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‘Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters’ (Ep 1-5) Review: A Roaring Success
I’ve always been a fan of the MonsterVerse but of course it’s an universe that indeed had its flaws, Godzilla: King Of The Monsters was an example of a bad movie from this universe, but this doesn’t change the fact on how exciting and ambitious this universe is, who doesn’t love to watch big monsters attacking cities and fighting people right? Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island, and the recent Godzilla…
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So anyway, about the critics and the audience score...
#it's controversial#this meme skar king laughs at kong is officially a MEME#I'M KEEPING THIS#seriously i don't take an opinion of the critics is bad#audience score wins#then i should probably gonna watch the movie again#my money's on gxk#godzilla#kong#skar king#monsterverse#kaiju#godzilla x kong: the new empire#gxk#reviews
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Folks, we’d like to show you clips of one of the crappier big movies of the summer, but we’d get sued. Yes, we’d get sued for showing you clips of [redacted].
#mst3k#mystery science theater 3000#crow t robot#godzilla 1998#godzilla 98#second annual summer blockbuster review
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HOLY FUCK. What a movie. Just what a movie. Holy fuck
(Or, it was incredible. Absolutely blew my socks off. Please go and see it. You do not need to have watched anything else in the franchise, it's completely standalone (though it very much retains much of the symbolism of the original and other films). Especially go see it if you like kaiju films. But it was such a good film about humanity and hope. Just incredible. Go and see it.)
#YukiPri rambles#Godzilla Minus One#Godzilla#movie#film#movies#do i feel like a broken record of movie reviews recently? sure#but both this and Heron are very worth seeing for entirely different reasons#and it's also so strange and refreshing to see two Japanese films in mainstream US cinemas at the same time??#again they are worth seeing for completely different reasons#Heron left me pondering the messages and symbolism#Godzilla wrenched out my heart and shoved it back in
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Japanese Endorsement of Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
The Godzilla Double Feature in 109 Screen X locations in Japan started last night where they were showing Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla X Kong back to back with an intermission, which was a genius move that I need to happen here in the States immediately.
But anyways, the reviews from the Japanese viewers who are seeing GxK for the first time are some of the best I've ever seen (excuse the machine translations):
I don't know about you, but someone telling me "it was a silly movie made by an idiot and it was very good" is a ringing endorsement and would get my butt into a seat faster than anything else. 🤣🤣🤣
#godzilla x kong: the new empire#godzilla minus one#gxk: the new empire#godzilla minus 1#godzilla#king kong#toho#toho kaiju#legendary pictures#legendary kaiju#legendary monsterverse#godzilla double feature#japanese reviews#machine translation
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New video where I talk about the 12 year period where Dark Horse owned the comic rights for the King of the Monsters. He fights "Ultraman," not-Mechagodzilla and even NBA Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley. I'm so sorry if this is how you found out.
#godzilla#youtube#review#comic books#dark horse comics#dark horse presents#kaiju#free comic book day#definitely related to that last one mm yeah#gojira#Youtube
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Kaiju Week in Review (November 26-December 2, 2023)
I wasn't over the moon when Toho announced that Takashi Yamazaki's Blockbuster Monster Movie was in fact the next Godzilla film. I had seen a few of his works—none bad, but none spectacular either. Well, I've set my sights on watching the rest in the new year, because Godzilla Minus One is an unqualified masterpiece. A tagline from the original Godzilla, King of the Monsters! comes to mind (as it often does when you're me): "Mightiest melodrama of them all!" A lot of the post-Showa films suffer from an abundance of characters who just spout exposition and look at monitors; here, almost everyone in the small cast gets at least one close encounter with Godzilla, and the monster's backstory is conveyed with extreme efficiency. This tale of a war veteran trying to rebuild his life in the ruins of Tokyo, stumbling into a family, finding fulfillment in blowing up leftover mines, and haunted by what he perceives as his cowardice in combat, would have been plenty compelling without Godzilla.
Since it does have Godzilla, it's high on my list of the best movies of the year, and I only need one viewing to call it one of the best installments in the almost-70-year-old series. Yamazaki patiently waited some 15 years after Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 for his shot at a Godzilla feature. You certainly get the sense, watching one of the most brutal, pissed-off incarnations of the monster ever to grace the screen, that he spent every day of it in preparation. Watch it often while it's still in theaters, and watch it big.
Godzilla Minus One will gross about $10 million in its U.S. opening "weekend", a third-place finish that beat expectations. For context, Godzilla 2000, the last Toho Godzilla film to receive a wide release here, made about $10 million during its entire theatrical run here. Ticket prices were cheaper then, of course, and Minus One was helped along further by almost half of attendees going to premium-format screenings. Conversely, it had to overcome Americans' subtitle phobia, and the first weekend of December is usually a slow one. I was pessimistic at the outset, but now I expect larger theaters to carry the film into the new year, especially with near-universal raves from critics and audiences.
