THE SONG is "get the F#$k up" by Pharoah Monch

The only true bad thing that this movie has is the fact that it's not being shown in every cinema in America. Witch is a real shame.

Japan almost never disappoints when it comes to godzilla movies

I’m so used to seeing Godzilla fighting other monsters while destroying cities. Seeing him just straight out killing civilians is a shock.

An actual plot and characters I care about? It was so good!

Really hope this movie at least gets nominated for best picture cause it absolutely deserves it

I cried so many times in this movie. I've not been moved by acting like this in a long long time. It's a beautifully dark human drama FULL of empathy, pain and compassion. But it will make you smile, and cheer, it's so easy to care for EVERY. single. character. on screen. That's a very rare thing in a movie today. It must be emphasized respectfully, it isn't just a Kaiju movie, this is actually Cinema.

I was worried that the characters were going to die and I've never felt that happen in a Godzilla movie before.

One thing I like about this Godzilla is that he is relatively small. He's only 50 meters tall compared to the 118-meter Monsterverse, the 120-meter Shin and the 300-meter Godzilla Earth. To the bigger Godzillas, they scarcely notice humans like specks. But this smaller Godzilla sees them, knows they're there, and ACTIVELY hates them.

This may very well be the most vicious Godzilla I've seen. Loved seeing the Big G be just an absolute menace EDIT: I NEED THAT VOICE OVER FOR THIS GODZILLA!

Na I cried, I laughed, I held my breath. This movie got real emotions out of me. During the attack on Ginza my heart dropped. This movie isn't just a good Godzilla movie, its a great piece of cinema

This is a Godzilla movie. A masterpiece since Godzilla 1954

I saw this with my brother, who usually has the emotional capacity of a rock, and he actually got teary-eyed when the little girl cried. It may have something to with the fact that he has 2 little daughters.

So Alteori, one thing you might have missed in regards to Gojira's theme is that for the first time since the original 1954 film, the used both (yes both) themes for their intended purpose. When Gojira was on screen, you were hearing the original theme for Gojira. The second part (when the human characters were taking action) is actually the theme for Humanity. This is legitimately the best film in the "Gojira" series since the original (which I STRONGLY recommend you watch next, though I would warn you, when I first saw the original Japanese version in theaters, I ugly cried manly tears of manliness).

I loved how Godzilla was staring at everything he destroyed like he was pleased with himself

It's a must-see on the Big Screen!! This has brought back some great movie vibes!!

I’ve now seen this movie Five Times in theaters, as of now it is easily one of the best Godzilla movies ever made, it’s made it in my Top 3 alongside Gojira(1954) and Shin Gojira. Great story, great pacing, great atmosphere, great characters, great acting, great effects, and definitely one the best Depictions of Godzilla to this day right up there with 1954, 1984, GMK, and Shin.

It's so crazy how it took Toho this long to realize that making Godzilla bigger wasn't the solution. You gotta establish a good setting that you care about only to have Godzilla screw it up. It gives weight to his destruction. I really hope this movie does well so we can can get more of them. Despite only cost 15 million dollars it looks hella good. In both screenings the audience got up to clap, that's how much of a good impression this movie made and we cannot forget to appreciate the actors who brought their A game to what could have been a forgettable monster movie but they were the heart of it.

I just got back from the theater, holy crap I was crying. Loved it!

There were so many wonderful choices made about Godzilla’s depiction, not to mention the arcs of the human characters. Something that stuck out to me was how Godzilla wasn’t just a dinosaur with superpowers. He was aggressive, almost hateful, and truly boiling over with rage. I’ve never been as scared of him as when he was chasing the mine sweeper boat. The anger and malice in those eyes. And the roar! It literally sounded like it took up more space than what is audible to the human ear.

I’d rather save the more explicit details for the spoiler review, but this movie not only takes elements of the best films, but even aspects of some of the more overlooked films in the franchise and not only improves on them but even SHOWS us things that were only ever implied in the past. Heck it even one-ups the Jurassic Park movies at a certain scene. I hope Yamazaki gets his wish and we get another film from him, preferably a sequel because Minus One deserves it, and I’m tired of Toho doing just one-offs.

G-Fans are hyped. It won't get a UK release until the 15 December, so the next 15 days are soon to come for us brits!!

