Godzilla Minus One | Movie Review (ゴジラ-1.0マイナスワン) 

This film is an undeniable achievement on how to make something that garners the true spirit of the original while something more terrifying and powerful in its exploration of the human spirit. 15 million USD is what it costs to make this and we really need to examine how we make movies over here that pale in comparison for 5 or 10x the budget.

So pleased to hear most people are very happy with the human characters being a huge bright spot of the film

Been a fan of the Godzilla franchise since i was a little kid - took my mom (another big fan) to see Minus One for her birthday and we both absolutely loved it! The recent American ones were entertaining, but this one felt like something special

Just saw it today and it was incredible, the fact that this movie costed $15 MILLION to make is insane, it’s really the exact same budget of an episode of GOT S8 or The Witcher and it literally put those TV shows to shame compared to how better written the characters are in this movie

As someone whose seen every movie in the franchise, I LOVED this. The two live action films of the reiwa era so far are arguably the best in the franchise to me.

First Monster film to get me choked up PLEASE make more movies like this

Easily the best film of 2023. Been a Godzilla fan my entire life. Great acting, story and action. That third act was perfect.

I saw this last night also and it was awesome! I like how it goes back to the original movies where Godzilla is the villain and the characters are focused more and it gets emotional while having awesome action and carnage that you need to watch in the biggest screen possible. From beginning to end, it was awesome and as someone who has seen the first original films, some moments I couldn’t help but cheer and so did everyone else. It was amazing!

I’m very excited to see this film. As someone who grew up with Godzilla, through child years to now, this is the type of film I have wanted for the last 12 years. I expected the 2014 Godzilla film to be like this. It almost got there at moments, but it definitely struggle with the characters and handling of Godzilla. It was menacing and terrifying, but they kept him an anti-hero esk character. I truly love that TOHO has taken the chance on telling a more dramatic story to celebrate that original film. Similar as to what they did in the 85’, if I’m not wrong. Godzilla should’ve always remained a villian. Granted, i would still love to see Vs films in this universe. With Godzilla teaming up with modern versions of his classic nemesis. Someone like Gigan who hasn’t seen screen time since 2004. If they keep the grounded nature, but dip their toes into those types of monsters, I would get what I have always wanted. It should stay as a World v Godzilla v nemesis. Never an anti-hero style fighter.

As a long time Godzilla fan, I did not expect this to be so good to the point where it became my favourite Godzilla film.

This movie was so good. I went in with pretty damn high expectations and they were met or even exceeded

I’m seeing it in like two hours, and I couldn’t be more excited. The reception is overly positive, the trailers look fantastic - and I’m excited to delve into Japanese Cinema for pretty much the first time

I just love Godzilla whether he’s campy or serious. All of them have done both good and bad.

One of the best movies of the year

It’s so weird to me that it took so long to make a great Godzilla movie. Have some good characters, themes, and make the destruction look cool and you’ve got it in the bag.

I love that your face is just in positive disbelief that this movie pulled off what it did. It seems like a major testament to the film. Great review, as always!

Also the new Monsterverse TV series is doing a great job with the characters as well

As an enormous Godzilla fan, I thought it was fantastic! My history is that I have been a fan since a kid and I have seen every movie.

Really excited to check this one out! Love me each time Japan does Godzilla, definitely more than the Hollywood monsterverse. I think they do it better than anyone else, and hearing from many fans and now even you that it’s one of the best excite me more. Hope it surpasses Shin for my favorite Godzilla flick 🔥👍

Just got out of the theater and I think this is the greatest movie since Interstellar

This is truly a huge comeback for Toho even though the cgi and effects weren’t to good the storyline the design for gojira is beautiful this has to get an Oscar

Definitely seeing this with the family tomorrow.

One of the critics likened this movie to Ikiru that also has a monster in it. Perfect description. One of the most emotionally impactful dramas i have seen in a long time, and Godzilla fit into the story well and was terrifying. I like or love a lot of Godzilla cinema but this is easily the best Godzilla film ever made and the best movie of the year.

