It's insane to think this movie had a very low budget, yet the cinematography is very breathtaking & absolutely incredible from the story to the acting to the visuals.
@TabathaTMartin though I 100 agree with you, Hollywood would never hand over a best picture to Toho Studios. It's an embarrassment to Hollywood and say Indiana Jones $320M Budget VS Minus One $12M budget.
What I like about this movie; it represents what Godzilla was originally intended to portray, the horrors of war and death and the atomic bombing in Japan. We’ve all grown to love him as an iconic character, whether as a hero or villain or, of course, a force of nature. But, this is his origin story retold.
Dude the little girl Akiko was so cute and to hear her cry the way she did gave me the feels… I have a 5 year old and I remember when he was that age… to hear him cry like that when he was hurt or scared… as a parent you just want to do something, fix whatever it is. When the mom got stuck in the blast wave I was like WTFFFFFF!!!! Man this was the best movie I saw last year.
Kudos to the director finding the right child actress. It's literally a dime a dozen to find the right child who can say things like "Mommy" or "Daddy" without it sounding phoned in or having to rely on just being cute. However, Sae Nagatani as Akiko manages to pull the correct believability to feel like a real child.
@TSM_Enjoyer The director said that he had a hard time filming the girl because she would cry easily, and that all the staff had to time their scenes to coincide with her crying moments.
One of the most incredible aspects of this film is that it was made with only $15 million. The director played a double role as VFX supervisor and knew exactly how to stretch every dollar and get every shot right. First foreign film in decades to win a special effects Oscar, and deservedly so.
it is the best way to make a godzilla movie even if he only showed a small amount of the movie. the only godzilla movie that we care about the character's story
Lets also remember Japanese visual artists are payed less and work longer hours than their western counterparts, so that might not be as commendable as you think.
@@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917 Godzilla definitely has some problems with eye design. Rarely do I think they serve the character and the overall design. Millennium, Tristar Godzilla, Legendary Godzilla, and Shin Godzilla all got it right, so does the first form of Minus One Godzilla. They make him look terrifying. And Godzilla Earth they managed to make him look like......super ancient, and almost a little sad, but still an absolute monster. Tokyo SOS Godzilla does the best job of all the old "man in a suit" Godzillas. Better than Minus One's main design, probably. But soooooooo many of the old Godzilla designs are SO goofy and derpy.....
Honestly it's a VERY astute and accurate comment. Japanese mythology is an offshoot of Chinese mythology. Bowser appears to be a combination of the French Tarrasque, and the Chinese Dragon Turtle. Both are turtle shelled dragons with some amount of hair. Though the Tarrasque takes it further, giving it fully a lion-ish mane head of hair, as well as being covered in spikes, just as we see with Bowser. Dragon Turtles, and Bowser also share facial similarities to the Guardian Lion statues AKA Foo Dogs AKA Komainu AKA Shishi. Godzilla is a dinosaur/dragon thing, but it's frequently designed with these Eastern-style dragon/mythical beast traits, which are inherently a bit canine/feline. Some sort of underlying mammalian-ness. As a result, the designs frequently strongly echo the faces of Dragon Turtle and Komainu statues, just as Bowser does, though obviously without the shell, mane, and spikes. It's more in the face design. Those Eastern mythology dragon face traits that borrow mammalian lion and dog features.... (And the mammalian traits even echo through the overall body shape, thought that of course was for practical necessity reasons of having to cram an actor in the Godzilla costumes.) That's a huge part of why Legendary Godzilla was the best Godzilla design (before they ruined it in GVK and GXK). Legendary Godzilla is FULLY a reptilian design on a surface level. Like it has no mane, or canine teeth, or little silly ears or cat nose or anything. And that makes it feel FAR more realistic and plausible as some sort of massive lizard or dinosaur, or even falling more within the realm of our accepted expectations of what a dragon is. BUT, his overall proportions and structure and movements are overwhelmingly designed to look and move like a MASSIVE bear. He got upgraded to echoing not jus a dog or lion, but the most massive and terrifying of ALL mammalian land predators. BEARS. His bipedal lumbering walk echoes a bear's bipedal walk. His crouching run and quadrupedal gallop echo a bear charging on all fours. The way his head moves, and the way he handles his mass are mimics of bears too. But bears are also cute, and somehow THAT comes through too, a tiny bit. Like there's something about bears that we like and relate to, and that lets us connect to Legendary Godzilla WITHOUT actually doing anything to make him cute. He's 10000% giant terrifying badass lizard dragon dinosaur monster, but SOMEHOW we still find him a little cute and something we can connect to, and THAT allows us to so easily buy into and cheer for him as the hero. Something about the design allows us to project a feeling of benevolence on him. Somewhere under all that ruthlessly badass indestructible armored lizard dragon design is a distant echo of your puppy, or a teddy bear, or your cat. In GvK, to make Kong seem like the hero, they began screwing with Legendary Godzilla's design, screwing up his proportions, giving him longer arms to allow for more of crouching crawl-style movement, having him burst out of the water a ton to snatch his prey, and just overall adding a LOT of crocodilian traits to his build and movements. Because we don't relate to crocodiles. They're terrifying. They're the bad guys. It was just the wrong direction for Godzilla. Both because we need that relatability to see Godzilla as the hero (he WAS ultimately one of the heroes), AND because those mammalian traits tie back to that classic Godzilla design, and the Dragon Turtles, and Komainu, and Bowser, etc etc etc. It's simply more authentic to what Godzilla is supposed to be.
Godzilla was essentially my baby sitter, I grew up in his movies so the fact I've gotten to see not 1,2, or 3 but SIX Godzilla movies in theaters and love them all is a joy I never though I'd get. My mother hates Godzilla (partially because of me and how often I watched it as a kid lol) but I showed her this one and she said she couldn't believe that she was now including a Godzilla film as one of her top movies! 😊
Godzilla Minus One was my favorite movie of 2023. I saw it in a theater with a sound system so over-the-top that when Godzilla stepped, it felt like an actual earthquake. It was viscerally terrifying, as if the monster was physically real. Sadly, you don't get that experience from watching it at home, but it's still a masterpiece of moviemaking. Think about it: A subtitled Japanese monster movie was the number one movie in America for a couple of weeks, and only through word-of-mouth. Truly a cinematic marvel.
This movie was made for a fraction of Hollywood blockbusters, and yet is so much better. Just goes to show that it isn't CGI and battle scenes and spectacle that make a great movie. It's the human element. It's the story of those people and their lives that happen to get affected by something big, and not a story of that big thing. I wish Disney/Marvel would remember that with their blockbuster films.
I honestly think having to work within a budget makes better movies, because it forces the people behind it to get creative and truly make every second of screentime count.
The part that didn't dawn on me at first that I really grew to appreciate; is how when Tachibana chose to save Koichi, he was not only forgiving him but also saving himself. That man had been a mechanic specifically for kamikaze planes, knowingly sending many men to their deaths. On top of that, he was unable to save any of the men who worked under him when Godzilla first attacked, and took his anger out on Shikishima. For a man who had felt guilt for years in being associated with so much death, he redeemed himself by finally getting to save a life. Also, watch Shin Godzilla. A close second as far as modern Godzilla films go, though nothing can quite top Minus One if you ask me. Shin is ultimately a dark satire that critiques the largely inadequate response Japan's government had to the 2011 Fukushima tsunami and subsequent nuclear meltdown.
I think it would be too slow for her. Many Godzilla fans find the intricacies of the story fascinating, but a lot of people just get the yawns waiting for something to happen. The time when he's on screen is amazing, but that's not enough for most people.
Didn't feel like a green screen movie. Real emotional plot that had more depth than any Marvel movie in the last few years. Hollywood could learn a lot from this film. Thanks for reacting!
I mean... of course it has more depth than a Marvel movie. That's an odd comparison. Especially considering there was an American Godzilla movie released at the same time as this movie. Use that as a comparison.
Thank you for your heart-felt reaction to a movie I saw and cried 6 times. I am a Japanese, born at around the time Godzilla flattened Ginza in this movie. As a kid, I can recall how Tokyo was several years after the war, and so I have total respect for my parents' generation that took the country from that to civilization. And also to note that in wars, not all people of the nation is behind decisions of the government, so even today, I hesitate to criticize the people of a nation for what their government does. I once read a book of "last letters written by Kamikaze pilots" before leaving on their final mission. Most of it was to thank his mother for bringing him up and also to apologize for having to leave her early.
oh wow thank you for sharing, Im 39 in the US so young in comparison to what WW2 was going through (id hear stories from my grandparents, grandma was in Germany during the time, told me her whole block was bombed and her house luckily stayed up, Grandpa was Filipino from Honolulu , deff not the area to have an intermixed race couple. i dont think i could read much of that book, id break down too much, i found it fascinating how this movie was able to use Kamikaze as a main arc, i could see many people being pressured to end their life for their country knowingly, this movie showed a great story with that, let alone being in a Godzilla movie. Been a G-Fan since i was 4 years old, people sometimes just think its a giant monster movie, but history shows much more of that, and the reason for Godzilla being invented back then.
This was the way Godzilla was meant to be portrayed. As a destructive force of nature. The design of him and the look of the face was downright scary. When they detonate that 2nd mine and you see the mouth area regenerate and then he stands up and looks right at them with all those teeth showing ... I would have lost my mind. Hats off the the VFX team for creating quite possibly one of the scariest versions of Godzilla we've ever seen (Shin Godzilla is right there too). Loved that this won the Oscar, they deserved it. A movie for the ages.
I agree. In this one and Shin Godzilla, it's a bit stiff, but I think it adds to the impression of this massive, monolithic creature that almost doesn't seem like a mortal being. Although the first state of it in Shin Godzilla is this wriggly, bizarre animal, gives body horror vibes.
I think he's scarier than Shin. Shin was a pitiable victim, in constant agony, mutating and half the time he couldn't control his own body. THIS Godzilla was just pure malice. When he killed you, there was no doubt it was intentional
I eventually liked SHIN but I wish they would has skipped the mall-store BEARS-R-US to pick up the googly-eyes. I liked the idea of a Modern Tokyo where Toho Studios never existed.
@@daniilashurov135 Like MINUS ONE coming into the bank, "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble-gum, and I'm all outta gum..." Where's Roddy Piper when ya need him?!!
Fun fact: Godzilla has always been able to regenerate. They don't touch on it in the other one you watched, cuz there isn't really time to in the story. The older movies always TALK about his regeneration ability, but they didn't have the movie technology to properly portray it. Here, you get a front row seat to it.
The single best Godzilla movie of the last 50 years. The combination of "puppet play" with CGI is insane..they managed to create the feeling of a 50s movie with the graphics of our time..and the actors are insanely good combined with masterfull storytelling..IN A GODZILLA MOVIE..they so deserved the Oscar for this, although I think the male lead should have gotten one too..his crying scene haunted every single one of us in the cinema..the cinema got dead silent and people were shocked as he..
My favorite since 1954's GOJIRA, in fact. Anyone think Raymond Burr's on-site reporting would have made MINUS ONE better? Naw... not me either. He needed to head back to Hollywood, bleach his hair out and murder his wife. Then apply for that opening in a TV courtroom drama.
The destruction in Ginza was so amazing. The way he ripped through the buildings with ferver and used the tail whip (not to mention his steps breaking the street and launching people). It was really amazing to see.....
