I don’t even know what to say man. This is easily the most insane Godzilla film I have ever seen and after learning that this was directed by Shusuke Kaneko, the same guy who made all three Heisei Gamera movies, it all makes sense. Those Gamera films, particularly the third one, focused so much on adding more nuance to the monsters’ actions and intertwining them with that of the human characters. Everything was connected, everything was fleshed out, and everything felt so much more meaningful. This movie has all of those same feelings in my opinion. Godzilla doesn’t just represent what he has always represented (Japan’s post-war nuclear fears), he symbolizes the built up rage of Japan and Japan’s sinister past. What I have really enjoyed about these Millennium movies is how they disregard previous Godzilla films apart from the original, which allows the filmmakers to flesh out ideas from that very first movie. Godzilla is genuinely evil in this movie and I love it. We as an audience have never seen Godzilla in such a downright vicious, cruel, and malevolent manner before. He destroys everything around him with such intensity, he has completely white eyes, his atomic breath laser has never been stronger, and his careless recklessness leaves thousands dead. The way this movie is edited also helps make Godzilla appear quite dastardly. There was a moment in which Godzilla was shown building up his energy before unleashing his atomic breath and right when it was about to happen, it cut to a classroom full of children. I genuinely couldn’t believe it. Another insane moment was when Godzilla passed by a hospital and a woman with a broken leg inside was shown on screen. At first it seems like Godzilla is gonna kill her, but then he walks by, only for his tail to absolutely fucking smash the hospital into a million pieces. This movie just doesn’t give a shit man, it’s awesome!! I love all of the horror elements in this too, there’s a good amount of blood which is always good. But I gotta show some love to the other monsters in this movie too!! King Ghidorah is always a joy to behold and I absolutely ADORE that he’s the good guy in this movie. It’s just so nice. Mothra is a queen and takes care of some sick people who were gonna kill a dog. And of course Baragon has returned after a long hiatus and even though he got absolutely demolished by Godzilla, it was still nice seeing him. The visual effects for this movie might not be all that great at times, but I honestly don’t even care because even when they don’t look all that real, they still somehow look cool and beautiful in a way. The miniature effects are quite astonishing, which makes up for the cgi. The amount of explosions, buildings destroyed, people killed, and pure carnage that is on display in this film is second to none. I love the Baragon-Godzilla duel and the major clash between the three main monsters is iconic. I really like how Mothra, Baragon, and King Ghidorah are described as these Godlike creatures who are here to protect their homeland (Japan), from evil (Godzilla). Between this and Gamera 3, Kaneko might be one of the most underrated Kaiju filmmakers in the game.
I don’t even know what to say man. This is easily the most insane Godzilla film I have ever seen and after learning that this was directed by Shusuke Kaneko, the same guy who made all three Heisei Gamera movies, it all makes sense. Those Gamera films, particularly the third one, focused so much on adding more nuance to the monsters’ actions and intertwining them with that of the human characters. Everything was connected, everything was fleshed out, and everything felt so much more meaningful. This movie has all of those same feelings in my opinion. Godzilla doesn’t just represent what he has always represented (Japan’s post-war nuclear fears), he symbolizes the built up rage of Japan and Japan’s sinister past. What I have really enjoyed about these Millennium movies is how they disregard previous Godzilla films apart from the original, which allows the filmmakers to flesh out ideas from that very first movie. Godzilla is genuinely evil in this movie and I love it. We as an audience have never seen Godzilla in such a downright vicious, cruel, and malevolent manner before. He destroys everything around him with such intensity, he has completely white eyes, his atomic breath laser has never been stronger, and his careless recklessness leaves thousands dead. The way this movie is edited also helps make Godzilla appear quite dastardly. There was a moment in which Godzilla was shown building up his energy before unleashing his atomic breath and right when it was about to happen, it cut to a classroom full of children. I genuinely couldn’t believe it. Another insane moment was when Godzilla passed by a hospital and a woman with a broken leg inside was shown on screen. At first it seems like Godzilla is gonna kill her, but then he walks by, only for his tail to absolutely fucking smash the hospital into a million pieces. This movie just doesn’t give a shit man, it’s awesome!! I love all of the horror elements in this too, there’s a good amount of blood which is always good. But I gotta show some love to the other monsters in this movie too!! King Ghidorah is always a joy to behold and I absolutely ADORE that he’s the good guy in this movie. It’s just so nice. Mothra is a queen and takes care of some sick people who were gonna kill a dog. And of course Baragon has returned after a long hiatus and even though he got absolutely demolished by Godzilla, it was still nice seeing him. The visual effects for this movie might not be all that great at times, but I honestly don’t even care because even when they don’t look all that real, they still somehow look cool and beautiful in a way. The miniature effects are quite astonishing, which makes up for the cgi. The amount of explosions, buildings destroyed, people killed, and pure carnage that is on display in this film is second to none. I love the Baragon-Godzilla duel and the major clash between the three main monsters is iconic. I really like how Mothra, Baragon, and King Ghidorah are described as these Godlike creatures who are here to protect their homeland (Japan), from evil (Godzilla). Between this and Gamera 3, Kaneko might be one of the most underrated Kaiju filmmakers in the game.