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Godzilla Minus One was made for $15 million minus a few million. Yamazaki indicated that the budget was in fact less than we even thought. Incredible. The best movie of the year was also the least expensive. That's what talent and passion can do.

Godzilla isn’t just the only movie from Japan the blew Hollywood away. The Boy and the Heron beat Disney by 2 million. Two Japanese movies have beat Hollywood and Disney.

You forgot to mention two things: the director has an extensive background knowledge on special effects(one of the best pioneers special effects supervisor in Japan) which helps make his vision stay on budget while creating a masterfully done movie and two the soundtrack is beautifully haunting. Godzilla Minus One is my favorite movie of 2023 and has become one of my all time favorites overall. If you can do yourself a favor and go see this Masterpiece!

Minus 1.0 wasn't just a film, it was an experience. One that you'll carry with you for the rest of your time.

I didn't expect to go to a Godzilla movie and cry like a f*ing babe over the human characters. I didn't expect a deep reflection on ptsd, survivors guilt, and the cheapness of life during war. It's an incredible movie.

When my husband wanted to see this movie I dragged my feet and was preparing for another forgettable CGI monster movie. Definitely did not expect to actually sob with emotion during the movie multiple times.

I watched and I didn't notice that it was 2 hours. It will move your emotions, something only a few movies did. This was one of them. It is a must watch masterpiece.

They gave a masterpiece of how PTSD really is in Minus One..One of the greatest Zilla movies ever made

Godzilla Minus One needs to be nominated for Best Picture Academy Award. Best movie of 2023.

Worth mentioning, when director Takashi Yamazaki heard the rumor that this film "only had a $15million budget" he said "I wish we had that much." 😂 It was made even cheaper

I went and saw it yesterday. It was outstanding! One of the reasons it beats Hollywood's recent slew of offerings is that it has actual conversational dialogue. Hollywood has gone to having the most simplistic dialogue that can be easily translated into as many languages as possible to make worldwide box office cash in the secondary market. Godzilla Minus One had relatable characters you could root for. One great credit to their CGI was the Shinden airplane he flies at the end. It looked real enough that I actually looked up of there were any left in flying condition. Only two were made. One went to the scrap heap and the other is in bits, but it looked real enough in this movie to fool an airplane nut.

The PTSD scenes were tremendous, great acting

The biggest reason why this movie was so good, while on a low budget, was because of the phenomenal acting of the cast. Godzilla was awesome, but the core actors and actresses really carried this movie, imo.

As a war vet, with severe PTSD, this movie hit so hard. I’m thankful that it exists, the tears kept leaking on the drive home, and then some. They made a movie that felt like me.

Godzilla was the most terrifying I have seen him be in a long time. When he would charge up his atomic breath, it was awe-inspiring.

No movie ever left me as emotional after it than Minus One. I was literally sobbing in trader joes after it cause it wouldn't leave my mind

I took my family to watch this movie, my mom speaks only Spanish, some English. I was worried she wouldn't like it cause of the Japanese language but I was wrong. At the end she said she got watery eyes and understood most of the movie. It shows you how strong they made the characters

The craziest thing about Godzilla Minus Ones success, is the irony of it having been released AFTER Oppenheimer, a movie regarding the atomic bomb, the cause of the monster and tragedies that befell Japan.

I am Brazilian, 51 years old, and since childhood, I have been a fan of Japanese series, cartoons, and movies featuring giant monsters and heroes. These shows have always been broadcast on TV here. I never had the chance to see a Godzilla movie in theaters until the American films started to emerge. For the first time in my life, I got to watch a Japanese giant monster movie, specifically Godzilla, in the cinema. I can confidently say it's the best Godzilla film I've seen in any language or nationality. I'm not sure if it was released in theaters in the United States, but if it's still showing in your country, don't miss the opportunity. Here in Brazil, it was only in theaters for two weeks because there's always a massive $200 million American film to take over the cinemas. It's definitely worth it. Hopefully, this film will make Hollywood reconsider how to make a blockbuster, both in terms of concept and finance.