For me, the best movie of 2023. A true work of art. It's incredible that Hollywood spends more than 100 million on making completely absurd Godzilla movies, and in Japan they created this legendary work with only 15 million. The story of the protagonist with Akiko and the girl is pure love, the redemption plot is epic, the setting is great... 10/10
@@jameskullu2413 The scripts for the Hollywood Godzilla are for 5 year olds, with no depth to any character, and the monsters look like rubber, the Godzilla scenes look like something from an old video game. Completely disastrous.
Honestly I think it's the best spectacle film of the 2020s decade and dare I say the 1st ¼ of 21st Century. Very few films have ever made me cry. I saw this 3× in cinema + 1× Minus Color (best version), I ordered and now have the Godzilla Minus One Limited Collector's Edition from Toho Studios shipped from Japan: • 4k Ultra BD • BD • BD Minus Color • BD extras/making of Almost everytime i see it, it makes my eyes discharge. That scream in black rain gets me, whst else can you do at that moment? If my lady was blown away by that and theres nothing you can do? Either scream like thar OR try to shimmy up his tail and back and run a katana in Godzilla's ocular cavities knowing you won't live past that day. Also come on, best utility of a production budget of this Century.
@jameskullu2413 i don't necessarily agree with that. Its the tone of it, I much prefer Gōjira the destructor of Japan & Man VS Godzilla King Of The Monsters to save earth & people. The Legendary movies, fights are fun but it's almost as bad as the English dubs of Shōwa era Godzilla films, not at all good writing. The Millie Bobby Brown character, oh lord she annoys me in those movies, and her Podcaster buddies. • Gōjira (1954) • Gōjira (1984) • Shin Gōjira (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023) I'll give some love to Godzilla All Monstets Attack & Final Wars. Godzilla 1998 is a true abomination
Easily the best Godzilla movie. The only "monster movie" I think remotely compares on the emotional side is the Jessica Lange King Kong from the late 70's.
Every ship and plane you see in this film is historically accurate. Those destroyers and that cruiser did survive the war, all the film did was alter their final fates a bit. Interestingly, the destroyer they were on at the end was known to be lucky, as it and her crew survived many battles without suffering any casualties or meaningful damage--extremely rare for Japan in WWII. Ultimately, she ended up with the Chinese Navy and survived with the Nationalists in Taiwan until the 1970s and there was some debate about making her a museum. Ultimately, she was scrapped along with the others, but not before some of her relics were returned to Japan as a goodwill gesture.
@@zterrans To Koichi actually. He was their MVP in the climax. Finally redeemed himself and became a hero. You do not salute a rabid dog after putting it down.
The notion that the US armed forces in 1948 were too overwhelmed by Soviet activities to intercept Godzilla definitely isn't, though. There were airfields and bases galore throughout Japan at that time which were hardly emptied for redeployment.
@@Hendrikvandd at the time the USA was dealing with the Berlin Airlift and the consequences of the USSR's blockade of that city. This was also the year that the Iron Curtain began to slam shut hard. The USA was also having to deal with the slow collapse of the Nationalists in China, and was in the process of withdrawing their remaining occupation forces from the Chinese mainland. It is not a stretch to call them "busy", as there was a lot going on at that time.
The dinner table scene is seriously such a good scene. Love all the "uh, no, dude, you're married, y'all just didn't have a ceremony" facial expressions on everyone's faces.
Yeah, that bothers me, too, a lot of times. Awkard Ashleigh at least always does horror films in the dark, Kat Watches Horror has done a few fun reactions like watching "Jaws" at night outside floating in a lake. But I'm really happy that Cassie watched this one in the dark.
The best Godzilla movie. It remembered to have a powerful human story in addition to a monster movie. I never thought I'd cry at a Godzilla movie...I did at this one. One of my favorite movies of last year.
This is the only movie I can recall where both me and my equally cynical old friends all agreed that the happy ending was not only completely acceptable, but *earned* - and it made us all happy. What a wonderful thing... from a *Godzilla* movie?! Beautiful reaction. I knew you'd cry, I didn't think you'd cry that much.
This movie was fantastic. The amount of time it lets you sit with the main characters and see the recovery of Japan for a few years was a master stroke. You could almost forget it was a Godzilla movie for a while.
They did a wonderful commentary on how the war and what the government did affected it's citizens. You didn't need to see the US conquer them because it was so much more visceral to see the after-effects. People coming home from war to a flattened city with few survivors. Really drives home the horrors of war.
I think the real strength of this film was how it tied the struggles of the characters to what Godzilla represents. They managed to make it a human story where Godzilla means something again thematically and is used to enhance the character journey. Best Godzilla film since the original one I think
Godzilla Minus One is more of a "spiritual descendent" of the original 1954 Godzilla film. It's actually set in the 1940's which is before the original Godzilla was set. Several scenes are a clear call backs to the original, the two most obvious are when Godzilla picks up the train with his mouth and the radio announcer and photographers doing their jobs right up until they died at the hands of Godzilla.
Setting it just after the war helps to emphasize that with the Americans refusing to get involved due to the fear of escalating tensions with the Soviets that it is up to the Japanese people to save themselves. Under the surrender terms of 1945, the Japanese were not allowed any form of armed forces with the Japanese Self Defense only being formed in 1954, being allowed by the US at the time as it meant that Japan could take up more responsibility for its own defense, which up to that point had been the responsibility of the US. Most of the events in the movie have historical context, with the mine clearances, the atomic bomb test and the Takao all having a basis in fact. Takao was sunk as a target ship in October 1946 (source National Museum of the US Navy) having been laid up in Singapore being deemed unrepairable after being damaged in attacks during WW2. I love this movie and tear up every time I watch it. I would rate this as my favourite Godzilla movie hands down particularly due to it's focus on a small number of main characters and am waiting for it to become available for purchase in the UK. (Currently I can only watch it through Netflix on streaming here.). The fact that it was not allowed another run after it's Oscar success, (reportedly due to a deal that stated it could not compete with King Kong x Godzilla) is a travesty. Something that I only picked up after multiple watches, (I saw this 3 times in the cinema) is that the main character is constantly being told to "live". The letter from his mother telling him to "come back alive, Noriko, and even Tachibana when showing him the ejection seat all emphasize this message. So glad you enjoyed the movie. Shame I missed you reaction to the table headbutting bows when he is trying to find Tachibana.
@@philbattiste9649but it doesn't overuse it, which I adore. It saves it for just the right moments to really have that impact they had in the original.
This film is called Minus One because post World War II left Japan in ruins. They had to start all over again from ground Zero to rebuild. Then Godzilla shows up and wrecks even more havoc. Sending them from Zero to Minus One!! -OG
This movie instantly became one of my favorites and I’ve love enjoying the experiences of others watching it for the first time. This reaction is so far my favorite. I truly enjoy watching the same emotions that I felt watching this movie through another.
Godzilla Minus One (2023) was made on a production budget of USD$10 million and earned USD$115 million worldwide. The film is the second highest grossing Japanese live-action film of all-time Godzilla Minus One won 64 awards from 127 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, 8 Japan Academy Prize honours and two honours at the equally prestigious 17th Asian Film Awards
Because life is a moment but reputation (honor) is eternal. At least as long as there's someone to remember it. I guess thats what they ar eall fighting for a future for everyone else.
@@bondrafabaond i dont see how just because it's a moment that it should be protected. Celebrate the moment but not life. This is just my personal opinion, feel free to disagree. I'm trying to understand your point of view but am failing to see how protecting life will make it a moment. Just living life will produce those moments regardless if we protect them or not. Better yet, moments are born from struggle. I'm not saying we should enslave people or make living conditions difficult. We should definitely improve the QOL of everyone but in the grand scheme of things life is expendable.
This happens inevitably when politics/governments try to arrogate the field of morals to themselves. Self-sacrifice can only ever/has to be an individual choice. When you mandate it you empty it of all meaning that it could have had and turn it into a monster, a destroyer of all human values, and humane society. Governments and institutions setting themselves up as the arbiters of morality is the essence of fascism.
Godzilla was originally a dinosaur that lived in the deep sea about 140 million years ago. Repeated hydrogen bomb tests awoke him from his slumber, and he became a giant monster with the energy of hydrogen bombs harbored throughout his body, attacking humankind. That blue ray is radioactive energy. The power of the huge explosion and black rain depicted in the movie is the same as that of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In reality, too, it burned and crushed buildings and people in an instant, destroying everything. Humanity must never forget the horror of war and nuclear bombs. I believe that human life should be given the highest priority.
My dad has been a Godzilla fan since he was a kid in the 50's and they first started making them, I want to get a copy of this in the Black and White version and show it to him with the dubbed English audio, to see if I can convince him it's a long lost vintage film.
I love doing this type of stuff. My daughter who is 13, hates the music I listen to, of course, so I got that tracy chapman song fast car, used a pitch shifter for my voice, and at the beginning of the song, I say "ladies and gentlemen, Billie Eilish, and then added fake applause. She loved it and couldn't figure out why she couldn't find it on youtube. This was a little before the country version was done and I gave her a fake song title.
If your dad is fooled by it being in black and white, completely ignoring the effects needed to make Godzilla look how he does, then I don't know what to say.
This is a considerably more emotional movie than you would expect. I teared up many a times when watching this one! Also, the allegory towards atomic weapons and their indiscriminate destruction is pretty clear in this one. Godzilla was always intended to portray the war trauma left in Japan, and I feel like this movie really hit a homerun with it.
the thing on her neck in the hospital if you noticed it, she was affected with G- cells (Godzilla Cells) said the director of this film, so she become something more deadly than Godzilla in the future.
That and when they first show her in the hospital room a plant is placed behind her as if it's coming out of her head leads me to wonder if she will become Biollante.
Unlike most 'monster' movies, Godzilla in this movie represented all of the hate, destruction, misery, etc...that culminated due to WWI and WWII. The world had just gone through more than a decade of the horrors of war. And in this movie, Godzilla was the result of so much of the dark side of humanity. His atomic/nuclear breath was a reflection of the device created to end the war against Japan, initially developed by Germany, and brought to grim realization by America. It's impact was inevitable, though devastating. The after effect still felt until this day. 'Godzilla Minus One' was showing us the horrors of humanity, and the struggles to move forward from devastation and loss. GREAT MOVIE! GREAT REACTION!
Sobbing like a child over a Godzilla movie certainly wasn't on my 2023 bingo card, but here we are. Saw the movie over and over again in theaters and forced my whole family to watch it and my mom and dad both cried too. Oscar worthy. Beautiful. And when you realize that this movie was made on a budget of under 15mil and is still this high quality... shots were fired over Hollywood's bow with this one. As for other Goji movies, you kind'a picked the high mark to start with so it's all down from here. You've seen the original, if you want to focus on the serious tone movies like Gojira and Minus 1 then Return of Godzilla (1984), Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah (2001), and Shin Godzilla (2016) are the only ones left that take themselves seriously to that degree. All the others are various levels of camp, which is still fun in it's own way, but will probably feel very odd after Gojira and Minus 1.
"it's all down from here" Why are we doing this man? I'm quite frankly tired of the whole "Minus One and films like it are the best and the rest stink" mantra.
