SHIN GODZILLA MOVIE REACTION & REVIEW | First Time Watching

[@Omn1Media]

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[@coachmikesfilmroom3111]

the way the gov acted was not much of an exageration. it was how slow they were with fukushima

[@emilecaitan2067]

Fun fact; it's been confirmed that when Shin Godzilla roars, it's screaming in pain. Its existence is just as painful for it as it is towards humans

[@achmadaziz8217]

depressed lizard just want to die but it's body reject it

[@emilecaitan2067]

@@achmadaziz8217 The lyrics to the theme song of Shin Godzilla pretty much lists and describes how much pain the titular monster is in and laments. It wants to die....but it can't

[@DynastyStar602]

This fact doesn’t sound too fun

[@nimrodclarin6524]

The roars use in shin godzilla are reused roars in past movies the 3rd form of shin godzilla has the 1954 gojira and the 4th form has roars to godzilla vs king kong 1962 to terror of mechagodzilla 1975 the ending has the roar in the return of godzilla 1984

[@omarquiwa2566]

Shin's blood spread in to a new beast

[@GoB1996]

I think this film has one of the most haunting endings I’ve seen. We were THAT close to complete extinction and if you look at the concept art it gets just ridiculous but interesting nonetheless lol.

[@jasonhoagland8444]

You should check out the production art for the 5th format of godzilla. It was going to split into hundreds of those human-like aliens they showed on his tail. There's a deleted scene where they found a chunk of his flesh metamorphosis into those creatures.

[@ilikethecokev2]

​@@xenocrimson They stated that due to Shin being frozen, his body will deteriorate within a couple years

[@thisspaceforrent5737]

I love that those images exist, just to show us that they stopped the creature at pretty much the last moment it ever could have been stopped.

[@joshuameadows4922]

@@ilikethecokev2 I could have swore they said that freezing him was only a temporary solution and they would need to think of thinking else before he thawed? Or am I misremembering.

[@BigBrotherTheWatcher1984]

What if some of them escaped?

[@ProfArmitage218]

The creator of the movie was inspired by the slow response of the Japanese government bureaucracy to the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the earthquake and tsunami that triggered it.

[@autisticusmaximus9562]

The creators a fuckin weeb

[@errorunknown5701]

'The creator' lmao you're talkin' about one of the best damn directors ever! Hideaki motherfuckin' Anno!

[@Legend-wi5bg]

​@@errorunknown5701 ok but why angry

[@MDB2KEntertainment]

The godzilla human things at the end are explained as “a committee stopped godzilla so he must become a committee” there’s also a bunch of deleted scenes where chunks of his flesh that got blown off started growing multiple eyes and teeth as if they were growing new godzillas

[@jasonstrickland9245]

That deleted scene has always bothered me, and not in the way you might think. I recently saw scans from one of the Godzilla comics where he goes to heaven and hell, "god" was depicted as a blob of flesh with eyes and teeth...........is there ANY connection to that being?

[@AndersTeinhart-lz2sv]

What?

[@aryobimo2199]

​@@jasonstrickland9245there is actually. Or close to it. In the art book of the movie you can see its final form as a humanoid angelic entity with "wings"

[@jasonstrickland9245]

@@aryobimo2199 well now that's just creepy...........and something I would've loved to see!

[@williamholtzclaw3029]

​@@jasonstrickland9245I mean, it is sorta in his name

[@androyus]

One of the things that made me grateful for the release of Godzilla Minus One is the fact that Toho will leave Shin Godzilla alone and not force a sequel from it. Shin Godzilla is a masterpiece that's better to be left alone. The final scene with the humanoid Godzillas will get our imagination going and the follow up story in our head will always be better than what Toho could do with very limited budget. It's also thanks to Shin Godzilla that Toho finally being confident in making Godzilla movies again, with CG this time. Before Godzilla (2014) & Shin (2016), Toho really didn't know what to do with the Godzilla IP other than to lend it to Hollywood.

[@SomeoneIsAlwaysMovingOnTheSurf]

Just like Bloodborne "a corpse... should be left well alone"

[@nemosotillo]

100% agreed.

[@tri-sapien6487]

Unlike everyone else, I actually think Godzilla was completely stopped. I think that last shot was just showing the audience what would have been if they failed, and how close they were to destruction.