This film is CINEMA. Not only is it an emotional and epic experience, not only does it have the best visual effects of the year, not only does it have the most gripping story and characters ever, not only is it written so tightly to the point that’s there’s practically no filler, not only is Godzilla the most terrifying he’s even been, not only does it have my favorite film score EVER… But this movie brought back the Godizllasaurus. Truly amazing.

When I was a kid I always hoped that one day other people would understand my love for Godzilla movies. All these years later and I have finally got to see this happen. What makes it even better is that it’s not even from a big budget Hollywood made film, but a film made by the studio that made me fall in love with Godzilla movies in the first place. Thank you Toho.

The dinner scene was one of my favorite scenes. The setting, the comradery, the joking, the honor of tradition, and the pure joy of the characters as they see some semblance of sanity returned to the world. It was extremely well done. My favorite scene has to be the last scene as the protagonist breaks down in tears of joy as the love of his life ask him, "Are you done fighting your war?". Brilliant. Brought a tear to my eye.

I went to see minus one in theaters with my friends and we were absolutely shocked at the PURE QUALITY this film is. It gives us such a genuine look at postwar Japan and actually has interesting characters

What I understand about this movie and what made it great was that it was a movie about post WW2 Japan WITH Godzilla in it. The budget was kept low by low labor costs (even compared to USA) of artists and VFX not needing to animate Godzilla as much or in a very complex way; keeping the animations to partial body shots and walking in straight lines for example. And even so, we aren't missing anything from Godzilla in a Godzilla movie! All of this made a "lean and clean" aspect that obviously produced an A grade film. I would love to see them win the Oscar for VFX as an extra slap in the face to Hollywood.

I legit got chills from this film everytime G showed up. When the reinforcement boat arrived after they stalled for time, the way it drifts into shot was absolutely incredible. I felt the raw power and respect from that battlecruiser only to see it absolutely annihlated. This film was incredible.

The dynamic between Shikishima, Noriko, and Akiko was beautiful, truly the reason why people are saying the human connection was so good. Godzilla did a great job too lol

I absolutely loved this movie! ❤️ I feel the reason why budgets are so high tho in the states is due to the actors. The actors want HUGE payouts. Actors in the states care more about the green than they do their acting. Where in Japan it’s the complete opposite. The actors care about their craft rather than being greedy with money. They want to showcase an amazing movie and work as a team rather than money this money that. Its sad.

Went to see this movie with my parents. My dad and I love the Godzilla movies, and my mom... not so much (lol). But when my mom heard it was a movie from Japan, her interest was piqued a bit. Now, my mom is someone who refuses to watch anything with subtitles on them, so she often won't watch foreign films, unlike my dad and I. So when I realized that this movie had subtitles, I really questioned if my mom would like this movie at all. I was so happy to come out of the movie and hear both of my parents say nothing but good things about the film. My mom was able to ignore the subtitles existing and was able to just enjoy the movie. My dad loved the Godzilla parts and how he was a terrifying menace. And I loved the movie for just everything. It makes me even more happy to know that the film also won an Oscar just a couple of days ago. It goes to show that Americans - ones just like my mom - will watch films from other countries, it really gives foreign films the opportunity to come in and showcase the talent that has been historically hard to show.

As someone who’s been a massive fan of Godzilla since childhood I’m beyond happy that a proper Japanese Godzilla film is getting universal praise

In the defense of Godzilla being depicted as an anti-hero, he's always have been depicted as both a villain and a hero in Japanese media. The fact that we're getting both versions of big G in just a span of a year is a godsend for us fans. Just like the old Showa/Heisei/Millenium era times, baby

Cinematography was just beautiful. Seeing Godzilla swim behind the boat seeing the scale of Godzilla. And the shots from the ground.

