Kaiju/Tokusatsu stuff

[Jazzy G]

If anybody is in a Manchester area on the 15th or 16th of December I'm contemplating heading to the Trafford Centre Odeon for a lunchtime/afternoon showing. There's a 12.30 or a 3.30 showing, maybe the 6.30 as well, but I'd probably be doing that by train rather than by bus. It means I can visit my friend in Stretford as well. 

[Jazzy G]

It's been a couple of weeks, but today after I finished college I saw Godzilla Minus One was on at my local Vue, so I did what I needed to do in town, then trotted across to see it. I had the whole place to myself, although à mum did bring her child to see it, but they left when she realised it wasn't a "family" movie. 

It didn't tread any new movie ground, and you can see some of the stuff from a mile away, but it's still a heck of a movie. I had goosebumps when Goji turned up, and when he was doing his thing, but I could feel myself tearing up towards the end because let's not pretend that Godzilla isn't about the people at the end of the day. Well worth a watch. 

[King Mal the Glorious]

My local Vue was actually sold out tonight, so I'm hoping to see it in the next couple of days. I've seen a lot of reviews saying it's the "best" Godzilla film so I'm really looking forward to it

Edited December 16, 2023 by King Mal the Glorious

[Merzbow]

I just got out from seeing it and it's easily my fav Godzilla film since the original (from the few I've seen), I do kinda fear they'd go for a remake now but I can see it being good still if it follows this route.

And yeah it's the human characters that make this, but I could hear people becoming restless in the cinema during the very quiet talking parts.

 

Edited December 17, 2023 by Merzbow

[King Mal the Glorious]

Finally saw it last night, I loved it. I think that may be the first Godzilla movie where I actually cared about the human characters and wasn't rooting for Godzilla to just crush everyone.

[mim731]

Wasn't sure where else to put it, but I wrote a little something about Godzilla and King Kong ahead of the release of Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, thought it might be of interest (or alternatively you might think it's a load of old shit).

https://filmhounds.co.uk/2024/03/godzilla-and-king-kong-a-shared-history/

[SuperBacon]

Thought this might interest, a free online talk on Godzilla through the Japan Foundation. 

https://jpf.org.uk/whatson.php#1354

 

[davertfnewman]

Just out of interest, does anyone pick up Super7 Toho/Godzilla merch? ReAction figures, Ultimates, etc.

 

I pick up the Ultimates, some pretty cool figures that are admittedly big on the tail.