It's a bit of a misconception that dying was plan A... but... it was pretty much inevitable.... unless stuff happened. Man this was good though. Just the right blend of snark and respecting the source.
Yes. And the parachute scene was actually pretty stupid from a plot standpoint - but the movie had "earned" a few silly plot points because the story and characters were so good.
If a hollywood movie had this much cheese and stereotypes and predictability it would get torn apart but for some reason godzilla -1 gets praise for being painfully mediocre and boring
For the record, the reason Noriko lived is likely because she got some of Godzilla's cells in her when she was blown away, which gave her a kind of regeneration like he has. The director confirmed the black thing on her neck at the end of the movie was from the G-cells.
I like that the metaphor was changed to "survivor's guilt" this time. Their war wasn't over and they had to beat their "monster" to allow themselves to live again.
I know right? I loved the metaphor of trauma and suffering. It wasn't just a metaphor for war or nukes (although still very palpable). They pulled the metaphor off perfectly.
Yeah, they NAILED it with the metaphor. I loved it, and I’m not a “traditional” fan of Godzilla movies. I saw this only because of all the hype. I literally just finished it less than an hour ago and it’s gonna stick with me for awhile.
With the specter of nuclear war having receded from the public consciousness over time, this movie updated Godzilla by dealing with the universal specter of war in general, plus the more widespread understanding of not just its material cost, but its mental and emotional cost.
He behaves like a warmachine, destroying everything he comes across thoughtlessly. Which is probably a metaphor of the thoughtless destructions that wars causes.
Yup. When he came ashore the final time, he was moving thru an open expanse of rice fields, saw the one building for miles around, and stepped right on it
Yeah this Godzilla felt so mean but that's part of the charm. How desperate can he make a situation to make the viewer feel the hopelessness and root for the human plan to stop him. He was unstoppable just waltzing through Tokyo and then BAM! Atomic Breath for good measure!
4:48 $15 million, with a director that cares about the final product, and was also the VFX Supervisor. With a normal project there are so many hoops and people it goes through before it gets from the Director to the Artists. But with the Director being the VFX Supervisor they can cut corners in places they need. And spend less money. Toho released a pretty in-depth look at their VFX 3 months ago. It’s on their channel called GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO. Video is called The Visual Effects of Godzilla Minus One. It’s a great watch! 😁
@@JOCoStudio1 Yes, I might mis-remember but the part when Koichi flying above the rice fields to lure Godzilla is by his, because others were busy with other parts.
Funny thing was when my wife and I got to the part where Godzilla blew Noriko away in a theater, I half-jokingly told my wife that maybe Noriko flew all the way to Osaka and survived. And it turned out almost exactly like that in the ending. LOL.
Naah. I was so happy when the woman died 😂. Didnt care about her for one bit. Found her character annoying. Her death scene was glorious. And the movie got better after it. But then they had to go and ruin it with that ending.🫠
Actually, according to director Takashi Yamazaki, Minus One cost closer to *$10 Million*. When he was asked about the $15 Million speculation, he replied, “I wish it was that high.”
the godzilla series has good humans(it's monsterverse that outside serizawa/jia where the humans are bad with 1998 still being the worst.) & has always been a mix between being goofy and serious.(that several series could take a note from like sonic in the 00's or trying to shove being pandering dark again in forces.) that ending to the trailer really brings up a good point we rarely see godzilla eat that much.
The first Godzilla film ever to win an Oscar and it absolutely deserves it. A masterpiece of a film in every way. Also, "That plan only works on billionaires." Your best line yet.🤣
DC and all the other universes can be doing this. We don’t need one shared universe for all the franchises if they can’t do it. There’s the serious Japanese Godzilla and the brainless fun US Godzilla, and they can both be doing well in the theaters. Just make good fun movies.
Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general needs to take a field trip to Japan. I swear every time I see Disney theme parks in Japan I am severely disappointed in the American versions…
Hollywood needs to start thinking about how they will use their CGI instead of hoping its the magic "Make Movie Good" button and offloading it onto some poor team a few months before release
I was actually choked up at the end of this movie. Well frakin done. So, where does all the $$$$ go in America? Not in the writers room I can tell you that.
Saw this 4 times in the theater. Best movie I have seen in the theater since the re-release of the OT Star Wars Trilogy. Went in expecting a usual bad Godzilla move. Walked out basically in shock at what I just saw and how good it was. The survivor guilt issue is just gut wrenching.
Was not expecting this monster movie to be a touching metaphor for ptsd, and depression. Was also not expecting to cry while watching a Godzilla movie.
@@RSG_TheMonster It definitely goes farther, but not a whole order of magnitude farther. These creators sacrificed a lot to make this movie. But it could have had triple the budget, and still put Hollywood to shame.
*_"Godzilla: Maneater by the Sea"_* wins the internet for me. The fact that they tied two critically acclaimed and emotionally impactful films in that way is pure genius.
"Masterfully executed monster movie" is an EPICALLY hilarious understatement. This is a FANTASTIC movie, and made on a MIND-BOGGLINGLY tiny budget. Who knew good writing is relatively cheap?