@@FrostbiteDigital Well, I don't think the others all stink, I'm actually a huge fan of all brands of Goji films, and even defend the recent Godzilla X Kong movie (which is getting way too much flak I feel). But Minus 1 is a very high bar and is basically sans cheese. If she tries to watch, say, Godzilla vs Megalon after this, it's going to be a pretty big contrast, and I imagine for people not already on the Goji bandwagon it could be hard to make that transition into the cheesier Goji movies after watching something like this. If she's a little more selective and starts with say, Mothra vs Godzilla, or Godzilla Returns, or GMK, then she could maybe ease into the classics, but you probably wouldn't want to show a new fan coming off of Minus One something like Final Wars. The ridiculousness would likely be too much to handle.
The airplane at the end of the movie was an actual aircraft developed by Japan at the end of WW2 but never put into production beyond the prototype stage.
Who would have thought a Godzilla film with its amazing $15 million dollar budget would make people cry. There were a lot of emotional scenes throughout the film, but these two scenes hit me the most. The first one was Noda's response and tone to a subordinate who interpreted his statement to "go home and spend time with your family" as "be prepared" for your death. During the war, all the veterans in the room had seen their comrades in arms and friends receive tragic orders to go on a one way mission and in the end die in vain. Noda wanted everyone to understand this mission, although dangerous, was going to be different. They were armed with the right tools to maximize their chance to win and come home alive! It was not a suicide mission. "Come to think of it this country has treated life far too cheaply. Poorly armored tanks. Poor supply chains resulting in half of all deaths from starvation and disease. Fighter planes built without ejection seats and finally, kamikaze and suicide attacks. That's why this time I'd take pride in a citizen led effort that sacrifices no lives at all! This next battle is not one waged to the death, but a battle to live for the future." - Kenji Noda The second emotional scene was Akitsu, the Captain, and Noda refusing to let Mizushima, the Kid, to go with them on the mission. This one really hit me. As Pacific War veterans, Akitsu and Noda had seen too many deaths. Too many young men perished in vain. I felt this was their personal closure to the war by saving at least one young man. The whole dialogue was great too. It may not be exact, but this is what I remembered: The Kid: Why won't you allow me to go with you? The Captain: Kozo (kid)! Not having been to war........is something to be proud of. (Noda and Captain start walking away) The Kid: Please. Take me with you. We've been a team for a long time. I want to defend my country! I beg you! Please, take me with you! Mr. Noda! Captain! The Captain: (speaking softly) We leave you........THE FUTURE. The soundtrack "Pride" was perfect.
It was more like $12 million. The director was an effects guy and knew how to get the most out of a small team. Every effects shot was carefully planned before filming and they got as much as they could "in the can" with practical sets. It's the same approach as the Lord of the Rings movies, which is why those still look a lot better than anything out of Disney Star Wars or Marvel lately. The recent Dune movies also took the same approach, everything was storyboarded and planned out very carefully and the effects people were on the set during filming to make sure everything was shot in a manner that would make it easy for the effects studio to do their jobs. Modern Hollywood films cost $350 million apiece now because they don't even have a finished script before they start filming, they do no planning at all, and their attitude is "we'll fix it in post". They don't even know what the story is going to be until they start editing together whatever random coverage they got in front of green screens, then they rush a bunch of reshoots, sometimes more than once. The CGI artists get about two weeks before the film releases to rush together whatever last minute changes got made. It's an insane way to make movies, and the quality has plummeted because of it.
@@fakecubednot to mention i believe RLM made a joke but it's an appropriate joke: any given marvel film the VFX team is like the Vietnam Memorial Wall of names Meanwhile G-1 VFX team was 34+1 Takashi Yamazaki who wrote, directed and headed VFX team. The sound in this movie is amazing, I saw it at Xscape in Louisville KY, 3 story tall screen and amazing Dolby Atmos sound system. I got the Limited Collector's Edition 4k Ultra BD+BD+BD -Color+BD Making of/extras boxset, I had to order it direct from Toho Studios in Japan with a 6 weeks timing for it to actually get here, I only have a 5.1 Dolby surround but that's still better than Stereo TV speakers, I feel bad for anyone not seeing this in a surround sound system. It's too good. I've even seen preachers say this is the most pro-life, pro-family, pro-worker/soldier film seen in ages, and they're correct. Beautiful film, Takashi Yamazaki should have free reign to make what he wants.
$15 million to make this masterpiece. It's got good acting, good action, good story/writing, all done for a lower price tag than one episode of a Marvel series.
The director said he hoped to get $15 million but only got around $10 million. He did effects work on his off time at home to make due with the budget he had.
Godzilla was mutated by the radiation. his heart became a nuclear reactor while his body turned into a super cancer. so now he is in constant pain cause his heart is literally killing him from the inside, but he can't die due to the cancer "healing" him too quickly. this is why he will never forgive humanity.
@@PopcornInBed Yes, it explains in some films, since I didn't see anyone commenting this... I would recommend continuing to watch Godzilla movies by the monster-verse movies, they are modern American adaptations of Godzilla and classic giant monsters. They consist of 5 movies currently: Godzilla "2014" Kong: Skull Island Godzilla: King of the Monsters "2019" Godzilla vs. Kong Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
Godzilla vs Destroya. Godzilla 2000 drives THAT point home with a vengeance. In my mind it is a sequel to Destroya which would….. eh.. watch it with that in mind. Which one had Godzilla and his son(like Akiko) hibernate… with the people leaving, saying something like they’ll finally be left alone? My father, who fought in Korea and Vietnam, in his youth…. was very impacted by the beauty all around him, having grown up in the city. He questioned why humanity would ever choose to fight, destroying what he saw as paradise. “Why would we fight here?” I remember him telling me and my brother about being stationed on a plateau…. and the sky, filled with ice crystals would be often highlighted by rainbows… and how the beauty of the land seemed to defy the horrors of the war…. And even the jungles would fight both sides, with huge thorns, spiders, scorpions…. And how THAT seemed … right. I’ve always taken that attitude with Godzilla… Kong, was killed…. Shot down from society’s pinnacle… Godzilla was kept alive to curb Humanity’s bloodlust and dismissive attitude towards nature.
Yes. When I was introduced to this movie by reactors, I was like "This is really good...." But because I only saw snippets from their videos, I wasn't completely sold. Then I watched it fully via iTunes: Wow! I've seen just about every movie that won "Best Picture" from about the 1940s to present and lots of nominees.... But this movie, is in my top 20 of all-time favorites. It's so damn good. The story. The characters. The acting. It looks so damn good. And made completely on a budget of about 10 million dollars... Yes, TEN MILLION... And all the main actors are famous actors in Japan. Fantastic movie. Trying not to watch it regularly to keep it special... So happy you enjoyed it.
Best modern Godzilla movie ❤. I grew up watching the old ones with my mom so Godzilla reminds me of that special time growing up. This one does it justice and just a beautiful film.
The theme of the original Godzilla movie was to visualize the experience of the Japanese at the end of World War 2. This movie not only captures that but improves upon it. I suspect that this is the only Godzilla movie worth watching. If they make a sequel that will be the next worthwhile movie to watch about Godzilla.
What I love about the design on this Godzilla is how much pain it looks to be constantly in. Every time it fires it's ray, it's lays damage on Godzilla. It feels pain, which makes it get just more and more angry.
It really is a great movie, and the fact it was done in such a low budget should be proof to Hollywood that a well written story beats out effects and the other nonsense that’s been going on.
I took my daughter who's never been into Godzilla to go see it, and she absolutely loved it. My son who's a 24 year old marine cried at the end. It is my favorite Godzilla movie of all time! 🥲👍❤️
It’s such a great movie, tense, emotional, tragic, scary, and it deals with survivor’s guilt, ptsd, shame, honour, duty, and a real David and Goliath story thrown in there for good measure, with some nods to Jaws and the original Godzilla movie too. It has a great pace, with great characters who we spend time with, so when Godzilla comes along, we actually care about what happens. This is a masterclass in storytelling, and it’s in Japanese.
My favorite part of the story is that so many people had a character arc. From the most obvious, Mr. Shikishima to the young guy, who became the hero with the tugboat team to Mr. Tachibana who was the reluctant mechanic hero. To Sumiko, who struck Mr. Shikishima twice, once at the beginning of the film in disgust and once at the end in relief that Sumiko, Koichi and Akiko would be a family. This Godzilla film has the best story, with nods to the original and very human and very relatable characters. I don’t know if you need to react to another Godzilla movie. This one sets the bar pretty high.
I'll take anything as long as that 3-some family returns in GODZILLA MINUS 0.5. Isn't that the next one? -1... -0.5... -0.25... -0.10... Will they do the Antelope Freeway thing? "Antelope Freeway - one-half mile... Antelope Freeway, one quarter mile... Antelope Freeway, one eighth mile... Antelope Freeway, one sixteenth mile... Antelope Freeway, one thirty-second mile..." etc. Yeah, too Firesign Theater for most, these days.
That Shinden plane was actually a real design. Only two prototypes were built, and it was close to the end of the war, so no more were produced. The replica built for the movie was put in a Japanese museum
Said this before but I told people who asked "This film is about post WW2 Japan trying to rebuild itself and trying to come to terms with all the destruction the war caused. Its also got an amazing love story and redemption arc built in around shame and losing the war...Oh and godzilla is in it"
godzilla is literally the mc's physical manifestation of his survivors guilt and ptsd. there wasn't a mistake in the writing to make him a kamakaze pilot who chickened out. this was a man who was called on to die for a pointless cause. but when he chickened out, and even the mechanic patted him on the back for doing the right thing, godzilla shows up immediately to kill everyone else. giving the mc a physical demonstration of the lives possibly lost by failing to die earlier. to drive the symbolism home directly he chickens out a second time by not shooting at godzilla. and action we all know is pointless and would have resulting in his death. still the mc got to watch other people die in his place as a result. he comes home and is imediately confronted by a civilian, a neighbor who's children all died in the firebombing of tokyo, who blames "cowards like him" for the deaths of the civilians on the home front, and the MC then finds out, after hearing the accusation that him and people like him are responsible for her childrens... and yes.. parent's deaths, it then starts to sink in... it flashes to his parents letter wishing him to survive the war, and he's breaking down because he survived... for what? a ruined city and a lot of people dead and somehow he was still alive. it's not a surprise godzilla isn't defeated by a pointless kamakaze attack, but only when the mc wants to live for akiko and is willing to die for her, that the mechanic proclaims he's finally ready to do his duty. then shows him the ejection seat. he had the propper mindset of a warrior, of someone willing to do what was needed. and not pointlessly sacrifice himself in the madness of war. and litterally by killing godzilla he could finally bury his ptsd and his survivors guilt, the guilt of being a coward. and live again with akiko and noriko.
24:30 The fact that this relatively low budget version of a Godzilla movie can get that emotional response out of you speaks volumes for the talents of everyone involved. I can guarantee you won't feel the same feels with the modern movies, as enjoyable as they may be.
So glad you saw this and loved it, and so did I when I first saw it in the theater! All I'm gonna say now is, welcome to the G-man fan base🤝lol! This movie really pulled out the emotions, I mean you can't help but be in awe when you see Godzilla go on a rampage, but you can't help but feel for the human characters, something that most Godzilla films kinda lack in! Like I said before, see you shed tears Cassie, whether sadness or joy, brings warm feelings to my heart and one of the many qualities I like about you lol! Anyway, yes, definitely watch more Godzilla films in the future! Start with the Heisei films from Godzilla 1985 to Godzilla vs Destroyah, that series actually ties in with the OG 1954 in terms of continuity! Then eventually get around to the Monsterverse from Godzilla 2014 to now with Godzilla x Kong The New Empire lol! Besides, you haven't worn my 70th anniversary shirt yet🥺lol😂 However, save that shirt for when you watch my favorite of the Monsterverse, Godzilla - King of the Monsters (2019) trust me it will be fitting! Great reaction Cassie as always, you (and Carly) are the best, can't wait for you to react to more in the future including King Kong lol! Have a great evening, love and support, and God bless you and the family! Hail to the King👑🦖🥰😇🙏😁😉👍✌🌹
As a pretty much lifelong Godzilla fan, it was an incredible feeling to see it win its award. I dont usually care about them, but it was great to see it get positive recognition here.
