GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@wc4201]

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.

[@osmanyousif7849]

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.

[@RadiantSilverlighter]

I'm a dad of two girls, 6 and 2 and hearing Akiko cry for her mom was soul crushing to me.

[@ultmotive]

I have to wonder how they got her to cry on cue like that. It sounded so real.

[@TSM_Enjoyer]

They pinched her to make her cry which is funny to me 😅

[@user-tl9yh4sd5d]

@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.

[@coyotej4895]

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.

[@Cthulwho69]

Best description of Godzilla ever.. "Human hands.. a bowser face.. and the Devils eyes.."

[@icoborg]

she missed the THICH THIGHS :D

[@tropicalcatdetective]

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.

[@jaynguin]

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! 😊

[@jonathanwebb5767]

Absolutely excellent reaction! This has to be one of the greatest monster movies ever made! A really beautiful and compelling story that makes you feel for all the characters! It also looks amazing! The black and white version is also really worth watching! The best film I've seen in a long time! I love that it made you cry!

[@nekoking8330]

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.

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

The line "This country has treated life so cheaply recently" - the writing is so good!

[@greenmonsterprod]

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."

[@darkarpatron]

This and Godzilla vs Destoroyah.

[@airo2theknee846]

And King of the Monsters!

[@darkarpatron]

@@airo2theknee846 Really? ...was it Mothra? Love that movie, they did the monsters such justice.

[@Alobo075]

@@darkarpatron I'm thinking Serizawa's "Goodbye... ...old friend."

[@darkarpatron]

@@Alobo075 Ahhh, oh yes. Valid.

[@RFVCXR200R]

40:35 I love the part when she said "I'm Minus One eye."

[@petert834]

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.

[@simankim]

23:47, 36:11 I love how Godzilla always looks so pleased with himself after blasting something or tearing something up.

[@pebblegarden]

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.

[@ravensdark99]

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..

[@Cbcw76]

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.

[@ColossalKing25]

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.

[@sixfoursoul2538]

This is actually one of my favorite movies of all time and I don't mean favorite Godzilla movies of all time I mean favorite movies... Steven Spielberg himself has watched this movie for different times in IMAX

[@marvinsarracino116]

This definitely deserves the Oscar for visual effects! Should have won for sound too! The soundtrack is awesome! I just luv the Godzilla theme! Its so menacing and dramatic! Luv your description of Godzilla -"human hands. Bowser face & devil eyes!" I personally luv the look of this Godzilla it is a reminder of how it all started! Great reaction and awesome movie! I'll be watching this one a couple more times! How was your surround sound & Rumble saets!?! Thanks Cassie and PiB 🍿❤️💛

[@AndrewGivens]

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.

[@keroyanchan]

She was exposed to radiation. Look closely at her neck in the final scene. The bruises on her neck are caused by radiation. It tells the story of her life after that.

[@neneshubby]

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.

[@igloo2158]

She had me at “Bowser face”. 😂😂😂😂

[@matthewgillies7509]

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]

I also loved how they recreated the salute they had done, this time to Godzilla.

[@TheKain202]

@@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.

[@user-om7zu7jl8s]

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.

[@TSM_Enjoyer]

​@@TheKain202 they are definitely saluting to Godzilla! Godzilla was just not a "rabid dog", he's also a victim

[@matthewgillies7509]

@@user-om7zu7jl8s 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.

[@themeparkamusement2214]

When you are this adorable, you should be given a Disney princess fairy tale life.

[@adamcollazo8228]

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 back 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 and the hands of Godzilla.

[@MsOpportunity68]

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.

[@kcewing1]

@@MsOpportunity68 Yeah, I'm not a big fan of her editor.

[@philbattiste9649]

It even uses the original Godzilla score.

[@MrMaul80]

40:58 Oh don't you freaking dare! Godzilla "Oh yes I do."

[@EdiCemalovic]

One of the amazing Godzilla movie ever! You see why it won Best Visual Effect reward at the academy.

[@matthewt4991]

Deserved more than the one oscar.

[@sburns2421]

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.