Dude, the human characters are so good, I swear during the movie I forgot I watch a Godzilla movie, and I didn't mind it. This movie was like a live action anime! Badass 10/10
I can't remember where I heard it but someone said that this move could've been made without Godzilla and still been a moving character piece about a Kamikaze Pilot trying for personal redemption through the mine removal job and making meaningful connections with other people. And I agree. It still would have been a great movie. But, NGL, glad they put Godzilla in it.
One thing I love is that there is a tragedy with the Boat Captain(Yōji Akitsu). In the first family he playing with Akiko. Later after Ginza, he directly scolds Shikishima for being too much of a coward and not marry that girl when he could. Personally, just though a few of these interactions, it seems that the Captain was a family man who lost it all during the war, similar to the Shikishima's neighbor Sumiko Ōta whom lost her children. Excellent storytelling with very human characters.
Honestly I really loved that you get invested in Koichi and the rest of the human cast. Godzilla was a secondary character in this first and it still worked.
Several reasons Godzilla: Minus One was $15M - no actors commanding crazy salaries - director had a VFX background and also helped do the VFX for this film - probably an even more crunched VFX team
And Japanese Yen is worth LESS than the American dollar by a factor of like, 100 or something. $1 here is like 100 yen there. For them, this is still a pretty expensive film.
It also helps to write a good story, create storyboards then film that in one pass. Disney films and creates VFX for multiple endings, storylines, etcetc. Their marvel and sw movies have countless reshoots. Basically completely mismanaged. You can deliver a reasonably priced movie if you are disciplined enough to control costs and not have studio interference etcetc.
One of my favorite movies of all time, one I happily saw 6 times in theaters... This emotional masterpiece deserves all the praise it gets. And not even Honest Trailers can find much of anything to fault it on.
You know this movie is good when you realize it won an academy award and still got shafted. Should have also won Best foreign film and (imo) best picture.
This movie truly blew me away when I saw it in theatres. Undoubtedly, it is the Best Godzilla Movie I have ever seen, and it blew my mind knowing the budget of this movie was $15 million; compared to big-budget blockbusters today, that's incredibly small for such an incredibly good-looking movie. Yet, the visuals, writing, acting and cinematography are absolutely masterful. Everyone who worked on this masterpiece 100% deserved the awards it received. I love how the movie tied into the grim and horrific aftermath of WW2, plus the fallout of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Godzilla is an allegory for the consequences of tampering with nature with atomic warfare, and seeing how this film made you care for the characters and story was truly powerful.
Wasn’t a masterpiece. The human story was grim, Godzilla was shoehorned into the whole story, and acting in Japanese film by and large pales in comparison to much of the worlds.
@@RocStarr913 I liked it because of the awkwardness of the interactions and the grim reality of life after the war. That's how life is. That's how it was then.
The reason $15m looks better than $100m is because they didn't use CGI for things like sets and costumes. Look at behind the scenes for both movies. The account of green screen on superhero movies is ridiculous.
Well, set-wise they couldn't recreate post-war Ginza, so Godzilla's rampage through that district used a lot of green-screen. So did the plan to attack Godzilla at sea, since they had no real ships.
I would think aiming for the mouth isn't a random weak spot. It's an unarmored spot with the most easy access to damaging the brain, airways, esophagus, etc. I'd imagine shooting an alligator or crocodile in the mouth would be more lethal than anywhere on it's armored skin.
They really only look tiny in comparison to his legs, which have to be so thick to support his weight. But he's so angry because the atom blast permanently charred his skin, leaving him in constant pain. And I think he blames us.
It's partly historically accurate too. Heavy cruiser Takao survived the war and was surrendered to the British at Singapore in real life. Another nice touch is that they picked Yukikaze and Hibiki to fight Godzilla. Both destroyers have their special meaning in the war.
You know is it’s a good movie when Screen Junkies have to REALLY pull from the bottom of the barrel to try and satirize this movie when they really can’t because you can tell the narrator actually really likes this movie.
4:23 "Unfortunately that plan only works on billionaires" was the best one like I've heard from Screen Junkies, ever. I don't think I ever laughed so much at real people dying before.
Not just one of the best Godzilla movies ever, but one of the best kaiju/monster movies ever! An instant classic that for some reason reminded me of Raiders of the Lost Ark in its style and sense of adventure. Yet it also not only makes you care for all of the characters, but deeply feel the horror and pain that wartime and PTSD causes. It deserves all of the praise and then some!
More like $15 million compared to $200+ million. This is the best Godzilla movie. Saw this in theaters 3 times including the Minus Color version. Such a great movie to see on the big screen.
@@DarkEnv2 no no no, he refused to say the exact budget, but he has no problem with saying the estimation budget, he didn't want to say the exact budget because he thought that "everyone's gonna want me to make a movie for that number"
@@DarkEnv2 I use the source from his interview with Vulture, according to Vulture Yamazaki would only confirm that Minus One’s budget was within the $10 to $15 million, which is high budget for Japan standards
To clarify the Director said he wishes the budget was for 15 million! It was made for even less! Let that sink in. Let it be a hard lesson for the rest of western film makers.
