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Godzilla: Minus One

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    #62
    thinkabouit
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    Saw this today, it’s right good. 8/10



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    #63
    Banjaxed82
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    Budget was 15 million, that correct? Some serious money fiddling going on in other Hollywood blockbusters if thats the case.

    Astonishing looking for that budget.



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    #64
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,696 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    This is now getting a cinema run in Black & White

    Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color will be in U.S. theaters starting Friday, Jan. 26. Both versions of the film will end their theatrical run on Feb. 1.

    $51m US box office and over $100m worldwide box office safe to say it's been a monster hit.

    https://deadline.com/2024/01/godzilla-minus-one-in-black-and-white-sets-us-theatrical-run-1235794982/




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    #65
    pixelburp
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    95 million global too; shame it didn't quite make the 100 million mark for that extra bit of spice. Bit sceptical about this b&w idea though cos it's not like you just desaturate the image and it'll look as good - shooting in black and white is an art unto itself.

    Found this the other day and had meant to share: the FX department required 500 terabytes of data just to process the CGI water used in the film. Woof; that's nuts. Though it was something I thought internally at the time as watching - that yeah, the water looked great considering how much of the film took place at sea.

    https://screenrant.com/godzilla-minus-one-water-sequence-challenge-director-response/




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    #66
    ancapailldorcha
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    As good as it was, I'll be passing on a second viewing. It was one of those special experiences for me that I'd rather not risk tainting. Still annoyed that I deliberately passed on seeing Shin Godzilla in 2016.

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    #67
    Dial Hard
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121632588#Comment_121632588

    Not really sure I see the point in that. It wasn't exactly in screaming Technicolour to begin with...



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    #68
    Coraline Spicy Bassoon
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    Lovely

    https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1749838302746656852?t=ZRuYlxKko0kGme4n6F3W7A&s=19




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    #69
    pixelburp
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    The Creator also nominated: both films' combined budgets didn't even hit 100 million; not even half of another nominee, Guardians of the Galaxy 3.



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    #70
    Coraline Spicy Bassoon
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121662070#Comment_121662070

    Creator deserves it. Be sick if galaxy gets it.



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    #71
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Oh cool, it broke the 100 million barrier, and seemed to get a small bump from the Oscar nom; it's now the third most successful foreign language film at the American box office at 55 million ... which is kinda weird and somewhat depressing when you think about it, even if it's also kinda cool.



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    #72
    pixelburp
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    If like me, you had been wondering how on earth $15 million was made look as good as it did, here's a great wee Behind the Scenes video: so the CGI was made by just 35 people over 8 months; while an extremely efficient and clever use of multi-purpose sets saved money on physical locations. They even used the classic "make the actors sway about" in lieu of hydraulics for the scenes on boats. Fantastic stuff, and you gotta doff your hat to these guys.

    https://youtu.be/T4pi1F25sxg




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    #73
    pixelburp
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    This won an Oscar for best Visual Effects last night; larger issues of FX working conditions notwithstanding this is a great victory for that small studio. any other winner (bar The Creator) would have been insane; a blockbuster movie made for less than The Rock's paycheque



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    #74
    pixelburp
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    Interesting: contractually, this can't get a re-release in light of its Oscar win ... cos apparently the small print says Toho and Legendary Entertainment can't release Godzilla movies in the same calendar year as each other. Boo. Still no word on a digital release, though Japan is getting a physical media release on 5th May.

    https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/godzilla-minus-one-isnt-streaming-theaters-why-1234958823/




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    #75
    fitz
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121884314#Comment_121884314

    You'd think they'd want to move up the digital release to take advantage of the oscar buzz given the theatre limitations. Don't get to the cinema myself anymore, so relying solely on digital, and I've been itching to see this. May would be a long wait...



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    #76
    pixelburp
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121886392#Comment_121886392

    Wouldn't be surprised if digital releases are also part of the Toho/Legendary arrangement. The new American Godzilla flick is out at the end of the month so maybe it'll come out after that gets its run. One things for sure: that May physical release will yield a "digital release" of sorts one way or the other, if you take my meaning.

    But yeah, a second cinema release would have been gravy for Toho, but I doubt they ever thought one of their flicks would end up making bank Stateside.



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    #77
    johnny_ultimate
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    The film also swept up at the Japan Academy Film Prize awards (basically their BAFTAs). Interestingly, Sakura Ando won for Best Supporting Actress but also won for Best Actress for her work in Monster (she's incredible in that).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47th_Japan_Academy_Film_Prize

    Second Godzilla film in a row to win the 'best film' award in those awards, after Shin... And the competition - including Perfect Days and Monster, though not Evil Does Not Exist for some reason - was pretty strong this year.



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    #78
    Prefect_1998
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    This is now on Amazon in Japan, so getting close to an EMEA release. Watched it again over the last few days and still holds up as one of my favourite films of 2023



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    #79
    pixelburp
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    It's now on Netflix, including Ireland.



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    #80
    Mr Crispy
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    Untitled Image

    🦖.



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    #81
    Buddy Bubs
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    Brilliant movie, really enjoyed it



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    #82
    paulbok
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    Watched it last night, had heard it was good even though it was a low budget film so had mixed expectations.

    Thoroughly enjoyed it, though the setting of it in post-WW2 Tokyo and the human characters war survival, guilt and trauma was really good, could have made an entire movie based on that alone.

    Can't believe it cost so little, cheap production labour aside. Apart from a few shots of Godzilla, the VFX were believable.

    Disney et al, should be taking notes, this was more or less made for the same they paid Vin Diesel to say "I am Groot" a few time in each movie the GotG crew were in. And they wonder how they are losing money.



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    #83
    silverharp
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    hollywood is so shyte and predictable these days, its actually a pleasure to watch different content from around the world. Objectively this was an interesting movie in what should be a tired genre but some of the quieter scenes made the film even better. It doesnt need a whole "universe" though.

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    #84
    gym_imposter
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    Saw this a few nights ago, it was ok , the effects were amazing considering the budget but I wasn't overly invested in the characters and the acting was average



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    #85
    Gamb!t
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    Didnt think it was great, much preferred the 2014 version.



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    #86
    Agent Coulson
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