Glad you liked it alteori. Gonna see it in IMAX tomorrow. Pluse he looks absolutely badass! Just angry & cool.

I just came from seeing it myself and I couldn't agree with you more. For all the reasons you mentioned, I absolutely loved it and would go as far as to say--as a lifelong Godzilla stan since the 1970's!--it's the best Godzilla movie I've seen in my life. I love Shin as well, but "Minus One" just was a chef's kiss for me. The perfect balance of human drama and monster madness, and I loved it SO MUCH. I want to see this in the theater again and score the Blu Ray when it'e released!

I live in a third world country Nicaragua this movie comes out in December 30th I want to see it in the theater I can't wait but that's all I can do is just wait great review keep up the great work

It takes me back into 1954 seeing Godzilla for the first time even though i wasn't even born at that time but this movie just takes me back to that film

Got to see it last night with a friend, and I’m gonna watch it with my family tonight because it’s just that good, and I’ve got one thing to say, in my 18 years in this world this has to be the top 3 or if not the very best movie I’ve watched yet and possibly even in the next 20-40 years

Probably the reason they all felt like main characters is that they were all given moments that were defining to and fully focused on them. Great tips of which to take notes.

I feel like the animation of godzilla on land was intentional. I see it as a call back to the guy in a suit days of the series. Also my friend said it best, this movie was Grave of the Fireflies with Godzilla in it.

This is hands down one of the greatest monster movies ever made. Well, acting grounded. serious tones? Amazing film Best movie. I've seen all year

Having human characters the audience cares about goes a long way toward the establishment of suspense, no doubt. That's always been one of the hardest details to stick the landing on in a Godzilla film.

Just saw this in theaters last night! Goddamn it was amazing to watch! Like this really goes back to the old Godzilla route and making Godzilla the antagonist and making him scary! And for once, I really like the main character and his struggles and wanting him to be happy. This is an ABSOLUTELY must watch! Please support this movie! I legit cried at the end! I haven’t cried in a Godzilla movie since Godzilla vs Destroyah as a kid

It’s easily the best movie I’ve seen this year of any genre. I’m a vet with guilt and this movie hit me to the bone. How they made this movie for $15M is beyond me.

Alteori ain’t lying this movie is the best thing I’ve seen in donkeys years. Great characters and fantastic action as well. This is the Wrath of Kahn of the Godzilla flicks no lie.

There's 2 instances when Godzillas theme is played, One on the first attack in the city and the other in the final confrontation with the boats, And in that scene it's used as a form of encouragement for the humans to have confidence moving forward with the plan, This is what made the movie for me, and the message "to Live" Brought me to tears, especially the ending

I feel sorry that your first memory of Godzilla's theme was the intro to a rap song. That hurts just hearing it. I still cant get over how well the humans were done in this movie. Throughout the whole franchise there have been at least two human characters i cared about. Minus One made me care for like 8 in one movie.

My fascination for dinosaurs made me love Godzilla. I've been a fan since my wee days. Sure there were terrible Godzilla movies, but I've been a mostly loyal fan. I'm glad this movie did things right.

Seeing the beast so enraged and vengeful, intentionally killing characters I actually care about, was genuinely overwhelming. In the best possible way. People were gasping and crying in the theatre, amazing.

The atomic breath was AMAZING! This movie reminded me of attack on Titan. Made me root for humanity!

Yes. Just watch it first. Then watch the reviews. It’s icing on the cake.

I saw it in the theater today, December 2, 2023, and it is SPECTACULAR!! Best writing ever in a G movie. Best effects ever in a G movie. Best characters ever in a G movie. And Godzilla is absolutely terrfying! I have no idea how they made this movie on a Japanese movie budget, but it looks better than 99% of the movies coming out of Hollywood. I am in awe. 12 out of 10.

It's probably going to be a long time before I get a chance to watch Minus One for myself (the theaters I used to live next to are all gone so I will not be able to watch it on the big screen) but I am still very much excited to see this new take on the G-Man! 😆😆

What I loved about this movie was how emotionally driven the plot was. Unlike the legendary Godzilla sequels that lacked reasonable emotional depth, this one had a genuine “choosing life over death” message that actually touched me and made me cry throughout the film. Not only that, but the action scenes were genuinely gripping and I didn’t feel like any character could hide behind any plot armor. Each decision carried weight and it felt real! Overall, incredible movie 💙 Puts a lot of shame on todays cheap cash grabbing films!