I loved the movie. It was my first Japanese movie I ever seen and tbh idc if it was Japanese cuz it told the story well and the characters were fun and wrote right. I'd give it a 9/10

My Godzilla history is..."Godzilla vs The Thing" was the first movie I watched (under that title) in the franchise & I was around 6 or 7 at the time. The rest is well...history. I was hooked & overall I've always enjoyed monster movies & never outgrown my enjoyment for them. As for "Godzilla: Minus One", it was awesome. The characters are very well written & you really do care about them. The music both old & new is perfectly performed. And yes Godzilla in this movie is truly is terrifying. I'll definitely be seeing it again before it leaves theaters.

私は日本人です 気づけば、ゴジラマイナス1の海外の反応を10時間もエゴサーチしてました😅 そして、確信しました 日本のアニメ映画での大ヒット作出なく、実写の映画で絶賛されているいる事実に😂 やっと誇れる作品が日本から出来たのです🥺🥺🥹

Regarding the child, the director said that they had to time the filming to the child. They did alot of ridiculous stuff in order to get the child to display emotions(e.g walking ard the set funny to incite her to laugh, pausing the film whenever she needs to sleep/eat/potty etc.) real genuine stuff. Tldr; no 2-yr-olds were harmed in the filming of -1.0

Great review, movie blew me away. The emotion and main character, and post war Japanese sentiment. It’s just a masterpiece, best big budget movie of the year with a fraction of the budget.

Thanks for the Review & Video 😀

Soooo glad toho is making a comeback, the last few godzilla projects they made were mediocre at best, this movie is the beginning of their redemption, I hope there is much more of this quality to come

Saw it today, I loved it. I'm a big fan of the 2014 Godzilla, but this one really blows it out the water.

Just watched Shin Godzilla last night. Can't wait to check this out

This was my first Godzilla movie but I think I wanna go watch them all now. This movie was so good. Unironically 10/10. I didn’t have any expectations but it just worked so good as an emotional and awesome movie.

I hope this movie makes a ton.. probably my favorite movie of 2023

Saw it today and as a long time Godzilla fan, it delivers. This is a must see! Loved it, go see it!

Just saw this today and it was so great. Me and my mom absolutely loved it.

They delved into the art of movie making. Something lost in modern cinema, I keep saying it feels like I'm watching an older movie.

Despite the low budget, the CGI and VFX did their best. I was a little uncomfortable with some of the details, but considering the budget, it was more than enough!

I’ve been a fan since I was 4 My first few exposures to Goji were Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah and Godzilla vs Hedorah. I’ve seen all the movies and have all the kaiju action figures, except for biollante, because of how expensive she is. I played all 3 Atari games and the DS and GameCube versions. 21 years as a fan. And your Godzilla vs Space Godzilla shirt is awesome.

I hope this movie gets the respect it deserves from the Oscars

I'm so glad that Godzilla has returned to his roots, he was never meant to be a anti hero in my opinion - but I understand why he's been portrayed that way in America. Godzilla's was always meant to be a consequence of man misusing science, and the atomic bomb - And Godzilla minus one, was made for A LOT cheaper than the American films I hear

Just goes to show you that the Japanese are the only ones that truly "get" Godzilla! By far, the best Godzilla movie, and is only followed by the high quality original 1954 Toho film that started it all! I feel that the true spirit of what Godzilla is about, has been recaptured and revamped into a newer and more up to date idea! A fantastic time at the theaters! GO SEE THIS!!!!!

This wasn't even on my radar and now I gotta watch it. This is why I watch this channel!

Best film i have seen this year even if Godzilla wasn't in it ,an amasing watch

Awrsome freaking movie .. honesty..movie of 2023 .. warm up that oscar nomination atleast .. just a great movie ..loved it

Another fantastic video thank you!

