The Reel Rejects - SHIN GODZILLA (2016) MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING! Full Movie Review | Atomic Breath

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Starting point is 00:01:52 It might even already be out, so we got Godzilla on the brain. Andrew, are you excited? I am so excited. I want to see the film that went up against bad. made me, Superman in 2016. Absolutely. That was that weekend, boy. Duking it out for supremacy. I just meant

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Starting point is 00:02:23 we got dropping each day here at The Real Rejects. As always, thank you to Prepper for helping us edit down these highlights. It's a tough task. And hey, if you want to see the complete Shin Godzilla experience alongside Andrew and myself, get every little moment that doesn't make these reaction highlights. Why don't you come on over to patreon.com slash the Real Rejects where you can sync up with your own copy of Shin Godzilla. We've got tons of goodies over there. We got shows and movies with reactional highlights and watch alongs included exclusively. It's a blast. You'll be super sexy if

Starting point is 00:02:55 you do. And hey, I'm ready to go. Andrew, you got anything else to Let's do it. Let's do it. We got beef. Oh, what? What? What is... What is...

Starting point is 00:03:08 What is... What? I don't even know what that was growing out of it. I have so many questions I'm like what kind of what kind of mutations are those mutations that were taking place

Starting point is 00:03:39 still evolving you know from all the nuclear input or is that like beings that were like grafted on just from all the different explosions and destruction it was from that cranal surgery and stuff just started growing

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Starting point is 00:04:46 Head on over there. We very much appreciate it. But anyway, I cut you off. No, no, no. You're good. You're good. No, I really enjoyed the film. I love the look of God's own this.

Starting point is 00:04:55 And the way he evolved, it was really unique. I'll go and mourn to that in a little bit. Also, I enjoyed the political satire and just all the, how we were just so focused on all the, uh, the politics of everything. Just like, and again, it was a very unprecedented event. So it's like I did not envy the prime minister. Just anybody in that situation, I'm like, I would literally not know what to do. Obviously, maybe the logical thing to do is just to attack. But then again, you got to view collateral damage and other things like, what do we do in a situation like this?

Starting point is 00:05:28 this is so unparalleled and unprecedented. So I just thought the storyline, like, were the characters, like, you know, great or anything? I mean, I'd say there was one or two characters I really actually enjoyed following for the most part. You know, the guy who came up with the coagulation and with the team and all, and then that other pre-woman who wanted to have the ambition of becoming president, I really liked her character a lot. But just from the political standpoint, I actually really enjoyed it, just, you know, giving us that insight of what would happen if,

Starting point is 00:05:58 a monster of this scale, you know, decided to attack a major metropolitan city and all. So from that point of view, I really enjoyed the film. And just, again, a lot of the cinematography, I really appreciated. There was just, I mean, just a lot of the POV shots. And also, there was that one specific shot where they were just having that conversation and we were dolling out on that tracking shot. And also, too, inside the computer. And I could go on and on about the cinematography.

Starting point is 00:06:26 But what did you think of the thing? film. No, I loved it. I love the way that this was constructed and the way that, yeah, it brought all of its elements together to create something that's definitely within the tradition of, you know, the Godzilla legacy that exists now, but also that feels very kind of invigorated and fresh. And, yeah, there's something real funny to me about watching this because obviously there are elements of the ecological commentary and the, you know, commentary on nuclear proliferation that Godzilla movies often touch upon. But I feel like there's also a metal layer of like the legacy of Godzilla as a figure.

Starting point is 00:07:07 I don't know if that's just me, but I kept catching elements folded into this where I'm like, we got Japan and we got America and they're all kind of dealing with this creature. And like there's that point where they're like, oh, we're getting this intel from the Americans. And I know that there are, you know, backs and forth in terms of the rights and, like, how in the American movies they can use Godzilla versus in the Japan, the Japanese movies and stuff like that. And, like, what's accepted as part of the lore and the approach here versus there. And the fact that you do get this, like, heavy American presence partway through and continuing through the movies. I thought it was kind of a neat sort of funny little thread, especially with, like, the different formations. Godzilla goes through and yeah just the debates about the nature and obviously we live in a

