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@ReelRejects "Explanation for Godzilla’s 5th form from that last shot of the movie". As Godzilla evolves and grows stronger, its very blood threatens to mutate everything around and take on a life of its own. This can be seen in what's referred to as Shin Godzilla 5th Form, which isn't quite as distinct as the other forms. After a dormant Godzilla is force-fed a coagulant, he's frozen alive, making him much easier for the military to deal with. Even in this state, however, he continues to evolve into an even more harrowing form. On the back of Shin Godzilla's tail, a mass of skeletal humanoids are seen rising and evolving from the creature. Given that Shin Godzilla's tail had a head with a human jaw on it, this suggests that the monster may have eventually become more human to adapt to its environment. Thus, Shin Godzilla 6th Form may have been the deadliest state yet, as it would be able to easily lurk among humanity and infect others.
Hey pathetic loser how about watch Shin Godzilla movie with English Dub its much better just like all Godzilla Toho movies could be watched with English-Dub.
‼️Terrible reaction‼️ they spend more time talking about any nonsense or making fun of the movies to which they are supposedly "reacting" 😒 even by the standards of a reaction they go too far and the worst thing is that they are not comments that contribute something to the reaction, to the On the contrary, it only hinders her and because of that, many times they don't know the reason for various things that happen in the movies (what makes it more ridiculous is that all the "reactions" they have on their channel are like this) 👎
Godzilla is actually portrayed as a victim as well in this film. Godzilla is stated to be an ancient aquatic fish, who fed on the dumping of radioactive elements and turned into what he is because of it. However he also was born from tragedy, the scientist who originally discovered and researched him lost his wife to radiation sickness, the same elements that created Godzilla. Godzilla in his original form before he turned into a beast was just a fish who wanted to survive. In the forms of the movie, he still is just trying to do that. The radiation in his body has created him, however it is also shown to cause him immense pain. In his first form, he is literally spewing out very hot blood from his gills. The way he even moves on land and on the shore even shows desperation. It's not implied that Godzilla can control how he evolves, so its a reasonable assumption that the reason why he came out from the water is because he was forced to because of his body changing. Godzilla is a victim of the waste dumped by mankind, he is just a creature who turned into what he is because it just wanted to survive and now in result suffers immense pain because of it. Godzilla literally is forced to cool down because his blood is literally burning him up from the inside. When Godzilla uses atomic breath the lyrics of the song express the pain and confusion he is feeling "If I die in this world Who will know something of me? I am lost, no one knows There's no trace of my yearning" "I wear a void Not even hope A downward slope Is all I see" (he is a creature, who just wanted to live. Now because of that basic desire his body is litterally causing him immense pain. His body forced him to go on land something he never was used to, where he is seen only as a threat, when he’s just yearning to live. Godzilla could also be accepting that he is in a situation where his life is being threatened and he very well could die, hence why he only sees a downward slope) Then in contrast there is a masculine singer who sings at the same time “But I must carry on. Nothing worse can befall. All my fears, all my tears, tell my heart there’s a hole." "as long as breath comes from my mouth I may yet stand the slightest chance a shaft of light is all I need Is all I see to cease the darkness killing me" (In contrast he also is expressing that he must carry on and the situation he is now in, is already the worst it can be. As long as he is alive, he must continue even if its a slight chance of survival. Staying alive is the only hope he has that could possibly maybe stop the immense pain he is going through.) This movie was breath of fresh air and a return to form for the people who were immense fans of the orginal film. As director Ishirō Honda who made the orginal Godzilla 1954 said beautifully "Monsters are tragic beings. They're born too tall, too strong, too heavy, they're not evil by choice. That is their tragedy."
If you’re wondering how Godzillas feeling through the movie, he’s feeling something along the lines of “I’m scared and I don’t want to die”. You can tell by listening to the lyrics of the song that plays when he first uses the atomic breath
@@atlas3556I’m probably gonna sound like a nerd, but the female voice represents his true emotions, they show that Godzilla is sad that he can’t fit in anywhere and is scared of the fact he is only seen as a threat when all he is trying to do is live. The line “Who will know something of me” is saying that he is scared that if he dies no one will know the suffering he is going through. The male voice on the other hand is him acknowledging that he has to destroy the things trying to kill him if he wants to continue living
What's fascinating is that, the English version "Who will know" had a Japanese version "Furusato". English is telling Godzilla pov, while the Japanese is the humans pov seeing all the destruction.
@@DraconianSG Nah not a nerd lol I believe you're correct as IIRC it was confirmed officially that the song played during the first Atomic Breath was in-fact sung from the point of view of Godzilla. I believe the reason Godzilla here is shown with red flesh showing and the profuse blood, his body is constantly evolving and adapting whether he (Godzilla) likes it or not. So he's constantly in pain and the more elements he's introduced to (like the bombs) the more his body forcefully adapts. So the female voice could be seen/heard more as Godzillas thoughts/feelings while the male vocal is his body doing what it must to keep from dying.
I love how realistic this movie is. The average person would try to get video of Godzilla. The political parts are realistic as well, with nobody knowing exactly which department should be in control. It actually shows what would actually happen if this did happen for real.
@@jneumy566 Yea, that was very much the point of the whole film. Using Godzilla to show how slow and ineffectual the Japanese Bureaucracy was at dealing with anything unexpected. In the wake of Fukishima.
We've seen action-oriented Godzilla movies with the marines, hovercrafts, jets and mechs. This one is interesting because we get to see the POV of the people behind the scene who deals with logistics and corporate meetings 😂
@@mixplit9071 I think the shot there is less at democratic bureaucracy in general (which does move slowly, but with consideration; rapid, ill-considered responses can make bad situations much worse) than the fact that the Fukushima disaster was "unexpected". It's a nuke plant in a known tsunami zone. Even without the fact that TEPCO ignored 30 years of warnings from US nuclear experts that keeping the emergency generators for a nuclear reactor in a basement in a tsunami zone was a bad idea (who could have known?), arguably making Fukushima a worse example of negligence and lack of accountability than Chernobyl (Chernobyl got some people convicted; nobody has faced legal penalties for Fukushima, nor ever will), it's pretty obvious that there should have been plans in place.
Fun facts: - During the last Godzilla sequence, Toho had to reach out to every single building's owner to receive permission to "destroy" their buildings. All of them accepted, and some were even ecstatic (one apparently said, YES please have Godzilla destroy our building). (Source: audio commentary with production assistant Yoko Higuchi) - Select shots of the movie were shot on Canon DSLRs and iPhones. Some of the iPhone shots were filmed by co-director Hideaki Anno himself. - They originally built an animatronic of Godzilla to use for VFX shots, but they abandoned the idea and went with motion-captured CGI. - A lot of the original score by Shiro Sagisu reused music from Hideaki Anno's previous work (also scored by Sagisu), Neon Genesis Evangelion. The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. - Anno didn't want the movie mixed for surround sound, but he was not allowed to make it mono so he compromised for 3.1 audio. They also originally re-mixed the original Godzilla theme in stereo, but Anno insisted on using the mono mixes. - The movie has the largest credited cast of any Japanese movie, totalling 328 actors and 4660 extras.
I love that instead of making these inherently unrealistic monsters realistic, it throws the unrealistic into a real world, forcing them to try and fight a beast whose very existence goes against all known science.
It's not entirely unrealistic though. It's certainly far more rooted in science than the Legendary Monsterverse Godzilla. The whole thing about coagulants, isotope half lifes and its body being powered by fission because regular chemical physiology and metabolism alone would not even come close to providing enough energy for such a creature to even move around with its level of mobility, let alone the fantastical stuff like atomic breath.
