I’m still amazed at the anti-war and even anti-government themes coming from an authentic Japanese Godzilla movie of all things. Fantastic movie

I thought the movie was the best movie I’ve watched in 2023 and Minus One is my new favorite Godzilla movie, please watch this movie if you haven’t already

One thing I noticed and deeply appreciated was how the movie was able to use silence to build suspense. Too often now it seems movies try to cram a giant music score into every scene, and even if the score is good, it oftentimes just undercuts the tension. But this film knew when to be quiet and just let the silence (or at least slight ambiance) build tension, and it made Godzilla so much more terrifying. But when the score did play, it went HARD. Truly a cinematic masterpiece.

I took my wife to see it knowing she isn't much into kaiju or action films , she adored the movie its her first godzilla. We cried a few times too haha such a good movie

I took my cousin, my best friend, and at the last minute, his girlfriend as well to see it. It was her first Godzilla film and we all had a good time. Apparently several people did cry or tear up during some of the emotional scenes, my friend's GF included, and she said she saw a different couple have some issues, in that the guy's GF used his shirt as a hankee. I also lent my friend my copy of the OG Godzilla 1954 afterwards, as his GF had a genuine interest to see it. We made a Godzilla fan that day. Praise be to the god king of monsters bringing people together.

It's a shame this movie won't come to theatres in my country. Can't wait for the home release.

This movie is absolutely one of the best movies I’ve ever seen regardless of Godzilla, but his inclusion and characterization between his behaviors and design just make him a true terror and a visual spectacle. The scene where Koichi freaked out and had a moment where he was screaming everyone is a ghost and he’s already dead was for me actually almost too realistic. Honestly because I’ve felt such similar emotions to Koichi in my life, and I’ve had similar panic episodes and experiences, it felt very real for me with how he was clearly completely overwhelmed with emotions and thoughts in his panic

Honestly tho, Minus One might actually be one of the best movies to come out this year and I wholeheartedly believe that this movie should be recognized for it.

Thank you for having a no spoilers review, Jobby.

The final scene at the end is stunning. The silence. Pure silence. It left me utterly speechless.

I convinced my brother and sister to watch this movie both of which are not Godzilla fans, my sister even made fun of me for wanting to watch this movie “Godzilla is for kids” but when we were in the movie the final act we both told each other “I don’t want them to die” and that made the experience so much better because this movie proved Godzilla isn’t just some kids movie, it’s a serious adult film with good characters. It’s not all about “I wanna see monsters fight” it’s a film that can even be a good movie without godzilla

the movie is quiet when it needs to be but then BLASTS your ears out at the action scenes

When I saw Minus One for first time I wasn't expecting to feel for the humans at all, the soundtrack definitely helped too (especially the third act, I was jumping in my seat) . I ended up taking one of my friends who NEVER seen a Godzilla movie and she liked it too. My Favorite G-Movie will Always be Godzilla vs. Destroyah but Minus One is up the right next to it.

Honestly, I regret waiting so long to watch it. This one definitely sits as my favorite Godzilla movie.

I love how Goji's design is a mix of classic Godzilla and Legendary Godzilla. It kinda gives you the idea that they took something that worked in the American version of Goji and incorporated in their own.

The way his back spines shoot back into his spine when he fires, and the fact his face gets burned after firing...it hurts him to even use his fire breath, but he is so incomprehensibly furious at man kind that he dose it anyway...chills man....

This movie was the second time I can remember being absolutely speechless during a film. Right before Godzilla fires his beam at the ships (you know what scene), all sound drops out, and the theatre was dead quiet. 10/10