Best build up and release done on his breath in ANY TOHO MOVIE IMO!!! I watched it three times in theater, IMAX, Dolby, and the B&W release...it was amazing in each one for different reasons!!1
@@danieldickson8591Yeah. Both drew inspiration from each other. Takashi Yamazaki and Adam Wingard are like pals. Since they are both very big fans of Godzilla .
Thanks to this honest trailer for first time in my life i watch Godzilla movies, i already watched most of serious movies, now i wonder to myself i can watch the campy ones
I saw the Black and White version in one of those "motion" theaters with the moving seats and the water mist in your face. Thought I'd get thrown around more...but the motion of the mine hunting boat was great.
I liked seeing Godzilla just going for a chill stroll in the countryside. That was my fav part. Just seeing him not doing anything. Kind of like that scene in Godzilla X Kong when Kong comes up in Egypt and it just walking around next to the city and pyramids.
3:15 (pause and click < and > keys "" to find a good frame) Is this not the coolest aggressive look he's ever had? What a menace! The head only wooden boat chase too. Props to the modelers and the art team in general for the movie, it's not an easy task.
This wasn’t that great. Japanese films are still painfully slow-moving and acting in Japanese film by and large pales in comparison to a lot of the world.
You need to watch more movies from last year. Of course, you would say that. You are a guy. You are incapable of watching things that don’t have blowing up in it.
Seeing this made me want to go watch the Shin Godzilla honest trailer, and to my dismay, there isn’t one?!?! This must be remedied immediately. Dance monkey!
I cannot tell you how happy I am for this to finally release. Thank you Screen Junkies!!! Edit: this is one of the greatest honest trailers they’ve made. You can tell they put a lot of love and effort in making this and that they thoroughly enjoyed the movie.
I didn’t expect to enjoy this movie. This is the best movie I saw in 2023. Why Hollywood needs to shell out $250,000,000 for their movies that look cheaper than this is beyond me.
A giant monster movie where the human characters were the best part. This is something I never thought I'd live to see, but here we are. Also that atomic breath was AWESOME!
This movie is even better in B&W, the grain and contrast bring out the grittiness of the story, and the film-like glow and softness in the white light give it a more cinematic vibe. Overall, the colorlessness makes the period piece more genuine and representative of it's time.
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Again Congratulations to this movie for being the first Godzilla movie in 70 years to win an Academy Award. Gojira!!!!!
An actually well-executed Godzilla movie since God knows when America started screwing up Japan franchises.
I never thought I'd hear the old Gojira theme while someone walks up the Oscars stage.
@@ThatchNetherfold King of the Monsters is well loved among Godzilla fans though. So Godzilla 2014. The new ones with Kong are crap.
@@ThatchNetherfoldwhat?? Japan made Godzilla goofy in the first place.
@gymnodinium9 Crap for you maybe
Godzilla X Kong made A LOT of money
I'll take Box Office success over Awards any day
"He's a living Kamikaze pilot facing questions answered by the fact he's a living Kamikaze pilot" got me😂
It's a bit of a misconception that dying was plan A... but... it was pretty much inevitable.... unless stuff happened.
Man this was good though. Just the right blend of snark and respecting the source.
Yeah, wasn't being alive afterwards kind of a problem for those guys?
I thought the questions were about why he was a living Kamikaze pilot.
@@christimorgret7818 some lost their nerves, others were pure unlucky not to get the call…
“Unlucky”???
The real Godzilla was the guilt, alienation, and trauma he had to face, and also literally Godzilla.
Maybe Godzilla was the friends we made along the way ...
@@MegaCityPatrol Or the enemies
@@The_National_Coughermore like the friends we lost along the way...
When I saw this in theater the audience literally cheered when we saw his parachute. This was a good movie.
Yes. And the parachute scene was actually pretty stupid from a plot standpoint - but the movie had "earned" a few silly plot points because the story and characters were so good.
If a hollywood movie had this much cheese and stereotypes and predictability it would get torn apart but for some reason godzilla -1 gets praise for being painfully mediocre and boring
@@ineptjedi3621 some of the american ones can be said the same thing
@@ineptjedi3621 you are painfully mediocre and boring
@@nerva- the real life fighter had an ejection seat
For the record, the reason Noriko lived is likely because she got some of Godzilla's cells in her when she was blown away, which gave her a kind of regeneration like he has. The director confirmed the black thing on her neck at the end of the movie was from the G-cells.
Say sike right now! PLEASE!!
Thats just lazy writing
@@ravinderdasila9334 No, that's right in line with Godzilla canon -- an excellent homage to past films. Were you not entertained?
Do you know who the film was dedicated to? I haven't been able to find out.
But shouldn't this be introduced in some way before she gets blown to kingdom come.
“That plan only works on billionaires”
That was maybe the hardest joke you’ve ever done.
I 100% agree.
I had to pause the video just to get the laughs out.
Ziiiiing!
☠☠☠
I was gonna comment the same! Hahahah one of them best and hardest jokes ever.
I like that the metaphor was changed to "survivor's guilt" this time. Their war wasn't over and they had to beat their "monster" to allow themselves to live again.
