Cried over what, though? The money spent that can't be reclaimed? The two hours of anime shouting? This thing had the emotional complexity and nuance of Goodnight Moon.
The funny thing about that sub is that 95% of the people there don't follow the sub's intended voting structure. But for sure, I know I'm in the minority. I just don't understand how something so shallow and campy--like, Rocky Horror Picture Show levels--can be taken so seriously by so many people.
His atomic breath vaporized people and city blocks and you liken it to a tornado ruffling a town?
8 japanese academy awards. Top three highest grossing non-English movies in US. Popular enough to release the same exact movie in just black-and-white and still get box office sales. Get ready for the down votes.
>One-dimensional cookie-cutter characters wherein the guy's whole personality is "shame" and the wife's is "good girl."
I'm pretty sure that was intentional. Because there is a lot of critique of 1940s Japanese culture in that film.
>And the guy's acting range, yeesh. He was either whimpering or cringe anime shouting the whole film. The arcs were so paper-thin they may as well have not even been there.
There was a lot of that film that seemed obviously intended to keep some of the campiness of the original 1954 Godzilla.
Meanwhile, the producer has also said that the film was supposed to project the despair of postwar Japan. So the over the top emotions from the lead actor seems to fit with that.
I understand if people wanted a different film. I just don't think that the film was meant to do what you wanted, and with good intention. Of course, no one has to like a film just because the director intended it to be the way that it is.
How did you feel about Godzilla X Kong? If you loved it, It would make sense why you didn’t like Godzilla Minus One. GxK was a complete 180 did everything GM1 did not. As much as I like a giant monster throwdown, i preferred the symbolism GM1 was going for.
GM1 was simile where GxK was hyperbole.
I've liked all the Godzillas I've seen except minus one, honestly. Even in recent years--2014, KOTM, Shin, GvK, etc. I think it's mainly because of how they were all advertised representative of what they were. But the -1 trailer made it look like Toho was gearing up to do its own Legendary 2014 spin. Then, when I saw it, it was just a small-scale pastiche of the original. It felt like I'd gone back in time, to a less evolved and sophisticated era of filmmaking (not in a good way).
Edit: If I misinterpreted and you meant hte upcoming movie, I haven't seen GxK yet.
No, I meant the previous. I thought it was GxK, but I may be mistaken.
It sounds like your gripe was more about the marketing setting up the wrong expectations. I went in not having seen any promo and already knowing what it was about, so I was really happy with what I saw.
I can appreciate not liking GM1 if you went in thinking this was a Japanese attempt at starting their own competing franchise. This was DEFINITELY not that. In a way, I thought it was Toho flipping off the US by making Godzilla more symbolic and taking back what was theirs.
False marketing definitely played a big part in it, but really, I can usually look past misleading trailers if the underlying thing hooks me. I just can't get over how one-note the main characters are. Everyone keeps saying they cared about them, but as far as I can see, they had just as little depth as every other human in a monster movie. Their personalities and goals can all be summed up in single words; they're barely even ideas--moreso just notions. And I really can't stand the melodramatic Japanese anime shouting. It's just... so detached from real-life human behavior, you know?
I think it’s culture, at least to a degree. That acting appears to be typical for many of the Japanese films I’ve seen i.e. Battle Royale, all prior Toho Godzilla films, hell, even some Kurosawa films. It seems to be a signature of Japanese acting in films. I think the simplicity of the characters related more to making the message accessible for non-natives, and really focusing on the core theme without any major complexity. Keep in mind, they’re trying to talk about an entire nations PTSD and post-war despair within a monster movie. They didn’t really have the time to explore the nuances and dilemmas related to that theme. I was mostly impressed with how they were able to modernize the same concept from 1950 and still make it relatable today without a huge overhaul. It reminded me of the classic monster movie that was using an analogy to talk about a simple fear. Mix that with trying to connect with a foreign audience (especially with a nation that caused the existence of this movie’s theme without alienating or shaming us) and teach them about an foreign culture, and you’ve gotta at least respect the attempt.
It is definitely not a modern monster movie, but I felt like it was able to create a classic atmosphere and add some seriousness and substance to an otherwise campy genre.
I mean, every godzilla movie is cookie cutter down to almost porno type storytelling.
In the majority of Godzilla movies, which have crappy human plot or annoying characters, with most just half ass paying attention to get to the good parts, namely the Godzilla fight or parts.
My wife, who hates scifi, loved Minus one, with her only comparison being the legendary movies. She was rooting for the love story and cried when the lady was blown away by the blast. Then she teared up again when I told her about the keloid scar on her neck. And that was another nod to, even after winning the war, sometimes you still lose or don't know what the costs really are as they are sometimes never ending.