Starting point is 00:07:56 different point in time where you know the the original film you know is is largely in reaction to the atrocities during World War II and Pearl Harbor and all that stuff and you know nuclear just the nuclear situation in the world has changed but that's still very much sort of the catalyst for it all and so it's interesting then that you would have this scenario and it didn't on the nose in terms of the past history but yeah this is an area of like the Americans are coming in there like we got to nuke this thing now yeah and the American thing to do

Starting point is 00:08:29 yeah and then you know them racing to get this alternative solution together that by the end of the movie you're sitting there going like this isn't like the solution and it's interesting that they would arrive you know this is a temporary solution and it's interesting that they would

Starting point is 00:08:45 arrive at the idea that like yeah we're going to have to learn to coexist because as of now the only way we have found to mitigate any of this creature's progress is just to freeze it, you know, stop it. Exactly. I was waiting for him to say, welcome to Godzilla World. But, yeah, no, I mean, from at least my recollection of what I've seen in the American films that I've watched in Godzilla, like most of the time when they've, at least, I know the film we don't want to talk about the 1998 film. They used actual weapons and that was his weakness in that film.

Starting point is 00:09:19 Pullets. Yeah, only weakness. Yeah, exactly. But I do like in this film and this approach where like that literally does nothing, it's like love taps to him. Yeah. And I love the idea of actually using our brains and sciencing the shit head of it. Not to say that again. But I do love that whole idea of, you know, finding a different type of approach in a way.

Starting point is 00:09:38 Because that's, that becomes formulaic at some point. I'm like, all right, using weapons again to stop. Well, but also that. And oh, sorry, sorry. I was just going to say also, too, I like that that's a source of strength for him to when you give it, when you're shooting. nuclear weapons on him he could just use it right back at you i just thought that was really interesting and unique as well too another one of those things though that that and i'm trying to remember where this would be i mean we're only i guess right after godzilla 14 20 this is

Starting point is 00:10:05 right after 14 so i'm wondering where we are in the american lore with them because they because the american movies have brought in that idea of like oh it feeds directly on nuclear energy and it certainly yeah like sort of comes in here and then a By the end, they're sort of like, again, that metal layer came back up to me where I was like, they're kind of acknowledging that like, all we can do in any of these movies is temporarily stop Godzilla because Godzilla will always come back and in that way we are coexisting. But yeah, I like the way that this combined those random flavors that I've been harping on with, yeah, like this very realistic semi-docuse style.

Starting point is 00:10:47 Like there are a lot of elements that reminded me of like a did. District 9 approach, where you're going to just so much, you're doing semi-documentary, but you're also just pulling in, like, footage that looks like it could have been sourced for some kind of news report, but then you're going narrative. And as far as characters go, like, I don't begrudge this. I think this movie brought a nice approach to that because, you know, it's well documented that the second you start talking about human characters in any Godzilla movie, everyone, you know, kicks in the door and it's like, nobody cares.

Starting point is 00:11:18 Yeah, exactly. And so, like, I don't mind in the least that we didn't, like, have some kind of central, you know, protagonist. I mean, we kind of do. There are a couple people we focus most on, but I liked that this represented a collective effort. And I'm sure, in some ways, this reminded me of watching, what was that show called? All of us are dead in that so much. And I'm sure other things have done this, too. But that's, you know, sort of the touchdown that rose to mind for me, where you're watching the,

Starting point is 00:11:47 the downsides of the system as it exists in Japan here, for this example, you know, their democratic system and the ways in which it's, you feel for the struggle because you're like, I get why we need all this bureaucracy and clearance in theory. I get why we need to have experts and everybody kind of coming together and sort of breaking down the situation and figuring out what to do, but at times you don't have the time for that so you do sit there going like man they they've wasted a lot of time yeah by going like okay let's get a plan together based on what we know and at a certain point you're kind of sitting there going like i don't know like nobody seems to know because every time you go with your best

Starting point is 00:12:36 plan it's just not applicable you know and so them coming in towards the end they're like you know this is the one thing that we know like you know we got to nuke them because nothing can withstand the heat of a thermonuclear weapon. And that's one of those things where, yeah, it's like the hubris of thinking that you know. And so, like, yeah, you can't necessarily just come out and be like, hey, this is what's going on. But in some ways, I think the argument exists