Just back from seeing GMO. It’s definitely as good, and in some ways better than the original. I appreciated the character development. You truly care about these people and the time spent with them does not detract from getting plenty of Godzilla screen time. The acting is pretty much top notch. The story is tight and moves along at a good pace. The scenes with Godzilla are at least as memorable as the original. Agree that holding off using the full Godzilla theme music till the very end amped up its emotional impact to the max. First movie I have been to in a long time where the audience applauded at the end.

Hello Alteori. A beautiful Godzilla movie. Awesome. Godzilla's design, a bit of Shin, Heisei and Monsterverse, excellent combination. Love it. Anyway, another great video, Alteori, I like it, see you in the next one.

An amazing Godzilla movie and an amazing movie period. See it in a theater! Wish I could give this review ten thumbs up!

I didn’t cry but I did tear up quite a bit and was moved very much by the wonderful acting, one of the best movies I’ve seen!!

I can imagine an alternate universe where Monsterverse Godzilla finally considered humans a threat for the planet and go Minus One

Glad you enjoyed it. I absolutely loved the film as well. The CGI is incredible. I'm glad they made him slow and heavy like it's still a suit but also gave him some more quickness with his tail and claws against a building or a ship.

I'm making a effort to memorize the characters names in the movie that's how much I liked them.

Best Godzilla movie 🦖 possibly ever. just seen it in 4DX theater. pretty wild. That Atomic Breath is ruthless 😵

Easily my favorite Godzilla movie now.

Saw the movie today and MY GOD it was a GREAT movie! I remember seeing people being afraid of Godzilla when I watched the old movies as a kid but never really felt that Godzilla was scary... BUT here this movie had me both in awe AND terrified of Godzilla. I thought Shin Godzilla was chilling but GM1 Godzilla made me feel what the people felt in the movie. It was same feeling when I had in Legendary Godzilla King of the Monsters with the fight scene between Ghidorah and Godzilla, small. Oh and the Godzilla theme 😢 so majestically captivating I can never tire of it. Only complaint about the movie not enough Godzilla but BY GOD whenever he appeared, he always commanded your attention! Hands down if you are reading this and haven't seen the movie YOU NEED TO GO!

I think everyone was blown away by the acting and story for the people in this Godzilla film. In Shin Godzilla, the fact it was a bunch bureaucrats was part of the joke. In Godzilla 2014 and King of the monsters, it was just stale cliches tacked on to a monster bash. Here it was really meaningful and important.

To say that you were still excited when doing this review would be the understatement of the entire history of the Universe since the Big Bang. Also, why do you apologize for being you? We expect the high noises coming out of you! I'm actually disappointed when I don't hear them. Then again, rare are the good movies in this era. So, I'm really happy that this movie is THAT HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII good!

I honestly needed this after they turned him and king kong whole superheroes

One of the few times i got scared for the humans in a godzilla movie, he really was that scary.

Easily my favorite movie I watched this year. Normally when I watch Godzilla movies I expect to watch a goofy fun monster movie. With this one however, I was actually terrified of Godzilla for the first time ever. My heart was racing the entire time. Especially the final battle scene.

Watched it in 4D, man those blasts were insane to sit through. Great movie!

without any spoilers, M1 felt a lot like if GMK was redone, but without gidorah, mothra, and baragon. this seriously felt like godzilla not just got a reboot, but they took the brutality of GMK, and updated that menace, while putting some new limits on godzilla at the same time. it also put the ptsd of soldiers in the spotlight, and i have to respect that.

Another great detail about the movie is the historical aspects, all the ships/planes/tanks are for the most part, accurate, Takao, Yukikaze and Hibiki were all in service during the years in the film. It's not a big plot point or anything but it's such a tiny detail most films could just over look and instead have a placeholder, buy they made it accurate even down to the destroyers being unarmed

I love this movie! About the actors for Koichi and Noriko, after making this they played a loving couple on "Ranman" that we watched daily for its six month run. So coming into this, as an audience in Japan, we're already emotionally attached to this couple. The best compliment I can pay to the human characters is that I would still want to watch a movie about them even if there was no Godzilla. I also felt pity for Godzilla, in the way you would for a rabid dog that needs to be put down. He's a bomb victim lashing out in anger, a wounded animal.