@mnomadvfx are you sure? Aircraft carrier energy production is done from two fairly small reactors and and can power a carrier for over 50 years with no refueling, though they do get a refueling and overhaul after 25 years. I think maybe the unrealistic part or strange part is that his skin was both impenetrable but also flexible. Sure, we could have scales that slide in and out from under each other wrapped over muscle, but that wasn't what it looked like. It looked more like solid rock with a lot of holes melted through it. *shrug*
If you're wondering what that was the scene, Godzilla was about evolve by creating human size Godzilla creatures but it was frozen before the worst could happen.
godzilla didnt want to create them, he cant control evolution, as gooddoggo3547 said: Godzilla is actually portrayed as a victim as well in this film. Godzilla is stated to be an ancient aquatic fish, who fed on the dumping of radioactive elements and turned into what he is because of it. However he also was born from tragedy, the scientist who originally discovered and researched him lost his wife to radiation sickness, the same elements that created Godzilla. Godzilla in his original form before he turned into a beast was just a fish who wanted to survive. In the forms of the movie, he still is just trying to do that. The radiation in his body has created him, however it is also shown to cause him immense pain. In his first form, he is literally spewing out very hot blood from his gills. The way he even moves on land and on the shore even shows desperation. It's not implied that Godzilla can control how he evolves, so its a reasonable assumption that the reason why he came out from the water is because he was forced to because of his body changing. Godzilla is a victim of the waste dumped by mankind, he is just a creature who turned into what he is because it just wanted to survive and now in result suffers immense pain because of it. Godzilla literally is forced to cool down because his blood is literally burning him up from the inside. When Godzilla uses atomic breath the lyrics of the song express the pain and confusion he is feeling "If I die in this world Who will know something of me? I am lost, no one knows There's no trace of my yearning" "I wear a void Not even hope A downward slope Is all I see" (he is a creature, who just wanted to live. Now because of that basic desire his body is litterally causing him immense pain. His body forced him to go on land something he never was used to, where he is seen only as a threat, when he’s just yearning to live. Godzilla could also be accepting that he is in a situation where his life is being threatened and he very well could die, hence why he only sees a downward slope) Then in contrast there is a masculine singer who sings at the same time “But I must carry on. Nothing worse can befall. All my fears, all my tears, tell my heart there’s a hole." "as long as breath comes from my mouth I may yet stand the slightest chance a shaft of light is all I need Is all I see to cease the darkness killing me" (In contrast he also is expressing that he must carry on and the situation he is now in, is already the worst it can be. As long as he is alive, he must continue even if its a slight chance of survival. Staying alive is the only hope he has that could possibly maybe stop the immense pain he is going through.) This movie was breath of fresh air and a return to form for the people who were immense fans of the orginal film. As director Ishirō Honda who made the orginal Godzilla 1954 said beautifully "Monsters are tragic beings. They're born too tall, too strong, too heavy, they're not evil by choice. That is their tragedy."
I wonder if the word "ultimate" works here, as it usually describes a newer best version of a thing... an ultimate thing is also like the divine incarnation of that concept.
The 'Shin' in the title is a way for the director to separate his thing from the rest, as it became some sort of a trilogy now. In this context, the word translates to 'True', as the trilogy is all about reimagining iconic Japanese icons back into what their original ideas were when they were first made. For example, the original Gojira film in the 1950s was inspired by the atomic bombings, Shin Godzilla was inspired by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and the government's failure to take action. It took the base idea of consequences of the human race and turn it into a living and breathing creature.
Fun fact for the rejects: Hideaki Anno is the genius behind this movie and was the creator for Neon Genesis Evangelion and would later do Shin Kamen Rider and then Shin Ultraman
The whole idea of this version of Godzilla was already terrifying, but when I saw that last scene it truly made me feel fear. Just imagine how much worse it would've been if we had highly intelligent, always evolving, dangerously radioactive humanoid Godzillas, just their existence would be a threat to all life in the planet.
The plan for the sequel was to actually make that the plot. Godzilla would then evolve into a lovecraftian land mass full of humanoid godzillas and other "Shin" Godzillas in various states of evolution. But it never came to fruition despite its success both in Japan and overseas...
@@SophiaSanders61true, the sequel was never planned or considered. But one guy did make a script for it just cuz the movie was a smash hit. But nobody consideredit.
They are basically the 'God Warriors' from Miyazaki's Nausica of the Valley of the Wind. The director of this film actually worked on Nausicaa as one of the animators.
@@markrogers6601 There never were any plans for a sequel and this was very quickly confirmed by both director and Toho very shortly after the western release of the movie, I would know because I bought the movie as soon as they were being sold in the States and checked to find anything about a sequel considering the cliffhanger-ish ending we got
Toho chose Not to do a Sequel cause they want to make a World of Godzilla Cinematic Universe showing Godzilla and other Classic Toho Kaiju and it would take inspiration from MCU with each movie having a Post-Credit scene to tease the next movie.
this is definitely one of the better godzilla movies, especially since you can tell there was some real passion behind this one. just like the original godzilla represented the fallout of the dropping of the atomic bombs during WW2, shin godzilla represents the destruction caused by the 2011 fukushima nuclear disaster and the 2011 earthquake that shook japan to its core. its been a while since godzilla stood for something palpable that people actually experienced themselves and could wholeheartedly relate to. having that factor present in this movie again, makes it that much more powerful.
@@Kevmaster2000 Not really. Seems like you missed the point. Although some of those other Godzilla vs [insert kaiju] films were good, they're nothing like what the Godzilla/Gojira originally meant to be. I guess reading comprehension is a lil bit hard for you.
I'm sure it's been mentioned, but this movie was made as commentary on the Japanese government's response to the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, directly parodying the bureaucratic hand-sitting that made the entire disaster exponentially worse. It's no surprise this film won Japan's equivalent of the Oscar for Best Picture. Still my favorite of the series if for no other reason how terrifyingly real it all feels, not to mention the horrifying implications of the monster itself. Hideaki Anno's Shin trilogy is truly a sight to behold.
The theme of Godzilla feeding on nuclear energy came from Godzilla 1984. Its honestly an underrated Godzilla movie that did a lot to further the mythos. Its a solid movie with suprisingly great effects.
it seem many littlke details from other movies were taken to build shin goji the tail splitting into little bleings and the freezing remind me of godzilla vs destroyah
The tail shot at the end before credits was showing that he was transforming again, his 5th form was going to be thousands of humanoid versions of itself. It was originally written to have two more forms afterwards and the last one being a true transcended god of destruction that destroys all life. Hence the name "Shin" which means "True" his name translating to "True God Incarnate". The wristers instead changed the ending to be earlier with this more grim ending of how much worse it would have gotten before he got stopped.
I so badly wanted them to do a sequel of the "Xenomorph" Godzillas that were coming out of the tail. Would've been a great sci-fi horror of hunting them down in the slightly rebuilt city. Could've even had an Alpha that could've reached T-Rex size to emphasize the race against time with growth.
There are documents out there that detailed what would've happened in the cancelled sequel. It ends with Godzilla evolving into pretty much something that destroys the earth, or something like that.
'Shin' can be translated to 'new' or 'true'. In Japanese entertainment media, the prefix 'Shin' usually added to an existing franchise to depict the new version or the edgier iteration of said franchise, e.g. Shin Godzilla, Shin Kamen Rider, Shin Ultraman, etc- all featuring the cooler or scarier or more mature approach to the concept.
I like to Shin prefixed to these movies would come off cheese to Japanese audiences just like our subtitles come off as cheese on our movies... I.e. Shin Godzilla would read like Godzilla: The Evolution.
A little context that may be helpful: Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno directed this 2016 film as a parallel to the 2011 earthquake & tsunami, as well as the Fukushima nuclear disaster. A lot of frustration from Anno at Japan’s bureaucracy, empathy for the civilians who died, and pride in his people’s resilience and ingenuity. Shin Godzilla won Japan’s version of their Best Picture Academy Award.
@@AndrewCheshireYeah, and don't forget the Acid Blood Projectile Vomit scene 🤢🤮... It's just gross! It's like Godzilla's first attempt to do atomic breath in his younger form
I love how unique this Godzilla was with its ongoing mutations and everything. So interesting to learn from the production that they wanted to do more with the horror aspect and make Godzilla into something really messed up 😮😂😅
I never thought Shin would be beat out, but after seeing Minus One yesterday I can now confidently call Shin Godzilla the SECOND best Godzilla of all time. Toho upped their game even further with Minus One
When you compare shin godzilla to godzilla king of the monsters, you really get a great picture of the difference in attitudes towards nuclear weapons in the US, the country that invented them, and Japan, the only country to ever have been hit by them. In king of the monsters, a nuke is used to heal godzilla and even acts as a power up, giving godzilla the strength needed to take down ghidora. In shin godzilla, the idea of using a nuke is met with absolute horror, and they risk a completely bonkers plan of knocking godzilla over and force feeding him coolant because they'd rather risk that hail mary than ever let another nuclear weapon be detonated on Japanese soil
My thought on the humanoid bodies on the tail is that Godzilla adapts to the threats it's currently facing. It was going to be defeated so to adaptat for that situation it was like an evacuation attempt. Like Godzilla's main body was a sinking carrier and the humanoid bodies were helicopters trying to escape to save something.
This movie was a very well done and biting satire of Japanese government bureaucracy in the face of catastrophe, namely what happened in the 2011 earthquake tsunami and resulting reactor meltdown. But it's also very hopeful in its satire. It is saying that the future of the country is to dismantle these rigid out of touch structures and look towards the young, marginalised, forgotten and ignored for the future.
12:05 That’s actually pretty realistic. The Japanese military can not act in aggression according to the treaty stipulations of WWII. That’s why it’s called the Japanese Defense Force.
King of The Monsters, I know it's not the best but the soundtrack, the kaiju moments, the CGI. everything feels like a hug to this guy who grew up with Godzilla.(second is G14)
I remember reading some comment which explained that all of its forms represented the progressiono of the dominant life form, so an aguatic form, an amphibian form, a dino form and finally a human form.
