All I do is Nguyen said:

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I believe that's showing Godzilla regenerating and I believe Tojo said they want this to be a trilogy

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Sorry I meant right before that.... Don't want to give out a spoiler, think "veins"

I did wonder about that too. For a second I wondered if I imagined that.

Was wondering if it was meant to imply radiation sickness or something.

Nah, telepathic connection…

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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I did wonder about that too. For a second I wondered if I imagined that.

Was wondering if it was meant to imply radiation sickness or something.

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I think some G shrapnel was involved and someone has his healing factor. Other than her eye I would have expected her to be way more ****ed up.. They made a point about Godzilla was leaving material behind

Yep, totally get it and made the same guess with my wife.

Just a personal (western) preference. What put me over the edge was the woman pushing him out of the way.

dreyOO said:

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Yep, totally get it and made the same guess with my wife.

Just a personal (western) preference. What put me over the edge was the woman pushing him out of the way.

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My thought at the moment on the pushing out of the way scene was why not just dive in there with him yourself, tackle him if need be. But maybe too much of a western football thought there.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Call me crazy, but I think a double feature of Oppenheimer and Minus One would be fantastic.

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Crazy

Even #JujutsuKaisen couldn’t hold #Godzilla!#GodzillaMinusOne  (#ゴジラマイナスワン ) finished 3rd 3-day weekend at US #BoxOffice grossing strong 4.9M after expanding to 2.622 theatres on 3rd FRI.#TOHO’s Big Boy keeps stomping competition around, dropping just -43% from last… pic.twitter.com/3OFy9C1jD6

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The Japanese have the character development so much better than their American counterparts.

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The simplicity of how the movie was shot was a thing of beauty for an action film. It followed the main character from beginning to end... period. You knew his motivations, his backstory and saw him struggle through. We were invested in his life.

A refreshing change from how an American version of this would have gone down.

Probably would have reduced the lead actor's screentime & had the crew of the minesweeping ship all split up and follow them around in mini-adventures and given them way-too-complex backstories and BS. (Godzilla in King of the Monsters having an Atlantis lair for example)
Picture a montage of the scientist working on his bubble trap, the young kid rallying the tugboats with an impassioned speech, the old captain rigging the cables, the main character helping out with the plane.... all set to some awesome music. This works sometimes, but it's overdone and often poorly executed in Hollywood.

This type of story telling (Lord of the Rings-ish) works better in a trilogy or mini-series like Game of Thrones where things can be done in depth & developed properly, not in a 2 hour movie cramming everything down our throats. Marvel was able to get away with this type of stuff in the first few phases because the main protagonists had decades of exposure & also had individual movies where we got to know them a little better. The latest phases throw too much stuff at new characters no one knows with no development. Why should we care? Who TF are these people?? Learn something Hollywood.

Finally saw this one yesterday, and wanted to bump this thread. This is definitely a movie you want to catch in the theaters before it leaves.

Excellent all around, and incredible that it was done on such a limited budget.

Finally saw this today in the minus one minus color variant. Holy. Crap. What a movie! I'm not even a huge Godzilla fan - I enjoy the movies but haven't seen the vast majority of the old ones - but this was such an experience. We saw it at the Regal in the seats that move. It was honestly a little distracting and at times made it hard to read subtitles, but it was an EXPERIENCE! Even my wife loved it. She told me we could see anything I wanted tonight since we didn't have kids so I cashed in ALL my husband points to talk her into a black and white movie in Japanese. I'm the end, I wanted to see something that I knew we would never watch at home.

No Regrets!

Saw it last night. I had no idea I was seeing a black-and-white version. Movie was awesome, but really wish it was in color, lol. I've never been much of a black-and-white guy. Would love to see it in color. Probably something I'll catch on digital at some point.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Call me crazy, but I think a double feature of Oppenheimer and Minus One would be fantastic.

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Hmmmm... Cinemark here is showing both this week

This is currently the odds on favorite for the vfx Oscar on Gold Derby.

Whoa I had no idea there were separate b/w and color versions. I'm pretty sure I saw it in color, but now I'm trying to remember if it had an old time technicolor feel to it.

heddleston said:

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Whoa I had no idea there were separate b/w and color versions. I'm pretty sure I saw it in color, but now I'm trying to remember if it had an old time technicolor feel to it.

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The black and white thing just started i believe a week ago or so. Not 100% sure but if you saw it in 2023 it was in color.

Also, I'm not sure how you wouldn't remember if Godzillas laser was in color or not.

heddleston said:

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Whoa I had no idea there were separate b/w and color versions. I'm pretty sure I saw it in color, but now I'm trying to remember if it had an old time technicolor feel to it.

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I did not have an old time techinicolor feel to it. The B&W version released 1/25. It's in US theaters for this week only. I saw it last night and highly recommend it. The color grading by scene was awesome and the lack of color helps to hide some of the weaker CGI scenes. I just hope we get a physical release of both versions here in the US. I hope Toho has finally seen that the US drives Godzilla sales and really consider releasing more in our part of the world (that includes upgrades of the older films).

A different flavor of film for the franchise. Very well done. The series, Monarch is very good as well.

https://ww15.0123movie.net/movie/monarch-legacy-of-monsters-season-1-1630856088.html

There's a Monarch thread around here somewhere but I think I might be the only one who enjoyed the whole season…

Can't wait till next season.

Available now on digital and Netflix!

Noblemen06 said:

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Available now on digital and Netflix!

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LFG!

Was beginning to wonder when my favorite movie from last year would be available. Now I have the color and B&W version in my digital library.

Is b&w on Netflix or just color?

No idea. I bought these off iTunes.