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Godzilla – Again

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You all know I have an affinity for Godzilla movies.  I don’t know why.  Most of them aren’t all that well made and of course they are pretty violent.  But like many of the mysteries in life, Godzilla and I seem to keep crossing paths.

It happened again last week when I stumbled across Godzilla Minus One, which came out in 2023, written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki.  This is the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise and I’m pretty sure I’ve seen most of them.  While Minus One got great reviews, I wasn’t holding my breath. 

There is much more of a human element to this one, although seeing the aftermath of WWII on the ordinary Japanese citizen was depressing.  Then this massive, basically indestructible monster comes and destroys what little is left.  And, as always, nobody can ever say why Godzilla does what he does. 

I noticed right away that this Godzilla is a really good match for the earlier Godzillas.  Of course, much better CGI and photography but his spiny back and the shape of his head and neck were just like the classic.  And then towards the end, I thought “this music sounds so familiar”.  After the movie was over, I found the original 1954 Godzilla with soundtrack composed by Akira Ifukube.  This is apparently now known as The Ifukube March and has been used in several of the movies over the years:

The composer for Godzilla Minus One (Naoki Sato) did a great salute by incorporating the march into the final “battle scene”:

If you had suggested to me when I was younger that someday I would know enough about Godzilla to recognize his classic form and his classic music, I would have laughed until I cried.  Guess I’d better get out the tissues.

Seen any good movies lately?  Any stinkers?

37 thoughts on “Godzilla – Again”

      1. it might be that they went out and found character actors and wrote the parts around them. That’s how strong each character was if they wrote the part and then found those people to fit what they had written. They did an amazing job if they found the people and tried to write the part around them that almost makes more sense. The character development was absolutely incredible on everyone in the movie the cinematography the presentation of each frame was so beautifully thought out. I thought it would be OK for my mom because it was listed as a comedy but in reality, there was lots of sex and really heavy duty cone violence that she didn’t enjoy, but it was one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. It’s kind of like the movie Popeye the story is a little defunct, but the character development done by the director is so incredible that the movie is memorable forevermore remember olive oil in that movie and Robin Williams is Popeye. It’s one that should’ve been on my list. The COAN Brothers are incredible and this movie is tops in my book.

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  2. Working my way through Best Picture awards year-by-year finished the excellent Mrs. Miniver. Greer Garson is perfect.
    Yesterday I watched The Big Red One war movie about First Division American army for the second time.
    Stereotypical except for Lee Marvin as a fifty years old, gray-haired sargent. THAT was ridiculous.

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      1. The scene in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness in which Robert Donat’s character asks to be converted to a Christian, makes me cry every single time

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      1. i loved loved loved the peter otoole petula clark version but the robert donant greer garson version is a stronger movie i think making it a musical stole some of the soul and while i loved it its a pure acting clinic in the later

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  4. I have not been in a theater for about a dozen years. Oblivious to movies for that last dozen years.
    I am subscribed to Disney because I like watching animation. Both Disney and Pixar have a series of shorts about people who work there.
    About 3 months ago I finally watched Encanto. Story is good, but it is the use of color and the animation that drew me in. Especially the animation Mirabela’s mouth (have I got her name right?). It is that sort of thing I like to watch in modern animation.

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    1. wonderful movis

      try the one about the saxophone player. I think it might be called jazz. I believe it’s Pixar and it is by the son of Rita doctor from st louis park who i worked on the childrens art program anna was also involver He is a animator for Disney. great animated film
      time for snow white again

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  8. some like it hot
    casablanca
    caberet
    apocolypse now
    wizard of oz
    harvey
    its a wonderful life
    out of africa
    little big man
    sting
    butch cassidy and sundance
    it happened one night
    pinnocio
    christmas story
    guess whos coming to dinner
    the misfits
    young frankenstein
    tim men
    uncle vinny?
    matilda
    born yesterday
    to kill a mockingbird
    desk set
    princess bride
    when harry met sally

    i could go on and on and on

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  9. Using the subscriptions available on TV now, we watched the series ‘The Residence’ about a death in the white house. (No, not the Orange Menace. Yet) And that’s six episodes and really good.
    We finished Tulsa King. Another series by Taylor Sheriden, and he does write good characters, and it took a while for Kelly to get into it, but even she enjoyed Sylvester Stallone and his mumbling.
    I enjoyed ‘Landman’. Another Taylor Sheriden.

    We saw the new Superman movie in theaters. I dozed through the first bit, but realized it was more tongue in cheek than I expected, and kind of enjoyed it.

    There are a lot of good movies in the world. Many on tim’s list. And many back from the 1930’s and ’40’s when dialog was more important.

    All That Jazz is my favorite, but partially because of the theater connection.

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    1. I’ve watched The Residence twice now. Absolutely excellent. And if you have Netflix, my vote this month goes to The Thursday Murder Club. It is SOwell done.

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      3. I also thought both of these shows were outstanding. The Residence was so innovative. Looking forward to more good mysteries (mostly from UK) this fall and winter.

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  10. Our TV, dvd player, and cable are all unplugged due to renovation over the past two years and our imminent move. We never really ever watch TV anyway. I think the movie theater in town closed. I haven’t watched a movie in years. We will get everything up and running after we move. Luverne has a lovely movie venue in the old vaudeville theater on Main Street.

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  11. Last one in a theater might have been Barbie and Oppenheimer last summer…

    No movies recently, but we liked the aforementioned The Residence (hope they do another set of them). Also, Resident Alien is a hoot! And back a few years, Schitt’s Creek.

    There are several on tim’s list that I would love to see again – including My Cousin Vinny – I’ll watch anything with Marisa Tomey, in it. Also Paul Newman, Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Meryl Streep…

    We are currently really enjoying The Crown, season 4.

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  14. I don’t go to movies in theaters very often anymore. The last one was Wicked, which I liked. I don’t have much patience for most streaming series—at some point, they either run out of new ideas or get into ridiculous plots. The exceptions are some of the Star Wars series on Disney+; Andor is especially good.

    I like a lot of the movies listed already and could add many others. Years ago, Husband and I went to the Uptown Theater just about every week, back in the days when they showed classics and foreign films.

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