The 1954 movie is so dense with meaning. It’s a true masterpiece of film making. Sometimes I say that and people act like I haven’t see “good” movies or I’m just reaching too hard on a dumb monster movie. But Godzilla is a movie we still talk about 72 years later. It’s one that we still judge other installments in the media franchise by. Godzilla Minus One is probably the only installment that’s worth considering as being on the same level as the original. It speaks to me more closely, but I also think there’s something lost from the original. The new puts more focus on ecological devastation, while the old one has more to say about humanity. My outlook on the world is that the original has everything to say about ecological devastation that the old one did, it’s just that it’s not as centered. I end up liking the new one more because it maps more directly to my lived reality, however, if someone has to ONLY watch one, I think they should watch 1954’s movie. All of the 69 years of film making advancements on display don’t change the fact that Godzilla 1954 had a message to deliver and that it was going to deliver it even if all of the technology we have today didn’t exist yet.
The 1954 movie is so dense with meaning. It’s a true masterpiece of film making. Sometimes I say that and people act like I haven’t see “good” movies or I’m just reaching too hard on a dumb monster movie. But Godzilla is a movie we still talk about 72 years later. It’s one that we still judge other installments in the media franchise by. Godzilla Minus One is probably the only installment that’s worth considering as being on the same level as the original. It speaks to me more closely, but I also think there’s something lost from the original. The new puts more focus on ecological devastation, while the old one has more to say about humanity. My outlook on the world is that the original has everything to say about ecological devastation that the old one did, it’s just that it’s not as centered. I end up liking the new one more because it maps more directly to my lived reality, however, if someone has to ONLY watch one, I think they should watch 1954’s movie. All of the 69 years of film making advancements on display don’t change the fact that Godzilla 1954 had a message to deliver and that it was going to deliver it even if all of the technology we have today didn’t exist yet.