Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Minus One
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
Varun reviewedOctober 19, 2024
Decent Kaiju movie. I can’t believe how good the CGI was on a 15 mil budget, the Oscar was well deserved. It was a great choice to set it at the end of WW2, giving humans a more limited military capacity to deal with a big monster, forcing them to construct an out of box way of dealing with it. And it’s the perfect chance to explore the psyche of post-war Japan. The characters were all well written and had a good dynamic with each other. The movie is perfectly paced with not a single second wasted. It felt very sincere and focused. However I don’t think I bought the hype that this movie has been getting. Hollywood has been employing Marvel-type comedification of the story and characters in every blockbuster and people are sick and tired of the jokes, so here comes along a serious plot and everyone goes crazy for it calling it a masterpiece. To me it felt like a good monster movie to pass the time, not really a must watch. Also not to diminish the protagonist’s inner turmoil, but his acting during scenes of crying and madness were cringe to watch. Also spoiler alert, I don’t think they should’ve brought Noriko back to life, it was a cheap cliche moment. It’s confirmed, a toddler’s cries are louder than Gojira’s roars. I’ve watched all the Monsterverse movies and I can’t recall a single thing about them lol, but I’ll remember Godzilla Minus One because it’s miles better than anything Hollywood has produced recently, and they should be taking tons of lessons from Anime and the Japanese film industry.