Godzilla
The Black Goo on Rico's neck at the end of the film is meant to indicate that she's affected by Godzilla's healing powers which is why she survive the glass.
I couldn’t tell if it was goo or burns.
Looked to me like a tattoo that was spreading @@HoundsBane
I thought it was just radiation since lots of folks after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were heavily affected by it.
But looking back it DOES look strange for a radiation burn, would explain why she looked so "okay" aside from a few broken bones and loss of her eye
Godzilla has left a permanent mark on her.
Well also remember, she was in the train when he grabbed it. So she was already dangerously close even before the atomic breath.
I thought it was a radiation burn
It was about 10 days Noriko was out of the picture. Its possible the dark thing spreading on her skin is soemthing related to the Godzilla cells. Maybe she did get completely wrecked, but the infection made her start healing really fast. Especially because immediately after they show the infection, it switches to Godzilla not being dead either, and healing. I dont know what the full effects of her infection will be but its not as happy an ending as it seems :/
Still an amazing movie though and beautiful, made me want to live more lol
I was at first unhappy that she was so lightly injured. That shockwave should've shredded her. The second showing I saw that thing moving on her arm and I got it. I'm in.
So you're telling me she's no different to the female protagonist from Secret Invasion 😑😑 easy skip
How did you concluded it was about 10 days? Because the Doc said Godzilla would ome back in about 10 days?
As for Godzilla healing factor contamination thing, I hope that is not true. That would lean on to superhero or Ultraman stuff. Unless they lean to do a crossover... 😂😂😂
Finally! Somebody acknowledging Hamabe's beauty!
Tachibana seeing Shikishima had kept the pictures of all the airmen from Odo Island and his willingness to finally die for something, to protect Akiko's future, is such a pivotal moment. I think he sees Shikishima wants to fulfill his duty to repay the deaths of the airmen. He clearly wants to turn the airplane into a bomb so a kamikaze run is obvious. When Tachibana tells him "You're finally ready.", we later realize that he's not acknowledging he's ready to die, but that he's ready to live. Tachibana begins as the first person to condemn Shikishima and blame him for the deaths of the airmen, but he, at the last, is the one that forgives Shikishima and is the one who tells him, effectively, that he can forgive himself and to live, and shows him the ejector seat. Such a powerful moment and encapsulates Shikishima's journey.
Great analysis! This is such a powerful part of this masterpiece film. There is so much to unpack and analyze. It's been such a long time since I've done that with any film, regardless of the genre. So much going on, but it all works as a cohesive and brilliant story. And the fact that Godzilla doesn't give 2 f@#ks about anything?? Best movie of the decade for me.
Saw it in theather yesterday. What a movie! It's basically a post war drama first and a monster movie second. The Godzilla x Kong trailer looks like a complete joke in comparison. Godzilla Minus One is a proper movie. Godzilla X Kong is a Saturday morning cartoon.
One thing to remember is that in Japan, kids down to about five years old are going to see this movie. You want to show the horrors of war and nuclear war, but still not scare for life really young kids. Thus no ripped apart bodies and they aren't going to kill the mother.
I probably won't show this to any kid under 10. But each to their own.
Godzilla Minus One is not a "great Godzilla movie."
Godzilla Minus One is a GREAT movie that happens to have Godzilla in it! I've been a huge Godzilla fan for almost 50 years (I'm 51) and this was the first movie where I was so invested in the human plot I was DREADING Godzilla showing up to fuck everything up! Hollywood should be ashamed.
Why because they put their Kaiju's first instead of dragging Godzilla up the same boring plotline every single time. You know what I'll happily take Shin Gojira over this movie that's how bad it is. Not to mention the human part of the story is a 1-1 ripoff of Godzilla 2014 which is highly disappointing... Expected better since this is a JAPANESE FILM AND FRANCHISE. It's because of movies like this one that the Monsterverse is having to go out of their way to explain the Kaiju's Origins
@@groudonor12 wow.... what an angry little child you are.