I knew this was gonna be a good movie, but I didn't expect it to be THAT good of a movie.

Couldn’t agree more. I honestly teared up multiple times. The “is your war finally over” line killed me.

My wife went in with low expectations and told me she was probably gonna fall asleep (due to the late showtime) and ended up watching the whole thing. As cliché as it sounds, she was actually on the edge of her seat, gripping my arm in the intense scenes. Love it!

I went back to this after Godzilla Minus One won the OScars. I watched it after watching your essay because you gave compelling argument as to why it was really good. thank you and congrats to Godzilla Minus one and the Japanese cinema

I liked Oppenheimer. It was shocking that the filmmakers did not know that the US flag at the time only had 48 stars. When I was watching the film, I had to do a triple take to verify that they actually missed that historical fact.

The Japanese have passion that is second to none when it comes to artistry in my opinion. Probably why they made a masterpiece with that budget

I went to watch this film with my siblings and my sister was so into the movie she forgot it was a Godzilla film. The characters were so interesting she told me "I thought we were watching a war movie, I forgot about godzilla."

You nailed it. And the sound is just excellent and the mixture of classic Godzilla score and new compositions and how they are just is just perfect. Just take the scene where the main character starts the plane and the music underlined what was going on in his mind. That was maybe the best use of film music ever.

I just saw this movie today, easily better than anything I've seen come out of Hollywood in the past 7 or 8 years. Incredible film with great characters and great actors to portray them. I was sold, I felt like everything going on was real you could feel the stakes and the characters emotions and fears. So f-ing good dude!!

this movie blew me away, words can not describe how amazing this cinematic experience was. Finally a movie with genuine structure. character development was 10/10. the emotion, the story, the entire thing was just so GOOD!!!!!!

This film was unreal. The emotions that I felt through the characters, the symbolism and raw power that was expressed by Godzilla that we just don’t see anymore, the thematic elements that really made the cogs of the film turn…everything was absolutely gorgeous. And I am not ashamed to admit I cried multiple times during this film. This was an excellent unpacking and analysis.

Damn you just explained that in such a good way. Hollywood is junk food, and I forgot about it by the end of the movie. But after watching Minus One, I’m still thinking about it weeks later.

I agree with your analysis, except that, I have to point out that Godzilla as a hero, an anti-hero or at least an an ambiguously neutral force of balance has been around in the Japanese movies for decades and is a far more common depiction of him than the handful of movies that depict him as evil. '54, Raids Again, '84, GMK, GxMG, Tokyo SOS, and Shin Godzilla are really the only ones where he's outright The Villain. Plus 1998 and maybe Godzilla vs Mothra and the original King Kong vs Godzilla. Superheroics and anti-heroics are FAR more common for Godzilla, and a perfectly reasonable take on the character. Some of his best movies are the ones where he's the villain ('54, GMK, Shin, Minus One), but some of his best movies are ALSO movies where he isn't (Godzilla vs King Ghidorah and Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster, Godzilla vs Destoroyah, Destroy All Monsters). I like an evil Godzilla, but when we imply that he's SUPPOSED to be or should ALWAYS be evil, I don't quite agree there at all.

I wasn't expecting to go into a blockbuster monster action movie and almost tear up from emotion multiple times. The first time in ages I can remember emotionally connecting with and giving two shits about the characters in an action movie. Also very refreshing that the dialogue was realistic and not endless witty insults and one liners like with Marvel/Disney.

Honestly makes me cry to see everyone praising not just Godzilla but getting into the franchise as a whole. Legit warms my heart because back then when I was 5 not a lot of people didn’t even cared about the franchise but now it’s noice to see casuals and fans enjoy this masterpiece of a film. Really goes to show Godzilla is probably the most versatile character in fiction. Can go from being an anti hero to more of a character with a serious and grounded tone

Man a Hollywood criticism that actually discusses the sequences/comparisons and doesn't just spew 'ITS TOO WOKE' Great video man 👍 gonna have to go rewatch it now

This movie is easily the best movie of the year and one of my favorite movies ever. There have been a few perfect movies made and IMO this is one of them. It is staggeringly good. Every single character in this movie even if they have only a single line feels like a unique, real person. It is the best Kaiju movie of all time and an instant movie classic.

