Audience reviews
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Israel199
The first film in this trilogy is very good, I'm telling you, no holds barred.
The pacing is a bit slow, but it's good for introducing us to the whole picture and the main characters.
Although the characters themselves aren't particularly deep, especially the protagonist: the typical young man who seeks revenge against a giant because it killed his parents and decimated humanity.
Doesn't that sound familiar?
Needless to say, the story is written by Gen Urobochi, best known for creating Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero, Psycho-Pass, and so on.
He is renowned for his dark stories, featuring nihilistic themes and tragic twists.
Let that serve as a preview of what’s in store.
In short, the CGI scenes are very good; I think it's one of Polygon's best works, graphically speaking, although its story a…
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Godzilla,a planet of monsters?More like godzilla a planet of 1 lifeform ,cuz that's the total ammount of monsters you see outside of godzilla.
Trully one of the movies of all time.Atrocious in every way you can think of. The only reason i even watched it to the end is because once again the VA put in some real work.And because i thought the story might at least get intresting.But they cannot make anything good when they work with a canvas of feces. There is nothing good about this movie.I watched the second as well.I will gather to courage to finish this trainwreck tommorow.Probably,maybe.
And when i say there is nothing good about these movies,you have to trust me.The story is boring non-sense. The timelapse makes absolutely zero sense once again.The characters have no depth and are not…
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Let's skip the synopsis. The Godzilla franchise has been one of the most popular and successful Tokusatsu franchise in the world, starting from the 1954 film, which has proven to be a hit by the Japanese audience. While it has experienced falls, it is still growing strong today, with Hollywood stepping their feet into the franchise with the success of Godzilla 2014, and the masssive box office hit of the very recent Godzilla Minus One. Few years past, Netflix have also tried to enter their feet into this massive franchise... But it seems it is proven to be difficult.
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Story is pretty straightforward, it is exactly what you would expect in a monster anime. I am enthusiastic for science fiction, so i appreciate the inclusion of sci-fi elements in the movie. The exposition however is a…
Read at the sourceChrismas95
Coming off watching select Godzilla films from the first 1954 one to Shin Godzilla, I was very interested in Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters. The plot is very unique; it’s a far step from the tried-and-true formula that Godzilla movies tend to follow. Despite this, Planet of the Monsters ended up being duller than the Japanese government trying to repel Godzilla for the nth time. There were three things that made the synopsis of this movie enticing: how Godzilla won this time, what a future Earth would look like after being dominated by Godzilla, and of course what Godzilla does during the movie. None of these lived up to their expectations at all.
The worst part about this movie is how dull it looks throughout the entire 1.5 hours. You start the movie on a spaceship with lifeless color…
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I remember the first time I came across Polygon pictures back in around 2014, where the anime section of Netflix was a new thing for Irish people so I felt the need to check out what stuff they had that I’d never seen before. One of the shows they had that caught my eye was this space adventure series called Knights of Sidonia. I put it on, and dropped it in around 2 minutes because why the fuck is it all bad CG. This bad CG I would later realise is the aesthetic that polygon pictures want to achieve…this was an intentional decision.
I’ve had my fair share of fully CG anime since knights of Sidonia, some good, like Houseki no Kuni, and some…uh…we don’t talk about-(Berserk 2016 Vietnam Flashback Intensifies) with Polygon pictures consistently hitting that middle ground, consistently adapti…
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Having watched pretty much every Godzilla movie there is, I must say that overall I prefer the human-centric ones. Shin and G2014 are probably my favorites, with the 1954 original being in a league of its own. So believe me when I say that on paper, this movie looked incredible to me. A human-centric Godzilla movie in an anime art-style with new interesting lore to go with it? Sign me up!
But no, it's pretty terrible. Let's break it down into a few bullet points because I don't even feel like writing a structured review:
-Characters are so painfully generic that you might as well copy and paste their MAL description from TV tropes and no one would notice the difference. Being cliched is not necessarily an issue in itself, but it either has to support an otherwise good story or the chara…
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"He is the punishing iron hammer for the arrogant. For the species who pronounce themselves as lords of creation, a divine avenger will pay them a visit. And so, he will..."
So, after 63 years we finally got a full animated Godzilla film. Was it worth the wait? Ehhhhh. It's hard to judge the entire story to this one based solely on this film alone since it is part of a trilogy and therefore incomplete. However, as a film on it's own its nothing terrible but it's nothing amazing either.