23:00 you have to keep in mind this was in the 1940’s. They wouldn’t have thought she survived among the 30,000 dead.
There is a reason why Noriko could have survived " from the Godzilla's atomic beam. The hint is a black bruise on her backside neck shown in the last scene of her. That means that she have taken in remains of Godzilla's meats in her body at the mess accidentally, and the power of the cell of Godzilla made her cured or regenerated her body. That's why she have survived from the destruction like "Godzilla". I am Japanese and found the behind plot from one of the move reviews in Japan. I am not sure what would happen to her later on with the cells of Godzilla.
For me it’s the best film of 2023
Cough cough ahem Spider Man Across The Spiderverse enters the chat
Didn't see Spiderverse movie but wasn't that a "part 1 of 2" movie? Big point deduction for dumb cliffhangers
@@groudonor12 yeah that was good but godzilla minus one exceeded above my expectations that’s why I have to put Godzilla minus one above Spider-Man.
The reason the Kamikaze planes didn't have ejection seats is that they were a slap dash modification of their regular planes, no time for that. I have read before that the canopies were bolted shut on some of them so there was no getting out and no parachutes. The Zero fighters were so maneuverable and light because they purposefully left out any protective armor to save weight. They would have never used the additional weight and complexity of ejection seats if they didn't even have armor around the cockpit.
The crying scene actually felt painful l which hurt more tbh. It worked for me cause I actually felt anger of almost starting a new life.
Wholesome is exactly right. . Also the banter between the soldiers. Japanese policy and the lack of evacuation, etc.
His dad told him to come back alive.
20:52 that reporter scene is straight out of the original in 54
Its so hard to compare this with Spiderverse imo. Spiderverse is a jaw dropping spectacle showing the peak of animation and sound design, demonstrating the capabilities of modern technology. Godzilla on the other hand is, live action, and showcasing a much older style of film. Old vs New, both completely different in every single way, yet both peak
If you pay attention to the ending. Noriko got infected with the G Cells. It was spreading in her neck as she was embracing with Koichi. The G Cell is what gives Godzilla his regenerative abilities. Hence why she survived the blast..
Her surviving is a mystery. That tat on her neck is connected to it I feel. If there is a sequel it will be addressed. It should be.
This is my movie of the year 🤷♂️
I saw an review today where somebody said this is the Godzilla version of the "Train of Busan" and I think he nailed it. The character development made this movie so much better, acting was outstanding and story was well written.
That is the best comparison! Both movie are solid. Works as human drama as well as monster movie.
Awesome review.
Have to disagree about the scene with the reporters on the roof - loved it! it was a throwback to the old films and worked just as well as incorporating the classic musical motifs. At least for me 🤷🏻♀️
We have the women and Gojira cells.
All that's left is the rose.
Let's go, Biollante!
In the Toho Godzilla series, there is a film called "Godzilla vs. Biollante" (1989). To summarize, it is a tragedy of a scientist who attempts to prolong the life of his sickly daughter by transplanting Godzilla's cells into her.😁
Maybe the sequel will go in the direction of a Godzilla pandemic in which Godzilla cells become infected.🥶
Pretty awesome movie. So glad the human characters were fleshed out characters
Yea this movie reminded me of dunkirk- the way they shot, color and the intensity of the scene.
As someone who works in news, our best reporters would absolutely die covering a crucial story just like the reporters on top of that tower.
Theres a sense of duty just like in thr military. Especially if lives can be saved by the moment-to-moment info they're giving.
Koichi was sure Noriko was dead (because anyone would be) and it's totally plausible (though implausible her survival was) that she was only identified after waking up from coma.
I enjoyed your review. But, you said a few things I couldn't believe my ears as a Japanese. For example, I and my husband often kiss and say I love you. My children who are already married do the same as we do. As far as I know my friends say the same story. One more thing I know is the fact that the history education in the United States is also written to suit their own interests.
weII true, I think thats a Jaby thing, because when heCry, that screech sound made me feIt for him, I mean u couId feeI his paint, gave me goosebump.. that is one of the most powerfuI scene in the movie, its sad after all he's been through and then having to see the oniy hope of him die.
