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The new Godzilla film opened in theaters on November 3, and 5ch erupted with mixed reactions from opening day. While some praised the monster rampage scenes and the polish of the visuals, comments insisting “we don’t need the human drama” kept popping up, with posters recalling how the previous film was poorly rated domestically but got reassessed after winning awards overseas. The thread also buzzed with talk unrelated to the film’s actual quality — reports that it was shot using Japan’s first IMAX cameras, complaints that trailers and YouTube thumbnails amounted to de facto spoilers, and posts suspecting the CG looked AI-generated.
What people said
・Pretty gory
・It messes with you emotionally
Are you the type who skips the dragging drama scenes and fast-forwards straight to the part where it's buck naked and going bang! bang!? (sounds like a Marin-style viewing habit)
though the ending was bad
but the human parts were truly awful
foreigners just didn't get that, so it still won an award
Is this one even worse than that?
It's way beyond just plot convenience — none of the main characters' motivations make any sense at all
Nobody wants the half-baked drama scenes, just the 'good parts'
The rare low score was because of a lack of monster action
There was tons of destruction
You'll cry if you see Marin (the character)
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She's leveled up to her 'second form' with full double eyelids now
The mean-looking eyes and all — her face is honestly like Godzilla's
This is just something Japanese otaku who lost to America are using as a club to shout 'Minus One was the best! We beat America!'
Godzilla's just a side character
You haven't even seen it, lol
Then tell me, which Godzilla movie actually has Godzilla as the main character?
it always boils down to 'there's a monster → let's have it fight Godzilla'
there's no other pattern
that's why Godzilla movies are boring
But I did think it was nice that, having owned that limitation, they put real effort into the camera angles and cutting and direction
They just show up in your feed so there's nothing you can do about it
YouTubers racing to be first to upload are such a nuisance
This time they shot it on Japan's first-ever IMAX cameras
The last one was an 'IMAX scam' though
It was just a regular Cinemascope screening, lol
It got slammed pretty hard for that back then
He's pushed Japanese film visuals forward by leaps and bounds
Unless you're the otaku type who's going no matter what anyway
The idea and the visual effects were amazing for a monster movie, come on
Nonstop crying, wailing, screaming, and shouting — so noisy
The usual flaws of Japanese films haven't changed
Wow
You've been brainwashed by something, lol
I bet you haven't watched any world cinema
Background and key points of this discussion
The new film causing buzz this time appears to be a follow-up to 2023’s “Godzilla -1.0.” When the previous film was released domestically, opinions on its human-drama portions were divided, but after it won the Academy Award for Visual Effects overseas, its reputation at home was reassessed — a point echoed in the thread, where posters note that “the last one got bad reviews too, until it won an award.” The main point of contention in the discussion was how to weigh “monster scenes” against “human drama” in a kaiju film: some backed sticking with the previous film’s formula, while others argued the human portions should be trimmed in favor of more monster action. Separately, suspicions that some of the CG was AI-generated, and complaints that trailers and thumbnails amounted to de facto spoilers, developed as side topics apart from the film’s actual quality — and nothing in the thread confirms whether AI was actually used.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “The new Godzilla -0.0, released in theaters today, is getting mixed reactions!!!!!!!!!!.”
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