[@PierceArner]

So a few things I think you'd appreciate, especially as a Godzilla fan: Shin Godzilla's design is _extremely_ reminiscent of the physical deformities from Chisso-Minamata Disease, which was a big influence on designs in *_Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind_* & *_Princess Monokoke_* by Hayao Miyazaki in depicting themes of post-war Japanese corruption and dumping waste material into a body of water causing the tragedy the way this does. The success of *_Nausicaä_* created both his Studio Ghibli & Hideaki Anno's Studio Gainax, so it's not surprising to see Anno using those themes as a foundation when tackling the 2011 Fukushima disaster response in a lot of the human elements of this film. The lyrics to the song, "Who Will Know" that plays during the destruction of the night attack on Tokyo are explaining Godzilla's emotional experience. They're haunting and make that scene even more emotional. It heavily emphasizes the inherent tragedy of monsters, but especially with the previous context of the suffering that's known from diseases like radiation poisoning inspiring the original *_Godzilla_* & Chisso-Minamata in this one that makes scene carries even more weight to Godzilla's perspective, and why it's seen as a constant aspect of post-war Japanese struggling. When they initially pause the attack because of the civilians, it's because the JGSDF (Japanese Government Special Defense Force) that was formed post-war has to act in an extremely defense-specific capacity, and thats why there's SO much red tape when they could be the cause of a casualty, and also why their hands are often tied when it comes to American intervention. It's the same reason why they're eventually strong armed into the thermonuclear bombing of Tokyo option, and have to resort to back channel means to overcome Godzilla by other means. Lastly, Godzilla's purple beam attack in this film ended up getting a nickname by Japanese audiences calling it the "mass-resignation beam" because of all of the members of the government who die in that single attack when it hits their evacuation helicopter. Love your reactions as always, but especially as someone else who's seen all the Godzilla films, this one has made a really lasting impact on me in a way I didn't expect, and it seems thats probably the case for you as well. (As I'm in the EU, I've gotta wait a while before I have any way to see *_Minus One_* but I expect that will be just exceptionally amazing as well).

[@jonservo]

It’s interesting how much better a lot of Godzilla movies become when you do research into the film and what the director was trying to do with it. Even some of the 60’s more campy films have some deeper themes in them that often aren’t obvious at first till you do a little digging into the production. I’ve seen minus one twice already, and I don’t think you will be disappointed. I took my mother with me to see it. She is not a fan of Godzilla at all, but she loved it and came with me again and loved it just as much the second time, she even talked my dad into coming and he admitted after he liked it as well (I knew he liked it because he stayed awake the whole movie, they are older so it’s big if he stays awake, it means he was drawn in to the movie)

[@PierceArner]

@@jonservo Yeah, even the showa era films very often have a bunch of underlying sociopolitical or environmental messages at their core. Man that's awesome ta hear about *_Minus One_* & your parents! I'm keeping my fingers crossed we'll get a limited showing or something at some point out here, but it's hard ta say.

[@jonservo]

@@PierceArner I hope you can, everyone should get a chance to see it in theaters. If not it’s still a great film, it’s definitely going in my physical media Godzilla collection when it’s out on Blu-ray

[@PierceArner]

@@jonservo Yeah, niche things have the benefit of the US being a large singularly encompassed area for licensing and distribution. That gets a lot more fragmented in the EU, even without addressing which languages get subtitles where in theatrical releases _in general_ let alone for more limited releases like this.

[@jonservo]

@@PierceArner yeah I can see that. Even in the US it's taken a while to get most of the Godzilla films in their original Japanese with subtitles. It was only a couple years ago I was able to get Godzilla 1984 in Japanese. Until then the only option was the terrible American re-edit. I can only imagine what it would be like when only a short trip could put you in a completely different country with it's own language, culture and in some cases media standards

[@irishgamerkerrielouise]

This movie actually creeped me out. The ending shot gives me goosebumps every time.

[@derangedberger]

About the nuclear bomb, from a grounded standpoint, it could be quite effective. Most people immediately go to the "radiation" aspect of the bomb, and think it would make him stronger. Godzilla may have a pseudo-nuclear reactor inside him, but the main effect of a thermonuclear bomb isn't radiation, it's to create a 2 mile wide ball of 100,000,000 degree plasma in a single moment. To be fair, Godzilla has been known to survive nukes in the past, but shin godzilla is a bit different. As powerful as shin godzilla is, he is seemingly much more damageable and mortal, like an animal, than most godzillas. If a few bombs from B2s can make him bleed, it's quite possible a nuke will just erase him from existence. The only concern I'd have is that if any single piece of him survived, he could regenerate or something, due to what's been shown of his mutative powers.

[@user-neriame232]

because shin godzilla is animal

[@Trygorn]

have to agree with that one, Shins greatest strength is its near immortal regeneration which allows for its rapid evolution. Shin is not among the most powerful or durable Godzillas but it is one of the hardest to kill permanently

[@jankieek8218]

A quick reminder that everytime in the movie someone says that something is impossible for shin to do he does it. -It's impossible for him to go on land. He goes on land. -It's impossible for him to have a nuclear reactor as a energy source. They confirm he is getting his energy from nuclear fissure -It's impossible for him to survive atomic bomb. ??? Even one of the people on Yaguchis team questions if the bomb is a good idea and how can they be sure if it would work. So I don't know about you but I see a theme here, so I wouldn't be so sure about that bomb killing him.