Starting point is 00:13:02 that there's got to be a more efficient way or there's got to be a more direct way and that, you know, sculpting and wrangling and trying to control the image and the information is this perilous process. Because on the one hand, yeah, I understand why you wouldn't want to just go on TV and be like holy shit there's a kaiju

Starting point is 00:13:19 outside but at the same time I think the great you know a great thing about the first act or so of this is that you are just knees deep in this contrast of like every time they cut outside it's utter chaos and every time they cut inside it's a bunch of people

Starting point is 00:13:35 very removed like focused on this but very removed from the reality of this and I love the way that early on they're strategizing and you're just watching as these strategies are being completely outmoded, like, in real time. Right. There's only so much you could do.

Starting point is 00:13:51 I mean, the prime minister was saying that there's no way he can come on land and then a half a second later he's coming on to land. I mean, again, it's so unprecedented. It's like, that's why I was like, I have no envy for what is going on in such crazy chaotic time. I mean, this is not something that you can prepare for. Well, it's unprecedented, yeah. And I think the argument then becomes, like, at a certain point, it,

Starting point is 00:14:15 might be better to just come out and be like, this is unprecedented, and we have our best people on. Like, again, it's statecraft. I don't know how you would quell the panic. But yeah, being able to come out and not waste time and reason. Like, I get you have to try stuff, but at the same time being like, no, we're confident it's not going to come up on land for reasons that we've contrived because nothing like this has ever happened before.

Starting point is 00:14:43 And in regards to your comments earlier about, you know, in films like, and these Godzilla films, like, yeah, we don't want to focus too much on the characters. I mean, I'm fine when they try. Yeah, no, no, no, no. I was, I was totally fine with it. Like, and again, it was really more about those, I mean, again, it was a collective ensemble more so or not then, but like just really focusing more.

Starting point is 00:15:01 Yeah, for sure. But just focusing really, I mean, I felt like those two were kind of the main stars, if you will, of those characters, which I found, you know, I didn't find that one to be unnecessary or anything, which I was fine with. It's well in the tradition. Yeah, for sure. but I like that we were just staying more on the political satire and we were just focusing on that

Starting point is 00:15:19 and then obviously we get our mayhem and our destruction and this full-scale stuff and all our cinematic shots. So, you know, from that standpoint, I had no issue or problem with what we got from a character's perspective. No, totally. And there's so many characters and so many units and they do a good job for the most part of, you know,

Starting point is 00:15:39 it would be easy to lose track, you know, of all the different places. we go all the different teams and groups and I thought they managed nicely to you know not make that too confusing and I really like the sort of race between you know building arms against Godzilla but then also you know taking this theoretical this you know it's such a great little movie device of like here's this mysterious bit of research left over by this guy who has a whole relationship to at least aspects of this scenario and all we've got is this to work from

Starting point is 00:16:14 And then, yeah, them coming up with this origami concept. Like, there's so many things I would love to go back and examine. That was probably one of my favorite sequences when they are, like, they're folding the paper and they're solving the riddle. Like, that was one of the more unique perspectives I thought of the film as well. Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, I like that this has that element of satire. And I think certainly if you are Japanese and you live in Japan, you will probably note a lot more nuances of what this is saying about, you know, the political system.

Starting point is 00:16:42 the, you know, reliance on protocols and certain honorifics and traditional. I love that. That bit, it's a very American thing. So it works, I think, on a dual level where she's like, can we drop the honorifics? I'm not good at that. And like, you know, and yeah, it's one of those things where you're like, well, truly, it's not that important. You know, like right now in this crisis mode, like, it's not what we should be focusing and spending time on. And I thought the movie overall did a nice job with.

Starting point is 00:17:12 the satire because they put you in both pairs of shoes I think. Of course. You're sitting there going so guys, you know,

Starting point is 00:17:22 these 20 phone calls to get to this conclusion is not really working, but also it doesn't go so broad as to be like, ah, look at these assholes

Starting point is 00:17:33 and it does make you feel for just the sheer scope of the situation and the sheer, yeah, unprecedented struggle of figuring, bring out any plausible direction ahead in.

