"Godzilla Minus One is what Shin Godzilla should've been." My sentiments exactly.

I like that the opening was a callback to your first review of King of the Monsters. That's always a good sign.

I feel Minus One is a very much akin to Raids again more so than the original. The way both films focus on the people of Japan and how they still hold out for hope when all seems lost. I love both films and Minus One I feel easily earns its place as one of the best Godzilla movies in the series.

What I love about Minus One is it not only takes the best aspects of past films, but even SHOWS us things that we’ve never seen in the past, brings back attention to aspects from other films, and heavily improves upon them. Hell it even one-ups the Jurassic Park films of recent years. It really deserves a sequel and I hope it gets one, because I’ve gotten very tired of just one-offs from Toho.

For my personal thoughts: I was expecting good… I was not expecting ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES THAT THE GENRE HAS TO OFFER!!! Dead serious, this has dethroned Revenge Of Iris as my second favorite kaiju movie ever made, and A Quiet Place as my fourth favorite movie in general. This movie is a masterpiece, plain and simple.

Saw it in 4DX Thursday night, all I can say is, What a Ride! Instantly jumps onto my Top 5 Godzilla films of all time 🦖

The rumor of the movie being anti-American came from a Reddit post due to Takashi Yamazaki's The Eternal Zero (2013 film)'s controversy for a bad depiction of WWII and being anti-war, even criticized heavily by filmmaker and animator, Hayao Miyazaki. I've talked with the user who made the post when Japanese critics and audiences' reviews. They're weren't happy of their post were misconstrued that became clicks by wacko lowlife article writers for ways to hurt the film and the Yamazaki. They said their post wasn't meant to hurt Godzilla: Minus One, it's just a concern when Japan makes WWII-centric movies in general ignoring the darker aspects of the war making themselves victim cards. The user is extremely thrilled and happy right now that the film is perfectly fine.

I think this is the best Godzilla film since GMK. I loved everything about the film! The story was compelling enough even if it wasn't a Godzilla film. Godzilla just made it even better!

Just left the theater. Definitely with you on the approval train for this one! One thing I appreciated about this Godzilla is that whenever I saw his face close-up, I saw echoes of the Heisei Godzilla and the childhood awe He inspired in me.

Glad you liked the film, Takashi Yamazaki brought such emotion to the human story that you really feel for them and even want to see them succeed with even the ending got me the feels. Godzilla was truly made an angry force of destruction and his attack scenes were absolutely brutal and yes he even showed a personality. The final fight was really gripping and one of the few times I had no idea were it was going to go and if anyone will make it out alive. Minus One was excellent imo and had such a great time watching it, this was the godzilla project I was looking forward the most and it did not disappoint.

Seen it last night. As close to a perfect film as possible. Masterpiece territory for me.

I thoroughly enjoyed this film. This was the first time that Godzilla came on as truly terrifying since the original.

I just went just today with my mom to go see this movie and my god, my mom isn't really too huge of a fan of Godzilla but man she really did love this one, and the fact that this is my first Japanese Godzilla to watch in the theatres, and it was worth it, 10 out of 10 for me.

Excitingly exquisite movie review Omni Viewer! It is exceptionally wonderful that you thoroughly enjoyed the film. Thank you profusely and eternally for sharing your experience with us!

Glad you enjoyed the movie Omni. Kinda hope you do a spoiler review soon, because I wanna nerd out about the movie, but don't wanna spoil it for anyone else.

Watched it at the advance IMAX screening & was more than pleased with what I saw. If I had one complaint it would be that Godzilla could have used a bit more screen time when attacking the Ginza district. I have no doubt more of that scene was filmed than what made the final cut. But that's about it. The FX, characters, music, story, all top of the line. I'll definitely be watching it again before it leaves theaters.

“Vogon Emo Poetry” Now that’s a new way to describe something! And you’re not very wrong either

I am going to be extra obnoxious about telling people to go see this movie. I'm going to tell them, their family, their friends, their dog, EVERYONE, this movie is nothing less than a triumph of not just the franchise. but of film this entire year. Even I don't agree with your view on Shin, I do agree this is far and away the best Godzilla has been in years, dare I say since the original. I am so happy to have seen this, and I feel so refreshed after. I doubt a Godzilla movie after this can live up to it, but this does give me a very optimistic view for the franchise moving forward.

