Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, December 1, 2023) • Page 3

Absolutely massive news for the franchise.

 

Yamazaki's comments could lead to him wanting to bring the characters back

"I think it's more cinematic if it doesn't end neatly and properly. It's not just so a sequel can be made, it's also so the characters are kept alive in the hearts of the audience."

Just like the '54 film, Godzilla is defeated after wrecking Tokyo solo, so I'd be down if they followed Raids Again. Have a new Godzilla appear in a different city and introduce a monster, new or old, idc. Keep Godzilla as a threat towards Japan, however. He can wreck havoc before/after his fight with whatever monster they introduce.

 

tonight

 

The sequel passes its predecessor

 

Oh my god i absolutely loved this

 

This movie has “slow growing” hit all over it

keep it in theaters through the holidays

 

Was really excited to hear your reaction, I literally can’t stop thinking about it since last night.

Glad we feel the same!!

 

Some friends wanted to see this closer to Christmas. Insane they would remove it before then.

 

Catching this next week. M hype

 

Hacking Letterboxd so I can give it 6 stars

 

Just got back from my second viewing.

I love this movie.

 

I liked this but man I have one major problem with it.

and that’s the ending. Actually both endings. The regeneration thing doesn’t bother me too much, I’m numb to sequel setup at this point. It’s completely unnecessary and should be kept out of the movie but whatever. I did however have major problems with them just dropping Noriko back into the movie, I think that’s cheap and deceptive storytelling. 75% of the movie is dealing with her death combined with all the post WW2 stuff…and after the mission is over she is just alive? Not for me. I dont think I’m being picky either, her death is a major crux of the storytelling. Bah

 

The ending definitely seemed tacked on.

 

I would have liked it more if it stuck, but if Yamazaki did it through historical lens I'm okay with. Many soldiers, due to the end of the war, couldn't make it back to Japan for a long time and either 1) believed their spouse was alive but was misplaced due to the destruction 2) believed their spouse was dead only to find them later on.


I am inclined to believe he was wanting to showcase number 2 along with her having radiation sickness, something that further demonstrates Godzilla as a symbol of nuclear weapons and will play a larger part in the sequel if one is made.

 

I think there may have been a better way to convey a disappearance or death. What happens on screen is so visceral and final that it made the ending feel implausible. I buy the intention of metaphor, I just think maybe it’s fumbled a bit.

 

This as well.

the meeting in which doctor monologues about no deaths is sufficient enough foreshadow. The “oh and one more thing”/cutaway and then even cutting back to it after it happens (!!!) is not really treating the audience with enough respect imo, a little clumsy.

 

That being said the Jaws scene is one of my favorite scenes in any movie this year.

 

wait what was the Jaws scene?

 

The first interaction with Godzilla and the tugboat crew.

 

oh ok gotcha, yeah, that whole sequence was fantastic.

 

So much of this movie felt 90s/00s Spielberg-ian, even the character moments