Godzilla Minus One just had HEART. The directors and writers had film art on their minds, not just money.

The most memorable scene for me was when his neighbor in the end hits him for almost dying on them. Starck contrast to the beginning, where she screams at him for not doing his kamikaze job. Because it shows that you don't have to die even if it's for your own country.

Just saw the black and white version yesterday, and was blown away at how incredible they did on this film. What a honor to the original series, and the black and white without a doubt delivered so much more emotions than I believe the colour version would. From start to end it was an emotional ride. Truly one of the best movies of the year.

You know a movie is good when just thinking back on it makes you emotional. This movie is so powerful that just thinking back on this movie, I am starting to tear up.

Admittedly, I’m actually ok with Godzilla both as a hero/anti-hero like in the Monsterverse and as a villain like in Minus One. As a longtime fan, he’s really flipped back and forth over the years and in each era, be it Showa, Heisei, Millennium, and the current Reiwa. Honestly, it speaks to the character’s strength that he’s just as fitting fighting robots and aliens as he is representing mankind’s sins on nature.

If you've watched plenty of Japanese media, even if it's anime, you'd realize by now how much they emphasize on human aspects such as emotions and relationships (even if the characters ain't human) in their stories. About damn time Japanese live-action movies get huge recognition. Their classic films such as Rashomon and Seven Samurai have been huge influences on Hollywood directors for years. I hope Minus One becomes a catalyst for their live-action just like how Akira did for anime.

Awesome piece. This movie needs more recognition. Godzilla fan since 1989 and Minus One is close to perfect. Ok I’ll say it. I cried at the end seeing Koichi’s reaction seeing that Noriko is alive. Masterpiece

Just finished watching it. This movie, director and actors put Hollywood to absolute shame.

Godzilla can really be anything tbh. Hero, villain, anti hero, a message, a kid friendly icon. So saying Godzilla sucks because he’s not a serious character all the time, you unintentionally miss a major part of why Godzilla has survived and thrived to this day

You nailed it. This is not about one man vs Godzilla, but one man vs one mans guilt. Godzilla plays a role in that compelling story.

Thank you for this! I am a hardcore Godzilla fan, born in 1983, and I remember in 1989 when my parents finally allowed me to rent "Godzilla 1984" on VHS from the local video rental store. Godzilla was an utter monster in that film, but when he fell into the volcano, I remember crying. Looking back on it as a 6 year old, I felt like Godzilla had done nothing wrong, and was only in this world because humans forced him back into it. Like he had no control. Years later I actually watched the 1954 "Godzilla" film, and it is a true marvel of horror cinema. Godzilla represents everything horrifying, destructive, and sado-masochistic of Japan in World War Two under an Imperial, Fascistic Military dictatorship. He represented the sins of the old, and the sins of the new (the Western world with its terrifying atomic power). I saw "Godzilla: Minus One" in theaters a few months ago, about a week after it premiered here in the US. I 100% agree with everything you're saying in the video. Godzilla should be horrifying, terrifying, beyond our comprehension: dare I say, he's like the first Lovecraftian god to be put to film. I return to this concept of Godzilla not being an anti-hero (which I agree with and utterly despise with the Legendary Pictures form), and see him as an utter form of destruction against human comprehension: Godzilla is Fat Boy, Swine Flu, Chernobyl, Fukushima, and COVID-19 rolled into one. He terrifies us because he is outside of our human control and comprehension for his amorality. Godzilla is one of those pop-culture icons that transcends humanity. He is timeless.

Hollywood films cost that much because of the overpaid actors.