Loss after a war lost. Is chaotic madness. This movies touches on so many points of how the after effects of a war can still have shockwaves of destruction. And for the Japanese iteration of Godzilla. He was the manifested identity of chaos driven destruction in a physical form. That’s why this version is absolutely insanity. They true scare that Godzilla was originally meant to be.
Great reaction Cassie. You were making me emotional. "Godzilla Minus One" is an excellent remake with great character development. There are several incarnations of Godzilla and this one reflects the original. I prefer Godzilla like this - his original concept as a radioactive force of nature with atomic breath. There's a great fan based monologue about Godzilla's motivations to destroy ... "I was the last of my kind, and you turned me into the first. That is why I punish you ... because I never though I could be made more alone." *SOME FYI:* -- Noriko survived because she was infected with Godzilla Cells [G-Cells] (the black mark on her neck) which gave her some of his regenerative power. -- Godzilla has an internal controllable swim bladder for buoyancy, plus his natural buoyant "thick thighs", plus his paddling power of legs and tail makes him "appear to stand waist deep in water" even when he is in deep water. -- There are several incarnations of Godzilla. He ranges from being a force of nature to an Anti-Hero to a "protective buddy" of humanity.
Such a brilliant film. I am an old guy and have been watching Godzilla films for 55+ years... This is by far my favorite. I do prefer it in Black & White myself.
When Noriko says “Is your war…..over yet?” it breaks me every time. This was easily the best movie of 2023 for me. I’m so happy you were able to finally see it and enjoy it.
I watched this for the third time in eight months last week. And even so, I was still hyperventilating with emotional excitement when he was running up the stairs at the end
Took my entire family (w37, d21, s12,s10) to see this on my birthday. They all walked out blown away on how good it was and we were all in tears at several scenes
No problem' just as long we get to see some more of the original Godzilla films in the future, I won't list them all but here are some of the sequels I hope we get to see along with a few tie in films to the original series as well which are: 1.Godzilla Raids Again (1955) 2.Rodan (1956) This is a tie in film 3.Mothra (1961) This is a tie in film 4.King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) 5.Mothra vs Godzilla (1964) 6.Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster (1964) 7.Invasion Of The Astro Monster (1965)
Glad you liked this one Cassie. I just saw it about a month ago on Netflix. What I loeved was how Godzilla was defeated by ordinary people, not some military organization. This was no doubt intended to be a metaphor for the resliience of the Japanese people after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And Godzill was actually scary in this film. This film takes him back to his roots as a walking metaphor for the atomic bomb. Now, you need to react to "Oppenheimer".
I've seen most of the Godzilla films, and this one is the most terrifying version of Godzilla, and treats the creature as the absolute force of nature it should be. This is also one of the few Godzilla movies that actually made me care about the humans. Outside of the amazing performances from the main actors, the crew of the Shinsei Maru were incredible. I love that they were really just bros that loved hanging out with each other, and how mad they'd all get at Koichi for not marrying Noriko and making a family with her and Akiko. I believe if you were to remove the Godzilla aspect from the movie entirely and just expand this as a movie about the PTSD of a "failed" kamikaze pilot trying to adjust to civilian/family life and also dealing with the shame (both internal and societal) of not performing his duties as a kamikaze pilot, this would still be an amazing movie. But adding in some of the best Godzilla scenes ever put to film makes this even better.
Lifelong Godzilla fan and I never thought I would love the human story more than the typical monster movie tropes. The happy ending was the icing on the cake because it’s just nice to have a happy ending to a movie!
14:40 The Takao was a real Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser in WWII, that had, IIRC, 8 inch main guns. To put that in perspective, that ship would expect to go up against similar ships that would carry around 8 inches of steel armor plating and be able to PENETRATE that with her main guns. And Godzilla made pretty short work of her. 🤯🤯🤯
@@kimniceIKR? The very DEFINITION of point-blank. I loved that sequence, well-conceived, and executed with panache and verisimilitude by the filmmakers. Big thumbs-up from me.
I tood my dad, two brothers, and my sister to this movie during the Christmas holiday. My brothers were emotional and my sister was in tears at the end. Such a great movie.
Great reaction, loved it! Can't wait for more reactions to Godzilla in the future! Really hope to see you wear the 70th Anniversary shirt I got you, save it for Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019) lol! Love and support, you're the best, God bless, and Hail to the King🥰😇🙏😁😉✌👍🌹🦖👑
I recently saw this in full myself, and have seen nearly all of them. Godzilla minus 1 is as close to the original intention of what they wanted for the original Godzilla.
I really like that they released a decolourised version of this film as well. Watching it in black and white really does seem to suit the time period it’s set in, the melancholy mood of the film, and helps sell the vfx more. But whether it’s in colour or not, still a great bit of storytelling and an effective monster movie.
An incredible movie and story. The people story there was actually even more interesting than Godzilla himself. But when Godzilla was on the screen he was horrifically scary! Well done.
Usually, one could care less about the humans in a kaiju film, but this movie actually managed to put together the perfect blend of human element with good old fashion kaiju, city stomping action And having plenty of emotional tear jerking moments You're gonna love this Cassie!
50ish years as a Godzilla fan and this was by far the best iteration of the Classic Godzilla yet. Still, my favrit will always be "Sone of Godzilla/ All monsters attack" for nostalgia reasons.
Godzilla Minus One won Visual Effects at the 96th Oscars, becoming the first film in the franchise to be nominated for an Oscars. The first Japanese film to be nominated in that category. Yamazaki the first director since Stanley Kubrick was nominated for 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1969
One thing you missed was the mark on Noriko's neck. It was confirmed in an interview with the Director of the movie that it was G-cells and not a bruise or radiation. G-cells or Godzilla cells are what allowed Noriko to survive the attack on Ginza. I don't know how she ended up with G-cells in her body nor do I remember if it was mentioned in the interview. But without Godzilla having the regeneration he does you wouldn't have gotten the happy ending you loved. As to watching more of the Godzilla movies I say yes, you might even enjoy them.
Godzilla Minus One is the best Godilla movie Ive ever seen, nothing is like it.. it should have won way more awards than it did, I thought it was the best movie of the year and should have gotten the Oscar. Shin Godzilla is the next best Godzilla movie. The Godzilla Kong/Monsterverse movies are quite different, they're more fun, popcorn watching movies which I guess matches your channel name. Think you'll enjoy those too. Enjoyed your reaction, you get it.
It's insane to think this movie had a very low budget, yet the cinematography is very breathtaking & absolutely incredible from the story to the acting to the visuals.
It deserved to win that OSCAR, just wish it got best picture
@TabathaTMartin though I 100 agree with you, Hollywood would never hand over a best picture to Toho Studios. It's an embarrassment to Hollywood and say Indiana Jones $320M Budget VS Minus One $12M budget.
Better than any of the American movies....
@@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto It shows how blockbusters don't need budgets over $100M.
Like how the Fall Guy failed due to it's high budget
@@osmanyousif7849 Respectfully disagree but i see where your're coming from
What I like about this movie; it represents what Godzilla was originally intended to portray, the horrors of war and death and the atomic bombing in Japan. We’ve all grown to love him as an iconic character, whether as a hero or villain or, of course, a force of nature. But, this is his origin story retold.
Even the power of the atomic bomb is no match for the power of the money. That's why they turned him into an anti hero. To keep the franchise going.
And, in this film, let’s not forget, Godzilla also represented… The director’s cat. 🥰
Dude the little girl Akiko was so cute and to hear her cry the way she did gave me the feels… I have a 5 year old and I remember when he was that age… to hear him cry like that when he was hurt or scared… as a parent you just want to do something, fix whatever it is. When the mom got stuck in the blast wave I was like WTFFFFFF!!!! Man this was the best movie I saw last year.
Kudos to the director finding the right child actress. It's literally a dime a dozen to find the right child who can say things like "Mommy" or "Daddy" without it sounding phoned in or having to rely on just being cute.
However, Sae Nagatani as Akiko manages to pull the correct believability to feel like a real child.
I'm a dad of two girls, 6 and 2 and hearing Akiko cry for her mom was soul crushing to me.
I have to wonder how they got her to cry on cue like that. It sounded so real.
They pinched her to make her cry which is funny to me 😅
@TSM_Enjoyer The director said that he had a hard time filming the girl because she would cry easily, and that all the staff had to time their scenes to coincide with her crying moments.
One of the most incredible aspects of this film is that it was made with only $15 million. The director played a double role as VFX supervisor and knew exactly how to stretch every dollar and get every shot right. First foreign film in decades to win a special effects Oscar, and deservedly so.
Less, closer to $12. The Director had commented how he wished he had $15.
Yet they couldn’t fix Godzillas dopey grin 😂
it is the best way to make a godzilla movie even if he only showed a small amount of the movie. the only godzilla movie that we care about the character's story
Lets also remember Japanese visual artists are payed less and work longer hours than their western counterparts, so that might not be as commendable as you think.
It's crazy to think about, that probably wouldn't cover the salary for a couple A list actors on your typical Hollywood franchise film.
First time I heard Godzilla described as having "human hands, a Bowser face and devil eyes"
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That's how I figure Shin Godzilla would absolutely traumatize her.
Unless you are showa or millennium
Their eyes are lowkey cute
@@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917 Godzilla definitely has some problems with eye design. Rarely do I think they serve the character and the overall design.
Millennium, Tristar Godzilla, Legendary Godzilla, and Shin Godzilla all got it right, so does the first form of Minus One Godzilla.
They make him look terrifying.
And Godzilla Earth they managed to make him look like......super ancient, and almost a little sad, but still an absolute monster.
Tokyo SOS Godzilla does the best job of all the old "man in a suit" Godzillas. Better than Minus One's main design, probably.
But soooooooo many of the old Godzilla designs are SO goofy and derpy.....
Honestly it's a VERY astute and accurate comment.
Japanese mythology is an offshoot of Chinese mythology.
Bowser appears to be a combination of the French Tarrasque, and the Chinese Dragon Turtle.
Both are turtle shelled dragons with some amount of hair. Though the Tarrasque takes it further, giving it fully a lion-ish mane head of hair, as well as being covered in spikes, just as we see with Bowser.
Dragon Turtles, and Bowser also share facial similarities to the Guardian Lion statues AKA Foo Dogs AKA Komainu AKA Shishi.
Godzilla is a dinosaur/dragon thing, but it's frequently designed with these Eastern-style dragon/mythical beast traits, which are inherently a bit canine/feline. Some sort of underlying mammalian-ness.
As a result, the designs frequently strongly echo the faces of Dragon Turtle and Komainu statues, just as Bowser does, though obviously without the shell, mane, and spikes.
It's more in the face design.
Those Eastern mythology dragon face traits that borrow mammalian lion and dog features....
(And the mammalian traits even echo through the overall body shape, thought that of course was for practical necessity reasons of having to cram an actor in the Godzilla costumes.)
