Shin Godzilla

Godzilla, truly a god incarnate. What we see is the result of human ignorance and incompetence, which the movie masterfully shows. The way the Japanese government handled the whole situation at the beginning was catastrophic, with many dying. All this suffering resulting from many years of throwing nuclear waste in the ocean, where an ancient sea creature fed on it and eventually became Godzilla. This is not the famous King of the Monsters, but a creature that is in constant pain. Pain caused by radiation and constant metamorphoses. When it roars, it's not of anger, it's of pain. It doesn't spew fire and heat rays from its mouth because it wants to destroy, it has to eliminate all that built up energy inside of it. It only knows pain and suffering. Although the acting was solid, the characters weren't really that interesting. What was interesting however was the use of many wide shots where you can see characters talking with the destruction caused by Godzilla as a backdrop. This movie clearly was made in response to the way the Japanese government handled the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, the same way the original Godzilla was made in response to the use of nuclear weapons at the end of World War 2. This is not a retelling of the King of the Monsters' origin, this was the tragic story of human hubris that takes form of a creature that suffers just by existing, Godzilla.