I went into the movie to see a big lizard destroy a nation and ended up seeing a emotional masterpiece about grief, love, and tragedy. Best movie of all time

I'm from LA, and I watched this IN Hollywood. Packed cinema. Several ovations throughout. Upon its climax, and entire theater erupted in cheers. No joke, this is the best movie I've seen in several years.

Adding my 2 cents as a VFX artist: Although they did an amazing job with a very limited budget, I disagree that the VFX surpassed what we see in any huge Hollywood films. It was really quite rough in places. I think that if some of those VFX shots were in a Marvel movie, they would be heavily criticised, but because they were in a movie with an engaging story and great characters, people aren't noticing them. On top of that, the director was also responsible for the VFX, and it feels like he really knew where to put polish and where he could be cheap. So the bad VFX shots stick out less, and it seems like he probably spent less time overtraining on insignificant things, and avoided any last minute changes that often lead to weak VFX (which is something that happens on Hollywood blockbusters very frequently)

After many decades Godzillas gone full circle returning home triumphantly menacing.

I'm pretty sure the massive salaries of Hollywood actors is another problem influencing the expensive movie budgets

I love how Godzilla vs Kong basically saved the theater industry and now Godzilla Minus One is basically saving the film industry itself

I'm actually reading a book about post-war Japan right now, and so far, there's no mention of Godzilla. But I'm not done the book yet, so we'll see. In the meantime, maybe I'll go see Godzilla Minus One.

I believe the biggest part of the problem is that Hollywood (not all films, but many) approach film making with the mentality "lest make a movie, what story can we come up with" while this Godzilla movie approached it with something more like "let's tell a story". Yes, filmmaking is a business but movies should not be approached only as money making machines, otherwise the art part of it gets lost.

A big factor of why hollywood budgets are so insane is because of the overinflated salaries for the actors

I love the fact two of the biggest movies of this year were the creation of Mankind's greatest threat to itself and a reflection on the lingering trauma from the single time we used it.

Wow, thank you for you’re info on the movie. Definitely going to see it now. Thank you.

Thank you for this detailed, informational, and well, just true review of this movie. I going to share this with my friends.

The director actually said that he wished the budget was 15 million. That’s insane. I tip my hat to Toho and everyone else who worked on this movie.

10000% agree with all of your points. Godzilla Minus One really embodied the meaning of "less is more". No budget = No problem. The story telling in this film was top tier.

This is the only movie I have seen more than once in theaters! I also was constantly telling everyone I knew they had to go see it. This was by far the best film of 2023 and arguably one of the best in the past 5-6 years. As a military veteran with PTSD, I was also so moved by how real the character's struggles felt to me. It made me feel seen much more than any Hollywood war movie ever has.

Dude when Godz jumped out of that ocean on that fighter jet yard at the start of the film made me jump like 10 fkn feet out of my theater seat and I absolutely fucking LOVED THAT!

Godzilla Minus One was the first Godzilla film since the original 1954 movie in which I actually cared about the human characters. It was absolutely wonderful because it has the element that Hollywood blockbusters have lacked for years now: heart.

I loved the character development. The ending brought a tear to my eye. The emotion. Just wow. Absolutely amazing film.

My favorite parts where the serious ones with godzilla that had the original godzilla music over it and it just made the scenes hit so much harder.

The screening I experienced tonight in Indianapolis was in black & white., adding to the feeling of historic authenticity. I agree with the splendid quality of this film, acting, script, history, political references, music....I was moved when the survivors saluted Godzilla as he sank back into the Ocean. One of the best films I have seen in a very long time.

Made a last minute decision to see the film on the big screen. I'm so glad I did. The surround sound just added to that immersive cinematic experience. Godzilla Minus One was one of the films this year that made me realise why I love going to the movies: to escape into another world, witness a good story, feel plenty of emotions. I actually got tear-eyed by the end of the film. Try watching it on the big screen if you can!!