[@saifis]

I saw this at the theatres in Shinjuku, it was pretty surreal to have gozilla slowly approach where you are irl and then the entire city is engulfed in flames and you're like, "oh that laser probabbly hit the theatre."

[@tallonrock1471]

The substance leaking out of it is indeed godzilla’s blood. Love this movie portraying Godzilla as a creature that is in constant, agonizing pain. Its flesh is tearing itself apart as he evolves, and a nuclear reactor is burning him from the inside.

[@alexkramerblogs]

I saw this during 2021, and it was real scary seeing some of the same administrative paralysis and bad decisions made on bad assumptions, both in the movie and mirrored in real life. It's kind of sad that the movie seemed to have a better teamwork, plan, and final resolution than the "pretend it's not still around" we have going today.

[@gianmarcozampella5138]

Shin is 100% CGI,quite an impressive one I'd add considering the only 15 million dollars budget of the movie. There was a partial animatronic in scale,you can actually find BTS of it,but it didn't end up in the final cut,heck,I don't even know if the process went beyond filming it. Shin is 118 meters (388 ft) tall,just a few meters/feet shorter than Legendary's Godzilla current height. Those pieces of disgusting flesh among the rubble (that come from the injury caused by the bombers' missiles I believe) are actually growing as separate entities to colonize the surroundings. In one deleted scene,they even grew eyes and teeth!

[@geraldthegoose1685]

If I remember at 8:35 that actually was a prop but correct me if I'm wrong

[@gianmarcozampella5138]

@@geraldthegoose1685 no practical for this movie,the non-used animatronic torso-up was of the 4th form,not Kamata-Kun

[@geraldthegoose1685]

@@gianmarcozampella5138 your right it was for kamakura-san my fault

[@linksavetheday]

it's budget was only 15 million, 78 million is what it made at the box office, fun fact the highest budget japanese movie ever was only 49 million

[@gianmarcozampella5138]

@@linksavetheday oh,yeah,damn! That made sense to me because 15 m is Minus One's budget,so I thought at almost ten years apart,CGI is less expensive and Minus One required less budget than Shin

[@Bell043]

See you get emotional over the word "third bomb" made me realized some feeling hidden in myself. Thank you very much. Great reaction.

[@barnestorm2004]

Shin Godzilla serves as another "two kinds of people" subject among Godzilla fans. We all seem to either Really love it, or Really hate it. I Really love it.

[@federalexpressman9762]

After watching this, check out Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider. They're from the same crew as this movie. In fact, they're part of the same franchise: Shin Japan Heroes Universe. Shin Japan Heroes Universe is a franchise that takes the most iconic of Japan's pop culture characters and then giving them a reboot that returns them back to their roots. However, you won't need to know anything about Ultraman or Kamen Rider to watch Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider. If you don't already know, the director and writer of this is Hideaki Anno, the creator of Evangelion. Evangelion 3.0+1.0 is actually part of the SJHU in Japan.

[@Jawa_Droid_Seller]

Shin Goji was largely a cgi model, a damn good one at that, however; they wanted to make sure that the tradition of godzilla being played by a human alive. So while no suit is used, the model was motion captured by Mansai Nomura.

[@jmsmys13ify]

You basically see the summary of the problem right at 6:05. "What a waste of time that (meeting) was. Get me someone who knows something." Basically our world leaders everyone!

[@paulsteward9582]

they use motion capture with greenscreen for Shin Godzilla. actually cool technique if you ask me. so the actor wears costume but not like full bodysuit since they greenscreen the rest. but the actor himself requesting shin godzilla mask for him can act better as shin godzilla.

[@Pixlriffs]

Watched this for the first time a few days ago. I’m a huge fan of director Anno’s work on Neon Genesis Evangelion, and the cinematography & editing had a distinctly similar feel. One of the most unusual things for me, as someone who’s mostly familiar with Western cinema, is how often the characters in this movie looked straight into the camera. It was jarring at first, but it’s actually really effective at getting you to feel like you’re part of the action. It puts you in the shoes of a government minister being briefed on Godzilla’s attack. A very direct way to create immersion for the audience.

[@maddiebromen6068]

It made up a small portion of the review, but it was incredibly refreshing to see you be emotionally impacted by 26:00. Many other reactions have kinda skated over that scene likely because many don't understand the level of trauma Godzilla originated from. -That reaction was also a very good sign you'll get hit even harder by Minus One.- Edit just saw you reviewed Minus One actually, glad to see i was correct! PS just found your channel via this video but judging by your other interests I'd love to see you hit 9. Very much another story about people working together in the face of incredible horror.