I know right? I loved the metaphor of trauma and suffering. It wasn't just a metaphor for war or nukes (although still very palpable). They pulled the metaphor off perfectly.
@@Mikakarot23 Agreed. Also, the reason this movie worked so well for me is because of the setting and human drama.
Yeah, they NAILED it with the metaphor. I loved it, and I’m not a “traditional” fan of Godzilla movies. I saw this only because of all the hype. I literally just finished it less than an hour ago and it’s gonna stick with me for awhile.
With the specter of nuclear war having receded from the public consciousness over time, this movie updated Godzilla by dealing with the universal specter of war in general, plus the more widespread understanding of not just its material cost, but its mental and emotional cost.
This Godzilla is straight up just an asshole and I love it. He embodies the shared trauma of the war.
an antagonist that's a symbol for internalized conflict? Impossible!
He behaves like a warmachine, destroying everything he comes across thoughtlessly. Which is probably a metaphor of the thoughtless destructions that wars causes.
Yup. When he came ashore the final time, he was moving thru an open expanse of rice fields, saw the one building for miles around, and stepped right on it
Yeah this Godzilla felt so mean but that's part of the charm. How desperate can he make a situation to make the viewer feel the hopelessness and root for the human plan to stop him.
He was unstoppable just waltzing through Tokyo and then BAM! Atomic Breath for good measure!
This! In the monster verse movies, Godzilla seems like he doesn't care about anything. In this movie, he just seems like an asshole. I love this film
4:48 $15 million, with a director that cares about the final product, and was also the VFX Supervisor. With a normal project there are so many hoops and people it goes through before it gets from the Director to the Artists. But with the Director being the VFX Supervisor they can cut corners in places they need. And spend less money.
Toho released a pretty in-depth look at their VFX 3 months ago. It’s on their channel called GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO. Video is called The Visual Effects of Godzilla Minus One. It’s a great watch! 😁
He straight up did some of the VFX himself right? Now that's full auteur
@@JOCoStudio1 Yes, I might mis-remember but the part when Koichi flying above the rice fields to lure Godzilla is by his, because others were busy with other parts.
Funny thing was when my wife and I got to the part where Godzilla blew Noriko away in a theater, I half-jokingly told my wife that maybe Noriko flew all the way to Osaka and survived. And it turned out almost exactly like that in the ending. LOL.
tf lol
Lol. TBH it would have been better if she just remained dead, it is great for character development
@@dashtoroya2838 If it makes you feel better the black marks on her neck are a result of her being infected with Godzilla's cells.
@@Zyroes yeah but from what I have heard she and all other survivor has Godzilla's regeneration ability thanks to that black mark.
A monster movie that actually made me care about the human characters
you could leave godzilla out of the film and re write it to be just the human portion of the story and it still be a great film.
@@Marveryn I wouldn't go THAT far, dude. Fun flick, but it was pretty corny/melodramatic.
Naah. I was so happy when the woman died 😂. Didnt care about her for one bit. Found her character annoying. Her death scene was glorious. And the movie got better after it. But then they had to go and ruin it with that ending.🫠
@@derkeheath5172 It's an Asian film. Of course it's melodramatic
@@derkeheath5172 yep if this were made in the U.S with the same script people would say the writing and acting sucked
It's amazing that the director of this film was mainly known for Michael Bay style action movies only to make this future classic.
He was ALSO a major Godzilla fan who's always wanted to make a full Godzilla movie.
He also worked on Shin Godzilla which is also phenomenal
My earliest experience with director Yamazaki is with "Returner", also a futuristic sci-fi. And it started the Onimusha guy of all people.
Not to mention he did it with a fraction of what Michael Bay spends, wrote, directed, and was the lead CGI artist on this film too.
@@_GeneralMechanics_ Like Gareth Edwards, he's the Japanese Gareth Edwards
You know a film is good, when Honest Trailers have a hard time making fun of it.
Same happened to Shawshank redemption honest trailer
This. Definitely this.
Lol yeah😂
Thought the same thing lol
What? It was super easy, barely an inconvenience.
One of the best movies I’ve seen in years.
Not just amongst Godzilla movies. Movies in general.
You are so right.
10/10, no notes. An absolute masterpiece.
Actually, according to director Takashi Yamazaki, Minus One cost closer to *$10 Million*. When he was asked about the $15 Million speculation, he replied, “I wish it was that high.”
I assume it was 10 million to make but 5 million for marketing
@@maximos905 I figured the same thing. That or the budget was cut shortly into production. Who knows?
The best Godzilla movie because of one simple fact: you actually give a s**t about the humans.
Makes his appearing so much more terrifying
That's not fair. The original '54 classic had you care about them, too.
@@HBarnill and I think Shin Godzilla a little. Definitely not any Legendary Godzilla movies
That and the visual effects aren’t over-exaggerated
the godzilla series has good humans(it's monsterverse that outside serizawa/jia where the humans are bad with 1998 still being the worst.) & has always been a mix between being goofy and serious.(that several series could take a note from like sonic in the 00's or trying to shove being pandering dark again in forces.)
that ending to the trailer really brings up a good point we rarely see godzilla eat that much.