Another issue with Disney’s budgets is all of the reshoots. The reshoot the same movie 2-3 times over which exponentially increases the budgets. Also, saw Godzilla minus one yesterday, absolute masterpiece. I got the rest of my family to go see it tomorrow.

Now I'm waiting for the sequel. Great presentation.

Wonderful, thoughtful video. I'm a new subscriber and will share this on Threads.... linking to the Hollywood studios and trade publications. I hope they learn something.

I took two friends and “failed” to mention it was going to be subtitled. They wouldn’t go had they known that. After the movie, they were both ecstatic to have gone and loved the film. It’s a great flick!

Saw Godzilla Minus One on Friday in New Jersey. People cried in this film, so moving was the human story. If I were Japanese I'd be proud of how these characters were portrayed. The people are very likable, all played by good character actors, and they all go through a change from start to finish. They grow, they grow on you as well - the woman who played his neighbor was just great - you just cannot believe the human connection between them all. Above all, the plan to kill Godzilla is terrific, well-written, they spent time explaining it and it makes sense. There are scenes that echo back to Gojira 1953. Yea, best film in a while, bar none.

I agree. Hollywood has no idea how to make a successful godzilla movie. There movies are overstuffed with unnecessary content. But Godzilla minus one did a very good job of bringing the original black n white japanese godzilla movie back to life. 👍

Congratulations to the Toho team for their well deserved oscar win. Should have gotten a best picture nod but still a win. Even better it was on the same night as Oppenheimer, poetic.

I had zero interest in this movie until the reviews between both critics and audiences exploded recently. I just got back from the theater and I have to say, this movie truly lived up to and exceeded the hype. I had no idea a Japanese low budget Godzilla movie could make me cry, make me scared, and feel as epic and high stakes as it did. Godzilla 2014 was already good, but Minus One is what that movie tried to be. This is the greatest Godzilla movie ever made, and I fully expect it to win at the Oscars.

I've been a Godzilla fan since I was a little boy back in the early 70's and to me when he was chasing the boat he looked the scariest I have ever seen him. This movie is truly a gem.

Just watched it in Imax other night. Such masterpiece only 15 mil? Wow!

I think you’re review is spot on. I went to the theater twice to see it, my son has been three times. One of the best Godzilla movie’s I’ve seen in a long time.

Just saw this yesterday! It was incredible. Just FU**ing amazing. To put it in context: Both my wife and I were exhausted even before we went into the theater, and my wife typically falls asleep 5 minutes into any Superhero/Monsterverse movie. Both of us were wide awake and watched Godzilla Minus One with awe untile the credits ran. We discussed the heck out of the movie (dialogues and characters) as we walked back to the car and she promplty fell asleep on the drive back! It's a Must watch!

The theater near me was showing Oppenheimer (as it was back this week) as well as minus one. I decided to do a “radioactive double feature” with Oppenheimer first and Minus One second. It’s one of the most intense double feature sessions I’ve ever experienced and I HIGHLY recommend it if you can.

The writers historical references to the "Tokyo Fire Bombing"; mankind's worst; more casualties than the Hiroshima Bomb. The wheel, those 4 Japanese Naval Ships & Rear Propeller Plane are historical fact. Only noticed these things after a second viewing, not paying attention to the subtitles. So many historical details to list. How 'bout that '37Japanese manufactured Harley Davidson Motorcycle. Classic!

this weekend me and my friends will watch this movie and i cant wait

What people fail to mention is the fact that Minus One is a film with *subtitles* and American people are seeing it in IMAX!

One of the quotes that I like from a review of the film Godzilla Minus One is "take Godzilla out of minus One and Godzilla Minus One will still be a great film" that's how great the storytelling is

Agree with you 100%!! And that salute (that's all I''ll say). Perfection in its implication. I was emotional and clapping aloud in the empty movie theater ( it was midday on a Tuesday). Bravo!! And they bought back the original Godzilla vocals that had been altered in recent films. Yes!!!