Godzilla Minus One Review

Review of Godzilla Minus One (2023) by screenqueeen: 👍 4.5/5

an alternate history set within the world of the 1954 original that instead examines the human affectations of courage and honor, even if the end dictates that acts of valor in war would end lives unnecessarily and without the impact propaganda insists it will. as much about the individual as it is the group one exists within. yet another excellent reframing of how we think about Honda's original, and even perhaps the petty american 1956 KING OF THE MONSTERS that puts real terror into the spaces where moviegoers could not be convinced of the power Godzilla represents. you can't see the opening of MINUS ONE and tell me it's not terrifying. we're going to need a bigger wooden boat next time.

edit: this was the last movie at the last true IMAX theater in seattle that i ever saw. hope that new owner rots in hell.