That's a huge part of why Legendary Godzilla was the best Godzilla design (before they ruined it in GVK and GXK).
Legendary Godzilla is FULLY a reptilian design on a surface level.
Like it has no mane, or canine teeth, or little silly ears or cat nose or anything.
And that makes it feel FAR more realistic and plausible as some sort of massive lizard or dinosaur, or even falling more within the realm of our accepted expectations of what a dragon is.
BUT, his overall proportions and structure and movements are overwhelmingly designed to look and move like a MASSIVE bear.
He got upgraded to echoing not jus a dog or lion, but the most massive and terrifying of ALL mammalian land predators.
BEARS.
His bipedal lumbering walk echoes a bear's bipedal walk.
His crouching run and quadrupedal gallop echo a bear charging on all fours.
The way his head moves, and the way he handles his mass are mimics of bears too.
But bears are also cute, and somehow THAT comes through too, a tiny bit.
Like there's something about bears that we like and relate to, and that lets us connect to Legendary Godzilla WITHOUT actually doing anything to make him cute.
He's 10000% giant terrifying badass lizard dragon dinosaur monster, but SOMEHOW we still find him a little cute and something we can connect to, and THAT allows us to so easily buy into and cheer for him as the hero.
Something about the design allows us to project a feeling of benevolence on him.
Somewhere under all that ruthlessly badass indestructible armored lizard dragon design is a distant echo of your puppy, or a teddy bear, or your cat.
In GvK, to make Kong seem like the hero, they began screwing with Legendary Godzilla's design, screwing up his proportions, giving him longer arms to allow for more of crouching crawl-style movement, having him burst out of the water a ton to snatch his prey, and just overall adding a LOT of crocodilian traits to his build and movements.
Because we don't relate to crocodiles.
They're terrifying.
They're the bad guys.
It was just the wrong direction for Godzilla.
Both because we need that relatability to see Godzilla as the hero (he WAS ultimately one of the heroes), AND because those mammalian traits tie back to that classic Godzilla design, and the Dragon Turtles, and Komainu, and Bowser, etc etc etc.
It's simply more authentic to what Godzilla is supposed to be.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack with the white eyes were totally evil and fit the monster
As a life long Godzilla fan, I am beyond happy to see the franchise get the love & respect it deserves, all thanks to Minus One.
Godzilla was essentially my baby sitter, I grew up in his movies so the fact I've gotten to see not 1,2, or 3 but SIX Godzilla movies in theaters and love them all is a joy I never though I'd get.
My mother hates Godzilla (partially because of me and how often I watched it as a kid lol) but I showed her this one and she said she couldn't believe that she was now including a Godzilla film as one of her top movies! 😊
Godzilla Minus One was my favorite movie of 2023. I saw it in a theater with a sound system so over-the-top that when Godzilla stepped, it felt like an actual earthquake. It was viscerally terrifying, as if the monster was physically real. Sadly, you don't get that experience from watching it at home, but it's still a masterpiece of moviemaking. Think about it: A subtitled Japanese monster movie was the number one movie in America for a couple of weeks, and only through word-of-mouth. Truly a cinematic marvel.
I watched it in a triple screen cinema, the screens actually gave me motion sickness
This movie was made for a fraction of Hollywood blockbusters, and yet is so much better. Just goes to show that it isn't CGI and battle scenes and spectacle that make a great movie. It's the human element. It's the story of those people and their lives that happen to get affected by something big, and not a story of that big thing. I wish Disney/Marvel would remember that with their blockbuster films.
I honestly think having to work within a budget makes better movies, because it forces the people behind it to get creative and truly make every second of screentime count.
The part that didn't dawn on me at first that I really grew to appreciate; is how when Tachibana chose to save Koichi, he was not only forgiving him but also saving himself. That man had been a mechanic specifically for kamikaze planes, knowingly sending many men to their deaths. On top of that, he was unable to save any of the men who worked under him when Godzilla first attacked, and took his anger out on Shikishima. For a man who had felt guilt for years in being associated with so much death, he redeemed himself by finally getting to save a life.
Also, watch Shin Godzilla. A close second as far as modern Godzilla films go, though nothing can quite top Minus One if you ask me. Shin is ultimately a dark satire that critiques the largely inadequate response Japan's government had to the 2011 Fukushima tsunami and subsequent nuclear meltdown.
Shin showcases disaster horror perfectly.
"Watch Shin GOdzila" You want to give this girl PTSD or something!? That is a bad idea.
@@hudsonball4702 I mean, she might as well round off the top 3 GOAT Godzilla films noe that she's already got the top 2 out of the way 😅
@@hudsonball4702 she'll be fine
I hope 😥
I think it would be too slow for her. Many Godzilla fans find the intricacies of the story fascinating, but a lot of people just get the yawns waiting for something to happen. The time when he's on screen is amazing, but that's not enough for most people.
Didn't feel like a green screen movie. Real emotional plot that had more depth than any Marvel movie in the last few years. Hollywood could learn a lot from this film. Thanks for reacting!
I mean... of course it has more depth than a Marvel movie. That's an odd comparison. Especially considering there was an American Godzilla movie released at the same time as this movie. Use that as a comparison.
@@clarkmichaels822 any tentpole movie is a perfectly fine comparison to any other tentpole movie.
Thank you for your heart-felt reaction to a movie I saw and cried 6 times.
I am a Japanese, born at around the time Godzilla flattened Ginza in this movie. As a kid, I can recall how Tokyo was several years after the war, and so I have total respect for my parents' generation that took the country from that to civilization. And also to note that in wars, not all people of the nation is behind decisions of the government, so even today, I hesitate to criticize the people of a nation for what their government does.
I once read a book of "last letters written by Kamikaze pilots" before leaving on their final mission. Most of it was to thank his mother for bringing him up and also to apologize for having to leave her early.
What an amazing comment.. .I cry worse every time I watch it..just feeling all those heavy feelings, so human.. ❤
oh wow thank you for sharing, Im 39 in the US so young in comparison to what WW2 was going through (id hear stories from my grandparents, grandma was in Germany during the time, told me her whole block was bombed and her house luckily stayed up, Grandpa was Filipino from Honolulu , deff not the area to have an intermixed race couple.
i dont think i could read much of that book, id break down too much, i found it fascinating how this movie was able to use Kamikaze as a main arc, i could see many people being pressured to end their life for their country knowingly, this movie showed a great story with that, let alone being in a Godzilla movie. Been a G-Fan since i was 4 years old, people sometimes just think its a giant monster movie, but history shows much more of that, and the reason for Godzilla being invented back then.
This was the way Godzilla was meant to be portrayed. As a destructive force of nature.
The design of him and the look of the face was downright scary.
When they detonate that 2nd mine and you see the mouth area regenerate and then he stands up and looks right at them with all those teeth showing ... I would have lost my mind.
Hats off the the VFX team for creating quite possibly one of the scariest versions of Godzilla we've ever seen (Shin Godzilla is right there too).
Loved that this won the Oscar, they deserved it. A movie for the ages.
I agree. In this one and Shin Godzilla, it's a bit stiff, but I think it adds to the impression of this massive, monolithic creature that almost doesn't seem like a mortal being. Although the first state of it in Shin Godzilla is this wriggly, bizarre animal, gives body horror vibes.
I think he's scarier than Shin. Shin was a pitiable victim, in constant agony, mutating and half the time he couldn't control his own body. THIS Godzilla was just pure malice. When he killed you, there was no doubt it was intentional
Shin was more disturbing, especially in his first stage. "Minus one" mf is more "I'll f you up" scary.
I eventually liked SHIN but I wish they would has skipped the mall-store BEARS-R-US to pick up the googly-eyes. I liked the idea of a Modern Tokyo where Toho Studios never existed.
@@daniilashurov135 Like MINUS ONE coming into the bank, "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble-gum, and I'm all outta gum..." Where's Roddy Piper when ya need him?!!
Fun fact: Godzilla has always been able to regenerate. They don't touch on it in the other one you watched, cuz there isn't really time to in the story. The older movies always TALK about his regeneration ability, but they didn't have the movie technology to properly portray it. Here, you get a front row seat to it.
The single best Godzilla movie of the last 50 years. The combination of "puppet play" with CGI is insane..they managed to create the feeling of a 50s movie with the graphics of our time..and the actors are insanely good combined with masterfull storytelling..IN A GODZILLA MOVIE..they so deserved the Oscar for this, although I think the male lead should have gotten one too..his crying scene haunted every single one of us in the cinema..the cinema got dead silent and people were shocked as he..
My favorite since 1954's GOJIRA, in fact. Anyone think Raymond Burr's on-site reporting would have made MINUS ONE better? Naw... not me either. He needed to head back to Hollywood, bleach his hair out and murder his wife. Then apply for that opening in a TV courtroom drama.
The destruction in Ginza was so amazing. The way he ripped through the buildings with ferver and used the tail whip (not to mention his steps breaking the street and launching people). It was really amazing to see.....
For me, the best movie of 2023. A true work of art. It's incredible that Hollywood spends more than 100 million on making completely absurd Godzilla movies, and in Japan they created this legendary work with only 15 million. The story of the protagonist with Akiko and the girl is pure love, the redemption plot is epic, the setting is great... 10/10
Those "completely absurd godzilla" are good on their own, it is because they are not minus one
Hollywood likes cheap imitations for a quick buck from suckers.
@@jameskullu2413 The scripts for the Hollywood Godzilla are for 5 year olds, with no depth to any character, and the monsters look like rubber, the Godzilla scenes look like something from an old video game. Completely disastrous.
Honestly I think it's the best spectacle film of the 2020s decade and dare I say the 1st ¼ of 21st Century.
Very few films have ever made me cry. I saw this 3× in cinema + 1× Minus Color (best version), I ordered and now have the Godzilla Minus One Limited Collector's Edition from Toho Studios shipped from Japan:
• 4k Ultra BD
• BD
• BD Minus Color
• BD extras/making of
Almost everytime i see it, it makes my eyes discharge. That scream in black rain gets me, whst else can you do at that moment? If my lady was blown away by that and theres nothing you can do? Either scream like thar OR try to shimmy up his tail and back and run a katana in Godzilla's ocular cavities knowing you won't live past that day.
Also come on, best utility of a production budget of this Century.
@jameskullu2413 i don't necessarily agree with that. Its the tone of it, I much prefer Gōjira the destructor of Japan & Man VS Godzilla King Of The Monsters to save earth & people.
The Legendary movies, fights are fun but it's almost as bad as the English dubs of Shōwa era Godzilla films, not at all good writing. The Millie Bobby Brown character, oh lord she annoys me in those movies, and her Podcaster buddies.
• Gōjira (1954)
• Gōjira (1984)
• Shin Gōjira (2016)
• Godzilla Minus One (2023)
I'll give some love to Godzilla All Monstets Attack & Final Wars.
Godzilla 1998 is a true abomination
One of the amazing Godzilla movie ever! You see why it won Best Visual Effect reward at the academy.
Deserved more than the one oscar.
Easily the best Godzilla movie.
The only "monster movie" I think remotely compares on the emotional side is the Jessica Lange King Kong from the late 70's.
Every ship and plane you see in this film is historically accurate. Those destroyers and that cruiser did survive the war, all the film did was alter their final fates a bit. Interestingly, the destroyer they were on at the end was known to be lucky, as it and her crew survived many battles without suffering any casualties or meaningful damage--extremely rare for Japan in WWII. Ultimately, she ended up with the Chinese Navy and survived with the Nationalists in Taiwan until the 1970s and there was some debate about making her a museum. Ultimately, she was scrapped along with the others, but not before some of her relics were returned to Japan as a goodwill gesture.