[@mrman-yj3bn]

Im so flad people started reacting to this, absolute banger.

[@MajoraZ]

If you look at concept art for the movie, there were a lot of surreal further evolutions planned beyond the mini-zilla humanoids that began to budd off, including a giant humanoid "angel" with wings made of dorsal fins, which feels very inspired by the otherworldly designs in Neon Genesis Evangelion which Shin Godzilla's director also made. I absolutely love Shin Godzilla, it's tied with Final Wars for my favorite movie in the series (obviously, for very oppposite tonal reasons, haha) but I do think that it'd help the climax match the horror and intensity of the night scene in the middle of the film (which as is is undoubtedly the movie's crowning achievement) if the ending had Godzilla start to transform again into this sky-filling angelic figure with beams across the horizon right before it gets frozen, then you could still have the stinger of it budding off mini-zillas to have the "becoming a collective since human cooporation is what beat him" theme. Honestly., Evangelion itself would be a great thing to react to!

[@jekmx3441]

I'd also add that Evangelion, at least when it comes some themes and designs in general, is heavily inspired by Go Nagai's Devilman, which also inspired other famous works like Berserk.

[@ea-nr2hd]

@@jekmx3441 Shin even had a crossover with Evangelion.

[@jekmx3441]

@@ea-nr2hd oh I know , It's just me feeling sad about og Devilman being forgotten by new generations along other great works that inspired many future ones.

[@stacyp2186]

I just saw Godzilla Minus One, then Monarch and now you watching Shin. I must have died and gone to heaven. lol

[@Omn1Media]

It’s a good day to be a Godzilla fan. Including this I’ve got 3 Godzilla related vids today.

[@stacyp2186]

@@Omn1Media looking forward to it. I’ll watch them all

[@AndrewRedskin]

I wish Ikira Ifukube was alive to not only see this movie but hear the score to this movie. The scores to this movie are masterpieces.

[@purplehax1091]

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.

[@BlackavarWD]

I love people's reaction to the first land-based form (stage 2.) It IS *nightmare fuel,* but it's also kinda funny (but not if you were near it!) Can't believe you *put up* with the anime movies but denied yourself THIS masterpiece. It is the best Godzilla movie that is true to the original message.

[@BlackavarWD]

I was glad there wasn't some *forced* love story, like the drama of 2 people was so insignificant compared to the disaster. The second form crashing through apartment buildings to stand up or get back to the ocean was so much more impactful than when older Godzillas destroyed temple models just because he could.

[@miluwi]

Excellent movie! I saw minus one two nights ago... and wow...just wow. Good time to be Godzilla fans.

[@Omn1Media]

Including this, I've got 3 Godzilla related videos coming today! haha

[@nycot107]

These are part of the lyrics to the song "Who will know" which plays during the scene where Shin Godzilla uses his atomic breath/heat ray. The song is meant to be from Godzilla's point of view, stating will anyone ever realise that it's not a monster bent on destruction, but rather a creature in constant pain who can do nothing but move forward: 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 But I must carry on Nothing worse can befall All my fears, all my tears Tell my heart there's a hole I wear a void, not even hope A downward slope is all I see As long as breath comes from my mouth I may yet stand the slightest chance A shaft of light is all I need To cease the darkness killing me

[@ManicPandaz]

One of the thing I like about Godzilla movies is usually the solution to the big bad isn’t a bigger weapon, it’s a smarter weapon. That our conventional weapons are not effective so we have to solve a scientific problem. Godzilla Minus One did this as well. We can’t overpower Godzilla so we have to out smart him. It usually not just “a big bomb” that will kill Godzilla, sometime that just gives him power.

[@bwilliams463]

17:35 I love the 'drive-by' POV as Gojira marches slowly along. I feel more like I'm actually in a car trying to evade the monster. I have dreams like that. I found the ending a bit unsatisfying, just leaving Gojira standing in the middle of town, seemingly ready to wake up at any moment. They'll probably build a giant amusement park around it.

[@tsuno9558]

What I think of myself as a Japanese is that the portrayal of politicians who are constantly engaged in useless discussions with no one willing to take responsibility is so realistic as to be laughable. In the movie, there are protagonists who try to make quick decisions, but in the real Japan, there are no such people, and even if there were, they are crushed by politicians who have grown old and powerful. I believe that "Shin Godzilla" contains a message of hope for the rebirth of Japan.

