I enjoyed Godzilla KotM in the most dumbguy way possible. I felt like I was an excited 7-year-old whenever King Ghidorah was on screen and was just stocked overall to see expensive, blockbuster versions of the big 4 fighting it out. But yoh, was the story hot garbage though.
The Godzilla movie I want the most is basically the exact opposite of this ecofascist trash. Let's go back to him being an unstoppable force punishing humanity for our destructive arrogance, but this time capitalism instead of nukes. Give me a big heavy-handed climate change allegory fucking shit up while bumbling old ghouls try to implement technocratic and eventually military solutions that all predictably fail. And instead of the resolution being a bigger bomb, it's at best like post-apocalyptic communism.
Seconding this recommendation. I'm a suckered for anything with cool monster transformation sequences, and Shin Godzilla absolutely delivers on that front.
Only vaguely related, but have y'all seen The Howling? It came out the same year as American Werewolf in London so it didn't receive the attention it deserved, but man does it have some sick practical effects. It's also got a clearly feminist agenda, which is much qppreciated in a genre that is so often focused on the "monstrous feminine."
I enjoyed Godzilla KotM in the most dumbguy way possible. I felt like I was an excited 7-year-old whenever King Ghidorah was on screen and was just stocked overall to see expensive, blockbuster versions of the big 4 fighting it out. But yoh, was the story hot garbage though.
The Godzilla movie I want the most is basically the exact opposite of this ecofascist trash. Let's go back to him being an unstoppable force punishing humanity for our destructive arrogance, but this time capitalism instead of nukes. Give me a big heavy-handed climate change allegory fucking shit up while bumbling old ghouls try to implement technocratic and eventually military solutions that all predictably fail. And instead of the resolution being a bigger bomb, it's at best like post-apocalyptic communism.
Just watch Shin Godzilla then. That's pretty much what it is, plus it's made by Eva guy.
Seconding this recommendation. I'm a suckered for anything with cool monster transformation sequences, and Shin Godzilla absolutely delivers on that front.
Only vaguely related, but have y'all seen The Howling? It came out the same year as American Werewolf in London so it didn't receive the attention it deserved, but man does it have some sick practical effects. It's also got a clearly feminist agenda, which is much qppreciated in a genre that is so often focused on the "monstrous feminine."
The first Howling is quite good. The sequels are hot garbage though.