[@ryanweintraub9448]

Im so glad I saw this movie in theaters. Both this version and the black and white version

[@Larkinovic]

You should watch the cartoon Grave of the Fireflies. I always thought this movie was a combination of Jaws, Oppenheimer, and Grave of the Fireflies.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

that kid is exceptionally adorable

[@ThatSamoanGuy]

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.

[@bombomos]

This is hands down the best Godzilla movie. Ever

[@KidRedfield]

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]

Those "completely absurd godzilla" are good on their own, it is because they are not minus one

[@MaxxRemKing1]

Hollywood likes cheap imitations for a quick buck from suckers.

[@KidRedfield]

@@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.

[@SchneeflockeMonsoon]

"Is your war...finally over?" Gets me EVERY TIME.

[@Drequan]

the greatest godzilla film of all time

[@TabathaTMartin]

Up their with Shin and the Original

[@traviscriddle7743]

I love it too. Don't forget it wouldn't exist without 54.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

agreed!

[@danielhamilton351]

Godzilla vs Biollante is great too along with Godzilla 1985

[@Beardo2517]

Close for sure but not the best imo

[@johnrodriguez5277]

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! 🥲👍❤️

[@cosmictyger]

Of all time.

[@HoopleHeadUSA]

One of my fave movies of last year. Saw it 4 times in the theater, including IMAX and the Minus Color b&w version 🔥

[@gregorycrump1317]

Oh, I just love you cassie. Ive been watching since you started but rarely if ever comment. I just wanted to say watching your movie understanding grow and seeing your tastes change a lil bit is so interesting to see! You handle violence and scares so much better than you used to! I just wanted to say thanks for doing what you do for us viewers. Its like watching tv with a cute buddy.

[@htusda1]

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.

[@darianstarfrog]

What an amazing comment.. .I cry worse every time I watch it..just feeling all those heavy feelings, so human.. ❤

[@DeRockMedia]

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.

[@jameslipski]

Fantastic film. I too cried. The character development is amazing.

[@jasonwebster9300]

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

[@kyagu]

"He can regenerate homself?!" Oh my sweet summer child, wait til you see him fly, land flying kicks, and comes back from more "deaths" than Jason Voorhees. 😂

[@BryanAlaspa]

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.

[@Renoistic]

Shin Godzilla is my favorite by a mile. But this one is impressive for the budget.

[@glennlittle124]

Out of all the reactions, I think this is definitely opening my favorites!! Teared up right along with you even though I had seen it before. Like you said, such an emotional ride!!

[@kernowarty]

The special effect team certainly deserved their Oscar and Speilberg praised them, especially for the rendering of the sea.

[@Castlevanius]

Tachibana the mechanic basically has his guilt as well. Being a mechanic fixing the pilots planes not to save them or bring them home ...but as thir metal coffins on a one way trip. Thats why he was releaved that Shikishima decided to "Live" and with him as a fellow survivor from the island...that was Tachibanas END of his war.

[@ianhamilton2035]

Been watching Godzilla since early 70s, when I was a kid. Finally getting the respect he deserves!! 😃

[@kasey446]

The neck mark at the end also opens it up to her turning into Biollante which is basically a flower/godzilla hybrid monster it appeared in the older movie also…so if he already didn’t have a rough life he literally might watch his GF turn into a monster lol

[@deatheaterxxxx]

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.

[@MrCliff-sb3yi]

“It’s in her to survive”.

[@rainwaterjoseph4634]

I've seen every Godzilla movie. This is the best.

[@convolutedconcepts]

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.

[@randomcenturion7264]

He was the last of his kind before. He was already so alone. Now, he's in constant agony on top of it.

[@PopcornInBed]

how did you find that out? do they explain that in other movies?

[@doppelganger5126]

@@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

[@damnationdan5253]

@@PopcornInBed11:34

[@cosmictyger]

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.

[@andreaso8886]

40:00 glad to see I wasn't the only one crying at this. Thank you for sharing this.

[@ithinkihadeight]

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.

[@JohnEDepth752]

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.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

Black n white is just as good, if not slightly better.

[@Eidlones]

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.

