Godzilla Minus One (2023) :
Brief Review -
Japanese Cinama's tribute to the 1998 Godzilla with the powerful conflict of World War II. I don't know how many of you are fans of "Godzilla" (1998), but I always look at that film as a complete Godzilla film. We have a monster destroying the city, and the rescue teams finally manage to kill him. The recent Godzilla films have kept him alive and brought about some kind of peace treaty. I personally don't find it as fascinating as the 1998 flick. In my opinion, the Japanese monster flick Godzilla Minus One is like a tribute to that original 1998 flick. The same formula: We have a monster constantly attacking cities, and the rescue team kills it. What amplifies the narrative is the powerful conflict of World War II and how it made some humans become losers in their own eyes. "The war is not over yet," he says, because the Japanese had lost World War II after the atomic attack and had lost hope of a better and brighter future. This film is set in the 1940s, so it breaks all the contacts with mordern technologies and weapons, unlike the recent monster flicks. Having a disturbed and enraged protagonist who is seeking revenge after being a coward all his life is what gives it an emotional human touch. The film, however, lacks stupendous explosions and action scenes and somewhere feels dragged in the second half before coming to the finale fight. Also, it is hard to believe Godzilla having such destructive powers/rays back in the 1940s. I mean, the world had just met the atomic bomb then, so it was like an overly catastrophic thing to imagine. Nonetheless, the idea of an unbeatable monster is convincing, and that's all that matters in such films. The performances were pretty good, the cinematography and visuals were okay, and the direction was fairly good. Thanks to Takashi Yamazaki for going back to roots, and this is just the beginning. Remember? The 1998 flick left us with eggs, and this one's sort of on the same lines. Lips sealed.
RATING - 6.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.
Japanese Cinama's tribute to the 1998 Godzilla with the powerful conflict of World War II. I don't know how many of you are fans of "Godzilla" (1998), but I always look at that film as a complete Godzilla film. We have a monster destroying the city, and the rescue teams finally manage to kill him. The recent Godzilla films have kept him alive and brought about some kind of peace treaty. I personally don't find it as fascinating as the 1998 flick. In my opinion, the Japanese monster flick Godzilla Minus One is like a tribute to that original 1998 flick. The same formula: We have a monster constantly attacking cities, and the rescue team kills it. What amplifies the narrative is the powerful conflict of World War II and how it made some humans become losers in their own eyes. "The war is not over yet," he says, because the Japanese had lost World War II after the atomic attack and had lost hope of a better and brighter future. This film is set in the 1940s, so it breaks all the contacts with mordern technologies and weapons, unlike the recent monster flicks. Having a disturbed and enraged protagonist who is seeking revenge after being a coward all his life is what gives it an emotional human touch. The film, however, lacks stupendous explosions and action scenes and somewhere feels dragged in the second half before coming to the finale fight. Also, it is hard to believe Godzilla having such destructive powers/rays back in the 1940s. I mean, the world had just met the atomic bomb then, so it was like an overly catastrophic thing to imagine. Nonetheless, the idea of an unbeatable monster is convincing, and that's all that matters in such films. The performances were pretty good, the cinematography and visuals were okay, and the direction was fairly good. Thanks to Takashi Yamazaki for going back to roots, and this is just the beginning. Remember? The 1998 flick left us with eggs, and this one's sort of on the same lines. Lips sealed.
RATING - 6.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.