"Unfortunately, that plan only works on billionaires."
Dude. 😆
If you don´t eat the rich the´ll drown.
But, I still feel sorry for the 19 year old guy who was there to accompany his dad on Father's day
I got pressured to burst a laugh at this.
@@PROVOCATEURSK Stop playing with your food
@@margarethmichelina5146 You cold say he was pressured to go down there.
The first Godzilla film ever to win an Oscar and it absolutely deserves it. A masterpiece of a film in every way. Also, "That plan only works on billionaires." Your best line yet.🤣
Easily the best Godzilla movie ever.
This movie sucked and yall have low standards, lucky you.
@@PROVOCATEURSKfunny troll
@@PROVOCATEURSK Yeah bro Skibidi Toilet is so much better than this. Go watch that.
Definitely their hardest hitting joke yet.
Appreciate the fact that this was humorous yet respectful of the fact that IT'S A DAMN GOOD MOVIE!! Thank you!
That child actor was really good too. Absolutely adorable
I'm glad to live in a time where I can get mindless CG spectacle *and* serious thoughtful drama from the same franchise in a 4 month period.
If only more franchises were like that
Both of her recent Godzilla movies are good, just in different ways.
It was uneven though. Godzilla is kind of shoehorned into the whole story.
Godzilla is the best
DC and all the other universes can be doing this. We don’t need one shared universe for all the franchises if they can’t do it. There’s the serious Japanese Godzilla and the brainless fun US Godzilla, and they can both be doing well in the theaters. Just make good fun movies.
That billionare joke had me implode. The pressure in my lungs, too high, the reckless tragedy, too deep. You earned it. Imma sub.
Now that's deep.
The insensitivity of your puns is just crushing.
Just don't sub too deep
Brother if you think that was funny you should have seen humor before 2012 era when it became “safe”.
Who are you, a literature major?
4:43 15 Million Dollars Vs 100 Million Dollars. Hollywood needs to watch this.
Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general needs to take a field trip to Japan. I swear every time I see Disney theme parks in Japan I am severely disappointed in the American versions…
Hollywood needs to start thinking about how they will use their CGI instead of hoping its the magic "Make Movie Good" button and offloading it onto some poor team a few months before release
The American film industry might just be one giant money laundering operation.
Now we know Hollywood just jack up their prices in which you can actually make it cheaper.
look, I could get past the bad CGI if they had good writers...
I was actually choked up at the end of this movie. Well frakin done. So, where does all the $$$$ go in America? Not in the writers room I can tell you that.
Saw this 4 times in the theater. Best movie I have seen in the theater since the re-release of the OT Star Wars Trilogy. Went in expecting a usual bad Godzilla move. Walked out basically in shock at what I just saw and how good it was. The survivor guilt issue is just gut wrenching.
Was not expecting this monster movie to be a touching metaphor for ptsd, and depression. Was also not expecting to cry while watching a Godzilla movie.
😢❤
This is proof that Hollywood doesn’t have to spend $300 million on every movie to make them feel larger than life.
I agree, but you also have to think that 15 million dollars in Japan is quite a lot!
@@RSG_TheMonster It definitely goes farther, but not a whole order of magnitude farther. These creators sacrificed a lot to make this movie. But it could have had triple the budget, and still put Hollywood to shame.
But the only thing Hollywood learned from this is that they need to spend $600 million now for even more shittier movies.
They spend way more money on bad cg now even though visual effects looked way better in Jurassic park over 30 years ago
@@creativevisiongaming And most of that was practical.
*_"Godzilla: Maneater by the Sea"_* wins the internet for me. The fact that they tied two critically acclaimed and emotionally impactful films in that way is pure genius.
Please explain the references for us stupid people
@@TipsyArmadilloit's reference to another movie about guilt, Manchester by the sea.
Koichi tracking Tachibana down through the power of trolling.
"Masterfully executed monster movie" is an EPICALLY hilarious understatement. This is a FANTASTIC movie, and made on a MIND-BOGGLINGLY tiny budget.
Who knew good writing is relatively cheap?
Dude, the human characters are so good, I swear during the movie I forgot I watch a Godzilla movie, and I didn't mind it.
This movie was like a live action anime! Badass 10/10
I can't remember where I heard it but someone said that this move could've been made without Godzilla and still been a moving character piece about a Kamikaze Pilot trying for personal redemption through the mine removal job and making meaningful connections with other people. And I agree. It still would have been a great movie. But, NGL, glad they put Godzilla in it.
My sister walked in while I was watching it, got engrossed for about 15 minutes, then was like "wtf? This is a godzilla movie?"
@clintmcbride7830 that is my opinion, too.
It reminded me of Howl's Moving Castle and how they put their family together.
Japanese human characters are still thinly-written and acting in Japanese film by and large pales in comparison to a lot of the world.
The atomic breath nuke scenes were insane. Makes Oppenheimer one look like a firecracker.
Tbf, Oppenheimer detonated the first one ever
I was in shock for a minute after it caused an actual atomic explosion in the city. 😳
Godzilla put his all into it too, I've never seen such raw hatred in an attack in live action like this
I was wondering if I was the only one who felt this way. I paused and replayed it twice. It's been a long time since a movie explosion scared me.