There's a certain sense of tragedy to watching how the old government handles the whole situation. The quote from Yaguchi about "Wishful thinking and armchair theories by the old Imperial Army in the last war led to 3 million Japanese lives lost. Beware of unfounded optimism" is such a hard hitting line, because that really is how the government is handling the situation. They're a bunch of cowards patting themselves on the back, all while nothing is actually done to stop Godzilla while it's still weak enough to be damaged.
The best thing about Godzilla in this movie is that the whole model is CGI, but it was still given the motion capture and the people responsible for bringing it to life put practical effects on it. They effectively made a CGI model look like a practical effect... and it worked.
I know Godzilla Minus One is out...I absolutely love that movie, that being said Shin Godzilla still takes top spot just slightly for me..because it has such a biting social commentary on japanese government handling of a natural disaster and state emergency .such as the handling of the tohoku incident..it feels pretty realistic..Also, the stylisitc and creative cinematography, one of the few times I wish I knew Japanese or use the english dub to appreciate it..
also have to say that the dialogue/discussion in this movie is much more eeply compelling as they watch this disaster unfold and try to grapple with what to do about it...they said that the Godzilla in, "Minus Zero" is the most terrifying version of Godzilla put to film...i disagree...i think Shin Godzilla is much more horrifying and destructive in this movie, imho...
My first ToHo Godzilla movie I seen in theaters and it was amazing. Such a great reimagining to Goji and a great way to bring him into the modern day especially the fact that this is a inspiration to the 311 tsunami/earthquake. 34:34 aside from the prime minister getting killed in the helicopter the body count is low
I don't know if is addressed later, but the movie was a critique of how Japan acted during the tsunami and the nuclear power plant disaster, doing meetings around meetings and doing nothing while all everything was happening, at the same time the movie shows how different they do things to american movies, here is not the disruptor hero but the people that work together using the system
I liked the movie when i first watched it in 2018, but watching it in the post pandemic world gives me a lot of new found appreciation to its political satire and its now one of my favourite monster movies
Theres a bunch of things i love about this film including the small details, like the deserted boat which leads them to finding godzilla says Glory Maru which is a reference to the OG Godzilla film where the Maru ship is investigated where godzilla is found. Also when we see Shin Godzilla's form for the first time a boat he pushes out the way is labelled The Alpha
My favourite part of the whole movie are the train bombs. Trains are essential to Japan’s infrastructure and history, so having the trains be the ones to actually knock Godzilla down is basically like the country itself has done this feat.
I like this godzilla the most because the director of this the creator of EVA anime. He knows how to capture a sense of dread and godzilla becoming a unstoppable force. If they didn't stop him on time not just the universe but the whole existence would be in danger. The most Favorite ost on this movie was that song "if i die, no one knows"
I love that unlike the American counterpart where the sotry follow one person or a small group, this movie shows the collective effort of entire country and its political system. You typically see one person hailed as the protagonist, but the protagonist of this mobie was Japan as a whole working together.
Like how the original Godzilla was a metaphor for the nuclear bombs launched in Japan, Shin Godzilla is a metaphor for the tsunami that destroyed the Fukushima power plant, and this movie is a critic to the government's reaction to the incedent, wich left nuclear waste and other radioactive materials in the sea
The thing I like about this movie is that it follows the same element that Pacific Rim has. it has a good camera angle that can detail a very good shot. The physics despite being fictious Toho manages to make it look like Godzilla is a walking statue, and most of all, the texture of his designs, the studio manages to make it blend in with the element of the camera. And that's what made it sell a very eerie mood.
I saw this movie during its second week of release in Tokyo. It was an amazing experience. At the end of the film no one moved as the credits showed footage of actual victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki while the 1954 soundtrack played. It was spiritual and surreal at the same time.
Americans really embarrassed themselves by not going to see this film showing their bias against Japanese culture, Then went Gaga over the Chinese owned/legendary Gvs K...
legit!! i had a dream about you guys reacting to shin godzilla JUST last night (except greg was there too haha) and then i wake up to this notification? crazy crazy :) hope you two had a wonderful thanksgiving btw
Those humanoids coming out of Godzilla’s tail was going to be his 5th form. They were originally going to go ham on the “infinitely evolving” idea, and Godzilla was first going to grow Godzilla people out of himself to fight against the humans. Then, Godzilla himself would become almost human, and he would have also evolved his abilities so far beyond what they were before that Godzilla would have essentially become a literal god. Godzilla would have quite literally become “God incarnate”.
I’m Japanese, so I am very interested in the reactions of English-speaking people.I enjoyed your reactions very much🎉 I'm a little concerned about this, since all the characters in this movie are national public servants, many phrases and expressions are used that would never be used in daily life, The dialogue is very formal, but I wonder if such nuances are expressed in English?
I think it came across fine with the help of the visuals. The snappy cuts, the job titles of the characters and fast paced dialogues really sold it as some sort of an official brainstorming session.
I only speak basic Japanese, so I don't understand most of the political dialog in this film, but it's interesting to hear the different levels of respect/humility between the characters. As for English, we do have different different levels of formality, just not as rigidly defined as 敬語 is in Japanese. This includes addressing strangers/superiors as Sir/Madam, and using phrases like "I wish to express my sincere gratitude." in place of casual phrases like "Thanks a lot!" Formal speech is usually reserved for written/business correspondence, but can also be used verbally. Hope this helps!
this is my favourite Godzilla movie, the original is a classic but this is a great modern adaptation and does a great job showing how it would be handled realistically if such a creature existed
I remember watching the early-access premiere of this movie back in 2016. It was such an amazing yet horrifying movie. Speaking of Godzilla: Minus One, I got back from seeing it as an early-access viewer a few hours ago. It was so cool! I can't wait to see what you guys think of it.
I’d love if you all could react to Godzilla Minus One, there’s been a lot of content from you guys with the Monarch series and now shin, Minus One should be a fun watch!
So the ending is even more horrifying than you might think because originally the idea was that Godzilla will continue to evolve and that's what the ending implies. But they already made concept art of it where there's a giant humanoid version of Godzilla that can make clones of himself, and will continue to evolve and slowly go to hate humanity dude it's painful existence. It's final evolution is literally a Eldritch god and a literal planet-sized Godzilla that can create clones of itself
Holly SHIT this film was such a pleasant surprise. I don’t think I loved Godzilla this much since playing Godzilla destroy all monsters for the xbox. The horrific and visceral nature of his mutations, not to mention Godzilla himself being the same. The fish eyes, the pale skin, his movement. All based on because he came from the ocean first but then adapted, (closed his eyes like a shark does when he used atomic breath) if you really think about it our big boy is just in a constant state of pain with how much his body changes to adapt to his environment. Fun fact there was a deleted scene from this movie that insinuated that Godzillas body can go under fragmentation.☠️🤯 groooosss but amazing looking stuff!!
love this movie. cant wait to see Godzilla -1! I'd love to hear you guys talk about the stuff that didn't make it into the movie and just how expansive the story is! Godzilla is my favorite franchise (thanks to my dad) always happy to see new Godzilla content. Thx for doing a reaction!!
I can't help but feel apprehensive about them joking and laughing at all the destruction though. Felt like it was them laughing and making light of the 2009 Tsunami and the Fukushima incident this movie was meant to reflect.
Godzilla was continuing to evolve and each time it evolves it adapts to what it needs to survive like doomsday. By the end, Godzilla determined the thing it needed to adapt to the most to survive was human beings. So, that’s what those humanoid creatures were; Godzilla turning into a human like entity and to multiply. If that evolution had completed, it was game over for humanity. That’s why this movie was called Shin Godzilla. Shin or short for Shinto means God. In other words, much how God created us in his image Godzilla was recreating himself from ours to be the new god.
You guys completely in shock on how the movie is jumping from one situation to another... We, Evangelion fans used to Hideaki Anno's directing habits: - Yeah... same old, same old - 😂😂😂
Although extremely love-hate within the Godzilla fandom, Shin is my favorite G-Film ever made. Got to see it in theaters when they had the limited US release and I’ve been blown away ever since. For TOHO to switch up formula so crazily is awe inspiring to me. But something tells me Minus One this Friday will take my top spot 🔥🙌🏼
I love that Godzilla can fit into manny different genres. The first being horror to this being a political movie. Shin Godzilla shows how incompetent the Japanese Gov is when responding to crisis/natural disasters. Also the names of the songs used in this movie are wild. One is literally called Persecution of The Masses.
I find this movie to be one of the best Godzilla films there is. It's realistic and truly feels like it puts the world at stake. Plus the way it brings back to possibility of bombing Japan once again is so tragic and tense, it makes you question the humanity of America for wanting to even do such a thing. It really begs the question: Would you destroy your country to save the world?
i saw somewhere that there was a concept art of its fifth form which involves its shedding its whole skin from the fourth form and what emerged was a almost tranquil godly humanoid feminine appearance of a godly being. Almost motherly some say that it might be mother nature herself trying to take back what was hers and destroy humanity. and what i liked about this is it is constantly in pain forcing hundreds of years of evolution into such a little time span i almost feel sympathetic towards it. There was also another form of its 5th form which involves binary fission where he’ll break off and create another godzilla or split into two.
