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JKwaffle posted...

I love Shin Godzilla, but yeah, if you're expecting it to be similar to Minus One you're gonna be let down. I think they're both great takes on Godzilla, but they are radically different in style and themes. They're both on the darker side for Godzilla standards, but that's about where the similarities end.

I mean I get that they are different takes, and I did go in expecting that, I just wasnt satisfied with Shin Godzillas execution. I was hoping to still like Shin Godzilla as much as Minus One (quality wise), but in its own way.

I actually really like the idea and premise behind Shin Godzilla, focusing on the governmental response and the satire behind all that. I just think its presented pretty badly, its way too dry and not engaging enough. From what I heard and just knowing its premise beforehand, I knew it was gonna mostly focus on dialogue and meetings and planning stuff etc etc, but they just didnt try to make it interesting at all, which I feel like is possible.

Maybe Ill have to give it a rewatch and see if I like it more, sometimes thats what it takes for me to like a movie I didnt enjoy the first time around. Especially dialogue heavy ones, like Oppenheimer for a recent example.

Oppenheimer is actually a (very vaguely) similar movie that I think does the heavy focus on board meeting scenes in a much more entertaining way. But I also disliked that movie the first time I saw it, it took me a couple rewatches to get more out of it and really enjoy it like I do now. Hoping its the same for Shin Godzilla.

Man just thinking about it again, Im not looking forward to going through that dry narrative again lol. But Ill give it another shot.