[@GG-cc4rn]

Except for health reasons, this film should be viewed with subtitles. The dubbing ruins the film.

[@Godzilla2000Zero]

It's on Netflix

[@sterling557]

2:12 CASSIE "So, is Kamikaze like a suicide pilot?" Dear, you have seen a lot of WW2 movies already. How do you not know this?

[@GentleGiantJason]

Definitely the best Godzilla! Love this one

[@stevenjones916]

@22:10 *"We need a scientist to make an.....oxygen de-stabilizer."* ? Huh ? 🤣🤣🤣

[@SteveBrant55]

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.

[@GrainneMhaol]

The director met him and said it was like meeting God. You can tell he was inspired by Jaws.

[@Ventralzr]

The way i cry with this movie is unthinkable I just love how the theme is "what if a kamikaze pilot didn't want to die?", for a Godzilla movie. So genius to let the punchline be; live.

[@PhilipZeplinDK]

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.

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

Btw: tis a case study for "earn your happy ending"

[@VeritechGirl]

First time I heard Godzilla described as having "human hands, a Bowser face and devil eyes" 🤣🤣❤

[@tehdesp]

That's how I figure Shin Godzilla would absolutely traumatize her.

[@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917]

Unless you are showa or millennium Their eyes are lowkey cute

[@ieyke]

@@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.....

[@ieyke]

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.

[@0PsychosisMedia0]

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack with the white eyes were totally evil and fit the monster

[@mika-antero]

Godzilla finally got Japanese citizenship in 2015. Congratulations.

[@jayshupp5971]

The special FX in this film was mind blowing. It is by far, the greatest Godzilla movie ever made.

[@TOKYOTOYBANZAI]

Ya missed Noriko's neck at the end ;)

[@suproliver]

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

[@Mahhhdeee]

Got my food ready so excited!!! Love the new theater room!

[@scroopynoopers248]

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.

[@Blackadderthefourth]

"we.... have no shot" yep

[@trefen2534]

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.

[@pravusprime]

Less, closer to $12. The Director had commented how he wished he had $15.

[@Insp.CountMortisWinshipKlaw]

Yet they couldn’t fix Godzillas dopey grin 😂

[@lonelyguy5799]

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

[@Nydas]

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.

[@briannam2953]

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.

[@ebbhead20]

You dont seem to get that Gojira is the hero. Hes basically the symbol of Japan. He defends Japan in most films. Theres like 25 of them or something...

[@PopcornInBed]

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!!

[@tlyon2]

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)

[@benanderson6390]

Shin Godzilla is also really good. Very different style of Godzilla movie storytelling from Minus One, but really good.

[@user-om7zu7jl8s]

​@@benanderson6390it's Nippon Kaigi garbage

[@wolfofhalo]

when they show a close up on Noriko's neck at the end did you see the moving black marks?

[@myproject13ttt]

From a little boy in the 70s to now, Godzilla still my Monster 🙏💯👊

[@SJHFoto]

Me too!

[@petesolo70]

Same here 🦖

[@MsOpportunity68]

I hear you, I grew up watching a lot of these movies in the UK on TV after school in the 70's.

[@steve4nj]

Fact: the actor who plays the radiobroadcaster on the building is the grandson of the actor who had the exact same part in the original Godzilla in 1954

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

35:30 Mark! "Too Close For Comfort" with the sexy blonde actress Lydia Cornell is one of my favorite 1980s "ABC" sitcoms! Thanks for making me think of her! 😊

[@Timbuktu407]

My favorite Godzilla movie! It’s the first one where I was invested in the human characters. I sure hope it gets a sequel!

[@briannam2953]

Minus One punched way above it's weight class in everyway with only a $15 million budget to make a crowd pleasing movie at a fraction of the cost. I hope the big studios in Hollywood were taking notes. And such an emotionally satisfying story for a stompy stompy Godzilla smash roar movie. I need that artwork on Cassie's shirt to put on my wall!

[@garykeogh180]

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.

