GODZILLA MINUS ONE Movie Review **SPOILER ALERT**
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- čas přidán 30. 11. 2023
- Gay homosexuals Nick and Joseph spoil Godzilla Minus One (Japanese: ゴジラ-1.0マイナスワン, Hepburn: Gojira Mainasu Wan) - a 2023 Japanese kaiju film directed, written, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki.
Premise: Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
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Cast:
Ryunosuke Kamiki as Kōichi Shikishima, a former kamikaze pilot
Minami Hamabe as Noriko Ōishi, Shikishima's partner
Yuki Yamada as Shirō Mizushima, a trainee on board the Shinsei Maru
Munetaka Aoki as Sōsaku Tachibana, former Navy Air Service worker
Hidetaka Yoshioka as Kenji Noda, a former weapon engineer
Sakura Ando as Sumiko Ōta, Shikishima's neighbor
Kuranosuke Sasaki as Yōji Akitsu, the Shinsei Maru's captain
Mio Tanaka [ja] as Tatsuo Hotta, captain of the destroyer Yukikaze
Yuya Endo as Tadayuki Saitō
Kisuke Iida [ja] as Akio Itagaki
Sae Nagatani as Akiko, Ōishi and Shikishima's adopted daughter
Cinematography by Kōzō Shibasaki
Edited by Ryūji Miyajima
Music by Naoki Satō
Keywords: ending explained, reaction video, trailer, - Krátké a kreslené filmy
I grew up on Godzilla. My dad is such a hardcore fan that in his will, when he goes, he wants Godzilla noises played at his funeral. 🦎
Your father is a legend!
@justaguy7230 thank you. He's a pretty fun & hip guy for 73.
May he live forever
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Omg that’s a wonderful idea love it!
Godzilla was already a monster before the bomb… he was irradiated latter by a bomb test.. that’s why it is is pissed and way bigger.
The reason the plane had to be that special fighter (and yes, the Shinden was real) is because it was the only Japanese plane to have an ejection seat. The mechanic didn't put that in, he discovered it was already there. Remember neither the pilot or the mechanic had seen one of these planes before, so they wouldn't have know before hand. Anyway, if you bailed out the conventional way, you would have been sliced and diced by the propeller. So seriously, if he was going to do what he did at the end and survive, it had to be the Shinden. Plus it looks super cool. (Little historical note, very few planes had ejection seats in WWII. The few that did were, like the Shinden, almost certain death to simply jump out of. The German fighter, the Dornier Pfeil was the same way, ejection seat to clear the rear facing propeller).
Wow, thanks for the explanation.
That baby must me impressive because I’ve never heard Joseph speak about a child actor that way! 😊
If you watched the original 1954, Godzilla emerged as the ocean nuke testings in the Pacific, way before atomic bombs in Japan. Only seaside villagers had encounters and folklores about it at the time. City dwellers in Tokyo didn’t know until the landfall.
Also, as the loser in WWII, Japanese government was disarmed and there was no military to deploy to fight Godzilla. Hence the civilian efforts.
Good points!
The Godzilla at the beginning that's much smaller is the one that the Islanders had a legend about. That creature gets mutated and becomes the giant monster we see later.
I’m such an old school fan of Godzilla from my childhood and this was exactly what it should be. Loved it!
can we talk about how cute the guy with the glasses long curly hair was!!
The reason it had to be the "special" plane is because the rest of the fleet was decommissioned. It also had an ejection seat where the regular planes did not.
