Akiko is a national treasure and must be protected at all time

My wife who worked in the funeral business, told me that the reason for Godzillas stiffness is because individuals who underwent radiation exposure had alot of the softer tissue, like in the joints degrade. This created in the survivors a stiffness similar to rigor mortis. This kinda makes sense as godzilla was originally designed to look like a radiated burn victim, and that he takes damage from each time he uses his atomic breath/heat ray.

I can't wait for "The History of Godzilla Minus One"!!

I feel like I’m in another dimension, because I would have never thought people would be having a Godzilla movie as movie of the year; and that makes me happy.

My wife is not a Godzilla fan at all, and she views much of it as quite silly. However after it was over, without any prompting from me, she said "That was the best movie I've seen in years!" What kind of crazy universe are we in when a film about a rampaging giant dinosaur would touch my wife's heart??? For me personally, that shared moment of enthusiasm with my spouse makes 'Minus One' the BEST of all the Godzilla films ever! 🙂

Just saw minus 1 with my 12 year old daughter. It is far and away the best Godzilla movie ever made. No one has been able to mix the Kaiju storyline and human storyline so well.

I like to think that Honda, Tanaka, Tsuburaya and Ifukube are all looking down from beyond at what Yamazaki has accomplished... and they are all SMILING. Someone finally brought their vision of G to life without the threat of being blacklisted from the industry.

I really, really hope it gets a sequel. I don’t know what direction it should go, there’s some hints of Yamazaki liking mothra and the Heisei science shit given Norikos neck at the end, but god I hope Toho sees how popular it is and makes more. I don’t want Japanese Godzilla to be one offs every 5 years.

I think one reason why this movie is being received so well is because it does something so simple, which is tell a good story. It is not just a good story, but it has a universal message that everyone can understand and relate to.

I like to think that the scene where Godzilla looks up to the mushroom cloud and roars in victory is to finally have Godzilla exact the same pain he felt when bathed in the fire of an atomic bomb. His retribution is getting even and going, “Well I’m huuuuge now, might as well establish more turf.”

I love how at the end when Godzilla blasts that decoy ship, and then the navy guys look at each other like "WTF?!?! THATS HIS HEAT RAY?!?! We can't fight this we'll all die!" And the doctor says no that's part of the plan cause he needs to recharge. And that pause... Then the leader says let's do it, and that music starts playing...

A note about Goji's damage, every hit he takes in movie heals and leaves a scar. The sea mine Shikishima sets off in his mouth, the impacts from Takao's guns etc. By the last battle he is covered in scars and looking pretty gnarly. And then he takes more damage from being dropped to the bottom of the ocean and violent decompression. I got a bit of GMK vibe from him then, with his white eyes he looked demonic.

"The music found its way back home" is such a beautiful line.

A very small moment in the film resonated with me, and continues to a good week after seeing the movie occurred during the attack in Ginza when we see the first after affects of the heat ray. A women watches the rising mushroom cloud and says almost in a whisper. "Please not again"

This movie was amazing especially as it’s the first time I’ve been able to see a Japanese Godzilla film in the theater. Going to see it again Tuesday and I’m even more excited the second time around!

The King Kong vs Godzilla theme kicking in during the boats hitting each other was peak cinema.

The idea that -1 doesn’t have stuff to say about WW2 and Japan/America is absolutely insane to me. It’s pretty obvious that the film is saying hey, war is tragic and bad no matter how it got started because no matter what, good innocent lives are lost senselessly. I don’t think it needs to spell it out super overtly, it gives the politics juuuust enough time without pulling away from the more important character themes.

Talking about the score, “Resolution” is an incredible track, especially when the choir kicks in. It’s the on that plays while Skikishima is luring Godzilla back out to sea. To me, it just sounds like what would happen if you were to convert the idea of redemption into musical notes. It’s triumphant as all hell.

I've seen it twice now. And both showings are so good, so emotional. This really is one of my all time favorites already. Definitely getting the physical copy of this.

I loved the final battle and the whole live arc that Koichi goes through, especially with the whole ejection seat. I thought Tachibana was telling him that the ejection seat bar was the bomb fuse, which of course is later shown to be the fuse, but that he actually told him about the lever.