Shin Godzilla is a satire movie that criticize the incompetence of the Japanese government when dealing with disaster like the 2011 Tohoku earthquake & tsunami that resulted in the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In this movie, key players of the "old guard" of the Japanese government got eradicated by Godzilla and it's up to the younger & more open-minded generation to defend Japan from Godzilla before the USA had to nuke Japan again. That's the hopeful message of the movie. Hope that the newer generation can do (much) better than the older generation by learning from past mistakes of their predecessors.
I think it’s been confirmed that everytime this Godzilla roars, it’s in pain. People often say this is the saddest Godzilla and many have sympathy for him. The science and evolution of this creature is horrifying and almost worse but his evolution was halted at the perfect time or else humanity would have been toast as his next form is multiple copies of I’m not mistaken
@jer988 Short answer: Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider Long answer: Basically, Anno helmed a sort of revival/reimagining project for 3 popular tokusatsu franchises: Godzilla, Ultraman, and Kamen Rider. Each film is simply titled with "Shin + the franchises name" (e.g., Shin Godzilla, Shin Ultraman, etc.). You could also argue that, while not a tokusatsu series, the 4th and last entry in the Evangelion Rebuild anime films is included as it is 1) an Anno production that uses Shin in the title (for the Japanese release) and 2) is part of a larger marketing collab project called Shin Japan Heroes Universe which includes these 4 franchises.
Ya so the ending pretty much is "Godzilla was being defeated by a community, thus to overcome this he must *become a community."* Which is low-key terrifying!
This is my favorite G film, Reject dudes. I saw it at the theater (in PA) limited release that year, saw it with my friend Eric, a huge G fan. He said he felt (with all the subtitles) that he just got out of a class LOL! Eric died the next year at age 48, wish we could both go see the new G Minus film together but I'll have to see it alone.
So, as much as I'd love to see your reaction to it, you should definitely check out Godzilla Minus One in theaters! Very different from Shin, but an incredible movie!
Ever since Minus One and Monarch came out, so many are finding Shin, the most terrifying version because of that ending. What could be in a story is frightening
40:00 hell they would have lost the universe in this movie. Because there was stuff that was supposed to have been in the sequel that was canceled for this movie that Godzilla would have kept on evolving and changing and multiplying till eventually expanded to the size of a universe and life started again inside of Godzilla. It was crazy out there idea. They have a book that goes in the detail about it somewhat and interviews talking about it if I remember right. But yeah the sequel would have been wild
The humanoids departing from his tail was his next form. There are several after that which will blow your mind. They just didn't have the time to include them I'm the film. Terrifying to put it mildy.
People give the Godzilla movies a lot of shit for being corny and cheesy cause most people found them like 30-40 years after they came out. But they're super legit, I grew up on them and it wasn't till my 20s they released dvds with the sub/dub versions on them and they're totally different edits! It's not just voice work on a bunch of them. Some like Godzilla vs The Thing (first Godzilla vs Mothra) are legit TOTALLY different movies/vibes going from the sub to dub. The dubs are treated like a hokey monster movie and the subs have much more plot and deeper storytelling.
I was just watching this the other day and couldn't find any good reactions to it. Guess I found what I was looking for. Also, for anyone wondering, the ending hints at some cut content. Shin Godzilla can keep evolving, and to combat humanity it was going to evolve into a race of humanoid Godzillas...
So Fun Fact: This Godzilla is in constant Agony. Funner Fact: When he uses his atomic breath for the very first time, it wasn't a weapon. It was a vomit, a reflex to vent heat. Then he realised he could defend himself with it... Hence it turning from a flame into a beam of plasma.
“Shin” translates to English as either “New” or “True” depending on context. This is essentially supposed to be a return to the tone of the original 54 film, as opposed to what Godzilla would later become, so it’s a return to the “True Godzilla”.
Love Shin Godzilla you can tell that they are using music from the 1st Godzilla movie. Speaking of the 1st Godzilla movie it was called Gojira and Raymond Burr was not in it hr was added to the dubbed version. I was surprised to to the original and how different it was without Raymond Burr.
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"Explanation for Godzilla’s 5th form from that last shot of the movie".
As Godzilla evolves and grows stronger, its very blood threatens to mutate everything around and take on a life of its own. This can be seen in what's referred to as Shin Godzilla 5th Form, which isn't quite as distinct as the other forms. After a dormant Godzilla is force-fed a coagulant, he's frozen alive, making him much easier for the military to deal with. Even in this state, however, he continues to evolve into an even more harrowing form. On the back of Shin Godzilla's tail, a mass of skeletal humanoids are seen rising and evolving from the creature. Given that Shin Godzilla's tail had a head with a human jaw on it, this suggests that the monster may have eventually become more human to adapt to its environment. Thus, Shin Godzilla 6th Form may have been the deadliest state yet, as it would be able to easily lurk among humanity and infect others.
Easily the best film since the original
Hey pathetic loser how about watch Shin Godzilla movie with English Dub its much better just like all Godzilla Toho movies could be watched with English-Dub.
‼️Terrible reaction‼️ they spend more time talking about any nonsense or making fun of the movies to which they are supposedly "reacting" 😒 even by the standards of a reaction they go too far and the worst thing is that they are not comments that contribute something to the reaction, to the On the contrary, it only hinders her and because of that, many times they don't know the reason for various things that happen in the movies (what makes it more ridiculous is that all the "reactions" they have on their channel are like this) 👎
Proves they are Not Godzilla/Kaiju Fans.@@Misaki_Mei504
Godzilla is actually portrayed as a victim as well in this film. Godzilla is stated to be an ancient aquatic fish, who fed on the dumping of radioactive elements and turned into what he is because of it. However he also was born from tragedy, the scientist who originally discovered and researched him lost his wife to radiation sickness, the same elements that created Godzilla. Godzilla in his original form before he turned into a beast was just a fish who wanted to survive. In the forms of the movie, he still is just trying to do that. The radiation in his body has created him, however it is also shown to cause him immense pain. In his first form, he is literally spewing out very hot blood from his gills. The way he even moves on land and on the shore even shows desperation. It's not implied that Godzilla can control how he evolves, so its a reasonable assumption that the reason why he came out from the water is because he was forced to because of his body changing. Godzilla is a victim of the waste dumped by mankind, he is just a creature who turned into what he is because it just wanted to survive and now in result suffers immense pain because of it. Godzilla literally is forced to cool down because his blood is literally burning him up from the inside. When Godzilla uses atomic breath the lyrics of the song express the pain and confusion he is feeling
"If I die in this world
Who will know something of me?
I am lost, no one knows
There's no trace of my yearning"
"I wear a void
Not even hope
A downward slope
Is all I see"
(he is a creature, who just wanted to live. Now because of that basic desire his body is litterally causing him immense pain. His body forced him to go on land something he never was used to, where he is seen only as a threat, when he’s just yearning to live. Godzilla could also be accepting that he is in a situation where his life is being threatened and he very well could die, hence why he only sees a downward slope)
Then in contrast there is a masculine singer who sings at the same time
“But I must carry on.
Nothing worse can befall.
All my fears, all my tears, tell my heart there’s a hole."
"as long as breath comes from my mouth
I may yet stand the slightest chance
a shaft of light is all I need
Is all I see to cease the darkness killing me"
(In contrast he also is expressing that he must carry on and the situation he is now in, is already the worst it can be. As long as he is alive, he must continue even if its a slight chance of survival. Staying alive is the only hope he has that could possibly maybe stop the immense pain he is going through.)
This movie was breath of fresh air and a return to form for the people who were immense fans of the orginal film. As director Ishirō Honda who made the orginal Godzilla 1954 said beautifully
"Monsters are tragic beings. They're born too tall, too strong, too heavy, they're not evil by choice. That is their tragedy."
Beautifully said
@@nicksmyth4050 thanks! Lmao I wasn’t expecting anyone to read this actually what a pleasant surprise
This was the only godzilla movie I really liked
@@gooddoggo3547I agree with nick, beautiful words
thank you@@cinemasurge1851
If you’re wondering how Godzillas feeling through the movie, he’s feeling something along the lines of “I’m scared and I don’t want to die”. You can tell by listening to the lyrics of the song that plays when he first uses the atomic breath
Hes always in agonising pain constantly
He WANTS to die. But his body fights to go on. The main singer is his mind, while the bass is his body
@@atlas3556I’m probably gonna sound like a nerd, but the female voice represents his true emotions, they show that Godzilla is sad that he can’t fit in anywhere and is scared of the fact he is only seen as a threat when all he is trying to do is live. The line “Who will know something of me” is saying that he is scared that if he dies no one will know the suffering he is going through. The male voice on the other hand is him acknowledging that he has to destroy the things trying to kill him if he wants to continue living
What's fascinating is that, the English version "Who will know" had a Japanese version "Furusato". English is telling Godzilla pov, while the Japanese is the humans pov seeing all the destruction.