Thanks for the great review. Hearing you questions, I felt I can give answers to some of them as I watched the movie twice already in Japan. (If I watch another time, I might be able to answers other questions as well ... but I don't have money to do so for now.) As I understood...I mean, these are my guesses from the movie...around the Odo islands there was already a rumour of a strange creature among locals, like the case of the Loch Ness Monster, which was known as Godzilla. At some point, the movie suggested that this creature mutated into even a bigger monster due to radiation by Operation Crossroads. As for the government notice to the public, I got an impression that the government hid the overall truth and pretended there was no serious trouble approaching until the very last minute. Otherwise, people must have been evacuated by the time Godzilla hit Ginza. Only when Godzilla really set foot did the government gave warnings ... simply because it wasn't possible to hide it anymore. (This is typical of the Japanese government. For example, upon Great East Japan Earthquake, the government kept details secret in order to avert panic among citizens for quite a long time. As a result, many failed to escape from radiation contamination at an early stage. Knowing that, I got an impression that the movie is criticising this kind of behaviour of the Japanese government.) And Japan at that time was under the occupation of the Allied Powers, mainly the USA. I assume the JP government had not much freedom. Japan was demilitarised and there was no Japanese army to save citizens, either. (Actually, it is still so in some sense. The JP constitution, established after WW2 by GHQ staff members, prohibits Japan from having any military force. Therefore, current-day Japan is still without any army. It can have only self-defence force.) That's why they were all from private companies, formerly working for the Japanese Navy. (I forgot how they brought those battleships. I need to watch it again to figure it out.) As for the letters, since Shikishima wasn't able to figure out Tachibana's address, he instead wrote letters to others who might have connections to Tachibana. There, he wrote all death on Odo island was due to Tachibana, completely disgracing his name. Judging from the later conversation between Shiksima and Tachibana, people who received these letters contacted Tachibana, either to blame him or inquire about the truth. This is why he got those letters in his hands when they met again. As for the deep sea fish, the movie implied at some point something like radiation of Godzilla killed those deep sea fish instantly, which was why so many dead fish were floating, swelled up by less water pressure. Overall, I think the movie was very well written.
This film blew me away. I was simply elated by every scene and shot. I love film, and this movie was a love letter to Godzilla's place in film history. I dropped tears in a Godzilla film, and that's freaking awesome. ❤ The movie made me think of watching the old Black and White films with my mother, as a child.
“So that American audiences could have a white face to look at” the hubris is stunning
There is a quick scene we're the atomic bomb detonated in the ocean and mutates the small godzilla even more into what it is fir the rest of the movie.
I am Japanese. I've already seen this movie three times. Director Yamazaki said in an interview that in the scenes in which Akiko appeared, everything centered around her.
When you're in a good mood, watch that scene. When I feel like I'm about to cry, the actors will match the lines for that scene.
She is 2 years old and in a sense she is an amazing actress.
Not Japanese but have studied the language enough that the second viewing I went in focused on really listening to what was said. While I feel it suffered some over translation(you don’t need to “translate” every noise! Especially when working with the “words” of with a young child) but it was still fanatastic. I’m already looking forward to the weekend and having the time to see it again.
Hope it’s still in theaters just past that to see it with my father who knows no Japanese and isn’t big on films filled with subtitles but I still think he’d enjoy this.
Thank you for commenting. I hope your father enjoys it too. We are very happy as it seems to be well received in U.S.!!
11:49 this harkens back to the original. Godzilla was a Legend passed on Odo Island, almost like a mythological God of sorts. But in reality, he was a Dinosaur like creature. Although its ambitious, the Dinosaur probably wasn't even seen by them, in fact its most likely hes only called "Godzilla" due to the association of Odo Island and his godlike presence. Hes a product of the bomb because the bomb is what mutated him, its the reason why hes as big and powerful as he is in the movie, and why hes so angry.
Joseph comparing it to the apex predator shark, from movie *Jaws* - that's a compliment! A Godzilla that terrorizers without a conscience - most enjoyable traditional Monster story to end the year perhaps!
You guys missed it too, didn't you?
Near the end, there was a black moving object attached to Noriko's neck while she was in the hospital. Better go review it.
The reason she got a job was because when his coworkers came over, he stated that they are not together and that she just started living with her, which made her feel like a burden. That’s why she went out to find a job so she can support herself and not feel like a burden since they aren’t actually a couple. And the mechanic didnt built the ejector seat on that plane, it was build with one already. It was a newer plane compared to the old ones the kamikaze made. You can tell when the mechanic was inspecting the plane he noticed something in the back, which is the ejector handle.
It’s excellent. Years from now I’ll go out of my way to watch this again and again.
Yes indeed ❤❤❤❤
Y'all have me fired up to go see this tomorrow!!!
Toho came out to show this is how it’s done Hollywood! I loved it!
The plane Koichi flies at the end of the movie is a real plane. It was a prototype that was never actually used during the war. The U.S. government confiscated all of Japan's fighter planes after the war, so the only fighter plane left was this unused prototype. And the mechanic wasn't the one who installed the ejection system. It was already outfitted with an ejection system, which meant that perhaps Japan was rethinking the whole "kamikaze" tactic because it obviously wasn't working for them.
この機体の本物は、スミソニアン国立航空宇宙博物館に展示されています。翼は無い状態ですが。
実は日本人よりアメリカ人の方が身近な機体です。
You missed Noriko’s neck at the end.
