GODZILLA MINUS ONE Is a Masterpiece! 

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I never thought I would cry at a Godzilla movie. This film broke me. I wept like a baby several times. Not just the best Godzilla movie, but one of the best films I've ever seen. A masterpiece.

My favorite fun fact is that when Yamazaki (director) went to the oscars he met steven spielberg who yamazaki called his god and they spent time talling sbout each others movie with yamazaki saying the boat chase scene was a homage to jaws and that spielberg loved minus one and saw it 3 times in theaters

This movie had a budget equal to 15 million American dollars it just shows that Hollywood doesn't need to dish out hundreds of millions of dollars to make an oversaturated CGI Fest and pass it as a good movie

People don’t understand they only had a split second to react to the atomic breath because the shockwave is moving at hypersonic speeds, it’s slowed down for us to see the decision she made within that split second

Also think that mechanic was responsible for fixing kamikaze planes sending them off to die,so him fixing the ejection seat to let him live he as well ended his war as well

Friendly reminder that the shockwave from the atomic blast was basically in anime time for the movie. It was a nuke that exploded just a few blocks away, Noriko had a split second reaction to push Koichi into the alley.

Good catch, yep the thing on her neck are Godziila cells per director, that's why she survived she regenerated enough to survive.

What's "killing" Godzilla isn't the pressure itself. It's the quick changes in pressure. Divers have to be careful of descending or ascending too fast. Decompression is a real thing. Nitrogen bubbles form in tissues and compress due to high pressure. Ascending quickly causes them to expand quickly. Damaging tissue and organs.

The line “The war isn’t over… not for me, or for you” is so *COLD*. Coming from a WW2 Japanese pilot just gives it a crazy amount of weight that I swear I could feel it off the screen. 🥶

Consider this a soft remake of the very first Godzilla film in 1954. Godzilla was suppose to be a representation of the bombing in Japan during WW2 hence why Godzilla has the atomic breath (heat wave they call it in here) and Godzilla form is suppose to look similar to that of burned corpse victim from that bombing. Monsterverse is fun and all, but this feels very close to the original feel of what Godzilla was. Terror, destruction, and hopelessness.

You realize you have to do up Shin Godzilla now, right? (Similar in tone but different in content. Minus One is a very zoomed in personal story of redemption and survival. Shin Godzilla is more about how the entire nation of Japan responds in a crisis.)

I took my dad with me to the cinema to see this (he’s never seen a Godzilla film and usually falls asleep watching a film) he loved this film! Stayed wake! We talked about it all the way home! 👍

The Shenden actually had an ejection seat. Not many planes had them back then. Only a few prototypes had them and this plane was one of them. Cool aircraft but it was too late to go into production for use in the war and only a few test models were built.

The black stuff on Noriko's neck is probably Godzilla cells, which means it is Godzilla which nearly killed her, but also Godzilla that likely saved her through regeneration.

Fun Fact: So the title Minus One comes from the fact that this is set right after Japan lost the world war, politically economically and socially they are at their absolute lowest they have ever been. And then Godzilla shows up. And THAT’S the Minus One, because just when they thought they couldn’t get any lower, in comes Godzilla. Also, Godzilla‘s atomic breath is inspired by how nuclear reactors work. His back plates are like cooling rods, and when they are pulled out the “reactor“ inside him starts to overheat and as he’s inhaling deeply he’s stoking the fire inside of him, then when the plates drop back in it causes the chain reaction which unleashes his breath. Just like what happened at Chernobyl.

It’s such an incredibly powerful film. The destruction of Godzilla, Japanese people seeing a mushroom cloud after the trauma of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is just heartbreaking. To see the lead go from being ashamed of living to wanting to live, to go from being shamed by society for living to being saluted and applauded for living, it’s so beautiful. When the mechanic said “live”, I lost it. This movie is a masterpiece.