Looks fantastic, this should be the blockbuster movie of the year, not out here in the UK yet but definitely going to watch it!!

This one was a masterpiece.

5 words: go see it in theaters. If your local theater has it, buy a ticket, it’s an experience that you do not want to miss. Toho fed us IMMACULATELY this year.

This was the best film i have seen this year, dude... from beginning to end it was amazing and Godzilla was terrifying. Thats a first for me. Loved it.

A very extensive review! I'm so glad you enjoyed yourself! This Movie is a real boon for all Godzilla fans!

I couldn’t believe they made this film for 15 million. It’s a masterpiece. As you said, a perfect blend of monster and human drama.

My mom and I have a tradition every Christmas watching a couple tear jerker movies. We call it our waterworks marathon. This is probably the first movie she and I unanimously agree on being in the list within the Godzilla series. Some Godzilla movies have made us cry, but this one. Man, this movie had us at multiple points. To me it was a bit of a shock too. I've always watched him stomp buildings blast tanks and destroy monsters and I'm always pumped and rooting for him. This time, I wanted them to stop him, to kill him. I wanted every main character and even the SIDE characters to survive. I cared about side characters in a Godzilla movie...

So hype to see this movie tomorrow 🔥🔥🔥

I would TOTALLY watch your husband's version, it sounds HILARIOUS!!! I went to go see GMO as a gift to myself because the past almost 4 months has been really rough, so I needed to treat myself. I saved up for the ticket, my cab fare, popcorn and snacks. This was the first time I went to the movies by myself, which was an interesting experience. I almost p*ssed myself with the introduction of Godzilla, I felt like I was in actual danger!!! This is my top movie for this year!!! I LOVED the character development. Godzilla being a villain was SO COOL!! The movie was a bit loud for me here and there but that's probably do to me having a bit more sensitive hearing. There were between 33 and 35 movie goers there, including myself. Which to me was a bit disappointing but it was nice having a small crowd. It was important to me to go on opening weekend because I dont think I've gone on opening weekend 🤔🤔🤔🤔 Plus opening weekend statistics are the most important numbers and I wanted to support my BOIII!! I LOVED the design of Godzilla and his abilities, how he healed was like "Oh sh*t!! You better run!!""This one's just built different" 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 So funny but yet SO true. Intro Godzilla looked, sounded, acted MONSTROUS, the rest of the movie he was Monstrous, and Monsterverse Godzilla is monster....I hope that makes sense, which I'm trying to say is that minus one Godzilla was a DANGEROUS Monster. When Godzilla was off screen and not doing anything I felt his presence, it was intimidating; imposing; anxiety inducing like he could attack at any moment...like HOLY COW it felt NICE to feel that about a monster/kaiju!!! After finishing the movie I IMMEDIATELY wanted to go purchase another ticket!!! I STILL want to go see it again!!! That has NEVER happened to me before!!! I might actually go do it in another week or so, it is THAT good!!!

Seeing it tonight !!!

Can't wait to see this movie after watching Shin Godzilla

Haven't watched the video or the movie yet, just gotta say that it's great to have more enjoyable cinema. Much love lass!

Man..... This film was a masterpiece. A true Masterpiece. So much Emotion, Love that develops and most of all...Gojira!!!! The way he is fluent in water and the effects were so amazing, then they stuck to the old nostalgic way of the man in a suit walking through buildings. Godzilla looks so real to the touch and his presence is so powerful on the people. Then the Characters.... THEY actually make you care about them, I loved that aspect of simple but deep human emotion mixed with such action at the same time. The music is just icing on the cake honestly, they bring back the classic theme for the Gman from beginning to end building up tension. And as my one spoiler.... No... There are no 2 Godzillas... There is a smaller (Godzillasaurus) at the beginning that completely fucks up the squad the main character was with cuz he fails to shoot it at that moment and Godzilla goes back into the ocean to Evolve. Which I absolutely loved because that is the original story of Godzilla!!! This film will definitely make you afraid of Godzilla, and if you aren't a fan, You dont have to be to see this movie I Promise man. I fr almost cried at the end bruh.

