GODZILLA MINUS ONE | Spoiler Review

[@CinePals]

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[@AlexisStreams]

there's a few nods to older godzilla movies Odo Island and Godzillasaurus - Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah - Godzillasaurus was wounded and left to die with one japanese solider apologizing and raising his arm Godzilla Minus One - godzilla Minus 1 is just chilling on odo island bringing fish to the natives How Godzilla dies in the movie is an homage to Godzilla GMK where Tachibana Enters godzilla and kills him within HOWEVER the ending scene is similar to the ending of godzilla minus one. and the final homage to godzilla's death is similar to how as you said russell protects the president and flys his plane into the alien ship's tractor beam destroying it for good

[@VGarcia1984]

💁🏻‍♀️💯funfact : did you know director Takashi Yamazaki of this film was also the CG director behind the opening cutscene of this forgotten PS2 Capcom classic game called Onimusha 3 Demon Siege💁🏻‍♀️… the opening cutscene to me to this day is still one of the best opening cutscenes in gaming history💯💁🏻‍♀️and after knowing Godzilla Minus One was directed by him and won an award for visual effects i was already expecting him that one day he will achieve something great based on Onimusha 3’s opening trailer…which is a very deserving award🏆… congrats to team Godzilla Minus One team for bringing home the W💁🏻‍♀️🥰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@bridgethaines7127]

It was just so good. I didn't have "cry at a Godzilla movie" on my 2023 bingo card, but there I was, weeping. As for Noriko not shoving them both in the alley, I felt like she instinctively "mom-armed" him, like a mother in a car reflexively putting her arm out in front of the kid in the passenger seat when she has to brake hard. It's a snap movement, a mother instinct, to protect someone.

[@Bergamont45]

Agreed She was shown to have a strong mother instinct by taking in a child that clearly wasn't hers, makes perfect sense.

[@somethingspecial1292]

bro small help just briefly can you tell me the story i mean is it purely godzilla as a villain ? or what

[@I_O246]

I felt like she didn’t have enough strength to shove both of them, so she put All of her strength protecting kochi. That’s my theory, but the mother instinct is also valid considering she is a mother to akiko

[@shawnadams1460]

Not a villain per say, he is REALLY pissed off, and just a force of nature. He is the definition of F around and find out. Go watch it, you wont be dissapointed! @@somethingspecial1292

[@Windupchronic]

@@somethingspecial1292 Godzilla is a villain in the film, yes. There's nothing remotely heroic about this version. He's a terrifying monster.

[@BubblegumCrash332]

The main character went from someone who failed his duty and felt responsible for all the death on Odo Island. He felt he didn't deserve to be happy and have a family. The fact this guy Killed Godzilla (with help), saved his country, saved all his friends and family is pure cinema. I haven't felt that happy for a main character since Luke Skywalker blew up the Death Star.

[@forsakenjones4695]

YES!

[@tomlewis4205]

Also YES!👍

[@ASageCalledQ]

when the lights came on you could hear people crying in our theater. I teared up several times myself.

[@chazertronfivethousand4425]

I'm with you, this film should be considered at the least for Best International Film if not Best Film.

[@groudonor12]

No where near Best Film, considering it's going against movies like Across the Spiderverse and The Mario Movie

[@chazertronfivethousand4425]

@@groudonor12 Mario movie...? Spiderverse looks amazing, but it insists upon itself to the point of distraction from some of the big emotional beats. I don't think it's as strong of a film as the first one.

[@mahlazer]

@@groudonor12 The Mario Movie...dafuq

[@Windupchronic]

Unfortunately it’s not eligible for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars. They can’t nominate any film they want for the category. Each country can submit one film, and Japan submitted a different film.

[@MCADHD-rf5kl]

@@groudonor12 You have to be trolling.

[@David-hw8hi]

I think the Koichi anger rage in the rain part was well done and you guys may have misperceived it a bit when you said when you wanted to cry with him but couldn't because of his scratchy yelling. Its probably one of the best scenes because its a turning point in the movie for him where he no longer wants to run and live cowardly but has now built up the courage (rage) to hate Godzilla so much of what he has lost that he wants to take his own life to destroy it (but later on gets guided back to life again the right way). I could relate to him and felt it speaking to me that all of us have a "Godzilla" in our lives that we have ran away from until we own up to ourselves or face the facts of how much damage it has done in our lives and want to do the right thing. That was the first time I felt empathy for him and wanted to rage with him and actually root against Godzilla.