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He was unmutated and small on the island.
Yes! Thanks to your excellent review, I finally look forward to having a movie worth going into the theater for during the holidays!!!🦖🔥
I just came out of this, and I’m just elated. Best Godzilla movie I’ve seen since the original. Like I have my Godzilla theme song on blast due to how much I enjoyed this. So isn’t this timing perfect?
Just left the theatre
The sound design is PHENOMENAL!!
I didn't care for the story, but when Godzilla was on scene.
AMAZING !!
Regarding the woman being not dead and in the hospital--did you not notice the black inky stuff spreading on her neck in the shot right before we saw Godzilla regenerating under water? Something is up with her.
You’re absolutely right i saw that and totally forgot about it by the end. Yea she must have healed. Such a great lure they’re creating here
The Japanese say that was Godzilla’s nuclear radiation effect on humans converting human cells to G-Cells that has regenerative capabilities. Reason why she is alive. Same with survivors that survived atomic bombs or nuclear power plant explosions.
I didn't notice it on my first viewing. After reading about it online, and seeing it again, I don't know how I missed it.
You asked, what does the title mean? I saw that the director had made a kamikaze film before, titled Eternal 1, about modern offspring who investigates about their kamikaze pilot grandfather who repeatedly refused to die (but eventually flew his plane into a US warship). „1“ is the military name for this type of fighter plane.
I'm pleasantly surprised y'all liked this creature feature. I'm going to have to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation 😃
The small Godzilla on Odo Island was just a dinosaur that lived in the water of the islands. He was just a normal creature but the film shows a quick scene of an American Nuclear test with a quick shot of Godzilla's face engulfed in the nuclear blast. That's what creates the giant nuclear blasting , regenerating Godzilla later in the film
Godzilla was only known by the locals of Ode island. It was an urban legend that was just beginning to spread so very few citizens of Tokyo would know about it nor believe it to be true. Also, he gets bombed during the bikini atoll experiments and mutates.
You guys missed. The female has something on her neck:
I just saw this film earlier today and I felt like it was actually a commentary on the exploitation of war, the so-called “nuclear family” (especially making comments on child welfare when the children are orphaned with NO surviving biological parents very early in life) and even nuclear weapons, which I feel this film really is more anti nuclear and anti war than anything else. Great review too! I didn’t have any of those kinds of questions you did as I’ve seen four of these movies so far, including Minus One today, and I become more of a fan of these movies the more I watch them.
I am _so_ going to _totally_ watch the shit out of this movie, thanks entirely to your _fabulous_ review 🤗🤣
I'm so excited for this!!!!!
Solid 4/5 for me. Maybe even 4.5. I had a couple niggles but it didn’t mar my enjoyment and the visceral impact the film had on me.
He got the mechanic's address from before he joined the military from that central office.
Fish Jelly really should watch Shin Godzilla (2016) at some point and review somewhere. If Joseph thinks the eyes in this one are "uncanny valley"-territory, wait'll you see that film.
Saw this today and ILOVEDIT! It has so much heart. I laughed out loud at Godzilla’s presence aka bottom heavy-ness. I wanted to take Akiko home with me. ❤
Watched your review of Poor Things earlier today, and im already hooked. You two seem really neat and articulate.
To answer your question about why Japan couldn’t defend itself is because after World War II, the United States demilitarized Japan. Which is also why they had to use that one plane. It was one of the the only ones that the United States hadn’t confiscated. The tanks and ships that we see Japan asking for and the ones that were used against Godzilla were handed over by the UN because again everything Japan had in regards to military was confiscate after World War II by the US and UN. The one thing that didn’t make sense for me is that during the time Godzilla Minus One is taking place the United States is supposed to be occupying Japan.
Godzilla existed before, it was the radiation from bomb tests that mutated it into the super monster. In the start of the movie Godzilla wan't mutated yet and was a lot smaller.
Like your channel, it is relaxing to listen to. I could use some more relax in my life.
Thank you for the Review, Love the shirt.
I thought Godzilla vs kong was stupid fun, kind of like Freddy vs Jason. Your positive review of this film makes me very interested. I’ll definitely see this in theater.
Way off topic, but have you guys done a review of In the the heat of the night? I recently watched it for the first time, and was wondering what you guys thought of it. Have a great weekend 😊
We have not, but that would make a good podcast selection.