This movie is great & top 10 if not top 5 material for G films. While i did enjoy Shin G more & don't see it as dehumanizing propaganda i loved that Minus One is thematically & story telling wise wildly different from Shin so it felt unique yet familiar with all the elements Takahashi borrowed. Loved the human scenes & monster scenes equally & the ending almost made me tear up. 8/10 for me.

It felt like the director took good parts from other films and made them better. People called Shin the successor to the original. This one actually is the true successor.

SAME HERE GODZILLA MINUS ONE IS A 9/10!

Nice job, Omni. I always enjoy your commentary. I am heading out shortly to see Minus One for the second time in three days : )

What's up omni! Hope you're doing good! I saw this movie Wednesday night also. It was phenomenal. I loved it. I'm bringing my family and some friends to see it tomorrow. They are going to be surprised that it is actually an outstanding movie whether you like Godzilla or not.

Regarding Toho's Godzilla / kaiju output, one could even go back as far as nearly 20 years ago, with "Godzilla: Final Wars", which I recall was VERY polarizing among the Godzilla fandom. Between "Final Wars" and "Singular Point", yes, it has been a very mixed bag.

OK. Glad Omni thinks the movie is Good! Now to wait for it to hit a streaming service and not cost an arm&leg so I can see it. ( and I have expected this vid to do the *After seeomg Minus One* and Omni just revving his car engine in the garage with the door shut...I have a dark sense of humor)

Omni viewer not having been able to see a toho Godzilla movie in theaters oddly corresponds to his thoughts on the movie overall. As hes giving a positive review to the one toho Godzilla movie he did get to see in theaters.

I was expecting a good godzilla movie walking into the imax theater. I walked out absolutely loving the movie

Got back from watching it a few hours ago, I’m not even kidding when. I say it’s probably my favorite Godzilla movie of all time. It truly feels like the 1954 of its era. Does it have major flaws in some spots? Absolutely. But does it go out of its way to make up for that? A resounding yes. Edit: This Godzilla’s eyes man, they are just the most malicious and hateful things, probably the thing I paid most attention to during his scenes.

I waited until I watched before any videos. Very impressive. Possibly the best G TOHO movie since the original. So well done as a film, such good strong characters, so good all around.

Let's put it this way. I took a bunch of my friends who aren't really familiar with Godzilla except for maybe a couple movies I had them watch to see it for its early screening and they all loved it. Also keep in mind that me and them are all a bunch of high school kids that mostly have terrible attention spans. With that out of the way I will say this, Godzilla -1 is not a Godzilla movie, It's a Gojira movie. It literally does everything the original does but better in every way.

Best Kaiju film in forever.

Awesome, I'm glad to hear this review! I'm going to see it in IMAX Sunday night. Did you see it in IMAX, and does it make a huge difference and worth it?

MINUS (first comment)

It's so amazing to feel such a faithful take on Godzilla while beinging so many new fitting things to the table as well! The sorrow of the characters was palpabke yet when there perseverance was so endearing. The king the monsters himself was beyond awesome a ranging menace that made every moment thick with tension with his wrath!

Well, my luck has finally run out. I was able to see Shin Godzilla three times in the theatre. Earlier this year I was able to see Shin Ultraman twice. Godzilla Minus One, however, isn't playing anywhere near where I live. I am seriously considering purchasing plane tickets.

Haven’t seen the film yet. But I hope it’s as good as many people say it is.

Shin Godzilla was not soulless propaganda but really a sly political satire about the inertia of the Japanese government whose in-jokes and nuances are missed by anyone not Japanese who doesn't know the political set-up in Japan. Shin Ultraman is a companion piece to Shin Godzilla in that it's also a political satire about how the Japanese government will roll over and do a deal with any entity that offers them power while hoping someone better will save them from themselves. Both movies are co-written by the creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion Hideaki Anno who directed Shin Godzilla but produced Shin Ultraman. Godzilla Minus One is a totally different animal. It's a humanist movie about choosing life over war. It's actually a radical message for a Japanese story when the Japanese government in WWII practically brainwashed the nation into believing they should die with honour fighting for the country. The hero Shikishima opting to skirt his mission as a kamikaze may be considered shameful, but he and every Japanese soldier on the frontline knew by then that no matter what they did, Japan was going to lose the war and didn't see the throwing their lives away for nothing. That's a radical message for Japan even now, and the theme of a weak governmenet that abandons the people int ime of crisis is part of the current mood in Japan, and the notion of fighting to live, not die is a rebuke of the Samurai Bushido code of always preparing to die.