[@omarcaal8152]

FYI - To answer your question about the reporters who died on the rooftop. In the original Godzilla movie, there were reporters on Tokyo tower reporting what's happening & Godzilla walks up to them & tears down the tower with them. One of them says, "Sayonara" (Good-bye). So to me, it was a, "Homage", to that scene. Also, during the 3rd act & the navy ships are fighting Godzilla, it was SO COOL to hear the musical score from the, "Original", King Kong vs Godzilla. I just started CHEERING!!! 🙂

[@wahn10]

Saw it on Imax last night, packed house, and I was shocked that I was crying during a monster movie. It's a great movie, period. The audience applauded at the end, and I cannot remember the last time that happened. Great script, beautiful period production design, the whole cast is excellent and the G man is mean as hell.

[@isaacwheatley]

In case you’re wondering, the reporters on the rooftop is a direct homage to the original. They continued broadcasting while Godzilla chewed at the tower before they fell.

[@BIGNA281]

Broooo....was so good. Visual effects, all the shots. Fucking GODZILLA was damaging shit dude. Like he's slow and old school but was pure CHAOS!!! 10/10

[@diego75]

“Is your war over ?!”😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@padaoamandacha8036]

Noriko: “Is your war over? My war has just begun.”

[@adarshsaseendran2199]

Never thought i would cry watching a Godzilla movie. That scene when Shikishima comes to home and the baby shows him a picture of mom and dad and cry, that scene wrecked me. That final hospital was pure happiness.

[@nightfallshooter4476]

Takashi Yamazaki, the director of the movie said that he did not use motion capture in the scenes where Godzilla destroys cities on purpose. That way he looks something beyond any creatures, and that makes it symbolize all disasters or wars just like the first Godzilla in 1954 did.

[@rome8180]

I didn't have any trouble getting used to the pacing. I was so invested in the characters that I would have been fine if Godzilla wasn't even in it. It was a movie about so much more than a giant lizard smashing things. It was about survivor's guilt, duty and honor, love, redemption, and what it means to be a family.

[@darkelfling65]

4:30 I have a theory about why Japanese acting seems over the top. It is cultural as traditional Japanese theater is Kabuki. Kabuki does not have spoken words, so every movement is exaggerated to give a better meaning and feeling of what is portrayed. 22:56 The black stuff on Noriko's neck is radiation poisoning. In fact the original Godzilla design makes use of that. His skin texture is supposed to reflect the radiation poisoning as a lot of the skin of the survivors from the atomic bombs did turn that way.

[@MrSynn69]

The film of the year for me and one of (if not )the best Godzilla films ever.

[@sonsolar]

The Black Goo on Rico's neck at the end of the film is meant to indicate that she's affected by Godzilla's healing powers which is why she survive the glass.

[@HoundsBane]

I couldn’t tell if it was goo or burns.

[@brownstarslots]

Looked to me like a tattoo that was spreading ​@@HoundsBane

[@Bergamont45]

I thought it was just radiation since lots of folks after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were heavily affected by it. But looking back it DOES look strange for a radiation burn, would explain why she looked so "okay" aside from a few broken bones and loss of her eye Godzilla has left a permanent mark on her.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

Well also remember, she was in the train when he grabbed it. So she was already dangerously close even before the atomic breath.

[@oaktree1626]

I thought it was a radiation burn

[@padaoamandacha8036]

The cry from Koichi was an angry cry. I felt his anger. The reason why Noriko survived is because she was infected by something…maybe Godzilla’s cell hence the growing virus in her neck. We think the movie had a happy ending but I don’t think this is the case. Everyone in Godzilla’s vacinity will die slowly in the years to come. Not sure what will happen to Noriko. Who knows if there are other survivors like Noriko.

[@jonuiuc]

Maybe she was exposed to it when she fell into the water with all the dead fish, she was already sort of out of it when she was walking down the street while everyone else was running. The blast and subsequent black rain didn't seem to infect Koichi or other people. Maybe it gave her enhanced healing.

[@padaoamandacha8036]

@@jonuiuc yes, could be cell regeneration within Noriko.

[@GoofyPoptart]

​​@@jonuiucDamn bro that's probably completely true she did drop into the water and that area was def polluted even if it didn't show it, I don't see how she's infected by getting blasted away like she did so your take makes more sense.

[@groudonor12]

So wait what you're telling me here they've pulled the same move they did in Secret Invasion yeah fuck this movie..

[@jonuiuc]

@@groudonor12 lol I don't know one single person that has seen Secret invasion. I don't think she was a skrull.

[@grayden4138]

Tachibana seeing Shikishima had kept the pictures of all the airmen from Odo Island and his willingness to finally die for something, to protect Akiko's future, is such a pivotal moment. I think he sees Shikishima wants to fulfill his duty to repay the deaths of the airmen. He clearly wants to turn the airplane into a bomb so a kamikaze run is obvious. When Tachibana tells him "You're finally ready.", we later realize that he's not acknowledging he's ready to die, but that he's ready to live. Tachibana begins as the first person to condemn Shikishima and blame him for the deaths of the airmen, but he, at the last, is the one that forgives Shikishima and is the one who tells him, effectively, that he can forgive himself and to live, and shows him the ejector seat. Such a powerful moment and encapsulates Shikishima's journey.

