(Full Reaction) Godzilla Minus One
Added 2025-04-02 06:31:40 +0000 UTCHey everyone! Here is my full reaction to Godzilla Minus One!
This was such a phenomenal film. What an absolute masterclass in storytelling. Going on this journey with these characters was both thrilling and rewarding. Despite being a Godzilla film, it was really a story that focused on the people recovering from WWII. While I enjoyed every moment of this, the really fun part of this film was seeing how it all came together in the end. The symbolism paired with the stunning visuals places this film into a top tier action film. And they did this on a $15 million budget?! WOW!
Watched on: Netflix / Runtime 2:06:28
Hope you enjoy!
Comments
I do too!! Was so much fun!!! The other 2 big rules are that he cannot fully die and he cannot talk. Those 3 are the for sure must follow rules.
Ed Scoglio
2025-04-05 04:32:05 +0000 UTCWhat a great breakdown of the movie! I love how detailed Godzilla's abilities are and how well they emulate a nuclear reactor. Thanks for sharing all of these insights!!
Jacqueline
2025-04-05 04:01:08 +0000 UTCI miss going to Blockbuster! I had no idea that there were certain things Godzilla movies are not allowed to do. Wow!
Jacqueline
2025-04-05 03:58:20 +0000 UTCOkay! Just watched it along with you! What a film! First off- MAD PROPS for catching that the Godzilla DNA infected Noriko's body in the Ginza blast and THAT is what is helping to heal her! You're exactly right. Seeing as he is a walking nuclear reactor, every time he uses his heat ray, it actually damages HIM to do it. If you skip back to those scenes where he uses it, and then look at the close ups on his face afterwards, you will see that his skin is actively sizzling and burned... Little pieces/cells/blood could easily be blown off of him in the process. All of that little detail is beautifully based on how the director envisioned him. He said he wanted Godzilla to be a "walking nuclear reactor", and he took that quite literally. Think of how he charges up when you see him in Ginza... His fins begin to glow and he dislodges them from his back... think of his fins as a nuclear reactor's cooling rods. As they start to absorb energy, He begins to dislodge them and pull them out of his body. Much like lifting the rods out of a reactor tank... The tank then immediately begins producing insane amounts of heat inside... One by one the fins pop loose until it gets to the back of his neck which causes him to raise his head upwards and take in a deep breath... The heat is already building to maximum... now adding a little oxygen into the mix, Increases the temperature and pressurizes the tank.. and Godzilla's body..... and then... *cachunk*- All of his fins plunge back into his body... just like the cooling rods ... and this action causes a flash and detonation ... resulting in the: *BWOMMMM-* that follows as the nuclear beam leaves his mouth! Afterwards all of that reaction does a number on him and he has to rest and regenerate from the inside out due to the intense trauma it causes. You can even see the steam escaping between his scales in some shots while he rests. Incredible detail. One final poetic side note. Really enjoy how you pointed out that the movie is in two halves. A man running from death, and a man running towards it. As he is running, Godzilla is his foil. Constantly on his mind and in his world- keeping him down and destroying everything around him. It's that moment of Noriko's death... where everything changes not just for Shikishima, but Godzilla too- See- while he is still the foil to overcome: Noriko's life is unknowingly spared... BECAUSE of Godzilla himself- his DNA. Once Shikishima EMBRACES his WILLINGNESS to sacrifice everything (if that's what it takes-) and still finds the will not just to run and stay alive, but to FORGIVE HIMSELF, LET GO AND FIGHT TO LIVE... only then is he rewarded with Noriko's return and HIS war's end. <3
Kay Douglas
2025-04-04 05:34:01 +0000 UTCWow, I never picked up on the "Godzilla gave her some regenerative powers" angle. Maybe we'll find out someday!
Chester Beals
2025-04-04 02:03:46 +0000 UTCDearest Jax, please check your messages at your convenience
Lamar Smith
2025-04-03 06:01:18 +0000 UTCI grew up a total Godzilla dork. When I'd go to Blockbuster, I would be allowed to rent 2 movies and one of them was almost always a Godzilla movie so I've seen most of them. This was arguably my favorite movie of 2023 and is my favorite Godzilla movie ever made. So often the human side of the story is boring or undeveloped, but here they put so much effort into it and it is such a beautifully tragic story and it is all acted so well. It's a great dive into trauma and PTSD and how it leaves an impact on you. The boat chase is easily one of the more terrifying sequences in any Godzilla movie. So often we see Godzilla mainly on land and he's so slow and lumbering, but still scary, then we get something like this which shows how scary he is in his natural habitat and you get how much of a force of nature Godzilla really is. You mentioned the music and the 2 big pieces used for Godzilla, when he's in Ginza and then at the end with the ships, those have been used for Godzilla for 70 years now. They are his main themes and they still go hard today! And lastly, you mentioned him not eating the men on Odo Island, that is actually a rule that filmmakers have to follow when making Godzilla movies. He can't be shown eating people. There's actually a long list of things Toho insists are followed.
Ed Scoglio
2025-04-02 23:12:50 +0000 UTCSeeing this in IMAX when it came out was amazing. With that sound system you could actually feel every roar and stomp and boom in your seat. There’s also a version in black & white that pays homage to the OG (original Gojira, in this case) that I misssed in its first limited release but got to see in a special double-feature at the Egyptian Theater along with the B&W version of “Shin Godzilla”.
HeyHeyJK
2025-04-02 14:02:22 +0000 UTCThe Godzilla you saw was Godzilla (2014), directed by Gareth Edwards, who later directed Rogue One (2016), one of my favorite Star Wars films. Funny enough, Godzilla (2014) starred both Aaron Taylor-Johnson alongside Elizabeth Olsen (the Maximoff twins) who would appear later that same year in the end-credit scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). Making their big debut in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) a year later. Godzilla is very much a metaphor for the fear and consequences of nuclear weapons, as well as the lingering trauma of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A creature born, mutated, or awakened by American nuclear testing in the Pacific, he embodies the destructive power of the atom and the horrors it unleashed on Japan. The same symbolism extends to the firebombing campaigns over Japanese cities during World War II, cities that were predominantly made out of wooden structures, which led to massive devastation. There is an American Godzilla film, Godzilla (1998), which misses the point of everything above, but I guess it's a fun watch if you just want to see Godzilla fight his way through New York.
LittleGalaxyBoy
2025-04-02 12:30:05 +0000 UTChere is my list of the best Godzilla movies, as someone that has seen all of them, I would list Godzilla(1954) Mothra vs. Godzilla(1964), Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster(1964), Invasion of Astro-Monster, Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla vs MechGodzilla, Terror of MechaGodzilla, all of the Heisei( 1984-1995), “Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack”,Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla , Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., Shin Godzilla, and Godzilla Minus One as the best Godzilla movies and would make a great Godzilla marathon. I would also recommend that you watch “ The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” which inspired Godzilla and features the amazing work of Ray Harryhausen.
MrDannySteele
2025-04-02 10:00:48 +0000 UTCIsn't it incredible?! I'll be watching along with you on this one tomorrow-! <3 So excited to hear all your thoughts! And yes~ a 10-15mil budget shows just WHAT is possible when you focus on quality alone-!
Kay Douglas
2025-04-02 06:43:55 +0000 UTC
