#really good movie

[dt75artblog]

the dungeon's least worst father

[goatvaxing]

how do you live

[thecanadianowl]

John Wick Chapter 4 without context:

[onebiginkymess]

Watching Ultraman: Rising (2024)

Me before watching the movie: Alright, there is a new movie on Netflix and it looks interesting. I should give it a watch. Me during the movie:

[rex101111]

Saw Godzilla Minus One on Netflix and I wanna talk a bit about this version of Goji because its so, so good. Watch this movie if you haven't yet, honestly a very good Kaiju movie was an actually pretty alright human subplot (and i always call them subplots because we all know what we're here for, yeah?) Okay two sentence summation of central point before I get into spoilers: The reason I really like this version of Goji is that he feels uniquely, viscerally, and unmatchedly mean. Past versions have been some flavor of villainous to various degrees, but this bastard feels especially malicious, and it's fantastic.

(spoilers under the cut, watch the movie guys seriously)

This is the first movie since the first, and Shin, to feel like a straight up horror movie. And this version of Goji feels like a combo of a Kaiju and Michael Myers. He's not overly anthropomorphized like he is in the the Monsterverse movies, much as I like those, he just feels like he's just conscious enough of the world around him to know when something is in his way, and when someone pissed him off.

Goji's main characteristic in this movie being his short temper is just great, he constantly feels like he's just two seconds away from ripping someone in half, it lends a lot of tension to every scene he has. His destruction of Ginza feels almost casual, like he's just very annoyed that his territory has all this clutter in it, but you keep fidgeting in your seat waiting for the other shoe to drop, for someone to do something stupid and fight back...and every time that happens we get to see what happens when the King of The Monsters gets angry.

His Atomic Breath, especially the first time we see it, is just...perfect. That slow, slow build up of power, steadily going faster and faster as it starts from his tail and goes up, like a rail gun charging up, before all the tension snaps and everything in front of him just gets vaporized. Seriously every time Godzilla gets damaged it doesn't feel like a moment of victory for the humans, it just feels like that moment where a big guy gets actually hurt and everyone else makes a hasty retreat because they don't want to be in range for whatever his response is gonna be. Minus One Godzilla is a menacing, angry, violent, uncompromising monster that always shows up when he can do the most damage, whenever the characters are feeling unsafe or afraid there he is, ready to make things worse. Other people have pointed out that he's basically a walking, snarling metaphor for PTSD, in that he never really goes away, and that half assed measures of fighting it will only make it worse. And it affects everyone around him, and whenever he feels pain, that pain gets paid back with interest. And just one more scene I wanna gush about before I'm done. When I started this movie I heard that it basically a bit of a riff on the 54 original, so I expected it to be a while before we saw Goji properly. But no, not even ten minutes into the movie and there he is, not yet the building sized mountain of radiation and anger, but still mean and extremely short tempered. He gets shot at by weapons that don't even scratch him but the sheer audacity of these little shits to even try is enough for him to just slaughter the whole lot, picking them up and throwing them like rag dolls are just crushing them. This isn't an animal, this is a monster with a short temper and no restraint. But that's not what I wanna talk about, I wanna talk about a moment just before everything goes to shit. Shikishima, our resident POV human, has snuck aboard his plane to try and shot Goji with his 20mm. It's nearly pitch darkness, with only a few lights from a nearby hanger, Goji is right there, inches away from the gun...and then he turns around. Slowly, and for just a moment...he stares right at Shikishima...and growls. Just a growl, a low, slow, nearly calm growl, the first and only time in this movie Goji gives someone a warning. Like I said, Goji isn't like he is in the Monsterverse movies, he feels more like an inhuman monster...except for his eyes.

I mentioned Shin earlier, and this is a good comparison, remember that Goji's eyes? Wide open, unblinking eyes. Barely aware of the world around it except for how much pain it's in. Minus One Goji? His eyes are crystal clear, even after his mutation. Deep set, cold, focused. When he looks at Shikishima, it actually looks like he's glaring at him, directly, acknowledging his presence in a way he doesn't afford anyone else all film. Shikishima flinches away and cowers, of course, but Godzilla keeps glaring at him, never breaking eye contact. Its the closest thing Godzilla has to dialog, and its an implicit, dead cold, perfectly serious "I dare you to shot me, go on. Try it. Try."

I really like this design for Goji in general, just all hard edges spikes and cracking scales and just so very mean its great, but his eyes man. Even full sized there's just so much hate in those eyes. Fantastic.

[cyber-corp]

i humbly welcome oliver quick into the psychosexual babygirl hall of fame

[gep-pie]

I just watched Damsel and all I gotta say is 10/10 💯 would recommend

(also I like the detail that the prince just accepted his fait because he is against it all 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽)

[variantoutcast]

Just watched boondock saints

[131-vr]

Mi personaje favorito de las Tortugas Ninjas, se mamaron con el doblaje.

[haven-anyone-would-yearn-for]

just watched the Barbie movie finally

i wasn't sobbing the whole time, but uh. it was a close thing. i grew up playing w Barbie dolls and something in my brain went "hi, you're going to be emotionally devastated by this movie" and i was like "but it's a comedy!" and my brain went "too bad, you're crying btw"

[lightofwintersun]

The Boy and The Heron in one sentence

What do you mean this is Robert Pattinson?

[m-feys]

I watched the babadook

( :l ¬)==" <- me laying on the ground bc I'm thinking abt The Babadook

[abananasalad]

I've been feeling down for days. What finally makes me feel better? A nice depressing war movie.

[rainset]

Watch the HandMaiden by Park-Chan Wook, the story is about a Korean servant meeting a Japanese Lady and things get serious

korean-japanese women yuri is trending on twitter because korean and japanese women don't like the men in their respective countries they're making yuri about korean women and japanese women dating each other wow what a time to be alive

[thesociallyanxioussociopath]

Something something, living rent free in my mind and such, anyway I love them.

[sangfielle]