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The King of Monsters is Back...
LeeC:
Lupercal:
My only niggle was too much Aaron Taylor-Johnson, not enough Bryan Cranston.
I know it's popular to love Cranny boy, but he was great in this film. Didn't quite understand why they didn't combine the roles of Joe Brody and Dr. Ishiro Serizawa...didn't they have the same motives, ideas, explanations about what was happening?
I also loved the imagery. A lot of contrasts between the seen and the obscured - think about all the things we saw from behind glass that we wouldn't be able to do anything about: The wife dying behind a small circular window, the nuclear plant collapsing as seen from inside the classroom, the MUTO coming to life from the inside of the command center/the back of the police van. The mono-rail. The bridge collapsing as seen from inside a car.
Blue Kitty:
I caved and bought both of them and they finally came today!
Blue Kitty:
A theory that Godzilla is about the USA and Japan uniting to fight China:
--- Quote ---I know I am late on this one, but I thought it was pretty damned good, well above expectations. I feel comfortable placing it in the top five Godzilla movies of all time. The visuals are spectacular but not overdone, and it pays appropriate homage to its sources, including the Japanese original but also Hitchcock’s The Birds. The movie also treats nuclear weapons use with the moral seriousness it deserves, which is rare these days.
And is there a Straussian reading? Well, yes (did you have to ask?). The film is really a plea for an extended and revitalized Japanese-American alliance. The real threat to the world are the Mutos, not Godzilla, who ends up defending America, after the lead Japanese character in the movie promises the American military Godzilla will be there as our friend (don’t kill me, that is not a major spoiler as it is telegraphed way in advance).
The Mutos, by the way, are basically Chinese mythological dragons, and an image of two kissing Muto-like beings is shown over the gate of San Francisco’s Chinatown three different times in the movie, each time with greater conspicuousness. The Mutos base themselves in Chinatown in fact. Note that the Mutos can beat up on Godzilla because of their greater numbers, but as for one-on-one there is no doubt Godzilla is more fierce. And the name of the being — Muto — what does that mean? I believe loyal MR readers already know, and apologies for reminding you. General Akira Muto led the worst excesses committed by Japanese troops during the Rape of Nanjing, perhaps the single biggest Chinese grievance against The Land of the Rising Sun, and thus the beings are a sign of the Chinese desire for redress and revenge. Unless of course the right military alliance comes along to contain them and save the world…
The references to Pearl Harbor and the Philippines are not accidents either.
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LeeC:
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