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There are few kinds of people with certain memories of their life past that will be super susceptible to this movie. Victims of war, parents, grown up children who lost their parents are among some of them. I am a father of two kids and someone who lost both of my parents due to tragedy. I watched this film by accident. It was to be my first contact with the works of Ghibli studio. I don't know why I chose exactly this one. In doing so, I sealed my fate as someone who was absolutely and completely moved by the image I witnessed. The film shook me profoundly, made my heart break into thousands of pieces, each one being a fragment of my past that resonated idly with the content of this beautiful and moving film. I'm 48 years old, I've seen a lot in my life, I've seen many movies, but none in my life has moved me as deeply as Greave Of The Fireflies. Today I know that this masterpiece will forever remain the most beautiful and sad and at the same time the most personal I have ever seen in my life.

This movie is everything what Godzilla is about. It is a statement of the previous generations. It is a direct in the face response to the crap Hollywood has been feeding us for the last dozen of years. I am so happy that it is Japan and Japanese filmography that were able to defend and maintain their own legacy. Godzilla Minus One is simple, mighty, straightforward, grainy, merciless and modern representation of the beloved and old-school classic from the 1954. It is an example how to benefit from the special effects in order to not spoil and overdub a good plot and support a well-crafted acting and real emotions. Top it up with absolutely stunning soundtrack and you have a classic that can withstand time and is worth going to cinema not one but two and maybe three times. This is how movies should be made.

I rarely review anything. On the other hand I really enjoy watching movies (especially horrors). I went through all of them classic 50's to 70's, mid-era 80's-90's and modern 2000's. I've seen bad ones, terrible ones, better, good, excellent and just purely classic ones. I went through many bad and great disappointments. There are movies that stroke me from the beginning and the ones that grew up slowly on me. This one (Us) is another lesson of how not to trust any of the reviews. I have no idea how this title could score such a tempting and inaccurate ratting. This movie has no tension, not even a trace trace of a captivating plot. It' boring, dull and offensive to the imagination. I didn't give this title one star because it does have fairly decent acting and is based on a good, quite original idea and that's all. Really - see for yourself. I couldn't stand it and pulled the cable off after 30 minutes.