it isn't just the best godzilla movie it is a great movie period.

The stunning CG & Visual Effect on a $15-million-dollar-budget movie is something that Hollywood should put into account.

In the story, we are led to believe that Shikishima messed up by not killing Godzilla when he was smaller at the island, but it turns out Godzilla is the one who messed up by leaving Shikishima and the mechanic as survivors. They added value to their lives and  fought to protect themselves. And won. For now.

When Shikishima is trying to find a mechanic, he goes far out of his way to find Tachibana. Even Noda says "We can find someone else", but Shikishima insists that it be Tachibana. This is because he needed a mechanic that wanted him dead in order to outfit his plane as a kamikaze vessel. Someone he didn't know would never agree to it, but Tachibana would do it. This makes Tachibana's forgiveness at the end even more profound.

The mark on Noriko’s neck has been stated by Yamazaki in a recent interview, to be Godzilla’s cells not radiation poisoning

This is the first giant monster movie where i liked the humans more than the monster.

Following the attack on Ginza I had a thought that has literally never, ever crossed my mind while watching one of these movies: Godzilla needs to die. That's how you know this movie is special, just an absolute masterpiece.

This was a great movie. You get so invested in the characters that you almost forget Godzilla is in this.

This is probably one of the better SCs in some time. Really nails the intricacies of the movie and the time period.

This one one of the best movies last year… period. I get emotional every time I watch it. I’ve never gotten emotional over a Godzilla movie. It’s the human drama that really sells this beyond an epic Kaiju movie. Fantastic breakdown.  Actually one of the finest. Big props to the writer, Brianna.

For your reference, the large white cylindrical building facing the reporters on the roof of the building is the main theater of Toho, the film's producer and distributor, and is called Nichigeki (Japanese Theater). It escaped the air raids of World War II and became loved by people as one of the symbols of Ginza. It is currently being rebuilt due to its age, but it has become a modern, cylindrical building that still retains its features.

A couple extras Easter eggs:
When Godzilla attacks Ginza you can hear the Mothra motif before the theme starts again.

Another easter egg is when they are wrapping around Godzilla you hear a Modernized Version of the King Kong Vs Godzilla theme from 1962.

When Godzilla is being pulled up from the bottom of the sea, we see his eyes pop out and they are white. This is an easter egg to GMK Godzilla which his eyes were pure white.

The last shot of Godzilla can also be a callback to GMK where Godzilla's heart is still beating.


The director confirmed that the black mark is Godzilla cells and 2 TOHO monsters that heavily play a role with Godzilla cells are Biolante and SpaceGodzilla.

Maybe in the sequel a scientist gets a hold of Godzilla cells and tries to revive his dead daughter, since the people who survived Ginza most likely regenerated. This can set up another emotional story similar to minus one and also introduce us to Biolante.

Another possibility which is the safer route is that another monster exist which can be rodan or the most likely monster Angurius.

I really appreciate how you did the war history research and tied it to this movie. Top-notch video!

Not even ashamed to say this movie had me shed a few tears. It's an amazing movie

Godzilla has been my dude since the late 60s!!!!!

Minus One was a brilliant film. So glad I saw it in the theater. After I left, and every time someone has asked me if the movie is good, I find myself going into how good the performances were and how compelling they made all of the human characters and their stories more than what happened with Godzilla himself. It definitely needed more Oscar nominations.

The deep bellow Godzilla lets out after his head gets blown up and he starts to crumble, definitely reminds me of the scene in Jaws after Brody blows up the shark and you see it sink to the ocean floor and a deep roar sound is used

One of the best movies ever, period.

Here's an exciting reference you might have missed: In Japanese culture, Dead Fish means giving up on life and not caring anymore about what happens next. Godzilla's arrival is heralded by deep sea fish, which juxtaposes with human protagonist Koichi Shikishima. At critical moments of his arc, Shikishima witnesses the dead fish throughout the story. And though he later deduces their connection to Godzilla, he seems unaware of their eerie connection to the ghosts in his head. Interestingly, the meaning of Dead Fish (i.e., having 'dead fish eyes') may apply to Godzilla himself, as his eyes look like they have nothing left to lose...

A couple of things (probably also mentioned by other posters previously), but Takashi Yamazaki confirmed that the black mark on Noriko's neck, were indeed none other than Godzilla's "G cells" that are what regenerate him in other films. Also the many salutes given by the civilian fleet member are not for Koichi, but Godzilla...these salutes given to Godzilla reference Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack which in turn is based an actual salute given by the captain of the Japanese destroyer Yukikaze, to the captain and crew of the the USS Johnston which was sunk after a prolonged battle with a larger Japanese force at the Battle of Samar, 1944 demonstrating a tradition in the Japanese military that respect was shown even for an enemy.