@@fishjellyfilmreviews I would love to hear that. It’s an interesting film, with two great performances.
Alpha Predators dahlinks. Colossals. Titans. Loved this movie loved you guys!
The King is back and better than ever, thank you Toho!!
Definitely got the eyes. Even like a furrowed brow. Godzilla got that "I'm gonna f**k 💩 up" Look. And it does! So cool
Great video! 🎉
Apologies for checking out your review so late....but a good review and can't wait to see it
This sounds like an awesome movie movie! 🎉❤
I have always felt like Godzilla and I have the same thighs.
Very Dunkirk the way the citizens get their little boats together.
Godzilla at the beginning was a cryptid basically. Only the natives in that island chain knew about it and the Japanese soldiers learned about Godzilla from the islanders.
Japan didn’t have many weapons cuz they were a disarmed nation
Excellent Movie!!!
Thank you for your work. 🌈🏳️🌈🌷🌹🦕🦖
Great movie 🍿. Hope it is a mega profit maker for the film 🎥 makers.
Incredible special effects.
Godzilla lizard is unbelievable 😮!
some points of clarification: 1. Odo island Goji was a pre atomic version. The island inhabitants (NOT the Japanese mechanics) knew about Godzilla and had over the centuries built up an understanding with it). There is a transition sequence from the montage that shows nuclear testing in the south Pacific and a shot of Godzilla roaring, symbolizing his mutation into a far more imposing creature. 2. The "general" was ex Navy, not an acting officer. Sure it's a little but thin in terms of excluding any Americans from the story as there was a large US occupation post war, but the filmmakers wanted to focus on this being a Japanese tale (heaven forbid). I'm not asserting that Minus One is a perfect film, but it's a solid movie that is far far better than most from this genre. I would have to go back to 1954 Gojira in terms of quality and content.
Did not realize the movie I watched (GODZILLA MINUS ONE MINUS COLOR) also had a color version
The child actor was very cute. There was a scene when she had been told her adapted mother would not return, she burst in tear. I told my wife that someone must have pinched her so hard to burst in tears like that. My wife doesn't think so. 🙂
Shout out to Pharoah Monch and Simon Says. Never knew you were a Hip Hop head kid
This movie was absolutely fantastic… it has great performances and an amazing story…it’s not just a giant monster movie.
I just saw the black and white edition and it was incredible. I’ve never seen a Godzilla movie before this one. I thought the story was incredible, very emotional and I felt it really captured a lot of what people must have felt like. Dr. Nora’s speech about the government’s willingness to have people needlessly die was so poignant. I felt like a lot of the things said and the story can be applied to a lot of things regarding the political state of the world throughout history and even now. I was blown away.
Thanks!
Thank you!
Y'all are cracking me up saying Godzilla is bottom heavy. 😂😂😂😂 I saw it the other night & thought it was awesome! 🐲
This is my favorite movie of the year. Not perfect, but perfectly good.
Any chance you two gents would review Horikazu Kore-eda’s Monster? Just saw today and was shook😢 What an amazing piece of film❤️🙏
SO, WHY did Godzilla come all the way to Japan in the first place? Twice!? Was there something there that he was after that he couldn't get in the sea?
It's just part of his territory
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Ill come back after i watch the movie since both of yall pull quotes were positive lol
Whew, once i hear that, i know the movie is bomb and I need to watch the review after j watch the movie ❤
Are yall doing like a 2023 top ten movie list before the New Years or a a week of Jo-mas and St. Nick Christmas movies? 👀
Yes, we’ll have a Best of video
Could you guys please review “gravel of the fireflies”.
One of my fav movies of 2023!
Loved this, my most enjoyable time at the theater this year
Question: did anyone see that the wife’s neck at in the end scene looks suspicious…as if she’s been infected by Godzilla ?
Something that also bothers me is how the female character fell from the train into the water, and all of a sudden it cuts to her now on the middle of the street. Like what?? Lol
that bugged me too! And the casting of the male protagonist..what a puss
Nick your shirt is excellent. I'm sure you have purchased it from the same place as other rad shirts you have worn for these reviews. But will you please remind me? What is the brand and website?
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I’m Seeing it for the second time on Thursday!
Thank you for always noting all the plot holes. I’m happy for all the praise this movie is getting I feel it’s necessary to discuss the cinema sins.
