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JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

donnellymatt It should be much higher than it is. The movie was so much fun, and so intelligent and witty. Truly an incredible satire of the political climate in Japan. The dialogue is rapid fire and incredibly funny throughout.If you're looking for 90 minutes of monsters fighting then you'll be disappointed I guess, but if you're OK with a well written political satire that has some pretty bizarre but excellent monster effects then I say you should ignore the average rating on this thing and give it a go!

adonis98-743-186503 An unknown accident occurs in Tokyo Bay's Aqua Line, which causes an emergency cabinet to assemble. All of the sudden, a giant creature immediately appears, destroying town after town with its landing reaching the capital. This mysterious giant monster is named "Godzilla". Horrible meetings between boring people, boring and mediocre action, horrendous acting and the worst of them all? Some of the worst cgi effects i have ever seen in my life that make the 1998 Godzilla look like The Godfather in front of this garbage fire of a movie. (0/10)

siderite This is the new Godzilla, in the era of the Japan earthquake and Fukushima. It's not about the nuclear bomb dropped on unsuspecting civilians by unstoppable military powers, but a biological accident that goes on and on while political and military leaders stumble and fumble ineffectively and let it grow and fester. The movie plays as a political satire, but the monster itself is very interesting, indeed. In the beginning it looks like a cheap fluffy uncoordinated puppet, but it evolves as the movie goes on, changes as the powers at be can't decide on what to do. The terrifying final form is unstoppable and deadly, but could it have been stopped in the very beginning, by prompt action by the leaders of the country? The American involvement is also humorous, showing that the relationship with the victors of past wars has evolved as well.Bottom line: it was funny and sad at the same time, satirical and science fiction, but it suffered a rather slow pace. It is worth a view and it is certainly more interesting and educational that any of the Godzilla movie so far.

alexatkinson-73988 Those who watch this film expecting Godzilla to just blow up buildings will be disappointed with this film, however, those who wish to see a smart, challenging and satirical flick will get more than what they asked for.Most of the movie unfortunately takes place in meeting rooms with mostly uninteresting characters, which is the point. These scenes speak of how many politics in Japan just have a lot of meetings without taking action and immediately try to resolve the situation. Just like their nationwide earthquake that killed thousands of lives a few years before the film's release. The mostly bland characters emphasize how many of Japan's politics don't try to do or say anythings different and are just a bunch of "yes-men".The wooden characters were the only problem I had with this film. Everything else was perfection. The special effects are unbelievable. Godzilla is one of the best CGI effects in cinema, I could not believe that wasn't a man in a suit. It was so realistic.The score is pure bliss, the camerawork is gorgeous, the lighting is much better than the mess of a climax of the 2014 film. The final shot of these mutant Godzilla-like humanoids is perfect, they climb up his tail towards the tip of it. This is all up the fan speculation but I and many others like to think that this once again shows the humanity is the real monster. This is further supported by the song "Who will know" and the main poster of the film (not one currently shown on the IMDb website). "Who will know" takes place from the point of view of Godzilla, and from that we learn that he's afraid of us, of what we could do. He feels as if he has no choice to wipe us out as it is all he knows how to do. Most of the posters of Godzilla show him destroying something or fighting a monster of roaring in a very proud manner. Shin's main poster just shows a dark image of Godzilla looking down with a red background, that's it. He kind of looks depressed as if he doesn't want to do this but he also feels as if he'll die if he doesn't since humanity would probably find out about his existence one way or another. (I'm probably just looking way to deep into this).Most Godzilla fans have already seen and loved it so I would recommend this to anyone looking for a political satire or a film that depicts us as the enemy. Those who want to see Godzilla do cool stuff, you get that its just after some time of people talking about how should stop him. Just decide for yourself. But as for me, I dare say: Shin Godzilla is perhaps even better than the original. I know plenty of people will disagree but I overall just had more enjoyment watching it and loved the deeper messages than the original. It doesn't take much to realize why this won the Japanese Academy award for 2016's best picture last year.