Shin Godzilla One Year Anniversary

As someone who served in the U.S. Navy during the Cold War and the son of a soldier who fought in the Pacific War, I can tell you that the people most desirous of war are those who have never seen it. The sailors who man the Navy's fleet ballistic missile submarines feel that a successful deterrent patrol is one from which they return with all of their missiles. The 41 For Freedom were the 41 Polaris/Poseidon nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines commissioned between 1960-67. None of them ever fired a missile in anger. As a result, we're here, safe and sound, talking about giant monsters. The motto of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) was "Peace is Our Profession." 

I cant wait to own it tomorrow! its been over 10 months since my wife and I saw it in theaters here in the states. I read that even though it was only a limited release it still made top 20 on the charts that week!

when we saw the movie I actually felt like somewhat scared! the first time we actually see Godzilla isn't what I imagined this movie to start out with. my wife whispered over to me "WTF IS THAT!?", and my response was..."I have no F-ing idea". this movie showed Godzilla act almost completely different but I still felt like I knew this Godzilla. I loved the tanks sound just like the classic 1954 movie along with the score and Godzilla's roar.  cant wait to own it!

To comment on his new powers, they are great and fresh! I don't know why people are complaining about them as much as they are. Godzilla freaking flew around in Godzilla vs Hedorah! People got over that. He slid on his tail in Godzilla vs Megalon. then the next year later he developed a magnetizing ability to combat Mecha-g. Don't get me started in the Heisei series. but now 30 to 40 some odd years later we accepted that Godzilla changes all the time. even his appearance changes. we always just went for the ride knowing we are going to have fun!

So you can always complain now about it but 20 years from now new fans will look back on this film with a breath of fresh air and say the same things we are saying when Godzilla reaches his 50th flim and they probably give him wings or something like that. haha

#Winner.

just watched it last night for the first time with English overdub dialogue. I missed a lot of key plot points watching it once in theaters. the characters talked so fast the subtitles kept flowing pass like crazy. I couldn't keep up. but now that I watched it again I realized how crazy powerful Shin Gojira really is! 

Another point in the movie I would like to point out about Shin Gojira(and im sure everyone else thought the same thing).

Shin Gojira is the first Godzilla movie since the original 1954 flim that the citizens of Japan acted like Godzilla is something new! Seriously think about it, every Godzilla movie(after 1954) the characters have a protocol when confronting Godzilla. They know who he is, what he can do, and react one way or another either trying to kill him with a new battle plan or sci-fi gadget or try or let him fight another monster, or most commonly everyone runs away. But every single movie reflects the original 1954 film or makes direct references to it.

in Shin Gojira, they had no idea what to do, how to really handle the situation or what he even is. They even didn't have a name for him. With these elements I was shocked. There isn't a 1954 attack by the original Gojira.

Im not sure if this forum ever brought that up before. I thought it was interesting for a Toho movie to do that.

Just got my copy today and watched the subbed version and will watch the dub tomorrow. The only thing I've got to say is that yeah, it is sometimes difficult to follow what's happening while trying to read every subtitle. This is compounded by all the long sequences of dialog, but it's definitely better than the theatrical version. I suspect that this will be better in the dub, if it's good that is. My only other issue at this point was the English dialogue. 

This movie is still utterly fantastic. I know there's probably other things that'll surface as I re-watch the movie more, but man I think Shin Godzilla is going to hold up for a long time.

I've actually watched the English dubbed version. While I appreciate the hard work and effort by the men and women who used their voices in the dubbed, I was actually a bit surprised how good it was in some spots. I'll stick to the original Japanese version, but the dubbing isn't too bad, not too great either, but it was worth checking out.

My main complaint is the extras. I guess it's ok for the Matt Frank fans out there to witness him talk about the film, I wanted more like the Japanese release that I own that includes the animatronic puppet being tested and behind the scenes footage. 

All in all, thank you Funimation for the release theatrically and blu ray/DVD release. Anyone else have their thoughts on the dubbed version yet? 

I loved this film and am looking forward to owning a copy.  I am looking forward to seeing it a few more times because right now I am unsure if it is my favorite or second favorite godzilla film and only more views will help answer that question.

@Huge-Ben,

I agree about the lack luster on extra's. I guess I must own a copy of the original Japanese release to get those juicy special features. I didn't watch the whole Godzilla vs The Nerds feature yet.

But I had to get the Blu-Ray/Dvd combo. the sleeve looks so cool on the blu-ray. plus that's my goal is to own every Godzilla movie on every format that they where made on. From VHS to Blu-ray to whatever comes next.

the over dubbed version is pretty damn good. I was able to follow along better during the long dialogue sequences and understand what's all really going on. I recommend it to anybody. I always try and watch the subbed versions of these movies but this film is a bit more tricky.

Just got Shin Godzilla on DVD.

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