Really hyped to see this.

great review and agreed with everything you said. Ive been a fan of godzilla movies sense i was 5 years old renting them from blockbuster. Godzilla Minus One gave me that same shock factor that the original Gojira movie embodied. Not wanting to spoil anything but im hoping what I think Yamazaki is going with in the future movies its going to be amazing and Godzilla Minus One will be needing several re-watches to see if any hints were given. Keep up the good work Alterori and Mele Kalikimaka.

Loved it, everything you said on characters, pacing, and emotion I agree with.

This was a very good in depth video. Have a day as great as your insight, content stream, movie taste, and personality. Please review more Godzilla movies

Can't wait to see this. Watched Shin Godzilla for the first time a few days ago. Awesome. Breath attack scene was, well, breathtaking. Excited for this one!

Btw, as a quick bit of info, the Godzilla Theme itself was originally supposed to be the theme of Japanese Defense Force, so at the end when they were playing the more uplifting part of it, when all the civilian boats arrive to help, I took that as a bit of a nod to what the theme originally was supposed to be.

"We'll start out with some simple math. Godzilla - 1 = yo ass" -Corey from Double Toasted

🐲 GODZILLA delivers...We finally end the Year with a MasterWork of Cinema 📽️ Thank You Toho Films...and Alteori✌🏻

The scene where they are getting ready to face Godzilla and out of nowhere a ship just flies over their heads and destroys a building made me gasp.

I think the song you're thinking of Alteori is Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says

Just watched it and it was AWESOME!!!!!

Can't wait to see it this week! Thanks for the great review sans-spoilers :)

The song is: Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says

Yess!! I've been waiting for your review!!

Wooooooo! Awesome to hear definitely going to check it out!

Its been a while (since endgame) since i last watched on theaters, and i thought this movie will break the streak. Too bad we dont have screening in our country. I really hope we get it soon next week or so. I really really want to watch this movie.

By the way Godzilla's theme song is sampled in a LOT of rap songs and damn near ALL of the party mix songs that I heard growing up in the 90's (I'm from Detroit so I heard all the party mix songs/Detroit Jitting beats).

While my reaction to movies is equivalent to a machine that runs on what little gas that's left, yet it's filled with diesel, this movie made me react so hard that it was almost foreign. I even felt teary-eyed a couple times.

The single greatest strength of this film is that it gives us an updated version of the original vision of Ishiro Honda - one of a living, walking embodiment of nuclear war itself: even the heat ray attack of Godzilla perfectly mimics an atomic bomb blast! And the black rain that follows is the perfect reminder of the impending holocaust of radioactive death that remains long after the initial explosion! Truly terrifying to ponder upon seeing it. I only had a couple of relatively minor issues with this film - the first being that one scene with the tanks in Ginza: the animation work was a little unpolished and they kinda looked like they just rolled in from a different film, but I can chalk this up to the production crew’s special effects budget getting thin (after all, this film was made for under $20 million) and the tanks were not on screen very long. Secondly, some of the actors might have overacted some of the scenes they were in (the minesweeper captain comes to mind - there were a couple of scenes that came across as just a tad cheesy) but this was the exception rather than the rule as the acting was very well suited to the scenes throughout 95% of the film. Overall, I give this film a 9.5 out of 10 - those big Hollywood studios need to be taking notes as they watch as Toho made a technically superior film to most of what they pushed out the door this year on a fraction of the production budget!

Love your reviews

I disagree that Shin Godzilla was "afraid." Reactionary, yes, but not afraid. The way he was portrayed, I attribute him to almost a zombie: nearly emotionless/lifeless, operating purely on instinct. I think from what we saw in his earlier forms, Shin Godzilla was probably in a delusional, pained state of mind. Early shots of him made it seem like he was barely aware of what was going on, and almost confused about what was occurring with him in terms of his rapid evolution. While he did exhibit recognition of pain, I never saw a creature who was fearful.

I did enjoy Shin-Godzilla too no doubt but man say Minus One easily blew that movie of the water

saw this today can’t wait to see it again unfortunately not being shown in my local cinema or with many sessions elsewhere but so worth the travel

When they basically gave us a node at Godzillasaurus in the beginning I was shook

Great review! Love your excitement level! I just saw it today, and I'm already moving my schedule around to be able to go see it again asap.