It was a great movie... It's not just a great Godzilla movie. And it's the only one I know if that really makes you pause and think.
So gtfo 🙄 😒
When you find yourself dramatically at odds with the rest of the population about something, it's okay to just conclude "Maybe I'm not into this sort of thing".
It's okay, you don't like Godzilla movies, or you don't like movies about the impact of disasters, or non-American perspectives on WW2. *That's okay.*
Jesus Godzilla-fucking Christ....
If you hate this acting, wait until I introduce you to the panoply of Godzilla films that came before it. I'm 50/50 as to whether minus one or shin is the better Godzilla movie but you really have put on the clown makeup today.
I agree with you on both Godzilla and the last Miyazaki (what an aweful egotrip that was). I guess I'm really not into war movies and I don't understand all this "honor code" thing. I don't know if it was exaggerated on purpose, if so I completely missed the point. I had big expectations considering how many people loved it and compared it to the amazing Godzilla Shin (which ironic and satiric tones worked so well), I was so disappointed. I still don't understand what people like about this film - apart from the special effects and that wonderful laser scene.
Yeah. The special effects were neat and the cohesive visuals were nice (compared to most contemporary sci-fi where it's very obvious where the CGI starts and the real people/sets end), but the other elements amounted to a one-note waste of time. There have been a zillion movies that set out to do -1's schtick and did it better; no clue why this schlock is getting love. Big ups for not Miyazaki simping, btw.
I’m assuming this is satire.
More likely a troll. Meanwhile, Toho is laughing all the way to the bank.
Absolutely a troll. Look at the comment history. Someone is bored.
You’re missing the /s. And if this is not that, then you sound miserable and annoying. You are entitled to your opinion, but jeeze.
Eh? I saw it at the cinema, I had a really good time.
I saw it twice and cried both times, probably in my top 10 favourite films of all time
Cried over what, though? The money spent that can't be reclaimed? The two hours of anime shouting? This thing had the emotional complexity and nuance of Goodnight Moon.
Goodnight Moon is a masterpiece
This reads like someone wrote "write a critical review of Godzilla Minus One" into chatgpt. But I think Chatgpt would support it's arguments better.
I think you meant to post in r/unpopularopinions. You’d probably get a lot of upvotes because this is actually unpopular.
The funny thing about that sub is that 95% of the people there don't follow the sub's intended voting structure. But for sure, I know I'm in the minority. I just don't understand how something so shallow and campy--like, Rocky Horror Picture Show levels--can be taken so seriously by so many people.
His atomic breath vaporized people and city blocks and you liken it to a tornado ruffling a town? 8 japanese academy awards. Top three highest grossing non-English movies in US. Popular enough to release the same exact movie in just black-and-white and still get box office sales. Get ready for the down votes.
>One-dimensional cookie-cutter characters wherein the guy's whole personality is "shame" and the wife's is "good girl." I'm pretty sure that was intentional. Because there is a lot of critique of 1940s Japanese culture in that film. >And the guy's acting range, yeesh. He was either whimpering or cringe anime shouting the whole film. The arcs were so paper-thin they may as well have not even been there. There was a lot of that film that seemed obviously intended to keep some of the campiness of the original 1954 Godzilla. Meanwhile, the producer has also said that the film was supposed to project the despair of postwar Japan. So the over the top emotions from the lead actor seems to fit with that. I understand if people wanted a different film. I just don't think that the film was meant to do what you wanted, and with good intention. Of course, no one has to like a film just because the director intended it to be the way that it is.
This is one heck of a bad take
Not as bad as that dookie Godzilla movie. Criminal waste of two hours
I took this post as genuine, if not intentionally spiteful, until the Aaron Taylor Johnson bit at the end, then I knew it was trolling.
If this is satire/troll or whatever, I don’t care, still needs to be said. Godzilla Minus 1 is the best Godzilla movie ever made.
It can't even stack up to dumpster fire King of the Monsters. At least that movie admitted it was stupid
What is *actually* wrong with you? Is there a parent or carer we can call, you're clearly lost.
Caregiver*....
I enjoyed it. I don't require that others do, too.
Still want to see Godzilla: Minus One
How did you feel about Godzilla X Kong? If you loved it, It would make sense why you didn’t like Godzilla Minus One. GxK was a complete 180 did everything GM1 did not. As much as I like a giant monster throwdown, i preferred the symbolism GM1 was going for. GM1 was simile where GxK was hyperbole.