Can’t believe how great this movie was. Plan to go back and watch it again tomorrow. It was so Old Hollywood as well. You could sort of guess the story beats and the Hollywood ending (not just n the hospital though, that genuinely surprised me lol) but even so, it did it all with such sincerity it worked to a T. Amazing film

Always love Sean's thumbnail style change every few years!

The Godzilla franchise as a whole is very niche but big fans appreciate all different types of Godzilla films. It's a very unique franchise. Only three Japanese Godzilla films are considered critically acclaimed by US critics: Gojira, Shin Godzilla, and Minus One but they are the best of the best in my opinion.

I always love Godzilla movies. Godzilla vs Kong that came out few years ago is in my top 100 favorite movies of all time but that’s just my opinion. So I know this movie is going to be good. I want to watch the new show

This sounds very enjoyable. I might have to go and see it!

I'm glad everyone's loving it. I personally liked it but wouldn't say I loved it. I really loved the cinematography and visuals a lot. I loved how it focused on human characters and actually provided a solid story for the main characters. My main issues have to do with the pacing of the movie and the acting. I felt it was horribly paced at times where it would focus on things for too long at moments and it felt dragged out to me sometimes. The acting was a little too over the top and too dramatic as well. So I don't think it's as perfect as everyone is feeling, but still a great movie with some issues in my opinion

I'm not big into Godzilla but this movie was great and the fact they made it on the budget they did is so impressive. Hollywood should be taking notes

Japan spends their money very well. Look at Suzume, which reportedly cost $30 million US to make, or other anime films like the Ghibli films, or this film that only took $15 million US to make. Anime films are 2D and take a little more elbow grease to get right. Compare that to Exp4ndables or Elemental or Wish or Marvels, each about $100+ million. There is definitely a lesson to be learned. Bollywood films don’t take that much to make either.

I absolutely loved this movie. HOLLYWOOD TAKE NOTES!

Ii like how Sean is diving in different movie cultures

Toho has been making films that outshine their American counterparts since the end of the war so not surprised that this one is meant to be great

Hi Sean I've been fan of your video since all your ranked videos. you don't have to listen to other people. this movie it's not for everyone thank you for give it a shot. As an anime fans myself sometimes not all medium for anybody maybe a little bit recommend maybe wink wink 😉

What's really crazy is that this movie only had a $15 million budget! Seeing it Saturday. As a HUGE Godzilla fan I'm so excited!

I’m not a big Godzilla person either, I didn’t know that it was a thing until a couple weeks. The fact it debuted with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes has me curious, might try and go see it!

If you enjoyed this movie you should watch shin Godzilla. That is in my opinion the best Godzilla film, and maybe you could do a review or a mini review if you feel like it.

I loved the eyes. They were terrifying

honestly, I got wrapped up in the characters stories I kind of forgot about godzilla.🤣🤣

I saw Minus 1 Sunday, and I loved it.

Excited to check this one out because so many of the reviews so far has been positive which makes me very excited to see it and I might see it this weekend will see hopefully

Fantastic movie! Any fan of movies in general need to see this in theaters 💯

I just got back a couple of hours ago I absolutely love this movie the human characters are great the action is great this might be my favorite big monster movie really close with peter Jackson's king kong

I was so obsessed with Godzilla since I was a Kid there is no such thing as a bad Godzilla movie and this one is the best one yet

I would really like to see Animal movie review of Sean

I recommend this Movie to everyone!! Has a lot of life lessons in it!!

This movie was Amazing ❤

Hey man!!!! Great great review!!!!

I saw a few of the Toho Godzilla movies and I didn't enjoy them because of the silliness and bad effects, but it sounds like this one is likely a vast improvement. I was going to pass on this, but I think I might try to check it out this weekend based on this review.

I’m a fan to the point I watch the 54 one at least once per year, this is by far my favourite Godzilla film

This is one of my favorite movies of all time.

Top movie of 2023. 10/10 movie I bawled.