[@ba2724]

Great analysis! This is such a powerful part of this masterpiece film. There is so much to unpack and analyze. It's been such a long time since I've done that with any film, regardless of the genre. So much going on, but it all works as a cohesive and brilliant story. And the fact that Godzilla doesn't give 2 f@#ks about anything?? Best movie of the decade for me.

[@jdudefun1755]

23:00 you have to keep in mind this was in the 1940’s. They wouldn’t have thought she survived among the 30,000 dead.

[@koichikato5105]

There is a reason why Noriko could have survived " from the Godzilla's atomic beam. The hint is a black bruise on her backside neck shown in the last scene of her. That means that she have taken in remains of Godzilla's meats in her body at the mess accidentally, and the power of the cell of Godzilla made her cured or regenerated her body. That's why she have survived from the destruction like "Godzilla". I am Japanese and found the behind plot from one of the move reviews in Japan. I am not sure what would happen to her later on with the cells of Godzilla.

[@TheBrandonMinich]

20:52 that reporter scene is straight out of the original in 54

[@arthurcurry2003]

Her surviving is a mystery. That tat on her neck is connected to it I feel. If there is a sequel it will be addressed. It should be.

[@lillieknight]

Wholesome is exactly right. . Also the banter between the soldiers. Japanese policy and the lack of evacuation, etc. His dad told him to come back alive.

[@zilch634]

In the Toho Godzilla series, there is a film called "Godzilla vs. Biollante" (1989). To summarize, it is a tragedy of a scientist who attempts to prolong the life of his sickly daughter by transplanting Godzilla's cells into her.😁 Maybe the sequel will go in the direction of a Godzilla pandemic in which Godzilla cells become infected.🥶

[@hufemeve]

Awesome review.

[@mi-ka-n-q7s]

We have the women and Gojira cells. All that's left is the rose. Let's go, Biollante!

[@makotoyamakami]

Koichi was sure Noriko was dead (because anyone would be) and it's totally plausible (though implausible her survival was) that she was only identified after waking up from coma.

[@irifhir]

The rap song she references is called "simon says" by Pharoahe Monch

[@BaschBarrage]

weII true, I think thats a Jaby thing, because when heCry, that screech sound made me feIt for him, I mean u couId feeI his paint, gave me goosebump.. that is one of the most powerfuI scene in the movie, its sad after all he's been through and then having to see the oniy hope of him die.

[@DonMaggie]

Have to disagree about the scene with the reporters on the roof - loved it! it was a throwback to the old films and worked just as well as incorporating the classic musical motifs. At least for me 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace]

Godzilla Minus One is not a "great Godzilla movie." Godzilla Minus One is a GREAT movie that happens to have Godzilla in it! I've been a huge Godzilla fan for almost 50 years (I'm 51) and this was the first movie where I was so invested in the human plot I was DREADING Godzilla showing up to fuck everything up! Hollywood should be ashamed.

[@groudonor12]

Why because they put their Kaiju's first instead of dragging Godzilla up the same boring plotline every single time. You know what I'll happily take Shin Gojira over this movie that's how bad it is. Not to mention the human part of the story is a 1-1 ripoff of Godzilla 2014 which is highly disappointing... Expected better since this is a JAPANESE FILM AND FRANCHISE. It's because of movies like this one that the Monsterverse is having to go out of their way to explain the Kaiju's Origins

[@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace]

@@groudonor12 wow.... what an angry little child you are.

[@thisismyworld121]

Fan from Japan. Noriko was affected by Godzilla cell, and she got super healing ability just like Godzilla itself. If that's true, Noriko couldn't be the only one who got Godzilla power, and may be there're more survivers.

[@anngo4140]

Wait she's not gonna die from ARS like those poor dudes from Chernobyl? And what would that "power" look like?

[@chazertronfivethousand4425]

I wonder if Noriko is alive because she now has Godzilla cells and thus his regenerative ability.

[@chazertronfivethousand4425]

But I don't want that to be the case. I just want them to live in peace!

[@groudonor12]

Oh wow a Secret Invasion rip off 😂😂

[@chazertronfivethousand4425]

@@groudonor12 I don't think that's solely a Secret Invasion troupe.

[@donnietrowell3124]

Yeah the news reporters waa a more frantic version of like when the musicians in the Titanic decided to keep playing even though they knew they was about to die.

[@steveclapper5424]

This a movie about grief, survivors guilt, trauma and pain with a monster in it.

[@allanbondoc1239]

i really really love how godzilla's atomic breath is like a supersonic beam. that looks soooooo scarier.

