Should you watch Godzilla Minus One?
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Godzilla Minus One
Film · 2023
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
The sides of Godzilla Minus One
- A kamikaze pilot who didn't die
- Tokyo in ruins after the war
- Godzilla rising from the sea
Godzilla Minus One is good for you if…
- you like a giant monster that feels huge and terrifying.
- you like being moved by a pilot who can't forgive himself.
- you like postwar Japan rebuilding from nothing.
Godzilla Minus One is bad for you if…
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese film.
- you roll your eyes at big speeches about sacrifice.
About: survivor's guilt · atonement · found family
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