@@DraconianSG Nah not a nerd lol I believe you're correct as IIRC it was confirmed officially that the song played during the first Atomic Breath was in-fact sung from the point of view of Godzilla.
I believe the reason Godzilla here is shown with red flesh showing and the profuse blood, his body is constantly evolving and adapting whether he (Godzilla) likes it or not. So he's constantly in pain and the more elements he's introduced to (like the bombs) the more his body forcefully adapts.
So the female voice could be seen/heard more as Godzillas thoughts/feelings while the male vocal is his body doing what it must to keep from dying.
I love how realistic this movie is. The average person would try to get video of Godzilla. The political parts are realistic as well, with nobody knowing exactly which department should be in control. It actually shows what would actually happen if this did happen for real.
Agreed
And it was a shot at the Japanese government's response to the Fukishima disaster and the earthquake and tsunamis that caused it
@@jneumy566 Yea, that was very much the point of the whole film. Using Godzilla to show how slow and ineffectual the Japanese Bureaucracy was at dealing with anything unexpected. In the wake of Fukishima.
We've seen action-oriented Godzilla movies with the marines, hovercrafts, jets and mechs. This one is interesting because we get to see the POV of the people behind the scene who deals with logistics and corporate meetings 😂
@@mixplit9071 I think the shot there is less at democratic bureaucracy in general (which does move slowly, but with consideration; rapid, ill-considered responses can make bad situations much worse) than the fact that the Fukushima disaster was "unexpected". It's a nuke plant in a known tsunami zone. Even without the fact that TEPCO ignored 30 years of warnings from US nuclear experts that keeping the emergency generators for a nuclear reactor in a basement in a tsunami zone was a bad idea (who could have known?), arguably making Fukushima a worse example of negligence and lack of accountability than Chernobyl (Chernobyl got some people convicted; nobody has faced legal penalties for Fukushima, nor ever will), it's pretty obvious that there should have been plans in place.
Fun facts:
- During the last Godzilla sequence, Toho had to reach out to every single building's owner to receive permission to "destroy" their buildings. All of them accepted, and some were even ecstatic (one apparently said, YES please have Godzilla destroy our building). (Source: audio commentary with production assistant Yoko Higuchi)
- Select shots of the movie were shot on Canon DSLRs and iPhones. Some of the iPhone shots were filmed by co-director Hideaki Anno himself.
- They originally built an animatronic of Godzilla to use for VFX shots, but they abandoned the idea and went with motion-captured CGI.
- A lot of the original score by Shiro Sagisu reused music from Hideaki Anno's previous work (also scored by Sagisu), Neon Genesis Evangelion. The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
- Anno didn't want the movie mixed for surround sound, but he was not allowed to make it mono so he compromised for 3.1 audio. They also originally re-mixed the original Godzilla theme in stereo, but Anno insisted on using the mono mixes.
- The movie has the largest credited cast of any Japanese movie, totalling 328 actors and 4660 extras.
Honestly…it probably WOULD be some sort of honor to have Godzilla destroy your building
@@WorldWeave I know if I had a building Big G could wreck in a movie I would be like "Wait, I don't have to pay you for this honor?!"
I would love for Godzilla to destroy my home too 😂
I love that instead of making these inherently unrealistic monsters realistic, it throws the unrealistic into a real world, forcing them to try and fight a beast whose very existence goes against all known science.
It's not entirely unrealistic though.
It's certainly far more rooted in science than the Legendary Monsterverse Godzilla.
The whole thing about coagulants, isotope half lifes and its body being powered by fission because regular chemical physiology and metabolism alone would not even come close to providing enough energy for such a creature to even move around with its level of mobility, let alone the fantastical stuff like atomic breath.
@@mnomadvfx不是裂變 而是聚變 牠是核聚變 不需要像傳奇的泰坦以吸收輻射為食物
而是牠-哥吉拉 本身就是一座活著的生物核聚變爐 攝取空氣與水 進行超小規模的聚變 並且得以製造出新的同位素形
藉由這些核反應產生的同位素 讓身軀的細胞組織進行非常迅速駭人的進化跟成長 同時代謝掉不需要的細胞組織 所以內部處於半崩潰的狀態 是因為哥吉拉牠需要隨時進化與變異 並且讓內部處於非常高的高溫狀態下
其變異進化的速度只能用讚嘆 由電影中的第二型態轉向第三型態時的過渡時期 我們清楚看的是如何由鰓呼吸轉向成肺呼吸 同時由爬行轉成完全直立的進化
在短短的幾分鐘內
達到正常自然界的生物進化由水生動物成為水陸兩棲 爬行至直立需要上億年時間的結果
在遭受了來自空中的攻擊後 迅速進化發展出精準的生物雷達與背部的熱線 並且於沉睡恢復能量期間還作到自主防禦的防空圈的精準命中射擊 同時讓尾部也能發射熱線
人類作戰方面以大量的無人載具進行從早上到下五近乎八小時以上的無人機波狀攻擊消耗戰 總算使能量消耗殆盡後 灌下凝血劑使其破壞冷卻機制 哥吉拉為了避免自己熱死強制停止核聚變反應呈凍結狀態 同時並未死亡 並且...尾部末端上停下了自主進化分裂到一半的繁殖體出來...
最後劇情尾部有提到：我們必須與哥吉拉共存了
這才是日本的現實寫照 我們懼怕著核能帶來的危害同時 也清楚核能帶來的益處
人類文明建立於不可獲缺的電力所推動的一切產業與公共設施 醫療傳播媒體等等一切 可以說已經發展與開發的國家都依賴著電力推動下的發展
當中又以核能發電為龐大且穩定長久的電力來源 當然不慎重看待電廠的安全與管理造成的疏失而引爆的災害 也是極為高昂的代價
日本人在懼怕擔憂的同時 又不得不仰賴依託著核能發電帶來的供給下去看待著現實發生的災難後的悔恨與批判政府與廠商 但又得需要新的核電廠維持國家的電力需求了
@mnomadvfx are you sure? Aircraft carrier energy production is done from two fairly small reactors and and can power a carrier for over 50 years with no refueling, though they do get a refueling and overhaul after 25 years. I think maybe the unrealistic part or strange part is that his skin was both impenetrable but also flexible. Sure, we could have scales that slide in and out from under each other wrapped over muscle, but that wasn't what it looked like. It looked more like solid rock with a lot of holes melted through it.
*shrug*
@@mnomadvfx更正你一點 不是核裂變 而是核聚變 單單只需要吸入空氣與水 就能進行超小規模的核聚變以產生新的同位元素
並且用來組成分子與構築身體組織
同時進行非常快速的代謝 達成進化與補強身體能力不足的短處外
更還有極為強大的自我分裂增生與繁殖
缺點就是極強的放射性元素卻有非常短的衰退時間 同時進化過程會產生極高的內部溫度
人類就是利用這點灌注凝血藥劑 逼迫16哥吉拉強行停止聚變反應 進入自我凍結的休眠期
If you're wondering what that was the scene, Godzilla was about evolve by creating human size Godzilla creatures but it was frozen before the worst could happen.
Like cell jrs. Lol.
Fun fact…. The anthropomorphic evolved version is inspired by evangeleon
@@margaretbushits the same guy that creat evangelion
I really want to see the next evolution💀 but then theres no way to beat It
godzilla didnt want to create them, he cant control evolution, as gooddoggo3547 said:
Godzilla is actually portrayed as a victim as well in this film. Godzilla is stated to be an ancient aquatic fish, who fed on the dumping of radioactive elements and turned into what he is because of it. However he also was born from tragedy, the scientist who originally discovered and researched him lost his wife to radiation sickness, the same elements that created Godzilla. Godzilla in his original form before he turned into a beast was just a fish who wanted to survive. In the forms of the movie, he still is just trying to do that. The radiation in his body has created him, however it is also shown to cause him immense pain. In his first form, he is literally spewing out very hot blood from his gills. The way he even moves on land and on the shore even shows desperation. It's not implied that Godzilla can control how he evolves, so its a reasonable assumption that the reason why he came out from the water is because he was forced to because of his body changing. Godzilla is a victim of the waste dumped by mankind, he is just a creature who turned into what he is because it just wanted to survive and now in result suffers immense pain because of it. Godzilla literally is forced to cool down because his blood is literally burning him up from the inside. When Godzilla uses atomic breath the lyrics of the song express the pain and confusion he is feeling
"If I die in this world
Who will know something of me?
I am lost, no one knows
There's no trace of my yearning"
"I wear a void
Not even hope
A downward slope
Is all I see"
(he is a creature, who just wanted to live. Now because of that basic desire his body is litterally causing him immense pain. His body forced him to go on land something he never was used to, where he is seen only as a threat, when he’s just yearning to live. Godzilla could also be accepting that he is in a situation where his life is being threatened and he very well could die, hence why he only sees a downward slope)
Then in contrast there is a masculine singer who sings at the same time
“But I must carry on.