[@francoliles189]

honestly, even though the third act felt a bit long, the whole ideology against a third nuclear bomb being dropped on them was just so powerful. The disgrace it felt to allow the same country that did it before to do it again. And then, having the people of Japan manage to (temporarily?) defeat Godzilla and defend their country just such a good feeling. Minus One is possibly my favorite ending to a Godzilla film, with the emotion. But this one felt just as powerful of a statement in ending, along with the horror of him at the end too.

[@9s420]

In Japan, when you find neatly placed shoes but there is no one, it means their owner has committed Shadow Realm. It's kind of a popular tv trope when depicting such things but not wanting to go so far as to show the action being done.

[@sfkeepay]

You can tell this is a great Godzilla movie, because it stimulates so many ideas among thoughtful people. For instance, they say democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the other forms. An authoritarian government might have made decisions much more quickly, but it could easily be the wrong decision, costing far more lives. The democratic process, the necessity of going through the slow, frustrating work of collecting and weighing everyone’s ideas…it’s seriously imperfect, but it really is the best we can do. You never know who may have an notion or approach that strengthens the effectiveness of the final policy. Or even entirely exceeds it. The need for compromise, patience, and trying to discover the best solution to a complex problem - or even to know when to take use that protocol, as opposed to when to simply execute on the snap decision of just a few people - particularly when lives are at stake - these are questions that haunt society. Your reaction was engaging. I especially appreciated that, during the first “atomic breath” scene, you immediately grasped the scope of what you were seeing. Many people don’t. Or they don’t understand why it’s so emotionally resonant in the Japanese context. In that, and in later parts, of the film, it requires a level of historical knowledge I had thought basic to anyone over the age of 10 (or so) alive today, but have been proven wrong. This isn’t a grumpy “kids today” argument. This isn’t the fault of kids and young people. It’s the responsibility of each generation to provide a thorough education to the generation that follows it. It’s an absolute necessity to sustain a functional democracy. But we are creating a society of ignorance, granting high school diplomas to citizens who don’t know what a single thermonuclear detonation using a modern atomic weapon over a population center would actually do, or even that the US is the only country to have ever done that.

[@MarkFaamaoni]

We happened to just watch this ourselves the other day. The moment that the beams came out of the fins, my jaw just dropped. What a moment. I would have given up right there and then, LOL. It's like, how do you beat that? (Through science, of course, as we later figure see.)

[@colezaslove1915]

at first i didnt quite like the design due to the red glowey streaks, but watching, its apparent that the red is actually exposed muscle, and the glow is from him being a reactor. now i really like the idea. great video!!

[@Valacar]

I love everyone's reaction to his second evolution. Watched this last weekend, followed by Minus one

[@Ozai75]

The Atomic Breath sequence is perhaps my favorite in all Cinema. Because not only is it really not an attack (Until he destroys the Bombers) It's really Godzilla puking out all of the Nuclear radiation that's built up in his body (which is why it's that awful, acrid looking smoke at the beginning) before it's set on fire and then turned into a focused, dangerous beam of Nuclear energy. IT even hurts Godzilla as you can see his mouth smoking from the damage it's done to him.

[@CountryShape]

one way to look at that tail ending is, the bible says God made man in his image and the movie posters say a god incarnate. So maybe this is Shin Godzilla creating man in his image.

[@mastertree14]

Shin Godzilla is the ever evolving "monster". Almost every scene you see of it shows it evolving. His body changes to what happens or what will effect him in a short time frame to support survival. It needs to breath Air out of water? Evolve to breath air (7:50). Cant go through buildings easily? Evolve with stronger legs and bigger tail (11:10) Getting hit with something you cant reach? Evolve to fire a beam (22:55) Multi-able targets? Evolve to fire more beams (23:25) Cant hit everything with back beams and not enough beams to shoot everything it the mouth? Evolve with a tail beam (31:10) Unable to fight a army by yourself? Evolve to be the army (36:20) As of why i stated "Monster". The origin of it was a prehistoric sea creature that adapted to eat nuclear waste in its habitat. It was forced to then endure millions even billions of years of evolution in minutes. Everything that happens to it causes it pain. It would possibly evolve so much it would in theory become a God.

[@box4467]

Also how do we know there isn't hundreds to thousands to possibly millions of these mutated creatures that didn't awaken yet and this one was just the start

[@alyssongg8532]

The last scene showing what was going on with his tail is to show that they managed to escape complete extinction. As you know godzilla was evolving to adapt and "counter" any threats to him, when tanks and planes were attacking, the breath and his "lazers" from tail and dorsal plates were the response. But then once he got pressured by the humans he started to think of them as the main threat, and started to produce a "counter" to that threat, similar to how our body produces antibodies agaisnt a virus, humans were the virus and the humanoids coming out from his tails were the antibodies, he was going to release those creatures to wipe all humanity and protect himself, those humanoids were bigger than humans and their only purpose would be to exterminate humanity.