It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects and you can see why, as the VFX artists put a lot of love, patience, and effort into making this movie.

too add to how awesome everyone is, the little girl actor, this is her first acting job and I think she is really young in real life and this shows how good her acting is and she has got great potential

I saw this in theater both the regular color version and minus color one. Both are SO goddamn immaculate movies. Both times I saw it, my theater went the most silent Ive ever experienced a crowd when Koichi crashed his plane/before the parachute was revealed

Just watched this one yesterday myself! If I'd seen it last year it would've definitely been my favourite movie of the year. What I enjoyed probably the most was how relevant and impactful the human characters were. Usually in these kind of movies the humans tend to be unnecessary and really not that interesting. The CGI wasn't perfect all the time but considering the budget it was incredible to look at, they did an amazing job with this one 🙏

When Noriko miraculously survives Godzilla’s destruction of Tokyo, the camera reveals this mark. Director Takashi Yamazaki explained that it represents G-cells, which are Godzilla cells. These cells hint at a deeper connection to the kaiju and suggest that the good times may not last-Godzilla could return12. So, that seemingly innocuous mark carries significant implications for Noriko and the film’s future

The black rain is something that happens after a nuclear determination. It is highly radioactive. This is my favorite Godzilla movie. I felt things watching this movie. A sinking feeling of dread. A breathtaking masterpiece.

In the monsterverse, I was annoyed that they had too little Godzilla and spent too much time with humans - because the human parts were boring. Here, even though Godzilla is so little on screen, it didn't bother me. On one hand, the human parts are great. On the other hand, when Godzilla is on screen, it's absolutely fantastic!

The only Godzilla movie where we cared about the humans and actually cried

Watch Shin Godzilla next! It's (almost) as good as Minus One but for completely different reasons. Those two build the perfect Godzilla double feature.

This movie is an homage and pretty close to the original 1950’s Godzilla there for it has no rime or reason. In the original Goji was just a rampaging relentless destructive natural force awakened by human folly that was a metaphor for the horrific destruction of nuclear weaponry inspired by the nukes that devastated Japan. The black scar in the end on her neck is an infection caused by by Godzilla DNA called G cells.

Best Godzilla film ever? You'll get no argument here.

The human story is so damn GOOD! It's a PTSD war story with a healthy dose of Godzilla sprinkled on top lol.

There is a persistant rumor that this movie cost about $15 million. Hearing that, the director laughingly said in an interview he wished he had this much. As a comparision one episode of She Hulk costs about $25 million. Other country, other working conditions, yes. Still, let that sink in. The one is $225 million (for the whole series) wasted, the other one is a masterpiece for a fraction of the budget. That's why there's a trend now to count the budget of movies in Godzilla Minus One. Napoleon has a budget of $200 million, so that's 13 Godzilla Minus One.

Best Godzilla film since the original Gojira in 1954. It is such a well-made film with a beautiful story. I teared up in the theater for a flippin Godzilla film. I'm either getting soft as I get older, or this was a compelling human drama. Maybe both 😅

Have you guys seen Cop Land & Judgement Night? Awesome movies 👌.

I saw it in English, I can only do one of two things, read subtitles or watch the movie 😅

Fantastic movie. $15mil budget and won Oscar for best Special Effect; what the hell are Marvel doing with all those hundreds of millions???

Honestly for the sake of that happy ending and Koichi finally finding peace. I hope this variation of Godzilla stays dead, though I know deep down that he won’t..

I believe thats Godzilla's regenerative skin cells got on her and it sets up a potential monster from the old movies which is cool.

Godzilla minus one is my favorite movie. I’m afraid of many foreign people don’t understand that meaning of black rain after Noriko was blown out in Ginza. That was the black rain containing large amounts of radiation that we Japanese experienced in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Please enjoy this movie. But please remember that originally Godzilla was Anti-war films. Thank you.

15 million is less than some Hollywood A listers demand to get paid for big budget movies. It is INSANE they made this on such a shoe string budget. A lot of that is due to the fact that the director himself cut out a lot of the BS and he himself did a lot of the CGI rendering and compiling after hours for free. Also how they managed to pull off the very specific vision he had.

someone said that Koichi was too emotional. The guys entire world is falling apart over and over. I thought his acting was phenomenal

Godzilla's entire body is now a giant cancer tumor, his radiation is killing him but the cancer grows just as fast. so he's in constant pain caused by humanity, which why he'll never forgive them.