[@nktjqh8bjnh]

I enjoyed your review. But, you said a few things I couldn't believe my ears as a Japanese. For example, I and my husband often kiss and say I love you. My children who are already married do the same as we do. As far as I know my friends say the same story. One more thing I know is the fact that the history education in the United States is also written to suit their own interests.

[@Keeazul]

Great review on a great film, thank you. However, just one thing. Around 16:25, I don’t know whom or what you got that knowledge from, but, the Japanese textbooks Do tell about the Pearl Harbour attack as well as before and after that pretty negatively all along. Since the occupation HQ’s orders on education in late 1940’s, Japanese students have been taught all those “Imperial Japan’s evil deeds” to some extent that the conservatives have been criticising it as masochistic and self-denial. Perhaps, what you learned was about their counter actions attempting to change that trend in the school textbooks and mostly liberal foreign media such as NYT pick on such actions as a dangerous nostalgia to militarism each time. Please check such politically tricky tips with various info sources before taking in. If that knowledge was your own conviction, I respect that even though I disagree.

[@deathnoterz3000]

Also on team mutation. To look that good within 1 month of being absolutely destroyed, she has to have regenerated the same way godzilla does. Only way it makes sense

[@heyheyjk-la]

Yeah, I had the same reaction about Noriko not pushing them both in, along with it being slightly unbelievable that she would have survived, given the view we saw of the mass destruction in the direction she was blown towards. But, it didn't diminish the emotional impact of her reveal at the end, although I also agree I would have preferred to look a LOT more injured. Not a scratch on her face anywhere in all that flying concrete, timber, etc.? And I also agree about that news crew. I thought for sure that Godzilla would have just turned and attacked them since there were basically at eye level with him, so I need to go back and watch the original Japanese version to see if maybe you're right, that that is an homage or reference to the original (or another film). But, all that aside, seeing it at the Prime theatre at the AMC Burbank 16 (I missed the one IMAX screening, sadly) was amazing. The seats literally shook so many times from the sound during the attacks and some of the explosions, etc. I also do think it could have been tightened up just a little. I don't mind at all a film lasting 2-4 hours, but there were some stretches I wish had just been expedited (my memory of Shin Godzilla was how snappy it was, while still delivering an awesome story). Still, best Godzilla film in a while and really want to watch it again now just to see him eject, which I also totally missed.

[@jayjjey1400]

It was an homage. And I was happy they did that

[@jayetoler1923]

That’s like watching 9/11 and saying no way someone survived, hope and miracles do exist so her being alive but banged up was believable to me we just saw her blow away and had to use our imagination of what possibly happened to her (bad things) but was never showed. Element of surprise and gave him the character arc he needed to beat Godzilla. The point was him living.

[@ravissary79]

​@@jayetoler1923yeah crazy random survival happens. I remember an episode of Mythbusters where they tried to test a claim that you can hold onto plywood and fall 3 floors and be unscathed. Total failure... except they eerent testing a myth, but a real event. It was a 1 in a million thing where the wind caught the plywood like a sail, took him off the roof, but they changed somehow to slow his fall like an updraft on an inefficient parachute... gently setting them down. IRL people have fallen from airplanes without parachutes and been mostly ok... others trip on a rock and die. Reality is CRAZY.

[@zeldakamath7173]

@@ravissary79 Did you not see the Godzilla cell/goo/symbiote on her neck at the end of the movie. Probably gave her some of Godzilla's regenerative abilities

[@ravissary79]

@@zeldakamath7173 yes I did, but they didn't clear up that's what that means. It could be an infection/radiation cancer that will kill her, or it could be a symbiotic reaction that regenerated her like she's Deadpool. I'm simply addressing that crazy things are possible.

[@DonMaggie]

I do agree it’s the best film of 2023. I’ll go further and call it right now - it WILL get nominated for Best Picture (at least)

[@tubebobwil]

The acting carried so much better in Minus Color

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

Watch James Camerons the Abyss special edition its the best version of that film

[@snakesensei105]

In American made Godzilla is like he is cute he understand human he is our friends😂 they forgot the essence of Godzilla it's suppose to be monsterus 😂

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

I saw it yesterday and it blows my mind this movie only cost 15 million dollars to make mean while Hollywood burns hundreds of millions of dollars on garbage disposal products that are so forgettable

[@groudonor12]

Only costs 15 million dollars to just recycle the same plot line again and again and again..

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

​@@groudonor12Nope...

[@apetpsdc]

Not watching it yet. Maybe next week. Want to see what's the hype bout this movie.

[@ひろおかたくや]

こちら日本！ 観に行って頂いて有難うございます！！ 感動を共有できて大変うれしく思うと共に、幸福です！ ありがとうございます！！

[@dudder86ify]

They made him walk like that on purpose to make it still walk like a guy in a suit like the original

[@chad6707]

They took some romantic license with that. It ended the war for him.