[@animetrashamvs]

"But can he do a flying kick?" god i haven't laughed that hard in a minute 🤣

[@DaringDasher]

I don't know why but this is possibly the most unsettling Godzilla film I've ever seen lol

[@cyaneetnoodlesmaker2251]

i definitely suggest you listening to the music “tragedies shin godzilla” edited: and maybe persecution too

[@commanderelite]

I think what makes this one of my favorite Godzilla movies, is that its the first one in a long time that tried to make an actual modern version of the OG movie, I know that the 2014 movie tried to do that too but this one did it a lot better. And on top of that, part of the reason why the Japanese government was dragging their heels at the start of this movie was to mirror of the real life government of Japan took so long to deal with the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, really go look that up, it was one of the major inspirations for this movie

[@MiaH56]

Hey, I’m loving your reaction and comments on Shogun and now I am here! Are you going to review Godzilla minus one as well? I am so looking forward to if you are❤

[@gatilajohngerald4770]

This is like one of the best Godzilla films out there, because the fact that Shin is different from other Godzillas, the way he is portrayed is so interesting because he is just a fish at first but intake the radioactive dump that was dumped in the ocean, and when he arrived at land with blood dripping is Shin suffering in pain, because some say Shin wants to die but his body cant die because its resisting it, and whenever he roars means screaming in pain. And in his atomic breath scene, the music played in the background and the lyrics starts to sing that was like his inner conciousness conveying what Shin really feels in the movie.

[@rabooey]

To me this is hands-down the best Godzilla movie ever made. It's a perfect combination of old-school and modern filmmaking as well as the perfect combination of old-school Godzilla and modern Godzilla. I felt like I was watching the original 1954 release the first time I saw it and still do. I love how we got the realistic, "boots on the ground" version of a logical and dramatic response to a real-world catastrophe of epic proportions. We got to see the backstory of the world's greatest monster come to life as it evolved and mutated from horrific creature to monstrous deity and how can you not love that? Thanks for reacting to this modern-day classic!

[@glyphgraph8436]

I heard that the movie is a shot to the Government bureaucracy at making a slow response towards unpredictable disaster in Japan; where natural disaster is common especially when Japan faced a deadly 2011 earthquake & tsunami..

[@shinskreeee]

All form for shin: 1 the tail-Tokyowan-kun : 2 the yellow one shin on land first time-kamata-kun : 3 the evolved shinnagawan-kun : 4 evolved again with atomic breath-Kamakura-san : 5 the freeze shin4-humanoid-tail : that all thanks for reading

[@brianyaeger8209]

So I’m Shin Godzilla, it was all CGI (with motion capture) From what I heard, some animatronic Godzillas where made, but none made it into final film

[@G3rain1]

Ms. Ogashira is the real hero of this film. Not only is she always right, she knows or guesses what's going on or what they should do way ahead of everyone else.

[@mdfthebatman4937]

You should see "Shin Ultraman" and "Shin Masked Rider". These are called "Shin Japan Heroes Universe". Also includes "Shin Godzilla". (like MCU)

[@dustyr112]

First video of yours that I've seen, and this was a fine reaction my dude. Your emotional responses were very touching. :'] Fantastic work, mate!

[@Castlevanius]

Basically Shin counters everything that Damaged/Killed it. Aquatic form > Went on land and died because only had gills > eveolve into bipedal (to move better) and lungs > returns fully evolved to be amphibious > US managed to injure him using the bunker busters > counters by evolving anti air & phase radar.... hence why the "ending" shows that thing coming out of the tail. Humans bested/killed it > evolve into humanoid form to be the apex of the food chain

[@sahihahmedov2016]

Fun shin Godzilla teeth, actually poking into his skin

[@kauhalephinfan2304]

Really enjoyed this reaction and all the cool comments

[@user-sf7bj3wj5h]

I'm japanese. When you mentioned "The Third Bomb," I was surprised at the part where you shed tears for the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago, and at the same time, I thank you for your tears. I think this is a movie about what we can do when a war or disaster strikes that citizens cannot resist, how we will face it, and how we will die. As you say, it may not be a ``Godzilla movie,'' but it's still in my top five movies ever.

[@BallPitSpringBonnie]

Shin goji was just a big animatronic on set

[@HawkTeevs]

Shin Godzilla is such a terrifying creature. The way it constantly evolved to counter any obstacle it came across really gave it the feeling that we are watching a true, unstoppable force of nature. And with concept art of its 5th form and beyond, showing it would have evolved so far beyond what was thought to be possible, it truly is the most powerful and horrifying Godzilla that has ever been put to screen.