Minus one is genuinlly my favorite Godzilla movie for the simple reason that, it went back to the true roots of what Godzilla was. Not just an allogory for war, or a sci-fi monster movie. A tragedy. In this age of movies we glorify the war, the heros both real and fiction. We cheer when the enemy is defeated we clap when the heros climb out of the rubble and fight on. Yet here we don't see that. We see the ordinary man the people who are burried in the destruction and dont get back up. The orignal Godzilla never glorified the destruction it made it tragic, it made every death on and off screen matter. The mechanics who we're never meant to fight. The mother looking for her children. The soldier that chose a "cowardly" escape over a "heroic" death. Godzilla symbolizes the tragedy of not just war but of being the victims of war. The ones back home who don't affect the outcome the ones turned to numbers when counting the bodies left behind. Even Godzilla a normal animal last of his kind soon to die, is turned into a unkillable creature made immortal and destructive by a weapon of a war he was never apart of. In essence we have a film about the victims who survived trying to live past their tragedies. Three orphans who rather than be stuck in their loss, grow past it. Forming a familly to endure and live. Superhero movies and action movies glorify destruction the explosions the high energy. Yet how often due we see the people on the sidelines? The people who worked in the destroyed buildngs, the familly that lives in that now burning house. Rarely do we see this. Yet Minus One shows this in a broad display of the tragedy of surviving a conflict you never truly had a choice in. In the end its these ordinary people who have to face Godzilla, survivors of a war they nearly lost everything in, being forced to stand up against somthing unbeatable. Fighting to live not to the death. In my opinion thats what makes Minus one such a beautiful film, the tragedy of losing everything in a war you didnt have a choice in, balanced with the hope of building somthing new with what you have left. The greatest Godzilla film in my opinion.

I really like the direction on how Toho directed two of their Godzilla solo movies Shin Godzilla and Minus One. They are like parts of the original 1954 Godzilla's heart and soul. Where Shin represents Godzilla's tragedy as a monster, just as Ishiro Honda said but at the same time the amount of pain he brought to mankind. Minus One here focus on the more human story of it and how much destruction and despair brought into people where Godzilla is clearly the main problem like a sort of natural disaster being brought to life.

I can’t believe how similar Jobbys comments were to mine after seeing this film. Almost verbatim at times. I even said to my mom “I wonder how the made the little girl cry in the studio”.

Saw it last night. Soooooo good! You’re spot on, I don’t usually care about the human characters but the story and characters were so compelling you couldn’t help but root for them and what a fantastic Godzilla design. So pleased Toho is knocking the Hollywood zilla out of the park yet again.

I wasn't a huge Goji fan, but this movie...omg, I do recommend it heavily. One thing I noticed that is rather subtle(and probably just me reading too much into things) is the connection between Koichi and Godzilla. All the way back to when they first encounter one another on Odo Island Beach, it seemed like the two were weird reflections of one another, both scarred by war and angry about it, to the point of trying to kill whatever is causing their problems just to get the pain and trouble to stop. I swear, when Godzilla turned to Koichi's plane on the beach, he was looking right at Koichi, as if saying "Try it. You might actually have some balls if you do..." I swear they were tied together in some twisted fate shit, it's so cool, especially if you look back at prior scenes with that context in mind. Also, Godzilla was so creepy in this one and I love it!

My favorite G movie hands down. I loved every aspect of it. The score, story, acting, directing....everything.

I saw this in a 4D theater and OMG that first time he use his breath. You feel the power behind it. Almost shook me out of my seat.

Really dug the monsters design in this one as well. When he was standing straight up, he looked a little goofy, but when hunched even a tiny bit, absolute peak Goji.

Hearing Minus One becoming as great as the first, it got me even more interested. I remember being just a fan of Godzilla as the monster, but when trying out the first movie, I absolutely loved it and made me cry because it had me drawn to the humans.

I didn’t mind the over-acting, mainly because I didn’t really notice. I also loved the emotional beats. This is the only movie I’ve watched in the past few years that I actually cried at. Akiko was just too much for me to handle, I felt so bad.

This movie honestly has become my favorite Godzilla movie and it made me have to separate the Godzilla films into two groups, being cgi and tokusatsu movies because I liked it better than Godzilla against mechagodzilla which shocked me.

Saw this movie twice in theater and I have to saw, it's one of my favorite Godzilla movie of all time. I went into this movie the first time, expecting some thing, and coming out getting so much more than I thought I would. I love this movie and I would love to go see it again. The movie inspired me to write my own story almost like godzilla. But different.

I was honestly blown away at this movie for a multitude of reasons. Minus One was amazing in every sense and I'm so glad that even now, people still love it and are watching it. :) I will say, if Jobby enjoyed Minus One and Final Wars (also my favorite aside from the OG) as much as he did, I think he'd really enjoy GMK as well. Hope he checks it out someday if he hasn't already.

