Spoilers Godzilla Minus One [spoilers]

[trappedslider]

I watched it with English dub and subs due to hearing issues. Some of the lines were right out of badly dubbed sci-fi of the 50s/60s.

So the on the topic of the tanks (Type 4 Chi-To medium tanks), that's two more than were actually built. The destroyers featured in the film were also modelled appropriately after their real-life counterparts, rather than being duplicated. They were also marked correctly with their romanized names painted amidships, which did occur during the Allied Occupation of Japan.

It's no wonder the movie won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, the first ever Godzilla movie to do so.

 

[Older Beholder]

I caught it when it was at the cinema.

It's strength was in making the human characters' story interesting, so that when Godzilla shows up, you cared about what's happening. It's not just a spectacle of destroying the city (not that there's anything wrong with that, I've enjoyed the Godzilla v Kong films), it feels like there are more stakes.

I'm glad it's getting more love since dropping on Netflix.

I've seen an interpretation that Godzilla represents PTSD from the war, following the pilot home, which I thought was an interesting take.

There was also a black and white cut of the film called Godzilla : minus colour, which I would be interested to see.

 

[cbwjm]

I watched this just a couple days ago, was really well done. I like the juxtaposition between the Japanese version of Godzilla and the current Hollywood version. He is not in any way a good guy in this version.

 

[Zaukrie]

I watched a few minutes in Japanese last night, with subtitles. I think it's better that way than dubbed English.

 

[wicked cool]

Excellent movie. Better than the Hollywood versions. The story was interesting!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Unlike the Hollywood movies, this was a film with something to say (beyond give us your money and turn off your brain).

Mostly, it was about survivor guilt, the monster was incidental.

 

[RangerWickett]

I watched a few minutes in Japanese last night, with subtitles. I think it's better that way than dubbed English.

I was in Tokyo last November and actually found one of three theaters in the city with English subtitles. It was only me, my wife, and one other guy in the theater. But I loved it.

I have a friend here in the states who watched in last week, but she's not a Japanophile, and she watched the dub, and said she thought the movie was awful, with bad acting. I can honestly understand that, if you aren't used to, like, Japanese mannerisms and cultural norms. But it really landed for me.

 

[Riley]

I have a friend here in the states who watched in last week, but she's not a Japanophile, and she watched the dub, and said she thought the movie was awful, with bad acting.

I agree.

I loved the original, Japanese version (with subtitles). I found the acting to be excellent, and by far the best thing about this great movie.

I tried to watch the Netflix dub yesterday, out of curiosity, and I just couldn’t stand it. So much of the performance was lost.

This movie deserves to be watched in Japanese, with subtitles.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Oh yeah, if you can read subtitles AT ALL, watch it that way. Dubs can be terrible. Not always, but most of the time.

I loved the movie, and it was my take (I'm sure I'm not the only one) that Godzilla was entirely a metaphor for PTSD (and War itself). The bad things you see in War follow you home and cause you to have difficulty forming proper bonds with loved ones, who are hurt terribly by it (often sacrificing themselves to help you). It takes a tight-group of caring friends (with expert knowledge) to dredge it all to the surface and help you face it, so that you can start to live again - and form proper attachments.

The movie also works as a giant monster stompin' Tokyo. That's how good it was.

Best movie in years.

 

[Alzrius]

I watched it day before yesterday, after a friend informed me that it was on Netflix.

I knew that it had received a lot of hype, but I was still surprised at just how good it was! I'm not even a fan of kaiju movies, but this absolutely knocked my socks off, and really showcased the difference between a movie with actual substance to it versus a lot of the drek that gets put out (it helps that I'd watched Godzilla vs. Kong a few weeks ago during a spate of boredom, so the comparison between substance and empty flash was highlighted).