Shin Godzilla (2016)
Hello everyone, its Cameron. Welcome to the Friday installment of Blockbusters and Schlock-busters.
Today's movie is the most recent film in the long standing Godzilla franchise from Toho Studios: Shin Godzilla (otherwise known as Godzilla: Resurgence) directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi.
The film follows Hiroki Hasegawa, an up-and-coming Japanese politician who must find a way to deal with Godzilla amidst growing panic and government red tape.
Shin Godzilla adds a twist to the traditional Godzilla story that propels the story forward and adds an interesting layer of tension. The movie takes a more serious tone with the movie and uses Godzilla as a political metaphor rather than simply a symbol of raw destruction and action, as was intended in the original 1954
Shin Godzilla is a a poignant political piece with a grim reminder of the dangers of nuclear weapons and contains many of the same messages from the original movie that still apply today.
Shin Godzilla is as much about the people in the movie as it is about the monster. Godzilla is a seemingly unstoppable force that the Japanese must overcome in order to survive. The movie is a celebration of the Japanese capacity to overcome hardship through teamwork.
Technically, Shin Godzilla is a very polished film, using a combination of practical effects and CGI to create the biggest version of Godzilla yet and his some, devastating abilities. The acting is engaging and the writing is fantastic, evoking emotions of triumph and grief, putting the audience alongside the characters. Aside from its well executed political messages, Shin Godzilla also has possibly one the most epic and devastating destruction sequences in monster movie history.
Shin Godzilla is a fantastic movie that finds a balance between story and spectacle. I would recommend checking it out.
Today's movie is the most recent film in the long standing Godzilla franchise from Toho Studios: Shin Godzilla (otherwise known as Godzilla: Resurgence) directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi.
(Image sourced from IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4262980/)
Shin Godzilla adds a twist to the traditional Godzilla story that propels the story forward and adds an interesting layer of tension. The movie takes a more serious tone with the movie and uses Godzilla as a political metaphor rather than simply a symbol of raw destruction and action, as was intended in the original 1954
Shin Godzilla is a a poignant political piece with a grim reminder of the dangers of nuclear weapons and contains many of the same messages from the original movie that still apply today.
Shin Godzilla is as much about the people in the movie as it is about the monster. Godzilla is a seemingly unstoppable force that the Japanese must overcome in order to survive. The movie is a celebration of the Japanese capacity to overcome hardship through teamwork.
Technically, Shin Godzilla is a very polished film, using a combination of practical effects and CGI to create the biggest version of Godzilla yet and his some, devastating abilities. The acting is engaging and the writing is fantastic, evoking emotions of triumph and grief, putting the audience alongside the characters. Aside from its well executed political messages, Shin Godzilla also has possibly one the most epic and devastating destruction sequences in monster movie history.
Shin Godzilla is a fantastic movie that finds a balance between story and spectacle. I would recommend checking it out.
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