I also loved how they recreated the salute they had done, this time to Godzilla.
@@zterrans To Koichi actually. He was their MVP in the climax. Finally redeemed himself and became a hero.
You do not salute a rabid dog after putting it down.
The notion that the US armed forces in 1948 were too overwhelmed by Soviet activities to intercept Godzilla definitely isn't, though. There were airfields and bases galore throughout Japan at that time which were hardly emptied for redeployment.
@@TheKain202 they are definitely saluting to Godzilla!
Godzilla was just not a "rabid dog", he's also a victim
@@Hendrikvandd at the time the USA was dealing with the Berlin Airlift and the consequences of the USSR's blockade of that city. This was also the year that the Iron Curtain began to slam shut hard. The USA was also having to deal with the slow collapse of the Nationalists in China, and was in the process of withdrawing their remaining occupation forces from the Chinese mainland. It is not a stretch to call them "busy", as there was a lot going on at that time.
At tonight's "Rifftrax Live" show, this was one of the pre-show title cards... "MOVIE MISTAKES: Believing a Godzilla movie will never make you cry."
This and Godzilla vs Destoroyah.
And King of the Monsters!
@@airo2theknee846 Really?
...was it Mothra?
Love that movie, they did the monsters such justice.
@@darkarpatron I'm thinking Serizawa's "Goodbye... ...old friend."
@@Alobo075 Ahhh, oh yes.
Valid.
The dinner table scene is seriously such a good scene. Love all the "uh, no, dude, you're married, y'all just didn't have a ceremony" facial expressions on everyone's faces.
Finally a reactor who actually watches the movie as they were intended in a dark room
Yeah, that bothers me, too, a lot of times. Awkard Ashleigh at least always does horror films in the dark, Kat Watches Horror has done a few fun reactions like watching "Jaws" at night outside floating in a lake. But I'm really happy that Cassie watched this one in the dark.
It's not a horror movie though, not even close. It's a drama.
@@Renoistic Totally. Godzilla is more like a supporting character here. It's a good balance though.
Film was meant to be seen in total darkness! Immersion!
Most movie reactors don't really have a setup made for capturing their face in a dark room
What a good movie this was. First Godzilla movie I’ve ever seen where I cared more about the human characters than I did about the monster.
The best Godzilla movie. It remembered to have a powerful human story in addition to a monster movie. I never thought I'd cry at a Godzilla movie...I did at this one. One of my favorite movies of last year.
Shin Godzilla is my favorite by a mile. But this one is impressive for the budget.
Not only did I cry, but both tears of sorrow AND of joy, which is truly exceptional
This is the only movie I can recall where both me and my equally cynical old friends all agreed that the happy ending was not only completely acceptable, but *earned* - and it made us all happy.
What a wonderful thing... from a *Godzilla* movie?!
Beautiful reaction. I knew you'd cry, I didn't think you'd cry that much.
This movie was fantastic. The amount of time it lets you sit with the main characters and see the recovery of Japan for a few years was a master stroke. You could almost forget it was a Godzilla movie for a while.
どうもありがとう🇯🇵
from Tokyo
Best description of Godzilla ever.. "Human hands.. a bowser face.. and the Devils eyes.."
she missed the THICH THIGHS :D
The line "This country has treated life so cheaply recently" - the writing is so good!
They did a wonderful commentary on how the war and what the government did affected it's citizens. You didn't need to see the US conquer them because it was so much more visceral to see the after-effects. People coming home from war to a flattened city with few survivors. Really drives home the horrors of war.
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I think the real strength of this film was how it tied the struggles of the characters to what Godzilla represents. They managed to make it a human story where Godzilla means something again thematically and is used to enhance the character journey.
Best Godzilla film since the original one I think
Godzilla Minus One is more of a "spiritual descendent" of the original 1954 Godzilla film. It's actually set in the 1940's which is before the original Godzilla was set. Several scenes are a clear call backs to the original, the two most obvious are when Godzilla picks up the train with his mouth and the radio announcer and photographers doing their jobs right up until they died at the hands of Godzilla.
Setting it just after the war helps to emphasize that with the Americans refusing to get involved due to the fear of escalating tensions with the Soviets that it is up to the Japanese people to save themselves. Under the surrender terms of 1945, the Japanese were not allowed any form of armed forces with the Japanese Self Defense only being formed in 1954, being allowed by the US at the time as it meant that Japan could take up more responsibility for its own defense, which up to that point had been the responsibility of the US.
Most of the events in the movie have historical context, with the mine clearances, the atomic bomb test and the Takao all having a basis in fact. Takao was sunk as a target ship in October 1946 (source National Museum of the US Navy) having been laid up in Singapore being deemed unrepairable after being damaged in attacks during WW2.
I love this movie and tear up every time I watch it. I would rate this as my favourite Godzilla movie hands down particularly due to it's focus on a small number of main characters and am waiting for it to become available for purchase in the UK. (Currently I can only watch it through Netflix on streaming here.). The fact that it was not allowed another run after it's Oscar success, (reportedly due to a deal that stated it could not compete with King Kong x Godzilla) is a travesty.
Something that I only picked up after multiple watches, (I saw this 3 times in the cinema) is that the main character is constantly being told to "live". The letter from his mother telling him to "come back alive, Noriko, and even Tachibana when showing him the ejection seat all emphasize this message.
So glad you enjoyed the movie. Shame I missed you reaction to the table headbutting bows when he is trying to find Tachibana.
@@MsOpportunity68 Yeah, I'm not a big fan of her editor.
It even uses the original Godzilla score.
@@philbattiste9649but it doesn't overuse it, which I adore. It saves it for just the right moments to really have that impact they had in the original.
This film is called Minus One because post World War II left Japan in ruins. They had to start all over again from ground Zero to rebuild. Then Godzilla shows up and wrecks even more havoc. Sending them from Zero to Minus One!! -OG
Incredible film! I read somewhere that Steven Spielberg said it was one of the greatest films he ever saw. So good that he watched it more than once.
The director met him and said it was like meeting God. You can tell he was inspired by Jaws.
The special FX in this film was mind blowing. It is by far, the greatest Godzilla movie ever made.
This movie instantly became one of my favorites and I’ve love enjoying the experiences of others watching it for the first time. This reaction is so far my favorite. I truly enjoy watching the same emotions that I felt watching this movie through another.
One of my fave movies of last year. Saw it 4 times in the theater, including IMAX and the Minus Color b&w version 🔥
Godzilla Minus One (2023) was made on a production budget of USD$10 million and earned USD$115 million worldwide. The film is the second highest grossing Japanese live-action film of all-time Godzilla Minus One won 64 awards from 127 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, 8 Japan Academy Prize honours and two honours at the equally prestigious 17th Asian Film Awards
"Come to think of it, this country has treated life far too cheaply."
Because life is a moment but reputation (honor) is eternal. At least as long as there's someone to remember it. I guess thats what they ar eall fighting for a future for everyone else.
@@takumi2023 Yes, lifes is a moment, that it never comes back, so it has to be honored and protected.
@@bondrafabaond i dont see how just because it's a moment that it should be protected. Celebrate the moment but not life. This is just my personal opinion, feel free to disagree. I'm trying to understand your point of view but am failing to see how protecting life will make it a moment. Just living life will produce those moments regardless if we protect them or not. Better yet, moments are born from struggle. I'm not saying we should enslave people or make living conditions difficult. We should definitely improve the QOL of everyone but in the grand scheme of things life is expendable.
This happens inevitably when politics/governments try to arrogate the field of morals to themselves. Self-sacrifice can only ever/has to be an individual choice. When you mandate it you empty it of all meaning that it could have had and turn it into a monster, a destroyer of all human values, and humane society. Governments and institutions setting themselves up as the arbiters of morality is the essence of fascism.
@@takumi2023Are you Japanese?
After 70 years they did the near impossible, made Godzilla scary again, and wrote the human characters well enough to carry the story on their own.
Godzilla was originally a dinosaur that lived in the deep sea about 140 million years ago. Repeated hydrogen bomb tests awoke him from his slumber, and he became a giant monster with the energy of hydrogen bombs harbored throughout his body, attacking humankind. That blue ray is radioactive energy. The power of the huge explosion and black rain depicted in the movie is the same as that of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In reality, too, it burned and crushed buildings and people in an instant, destroying everything. Humanity must never forget the horror of war and nuclear bombs. I believe that human life should be given the highest priority.
My dad has been a Godzilla fan since he was a kid in the 50's and they first started making them, I want to get a copy of this in the Black and White version and show it to him with the dubbed English audio, to see if I can convince him it's a long lost vintage film.
I love doing this type of stuff. My daughter who is 13, hates the music I listen to, of course, so I got that tracy chapman song fast car, used a pitch shifter for my voice, and at the beginning of the song, I say "ladies and gentlemen, Billie Eilish, and then added fake applause. She loved it and couldn't figure out why she couldn't find it on youtube. This was a little before the country version was done and I gave her a fake song title.
Black n white is just as good, if not slightly better.
If your dad is fooled by it being in black and white, completely ignoring the effects needed to make Godzilla look how he does, then I don't know what to say.
Except for health reasons, this film should be viewed with subtitles. The dubbing ruins the film.
It's on Netflix
This is a considerably more emotional movie than you would expect. I teared up many a times when watching this one!
Also, the allegory towards atomic weapons and their indiscriminate destruction is pretty clear in this one. Godzilla was always intended to portray the war trauma left in Japan, and I feel like this movie really hit a homerun with it.
The special effect team certainly deserved their Oscar and Speilberg praised them, especially for the rendering of the sea.
This is the first time I've ever made a point to catch a premiere episode. I really liked this movie and I'm looking forward to your take on it.
the thing on her neck in the hospital if you noticed it, she was affected with G- cells (Godzilla Cells) said the director of this film, so she become something more deadly than Godzilla in the future.
“It’s in her to survive”.
That and when they first show her in the hospital room a plant is placed behind her as if it's coming out of her head leads me to wonder if she will become Biollante.
Unlike most 'monster' movies, Godzilla in this movie represented all of the hate, destruction, misery, etc...that culminated due to WWI and WWII. The world had just gone through more than a decade of the horrors of war. And in this movie, Godzilla was the result of so much of the dark side of humanity.
His atomic/nuclear breath was a reflection of the device created to end the war against Japan, initially developed by Germany, and brought to grim realization by America. It's impact was inevitable, though devastating. The after effect still felt until this day.
'Godzilla Minus One' was showing us the horrors of humanity, and the struggles to move forward from devastation and loss.
GREAT MOVIE! GREAT REACTION!
Sobbing like a child over a Godzilla movie certainly wasn't on my 2023 bingo card, but here we are. Saw the movie over and over again in theaters and forced my whole family to watch it and my mom and dad both cried too. Oscar worthy. Beautiful. And when you realize that this movie was made on a budget of under 15mil and is still this high quality... shots were fired over Hollywood's bow with this one.
As for other Goji movies, you kind'a picked the high mark to start with so it's all down from here. You've seen the original, if you want to focus on the serious tone movies like Gojira and Minus 1 then Return of Godzilla (1984), Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah (2001), and Shin Godzilla (2016) are the only ones left that take themselves seriously to that degree. All the others are various levels of camp, which is still fun in it's own way, but will probably feel very odd after Gojira and Minus 1.
