Violence and gore, frightening/intense, drugs, grotesque
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Feel totally at ease to ask questions or give your thoughts, any time! Someone will probably look at this thread even well after the official period ends.
Have fun, and do your best to interpret anything said with as much good faith as possible
Availability
Not so lucky with online uploads this time. I’ve only checked for the US, but found it rentable ($3) on Youtube, Amazon, etc. No streaming servives without individually renting it. Best to check your region on justwatch.
I searched with both names and got several other godzillas, but not this one. Then I googled the movie name+justwatch and got the US version, but when I went to change country, my country wasn’t even in the drop-down menu.
I’m usually up pretty early. I have to be at work (online) at 3pm London time* and usually wake up around 1pm LT. Since I work remotely I could even leave it streaming while I’m at work
On the weekends I’d have more flexibility, especially Sundays, and I don’t usually sleep in all that late.
*I think you said you used to live in the UK but no longer do, but figure if you’re in Europe it’s easier to find the time difference from London than from mine
This all sounds good, I’m sure we can find a suitable time slot. And thanks for the London times, I always end up super confused with time zones too far away from mine
Well, this was a film. I witnessed the images with my eyes. I believe sometimes the characters were speaking “Japanese.” What have I been doing all this time?
Technically watched with English subs, though the translation quality was a bit dodgy, haha, so I had to rely on my Japanese comprehension more than expected, with some mixed results there.
Thankfully, I don’t think knowing all of the details really makes or breaks a film like this, and I was able to follow along with the majority of the plot without too much trouble.
That said, I don’t think this is a great movie for listening practice unless you’re very advanced. There was a lot of specialized language, and most of it was spoken very, very fast. It’s very unforgiving to beginners. (I did hear some of the more uncommon WaniKani words, though, haha).
This was my first time watching a Godzilla movie (the only other true kaiju film I’ve seen is Mothra). I liked it alright, though I didn’t love it.
Spoiler review:
I liked the music in the film, and some of the shots were pretty neat! The CGI was… a bit of a mixed bag. The baby Godzilla form was honestly scarier than the final form, haha. I think the part that will stick with me the most is the closing shot on Godzilla’s tail, with those humanoid figures seeming to be in the process of emerging out of it…
There’s a lot of nationalism in the film, and it’s also blatantly pretty critical of bureaucracy. I don’t really have enough cultural context to speak a whole lot on those points, but it’d be interesting to read about, I think. I did pick up on some of the subtext with the nuclear weapons and the radiation.
Interestingly, I noticed when looking up the film on wikipedia that Japanese critics gave it higher reviews than western critics.
That moment when you realize that the huge mountain you were climbing all this time was just a little hill that happened to block your view to the massive mountain behind it
(don’t worry, it’s actually a good sign, I think, although it feels so bad )
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