Cry at Kaiju monster movie this year. ✔️
the newspeople part was similar to a scene in the original, but they were on a tower instead.
both scene are both funny and kindof terrifying to me
Fan from Japan.
Noriko was affected by Godzilla cell, and she got super healing ability just like Godzilla itself. If that's true, Noriko couldn't be the only one who got Godzilla power, and may be there're more survivers.
Wait she's not gonna die from ARS like those poor dudes from Chernobyl? And what would that "power" look like?
i really really love how godzilla's atomic breath is like a supersonic beam. that looks soooooo scarier.
核や戦争のない世界を望みます！！GODZILLAは何かを訴え続ける…
Yeah the news reporters waa a more frantic version of like when the musicians in the Titanic decided to keep playing even though they knew they was about to die.
I do agree it’s the best film of 2023. I’ll go further and call it right now - it WILL get nominated for Best Picture (at least)
I think the reporters on the roof was a 'War of the Worlds' reference. I believe in the original radio broadcast, reporters were killed when the aliens attacked.
If you thought Godzilla Minus One was phenomenal, I recommend you watching some other beloved Jspanese films such as Battles Without Jingi, Otokotachino Yamato, Crows Zero & Crows Zero 2, and Umizaru (2004)
The acting carried so much better in Minus Color
What I thought about the part that said, ``It's like the scene in the movie 'Independence Day' where a plane attacks an alien mothership.''
Many Japanese people saw the scene in the movie "Independence Day" and thought, "That's a Kamikaze-Special Attack Force." Also, any Japanese person would have felt that this is the approach that someone would definitely take if that movie were set in Japan.
Forty years ago, when I was still in high school, a Protestant American missionary said this to me. He was told, ``Jesus Christ was crucified and sacrificed for the atonement of mankind.'' "What do you think of that precious sacrifice?"
I wondered, "So? What's so special about that sacrifice?" Why does this American missionary preach so much sacrifice? In Japan, there are many stories of people sacrificing their lives for honor.
What's more, many Japanese soldiers sacrificed their lives for Japan in the last war, based on actual testimonies from people who experienced the war, as well as comics, movies, and novels. This is because we Japanese were aware of the existence of kamikaze special attack forces, human torpedoes, human missiles, and soldiers who were run over by tank caterpillars while carrying land mines on their backs.
In any case, just as the Vikings of Northern Europe once believed in the existence of Valhalla, common sense perceptions change depending on the country, ethnicity, and era. Of course, sacrificing one's own life is not something that everyone can do easily, but for us Japanese, the approach exemplified by the kamikaze special attack force is still imprinted in our consciousness to a large extent. I think there are.
By the way, Japan's Air Self-Defense Force calls the reconnaissance planes that fly from Russia "Tokyo Express." However, the Japanese side cannot easily attack the enemy reconnaissance aircraft from Russia.
This is because even in the 21st century, Japan is still treated as a "hostile aggressor state" under the terms of the United Nations. There are still some extremely unreasonable provisions in place.
Even if Japan were to defend itself, there is a possibility that Japan would consider it an act of aggression based on the United Nations provisions.
When I asked a friend who used to be a pilot in the Air Self-Defense Force about this, he said, ``If we had to stop an enemy plane, we would be bashed by the international media as stupid villains. You can't attack aircraft, but you can cause an unfortunate collision.''
Fortunately, as far as I know, I have not yet heard of any such unfortunate accidents.
This a movie about grief, survivors guilt, trauma and pain with a monster in it.
Great review on a great film, thank you.
However, just one thing.
Around 16:25, I don’t know whom or what you got that knowledge from, but, the Japanese textbooks Do tell about the Pearl Harbour attack as well as before and after that pretty negatively all along.
