mind-boggled

An unengaging and boring film. There are a few sequences with King Kong that feel as if they could be from a far superior film, tragically, they are not. Godzilla has perhaps five minutes of screen time, he is shoehorned into a king Kong movie. The cgi on Godzilla is inconsistent and never as good as Minus One, which is embarrassing considering the budget. Also some of the other monsters have very poor cgi as well.

Now, what about the humans you ask? Well, they take up a fair chunk of the film despite being incredibly uninteresting and boring, and annoying at times as well. The writing is mediocre and primarily comprised of exposition.

I feel like this movie played it safe, It never truly went into over the top dumb fun mode-instead it just straddled the line.

Not worth the price of admission.

As a lifelong fan of the Japanese Godzilla movies(I hate all the American ones), watching minus One was a surreal experience. I love Godzilla and enjoy many of the instalments in the series, but I would never call a single one of them a good movie. Minus One is not only a good movie-it's great! The story is very good, and the characters are well written; they change and evolve throughout the story, even side characters are fully fledged. Across the board, performances are strong. The soundtrack is phenomenal and utilized masterfully. Godzilla himself has never before been realized this well on the screen; each sequence of his is sublime! Direction and cinematography make every second Godzilla is on the screen riveting. His screen time is satisfying and well dispersed throughout the film; and when he is not present, you won't care because you are watching a great film with characters you care about. Something Hollywood movies are severely struggling with right now. Go watch Godzilla Minus One in theatres. Easily my favourite film of the year, I cannot imagine not having watched this in theatres.

This is not a good movie. There is a good reason why this film upon release received mixed reactions from Japanese critics all the way back in 1954.

Gojira suffers from similar problems that other giant monster of the fifties did-too much boring exposition. There is a huge focus around Godzilla and what the film is saying, instead of focusing on any of its characters. Yet, Godzilla is not in the movie that much. When the film does hone in on what can be considered the three protagonists, the acting is stilted, overacted, or underacted. The writing in the drama bits are soap level stuff. Throw in some clunky editing, and an odd moment where there is no sound. Not a good film.