Awesome video Jobby. I agree with most of your opinions and insights. I grew up with Godzilla, he was my hero as a kid and emotional support while I had cancer. So Godzilla is a huge part of my life more so than most other people. I tend to tear up anytime I see Godzilla in pain or especially when he dies….Godzilla vs Desotroyah is avoided at all costs. Minus 1 is up there for me but my favorite G movie is Godzilla vs Biollante. If you haven’t seen it I can’t recommend it enough. It’s a mandatory watch. Just make sure to watch 54 and 84 first. Thanks for all the great content Jobby!

I absolutely loved this Godzilla movie. I've paid to see it twice now, might go again. You're right about the overacting in that one scene kind of taking you out of it but at least it was brief. The score was great, the story was great, the acting was (mostly) great. I loved the design of Godzilla and you could see the disdain and utter disregard for human life in his expressions. The monsterverse movies are fun, sure, but this is what greatness looks like.

This movie easily slots into the top 3 Godzilla movies of all time, next to KotM and Shin. Everything about it is a 10/10. It's also the only Godzilla movie to make me fully break into tears, whereas KotM merely got me well up, maybe shed a single tear. Also, I never thought Toho would be able to top Shin's Atomic Breath, but they found a way to make it even more devastating. Combined with the Monarch show and the upcoming GvK sequel, it continues to be a very good time to be a Godzilla fan. 😁

Hey jobby, you should review the hiya ghidora, it looks AMAZING! Its all you wanted from Moster arcs.

Bruh, I didn't think anything could top the emotion of Shin's beam... *But Minus One was EXTREMELY close to doing so...*

I loved it. So cool to see a actual Japanese gojira movie in cinema

The scene between the two main characters with the heavy dialogue that you referenced was one of my favorite scenes of the movie - it REALLY worked for me!

Been watching Godzilla films my entire life. Seen every single one, the undisputed favorite of mine has always been the original 1954 film. Minus One to my shock and surprise dethroned it as my favorite.

That image of Godzilla saying "I'll f*ckin' do it again" pretty much sums up the Big G in this movie entirely. It was also the only thing I knew about the movie because I didn't even know it was a thing until it was out.

When I herd the original theme, couldn’t help but get teary eyed 🥲

The film was beautiful, the destruction was meaningful, the story was great, the cinematography was great, and the themes were expressed very well

“This Godzilla’s a frickin a**hole” Couldnt have said it better

such a good movie to cap off 2023, and your right it would have been a really compelling movie even if Godzilla wasn't there. Toho at the top of the Kaiju mountain right now!

YES!! THE MUSIC, THE CHARACTERS, THE EASTER EGGS, THE SHEER POWER AND FEAR EXPRESSED IN THIS FILM GRIPPED ME AND STAYS WITH ME TO THIS!!

Minus One was.. Possibly the best movie I've ever saw. The fact that they focused more on the Human characters, really adds more thought to the film and makes watching it all the more worth it, with Godzilla being more of a Secondary on that feel just to add even MORE worth it. I loved it, and it was THE ONLY film where I actually cared about the Normies.

I think my favorite godzilla movie is godzilla 2014 because of how they put the camera where the people are on their level so you can see and feel the height and weight of the monsters. Essentially, godzilla, when he first comes on land with the tsunami coming in when he comes on land and the footstep in front of the airport, then the roar ooooh soo good.

Hey my dude, just saw DnD shorts do a vid on Jocat and I wanted to kinda reach out, let you know I really love your vids and look forward to them. Your a great content creator and I hope you realize that. Keep being you and then some.❤

Finally saw it this evening, took until the 15th before it released here in the UK, probably my film of the year and my favourite Godzilla film. I knew it was a great sign when it was approaching the third act and it hit me, I was at no point during the film waiting for Godzilla to show up. The human characters and their story was more than compelling enough to keep me invested, and that's what came first. Godzilla serves the story of the film, rather than the story relying on him as I feel some other films do. I don't have much to say about it that hasn't already been said, my jaw was on the floor for most of it. The Godzilla sequences I felt were all really well done, they were simple yet refreshing, a lot of the camera work I found to be really effective during moments where he's attacking something, whether it's up close shots of the carnage or longer takes holding on the damage he's inflicting. I also liked the use of the original roar, in Shin Godzilla there were times where I felt it sounded out of place as an older sound effect, here the slight adjustments they made really gave it the feel of a deafening horrifying thing to hear.

