Godzilla is back and better than ever (Spoilers)
Dec 14, 2023 16:20:32 GMT -5
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Post by edwarddubin0604 on Dec 14, 2023 16:20:32 GMT -5
In 1953 Ishiro Honda and Eigi Tsurbaya created a cultural phenomenon, who became the all time King of all Monsters named Godzilla, and now writer-director Takashi Yamazaki has remade the original Godzilla in Godzilla Minus One. The story begins with a kamikazi pilot named Koichi, who abandons his squadron and lands his plane on Odo Island and lies about his plane having mechanical problem. Nobody realizes that Odo Island is Godzilla's home and he just woke up from his underwater slumber after an atomic blast. The garrisons commander derides him for dereliction of duty and in a scene reminiscent of a later Godzilla movie they shoot at him and Godzilla wipes them out and destroys Koichi's plane. A few years later when the war ends Koichi is unemployed and disgraced and when he arrives home he finds both his parents are dead and his home destroyed. He sees a baby girl and is comforting the child when he encounters Noriko, who shunned even by his neighbor but Koichi takes her in despite his neighbors objections. Noriko cares for the baby girl while Koichi finds a job but still has nightmares of Godzilla on the island. One day Koichi does get a job and tells her that he's working clearing underwater mines which she's shocked but he assures her he'll be safe and mentions she got a job too leaving their neighbor to watch over their adopted child. While on a mine destroying mission Koichi sees his worst nightmare come true when Godzilla appears and in a scene reminiscent of Jaws. Godzilla chases the boat and they have to use the mines to slow Godzilla down...Yeah that will slow Godzilla down, but one does give him a bit of a headache which allows the boat to escape.
The navy recruit a bunch of fishing boats and members of the navy to volunteer to go after Godzilla which like any other attempt fails miserably and Godzilla gets angry and destroys the naval vessels and everyone else gets away. So where does Godzilla head next? Being this is a Godzilla movie he heads towards Tokyo and the armed forces begin planning for his visit and when he does arrive they try to trap him in a trench and hope he blows up if he's forced upwards. Good luck with that since he still survives but Koichi encounters an inventor, who created this plane that can outmaneuver The King of the Monsters and is manned with a device that could potentially destroy him. Unfortunately, Koichi believes that Noriko is killed when Godzilla destroys the train she is on leading to a kind of vengeful obsession to destroy Godzilla reminiscent of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Koichi steals the plane and he goes after Godzilla, which is reminiscent of the original black and white movie King Kong but without Fae Ray and The Empire State Building along with the other planes trying to take him down. He does get some satisfaction of defeating Godzilla and the climax is interesting in a most unusual way. The acting by Ryunosuke and Minami Hamabe is nothing short of amazing. They have great chemistry and it shows in every scene they are in and even Godzilla shows he still has it after seventy years. He still knows his lines and he knows when to enter when he's cued and he still has that great screen presence. If there are a few problems it's when Godzilla prepares to blast the naval vessels and when he's loading up to fire his famous fire his scales pop out of his spine and start firing up, since in the original Godzilla and in the various sequels in the series, his scales lit up before he fired his world famous flaming breath. He was originally destroyed by this device called The Hydro Oxygenator in the original Godzilla. Still I did appreciated the part where everyone on the ships tipped their caps and saluted Godzilla and the fact that Takashi Yamazaki kept the original music score that made the Godzilla movies such classic monster movie entertainment. I loved this movie and here's to seventy more years of the true King of the Monsters and let's continue to salute this movie icon.
The navy recruit a bunch of fishing boats and members of the navy to volunteer to go after Godzilla which like any other attempt fails miserably and Godzilla gets angry and destroys the naval vessels and everyone else gets away. So where does Godzilla head next? Being this is a Godzilla movie he heads towards Tokyo and the armed forces begin planning for his visit and when he does arrive they try to trap him in a trench and hope he blows up if he's forced upwards. Good luck with that since he still survives but Koichi encounters an inventor, who created this plane that can outmaneuver The King of the Monsters and is manned with a device that could potentially destroy him. Unfortunately, Koichi believes that Noriko is killed when Godzilla destroys the train she is on leading to a kind of vengeful obsession to destroy Godzilla reminiscent of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Koichi steals the plane and he goes after Godzilla, which is reminiscent of the original black and white movie King Kong but without Fae Ray and The Empire State Building along with the other planes trying to take him down. He does get some satisfaction of defeating Godzilla and the climax is interesting in a most unusual way. The acting by Ryunosuke and Minami Hamabe is nothing short of amazing. They have great chemistry and it shows in every scene they are in and even Godzilla shows he still has it after seventy years. He still knows his lines and he knows when to enter when he's cued and he still has that great screen presence. If there are a few problems it's when Godzilla prepares to blast the naval vessels and when he's loading up to fire his famous fire his scales pop out of his spine and start firing up, since in the original Godzilla and in the various sequels in the series, his scales lit up before he fired his world famous flaming breath. He was originally destroyed by this device called The Hydro Oxygenator in the original Godzilla. Still I did appreciated the part where everyone on the ships tipped their caps and saluted Godzilla and the fact that Takashi Yamazaki kept the original music score that made the Godzilla movies such classic monster movie entertainment. I loved this movie and here's to seventy more years of the true King of the Monsters and let's continue to salute this movie icon.