GODZILLA MINUS ONE from TOHO Studios (2023). The production budget climbed to $15 million. It has grossed $34 million so far at the world wide box office. It grabbed $11 million in North America over the week-end (12/3/2023). It has become a box office smash in its' homeland of Japan.
Many critics are saying it is the best "Godzilla" film ever made after 37 films.
I'm not a "Godzilla" fan at all. But, I heard about all the rave reviews and walked into an Albuquerque Regal Cinemas. It was fantastic and when it was over. The audience burst into huge applause. Including me.
The story surrounds a World War II Japanese Kamikazi pilot. He didn't finish a job and froze during an attack by a young "Godzilla." Many men died and this pilot has survivors guilt. After the U.S. Atomic bomb obliterated Japan (1945). He lost his parents and tried to pick up the pieces of his ravaged home. He ends up taking care of a woman and her baby. Godzilla grows bigger after the Atomic bomb and returns to crush parts of Tokyo. Can this tormented pilot help fight the monster?
I can't remember if I saw the 1998 version. I have not seen any other "Godzilla" film that goes back to 1954. The English Sub-Titles didn't bother me at all. It had a great story, popping visuals and heart-pounding sound effects. Way, way cool.
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