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Big Mean Jerk posted:There was a dude at my Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla screening earlier this year who legit loudly talked to his friend throughout the entire movie and it was one of the worst experiences we’ve ever had in a theater. I just watched it in the Regal on Wesleyan and nobody talked or smelled like piss. It was an 11 am showing and there were only like six other people in there, but still.
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OK so I just watched -1, I'm gonna reiterate everything everyone else said. Great action, great characters, things which could have been schmaltzy work because of how well they're integrated into the themes, the more malevolent twist on Godzilla is fresh and fun. But I do think I noticed a historical inaccuracy. There's a radio broadcast that says America isn't sending their navy in due to concerns about Soviet naval movements. In 1947, Japan was still under strict censorship. One thing that was particularly censored was any criticism of the allies, and especially any suggestion of dissension between the Allies. It's fine if the characters talk about it, Japanese people knew about the mounting tensions between America and the Soviets, they had other sources of information. But I just don't think that would have been said on the radio in Japan in 1947. Hopefully they'll fix that for the bluray release.
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Watched a matinee, real good stuff. My only complaint is that it just wasn't shown very bright at all. The blacks were just not that dark and the dark scenes looked off. This wasn't an IMAX, probably just a projection issue.
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Maybe because I have a kid of similar age but I was not expecting to be so weepy.
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Gripweed posted:OK so I just watched -1, I'm gonna reiterate everything everyone else said. Great action, great characters, things which could have been schmaltzy work because of how well they're integrated into the themes, the more malevolent twist on Godzilla is fresh and fun. Well honestly the biggest historical inaccuracy is the fact that we saw NO Americans in Occupied Japan in this film. Jeeps and GIs were EVERYWHERE in Tokyo. It's just the way the film portrayed it's own reality.
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Yeah, I look at it as a kind of alt-history thing. It really doesn’t bother me. I just got out of the theater. I know in the coming days I’ll have more to say about the film but for now, I just want to say this. *Please* go see this in the theater. The better box office it does outside of Japan, the longer it’s likely to play. If you don’t, there are a couple of sequences in the film that if you wait for it to hit a streaming platform, you’re going to really regret not having seen in the theater. I can assure you of that. See it on an IMAX screen if you can. I didn’t today, but I’m going to see it that way soon. It’s that good, and worthy of the format. The only question in my mind right now is where this ranks among my top three Godzilla films of all time, and which one it bumps down to fourth. I’ll have to think about it for a while, but this one may very well be my all-time favorite now. MrMojok fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Dec 2, 2023 |
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If there's two things I love, it's scenes of people discussing things in boardrooms and the song Decisive Battle. So nothing's going to dethrone Shin. But -1 is now a strong #2 for me
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I wanna see it again in theaters so bad. I've been listening to the score nonstop
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hallo spacedog posted:I wanna see it again in theaters so bad. I've been listening to the score nonstop I saw it on a regular screen but an imax screen starts showing it next week so I’m definitely going again
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Thinking about how insanely well -1 uses the Godzilla theme, I'm just increasingly convinced Godzilla 2014 made a big mistake in not using it.
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Gripweed posted:Thinking about how insanely well -1 uses the Godzilla theme, I'm just increasingly convinced Godzilla 2014 made a big mistake in not using it. If I had to guess, that might have been because the classic theme can come across as villainous and Legendary Godzilla is working babyface pretty much 100% of the time. Although it did rule when it played in King of the Monsters, so who knows? 
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garycoleisgod posted:If I had to guess, that might have been because the classic theme can come across as villainous and Legendary Godzilla is working babyface pretty much 100% of the time. Hell yeah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2iUQ6sta_c
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Just got out of Minus One a little while ago. I thought it was very good. I didn't actually know what the plot was going in, wasn't expecting a remake of the original '54 film. Heavy on the war trauma, which made Godzilla itself looking awesome a nice, uncomfortable dichotomy. The heat ray setting off actual nuclear blasts is something that felt so natural to G like it just always was the intent. The score was well done and well placed. I kinda think Noriko should've stayed dead, instead of going for the "happy" ending/teaser though
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MrMojok posted:Yeah, I look at it as a kind of alt-history thing. It really doesn’t bother me. i missed shin after seeing the American one (probably because of how little i cared about the American one, but it also wasn't running anywhere conveniently located). no way am i missing this one.
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site posted:I kinda think Noriko should've stayed dead, instead of going for the "happy" ending/teaser though I'm personally very okay with the happy ending and the black goo could be used to explain how she survived
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Oh yeah, clearly the g-virus bumping around in her neck was being shown for a reason
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I like that the searching for the engineer sequence established that its really easy to lose track of a person in post-war Japan. Especially in an informal living situation like they had, if Noriko was unconscious the hospital would have no idea who to contact.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:There was a dude at my Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla screening earlier this year who legit loudly talked to his friend throughout the entire movie and it was one of the worst experiences we’ve ever had in a theater. You can tell people to quit talking during a movie. I wasn't going to sit through Dungeons & Dragons next to a couple dudes pointing out every spell and creature.