I never thought I would see you not only another toy reviewer with the same opinion as me on Final Wars, but also on Minus One! Much respect my man, keep on rockin!

I’m going to see it tonight, I’m hyped for it and glad to hear you enjoyed it!

Swivel here

Perfect timing Jobby, my dad, sister and I just saw this masterpiece yesterday!

I absolutely love how they did the atomic breath/charge up scene, the movie honestly caught me off guard with how good it was

Man, was the best Fan Review that I found about this masterpiece

I saw it in 4dx it was AWESOME At the beginning of the movie when godzilla was chomping people in half the backrest of the seat hits your back imitating feeling bitten in half it was insane

a return to Godzilla's roots as an allegory for war and nuclear weapons.

I saw this movie a few days ago, and I think that you perfectly described the theme of the movie without spoiling it and honestly I hope that this serves as a wake up call to the monsterverse. But if i were to rank all the modern godzilla movies this would actually be my second favorite movie beaten only by an inch by shin godzilla.

Actually incredible what the filmmakers accomplished with only a budget of 15 million usd

Minus one is by far one of the best monster movies I’ve ever seen and I grew up with monster movies

I absolutely loved this movie. A phenomenal experience all around but I still say shin Godzilla is still my favorite. I know I’m weird I like the government plot. I think it was well handled and I was always interested in seeing how it responded to the changes Godzilla underwent. It felt real in that sense for better and worse

My personal favourite godzilla movies are the monsterverse, they introduced me to the concept of Godzilla so i have a big soft spot for them, As for my favourite toho godzilla movie i think ill go with … godzilla against mechagodzilla

It’s my favorite movie of all time. Dare I say, it’s what Godzilla needs.

Resolution is a great song as you mentioned, but to me the more subdued Pain is what stuck with me the most.

1:41 *”Atomic Breathe”* 2:52 Godzilla’s *”Minus One”* design

This was the first Godzilla movie I've seen and I really liked it! A bunch of scenes nearly made me cry and Godzilla was terrifying at times

I was planning to see this movie by myself, but last minute my dad asked me if he could join (cool, fun guy, but still a bit of a boomer, not a fan of subtitles). To my surprise, he really enjoyed it and loved the story and characters. So yeah, amazing movie that’s so well done and pretty deep that’s great for not just Godzilla or movie fans, but something anyone can get into.

Like you Jobby this is the Godzilla movie I've been waiting for. The original 54 film is one of my all time favorite movies and while I do think there are some elements in it better than Minus One, it has been dethroned as my favorite Godzilla film. I really love a good emotional character driven story and Minus One handles that spectacularly. And also like you I am wondering just what the hell did they say to that little girl to make her cry like that cause god damn

Every time I see you upload Jobby my day becomes instantly better ^^!

Thanks so much for this no spoilers review. I Immediately made plans and went and saw the movie. I was blown away by all the things you pointed out. Best movie I’ve ever seen in theaters

Something that rattled me when watching this movie was just how much focus there was on the loss of life as a result of Godzilla. Seeing people get crushed by debris, seeing them get crushed under Godzilla's foot, seeing them get crushed in his jaws, getting blown to bits by his atomic breath, all of it is genuinely scary to see. Seeing the deaths from the perspectives of the people dying just holds more weight than it did before

Rest In Peace, Kenpachiro Satsuma, the legendary suit actor for the Heisei Godzilla.

Now that the Jobbster's doing movie reviews again... *Where is the Dark of The Moon reciew, Jobby?*

Aint no way the god has posted!!!

I really loved Godzilla’s design

This is my new favorite Godzilla movie. I loved it so much. I bought a 9 inch Minus One figure after getting out of the theater, can't wait to get it... In 4 months.

Thank you for no spoilers Jobby I still didn't watch the movie yet so thank you

haven't watched a godzilla movie since the 2019 movie and I really need to catch up on that. After this review I can say that I'm even more excited for Minus One than I was before

The “eye” has made my itching flair up 1000 fold….the melted gore was bloodless and rotten The lack of blood is what makes me flare up

I personally love the B-movie G-films, so Final Wars is definitely high on my list. G Minus One though is a completely different type of film. No camp, no comedy: this is a dead serious human drama. The human centered story was so moving and made me cry more than once both in sadness and in joy. It is now my favorite G-film and easily the best movie of the year.