Nothing worse can befall.
All my fears, all my tears, tell my heart there’s a hole."
"as long as breath comes from my mouth
I may yet stand the slightest chance
a shaft of light is all I need
Is all I see to cease the darkness killing me"
(In contrast he also is expressing that he must carry on and the situation he is now in, is already the worst it can be. As long as he is alive, he must continue even if its a slight chance of survival. Staying alive is the only hope he has that could possibly maybe stop the immense pain he is going through.)
This movie was breath of fresh air and a return to form for the people who were immense fans of the orginal film. As director Ishirō Honda who made the orginal Godzilla 1954 said beautifully
"Monsters are tragic beings. They're born too tall, too strong, too heavy, they're not evil by choice. That is their tragedy."
"Shin" means three possible things in japanese: new (新), true(真), or God (神).
Each of the meaning fits the movie.
I wonder if the word "ultimate" works here, as it usually describes a newer best version of a thing... an ultimate thing is also like the divine incarnation of that concept.
@@ravissary79 it could be, not a literal translation, but given the possible meanings, I think it fits well.
The 'Shin' in the title is a way for the director to separate his thing from the rest, as it became some sort of a trilogy now. In this context, the word translates to 'True', as the trilogy is all about reimagining iconic Japanese icons back into what their original ideas were when they were first made.
For example, the original Gojira film in the 1950s was inspired by the atomic bombings, Shin Godzilla was inspired by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and the government's failure to take action. It took the base idea of consequences of the human race and turn it into a living and breathing creature.
There's a forth meaning being Death.
@@1eyeddevil929 Death (死) is pronounced as "shi" though?
Fun fact for the rejects: Hideaki Anno is the genius behind this movie and was the creator for Neon Genesis Evangelion and would later do Shin Kamen Rider and then Shin Ultraman
I already knew when I watched it, but when THAT evangelion track started with the percussions I was smirking "oooh my God Anno, you did it again!" xD
That’s why I heard the evangelion ost when there was a meeting in the movie
What are those Shin movies about
@@anthonysalinas-candelero9978It's basically a reboot of some sort for the first Kamen Rider and Ultraman
The whole idea of this version of Godzilla was already terrifying, but when I saw that last scene it truly made me feel fear. Just imagine how much worse it would've been if we had highly intelligent, always evolving, dangerously radioactive humanoid Godzillas, just their existence would be a threat to all life in the planet.
The plan for the sequel was to actually make that the plot. Godzilla would then evolve into a lovecraftian land mass full of humanoid godzillas and other "Shin" Godzillas in various states of evolution.
But it never came to fruition despite its success both in Japan and overseas...
@@markrogers6601
I've only ever heard that Anno and his collaborators never had plans for a sequel or anything of that nature.
@@SophiaSanders61true, the sequel was never planned or considered. But one guy did make a script for it just cuz the movie was a smash hit. But nobody consideredit.
They are basically the 'God Warriors' from Miyazaki's Nausica of the Valley of the Wind.
The director of this film actually worked on Nausicaa as one of the animators.
@@markrogers6601 There never were any plans for a sequel and this was very quickly confirmed by both director and Toho very shortly after the western release of the movie, I would know because I bought the movie as soon as they were being sold in the States and checked to find anything about a sequel considering the cliffhanger-ish ending we got
I REALLY wish we got a sequel and saw what was evolving out of the tail. This movie was top tier.
Personally, the only way a sequel for Shin Godzilla to work is if the humans lose and Shin evolves to his 10th form and becomes the Universe.
no sequel, but there is a follow up, Godzilla Minus iirc
Toho chose Not to do a Sequel cause they want to make a World of Godzilla Cinematic Universe showing Godzilla and other Classic Toho Kaiju and it would take inspiration from MCU with each movie having a Post-Credit scene to tease the next movie.
You should go for Shin Ultraman, written by the director of Shin Godzilla.
I have both Shin Ultraman and Shin Godzilla on DVD for I prefer watching them in English Dub Language. @@KaspersDomain
this is definitely one of the better godzilla movies, especially since you can tell there was some real passion behind this one. just like the original godzilla represented the fallout of the dropping of the atomic bombs during WW2, shin godzilla represents the destruction caused by the 2011 fukushima nuclear disaster and the 2011 earthquake that shook japan to its core. its been a while since godzilla stood for something palpable that people actually experienced themselves and could wholeheartedly relate to. having that factor present in this movie again, makes it that much more powerful.
One of the better Godzilla movies? There’s almost 40 of these things. There are better.
@@Kevmaster2000 Not really. Seems like you missed the point. Although some of those other Godzilla vs [insert kaiju] films were good, they're nothing like what the Godzilla/Gojira originally meant to be. I guess reading comprehension is a lil bit hard for you.
@@Kevmaster2000no
@@Kevmaster2000Thus, "ONE of the better".
@@Kevmaster2000Is reading hard for you, bro?
I'm sure it's been mentioned, but this movie was made as commentary on the Japanese government's response to the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, directly parodying the bureaucratic hand-sitting that made the entire disaster exponentially worse. It's no surprise this film won Japan's equivalent of the Oscar for Best Picture. Still my favorite of the series if for no other reason how terrifyingly real it all feels, not to mention the horrifying implications of the monster itself. Hideaki Anno's Shin trilogy is truly a sight to behold.
The theme of Godzilla feeding on nuclear energy came from Godzilla 1984. Its honestly an underrated Godzilla movie that did a lot to further the mythos. Its a solid movie with suprisingly great effects.
And one of the best scores in the godzilla series not having Ifukube.
@@AndrewRedskin seconded
it seem many littlke details from other movies were taken to build shin goji
the tail splitting into little bleings and the freezing remind me of godzilla vs destroyah
The tail shot at the end before credits was showing that he was transforming again, his 5th form was going to be thousands of humanoid versions of itself. It was originally written to have two more forms afterwards and the last one being a true transcended god of destruction that destroys all life. Hence the name "Shin" which means "True" his name translating to "True God Incarnate". The wristers instead changed the ending to be earlier with this more grim ending of how much worse it would have gotten before he got stopped.
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The atomic breath scene was literally godzilla going “You know what, alright, fuck you”
I so badly wanted them to do a sequel of the "Xenomorph" Godzillas that were coming out of the tail. Would've been a great sci-fi horror of hunting them down in the slightly rebuilt city. Could've even had an Alpha that could've reached T-Rex size to emphasize the race against time with growth.
There are documents out there that detailed what would've happened in the cancelled sequel. It ends with Godzilla evolving into pretty much something that destroys the earth, or something like that.
@@KaspersDomain its more like godzilla becomes the embodiment of the universe itself
'Shin' can be translated to 'new' or 'true'. In Japanese entertainment media, the prefix 'Shin' usually added to an existing franchise to depict the new version or the edgier iteration of said franchise, e.g. Shin Godzilla, Shin Kamen Rider, Shin Ultraman, etc- all featuring the cooler or scarier or more mature approach to the concept.
Shin can also be translated as God aswell
I like to Shin prefixed to these movies would come off cheese to Japanese audiences just like our subtitles come off as cheese on our movies...
I.e. Shin Godzilla would read like Godzilla: The Evolution.
A little context that may be helpful: Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno directed this 2016 film as a parallel to the 2011 earthquake & tsunami, as well as the Fukushima nuclear disaster. A lot of frustration from Anno at Japan’s bureaucracy, empathy for the civilians who died, and pride in his people’s resilience and ingenuity. Shin Godzilla won Japan’s version of their Best Picture Academy Award.
Ever since I saw that design, boom nightmares. The soulless eyes, the almost flesh like body. This movie is just incredible!
Check out the deleted scene where eyes and teeth are growing on the pieces of him that got bombed off. 😳
@@AndrewCheshireYeah, and don't forget the Acid Blood Projectile Vomit scene 🤢🤮... It's just gross! It's like Godzilla's first attempt to do atomic breath in his younger form
@@carlosquall15am I the only one who isn't grossed out by the blood and flesh?
I love how unique this Godzilla was with its ongoing mutations and everything. So interesting to learn from the production that they wanted to do more with the horror aspect and make Godzilla into something really messed up 😮😂😅
I never thought Shin would be beat out, but after seeing Minus One yesterday I can now confidently call Shin Godzilla the SECOND best Godzilla of all time. Toho upped their game even further with Minus One
Gojira, Shin Godzilla, and Godzilla Minus One should be considered the cerberus' films of horrors. 😱
When you compare shin godzilla to godzilla king of the monsters, you really get a great picture of the difference in attitudes towards nuclear weapons in the US, the country that invented them, and Japan, the only country to ever have been hit by them. In king of the monsters, a nuke is used to heal godzilla and even acts as a power up, giving godzilla the strength needed to take down ghidora. In shin godzilla, the idea of using a nuke is met with absolute horror, and they risk a completely bonkers plan of knocking godzilla over and force feeding him coolant because they'd rather risk that hail mary than ever let another nuclear weapon be detonated on Japanese soil
One of my fave Godzilla movies! He's just way more terrifying and dangerous here.