Yes, a third section for Godzilla Minus One; it's well-deserved, I promise. MyKaiju is risking life and limb by hosting an English translation of the film's novelization, written by Takashi Yamazaki himself. It appears to be at least partially machine-translated, but the Japanese text is included for comparison. Haven't read it yet, as I want to see the film a second time first, but quite a breakthrough given how mysterious this sort of thing usually is.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters could never hope to compare with the opening of a stellar new Godzilla film; unfortunately, I also thought this week's episode was the weakest so far. It's bookended by Frost-Vark action, but the rest just drags. All's forgiven if the teacher and the hacker smooch though.
Toho and Legendary used to let each other's live-action Godzilla movies breathe; now the U.S. opening weekend of one is coinciding with the opening marketing push of the other. IGN released a trio of pics from Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, showing Kong with his axe; Dr. Andrews, Jia, and Trapper (Dan Stevens's character) in uniform; and Godzilla "evolving into a powerful new form." The same article included an interview with director Adam Wingard. Naturally, he didn't give away much... besides the return of Doug.
Earlier in the week, Legendary put out a trio of posters featuring Godzilla, Kong, and the film's antagonist, now christened Skar King. The taglines ("Unite" for our heroes, "Bow to Your King" for SK) sound like kaiju campaign slogans. Makes me wonder if, like Godzilla vs. Megalon before it, the movie will improbably capitalize on the presidential election next year. To steal a joke from Titanollante: Godzilla/Kong unity ticket? They'd have my vote.
Godzilla's new form, meanwhile, has already been spoiled by a T-shirt on Legendary's own site and some dire-looking Playmates figures. It makes sense that Wingard would want to have his own spin on the character after keeping the design from Godzilla: King of the Monsters for Godzilla vs. Kong. Hard to cast judgment without seeing the real design in full, but there's one particular detail I really like.
The film also has a booth at CCXP in Brazil, with a panel later today, so I think a trailer is incoming (the main reason I hammered out this whole post so quickly).
I missed this one last week: Tsuburaya announced an anime project called Ultraman: DARKNESS HEELS. The DARKNESS HEELS branding has been around for a while, spotlighting prominent evil Ultras—and, of course, Jugglus Juggler. No details on the anime yet, but if the Juggleman's there, so am I.
The big toy reveal this weekend was Super7's ULTIMATES! MaiGoji figure. Previous Godzilla figures from this line haven't lived up to the official photos, but hope springs eternal. It's $85 (much less than the MonsterArts); preorders started Friday. Other highlights: a Super7 ReAction figure of the original Godzilla's skeleton, which comes with a little Oxygen Destroyer, and a plush Mothra from Surreal Entertainment that can flip to imago form to a neck pillow-shaped larva.
#kaiju week in review#godzilla#godzilla minus one#monarch legacy of monsters#godzilla x kong the new empire#ultraman darkness heels#kaiju
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Just watched this gem of a movies
What did yall think?
#question#godzilla#godzilla brand#american godzilla#gojira#goji#king#king kong#kong#godzilla 2014#legendary godzilla#monsterverse#monsterverse movies#discussion#if any of my friends are seeing this(you prolly aren’t) im down to watch again#godzilla vs kong#adam wingard#godzilla x kong: the new empire#godzilla x kong spoilers#kong skull island#king of the monsters#godzilla king of the monsters#he eepy#hes like a cat omg#cuty patootie#tired#sleepy#talk to me#send your review
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📚 Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa (trans. Eric Ozawa)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Twenty-five year old Takako breaks up with her boyfriend and quits her job, but she’s hesitant when her uncle Satoru wants her to come live above his bookshop and help him out. Things begin to change and as these two relatives are ready to move on, figures from their pasts start to resurface.
This book had the perfect pace for the story it was telling, it had such personable characters, it has an eccentric bookstore, it has so much character development and the story just moves so greatly. I really loved the bits and pieces of comedy throughout the book. At first I thought it was cheesy, but I quickly grew to love it.
If you’re looking for a low-key, reflective book then this one is perfect!
#godzilla reads#days at the morisaki bookshop#satoshi yagisawa#Eric Ozawa#book review#reading#japanese literature#book blog#Japanese lit#booklr#bookworm#bookish#booklover
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Godzilla: Minus One is a genuine masterpiece. Please go see it. It's getting a wide release in the US which is out of the norm so that's great.
They found a solution to the lame human plot that's in every Godzilla movie. You simply need it to be super well written.
Godzilla and the human plot aren't completely separate or awkwardly jammed together. They found a way to elegantly weave him into the external and internal motivation of the characters. Godzilla really embodies more than just the giant lizard this time. The giant lizard destroying Japan stuff is S tier though, don't worry.