It was amazing. Definitely my favorite now

One of the best Godzilla films ever……… but there is one I still consider the best and thats the original Japanese “Gojira”. This is pretty much an almost remake of Gojira which is great to see such a huge positive response from audiences of all ages because of its story telling and the feeling you get from the characters. Minus One is definitely on a more emotional level but you guys should maybe think about doing a reaction video of Gojira and see why Minus One was so heavily influenced by it.

Amazing Godzilla film good job toho also tributes the 1954 movie

Seriously, one of the best movies ever made. 🎉

Man this was made to watch on the big screen, its a masterpiece

My man should wear a harmonica around his neck and everytime we get a HUAH HAH HAH laugh, we will get a little tune instead

To the creators of this video. Thank you for paying respect to the people who made this movie, worked hard to try to distribute it as fast as possible and releasing your reaction video after the movie has officially been released on streaming. Many RU-vidrs have uploaded reaction videos with the pirated versions for attention and many of us living here in Japan felt like it was very disrespectful thing to do to Toho(in fact it’s the same as stealing). Both of you are good people who have done the right thing and i give your channel a big thumbs up and have subscribed to your channel as well. Wish you all the success daily. Both of you deserve it.

It was such a good movie overall.

Best Godzilla movie ever!!! I loved your reaction. I saw this at the theater 11 times.

Fan fact, The actor who played as Koichi were the same person who voiced Taki from "Your Name". Man might still look young, but he's 31 years old this year.

Shin Godzilla is fuckin awesome but Minus One is one of my favorite movies of all time. Definitely the best Godzilla film yet!

Noriko had gotten g-cells in her from the blast, it’s how she survived according to the director

I would 1v1 godzilla with only a sharp stick, for Akiko. She is too precious.

Only the Japanese should do Godzilla because Hollyweird just doesn't get it.

Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊

Gotta do shin godzilla next

The stain on her neck is probably due to radiation from Godzilla's atomic breath, which would explain why she is healing from her injuries.

Shin Godzilla is good. Not as story as driven as this one, but enjoyable imo

I wish Godzilla kills the neighbor…. 😂😂😂. I love that each character had an arc; they all grow to love and care for each other like a family and community.

Once the US lifted the “gag order” on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan made Godzilla (1954). The American Monsterverse Godzilla is like a juicy hamburger while the recent Japanese Toho Godzilla is like a gourmet steak - both are “delicious” depending on your mood.

I'm noticing that the subs here are different from the ones I have. They're small differences, but different none the less. If it's the subs on Netflix, I wonder if it's the subs for the Netflix dub, which would be kinda funny. I bought the Amazon copy

Yes to Shin Godzilla. It's phenomenal.

The concept of sinking godzilla to the bottom of the ocean is very smart because nothing big survives that deep, not even fishes, theres too much pressure... if you were to sink godzilla in the mariana trench, godzilla is screwed no matter how ``magic`` it is lol

I still think some of the effects are off, but it's a really great Godzilla film.