[@nightfallshooter4476]

As a Japanese I’d say all history books we have now have been inspected by the US army after the WWII, and ones they did not like was elided. That makes it so difficult for us to know what really happened

[@akg-th3mk]

Japanese history book is written in rather neutral and fair point of view. Although there’s some movement recently from “right wing” party to overly justify what happened in WWII, and they protest how history books are written.

[@hemanthkumar-it5pu]

Where can I watch this movie in India

[@sonsolar]

1. Spideverse 2. Mission impossible 3. Godzilla

[@jasonaugustine3370]

Did you just use the person’s name from Ponyo?

[@lordagentm3211]

I agree it is the best 2023 film and has better written human characters. In terms of giant monster's movies, it is second to Godzilla vs Kong. I understand the recent monster verse films don't have the best human cast, but I believe it is hard to have a giant monster film with a great human cast and epic monster fighting at the same time. I believe only a few movies had accomplished that in the past 50 years.

[@groudonor12]

And then Spiderman Across The Spiderverse enters the chat 😂😂

[@groudonor12]

If the cast is a repeat of Godzilla 2014 😂😂

[@dr.wolfstar1765]

Spiderman across the spiderverse is a better movie. But this is the second best movie of the year

[@johnjay370]

This was a good movie. Not just another dumb monster film.

[@factwalashorts7072]

Can't watch not released here🙂

[@GarganoA]

The film is as wholesome as it is because the Japanese run their film industry. Take a look at who runs American Hollywood....quite the difference. Also, Japan is a much, much more cohesive nation with a cohesive culture, unlike the God knows what the fuck, 6 billion cultures that clash daily America. I loved this new Godzilla film as well but it seems people are afraid to spell out just what really makes this film so special. I'm glad you guys at least hit upon a few factors in your review.

[@HoundsBane]

Oh my God! 😂

[@GarganoA]

Am I right or am I right? 😇@@HoundsBane

[@groudonor12]

Yeah because Japanese culture apparently ONLY cares about Gojira these days and not other Kaiju like King Ghidorah for example or Gamera. 😑😑

[@GarganoA]

Hey, I'm down for Toho incorporating Ghidorah into their next entry@@groudonor12

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

Who runs American Hollywood?

[@jasonaugustine3370]

As I’ve always said, just because you don’t say it out loud doesn’t mean it didn’t happen Lying about something is the most dishonorable thing you can do They should take a page from their past and look at the samurai

[@prathishprathish1597]

Hey jaby u have separate channel and separate audiences 😂😂

[@jayetoler1923]

That soooong omg that’s the ONLY thing that threw me off because it reminded me sooo much of that rap song lol wasn’t a fan of that part lol I knew I wasn’t crazy

[@vanshgarg5514]

This movie was really good, but "best movie if the year" still goes to Across the spiderverse

[@transformersrevenge9]

What is with this comment section, and terrible Marvel tier theories? The mark on her neck was a metaphor for radiation. They got over the bomb, but a much more cruel sickness is awaiting them afterwards. It's not regenerative genes, that will give her superpowers in the next movie.

[@chxone8768]

I couldn't do anything with the main character and therefore with the people's story. His over-the-top acting and self-destructive behavior towards the end and the lack of empathetic scenes with his "family" meant that I didn't care about him or her at all. Apart from the boat scene, the dramaturgical structure until Godzilla appears is also missing; he often appears suddenly and disappears again just as quickly. Maybe after 40 Godzilla films and the hype leading up to it, I expected too much. I'm happy for everyone who celebrates this film so much. For me the only thing left is the spectacular Atomicbreath.

[@Earth_Being]

most of the world can't even watch the movie...

[@RohitSharma-uf1bl]

GOD OF WAR PART 4?????????

[@vengeance86]

ill be honest i wish we had more godzilla sequences, while keeping the elements of humanity this movie has. More atomic laser sequences maybe. and I didnt like that godzilla got defeated like that. He's innocent in this

[@Renoistic]

He's basically just an allegory for the MC's survivor's guilt so he had to be defeated. The last shot of him healing might mean this is a prequel to the first G movie, I guess?

[@groudonor12]

Ngl I was expecting this to be a step up from Shin but it really wasn't so that's why it's a disappointment for me..