I think this will end up as the best Godzilla film. The one from 1954 is probably the 2nd GOAT. I try getting into Godzilla movies but I never could. He always had me intrigued as a kid. But a lot of his movies are similar to Bond movies. They don't really click with me. It's very niche and I guess I'm not into kaiju. I was thinking about getting this Godzilla Hiya toy that's like $50. It's a revision of the GvK one from 2021 but they corrected his neck. But a part of me really doesn't like the Legendary design. He looks like a stegosaurus standing up. He has a more reptilian head while I prefer his rounder head from Toho over the flat head, flat nose one, and a very short neck. I keep waiting for it to grow on me and it never does. I recently rewatched Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) the other day and it's not a good movie at all as Chris from Film Stocked has said. The story and logic are stupid which is how a lot of Godzilla movies are. Many kung fu films are the same way. The first Godzilla I've ever seen was King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) back when I was 7 in '87-88. That was the film that really got me into loving Godzilla and King Kong. Of course, I did see it before that 2021 film and it hasn't aged well. The American version had Kong winning. The Japanese version had Godzilla winning. I don't care. Watching two guys in a suit looks ridiculous to me now. The 2021 film did the fighting much better thanks to CGI. I'll save the $50 and wait for Hiya to make one for Minus One. There's one from Bandai but I prefer how Hiya does their Godzilla molds and Bandai's 6" one lacks color. Hiya's are well priced and better detailed than the others while still being the most film accurate. I prefer Minus One's head more than Legendary's and his largest dorsal plates looks like shurikens. I do not mind his size being smaller. Minus One is closer to the size of the 1954 one at around 164 feet (50 meters) or so. While Legendary is closer to 400 feet, the largest Godzilla at the time of release in 2014 before Shin Godzilla. I may still get that Hiya GvK Exquisite Basic one if the price is right. May end up getting both (Minus One 🇯🇵 + GvK 🇺🇸). The dorsal plates on the MonsterVerse one does look dope. I prefer Godzilla to be a little slimmer although he always had thick thighs like Chun-Li and the shape of the head to be rounder. Perhaps Legendary looks fat because of his smaller head? I don't like Legendary Godzilla's roar. It's not as iconic as Toho's. It loses that punch. I already lost interest in finishing Monarch. Like should I really care about these human characters? I only care to watch Godzilla destroy shit or other titans. I don't really watch it for emo people with broken lives. But I hear Minus One has human characters I'll care about. I don't like how Legendary designed Kong. He's too brown when I want him black like Mighty Joe Young. Even in Skull Island which is set in the 1970s, I wasn't a fan of his design. I want the Peter Jackson Kong or the one from 1976. The Legendary designs are questionable for me. Some like it as they find it realistic and well proportioned. Some don't like the man in a suit look but Legendary's design is not for me. I guess since Godzilla / Gojira is Japanese, I prefer how the Japanese design him over the Americans. The Legendary design is still way better than Godzilla 1998 (or Zilla) but I feel it could still be much better. I don't really watch Godzilla movies but I read enough comments from diehard fans and watch videos on RU-vid where they will rank each Godzilla design. So far, the one I like isn't a common answer. It might be GhidoGoji (1991). It used to be Godzilla 2000 but I came to love the Hensei Era the most. I'm no Godzilla expert either but Hensei from 1984-1995 is what I like the most when it comes to Godzilla's designs. Godzilla Minus One is really a modern remake of the 1954 film. It's paying more homage to that film from 69 years ago. Going back to the roots but with a modern look and not some guy in a rubber suit. I doubt Minus One will ever get me into Godzilla or anything kaiju but at least when I see it, what I'm watching is a good film. Ranking all the Godzilla films I've seen - 1. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) 2. Godzilla (2014) 3. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) 4. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) 5. Godzilla (1998) Never seen all of Godzilla 1954 but it seems like a classic film. I'm 25 minutes into it and I'll finish it after I post this comment. GvK 2021 is not as good as Godzilla 2014 but I prefer it more because I'm also a fan of King Kong and Mechagodzilla. I used to have this Mechagodzilla plastic toy where the tail could easily pop out when I was about 6 that I never forgot. Love his appearance in Ready Player One (2018). I was a bigger Godzilla fan over Kong fan before I saw the 2021 film. But by the end of GvK, I was rooting for Kong more! Never seen the original 1933 film but the ones in 1976 and 2005 I did enjoy. And the ending to King Kong Lives (1986) broke my heart as a kid. Kong's films are always more tragic. Beauty killed the beast. King Kong did come first 21 years before Godzilla. I like Godzilla and Kong fairly equally now. Godzilla has the more interesting designs, hence, he's better for toy collecting or ic you love dinosaurs and dragons. But Kong is a giant gorilla with human elements to him. So people can feel for him similar to the apes in the recent Planet of the Apes films dating back to 2011. It's so weird how Godzilla technically beats Kong in the 2021 film only for Mechagodzilla to completely destroy Godzilla when they go at it and needed Kong to help save him. Godzilla can't wield a giant battle axe like Kong. And Kong can be more agile and flexible since he lacks a giant tale and dorsal plates while having long arms and essentially having four hands to grip since his feet act like hands. Many G fans say the 2014 film is the best American Godzilla film and I wouldn't argue with that. And I was initially disappointed by it but came to like it more after a couple more rewatches at home. I still enjoyed Jurassic World (2015l more. I felt Godzilla 2014 was what Jurassic World was supposed to be. I didn't like Gareth Edward's Rogue One initially either. It was slow and too dark for me to care. Dark is in too many night scenes, so I can't see what they're doing. But both Godzilla 2014 and Rogue One did get better with rewatches. Minus One should easily be my #1 after I see it probably by tomorrow. The bar for Godzilla / kaiju niche films isn't very high. Most Godzilla films are basically 80% following human characters, hilarious English dubbing on Japanese actors, and then watching actors in rubber suits fighting or stomping on miniature sets. They're generally disaster films. That's the gist of Godzilla films. That and Godzilla helps sells toys for boys like Hello Kitty does for girls. The pattern I see from Godzilla movies is the ones from 1954, 2014, and 2023 are considered disaster films with the most human elements to them. While every other Godzilla film in between those three act more like a true kaiju film with super campy elements. Watching rubber suits against puppets. Hence, why 1954, 2014, and 2023 are regarded the best as films while the other 31 live action Godzilla films are more niche and are basically 90 to 120 minute commercials to sell new Godzilla toys. We have 37 Godzilla films but 34 live action ones. I'll list only the live action ones and exclude the animated trilogy one... 1. Godzilla (1954) 2. Godzilla Raids Again (1955) 3. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) 4. Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) 5. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) 6. Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) 7. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) 8. Son of Godzilla (1967) 9. Destroy All Monsters (1968) 10. All Monsters Attack (1969) 11. Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) 12. Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) 13. Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) 14. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) 15. Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) 16. The Return of Godzilla (1984) 17. Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) 18. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) 19. Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) 20. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) 21. Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) 22. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) 23. Godzilla (1998) 24. Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) 25. Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) 26. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) 27. Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) 28. Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) 29. Godzilla Final Wars (2004) 30. Godzilla (2014) 31. Shin Godzilla (2016) 32. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) 33. Godzila vs. Kong (2021) 34. Godzilla Minus One (2023) Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire slated to be released by April 2024. Greatest Godzilla movie? Minus One? Favorite Godzilla movie? Minus One? Favorite Godzilla design? Minus One? Minus One being the most likely answer for all three questions. I'm aware Final Wars is a popular pick for Godzilla designs and it's up there for me as a top 3 and I've never even seen the film. But I've seen photos of him. I wish Minus One came out when I was 7. Would've made more of us into diehard Godzilla fans. But we just didn't have the technology back then in the 1980s to make it look good. We still had guys in a rubber suit even with Final Wars in 2004.