When I heard about the film being released and saw the trailer twice, one being a teaser and then the other being a full trailer in theaters, I saw it was going to be released in 4D, originally I wanted to watch it in 4D because I thought it would be cool, it was cool and extremely shakey but as mentioned there was a deeper story in the film, it was a great movie in all and it does have the emotional feel.

Very rarely am I late to the party on a movie with such high critical praise, yet still find myself enjoying it despite my raised expectations. But when I say this movie blew me the fuck away, I mean that Shikishima is literally crying for me right now.

was looking forward to this video since the community post

My favorite is godzilla against mecha godzilla. Btw great video Jobby thanks for not spoiling anything

I will say, I wish the film was a bit longer. The timing of using music cues feel lovingly placed. Wasn’t expecting Godzilla Minus One to be that good but I’m happy it was. Shin Godzilla in 2016 is one of my favorite films and Godzilla Minus One is also in my favorites.

Finally new godzilla jobby video!

I really appreciate how the best godzilla media don't necessarily need him in there. I loved all the weird science shit in Singular Point and that barely had any kaiju, because you were always aware they were only a small tendril of something in a whole other dimension just taking the form of these kaiju. I know it was a bit obtuse at times, but hell, that's another good one.

Glad the Goji expert got in on this. One of the few Godzilla films where I genuinely loved the human characters.

I'm excited to see this on my Birthday, my Mum bought me tickets to see it in the most fanciest Cinema here and I'm hyped!

If this movie doesn't win some kind of award I swear to God Zilla

My man jobby got that monster arts momentum up and running again

00:04 This is the kind of movie Kevin Smith should cry about on Twitter (I mean X) greetings from Chile

It was a very refreshing Godzilla experience. I really like the monsterverse but its clear they mainly just rely on the monster fight scenes to draw in their viewers since the overall plot and human characters are poorly written or very basic. None of them really have any memorable moments. Godzilla minus one had incredible human characters that for me, were as equally engaging as godzilla. And the limited screen time of Godzilla was used very effectively, giving his appearances meaning and impact. Also just doing a good job of making Godzilla intimidating again which is something that i feel the monsterverse has lost since 2014. Hes very cool in those movies, but he feels more like an action star rather than the force of nature they try to portray him as, whereas minus one godzilla truly encaptured the fear of nuclear warfare and the horror that follows. All in all, minus one is a very well written and amazing movie, for both casual viewers and longtime fans of the character and franchise. Also, for me being a Godzilla fan since I was 3 years old in Australia, I never got to see any of the Japanese Godzilla films in theatres for obvious reasons. So seeing the classic toho logo that I fondly remember seeing on my parents old box tv and hearing THE Godzilla theme on full blast in theaters genuinely had a few tears of joy escape me. Made me feel like a little kid again.

I just now realized that Jobby's background "bricks" are a texture wall cover my grandparents also have. I was confussed as hell why it looked familiar up to this point

Everything you said pretty much sums up my thoughts about the film. You _usually_ don't care about the human characters unless it's the 1954 film, but the movie did the drama better, since it doesn't give you last minute sympathy like Shin, or characters that became unsympathetic (most of the Monsterverse stuff). Godzilla personifies war itself, and for the first time, you _don't_ want to see any human character die. Yamazaki did well in portraying a reluctant kamikaze pilot who wants to live better for this film. It's my number one Godzilla film since the original, so I now how two most favorite film.

Pretty awesome that Toho's new CGI Godzilla era is kicking off to a major successful start!

I have to agree with ya! Loved this AND Final Wars!

Can’t wait to watch this! I just rewatched Shin to bring some vibe and I’m ready for Minus One. Hope the next Japanese Godzilla movie will be as good as this. On the other hand I’m also curious about Godzilla/Kong and if they will go too far with this movie😂

I’m going to watch the movie during winter break with my family, from what I’ve heard this might end up surpassing 2014 as my favorite godzilla movie.

Can't wait for this movie when it release world wide in my country , this Godzilla version really a perfect combination of classic and modern.

4:28 this was my only complaint. The overdramatic deliveries in some of the scenes came off as comical despite the depressing subject matter. Some more subtley would've been appreciated. Aside from that amazing movie.