[@Renoistic]

Funny how you say the movie is understated and subtle while my biggest complaint is how it overexplains every single thing (except Godzilla's origin) and how all the twists are telegraphed ten minutes in advance. I think the themes around the MC's survivor's guilt and shame was interesting but the overblown acting and some of the on-the-nose dialogue kept me from being invested (some of this might be attributed to the translation). The ending felt weak, I didn't actually get to know the side characters, and none of the action sequences were actually scary or tense. All the Jaws references in the movie only highlight how inferior the sea sequences are compared to a movie from the 70s. G is often supposed to work as a stand-in for something, but in this it's all he is, without actually having a personality or presence of his own. He represents the MC's various issues and little else. I did enjoy the post-WW2 setting, the new and pretty impressive G beam, and the first 30 minutes of the human drama. But overall the movie was too contrived and badly written for me to care that much. I much prefer Shin Godzilla. Now, I will say my theater experience was terrible with idiots talking throughout the whole movie, constantly making fun of it, which might have soured me on the movie itself. But I definititely felt it was a disappointment after Shin. And as with basically any Japanese movie with this setting, it's disconcerting how they won't acknowledge their war crimes or even mention China once. With all that said, it's an impressive-looking movie considering its budget.

[@labhell2515]

Chinese? Free Tibet Free Tibet 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

[@smiffy68]

SPOILERS Here's my question. The grand plan is to sink gojira in 1500m of water. Cool. Why is gojira able to quite clearly stand up straight when they wrap the tanks around him? If this were a western Godzilla the alleged fans would point and laugh. But for some reason this stupidity gets a pass. As does the stupid stupid stupid design of the face. God-aspbergers-zilla.

[@groudonor12]

Wake me up when the movie's done 🥱🥱🥱🥱😴😴😴😴. Same plot points blah blah blah..

[@tedkurokawa4161]

This story contains spoilers. I thought the hospital setting near the end was very interesting. This is just my personal speculation, as this is not an official story. ①The nurses' clothes and interior design are different from those of normal Japanese hospitals, and are Western-style. ② It is believed that the person who was blown away from the Sukiyabashi intersection in Ginza towards Kachidoki Bridge on Harumi Street was transported. It is probably St. Luke's Hospital, a Christian hospital that has been around since 1901. This movie takes great care and consideration to even the smallest details.　 　ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%81%96%E8%B7%AF%E5%8A%A0%E5%9B%BD%E9%9A%9B%E7%97%85%E9%99%A2

[@anthonyhudak9363]

20:45 The reporters on a roof are a direct homage to the very first Gojira where reporters were on top of a tower similar to Tokyo Tower. They were reporting and taking pictures which attracted Godzilla who subsequently tore it down

[@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace]

There were so many little easter eggs and homages to the original.. The one that really sticks out to me is the radio report of Godzilla in the bay approaching the city.. which was the same radio report the Yamane's heard in the original.

[@MadisonCarter]

Yep - and something to keep in mind - some of those reporters likely weren't far removed from reporting while witnessing firebombings and the like - very likely, their trying to get the story during chaos didn't let them register how much danger they were putting themselves in needlessly.

[@transformersrevenge9]

I love how they got it down so we'll, even to the detail of the reporter using a very exaggerated radio voice, that they used in Japan at that time.

[@DonMaggie]

Yup!!!! Loved that part so much. I was instantly transported to childhood but still remained in the moment, watching this film

[@sams5963]

I just saw this today. The scene of the reporters dying on the top of the building was a call back to a similar scene in the original Godzilla movie where reporters were up on the tower and their flash bulbs attracted Godzilla's attention and he destroyed them.

[@macaron4236]

素晴らしい知識です！（拍手👏）🇯🇵

[@ryanharte5400]

So was the scene where he attacked the train.

[@bigdreams5554]

Saw this in an empty theatre tonight. We need to spread the word, this movie is amazing!!!

[@themango6140]

Empty???? My theater was packed!!!!

[@georgiannjordan1552]

Mine (in Texas) was also nearly empty on the two days I saw it. It was the first two days it was shown, so that might be the reason. It was nice to see it without crowding, but also a shame since it's so good.

[@Suchabae]

@@georgiannjordan1552a theater in my country was completely full

[@strobey]

Cramlington, Northumberland in the UK was packed. What a film!!

[@EnragedTofu]

Never have I ever thought I’d be crying at a Godzilla film. The end at hospital WRECKED the audience and myself.

[@kramermile114]

ABSOLUTELY! I was choked up for a large part of the last 30 minutes and that last part broke me 😭 lol. I tried my hardest to hold back but that wasn’t possible 😂

[@rome8180]

I agree with Achara on the point about the acting. If you watch Japanese movies, they frequently feature acting like this. You especially see it in anime, but it's also present in samurai movies and monster movies. I don't think their aim is realism. It's more impressionistic.