My thought on the humanoid bodies on the tail is that Godzilla adapts to the threats it's currently facing. It was going to be defeated so to adaptat for that situation it was like an evacuation attempt. Like Godzilla's main body was a sinking carrier and the humanoid bodies were helicopters trying to escape to save something.
love this movie SO much, the horror, the evangelion music the Misato archetype
This movie was a very well done and biting satire of Japanese government bureaucracy in the face of catastrophe, namely what happened in the 2011 earthquake tsunami and resulting reactor meltdown. But it's also very hopeful in its satire. It is saying that the future of the country is to dismantle these rigid out of touch structures and look towards the young, marginalised, forgotten and ignored for the future.
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That’s actually pretty realistic. The Japanese military can not act in aggression according to the treaty stipulations of WWII. That’s why it’s called the Japanese Defense Force.
What's YOUR Favorite Godzilla movie?!
This one!
Shin is my favorite, I think it brings Gojira back to his roots as a threat and not a hero
KOTM and the 1954 one.
Haven't watched Shin Godzilla yet but I'll watch it during the Christmas vacation.
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King of The Monsters, I know it's not the best but the soundtrack, the kaiju moments, the CGI. everything feels like a hug to this guy who grew up with Godzilla.(second is G14)
I remember reading some comment which explained that all of its forms represented the progressiono of the dominant life form, so an aguatic form, an amphibian form, a dino form and finally a human form.
There's a certain sense of tragedy to watching how the old government handles the whole situation.
The quote from Yaguchi about "Wishful thinking and armchair theories by the old Imperial Army in the last war led to 3 million Japanese lives lost. Beware of unfounded optimism" is such a hard hitting line, because that really is how the government is handling the situation. They're a bunch of cowards patting themselves on the back, all while nothing is actually done to stop Godzilla while it's still weak enough to be damaged.
The best thing about Godzilla in this movie is that the whole model is CGI, but it was still given the motion capture and the people responsible for bringing it to life put practical effects on it. They effectively made a CGI model look like a practical effect... and it worked.
The Atomic Breath scene alway give me chill no matter how many time I watch it....
I know Godzilla Minus One is out...I absolutely love that movie, that being said Shin Godzilla still takes top spot just slightly for me..because it has such a biting social commentary on japanese government handling of a natural disaster and state emergency
.such as the handling of the tohoku incident..it feels pretty realistic..Also, the stylisitc and creative cinematography, one of the few times I wish I knew Japanese or use the english dub to appreciate it..
also have to say that the dialogue/discussion in this movie is much more eeply compelling as they watch this disaster unfold and try to grapple with what to do about it...they said that the Godzilla in, "Minus Zero" is the most terrifying version of Godzilla put to film...i disagree...i think Shin Godzilla is much more horrifying and destructive in this movie, imho...
My first ToHo Godzilla movie I seen in theaters and it was amazing. Such a great reimagining to Goji and a great way to bring him into the modern day especially the fact that this is a inspiration to the 311 tsunami/earthquake. 34:34 aside from the prime minister getting killed in the helicopter the body count is low
I don't know if is addressed later, but the movie was a critique of how Japan acted during the tsunami and the nuclear power plant disaster, doing meetings around meetings and doing nothing while all everything was happening, at the same time the movie shows how different they do things to american movies, here is not the disruptor hero but the people that work together using the system
I liked the movie when i first watched it in 2018, but watching it in the post pandemic world gives me a lot of new found appreciation to its political satire and its now one of my favourite monster movies
Theres a bunch of things i love about this film including the small details, like the deserted boat which leads them to finding godzilla says Glory Maru which is a reference to the OG Godzilla film where the Maru ship is investigated where godzilla is found. Also when we see Shin Godzilla's form for the first time a boat he pushes out the way is labelled The Alpha
this probably the most fascinating Atomic Breath from allthe Godzilla movia i ever seen.
That version of Shin Godzilla at the very end on its tail was the response to humanity. It was going to evolve and make an army of itself.
My favourite part of the whole movie are the train bombs. Trains are essential to Japan’s infrastructure and history, so having the trains be the ones to actually knock Godzilla down is basically like the country itself has done this feat.
In my humble opinion, this is the best Godzilla movie made in the last 40 years
Hideaki anno ❤❤
Then there was minus one
I like this godzilla the most because the director of this the creator of EVA anime. He knows how to capture a sense of dread and godzilla becoming a unstoppable force. If they didn't stop him on time not just the universe but the whole existence would be in danger.
The most Favorite ost on this movie was that song "if i die, no one knows"
I love that unlike the American counterpart where the sotry follow one person or a small group, this movie shows the collective effort of entire country and its political system. You typically see one person hailed as the protagonist, but the protagonist of this mobie was Japan as a whole working together.
Like how the original Godzilla was a metaphor for the nuclear bombs launched in Japan, Shin Godzilla is a metaphor for the tsunami that destroyed the Fukushima power plant, and this movie is a critic to the government's reaction to the incedent, wich left nuclear waste and other radioactive materials in the sea
The thing I like about this movie is that it follows the same element that Pacific Rim has. it has a good camera angle that can detail a very good shot. The physics despite being fictious Toho manages to make it look like Godzilla is a walking statue, and most of all, the texture of his designs, the studio manages to make it blend in with the element of the camera. And that's what made it sell a very eerie mood.
I saw this movie during its second week of release in Tokyo. It was an amazing experience. At the end of the film no one moved as the credits showed footage of actual victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki while the 1954 soundtrack played. It was spiritual and surreal at the same time.
Americans really embarrassed themselves by not going to see this film showing their bias against Japanese culture,
Then went Gaga over the Chinese owned/legendary Gvs K...
legit!! i had a dream about you guys reacting to shin godzilla JUST last night (except greg was there too haha) and then i wake up to this notification? crazy crazy :) hope you two had a wonderful thanksgiving btw
Those humanoids coming out of Godzilla’s tail was going to be his 5th form. They were originally going to go ham on the “infinitely evolving” idea, and Godzilla was first going to grow Godzilla people out of himself to fight against the humans. Then, Godzilla himself would become almost human, and he would have also evolved his abilities so far beyond what they were before that Godzilla would have essentially become a literal god.
Godzilla would have quite literally become “God incarnate”.
I’m Japanese, so I am very interested in the reactions of English-speaking people.I enjoyed your reactions very much🎉
I'm a little concerned about this, since all the characters in this movie are national public servants, many phrases and expressions are used that would never be used in daily life,
The dialogue is very formal, but I wonder if such nuances are expressed in English?
I think it came across fine with the help of the visuals. The snappy cuts, the job titles of the characters and fast paced dialogues really sold it as some sort of an official brainstorming session.
I only speak basic Japanese, so I don't understand most of the political dialog in this film, but it's interesting to hear the different levels of respect/humility between the characters.
As for English, we do have different different levels of formality, just not as rigidly defined as 敬語 is in Japanese. This includes addressing strangers/superiors as Sir/Madam, and using phrases like "I wish to express my sincere gratitude." in place of casual phrases like "Thanks a lot!"
Formal speech is usually reserved for written/business correspondence, but can also be used verbally. Hope this helps!
this is my favourite Godzilla movie, the original is a classic but this is a great modern adaptation and does a great job showing how it would be handled realistically if such a creature existed
I remember watching the early-access premiere of this movie back in 2016. It was such an amazing yet horrifying movie. Speaking of Godzilla: Minus One, I got back from seeing it as an early-access viewer a few hours ago. It was so cool! I can't wait to see what you guys think of it.
14:02 "what a fascinatingly odd choice with the eyes"
They look like fish eyes. Dead and glassy even when a fish is alive.
This iteration is literally a fish
The googly eyes on the monster are killing me!!🤣🤣
Love it!!
Fun reaction guys!❤
I’d love if you all could react to Godzilla Minus One, there’s been a lot of content from you guys with the Monarch series and now shin, Minus One should be a fun watch!
So the ending is even more horrifying than you might think because originally the idea was that Godzilla will continue to evolve and that's what the ending implies. But they already made concept art of it where there's a giant humanoid version of Godzilla that can make clones of himself, and will continue to evolve and slowly go to hate humanity dude it's painful existence. It's final evolution is literally a Eldritch god and a literal planet-sized Godzilla that can create clones of itself
Fun facts at 15:13 the lady being carried was an actor in the very first godzilla movie
Holly SHIT this film was such a pleasant surprise. I don’t think I loved Godzilla this much since playing Godzilla destroy all monsters for the xbox. The horrific and visceral nature of his mutations, not to mention Godzilla himself being the same. The fish eyes, the pale skin, his movement. All based on because he came from the ocean first but then adapted, (closed his eyes like a shark does when he used atomic breath) if you really think about it our big boy is just in a constant state of pain with how much his body changes to adapt to his environment. Fun fact there was a deleted scene from this movie that insinuated that Godzillas body can go under fragmentation.☠️🤯 groooosss but amazing looking stuff!!