"it's all down from here" Why are we doing this man? I'm quite frankly tired of the whole "Minus One and films like it are the best and the rest stink" mantra.
@@FrostbiteDigital Well, I don't think the others all stink, I'm actually a huge fan of all brands of Goji films, and even defend the recent Godzilla X Kong movie (which is getting way too much flak I feel). But Minus 1 is a very high bar and is basically sans cheese. If she tries to watch, say, Godzilla vs Megalon after this, it's going to be a pretty big contrast, and I imagine for people not already on the Goji bandwagon it could be hard to make that transition into the cheesier Goji movies after watching something like this. If she's a little more selective and starts with say, Mothra vs Godzilla, or Godzilla Returns, or GMK, then she could maybe ease into the classics, but you probably wouldn't want to show a new fan coming off of Minus One something like Final Wars. The ridiculousness would likely be too much to handle.
The airplane at the end of the movie was an actual aircraft developed by Japan at the end of WW2 but never put into production beyond the prototype stage.
Shinden
Oh wow.
It could have made for some intense dogfights.
The Shinden.
The real Shinden is disassembled and stored at the Smithsonian. I hope they'll restore it.
@@robbob5302 It wasn't a dogfighter, it was designed to climb as fast as possible to try and intercept bombers. Maneuverability was not a priority.
Who would have thought a Godzilla film with its amazing $15 million dollar budget would make people cry.
There were a lot of emotional scenes throughout the film, but these two scenes hit me the most. The first one was Noda's response and tone to a subordinate who interpreted his statement to "go home and spend time with your family" as "be prepared" for your death. During the war, all the veterans in the room had seen their comrades in arms and friends receive tragic orders to go on a one way mission and in the end die in vain. Noda wanted everyone to understand this mission, although dangerous, was going to be different. They were armed with the right tools to maximize their chance to win and come home alive! It was not a suicide mission.
"Come to think of it this country has treated life far too cheaply. Poorly armored tanks. Poor supply chains resulting in half of all deaths from starvation and disease. Fighter planes built without ejection seats and finally, kamikaze and suicide attacks. That's why this time I'd take pride in a citizen led effort that sacrifices no lives at all! This next battle is not one waged to the death, but a battle to live for the future." - Kenji Noda
The second emotional scene was Akitsu, the Captain, and Noda refusing to let Mizushima, the Kid, to go with them on the mission. This one really hit me. As Pacific War veterans, Akitsu and Noda had seen too many deaths. Too many young men perished in vain. I felt this was their personal closure to the war by saving at least one young man. The whole dialogue was great too. It may not be exact, but this is what I remembered:
The Kid: Why won't you allow me to go with you?
The Captain: Kozo (kid)! Not having been to war........is something to be proud of. (Noda and Captain start walking away)
The Kid: Please. Take me with you. We've been a team for a long time. I want to defend my country! I beg you! Please, take me with you! Mr. Noda! Captain!
The Captain: (speaking softly) We leave you........THE FUTURE.
The soundtrack "Pride" was perfect.
It was more like $12 million. The director was an effects guy and knew how to get the most out of a small team. Every effects shot was carefully planned before filming and they got as much as they could "in the can" with practical sets. It's the same approach as the Lord of the Rings movies, which is why those still look a lot better than anything out of Disney Star Wars or Marvel lately. The recent Dune movies also took the same approach, everything was storyboarded and planned out very carefully and the effects people were on the set during filming to make sure everything was shot in a manner that would make it easy for the effects studio to do their jobs.
Modern Hollywood films cost $350 million apiece now because they don't even have a finished script before they start filming, they do no planning at all, and their attitude is "we'll fix it in post". They don't even know what the story is going to be until they start editing together whatever random coverage they got in front of green screens, then they rush a bunch of reshoots, sometimes more than once. The CGI artists get about two weeks before the film releases to rush together whatever last minute changes got made. It's an insane way to make movies, and the quality has plummeted because of it.
That was an estimate by reporters. The director has since confirmed it cost around $10 million. Which makes it even more incredible.
@@fakecubednot to mention i believe RLM made a joke but it's an appropriate joke: any given marvel film the VFX team is like the Vietnam Memorial Wall of names
Meanwhile G-1 VFX team was 34+1 Takashi Yamazaki who wrote, directed and headed VFX team. The sound in this movie is amazing, I saw it at Xscape in Louisville KY, 3 story tall screen and amazing Dolby Atmos sound system. I got the Limited Collector's Edition 4k Ultra BD+BD+BD -Color+BD Making of/extras boxset, I had to order it direct from Toho Studios in Japan with a 6 weeks timing for it to actually get here, I only have a 5.1 Dolby surround but that's still better than Stereo TV speakers, I feel bad for anyone not seeing this in a surround sound system. It's too good.
I've even seen preachers say this is the most pro-life, pro-family, pro-worker/soldier film seen in ages, and they're correct. Beautiful film, Takashi Yamazaki should have free reign to make what he wants.
the greatest godzilla film of all time
Up their with Shin and the Original
I love it too. Don't forget it wouldn't exist without 54.
agreed!
Godzilla vs Biollante is great too along with Godzilla 1985
Close for sure but not the best imo
Been watching Godzilla since early 70s, when I was a kid. Finally getting the respect he deserves!! 😃
$15 million to make this masterpiece. It's got good acting, good action, good story/writing, all done for a lower price tag than one episode of a Marvel series.
The director says the 15 million dollar budget is false. He said it was much lower.
The director said he hoped to get $15 million but only got around $10 million.
He did effects work on his off time at home to make due with the budget he had.
@@dougcrane8031 - America is really hard on its VFX people, too, and they have yet to be able to get a union in place.
Well, without Hollywood paychecks and actors they didn't have to pay millions for just the actors.
It looks low rent.
It's really a movie about survivor's guilt and how it can stop a person from truly living themselves.
I’m not afraid to admit that shikishima’s pain , self hatred and ultimate redemption makes me blub very time I watch this.
Godzilla was mutated by the radiation. his heart became a nuclear reactor while his body turned into a super cancer. so now he is in constant pain cause his heart is literally killing him from the inside, but he can't die due to the cancer "healing" him too quickly. this is why he will never forgive humanity.
He was the last of his kind before. He was already so alone. Now, he's in constant agony on top of it.
how did you find that out? do they explain that in other movies?
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Yes, it explains in some films, since I didn't see anyone commenting this... I would recommend continuing to watch Godzilla movies by the monster-verse movies, they are modern American adaptations of Godzilla and classic giant monsters.
They consist of 5 movies currently:
Godzilla "2014"
Kong: Skull Island
Godzilla: King of the Monsters "2019"
Godzilla vs. Kong
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
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Godzilla vs Destroya. Godzilla 2000 drives THAT point home with a vengeance. In my mind it is a sequel to Destroya which would….. eh.. watch it with that in mind. Which one had Godzilla and his son(like Akiko) hibernate… with the people leaving, saying something like they’ll finally be left alone?
My father, who fought in Korea and Vietnam, in his youth…. was very impacted by the beauty all around him, having grown up in the city. He questioned why humanity would ever choose to fight, destroying what he saw as paradise. “Why would we fight here?” I remember him telling me and my brother about being stationed on a plateau…. and the sky, filled with ice crystals would be often highlighted by rainbows… and how the beauty of the land seemed to defy the horrors of the war…. And even the jungles would fight both sides, with huge thorns, spiders, scorpions…. And how THAT seemed … right.
I’ve always taken that attitude with Godzilla… Kong, was killed…. Shot down from society’s pinnacle… Godzilla was kept alive to curb Humanity’s bloodlust and dismissive attitude towards nature.
Yes. When I was introduced to this movie by reactors, I was like "This is really good...." But because I only saw snippets from their videos, I wasn't completely sold. Then I watched it fully via iTunes: Wow!
I've seen just about every movie that won "Best Picture" from about the 1940s to present and lots of nominees.... But this movie, is in my top 20 of all-time favorites. It's so damn good. The story. The characters. The acting. It looks so damn good. And made completely on a budget of about 10 million dollars... Yes, TEN MILLION... And all the main actors are famous actors in Japan.
Fantastic movie. Trying not to watch it regularly to keep it special... So happy you enjoyed it.
Best modern Godzilla movie ❤. I grew up watching the old ones with my mom so Godzilla reminds me of that special time growing up. This one does it justice and just a beautiful film.
From a little boy in the 70s to now, Godzilla still my Monster 🙏💯👊
Me too!
Same here 🦖
I hear you, I grew up watching a lot of these movies in the UK on TV after school in the 70's.
Same. All the other kids in the playground pretended to be their favorite superheroes (Superman, Batman, Spiderman, etc.)...I wanted to be Godzilla.
The theme of the original Godzilla movie was to visualize the experience of the Japanese at the end of World War 2. This movie not only captures that but improves upon it. I suspect that this is the only Godzilla movie worth watching. If they make a sequel that will be the next worthwhile movie to watch about Godzilla.
What I love about the design on this Godzilla is how much pain it looks to be constantly in. Every time it fires it's ray, it's lays damage on Godzilla. It feels pain, which makes it get just more and more angry.
This movie wasn't a monster movie, it was a human movie.
It really is a great movie, and the fact it was done in such a low budget should be proof to Hollywood that a well written story beats out effects and the other nonsense that’s been going on.
Yeah, but nobody would care if big G wasn't in it.
Absolutely agreement!
I took my daughter who's never been into Godzilla to go see it, and she absolutely loved it. My son who's a 24 year old marine cried at the end. It is my favorite Godzilla movie of all time!
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Of all time.
It’s such a great movie, tense, emotional, tragic, scary, and it deals with survivor’s guilt, ptsd, shame, honour, duty, and a real David and Goliath story thrown in there for good measure, with some nods to Jaws and the original Godzilla movie too. It has a great pace, with great characters who we spend time with, so when Godzilla comes along, we actually care about what happens. This is a masterclass in storytelling, and it’s in Japanese.
My favorite part of the story is that so many people had a character arc. From the most obvious, Mr. Shikishima to the young guy, who became the hero with the tugboat team to Mr. Tachibana who was the reluctant mechanic hero. To Sumiko, who struck Mr. Shikishima twice, once at the beginning of the film in disgust and once at the end in relief that Sumiko, Koichi and Akiko would be a family.
This Godzilla film has the best story, with nods to the original and very human and very relatable characters.
I don’t know if you need to react to another Godzilla movie. This one sets the bar pretty high.
Godzilla Minus One is an extraordinary movie! Did you notice the “tattoo” on her neck at the end of movie? It was actually a piece of Godzilla.
Yeah I was wondering what that was, does that mean she's absorbed some Godzilla's powers???
@@gavinlisk2292 Radiation sickness most likely. Death should follow in a few months.
@@gavinlisk2292 Not sure. Hopefully the next movie shows us!
Some people speculate that she got affected by Godzilla's radiation, and got his regenerative powers allowing her to recover or she'd died.
I'll take anything as long as that 3-some family returns in GODZILLA MINUS 0.5. Isn't that the next one? -1... -0.5... -0.25... -0.10... Will they do the Antelope Freeway thing? "Antelope Freeway - one-half mile... Antelope Freeway, one quarter mile... Antelope Freeway, one eighth mile... Antelope Freeway, one sixteenth mile... Antelope Freeway, one thirty-second mile..." etc. Yeah, too Firesign Theater for most, these days.