I did See it and it was dope. Thanks for the review

I Agree, This Is A Great Movie, 9/10!

Great video Omni! I just saw Godzilla Minus One! It was amazing! It was also the first Japanese Godzilla film I have seen in theaters!

Hey Omni! I am looking forward to seeing the movie!

Going to see it tonight!

Theirs a lot of anger and resentment behind the scenes in Hollywood over this movie.

It seems Toho have learned their lesson once in for all! Finally!

There were a couple wide shots of godzilla where a suit would have been ideal at least a cgi touched up suit

5:18 mightve been the scariest few frames in the history of video media.

I wouldn't call Shin Godzilla soulless propaganda... that kind of came out of left field (Edit: that's actually a very strange take on it, and no one else noticed it?)

Do you plan on seeing Takashi Yamazaki's works like Always Sunset on 3rd Street and The Eternal Zero?

I love you, Omni.

I'm not sure if anyone else watching your videos have noticed this, but why do your videos rotate back and forth slightly? It's so incredibly disorientating to me. Hope it's an issue you can fix. Otherwise, love the content. This movie was so good, i've seen it twice and plan to see it at least once more before it leaves theaters.

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Spines are like triggers to a gun/cannon

I can just see Annou losing his crap over how much more money Minus One made over his pathetic attempt at a Godzilla Movie that bombed in japan and the US but got critical love everywhere while Minus one made alot more worldwide 100 million btw thats the biggest opening of a japanese movie ever in the US and EU to date. It amazes me that Takahashi knows and understands Godzilla then the moron who made that cringey anime Evanglion.

personally I thought Monster Hunter was a decent movie. But the polygon trilogy ( we won't mention ) and Singular point could have been better. Shin Godzilla, other than Godzilla's odd origins and design, was just flat. Minus one from what I know, is subbed on release. I'm glad it's as good as it looked. Now I just hope I have a theatre near me that will get it and I can watch it.

Hey Omni Viewer how was the atomic breath did it live up to the hype or not ❤🎉❤❤

If only they actually did that 15:09 and this part here was kinda funny in a way 15:23 lol .

Seeing it tomorrow with a few friends same as we did when the shitty Godzilla 2014 film dropped & cant wait! Everyone is SO ready to see what Garreth Edwards deprived us of lol. And speaking of Edwards, this is the 2nd Godzilla film in a row, where he basically apologizes to both directors of thier films, for not delivering what they were able to deliver lol

Did you wear that hat to the movie?

You couldn't appreciate Shin Godzilla because you don't speak Japanese, nor do you understand Japansse history and how its bureaucracy has always been

I don't want to see human drama, messaging of any kind, I'm over it. Most importantly, I don't want my heroes made to be evil, deconstructed and blown up into a million pieces. Accepting this and sending the message that this stuff is good and you will get what you deserve with future movies...

Im sorry but this is my least favorite of the modern godzilla movies :/ while its not as bad as the heisei and millennium movies but its still disappointingly generic

Nice 👍🙂 I'm going Saturday afternoon!!! Screen x

All I'm gonna say is that Godzilla is dead. It's become streamlined for normies. Like many other franchises, it will no longer be made for Godzilla fans. What made the older films charming is gone now. All that's left is slow-mo, bayhem, cliche characters, predictable stories, mindless action, playing it safe, and so on. No more suits, no more miniatures, no more practical effects, no more creative/outlandish plots, and only musical references to older films to satisfy the so-called "Fans" who support Godzilla becoming the next MCU. The MV is already showing these symptoms with the Marvel-tier quips and "comedy", the Americanization of not only Godzilla but other kaiju as well. The iconic designs of Mothra, King Ghidorah, Rodan, and Godzilla are reduced to something out of 50s American Monster flicks. no originality nor appeal. Ultraman will remain the superior franchise and will be a safe haven for Tokusatsu fans who don't want the things they love to become streamlined for the normie crowd. If Gamera can get its act together, returning to the glory of the Heisei Era, it can finally put the final nail in Godzilla's coffin too. Not to mention, Minus One is - from what I've seen - average (i.e. bland) at best. Hitting all the cliches to appeal to the dumbed down massed. That's what Marvel was too - average. These films are meant to keep you coming back for more, like junk food. No junk food, no rewatchability beyond one time. For those of you who think this is a good thing, I hate you so much. The same people that bullied us for liking these things are now having said things changed to cater to them. Another franchise ruined for the sake of profit. Godzilla's Revenge is better than the MV and Reiwa films.