Starting point is 00:17:45 And I thought the film, you know, did it good, to its credit, did a really good job of giving me a little sympathization for Godzilla, too, there in the end. I mean, that's a force of nature. Yeah, yeah, for sure. Like, I mean, it's just doing what it was built to do, you know, kind of thing. It wasn't trying to, you know, do destruction on some, you know, like. Not for the sake of bloodlust. Of course, of course.

Starting point is 00:18:06 It was just doing what it was born to do, you know, from all the nuclear waste that was left on the ocean floor that was born out of it. And, you know, from that perspective, I did feel bad for him. Obviously, you still got to stop him. You can't just let him roam around and do his thing. But, yeah, no, from that perspective, I did definitely feel some simply. I'm like, you got to stop him, but I still do feel bad, you know, type of thing. So.

Starting point is 00:18:29 Well, it's nice because, yeah, it's like Godzilla is this force of nature. The origins have been updated slightly to be a bit more, I guess, ecologically minded in that it's like nuclear waste was dumped here and some ancient creature soaked it up. This is man. cause this. Yeah, so there is still, you know, the looming, you know, origin of the franchise itself, again, with, you know, the nuclear drop. But, you know, it's updated here to something that makes a bit more sense for than the lore that they apply with like, oh, it kind of can evolve back and forth depending on, you know, which setting it needs to be and whether it's underwater, whether it's on land. and, you know, oh, it evolved in this one way and now needed to regress in order to cool itself down.

Starting point is 00:19:14 Just some interesting flourishes of the science and lore, like the science fiction of Godzilla here. And so getting, I thought, I mean, the effects on the creature were really well handled because they're not always the most photorealistic you've ever seen. However, I think the combination of the editing, the cinematography, which I think is really great throughout, is great at ramping up and easing off the gas and even the choices of music, all that stuff.

Starting point is 00:19:45 Like, all the film styles are great. And, yeah, the action and the monster kaiju stuff is really striking. Fantastic. Because, yeah, when you're early on and you've got that, that, you know, earlier stage or, you know, that regressed cool-down phase he's in. Like, it is so strange. And it's almost like some kind of internet meme you're watching that some guy who just has really good effects skills mocked up, where it's got these big disconcerting eyes and it looks more like a lizard

Starting point is 00:20:11 It did take me a back at first when I was like oh okay this is the look we're going for But then I grew a likeness to it And then the evolved look was like Okay this is more traditional Godzilla But that's monstrous and eerie Just like when it's like barfing blood From its gills and stuff like that

Starting point is 00:20:27 And then yeah It was terrifying And then as it takes further form You know it starts to resemble In a much more nasty Just kind of like someone scribbled The concept art you know, in a fit of anger, just like this sharp, molten-looking thing.

Starting point is 00:20:42 And, yeah, it does a really, I think, nice job of portraying it as this force of nature that is not concerned morally one way or the other with what's going on on the mainland. But also, yeah, by the time they're nuking it and, you know, pumping it full of coagulence, you do start to feel for it. And I think that kind of enhances the idea of what this Godzilla is doing, which is, yeah, It's not as much about one specifically aimed towards one particular traumatic moment in history that's in there. But now this is more of a, you know, shape-shifting and ever sort of, what am I trying to say? It's like an ever-evolving threat that we now have.

Starting point is 00:21:24 It's like we created this or we unlocked this chain reaction. Now we have to coexist with it. And I think that nicely keeps in line with the ecological stuff as well as the aspects that are commenting on, you know, human society and how we respond to disasters and how we prioritize who get saved how we you know attack all that stuff yeah i have no doubt the writers of this film saw teenage new ninja turtle secret of the ewes and then they saw how the turtles stopped to kaur and razor they put the fire extinguishers in them and froze them and then that's how they came up with the app just one big homage to yeah exactly exactly there's my reference for the video yeah buddy well all right any stray thoughts before

Starting point is 00:22:02 No, I just, this is really, I believe, my first introduction to, you know, Japanese Godzilla film. So I really enjoyed it. It was great. Again, I loved all the political satire stuff. It was fantastic. I loved the evolving of Godzilla great stuff. And then again, the science-based stuff.