The dorsal fins light up charge got me like "hell yeah", then the destruction right after got me like "oh no this guy's gotta go"
One thing I love is that there is a tragedy with the Boat Captain(Yōji Akitsu). In the first family he playing with Akiko. Later after Ginza, he directly scolds Shikishima for being too much of a coward and not marry that girl when he could.
Personally, just though a few of these interactions, it seems that the Captain was a family man who lost it all during the war, similar to the Shikishima's neighbor Sumiko Ōta whom lost her children. Excellent storytelling with very human characters.
The best ending line in a movie that broke me: "Is your war over?"
4:55 it's not just about the money it's also about how you use it
A full restore is useless if you've lost 1 HP and have no status effects
Honestly I really loved that you get invested in Koichi and the rest of the human cast. Godzilla was a secondary character in this first and it still worked.
Yet he was still an effective villain for the movie.
Similar to the very first one.
By the end of this movie I was 200% involved in the characters and crying like a Magdalena. Good one, scriptwriters and director!
Several reasons Godzilla: Minus One was $15M
- no actors commanding crazy salaries
- director had a VFX background and also helped do the VFX for this film
- probably an even more crunched VFX team
Yeah it's getting REAL sick seeing people praise it while ignoring that last point.
It also been said that budgets in Japan are different so it might technically not be 15 million exactly
Exchange rate and inflation are also a large factor.
And Japanese Yen is worth LESS than the American dollar by a factor of like, 100 or something. $1 here is like 100 yen there. For them, this is still a pretty expensive film.
It also helps to write a good story, create storyboards then film that in one pass. Disney films and creates VFX for multiple endings, storylines, etcetc. Their marvel and sw movies have countless reshoots. Basically completely mismanaged. You can deliver a reasonably priced movie if you are disciplined enough to control costs and not have studio interference etcetc.
This was my absolute favorite! I loved the cinematography and the story had me fully invested. And I liked the way this Godzilla looked.
One of my favorite movies of all time, one I happily saw 6 times in theaters... This emotional masterpiece deserves all the praise it gets. And not even Honest Trailers can find much of anything to fault it on.
"If my calculations are correct, when this baby sinks 1,500 meters, you're gonna see some serious sh*t" 😂😂😂
I thought that was 88 miles per hour? 😂
5:10
Gozilla Minus One was literally 'Back to the Past'
Please say in that epic voice "Please stop asking me to say things in my epic voice."
Voting for this
Damn, that's a good one
"Wait. She lives?!? Who the f--- saves her from this? Mothra?"
Abit of a spoiler in the trailer
@@starfire1true but at least they didn't spoil why she survived
@@Telcontar86Temporary plot armor for future tragedy (assuming there’s a direct sequel)
It's gonna be so sad when it happens...
In the sequel. Yes, it was Mothra
Such an amazing film! I never thought I would cry in a Godzilla movie but this one did it. That fact alone shows what a masterclass this is.
You know this movie is good when you realize it won an academy award and still got shafted. Should have also won Best foreign film and (imo) best picture.
YES!
Absolutely. Best film I've seen in literal decades.
This movie truly blew me away when I saw it in theatres. Undoubtedly, it is the Best Godzilla Movie I have ever seen, and it blew my mind knowing the budget of this movie was $15 million; compared to big-budget blockbusters today, that's incredibly small for such an incredibly good-looking movie. Yet, the visuals, writing, acting and cinematography are absolutely masterful. Everyone who worked on this masterpiece 100% deserved the awards it received.
I love how the movie tied into the grim and horrific aftermath of WW2, plus the fallout of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Godzilla is an allegory for the consequences of tampering with nature with atomic warfare, and seeing how this film made you care for the characters and story was truly powerful.
Also the tests at Bikini Atoll that actually hit Godzilla and the firebombing of Tokyo that killed more people than the atomic bombs did.
Wasn’t a masterpiece. The human story was grim, Godzilla was shoehorned into the whole story, and acting in Japanese film by and large pales in comparison to much of the worlds.
@@RocStarr913 I liked it because of the awkwardness of the interactions and the grim reality of life after the war. That's how life is. That's how it was then.
@@Bit01 Godzilla is a movie franchise that’s been down the same well once too many times.
@@RocStarr913Tell us then where they should take Godzilla next. Planet X?
The “do you think he’s teething” had me in stitches!
The director *wishes* the budget was 15 million. It was probably closer to 10.
he also did the vfx himself! champ
It was ten, but Godzilla demanded $5 million to be in it.
@@Bit01 I can't blame the man. His performance was superb.
Godzilla being a being that can live thousands of years so these literally are his teething years is my new headcannon.
Teething? He's a fully grown adult
The reason $15m looks better than $100m is because they didn't use CGI for things like sets and costumes. Look at behind the scenes for both movies. The account of green screen on superhero movies is ridiculous.
Well, set-wise they couldn't recreate post-war Ginza, so Godzilla's rampage through that district used a lot of green-screen. So did the plan to attack Godzilla at sea, since they had no real ships.