[@tccandler]

Counterintuitively, a bigger budget usually makes a worse movie. Restricting the budget forces the director to focus on the more important aspects of storytelling... character, relationships, dialogue, etc. Those are what make memorable movies!

[@Viking-ry8vo]

Is someone chopping onions in here? OMG what an ending!

[@llewelluynzepper6741]

13:55 - "Floating...deep sea fiss." I had to go back 3 times to get some laughs. Great program as always lady. Miss your sister.

[@ForgottenMovieGems]

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

[@montyflores8850]

Yooooo😂😂😂😂😂 I can’t unsee it now 😂😂😂😂 Human Hands 🙌 ,Bowser Face🐲, and the devils eyes 👀

[@carpetfluff35]

It's really a movie about survivor's guilt and how it can stop a person from truly living themselves.

[@Barovian20]

The lighting shift caught me off guard lol. Popcorn in Dungeon. This movie is a testament to what having passion for the material can do for the project. This film is simply beautiful.

[@bigredtlc1828]

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!

[@clarkmichaels822]

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.

[@user-om7zu7jl8s]

@@clarkmichaels822 any tentpole movie is a perfectly fine comparison to any other tentpole movie.

[@krombopulusdave]

If I remember correctly, Cassie, Kamikaze translates to "divine wind" in Japanese. Obviously, since you've already completed the movie, you know that when applied to a Japanese pilot, yes, they were basically suicide bombers. But I wanted to share the original meaning with you :) As for how he was treated coming back to Tokyo. He was, at least in the eyes of his people, considered a coward, having committed a dereliction of his duty by feigning engine trouble to get out of committing suicide by crashing in to enemy targets.

[@najhoant]

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

[@Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms]

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.

[@silvervibranium2832]

ty for watching it! It got me to watch it myself after seeing your react. LOVE hearing the old "attack" music from the old old color gozilla monster films. Its the fast paced music when the ships head at him.

[@rosshein356]

I’m not afraid to admit that shikishima’s pain , self hatred and ultimate redemption makes me blub very time I watch this.

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

*"GODZILLA: Minus One"* rightfully won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

[@arinbaun9452]

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.

[@thebilldozer7970]

Shin showcases disaster horror perfectly.

[@hudsonball4702]

"Watch Shin GOdzila" You want to give this girl PTSD or something!? That is a bad idea.

[@arinbaun9452]

@@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 😅

[@TSM_Enjoyer]

​@@hudsonball4702 she'll be fine I hope 😥

[@Jay828__]

Noriko and Shikashima were both in the radioactive "black rain", they'll both be dead soon.

[@Dontuween]

"Oh, don't you freakin dare!" 😃

[@IdealUser]

Godzilla has always been primarily a metaphor for nuclear weapons but also natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis Japan faces. In this movie, Godzilla's spines act like nuclear rods. A reactor looks blue due to the Cherenkov radiation

[@richardadams4928]

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. 🤯🤯🤯

[@user-om7zu7jl8s]

And this is a comparatively weak incarnation of Godzilla.

[@kimnice]

Well.. at least Takao gaved a very convincing last middle finger before their inevitable defeat at 17:55

[@richardadams4928]

​​@@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.

[@richardadams4928]

​@@user-om7zu7jl8sGood point.

[@soulskhan6697]

This is why you're the best reactor out there. We love seeing these films that we too love. Bless you Cassie. And Thanks to you John.

[@alexkaen1701]

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.

[@badkittynomilktonight3334]

FYI fan theory. Godzilla splits apart at the end, only the part with Godzillas atomic heart will regenerate back into Godzilla. All the other parts will regenerate into other Kaiju like Rodan, Anguirus, Manda, and others. Also fan theory partially confirmed by movies creators, Noriko survived Godzillas atomic breath because she absorbed some of Godzillas regenerative energy, you can see black marks on her neck in the final scene meaning she could mutate into a Kaiju like Biolante which was part human. Cannot wait to see where Toho takes us next. This has 💯 more interesting ideas than anything Legendary can put out ❤

[@stephensmith6599]

Great story telling, great character development ... love it.

This movie definitely should've won a lot more awards. Hollywood screwed it over! It was terrific!