Very much enjoyed re-watching this movie with you guys. I lost it at the "This is why it's called Shin Godzilla" crack. Subscribed
NEXT SHIN JAPAN HEROES UNIVERSE :
- Shin Ultraman ( 2022 )
- Shin Kamen Rider ( 2023 )
It was breathe of fresh air, seeing the destructive side of G man, after legendary made him a hero of earth.
love this movie. cant wait to see Godzilla -1! I'd love to hear you guys talk about the stuff that didn't make it into the movie and just how expansive the story is! Godzilla is my favorite franchise (thanks to my dad) always happy to see new Godzilla content. Thx for doing a reaction!!
The Neon Genesis Evangelion drums are killing me.😂
Great Reaction John and Andrew! This was such a great Godzilla movie! 👍
I can't help but feel apprehensive about them joking and laughing at all the destruction though. Felt like it was them laughing and making light of the 2009 Tsunami and the Fukushima incident this movie was meant to reflect.
Godzilla was continuing to evolve and each time it evolves it adapts to what it needs to survive like doomsday. By the end, Godzilla determined the thing it needed to adapt to the most to survive was human beings. So, that’s what those humanoid creatures were; Godzilla turning into a human like entity and to multiply. If that evolution had completed, it was game over for humanity. That’s why this movie was called Shin Godzilla. Shin or short for Shinto means God. In other words, much how God created us in his image Godzilla was recreating himself from ours to be the new god.
You guys completely in shock on how the movie is jumping from one situation to another...
We, Evangelion fans used to Hideaki Anno's directing habits:
- Yeah... same old, same old -
😂😂😂
Although extremely love-hate within the Godzilla fandom, Shin is my favorite G-Film ever made. Got to see it in theaters when they had the limited US release and I’ve been blown away ever since. For TOHO to switch up formula so crazily is awe inspiring to me.
But something tells me Minus One this Friday will take my top spot 🔥🙌🏼
If you're interested in how certain groups respond to a disaster in Japan, "The Days" is about the Fukushima nuclear accident.
I love that Godzilla can fit into manny different genres. The first being horror to this being a political movie. Shin Godzilla shows how incompetent the Japanese Gov is when responding to crisis/natural disasters. Also the names of the songs used in this movie are wild. One is literally called Persecution of The Masses.
This is what happens when you have director of Evangelion on your project.
"Shin Gojira" roughly means "New God Incarnate"
Shin = New
Gojira = God Incarnate
I find this movie to be one of the best Godzilla films there is. It's realistic and truly feels like it puts the world at stake. Plus the way it brings back to possibility of bombing Japan once again is so tragic and tense, it makes you question the humanity of America for wanting to even do such a thing.
It really begs the question: Would you destroy your country to save the world?
This has some of the best godzilla visuals ever, but its also the only godzilla movie where im more invested in the humans that i am with godzilla
i saw somewhere that there was a concept art of its fifth form which involves its shedding its whole skin from the fourth form and what emerged was a almost tranquil godly humanoid feminine appearance of a godly being.
Almost motherly some say that it might be mother nature herself trying to take back what was hers and destroy humanity.
and what i liked about this is it is constantly in pain forcing hundreds of years of evolution into such a little time span i almost feel sympathetic towards it.
There was also another form of its 5th form which involves binary fission where he’ll break off and create another godzilla or split into two.
I like how Alien and destructive this Godzilla is
Shin Godzilla is a satire movie that criticize the incompetence of the Japanese government when dealing with disaster like the 2011 Tohoku earthquake & tsunami that resulted in the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
In this movie, key players of the "old guard" of the Japanese government got eradicated by Godzilla and it's up to the younger & more open-minded generation to defend Japan from Godzilla before the USA had to nuke Japan again. That's the hopeful message of the movie. Hope that the newer generation can do (much) better than the older generation by learning from past mistakes of their predecessors.
I think it’s been confirmed that everytime this Godzilla roars, it’s in pain. People often say this is the saddest Godzilla and many have sympathy for him. The science and evolution of this creature is horrifying and almost worse but his evolution was halted at the perfect time or else humanity would have been toast as his next form is multiple copies of I’m not mistaken
Hope you guys watch the other two "Shin" live-action films as well!!!
@jer988 Short answer: Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider
Long answer: Basically, Anno helmed a sort of revival/reimagining project for 3 popular tokusatsu franchises: Godzilla, Ultraman, and Kamen Rider. Each film is simply titled with "Shin + the franchises name" (e.g., Shin Godzilla, Shin Ultraman, etc.). You could also argue that, while not a tokusatsu series, the 4th and last entry in the Evangelion Rebuild anime films is included as it is 1) an Anno production that uses Shin in the title (for the Japanese release) and 2) is part of a larger marketing collab project called Shin Japan Heroes Universe which includes these 4 franchises.
@@florestin777 I hope we'll get a Shin Super Sentai at some point.
Fun fact: shin godzilla has no final form and shin could evolve forever
Ya so the ending pretty much is "Godzilla was being defeated by a community, thus to overcome this he must *become a community."*
Which is low-key terrifying!
"What justification do we have for mobilizing the army?!!"
Me: *pointing out the window* GIANT FUCKING MONSTER DESTROYING THE COUNTRY!!!!
This is my favorite G film, Reject dudes. I saw it at the theater (in PA) limited release that year, saw it with my friend Eric, a huge G fan. He said he felt (with all the subtitles) that he just got out of a class LOL! Eric died the next year at age 48, wish we could both go see the new G Minus film together but I'll have to see it alone.
So, as much as I'd love to see your reaction to it, you should definitely check out Godzilla Minus One in theaters! Very different from Shin, but an incredible movie!
Ever since Minus One and Monarch came out, so many are finding Shin, the most terrifying version because of that ending. What could be in a story is frightening
40:00 hell they would have lost the universe in this movie. Because there was stuff that was supposed to have been in the sequel that was canceled for this movie that Godzilla would have kept on evolving and changing and multiplying till eventually expanded to the size of a universe and life started again inside of Godzilla. It was crazy out there idea. They have a book that goes in the detail about it somewhat and interviews talking about it if I remember right. But yeah the sequel would have been wild
Let’s gooooooo, debatably the best Godzilla movie ever
The humanoids departing from his tail was his next form. There are several after that which will blow your mind. They just didn't have the time to include them I'm the film. Terrifying to put it mildy.
People give the Godzilla movies a lot of shit for being corny and cheesy cause most people found them like 30-40 years after they came out. But they're super legit, I grew up on them and it wasn't till my 20s they released dvds with the sub/dub versions on them and they're totally different edits! It's not just voice work on a bunch of them. Some like Godzilla vs The Thing (first Godzilla vs Mothra) are legit TOTALLY different movies/vibes going from the sub to dub. The dubs are treated like a hokey monster movie and the subs have much more plot and deeper storytelling.
The end: Godzilla was evolving to fight the humans shoving stuff in its mouth.
I was just watching this the other day and couldn't find any good reactions to it.
Guess I found what I was looking for.
Also, for anyone wondering, the ending hints at some cut content.
Shin Godzilla can keep evolving, and to combat humanity it was going to evolve into a race of humanoid Godzillas...
"Drop a tank down it's throat."
Kamikaze tank!💀
So Fun Fact: This Godzilla is in constant Agony.
Funner Fact: When he uses his atomic breath for the very first time, it wasn't a weapon. It was a vomit, a reflex to vent heat. Then he realised he could defend himself with it... Hence it turning from a flame into a beam of plasma.
“Shin” translates to English as either “New” or “True” depending on context. This is essentially supposed to be a return to the tone of the original 54 film, as opposed to what Godzilla would later become, so it’s a return to the “True Godzilla”.
The first time i saw this it quickly became my second favorite Godzilla movie, it is just amazing and i love the redesign of the king!
The o.g 50s Godzilla and this one are imo the best, btw glasses heyo hotstuff
Love Shin Godzilla you can tell that they are using music from the 1st Godzilla movie. Speaking of the 1st Godzilla movie it was called Gojira and Raymond Burr was not in it hr was added to the dubbed version. I was surprised to to the original and how different it was without Raymond Burr.
Yeah when it was Americanized they pretty much removed everything that was politically laced and just said, "Hey look it's a monster!"
If I die in this world
Who will know something of me?
I am lost, no one knows
There's no trace of my yearning
Instead of one huge body it's next evolution was to split up into hundreds of individual humanoids
YESS!!! FINALLY!!!
So i assume Greg already watched this? And pls react to Godzilla Minus One too in the future❤❤❤