I loved this. It's like they finally found the perfect balance between the human drama and the monster fights that we all really want to see form a Godzilla film.
I'm as much of a fan of the most corny showa era as I am of the more serious original, the darker heisei and the outrageous milenium era films and there aren't many of the Godzilla movies that I can't find some charm in but it's fair to say there is often some kind of balance issue with the stories presented and I expect that from these films. However, Minus One absolutely destroyed this expectation and found the absolute perfect balance.
You could take godzilla out of this film completely and it would be a rivetting just for the journey of trauma and rebuilding that the main characters have to endure the addition of a monster antagonist/threat is just an added bonus.
I really don't want to say too much because it really needs to be seen but this is an amazing effort from a franchise that isn't best known for high effort output and has 100% set the bar for future titles.
Hollywood will never top this with any kind of budget. If this is what Japan can do with $15m, I'd love to see what they could do with a Hollywood budget. Would they even need it?
I'm as much of a fan of the most corny showa era as I am of the more serious original, the darker heisei and the outrageous milenium era films and there aren't many of the Godzilla movies that I can't find some charm in but it's fair to say there is often some kind of balance issue with the stories presented and I expect that from these films. However, Minus One absolutely destroyed this expectation and found the absolute perfect balance.
You could take godzilla out of this film completely and it would be a rivetting just for the journey of trauma and rebuilding that the main characters have to endure the addition of a monster antagonist/threat is just an added bonus.
I really don't want to say too much because it really needs to be seen but this is an amazing effort from a franchise that isn't best known for high effort output and has 100% set the bar for future titles.
Hollywood will never top this with any kind of budget. If this is what Japan can do with $15m, I'd love to see what they could do with a Hollywood budget. Would they even need it?