Godzilla Minus One - Movie Review 

I loved Minus One. What a pleasant surprise for the end of the year! Happy New Year!

Have you seen the 1954 original (the Japanese version, not the American release with Raymond Burr cut in)? It's a genuinely great film, in the same ways that Godzilla Minus One was: a real movie for adults, with heart and with substantial character arcs. It also portrayed Godzilla as a purely terrifying walking disaster, in much the same way this one did though of course with the effects available in 1954. This was really the first modern film in the Godzilla franchise that accomplished what Ishiro Honda did back then--but done as modern spectacle with today's production values.

I really enjoyed the film. Was not expecting it to be as beautifully written as it was. I think Americans have been spoon fed a shallow diet of CGI, over the top action sequences, all at the expense of ignoring what gives a film substance: believable and relatable characters. Godzilla Minus One did that. It's a big breath of fresh air.

A+ OMG. Gonna Watch it this Week!

Thanks for giving GMO some much deserved love! #FYC

I can't say enough good things about this movie. Regardless of topic, it is a fantastic piece of movie making. The big radioactive lizard was just the icing.

Please don't let subtitles scare you off. In fact, going way back to the 1930's, Japan has made some of the finest movies ever made (Kurosawa, Ozu, Mizoguchi).

I am Japanese. To be honest, I'm surprised and very happy that this movie is being appreciated by people in the West. It's a shame that it didn't win Best Picture, but it's clear that this movie is great even without the Academy's prestige. It's all thanks to you otakus who made this movie more valuable. thank you!