[@onegemini420]

I agree with her also. I think they deserve awards for their performance in this movie. I cannot remember a Godzilla movie, TOHO or Legendary, where the acting was this good with such an impactful story, not since the original Godzilla. I personally would put Minus One higher on my list for everything including acting. - No matter how many times I have watched and rewatched all the TOHO Godzillas, the human side stories were usually worthless and the acting was so over the top. It seemed like theater and I never grew any empathy for the characters. Godzilla Minus One is completely different. Every single character had emotion and seemed REAL. Their interactions seemed natural and human, If it was not on a screen, I would believe it was not acting. I felt their traumas and struggles. I mean even Sumiko the neighbor, that relationship with Shikishima is so complex and full of emotion over the time spanned in the movie and she is a minor side character. Sakura Ando did an incredible job.

[@Entertainment-ux8ww]

I believe that Noriko survived by absorbing some of Godzilla's essence and regenerating her mangled body after the explosion. From what I can tell, she is a nod to Miki Saegusa, the most prevalent human character in the Godzilla franchise. She essentially, developed the ability to telepathically feel Godzilla's emotions and has tried to use her connection to manipulate Godzilla's actions in a prior film. Therefore, expect super human healing and telepathy if they make a sequel to Minus 1.

[@brianng8350]

Noooo...! Please don't. Hope they don't do a sequel or superhero thing...

[@Entertainment-ux8ww]

​@@brianng8350Hmm... I personally would prefer it if Godzilla Minus-1 became a trilogy. As for Noriko, her gaining supernatural abilities has precedence in prior Godzilla films and I don't have a problem with it. Finally, based on the end scenes and how the film has already recovered its budget and it's now profitable, it's safe to say that there will be sequels made.

[@AlexisStreams]

oh they have to make a sequel.they cant leave the movie of godzilla slowling regenerating and not follow up on it. its like oh we killed godzilla, haha No you didn't did you forget its ability to heal

[@thedarkknight2221]

This is without question the best monster movie ever made! I never thought I would care THIS MUCH about human characters in a Godzilla movie. It was the first time I actually feared for the destruction of a city from any monster. And this Godzilla is not “nature’s revenge” or the planet’s guardian or an animal acting on its nature, he is a ruthless and mindless monster who purposely targets humans and their homes just for the sake of destruction.

[@groudonor12]

Wake me up when the movie's finished 🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱😴😴😴😴😴 Giant monster at a time when no one's prepared oh wait that's Gojira Singular Point and Shin Except they were way BETTER since they had a BETTER Gojira that can at least evolve. Look here I'm all for a dark Gojira but cmon man at least make it unique this is the same boring generic Japanese Gojira flick.

[@thedarkknight2221]

@@groudonor12 ignore the long winded troll.

[@smiffy68]

Calm down. It was mediocre at best.

[@abcdefghi2749]

Noriko during the Ginza scene ended up not dying because she was irradiated by Godzilla or G-cells. Godzilla breaks down every time he uses his atomic breath in the movie and she was doused in his energy fallout like all the other people in Ginza. His G-cells healed all those people that didn't die from debris or the shockwave after the burst from the explosion but gave them radiation poisoning and changes them on a cellular level. Look at the Kaiju Biollante, as an example or look up G-cells. It's fascinating and kinda cool. As too covering the pilot, her motherly instincts and love for the pilot took over and it is contrived but showcases her deep love for him. His scream after her "death" from the shockwave in Ginza shows just how much he loved her. Finally, the reporters on the roof is a copy of the 1954 Gojira film from Toho where something similar happens and it plqys on that monster movie trope. This is easily up there as the best Godzilla movie and one of the best movies of 2023. It is a masterpiece and instant classic, must-see film. Godzilla minus one is phenomenal.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

Godzillas appearance at the beginning reminded me more of the 98 zilla from ny. The way it moved. I was tearing up throughout the film. I thought noriko was dead too and had a similar thought about the guy not confirming her body. And I loved the comrodery of the characters. I loved that this wasn't about "what the govt will do" but what will the people do. And the family bond of our main characters, and how she comforts him. One of the best movies ever and easily the best movie of 2023.

[@Godzilla-tu2cd]

Such a great movie. Without a doubt a great Godzilla movie and one of the best since the original Gojira and shin Godzilla

[@lightning1896]

It was about 10 days Noriko was out of the picture. Its possible the dark thing spreading on her skin is soemthing related to the Godzilla cells. Maybe she did get completely wrecked, but the infection made her start healing really fast. Especially because immediately after they show the infection, it switches to Godzilla not being dead either, and healing. I dont know what the full effects of her infection will be but its not as happy an ending as it seems :/ Still an amazing movie though and beautiful, made me want to live more lol

[@brownstarslots]

I was at first unhappy that she was so lightly injured. That shockwave should've shredded her. The second showing I saw that thing moving on her arm and I got it. I'm in.