@danieldickson8591 Which is understandable. They used CGI when they needed to instead of for everything.
I would think aiming for the mouth isn't a random weak spot. It's an unarmored spot with the most easy access to damaging the brain, airways, esophagus, etc. I'd imagine shooting an alligator or crocodile in the mouth would be more lethal than anywhere on it's armored skin.
It worked for Jaws. 😊
Godzilla is angry because his arms are so tiny, he can't scratch his nose.
Pretty sure that ain't the body part he's itching to scratch.
“Scratch his nose”
He's ornery because he's got all them teeth but no toothbrush...
Dammit, you beat me by 5 minutes lol@@brianwinters9995
They really only look tiny in comparison to his legs, which have to be so thick to support his weight. But he's so angry because the atom blast permanently charred his skin, leaving him in constant pain. And I think he blames us.
The battle scene between the Japanese cruiser and Godzilla is hands down my favorite Godzilla action scene in any Godzilla movie.
The naval scenes were giving me some evangelion vibes.
@@jeddpiresAnd also Jaws vibe, got it because they're battling in the Ocean?
@@margarethmichelina5146 IIRC director acknowledged inspiration from Jaws and Jurassic Park, so no contest there.
It's partly historically accurate too. Heavy cruiser Takao survived the war and was surrendered to the British at Singapore in real life.
Another nice touch is that they picked Yukikaze and Hibiki to fight Godzilla.
Both destroyers have their special meaning in the war.
The shot of Godzillas head closeup with the Flash head closeup is *chefs kiss
You know is it’s a good movie when Screen Junkies have to REALLY pull from the bottom of the barrel to try and satirize this movie when they really can’t because you can tell the narrator actually really likes this movie.
The facing questions for being a living Kamikaze pilot line got me creasing!
Brave kamikaze pilots fought so China and North Korea don´t become communist.
*crashing
4:23 "Unfortunately that plan only works on billionaires" was the best one like I've heard from Screen Junkies, ever. I don't think I ever laughed so much at real people dying before.
Not just one of the best Godzilla movies ever, but one of the best kaiju/monster movies ever! An instant classic that for some reason reminded me of Raiders of the Lost Ark in its style and sense of adventure. Yet it also not only makes you care for all of the characters, but deeply feel the horror and pain that wartime and PTSD causes. It deserves all of the praise and then some!
the BEST kaiju movie ever goes to Pacific Rim IMHO...
This was too grim compared to Raiders of the Lost Ark. also, acting in Japanese film is largely mediocre compared to a lot of the world.
"oppenheimer from the japanese POV"
"That plan only works on billionaires”
laughed so hard i spilled my coffee
you guys still got it
You know a movie is good when even Honest Trailer can't find much faults in it to make fun of
I absolutely love how kind you were to such a wonderfully made, beautiful film. 🙏🏻🤘🏻✌🏻
...and thunder thighs was freaking hysterical 😅
Low standards.
Then you make one 👀
More like $15 million compared to $200+ million. This is the best Godzilla movie. Saw this in theaters 3 times including the Minus Color version. Such a great movie to see on the big screen.
The movie budget was expensive for Japanese films standard, the director himself said that
@@thezplayer3002 ? No he didn’t. He refused to say what the budget was because he said he didn’t want studios to line up and ask him to do it again
@@DarkEnv2 no no no, he refused to say the exact budget, but he has no problem with saying the estimation budget, he didn't want to say the exact budget because he thought that "everyone's gonna want me to make a movie for that number"
@@DarkEnv2 I use the source from his interview with Vulture, according to Vulture Yamazaki would only confirm that Minus One’s budget was within the $10 to $15 million, which is high budget for Japan standards
Toho better release this on bluray so I can watch the black and white version.
I loved it in the theatre; when they kicked in his original theme music it sent tears down my face...
I was smiling so big when they orignal theme music began to play.
5:52 Thank you for the Bucket List item I get to check off.
2:50 to be fair, there was a man who survived BOTH nukes that hit Japan. No, I am not joking. LOOK IT UP. Poor bastard couldn't get a damn break
The post credit scene with Oppenheimer appearing and saying “Fine, I’ll do it myself” was crazy.
To clarify the Director said he wishes the budget was for 15 million! It was made for even less! Let that sink in.
Let it be a hard lesson for the rest of western film makers.
They deserved that Oscar so incredibly much
What does that sink want now?
Yes, but it actually cost ¥1.5 Billion
If the sink keeps getting out, then maybe it should stay there. WHERE IT BELONGS.
@@M-_-Owhatever it is, it can come back with a warrant
3:31 acknowledging the epic Godzilla’s Theme made me 🥹
i grew up on the og godzilla movies and i cant say how much joy it brings me that he looks the same
Best Godzilla movie I've seen. Better than any western or previous Godizza movies ever
Say: "I am Honest Trailer Guy. Hear me Roarrrrr!"
BEST Godzilla movie ever! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The original film would like to have a word with you.. definitely a close second though
Best Godzilla so far
Don't forget Shin my friend.
Gojira!!!!