Since the occupation HQ’s orders on education in late 1940’s, Japanese students have been taught all those “Imperial Japan’s evil deeds” to some extent that the conservatives have been criticising it as masochistic and self-denial.
Perhaps, what you learned was about their counter actions attempting to change that trend in the school textbooks and mostly liberal foreign media such as NYT pick on such actions as a dangerous nostalgia to militarism each time.
Please check such politically tricky tips with various info sources before taking in. If that knowledge was your own conviction, I respect that even though I disagree.
Excluding the 1998 film. All versions of Godzilla are invulnerable to traditional military weapons. Such as tanks and missiles. The thing I love about this film is that they used a realistic strategy w/ limited resources from 1947 to take down Godzilla. No fictional lasers or freeze rays, no giant flying battleship, or giant robotic mech.
Sinking him to the bottom and allowing the pressure from the ocean to damage him then raising him rapidly was very clever, you can definitely tell they put some thought in this movie
Also on team mutation. To look that good within 1 month of being absolutely destroyed, she has to have regenerated the same way godzilla does. Only way it makes sense
The rap song she references is called "simon says" by Pharoahe Monch
I wonder if Noriko is alive because she now has Godzilla cells and thus his regenerative ability.
But I don't want that to be the case. I just want them to live in peace!
Oh wow a Secret Invasion rip off 😂😂
@@groudonor12 I don't think that's solely a Secret Invasion troupe.
Sorry but his crying out was powerful to me. All I felt was pain.
If you love the movie, please pay a little respect for the names of the characters .
Hoping GMO can take over the Critics Choice Awards and Oscars! Got multiple nominations!
Yeah, I had the same reaction about Noriko not pushing them both in, along with it being slightly unbelievable that she would have survived, given the view we saw of the mass destruction in the direction she was blown towards. But, it didn't diminish the emotional impact of her reveal at the end, although I also agree I would have preferred to look a LOT more injured. Not a scratch on her face anywhere in all that flying concrete, timber, etc.? And I also agree about that news crew. I thought for sure that Godzilla would have just turned and attacked them since there were basically at eye level with him, so I need to go back and watch the original Japanese version to see if maybe you're right, that that is an homage or reference to the original (or another film). But, all that aside, seeing it at the Prime theatre at the AMC Burbank 16 (I missed the one IMAX screening, sadly) was amazing. The seats literally shook so many times from the sound during the attacks and some of the explosions, etc. I also do think it could have been tightened up just a little. I don't mind at all a film lasting 2-4 hours, but there were some stretches I wish had just been expedited (my memory of Shin Godzilla was how snappy it was, while still delivering an awesome story). Still, best Godzilla film in a while and really want to watch it again now just to see him eject, which I also totally missed.
It was an homage. And I was happy they did that
That’s like watching 9/11 and saying no way someone survived, hope and miracles do exist so her being alive but banged up was believable to me we just saw her blow away and had to use our imagination of what possibly happened to her (bad things) but was never showed. Element of surprise and gave him the character arc he needed to beat Godzilla. The point was him living.
@@jayetoler1923yeah crazy random survival happens. I remember an episode of Mythbusters where they tried to test a claim that you can hold onto plywood and fall 3 floors and be unscathed. Total failure... except they eerent testing a myth, but a real event. It was a 1 in a million thing where the wind caught the plywood like a sail, took him off the roof, but they changed somehow to slow his fall like an updraft on an inefficient parachute... gently setting them down.
IRL people have fallen from airplanes without parachutes and been mostly ok... others trip on a rock and die.
Reality is CRAZY.
@@ravissary79 Did you not see the Godzilla cell/goo/symbiote on her neck at the end of the movie. Probably gave her some of Godzilla's regenerative abilities
@@zeldakamath7173 yes I did, but they didn't clear up that's what that means. It could be an infection/radiation cancer that will kill her, or it could be a symbiotic reaction that regenerated her like she's Deadpool.
I'm simply addressing that crazy things are possible.
