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Shin Godzilla (2016)

Directed by Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi

Horror | Science Fiction | Eastern

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Overview

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens.  A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster’s weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower.  But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

Rated PG-13 | Length 120 minutes

Actors

Hiroki Hasegawa | Yutaka Takenouchi | Satomi Ishihara | Kengo Kora | Satoru Matsuo | Mikako Ichikawa | Issey Takahashi | Kanji Tsuda | Shinya Tsukamoto | Toru Nomaguchi | Daisuke Kuroda | Ren Osugi | Kimiko Yo | Akira Emoto | Sei Hiraizumi | Toru Tezuka | Kenichi Yajima | Akira Hamada | Ikuji Nakamura | Tetsu Watanabe | Jun Kunimura | Shingo Tsurumi | Jun Hashimoto | Pierre Taki | Takumi Saito | KREVA | Ken Mitsuishi | Kyusaku Shimada | Taro Suwa | Yuji Suzuki | Arata Furuta | Morooka Moro | Kôsei Katô | Shohei Abe | Keisuke Koide | Hairi Katagiri | Suzuki Matsuo | Takahiro Miura | Yôta Kawase | Ren Mori | Atsuko Maeda | Kazuo Hara | Isshin Inudô | Akira Ogata | Hideaki Anno | Kihachi Okamoto | Mansai Nomura | Mayumi Ogawa | Katsuhiko Yokomitsu | Yusuke Sugiyama | Shô Oyamada | Takashi Kobayashi | Takashi Fujiki | Shōta Taniguchi | Tomonori Mizuno | Keitaro Azumi | Koichi Miwa | Yuichi Ito | Koji Seki | So Nozawa | Kou Maehara | Masayuki Shida | Charles Glover | Takao Kinoshita | Hisao Kanno | Riko Yonemura | Daisaku Nishino

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Wow was that disappointing. I understand the focus on ineffective government and bloated bureaucracy but it felt like an hour and a half of talking heads with a mostly immobile Godzilla in the background. Also the first stage creature is goofy as shit.

To top it off, the audio kept dropping out when played through the PS3. I switched it over to the DVD player and it kept skipping and freezing near the beginning and just before the end credits. Not a good experience.

On the plus side, I did like the Godzilla creature and its slow plodding reign of destruction felt more akin to the original Godzilla film. If it had focused a little more on that, and especially on the effects on the Japanese people, it would have had a stronger impact. As it was, I never really felt engaged or particularly empathetic for anyone.

I’ll have to rewatch it at some point to see if my reaction is any different.

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