I Loved Godzilla Minus One, But I Never Want The Monster verse To Be Anything Like It :- No matter how much I liked what Godzilla Minus One did with the King of Monsters, I don’t want it to ever change anything in the Monster verse. I’m aware that Godzilla Minus One has gotten a lot better reviews than most Monster verse movies. Movies like Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and Godzilla: King of the Monsters didn’t do well at all with reviewers, but everyone loved Godzilla Minus One. I think it would be too simple to say that it was a success.
I Loved Godzilla Minus One, But I Never Want The Monster verse To Be Anything Like It
It’s true that Legendary’s Monsterverse movies have strayed from the serious tone of the original 1954 classic in favor of silly monster action. Putting that point across very clearly by putting Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire next to Godzilla Minus One. It feels like Godzilla Minus One is going back to some of the darker themes that were present in the 1954 movie and some of the movies from the Heisei era. It’s not at all like that in the Monster verse, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t honor Godzilla’s spirit.
In fact, I think the Monsterverse is a great way to honor Godzilla’s past. In particular, it makes me think of the Godzilla movies that Toho made during the Showa era. Toho started making movies that were more kid-friendly with Guidara, the Three-Headed Monster in 1964. For example, in one scene, Godzilla seems to swear at Mothra and plays volleyball with Rodan using a rock. While Godzilla and Kong were joking around with Skar King at the end of Godzilla vs. Kong, I couldn’t help but remember that scene.
This is the kind of thing that makes me like the Monster verse. It does not really care about the fact that Godzilla was made to be a metaphor for the atomic bomb or some of the more symbolic parts of his character. But the action scenes that look like they were made by Showa show that it’s not completely ignoring Godzilla’s roots. It’s just a way to remember a different but still important part of his past.
Not only because it was important to me as a child, but the Showa age of Godzilla movies should also be taken into account. Many of the stories about Godzilla can be traced back to the Showa films, which cover a huge part of the character’s past. The many friends and foes of Godzilla in his world perfectly support this idea, since most of them are from that time.