This is the best Godzilla film ever made. Great reaction! 👍🏿

Monster versus just an era, as to where the other Godzilla errors are, Showa, Heisei, millennium. This movie is a revamp of the 1954 Godzilla, the original movie which started off the Showa era. 13:31 Godzilla's regeneration is legendary ever since the original movie in 1954 sure there have been times where he was really damaged but Most of the time whenever he is attacked, he heals a little quicker than most. They actually explain this in the movie Godzilla 2000. Godzilla's atomic breath is legendary. It was featured in the original 1954 movie all the way up to now, but it was never… This unstable. 17:47 the music you're hearing right now is the original Godzilla Theme well, it'll come up again two more times but longer and more profound. Watching this movie after watching the monster verse movie has sent you apart from what Godzilla is and his origins this movie pretty much gives you an idea, but if you truly want to see more, Godzilla movie start from the very beginning ..... 😅 I'm just realizing that there is a chance I might've mentioned this again. Hope this isn't a bother to you. 20:26 the point was is that Godzilla is making his dominance known searching for new territory and making those who have used power of the Adam pay for their ignorance when World War II ended it ended with Japan being bombed by the Adam bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Godzilla is supposed to represent the terror and lingering effects of the war and the bombs. The reason why it's called minus one is because during that time, Japan had absolutely nothing and as soon as they were starting to get back on their feet, Godzilla came. 31:02 this is the original Godzilla Theme. It's just added on King Kong theme from King Kong versus Godzilla not the one from 2021, but in the 70s 37:32 sadly yes the Director himself said that Godzilla cells were growing in her neck and as for Godzilla himself, there is a good chance he'll come back maybe for 1954 since this was 1945.... you can't keep the G-man down😎

yes Shin Godzilla next to see how creative Japanese dealing with Godzilla in this movie, they compress and decompress Godzilla to make enough damage for the bomb in Shin Godzilla, you have to see it for yourself

Godzilla Minus One is an absolutely beautiful film. Heart wrenching and stunning from start to finish

The Godzilla filmed by Americans is just a monster, while the Godzilla filmed by the Japanese is a deity.

Yup, best film of 2023 in my opinion.

Wouldn't say 'best' ever made, but I'm a huge fan of the old films. I think Godzilla in this movie is fantastic, though. The best CGI version, by far. His actions are purposeful and dynamic (during the man-in-suit days, the monsters often seemed to do most of their collateral damage out of sheer clumsiness). Just look at how he rips up Ginza. And the look in his eyes! And as far as a sequel goes? At the rate he's regenerating, he'll be back in two weeks.

Shin Is definitely a watch but minus one is much better than the American ones,but iam a big toho fan

The cell on her neck is for the sequel. Where G-1 was about Koichi surviving WW2, the sequel will most likely focus on Noriko surviving Godzilla.

I really loved the story, the writing, the social commentary, and the characters because this is what makes a Godzilla movie like this so good and worth seeing.

I'm so glad you two are reacting to this, it is such a great movie! I gotta admit, I kind of did the same thing Kacee is doing in the thumbnail when this popped 😂 Edit: YES to Shin Godzilla and HELL YES to Godzilla x Kong New Empire!!

I'm a bit more shin godzilla guy but no one can deny this total awesomeness. they also used my favorite godzilla look from my childhood, that's how my godzilla toys looked back then.

If you’ve ever seen the Blobfish. That’s what happens when you bring a deep sea creature to the surface too quickly. Plan Wada Tsumi is basically: sink godzilla to crush him to death. If he survives, bring him back up super fast to make him explode.

"I choose to ignore it" 😂 Bro same! This is such a good movie, I wanna cry every time!

Godzilla self-healed in many of the old Japanese movies.

So glad to see people start reacting to this. Is it the best Godzilla film ever? In my opinion, yes. Best film ever? Hard to say, probably not. But... I think in 20-30 years, people will be talking about it like they do Jaws and Terminator 2 these days. I saw it in the theater 4 times!

I really dig that it's atomic breath blast causes him damage as well. Makes sense. And it's a nice touch that makes it look like a bigger budgeted film.

Great reaction, thanks guys!!

The first scene we see Godzilla is before he has been mutated by the radiation. He is big but significantly shorter, like a living dinosaur size. Maybe a 3 or 4 story tall TRex iguanodon creature. At that stage it the big plane gun maybe could have taken him down because he shouldn’t have had his healing power yet.

In 1989 existed a Monster called Biollante. That a genetic mutant monster. It was created with a special mutated flower. This Monster have The conscious of the Dead cientific's daughter. I can imagine this monster in a New version with this thing that Noriko got on her neck.

The destruction in this movie was honestly breathtaking, especially on the big screen!