[@Halomasterchiefpro]

i loved your analisis on the way people reacted/united to godzilla, some friends tell me theres much bla bla bla and not so much godzilla, but i think that aspect its very interesting and i liked it, and when there are godzilla scenes they re amazing, so its a movie i enjoyed too much :)

[@mikaru_maple]

it doesn't have a guy in a suit but it does use an animatronic for some scenes

[@haohao8790]

There is actually another horrifying deleted concept art about Shin Godzilla where Shin Godzilla instead of mutating and evolving to his next stage he is 'shedding' his old form and then to his next form and each time he sheds a nuclear explosion would ensue where his skeleton from him shedding from his old form would be visible in the nuclear explosion like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon after that his skeleton would regenerate and become his next evolutionary form

[@lykan2]

I need these Humanoid-Zillas to be a thing in a future movie, it can't just end like that, you can't tease me like that. Shin was the first (original)Godzilla i watched in like 25 years, before that i happend to watch bits and pieces of the old ones, airing around here around christmas time xD Loved it. Shin Godzilla starts kinda slow but it keeps building and building with every minute.

[@jasonaugustine3370]

The idea behind this movie is interesting but when that thing first comes out of the water, it looks like it’s straight out of Jim Henson’s nightmares I just can’t get past the eyes

[@starzariaguy5151]

You should see the concept art from this movie, it’s awesome. Like Godzilla was gonna be able to fly with biological jet engines, it also shows the concepts for the humanoid Godzilla offspring.

[@InkyGhosts]

The entire motif of this version of Godzilla is EVOLUTION. Every time it developed a new trait it was in direct response to challenges it was facing. Having trouble walking on land? Evolve some bigger, sturdier legs. Overheating easy? Evolve a self-cooling system. Being attacked from long range? Evolve to shoot lasers from your body. And so on. The final scene was Godzilla's next evolution which got interrupted due to the coagulant. What better way to fight against an army than to become and army yourself?

[@Stone_Fallen]

Shin is my favority, he looks so cool and have a sad history

[@maingamer6846]

If you liked this movie, you should totally check out the other two movies the director (Hideko Anno) has done, Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider. Also for modern Godzilla movies, they don't use suits anymore (the last movie that did was Final Wars), rather they now use Mo Cap for it.

[@Goats7and10]

The closeups of the mouth during the atomic breath or soemthimes during its shot of the dorsal plates it was used with a suit ... the rest was CGI

[@bocahcebol2815]

7:45 that's the face that only a mother could love

[@Godzilla-tu2cd]

Such a fantastic reimagining for Godzilla and relivent for what happened to Japan back in 311 when the tsunami and earthquake happened just like the bombing in Hiroshima happened that inspired Godzilla

[@nakklevar]

The fifth form looked like from Bloodborne. You can see a lot of suffering there

[@oceanramen7190]

It was Monsterverse and Shin that were tallest takes on Goji till Godzilla Earth took the number one tallest Godzilla to date, and I do not know if will ever see something bigger or as big again.

[@Omn1Media]

Godzilla Earth is insane!

[@oceanramen7190]

@Omn1Media I liked it, but I do agree that the history or at least the novels events should have been the movies instead.

[@corryjamieson3909]

I mean, if Shin gets a continuation, dudes gonna become an entire universe.

[@kauhalephinfan2304]

Wow…you have to see Godzilla Minus one.

[@Cs-cp6vo]

The red excretion (blood) reminds me of Godzilla Singular Point which probably took inspiration from this

[@DarksideSleemo]

This isn't the best Godzilla movie in my opinion but it easily has the best Atomic breath scene of any Godzilla film. The way the breathe condenses down into that fine beam is so cool. The sound design is insane and the music goes with it so well.

[@kingscorpion7346]

Jun Kunimura also played in The Great War of Archimedes as an admiral; a story regarding the building of the Battleship Yamato.

[@1monki]

Godzilla's evolution forces the audience to experience this well-known creature freshly. At first, we're not sure what we're looking at. "Is this Godzilla?" After it takes the standard look, we're still unsure what to expect from this version. It's new, again.

[@jasonhoagland8444]

I love this movie, but I loved it even more when the director said that it's kind of a comedy about beauraracy.

[@HugeTheWarningFan]

After a few viewings of this movie, I have come to a theory regarding Godzilla's origins. It seems no one thinks about the beginning before Godzilla is shown. The boat that the scientist owned is found abandoned right where Godzilla becomes its first evolution. Does this mean anything? Perhaps, did the scientist commit suicide for the turmoil Japan put his wife through? And if so, what happened to him? We don't ever really get any information as to where he was and if indeed he did throw himself off the boat. My theory is that he might not have even committed suicide. Maybe he dived overboard and swam down into the bay and possibly the radiation contained in that area made him merge with fish and other sealife which became the start of Godzilla...? Going over the movie quite a few times, I have never heard any explanation as to why the boat was abandoned and where the scientist is. It's implied that he committed suicide.

