Produced by Toho Studios. The Japanese Gojira is back. At a budget of just $15 million, which will not even cover the cost of the riders for a big budget Hollywood movie.
Godzilla Minus One won the Best Visual Effects Oscar. Quality special effects are not something that is associated with the Japanese Godzilla films, when in the past if was a man inside a rubber suit.
Wearing its influences ranging from Jaws to King Kong and Jurassic Park. So rather Spielberg heavy.
Set in post war Japan this is a redemption story about a Kamikaze pilot Koichi Shikishima who refused to go on a suicide mission, citing technical issues.
A mutated Godzilla monster returns affected by US nuclear testing, destroying Japanese cities and the government unable to do much about it.
Shikishima plans to use an old Japanese warplane to kill Godzilla in a suicide attack, by flying into its mouth and setting off explosive charges.
By making it a personal story. The movie has gone for emotion at the expense of monster mayhem.
The special effects are good regarding the budget but I'm not sure it was Oscar worthy. I get the feeling the Oscar voters regarded this as compensation in lieu of other categories.
Godzilla Minus One won the Best Visual Effects Oscar. Quality special effects are not something that is associated with the Japanese Godzilla films, when in the past if was a man inside a rubber suit.
Wearing its influences ranging from Jaws to King Kong and Jurassic Park. So rather Spielberg heavy.
Set in post war Japan this is a redemption story about a Kamikaze pilot Koichi Shikishima who refused to go on a suicide mission, citing technical issues.
A mutated Godzilla monster returns affected by US nuclear testing, destroying Japanese cities and the government unable to do much about it.
Shikishima plans to use an old Japanese warplane to kill Godzilla in a suicide attack, by flying into its mouth and setting off explosive charges.
By making it a personal story. The movie has gone for emotion at the expense of monster mayhem.
The special effects are good regarding the budget but I'm not sure it was Oscar worthy. I get the feeling the Oscar voters regarded this as compensation in lieu of other categories.