Please do yourself a favor and watch this movie.
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Other Godzilla movies I quite enjoy:
Godzilla GMK.
Godzilla VS Megalon.
Godzilla (2014, the Gareth Edwards one).
Godzilla VS Biollante.
Godzilla VS Kong (2021).
Overall, it's easy to be a Godzilla fan, there's such a wide variety of movies with different tones and approaches, it's kind of impossible to have a wrong choice.
I still like procedural dramas a lot, which is why Shin Gojira just pinches it at number one.
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big godzilla fan but i will never in my life interact with the fandom based on what i've seen on here
#firstly i hate all godzilla ships even mothra/godzilla#just because she's queen of the monsters and he's king of the monsters doesn't mean shit#second i hate those comics that portray the characters as silly and stuff#i especially hate how minus one is always portrayed as a baby because he isn't massive in his first appearance#or giving godzilla earth glasses or making him the 'group' grandpa#or just anything that gives them dialog really#i generally just hate blorbofication#third i absolutely hate king kong and i feel like legendary has really been pushing godzilla and kong being two sides of the same coin#and like generally the only actually good legendary godzilla movie is king of the monsters 2019#2014 is boring because it's carried by an unlikable and boring cast#godzilla vs kong was just pretty alright#and godzilla x kong was a scaling nightmare with forgettable monsters thrown in as well#and they both fought sea serpents#and godzilla's was still more interesting!!#i have my gripes but i'll save them for when i review them#what am i taking about again
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Godzilla Minus One Review:
You can tell by the amount of emotional storytelling and having us feel through the pain of Koichi Shikishima as he balances the struggle of defending his country and saving his life; that director Takashi Yamazaki has taken notes from his famed inspiration of the Star Wars franchise and truly made possibly one of the best Godzilla films in franchise history. This science fiction masterpiece clocks in at over 2 hours and every second of it was spent on the edge of my seat.
Kamikaze pilots became an addition for the Japanese military during the closing moments of the war in the Pacific. One thing that the film highlights is the beginning stigma of kamikaze pilots who decided to live either by choice or due to their planes mechanical failures. That is the historical context set up we get in the beginning elements of the movie as Koichi decides to land his plane on Odo Island despite his plane not suffering from any mechanical damage. We also see the first instances of Godzilla as the monster attacks and kills the majority of the mechanical workers on Odo Island sparing Koichi himself and Sosaku Tachibana.
Godzilla’s ruthlessness was felt throughout the entire film from the moment the monster attacked the crew on Odo Island to his absolute destruction of the Ginza neighborhood in Tokyo which was undergoing rapid development. The scene where Noriko hangs from the train pole for dear life as Godzilla rips the train in half was just wild.
One thing i really enjoyed about this film is the character development of Koichi. In the beginning of the movie, he decides not to fulfill his kamikaze duties but after realizing the immense sacrifices that many Japanese people (not only pilots) have endured during the war and the Godzilla attacks, he dedicates his life to his “impromptu family” and realizes that he is willing to sacrifice himself to create a “better world” for his “daughter” Akiko. Tachibana immediately sees that Koichi understands the immense toll that war has, how kamikaze pilots never had that choice to live and creates an eject mechanism so that Koichi can have that choice to live. You can see his facial expressions throughout the film start from being in fear to being determined to save Japan.
I also love that they gave Shiro Mizushima a moment of shine as he coordinates backup for Kenji Noda’s plan to sink Godzilla into the ocean floor. The theater was clapping! The movie was paced extremely well and used every part of its 2 hour runtime to tell its story. Did not feel like there were any fillers or unnecessary scenes. The ending also really does leave the viewers thinking about the many different ways and theories that the film may continue through a possible sequel. I know not all films need a sequel but Please give us a sequel!!
There are so many parts to this film that I can go into detail about that make this one of my favorite Godzilla films. This film only had a $15 million dollar budget and yet superseded many action movies made this year in the United States including the comic book movies in DC/Marvel well known for their $200 million dollar plus budgets. Studios should take note.
I highly recommend this film especially for those who may not be familiar with the Godzilla story who would like an introduction into the kaiju portrayal of monsters in Japanese films.
#godzilla minus one#godzilla minus 1#godzilla#godzilla movies#takashi yamazaki#ryunosuke kamiki#movies#science fiction#sci fi and fantasy#sci fi movies#japan#tokyo#movie review#godzilla minus one review#kaiju
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Godzilla: Minus One was absolutely great. The story is phenomenal, the effects are great, the realities and effects of war and PTSD, the similarities between honor and guilt, and several wonderful plot twists, certainly reminds me of a lot of the classic Godzilla films. Much better than the Monsterverse films (but Monarch so far is great!).
Highly recommend seeing it on the biggest screen you can. This might be the greatest Godzilla movie ever made.
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