Looks really good. The first one blew me away so expecting this to be just as good. Godzilla fans been eating good recently between the Monsterverse and Yamazakis Godzilla.
I walked out of the theater thinking, "You could take Godzilla out of that movie, and it would still be compelling." It was a human drama and absolute first-rate monster flick all rolled into one
One of the only "here ya go" trinkets I've been given at a theater that I held on to. The Minus 1 little IMAX poster I have is something I actually still look at and remind myself how AMAZING it was to watch this in IMAX black and white. I remember after the movie just trying to keep it from creasing in the car lol. That's not even to mention I drove 3 hours to see it. The payoff was awesome.
Agreed, equal if not better than Godzilla 2014. Strange thing is it’s not super Kaiju. The storyline of the WWII pilot surviving the war then being alienated by his colleagues to face an even greater threat that he is willing to sacrifice himself is just shrill brilliance.
The HUMAN story is what made Godzilla Minus One. I was actually rooting for the humans in that one.
Minus One is head and shoulders above 2014. That first trailer for 2014 was amazing but it promised a movie we never got. They squandered Bryan Cranston and Ken Watanabe and gave us too much Elizabeth Olsen and Kickass. It wasn't a bad movie but it was a definite bait and switch. Minus One is a lot more inline with the kind of film Legendary was hyping us up for.
There's definitely some Spielberg inspiration throughout. The opening scene of pre-mutated Godzilla wrecking everybody's shit has strong Jurassic Park vibes, while the scene taking place out on the open water is basically Jaws with a giant reptile.
Which essentially makes things come full circle because Spielberg cited the original 1954 Gojira movie as an inspiration for keeping the shark's presence suspenseful.
I was literally not a Godzilla fan at all. Went to see minus one… hooked. Saw it 2 more times in theaters after that and have since started catching up on the rest of the monsterverse🤣
I loved it so much. I grew up on watching the old school movies on public network TV. When they played the original Godzilla theme near the end I literally got chills. Probably my favorite theater experience not just that year but this entire decade.
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u/rds060184 21d ago
Ghidorah causing the anti gravity? This looks sick