Best Godzilla movie ever
I saw it yesterday and it blows my mind this movie only cost 15 million dollars to make mean while Hollywood burns hundreds of millions of dollars on garbage disposal products that are so forgettable
Only costs 15 million dollars to just recycle the same plot line again and again and again..
@@groudonor12Nope...
As a Japanese American, I felt very proud to be born in a culture where Japanese citizens value the concept of living life and working together despite what has happened during the war. The Japanese government made a stupid move to attack the Americans and got nukes twice for it (three if you count the Bikini bomb test and resulting in the creation of Godzilla). The government also made cheap artillery for their soldiers and didn't care about their own men. I felt happy to hear the sound of applause from the audience rooting for a character who should have died but if he did, he would not have stopped Godzilla. Overall it was the human spirit and voluntary sacrifice that made the mission to stop Godzilla possible, which is a beautiful concept. We need to stop fighting.
MOVIE OF THE YEAR!
No chance, movie of the year easily goes to Spiderman Across The Spiderverse..
@@groudonor12 Spidey is my number 2 for sure. Godzilla movies are an event for me though. Superheroes are apart of my life consistently through film, games and comics but a Japanese Godzilla movie isn't something I get every year.
@@groudonor12Godzilla is a complete package. Spider verse is a sequel bait movie.
I think the pacing was Ok, it didn’t feel slow to me. Problem is we have been acostumed so much to endless explosions and innecesary CGI scenes on sci fiction films that now some scenes of human interaction and subtleties adopted by the director can feel like slowing down the film, but that is subjective. In fact I found myself yawning and losing attention a lot in Marvel films and the Star Wars sequels but in this Godzilla movie I didn’t because it gets you engaged with the personal drama and human relationships, and then suddenly scares the sh#t out of you with the Godzilla scenes. For me this ups and downs on the intensity of the scenes creates a well balanced movie and builds up tension for the moment when Godzilla appears.
I don’t think Acharas the best person to discuss emotions with in movies. Don’t forget, somehow the live action Little Mermaid made her cry😂
I'm kind of in between the two of you in regards to the acting being a little over the top. I do find that it does take me out of it a little bit, but I do recognize it as a Japanese flavor.
Also, I believe Koichi is screaming, not crying in his nightmare and after Noriko's 'demise'.
Watch James Camerons the Abyss special edition its the best version of that film
As a lifelong Godzilla fan that has seen every single movie in the franchise I was completely blown away at just how great Godzilla Minus One was, admittedly I am biased and was going to find something enjoyable about it no matter what but this was something else; great characters (even the minor/supporting characters), an engaging and emotional story, a real sense of tension and dread whenever Godzilla appeared on screen, a fantastic film score, more often than not great acting and dialogue, and impressive special effects (especially the scene in which Godzilla is swimming after the tugboat as the crew is desperately trying to drop the two mines in his mouth),and a universal socio-political message that people of different political affiliations can get behind… that being anti-war. Long story short this was the Godzilla movie I have been waiting my whole life for. The only thing I am a little annoyed about is how certain types of people (mostly anti-woke grifters) are trying to claim the movie as their own and point to it as an example of a movie that caters to them. I’m a pretty liberal guy and if people that don’t share my opinions love the movie that’s great, all the more power to them, but I just wish they wouldn’t try dragging this into their whole weird culture war thing. That’s no fault of the movie though. Anyways, I absolutely loved your two’s review of the movie and the points you both made!
My fav character is the captain of the wooden boat.
Eagerly waiting for God of War reaction part 4!!!!
if i can't watch it in theatres RIGHT NOW then piracy it is... my country for some reason is not yet serving the movie yet
Same here. They had one freaking job
Hey guys👋, what happened to Monarch reactions?
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Noriko still alive is a set up for Biollante
I saw it and loved it. It has real people with flaws working together to save their country. No woke message. Real men, real women, real friendships, and real love and caring. The framework every movie should have.
Well put