Just got out of the theater after watching Minus 1. Great movie imo. Between this one and Shin Godzilla we have some solid movies in recent years, and I'm already waiting for the next one.
Any thoughts from anyone else??
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shin was amazing. this one less so because they were super stingy on the action scenes. shin had incredible scenes. this one only had one great scene iirc
Idk, every scene with Godzilla himself had me pretty immersed, from the intro scene to the iconic picking up of the train as well as ending it all had their good moments. Even in terms of storyline that didn't feature the Kaiju, by Godzilla movie standards, it was pretty good. The protagonist was just a broken shell by the end of it, tormented by his dishonor in the war as well as his helplessness against the Kajiu and living with it for years.
Also, seeing the prototype Japanese plane was really cool, I'm going to do some research on it and see what I can dig up if it was a real thing.
The one thing about these movies is not that it's just a Godzilla flick, it's a reflection on human nature - it's easy to say "where godzilla" because I do it all the time but when presented with a decently crafted setting and story it really all comes together with the tension of a looming threat of destruction that you really can't do anything to prevent it.
You're on the money, Yokozuna. Godzilla movies can live or die on their human story, and this was done so well... The plane was real. Only two prototypes built and they never saw action, but they are apparently a bit of a fan-boy thing in Japan. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyushu_J7W_Shinden Unrelated, but Canada has one of these. A plane that never saw action that all the fan-boys fawn over. It was called the Avro Aero.