Going to see it on tomorrow here in the UK so buzzing to see it at my local cinema (my mum doesn't want to see it but then again me and my mum have got unlimited cards for our local cinema) Hollywood take note you don't need big budget films to break even Hollywood WISHES they could make a film this good at even 1/2 of their budget and still make a profit (even the director Takashi Yamazaki even said he wished the budget was $15m)
What surprises me, is you guys never heard of ejector seats? Fighters jets and planes have them. Kamikaze planes did not have them because their duty is to die. The new plane was built with one. The mechanic didn't invent it. He noticed it and pointed it out the pilot.
Every one of your questions are answered in the movie. You guys may want to watch it again.
Thank you for sharing your movie review. I may watch this movie just for the CGI based on your descriptions. 19dec23
Ok so what I'm hearing is that Godzilla goes though major growth spurts after the first appearance..... his initial evaluation and even appearance from the deep may have been a result of South Pacific nuclear testing before Hiroshima happened
I don’t get why people rag on 2014’s Godzilla. I love the monsterverse Godzilla, but this movie was AMAZING.the visuals and the score were well matched.
I liked this but I couldn't help but feel it was like a Jaws type take on Godzilla.
Not at all. It was a mix of the original 1954 movie's take and an allegory of the monumental issues that Japanese lived through during and immediately after WW2.
@@aumelb I got that but I felt with the whole people on a small boat hunting something from the sea that you don't always see I got those vibes a bit.
@anramsay yes there was some similarity to Jaws but it was just one episode in the movie with a lot of other action sequences.
In both movies, the monster is a killing machine but the Jaws' shark is more cunning and devious. Minus One Godzilla is extremely powerful but pretty mindless, like a force of nature.
I thought the pause after each step was odd and robotic.
Was Godzilla treading water at the end. Looks like he is just standing there.
I did like the way the spines acted like control rods in a nuclear reactor.
I believe the monster on the island was Godzillasaurus. The US H-bomb? experiments radiated him and he grew.
I thought the battleships looked strange cutting through the water and moved too quickly.
The black growth on the female lead's neck at the end indicated that she survived by merging with Godzilla cells and could be doomed to become a human-lizard hybrid.
All the guys on the boats at the end will likely die due to radiation exposure.
Yessss!!!!❤
What do you mean maintenance for kamikaze planes? Those things were for one time use 😂😂🤷🏻♂️
You still need a functional plane to finish that onetime mission, yes?
Nice Leech Woman shirt!
Let me tell you something. Godzilla Minus One is the best, and I mean the best Godzilla movie ever made. It should be illegal for anyone else to make a Godzilla movie.
The ending definitely felt like a producer stepped in or something and was like, "Hey, we need a happier, traditional ending here [even though we saw this woman getting obliterated lol]."
The ending ruined it for me. It’s an 8 instead of a 9 for me.
I saw this last night and LOVED it.
I was hesitant that the movie would gloss over why Japan is in such a state, or worse, make it out to be the big bad Americans at fault, but damn…this movie clearly showed the shame that Japan had to have been in this war and the reason they were in such a bad state was due to their own government.
I don’t remember the exact line but when the young kid wanted to join at the end the war the vet said no, you’re not coming. And says something like, “You should be proud you never had to go to war.”
Too many young American kids just love to hate on America and it was nice to even see in this movie that there was zero animosity towards the US.
Zero wokeness. Thank god.
Girl…
define wokeness… i’ll wait…
The beginning was so boring I walked out after the first big Godzilla fight. I was so disappointed I’m going to watch silent night this afternoon.
you have absolutely no patience
I think I’m the only one with this opinion but this movie was a bore
The moral of the story is, it could be worse?
The moral of the story - Japanese pulled themselves together and managed to overcome deep trauma and overwhelming sense of shame for the sake of the future generations. Godzilla represents all the shit that happened in Japan and to Japan in 1940s. The main character defeats it as well as his own demons (which Godzila is an embodiment of) and finds in himself a will to live.
@@aumelb seeing it today. Sounds great.
GODZILLA IS MALE IN ALL THE MOVIES( NEVER REFER TO GODZILLA AS THEY AGAIN...ENOUGH WITH THE WOKE CRAP) OTHER THAN THAT ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR CONTENT YOU TWO SEXY HUMANS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
your so cringe, godzilla has no gender. could you even define woke… do you dislike the existence of trans people?
Are there subtitles? Is it horrifically dubbed in English like some of my earliest Godzilla movie memories?!? Enquiring minds want to know... 🤔😉🫠
Yes
Subtitles