Starting point is 00:22:22 And I love how, you know, just physically trying to harm it without doing the science stuff, like, just was love taps to it. I thought that was really unique and great, too. So just a lot of great stuff that I enjoyed. and the cinematography is so unique like the POV shots going inside the computer the pan out shots so many different elements of this film that I

Starting point is 00:22:39 really enjoyed absolutely man me too I'm glad we finally saw this this is definitely like one of the most striking and gripping Godzilla movies I've ever seen and it's really cool after seeing so much of the Monsterverse stuff recently to come back to just to see how

Starting point is 00:22:55 you know the originators of this prolific character franchise creature it's et cetera, you know, redefine it for a new age. And I think that's something about Godzilla that will always endure is like every generation, you can kind of update it into something quintessential, but fresh and new and fully in utilizing all of the latest, you know, approaches to film. So, yeah, I thought this was really terrific.

Starting point is 00:23:22 What did you guys think? Leave us your thoughts down below. And, hey, last but not at least, let's do a little patron of the day. Shout out, Andrew. Let's, uh, what's a good scenario that we can put Adelia Chamberlain and Mikhail Linden in? That's a Godzilla related, uh, scenario. What do you think? What do you think? A good scenario?

Starting point is 00:23:42 Yeah, they're like trying to fight Godzilla and, and, uh, here. Hold on a second. Nothing's working right now. A few moments later. All right, Andrew. Let's do, uh, let's do, uh, let's do Michael Linden and Adelia Chamberlain. And I've taken the liberty of writing up a little prompt. You know how we do nowadays, Chad GPT. I have a YouTube channel, absolutely. That's what we get paid the big bucks for to type a prompt.

Starting point is 00:24:10 So I want to give a shout out to two of our loyal patrons, aka super sexy rejects. Our names are Michaelaidea Chamberlain and Adelaidella Chamberlain, and we love them. Michael is from Sweden. He loves James Bond, and Adelia is a movie trivia, genius, and a very caring, a human being.

Starting point is 00:24:26 Depict a short scene, only dialogue of them trying to take down Godzilla using all. only trivia, movie trivia. Are you ready, Andrew? I am so ready. All right. You're going to be, you're, would you want to be Mikhail or Adelia? I'm down with either. Okay. I love movie trivia and I love James Bond, so I'm good with either. Okay. I will be Adelia, then you can be Mikhail. Do your best Swedish accent. Oh, thank you. All right, Adelia. Remember how Bond outsmarted his giant enemies. We need that kind of wit here. Yes, nodding, eyes sparkling with excitement. Absolutely.

Starting point is 00:25:00 Let's use the classic Godzilla versus Mecca Godzilla trick. We need a distraction, something big and flashy. Like the time Bond used as Aston Martin's gadgets to escape. Got it. Let's set up a series of large mirrors around Godzilla. The reflection might confuse him. Brilliant. And remember, in Godzilla King of the Monsters,

Starting point is 00:25:20 how they calmed Godzilla with the orca device, let's use a similar sound frequency to disorient. That sounds so annoying. Even Godzilla can stand it. What about the Jaws theme song played backwards? Perfect. That's our secret weapon. A mix of Bond's cleverness and our movie trivia knowledge.

Starting point is 00:25:39 Let's do this. I love it. And Chad GPT even took the time to send us a little addendum saying the scene blends Mikhail's love for James Bond and Adelia's movie trivia expertise in a playful and imaginative way. Suitable for your YouTube channel. Shout out. Thank you, chat. And yeah, I mean, I guess.

Starting point is 00:25:59 I would love both of you on my Godzilla survival team. By this shout out, it seems like Adelia might be a little bit more. She might have the more pertinent knowledge. Just, you know, I don't know how many gadgets we're going to have at our disposal. But, you know, we need a debonair guy as well who can get the intel. So I appreciate you both. We love you guys. You guys are some of our most long, enduring, and supportive patrons.

Starting point is 00:26:23 And in all seriousness, we appreciate you very much. We love you guys. and yeah in this Thanksgiving season I don't know exactly when you guys are going to be seeing this but in this Thanksgiving season we are very thankful for you guys and I hope you stick around for many moons to come

Starting point is 00:26:38 be well people and we'll catch you on the next one much love. Cheers.

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