In the last summer of the 20th century, giant monsters began plaguing Earth and humanity is driven to near extinction by one monster which eliminated the others: Godzilla. Two alien races with ulterior motives, the religious Exif and the technologically advanced Bilusaludo, came to Earth and offered their…
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Godzilla: Planet Eater was a bat shit insane idea that should have never worked but for some dumbass reason( God cooked up while high) it worked. Do keep in mind that it was all done in CG.
Plot: It actually pretty good even though it sounds like something a japanese Micheal Bay wrote.The plot however in the beginning part seems very unnesscarily complicated. There is also a romance thing that really sucks as the two individuals apart of it have little chemistry and I feel little to none spark with them as it is a one-sided relationship.
Characters: The characters motivations really make sense but the extras are exetremly unconvincing and get inspired way to easily. It's like every character is Deku (My Hero academia) that grew up but still has the mentallity as his 6 year-old self. The…
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(This review is valid for the entire Godzilla trilogy, with some slight changes at the end of each one, for each respective film)
So much potent out the window, the premise of a Godzilla movie/anime does not have to be complex to be good, after all, what we want to see are giant monsters fighting, that's a nice thing, remembering, It's GODZILLA, do not confuse like reflective works like Monster, Shigatsu, Code Geas, right then. To summarize the story revolves around our planet earth having been dominated by Godzilla, causing humans to be forced to flee into space, and accompanying the attempt to retake the planet through the destruction of Gozilla, are also shown some other races, which are basically humans who have evolved in other ways, films also deal with religious beliefs and fanatici…
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Quickie Review:
Glad I fell asleep halfway through this one or otherwise I’d have never seen it.
Very weak anime that doesn’t use its full potential and makes a predictable and weak anime that waste the Godzilla license.
Pros: Animation wasn’t awful, premise was interesting and at least wasn’t a rehash of some other Godzilla story.
Cons: Weak story with predictable storylines and characters, no characterization for anyone, anime itself looks ugly (just a mix of grey’s, blacks, and whites with an occasional blue or orange), animation wasn’t bad but CGI just looks cheap and dated no matter when and how it comes out.
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And this is why you must be kind to nature. You just had a giant lizard minding its own business, not doing anything to anybody. It's just hanging out, roaming through the forest, having little dragon babies and such, living a life of peace for tens of thousands of years, just chillaxing. And, boom, humans gotta come through and start shooting and stabbing it. Poor giant lizard. It did nothing wrong. Shame on humanity. SHAME!
In all seriousness though, this was a decent film. You know the synopsis from the front, Godzilla runs humans off the planet, then humans come back to try and take it back. That's really all this is. I do have to say that for a 3D animation film, it was gorgeously done. The characters still had that bland 3D look, but the action was very nicely animated.
But, the…
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This series is immensely enjoyable if you make it to the end. While it is average anime as a singular movie, each movie adds more and more depth to the Godzilla myth so it keeps you wondering and watching. The Godzilla movies from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s are source material for this new storyline. Given those awful plots, the makers of this anime should be praised for this new, cohesive, and comprehensive story. Overall this movie series is a masterpiece because the payoff is incredible! That makes it a must watch series for fans because it is a "holy" reference for all things Godzilla.
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Improving the CGI use and trying to make something new with an overused licence are the 2 issues this movie had to deal with. Actually, it is not a 100%, but the movie has good qualities and deserve some attention.
First, let's talk about the CGI animation. This is not bad! The "3D" animation used to be very bad and unnatural, less lively than the classical animation. But recently, it is becoming better. And, according to me, this movie show this ! Indeed, the movie has a real style which allows to accept very easily the "3D" animation. There is also a good use of the CGI to make some great camera movement, especially during the battles actions.
But a movie is nothing without a story. Here the story is not revolutionary, to be honnest, but it is still a good point. They did not just use…
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As a total Godzilla Nerd I may have a bias toward this movie and the one that follows but I honestly feel this is a solid attempt at bringing the big guy to the anime world. The story while sort of slow is still interesting enough. The plot doesn't get away from its self and keeps a decent pace that keeps you interested in the movie. The characters are solid enough to draw you in and capture your attention but they are definitely not on par with some of the stronger anime series out there. The monster its self is not very threatening and I think that has a lot to do with the lack of things to destroy. The Godzilla franchise has always used the destruction of towns to evoke fear in it's viewers. This monster simply has nothing to destroy other than a few human ships and hover bikes. I think…
Read at the sourceGiancarloLS
I only bothered to watch this because Kana Hanazawa is in it.