I liked final wars more but this was way up there. Especially when you consider minus one had such a small budget.
Damn, those spikes looked so epic when they began to glow.
Edit: wow these many likes. Thanks everyone
Best build up and release done on his breath in ANY TOHO MOVIE IMO!!! I watched it three times in theater, IMAX, Dolby, and the B&W release...it was amazing in each one for different reasons!!1
The director took the body-length buildup from Legendary Godzilla, and raised it to the next level.
@shawnadams1460 wow. Big fan then
@@danieldickson8591Yeah. Both drew inspiration from each other. Takashi Yamazaki and Adam Wingard are like pals. Since they are both very big fans of Godzilla .
Having them pop out was really stupid.
Thanks to this honest trailer for first time in my life i watch Godzilla movies, i already watched most of serious movies, now i wonder to myself i can watch the campy ones
They weren’t just trying to kill him with deep water pressure. They were trying to kill him with the bends on the way back up. 🤣
I'm so glad everyone is pointing out Godzilla's theme, it's so good
I saw this movie 3 times. Once in America and twice in Japan. Watched the minus color version in a 4DX theater and it was amazing.
I saw the Black and White version in one of those "motion" theaters with the moving seats and the water mist in your face.
Thought I'd get thrown around more...but the motion of the mine hunting boat was great.
Was that the Toho Cinema in Shinjuku? That's where I saw シンゴジラ。
I liked seeing Godzilla just going for a chill stroll in the countryside. That was my fav part. Just seeing him not doing anything. Kind of like that scene in Godzilla X Kong when Kong comes up in Egypt and it just walking around next to the city and pyramids.
This has to be one of the best low-budget movies I've seen in a long while. 10/10
I finally got to see Godzilla Minus One, and this Honest Trailer is 2X funnier with all the context. 😂
3:15
(pause and click < and > keys "" to find a good frame)
Is this not the coolest aggressive look he's ever had? What a menace! The head only wooden boat chase too.
Props to the modelers and the art team in general for the movie, it's not an easy task.
I’m surprised Disney hasn’t kidnap the director and tried to extract his secrets on how to make a blockbuster film under 1000 dollars
This wasn’t that great. Japanese films are still painfully slow-moving and acting in Japanese film by and large pales in comparison to a lot of the world.
Careful don't give the any ideas LOL
@@RocStarr913I know it's hard for you to watch movies without keys jinggling in front of you sweetie you'll get there don't worry
Then they will throw $100M at it and expect it to be 1000 times better and @#&% it up.
@@RocStarr913 I guess you just like your movies fast and brainless. Not that there's anything inherently wrong with that.
The fact that ya'll handled this and made it entertaining without any sort of disrespect is impressive, great video.
2:48 I was not prepared for, "Wait... she lives??? What the f**k saved her from this??? Mothra???" 🤣☠
This has to be one of my favorite movies to this day. It's such a tribute to the old Godzilla movies and I love it so much
pls say "Look! I can see their parachutes! They're OK."
The best movie of 2023. THIS is how you build a franchise, Hollywood.
You need to watch more movies from last year. Of course, you would say that. You are a guy. You are incapable of watching things that don’t have blowing up in it.
Lmao this movie was amateur garbage. It’s just niche with a bunch of loud fanboys. Please make this a franchise and lose a crapload of money
Seeing this made me want to go watch the Shin Godzilla honest trailer, and to my dismay, there isn’t one?!?! This must be remedied immediately. Dance monkey!
Getting my Netflix subscription back just so I can watch this.
4:22 bro have no chill💀
I cannot tell you how happy I am for this to finally release. Thank you Screen Junkies!!!
Edit: this is one of the greatest honest trailers they’ve made. You can tell they put a lot of love and effort in making this and that they thoroughly enjoyed the movie.
Awesome Jaws reference with the Japanese Quint...🦈
😂 "He's a LIVING kamikaze pilot" 😂
"what gave it away"
I didn’t expect to enjoy this movie. This is the best movie I saw in 2023. Why Hollywood needs to shell out $250,000,000 for their movies that look cheaper than this is beyond me.
A movie so good, i just got chills from seeing clips narrated by a comedian
I mean Noriko explained that the dying mom gave her the baby. She didnt really steal it💀💀
TBF, we only have _her_ word...
@@EvilDoresh unless she was gonna sell it, theres no reason to steal it in such a horrible time
The HT guys didn't believe her 😅
Or, you know, may have been joking
@@monmothma3358 i mean obviously, these videos are just jokes😂😂
"That plan only works on billionaires" left me with my mouth open 😂😂💔💔
Don´t let the water come in, you might drown.
@@PROVOCATEURSK 😂😂😂
Yeah, kinda choked on my laughing there
A giant monster movie where the human characters were the best part. This is something I never thought I'd live to see, but here we are. Also that atomic breath was AWESOME!
This movie is even better in B&W, the grain and contrast bring out the grittiness of the story, and the film-like glow and softness in the white light give it a more cinematic vibe. Overall, the colorlessness makes the period piece more genuine and representative of it's time.
It had been a long time since a movie made me cry but damn did this one really get to me. And what a soundtrack.