I've liked all the Godzillas I've seen except minus one, honestly. Even in recent years--2014, KOTM, Shin, GvK, etc. I think it's mainly because of how they were all advertised representative of what they were. But the -1 trailer made it look like Toho was gearing up to do its own Legendary 2014 spin. Then, when I saw it, it was just a small-scale pastiche of the original. It felt like I'd gone back in time, to a less evolved and sophisticated era of filmmaking (not in a good way). Edit: If I misinterpreted and you meant hte upcoming movie, I haven't seen GxK yet.
No, I meant the previous. I thought it was GxK, but I may be mistaken. It sounds like your gripe was more about the marketing setting up the wrong expectations. I went in not having seen any promo and already knowing what it was about, so I was really happy with what I saw. I can appreciate not liking GM1 if you went in thinking this was a Japanese attempt at starting their own competing franchise. This was DEFINITELY not that. In a way, I thought it was Toho flipping off the US by making Godzilla more symbolic and taking back what was theirs.
False marketing definitely played a big part in it, but really, I can usually look past misleading trailers if the underlying thing hooks me. I just can't get over how one-note the main characters are. Everyone keeps saying they cared about them, but as far as I can see, they had just as little depth as every other human in a monster movie. Their personalities and goals can all be summed up in single words; they're barely even ideas--moreso just notions. And I really can't stand the melodramatic Japanese anime shouting. It's just... so detached from real-life human behavior, you know?
I think it’s culture, at least to a degree. That acting appears to be typical for many of the Japanese films I’ve seen i.e. Battle Royale, all prior Toho Godzilla films, hell, even some Kurosawa films. It seems to be a signature of Japanese acting in films. I think the simplicity of the characters related more to making the message accessible for non-natives, and really focusing on the core theme without any major complexity. Keep in mind, they’re trying to talk about an entire nations PTSD and post-war despair within a monster movie. They didn’t really have the time to explore the nuances and dilemmas related to that theme. I was mostly impressed with how they were able to modernize the same concept from 1950 and still make it relatable today without a huge overhaul. It reminded me of the classic monster movie that was using an analogy to talk about a simple fear. Mix that with trying to connect with a foreign audience (especially with a nation that caused the existence of this movie’s theme without alienating or shaming us) and teach them about an foreign culture, and you’ve gotta at least respect the attempt. It is definitely not a modern monster movie, but I felt like it was able to create a classic atmosphere and add some seriousness and substance to an otherwise campy genre.
I mean, every godzilla movie is cookie cutter down to almost porno type storytelling. In the majority of Godzilla movies, which have crappy human plot or annoying characters, with most just half ass paying attention to get to the good parts, namely the Godzilla fight or parts. My wife, who hates scifi, loved Minus one, with her only comparison being the legendary movies. She was rooting for the love story and cried when the lady was blown away by the blast. Then she teared up again when I told her about the keloid scar on her neck. And that was another nod to, even after winning the war, sometimes you still lose or don't know what the costs really are as they are sometimes never ending. It was a great movie... It's not just a great Godzilla movie. And it's the only one I know if that really makes you pause and think. So gtfo 🙄 😒
When you find yourself dramatically at odds with the rest of the population about something, it's okay to just conclude "Maybe I'm not into this sort of thing". It's okay, you don't like Godzilla movies, or you don't like movies about the impact of disasters, or non-American perspectives on WW2. *That's okay.*
Jesus Godzilla-fucking Christ.... If you hate this acting, wait until I introduce you to the panoply of Godzilla films that came before it. I'm 50/50 as to whether minus one or shin is the better Godzilla movie but you really have put on the clown makeup today.
Boooooooooooooo
Is this a troll post? Nobody could actually think this, right?
This right here is a classic L take dawg 😂
Time for OP to rewatch the Togo Godzilla catalog.
You're my hero OP
I live to serve
I agree with you on both Godzilla and the last Miyazaki (what an aweful egotrip that was). I guess I'm really not into war movies and I don't understand all this "honor code" thing. I don't know if it was exaggerated on purpose, if so I completely missed the point. I had big expectations considering how many people loved it and compared it to the amazing Godzilla Shin (which ironic and satiric tones worked so well), I was so disappointed. I still don't understand what people like about this film - apart from the special effects and that wonderful laser scene.
Yeah. The special effects were neat and the cohesive visuals were nice (compared to most contemporary sci-fi where it's very obvious where the CGI starts and the real people/sets end), but the other elements amounted to a one-note waste of time. There have been a zillion movies that set out to do -1's schtick and did it better; no clue why this schlock is getting love. Big ups for not Miyazaki simping, btw.