[@groudonor12]

So you're telling me she's no different to the female protagonist from Secret Invasion 😑😑 easy skip

[@brianng8350]

How did you concluded it was about 10 days? Because the Doc said Godzilla would ome back in about 10 days? As for Godzilla healing factor contamination thing, I hope that is not true. That would lean on to superhero or Ultraman stuff. Unless they lean to do a crossover... 😂😂😂

[@asyrafrasid4090]

Movie of the year...far better than current Hollywood movies

[@MahoroAndou]

I don't know if anyone else got this too, but Koichi's screaming reminded me of Shinji from Evangelion. His screaming was not out of pain, but also anger and frustration at Godzilla, and most importantly, himself. Whether it was true or not, he earnestly believed that he could have killed Godzilla earlier and prevented everything. So I saw that scream directed at himself too.

[@Jigsaw407]

Saw it in theather yesterday. What a movie! It's basically a post war drama first and a monster movie second. The Godzilla x Kong trailer looks like a complete joke in comparison. Godzilla Minus One is a proper movie. Godzilla X Kong is a Saturday morning cartoon.

[@larryrobinson9584]

Love this movie so much. The nostalgia look of the Godzilla I grew up on and the story line was perfect and keeping it all in Japanese

[@Exen88]

You two had a lot of passion for this movie which I can see. And I too have a lot of passion after seeing the movie. It was a beautiful movie. I haven’t felt like that in a long time. I will be watching for the third time and until I got enough.

[@bokuboke482]

Great upload, you two! Koichi's scream when Noriko vanished in the Ginza carnage cringed me slightly, but I heard it as raw human anguish and appreciated his howl's honest agony. As for the rooftop film crew, I think their reluctance to move to safety reflected (again) the Japanese mentality of self-sacrifice to achieve a result; like war correspondants, they put their lives at risk to film a war-footing situation.

[@onegemini420]

I just watched this movie today and I think it deserves some awards. The music, the CGI, the ACTING. Wow, what a human story. While I can nitpick on a couple things in the movie. It simply was incredible. I am SO GLAD that it was released in the US and I went to see it in the theater. This is by far my FAVORITE Godzilla movie ever! I'm still excited about it! - I have to agree with Achara here. The acting was top-notch to me, I mean award-winning to me. This level of acting is unexpected in a Godzilla movie, especially a TOHO one. The human portion of most TOHO Godzilla movies has always been throw away for me. Acting to me has always been mediocre and the human stories tended to be silly or have nothing really to do with Godzilla. The story in this movie was tremendous, but the actors really made me feel for the characters. - I have to disagree that Shikishima should have died. He was willing to sacrifice himself to stop Godzilla, but when he was given the option to live he HAD to take it. He believed Noriko gave her life for him. What would her sacrifice mean if he was just going to throw his life away as well? I think he fully expected to die, which is why he left the money and home to Sumiko for Akiko. When Tachibana told him about the ejection seat. he realized he had a chance to live. Even then, there would be no guarantee he would survive, but he had to try and live because of Noriko's sacrifice. - There were not a lot of people in the theater when I went. Small town theater. But it was absolutely silent when the sound cut out for that scene. It's almost as if everyone was holding their breath for the silence. Not even a crunch of popcorn or a sip of soda.

[@arturocastro1683]

The crying scene actually felt painful l which hurt more tbh. It worked for me cause I actually felt anger of almost starting a new life.

[@mathewnavarro1152]

Cry at Kaiju monster movie this year. ✔️

[@bartell20j]

Sorry but his crying out was powerful to me. All I felt was pain.

[@anngo4140]

Finally! Somebody acknowledging Hamabe's beauty!

[@6PathsGohan]

This is my movie of the year 🤷‍♂️

[@magnusharris6478]

Lots of sniffles and crying in the theater. My date was sobbing on my arm. Just a well done job of storytelling and invoking emotion. When you aren't cheering for Godzilla, you know that movie was very well done.

[@DannyOceans777]

One thing to remember is that in Japan, kids down to about five years old are going to see this movie. You want to show the horrors of war and nuclear war, but still not scare for life really young kids. Thus no ripped apart bodies and they aren't going to kill the mother.

[@brianng8350]

I probably won't show this to any kid under 10. But each to their own.

[@AttorneyBCollins]

The reason the Kamikaze planes didn't have ejection seats is that they were a slap dash modification of their regular planes, no time for that. I have read before that the canopies were bolted shut on some of them so there was no getting out and no parachutes. The Zero fighters were so maneuverable and light because they purposefully left out any protective armor to save weight. They would have never used the additional weight and complexity of ejection seats if they didn't even have armor around the cockpit.

[@mrchone84]

If you pay attention to the ending. Noriko got infected with the G Cells. It was spreading in her neck as she was embracing with Koichi. The G Cell is what gives Godzilla his regenerative abilities. Hence why she survived the blast..