Movie deserves all the Oscars

I watched it two days ago and it's immediately a top-5 all time favourite movie for me, 10/10. I didn't see the mechanics line "One more thing" after he showed the bombs safety, so when he ejected it was such an INSANE shock and relief. I gasped and basically teared up immediately. Some of the best writing I've ever witnessed. It's all just set up so well and there are so many levels to the payoffs. The woman's injury at the end I thought was just a remnant injury from Godzilla, something like the equivalent to the burns Japanese people experienced in Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the nukes were dropped. Even those that survived the blast had life-long injuries and I thought her mark was something like that. Not looked up if the director has said otherwise though.

There is always 1 person in a group that loses it and starts screaming/runnign/ shooting first

You need to watch the original 1954 Godzilla.

I❤‍🔥the old TOHO Godzilla vs humanity movies+all 3 eras of Godzilla vs monsters movies. I now also love the Monsterverse which is a modern Godzilla VS monsters era while Minus One/Shin are the modern Godzilla vs humanity movies. Loved both versions then, still love both now. Also, the closest old Godzilla vs humanity movie Minus One reminds me of is " Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack" .

Yes this movie is nothing short of a masterpiece and though I am happy it won the Oscar for best visual effects I am disappointed that it was not recognized in more categories as it should’ve been

Godzilla Minus One is the creation of *Takashi Yamazaki, who wrote, directed, and led the VFX team - which is why it only cost 15-18 million.*

When we first meet Godzilla, he seemed to have a contempt but curious view of humans. The only time he attacked is when he felt provoked. Kind of like a corned animal defending his territory. Similar to Jason from Friday the 13th or the shark of Jaws. But once Godzilla mutated and transformed into his familiar form, his contempt for humanity turned into outright misanthropic hatred. It is implied that he blames humanity for his condition and wants to punish them for it. That’s why he’s so outlandishly violent and destructive. Godzilla was originally a villain in some of the earlier Japanese films. As the years went by, he had quite a change. From villain to anti-villain to anti-hero. This film is a return to form as far as being a villain character for Godzilla is concerned. A divine creature of such awesome and terrible power. This might be Godzilla at his most angry I’ve ever seen!

This movie was fantastic all around. There has never been a better time to be a Godzilla/Monsterverse/Kaiju fan. The Monarch show was pretty good as well, with a 2nd season AND spinoffs already planned. What a time to be alive for a Godzilla fan. Check it all out.

Everyone reacts to the Monsterverse and now this one. A few have reacted to Shin Godzilla. You all are the first I've heard mention the original and the Showa-era King Kong vs Godzilla films. I wish someone would actually react to the Heisei-era Toho films from the 90s. They have all of the weirdness of the really old movies, but often with fantastic practical effects and a more serious tone. They're somwhat inbetween Godzilla being a terror and a force of nature, but also a kind of anti-hero that you root for at times.

It's NOT the best Godzilla movie ever made, but it's top 3. This also depends on what you want a Godzilla movie to be. After several decades and around 40 films, there's a weird amount of diversity. You have dark and sober, silly kid's movies, campy weirdness, alien and robot-filled science fiction, Godzilla as a force of nature, Godzilla as a spirit-filled demon, Godzilla as a super hero that protects the earth and so on. There are Godzilla fans that simply like the badly-dubbed versions of the campiest films. There are others who hate those films and only want the serious versions.

I love the realistic touch of having Godzilla move very rigid and awkwardly on land. Kind of like a destructive pigeon. 😁. But seriously, I saw this in a theater, and it's definitely well deserving of every award and praise, including this one. Bravo!

Yes, the pulled a Titanic... but with better ending :)

I know the monsterverse approach is popular enough among its fans, but its still wild to me a country that faces natural disasters every single year cant find screenwriters to insert some real tragedy into our Godzilla films.

Be warned, while being 2 hours long like Minus One, Shin Godzilla legitimately feels like 3 hours, the amount of blatant exposition as opposed to actual character building is a bit overwhelming. I say that as someone who did enjoy the film, for the unique iteration of Godzilla, and the themes they establish are unique as well, it’s just the lack of human connection that brings it down below Minus One.