Okay, at first when I saw the trailer for this movie, I thought to myself "hu, interesting. I may not watch it but it looks kinda cool." But from I've been hearing about Minus One, I NEED TO SEE THIS FILM!

I'm her son and I don't now how to make another channel and I'm a big big fan I've been watching your channel since the 2020.

This movie was really really good. Definitely one of my top favourite movies of the year. I cried at a few scenes so it was very emotional. Literally a masterpiece movie I loved it so much 😭

1954 Godzilla had a much more consistent depressing tone. Minus One definitelty kept alive that horror filled depressing tone but was able to mix in appropriate uplifting and at times humorous moments.

This is the best of all films!!!

Godzilla wiped the floor with Hollywood blockbusters, just like Toyota and Honda did with Ford and GM in the 1970s. RIP Hollywood. Welcome subtitled Japanese movies.

I wasn't able to catch this in cinemas so I've only just watched it on Netflix and yes its absolutely amazing! I absolutely love the monsterserve films but this movie shows how you can do a Godzilla film with human characters you really care about, especially the main character. I love his redemption in the climax of the film. It almost made me cry with joy seeing him redeem himself so proudly and him find the women alive in the hospital. The story is very real, its very emotional and heavy. The acting was all round fantastic, i thought a few parts were overacted but then again it makes sense with what just happend to the characters. Also i wasn't a fan of how Godzilla moved. He walked very stiff and robotic which makes it a little less believable at times but thats not a major thing. Godzilla was genuinely terrifying in this film. You keep wanting to see him because of how epic he is but you also don't want him to cause of the destruction. The visuals are incredible and the action is phenomenal. The monsterverse is more fun and entertaining but this film is much more of a realistic, well written and terrifying version of a Godzilla film

This movie have something that the US Version doesn't Have Character Story And They Make GodZilla Scary again.

Do you plan on ever watching every live action godzilla movie from japan? It would cool to someday see you rank every godzilla movie. In japan we have 4 different eras now.

I find it hilarious that The Marvels took like $255 million dollars to make, looks completely horrible and is entirely unforgiving in story, but for $15 million dollars, we have a Godzilla film that lives up to the original, looks exquisite, and spits on the Warner Bros movies coming out now. Job well done Toho.

You should do a Godzilla ranking

Can we talk about how great the soundtrack was?

Haven't seen a movie in three months since Ninja turtles. I'm looking forward to this one...😎💪

Sean you're a creator that made me kinda want to start on YT and I just got approved to join the YPP! Just wanted to say thanks for allll of the great vids! My favorite ofc are the mcu related ones

I’ve grown loving the Godzilla films from Toho. I can’t wait to see it tomorrow in IMAX

The Godzilla fan base is a fan base you don’t want to tick off. I’ve seen how they attack reviewers that don’t like this one

This and Shin-Godzilla, are some of the best this Godzilla films this past decade. Couldn’t really get into the “monster verse” films. I love how Japan’s going there own thing and showing a real emotional Godzilla story.

This is by far the best Godzilla movie in my opinion. I never thought I’ll actually care for the main humans in a Godzilla movie.i don’t really care for that, i just want to see Godzilla blow shit up so this was a nice treat.

Totally agree with all your points

Where'd you get that sick shirt??

Used to watch the old Toho films as a kid w/ my Aunt who was huge fan of them and other such films. I don't think the modern movies deserve all the hate the sometimes get, but I wouldn't call them great movies either. A lot of people complain about them focusing on the human characters too much, but that is how Godzilla films have always been. For me the mark of quality of a Godzilla film is how much the films make you care about them. And Toho also has it's fair share of bland characters, its not just the modern ones. But I am am glad to hear that this one seems to be one of the good ones. I'm thinking of treating my Aunt to a night at the movies to celebrate those times when we were younger. Also for those who don't know OG Godzilla is a metaphor for the US and the destruction caused by the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan at the end of WW2. Which left Japan in a state of fear and uncertainty about the future, with this terrifying monster looming over their nation. But as time went on in the later films Godzilla, like the US, actually becomes the ally and protector of Japan, helping them rebuild their society and forging a brighter future for everyone.

Great video

His horrific looking eyes added the scaryness