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Open Marriage Night posted:You can tell people to quit talking during a movie. I wasn't going to sit through Dungeons & Dragons next to a couple dudes pointing out every spell and creature. Same. They get one polite, "Shh," then I go for an usher. I'm too old and movies are too loving expensive to put up with assholes ruining my evening.
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Alright I'm sitting alone in some sort of dome like IMAX theater and the movie starts in 35 minutes, god help me.
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TheMopeSquad posted:Alright I'm sitting alone in some sort of dome like IMAX theater and the movie starts in 35 minutes, god help me. 
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TheMopeSquad posted:Alright I'm sitting alone in some sort of dome like IMAX theater and the movie starts in 35 minutes, god help me. Surely the only God to beseech here is Godzilla.
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Just cannot get over how genuinely frightening Big G was in this film. I also agree that the human story worked better than in just about any other film. I thought a lot of that was genuinely touching, especially the end.
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-1 has a leg up on the monsterverse movies mainly because I give a drat about the human plot for once.
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4DX was a lot of fun. Every roar and stomp had so much impact
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Gripweed posted:But I do think I noticed a historical inaccuracy. There's a radio broadcast that says America isn't sending their navy in due to concerns about Soviet naval movements. In 1947, Japan was still under strict censorship. One thing that was particularly censored was any criticism of the allies, and especially any suggestion of dissension between the Allies. It's fine if the characters talk about it, Japanese people knew about the mounting tensions between America and the Soviets, they had other sources of information. But I just don't think that would have been said on the radio in Japan in 1947. the biggest historical inaccuracy is the big lizard that breathes nuclear explosions
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Open Marriage Night posted:You can tell people to quit talking during a movie. I wasn't going to sit through Dungeons & Dragons next to a couple dudes pointing out every spell and creature. Most US theaters do not give a single loving poo poo and will never bother having an usher actually tell the person to shut up. This wasn’t at an Alamo or some other arthouse theater. The most it would have accomplished would be a free ticket voucher and missing however many minutes of the movie dealing with it would have taken. It just wasn’t worth bothering.
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Saw Minus 1 in theatre, no smells. Definitely think that Shin is a more complete creative work but this blows most of the competition out of the water. I think one more attack on Tokyo would have sealed the deal on just how terrifying this version is, but it's fine as is. Kind of made me want to see a film with a pre-radioactive Godzilla in the Black Ships era.
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I, Butthole posted:the biggest historical inaccuracy is the big lizard that breathes nuclear explosions That's not a historical inaccuracy because the premise of the movie is what if a giant monster attacked in 1947
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Saw Minus One last night with my 9 year old son. We both absolutely loved it and I would have loved it more if the asshats next to me would have shut up during the movie, instead of adding commentary like calling the male lead gay and loving laughing at the hospital reunion at the end. I'll definitely pick it up when it comes out on bluray so I can enjoy it without the frat boy commentary.
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Give all the awards to Gokai Blue on the boat crew, that guy rules. Gotta love Godzilla. I'll say 54 is still a much better movie, but this was cool, and it's like a good modern "best of/remix" and its production values were kind of like "here's some traditional Godzilla stuff and we freaking dare you to laugh". Good job spreading the Godzilla word. Now here's hoping the next one has this bad boy fighting some monster from outer space. Heavy Metal fucked around with this message at 16:15 on Dec 2, 2023 |
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Heavy Metal posted:Give all the awards to Gokai Blue on the boat crew, that guy rules. Since all his pieces began regenerating at the end, we could see multiple Godzillas fight each other.
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Shiftypenguin posted:Since all his pieces began regenerating at the end, we could see multiple Godzillas fight each other. Oh poo poo. That could happen. They did use a recording of his own roar to lure him. This version of Godzilla would theoretically be aggressive towards other Godzillas. Godzilla Minus One Times Zero
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Just got back from the movie, thought it was great. I liked seeing Godzilla before the nuclear testing and he kind of reminded me of '98 Zilla. His breath was incredible in this movie and I'm fine with the somewhat happy ending especially if they do something with the regenerating parts and such.
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Minus zero was amazing. The ejection seat was spoiled immediately when they showed the cockpit with the seat having german warnings on it. Not that it mattered, but they did double down with the explanation scene suddenly going quiet. The movie also reminded me a lot of Jaws in the earlier parts.
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very good was the zoom on Noriko's next at the end because the thing on her neck was moving or was i just too teary eyed at Godzilla's death?
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Gambit from the X-Men posted:very good The thing was moving, heavily implying she received some some sort of radiation during the Ginza attack.
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Asteroid Alert posted:The thing was moving, heavily implying she received some some sort of radiation during the Ginza attack. thought so, and i spotted someone mention the director's statement
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