[@snakehandler87]

Excellent review!

[@mintian6304]

The film was a huge hit in Japan, people who had never seen Godzilla movie before to the theater. The main reason is that the film's depiction of Godzilla is very similar to the Great East Japan Earthquake. Godzilla was an earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear power plant. In the real world, people lost a lot of things, and the Tohoku region is in the process of reconstruction. On the other hand, in the world of the movie, it is a fantasy that if people work together, they can overcome the disaster of Godzilla. Shin Godzilla is a film that Japanese who experienced the disaster can relate to. It was not a big hit in the world because it was completely aimed at the domestic market.

[@Ghost_Void226]

Godzilla story in this is so sad a creture forced to forever evolve feeling endless pain, even if it wanted death its body simply wouldn't allow it and just evolved to fight against anything. If you listen to the lyrics of the song playing during the atomic breath scene the ladies lyrics are sad and with pain while the male voice is the need to survive no matter what. Shows the two sides of godzilla a creature in pain but forever fighting.

[@lil_aredOfficial]

There are some parts that are cgi, but the truth is, they actually use animatronics to make these scenes

[@starzariaguy5151]

You’ve probably heard this before the guy who made Shin Godzilla also made Neon Genesis Evangelion, Shin Ultraman, and Shin Kamen Rider. His name is Hideaki Anno.

[@jasonaugustine3370]

I wonder if it was a conscious choice to make a move so slowly In Godzilla minus one he’s really moving around Also, when the monster verse

[@tri-sapien6487]

Nothing can survive a direct hit from atomic bomb. You may he saying "in 2019 he survived a bomb" not really, that wasn't a direct hit. I assume that was an atomic bomb and not thermonuclear, and especially considering its size means it wouldn't have that wide of a fission range. Anything within the fission range would be pulled apart atom by atom, and in a thermonuclear explosion, it would then be reassembled into microscopic bits of random elements. Even if it was just fusion alone, the chemical makeup would kill any living being, with all of its cells and water getting turned into random elements and compounds. The director of Shin Godzilla even stated that nothing can survive a sirect hit from a nuclear bomb.

[@Nimbus1701]

I always thought if there ever was a Godzilla and Cloverfield crossover series of movies those things coming off Godzilla's tail at the end of the movie could battle those weird spider/parasite bugs that fell off the Cloverfield monster and attacked everyone on the street and in the subway in New York. That would be pretty wicked to see that.

[@jamesstutz6907]

Godzilla is stronger than any other Godzilla that came before it. They used elements and music from the first Godzilla movie in this movie.

[@hikarihakai1285]

I want you to check out other in the Shin series tbh Like Shin Ultraman which is Godzilla cousin series being more of a super hero Kaiju movie

[@dwasp27moto41]

the artbook they released after this movie has tons of juicy stuff not even talking about the censorships alone! like the slime vomit with fangs and eyeballs and the final form not shown in the movie

[@ICEcoleman2k]

I don't know if you saw the Netflix mini series "The Days" about the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It would be an interesting real world companion watch with Shin Godzilla. I plan to do a double feature watch of "oppenheimer" and "Godzilla Minus One" when that movie releases on 4k Blu Ray/streaming.

[@user-pj1ec5om5g]

You should also try out the rest of the Shin Series, both Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen rider made by the same director based on what is basically the modern retellings of true big three of Japanese pop culture.

[@Valandar2]

19:00 or so... At least they're better shots than the US military in the 1998 Godzilla...

[@angelobrewster6293]

Godzilla's of the Reiwa era. Monsterverse Godzilla Shin Godzilla Godzilla Earth Godzilla Ultima Gemstone Godzilla Minus One Godzilla 31:25 Gemstone Godzilla can.

[@Omn1Media]

😂

[@Ben_Kudo]

there's a video covering Shin Godzilla's forms after the 4th in the movie, you can go check it out if you're interested becasue you'll see just how terrifying Shin Godzilla really is.

[@7thangelz]

just watched it last week. loved it

[@6666Imperator]

when I first watched it, I didn't like it. First I thought the monster appearing in Tokyo Bay would be Godzillas enemy inthe movie but then it was Godzilla itself and I was sad but the more I learned about the movie the more I loved it. Might be my favourite Godzilla by now. So my opinion on it evolved just like the monster in this movie, you could say :D I can also recommend the movie "Fukushima" in terms of humans against catastrophe.