Basically, Godzilla is a story recycled decades ago when Japan went mad with Tokusatsu-esque shows; this is one of them, alongside those other monster-movies (that space-turtle parodied in Yakitate!Japan actually is one of them), and anti-monster children-shows like Ultraman, for example. Then in the 90s, US of A's take went something so Hollywood-ish about a radioactive lizard, and how the US Army and every American arsenal can defeat it.
This, then, is just the true story of Godzilla rehashed into a modern Netflix-y thing: a monster that cannot be defeated (despite again, one of the characters are voiced by KanaHana) and threw the world into dystopia. Decent plot elements like space-time continuum had good decent explanation…
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Godzilla Kaijuu Wakusei is a 3d anime film that aired last year with a screenplay by Urobuchi Gen, yes the writer of Madoka & Psycho Pass. Polygon Pictures led the way for this one. Yes, the studio behind Ajin. So, I'm pretty hopeful. I haven't reviewed anything bad from Urobuchi. Plus, Godzilla is just easy to write for. So, let's see how this goes.
Story:
We open with a space ship. Aboard, we find a young man, Sakaki, threatening to blow a shuttle craft to smithereens because he doesn't want the higher ups to send a bunch of elderly volunteers down to a harsh planet and, most likely, their deaths. His grandfather talks him down and he's arrested. We then go into a painfully long exposition dump about how the humans were forced to flee Earth when Godzilla appeared. And here you thought t…
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As a big time Godzilla fan I found this was probably the most unenjoyable of the movies out of the good 90% of the films I've seen of the entire series. Even when considering the older cheesy Godzilla schlock those movies could be alternatively enjoyed in an ironic way. This one is neither good legitimately, nor good ironically.
-Once in a while the movie has a good concept, but the concept doesn't go anywhere. Concepts like the alien's relationship to the humans or the "world remembering humanity" creating this manifest destiny feeling of the monster world were great ideas. Nothing really came of it though.
-The protagonist is a generic vengeful hero without a satisfying story arc.
-The use of pixel shaded 3D anime style could've been tolerable if not for the god-awful color choice. Ma…
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I'd say this is more impressive than anything. They managed to make a film about Godzilla into a snore fest. Prepare for massive spoilers if your a massive Masochist and are gonna watch this despite the warnings.
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This was my first time watching a Godzilla film made by Japanese. So it might be me and my overly high expectations but I was expecting something decent. It was so much worse and I actually enjoy that shitty '98 film Godzilla more than this.
At least with '98 Godzilla, there wasn't just an unending feeling of boredom. I am able to sit down and watch that film while laughing at how bad it is and some of the scenes were actually pretty decent. But this Godzilla film is just boring.
Takes 53 minutes of this 1Hour 30Minute film to actually see Godzilla. Hell, That estim…
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Really sad to see this sequel and the first Godzilla film getting such hate. For anyone put off by the large number of negative reviews it's just worth keeping in mind expectations.
Are Godzilla films supposed to be 'good'? No. They all about a ridiculous monster blowing things up and a ridiculous plot that really shouldn't work but it does and it's bloody brilliant. it's why they became so famous. why Godzilla became so iconic.
This newest incarnation of the Godzilla films do not have mind-blowing plots, super detailed characters with fascinating developments who are memorable.
It has brilliant visuals, awesome soundtracks and a REALLY badass monster blowing s*** up. What's not to love??? Why criticise something for being bad when it's not supposed to be (sarcastic quotes) 'good'? I…
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Overall this was a very enjoyable movie. The story was kinda lacking, but that's to be expected. Its a 3 part movie series. If you don't like cliff hangers or minimal knowledge of the characters then I would advise you to wait for the next 2 parts and watch it in one go. this way it will feel more natural and hopefully they end it with all questions answered. BUT AGAIN THIS IS A 3 PART MOVIE SERIES. You will Not get all the info you want on the first movie.
The art was good for the style they were using. Its not my favorite art style but they pulled it off in my view.
The sound was excellent from the intro to ending and everything in the middle. lips were synced in the dubbed version perfectly.
For the characters again you don't get that much. Its part one and you really only get partial…
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