That Shinden plane was actually a real design. Only two prototypes were built, and it was close to the end of the war, so no more were produced. The replica built for the movie was put in a Japanese museum
I didn't know they put the movie prop in a Japanese museum, thank you for that! And yes, it was a remarkable design for the time.
Said this before but I told people who asked "This film is about post WW2 Japan trying to rebuild itself and trying to come to terms with all the destruction the war caused. Its also got an amazing love story and redemption arc built in around shame and losing the war...Oh and godzilla is in it"
godzilla is literally the mc's physical manifestation of his survivors guilt and ptsd. there wasn't a mistake in the writing to make him a kamakaze pilot who chickened out. this was a man who was called on to die for a pointless cause. but when he chickened out, and even the mechanic patted him on the back for doing the right thing, godzilla shows up immediately to kill everyone else. giving the mc a physical demonstration of the lives possibly lost by failing to die earlier. to drive the symbolism home directly he chickens out a second time by not shooting at godzilla. and action we all know is pointless and would have resulting in his death. still the mc got to watch other people die in his place as a result. he comes home and is imediately confronted by a civilian, a neighbor who's children all died in the firebombing of tokyo, who blames "cowards like him" for the deaths of the civilians on the home front, and the MC then finds out, after hearing the accusation that him and people like him are responsible for her childrens... and yes.. parent's deaths, it then starts to sink in... it flashes to his parents letter wishing him to survive the war, and he's breaking down because he survived... for what? a ruined city and a lot of people dead and somehow he was still alive.
it's not a surprise godzilla isn't defeated by a pointless kamakaze attack, but only when the mc wants to live for akiko and is willing to die for her, that the mechanic proclaims he's finally ready to do his duty. then shows him the ejection seat. he had the propper mindset of a warrior, of someone willing to do what was needed. and not pointlessly sacrifice himself in the madness of war.
and litterally by killing godzilla he could finally bury his ptsd and his survivors guilt, the guilt of being a coward. and live again with akiko and noriko.
I've never seen anyone cry in a Godzilla movie before.
My favorite Godzilla movie! It’s the first one where I was invested in the human characters. I sure hope it gets a sequel!
24:30 The fact that this relatively low budget version of a Godzilla movie can get that emotional response out of you speaks volumes for the talents of everyone involved. I can guarantee you won't feel the same feels with the modern movies, as enjoyable as they may be.
So glad you saw this and loved it, and so did I when I first saw it in the theater! All I'm gonna say now is, welcome to the G-man fan base🤝lol! This movie really pulled out the emotions, I mean you can't help but be in awe when you see Godzilla go on a rampage, but you can't help but feel for the human characters, something that most Godzilla films kinda lack in! Like I said before, see you shed tears Cassie, whether sadness or joy, brings warm feelings to my heart and one of the many qualities I like about you lol! Anyway, yes, definitely watch more Godzilla films in the future! Start with the Heisei films from Godzilla 1985 to Godzilla vs Destroyah, that series actually ties in with the OG 1954 in terms of continuity! Then eventually get around to the Monsterverse from Godzilla 2014 to now with Godzilla x Kong The New Empire lol! Besides, you haven't worn my 70th anniversary shirt yet🥺lol😂 However, save that shirt for when you watch my favorite of the Monsterverse, Godzilla - King of the Monsters (2019) trust me it will be fitting! Great reaction Cassie as always, you (and Carly) are the best, can't wait for you to react to more in the future including King Kong lol! Have a great evening, love and support, and God bless you and the family! Hail to the King👑🦖🥰😇🙏😁😉👍✌🌹
I think she would be little less frightened of MonsterVerse Goji since he's, more or less, a good boi in those movies.
I just watched this movie last night and it might be the best movie I've ever seen. Great reaction to a great movie.
As a pretty much lifelong Godzilla fan, it was an incredible feeling to see it win its award.
I dont usually care about them, but it was great to see it get positive recognition here.
When his sobs turn into a scream of pure rage and hate at Godzilla...chills, every time.
Loss after a war lost. Is chaotic madness.
This movies touches on so many points of how the after effects of a war can still have shockwaves of destruction.
And for the Japanese iteration of Godzilla. He was the manifested identity of chaos driven destruction in a physical form. That’s why this version is absolutely insanity. They true scare that Godzilla was originally meant to be.
I watched this last night! If you had told me that a Godzilla movie would make me cry, I would have said you were nuts. But here we are.
Great reaction Cassie. You were making me emotional.
"Godzilla Minus One" is an excellent remake with great character development. There are several incarnations of Godzilla and this one reflects the original. I prefer Godzilla like this - his original concept as a radioactive force of nature with atomic breath.
There's a great fan based monologue about Godzilla's motivations to destroy ... "I was the last of my kind, and you turned me into the first. That is why I punish you ... because I never though I could be made more alone."
*SOME FYI:*
-- Noriko survived because she was infected with Godzilla Cells [G-Cells] (the black mark on her neck) which gave her some of his regenerative power.
-- Godzilla has an internal controllable swim bladder for buoyancy, plus his natural buoyant "thick thighs", plus his paddling power of legs and tail makes him "appear to stand waist deep in water" even when he is in deep water.
-- There are several incarnations of Godzilla. He ranges from being a force of nature to an Anti-Hero to a "protective buddy" of humanity.
Such a brilliant film. I am an old guy and have been watching Godzilla films for 55+ years... This is by far my favorite. I do prefer it in Black & White myself.
When Noriko says “Is your war…..over yet?” it breaks me every time. This was easily the best movie of 2023 for me. I’m so happy you were able to finally see it and enjoy it.
I watched this for the third time in eight months last week. And even so, I was still hyperventilating with emotional excitement when he was running up the stairs at the end
Took my entire family (w37, d21, s12,s10) to see this on my birthday. They all walked out blown away on how good it was and we were all in tears at several scenes
i am so sorry, it kicked me off the end of the premiere i’m so sorry i missed a few of those last chat replies!!
No problem' just as long we get to see some more of the original Godzilla films in the future, I won't list them all but here are some of the sequels I hope we get to see along with a few tie in films to the original series as well which are:
1.Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
2.Rodan (1956) This is a tie in film
3.Mothra (1961) This is a tie in film
4.King Kong vs Godzilla (1962)
5.Mothra vs Godzilla (1964)
6.Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster (1964)
7.Invasion Of The Astro Monster (1965)
Shin Godzilla is also really good. Very different style of Godzilla movie storytelling from Minus One, but really good.
@@benanderson6390it's Nippon Kaigi garbage
Glad you liked this one Cassie. I just saw it about a month ago on Netflix. What I loeved was how Godzilla was defeated by ordinary people, not some military organization. This was no doubt intended to be a metaphor for the resliience of the Japanese people after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And Godzill was actually scary in this film. This film takes him back to his roots as a walking metaphor for the atomic bomb. Now, you need to react to "Oppenheimer".
I've seen most of the Godzilla films, and this one is the most terrifying version of Godzilla, and treats the creature as the absolute force of nature it should be.
This is also one of the few Godzilla movies that actually made me care about the humans. Outside of the amazing performances from the main actors, the crew of the Shinsei Maru were incredible. I love that they were really just bros that loved hanging out with each other, and how mad they'd all get at Koichi for not marrying Noriko and making a family with her and Akiko.
I believe if you were to remove the Godzilla aspect from the movie entirely and just expand this as a movie about the PTSD of a "failed" kamikaze pilot trying to adjust to civilian/family life and also dealing with the shame (both internal and societal) of not performing his duties as a kamikaze pilot, this would still be an amazing movie. But adding in some of the best Godzilla scenes ever put to film makes this even better.
Lifelong Godzilla fan and I never thought I would love the human story more than the typical monster movie tropes. The happy ending was the icing on the cake because it’s just nice to have a happy ending to a movie!
The original music in this movie was phenomenal
14:40 The Takao was a real Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser in WWII, that had, IIRC, 8 inch main guns. To put that in perspective, that ship would expect to go up against similar ships that would carry around 8 inches of steel armor plating and be able to PENETRATE that with her main guns.
And Godzilla made pretty short work of her.
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And this is a comparatively weak incarnation of Godzilla.
Well.. at least Takao gaved a very convincing last middle finger before their inevitable defeat at 17:55
@@kimniceIKR? The very DEFINITION of point-blank. I loved that sequence, well-conceived, and executed with panache and verisimilitude by the filmmakers. Big thumbs-up from me.
@@HendrikvanddGood point.
I tood my dad, two brothers, and my sister to this movie during the Christmas holiday. My brothers were emotional and my sister was in tears at the end. Such a great movie.
Great reaction, loved it! Can't wait for more reactions to Godzilla in the future! Really hope to see you wear the 70th Anniversary shirt I got you, save it for Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019) lol! Love and support, you're the best, God bless, and Hail to the King🥰😇🙏😁😉✌👍🌹🦖👑
Thank you!! Yes I hear I have a lot to cover!!
Please enjoy the best Godzilla movie ever, and the best movie of 2023. If you have an option, watch the one in black & white.
I recently saw this in full myself, and have seen nearly all of them. Godzilla minus 1 is as close to the original intention of what they wanted for the original Godzilla.
This is the best Godzilla film ever made. Great reaction PIB! 👍🏿
I am a HUGE Godzilla fan since I was a kid and I have to say, this is the best Godzilla film I've ever seen!
Easily the greatest Godzilla movie EVER made.
I really like that they released a decolourised version of this film as well. Watching it in black and white really does seem to suit the time period it’s set in, the melancholy mood of the film, and helps sell the vfx more. But whether it’s in colour or not, still a great bit of storytelling and an effective monster movie.
This was one of the better Godzilla movies I’ve ever watched- just loved the emotional element they put into it
An incredible movie and story. The people story there was actually even more interesting than Godzilla himself. But when Godzilla was on the screen he was horrifically scary! Well done.
Usually, one could care less about the humans in a kaiju film, but this movie actually managed to put together the perfect blend of human element with good old fashion kaiju, city stomping action
And having plenty of emotional tear jerking moments
You're gonna love this Cassie!
I am trying to think of something to write here. But you said it all!
50ish years as a Godzilla fan and this was by far the best iteration of the Classic Godzilla yet. Still, my favrit will always be "Sone of Godzilla/ All monsters attack" for nostalgia reasons.
39:50 I always like how the Japanese show respect to their foe, even Godzilla. Excellent movie!
Godzilla Minus One won Visual Effects at the 96th Oscars, becoming the first film in the franchise to be nominated for an Oscars. The first Japanese film to be nominated in that category. Yamazaki the first director since Stanley Kubrick was nominated for 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1969
One thing you missed was the mark on Noriko's neck. It was confirmed in an interview with the Director of the movie that it was G-cells and not a bruise or radiation. G-cells or Godzilla cells are what allowed Noriko to survive the attack on Ginza. I don't know how she ended up with G-cells in her body nor do I remember if it was mentioned in the interview. But without Godzilla having the regeneration he does you wouldn't have gotten the happy ending you loved. As to watching more of the Godzilla movies I say yes, you might even enjoy them.
Godzilla Minus One is the best Godilla movie Ive ever seen, nothing is like it.. it should have won way more awards than it did, I thought it was the best movie of the year and should have gotten the Oscar. Shin Godzilla is the next best Godzilla movie. The Godzilla Kong/Monsterverse movies are quite different, they're more fun, popcorn watching movies which I guess matches your channel name. Think you'll enjoy those too. Enjoyed your reaction, you get it.