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[Alcibiades]

Saw the Minus Color version last night. The black and white aspect fits the period it's portraying.

I don't think it's better or worse than the color version, but it helps transport you to the time and setting of post-war Japan.

Saw it in a regular theater although I'm thinking of watching it in RPX which is the only premium format I've seen it available.

 

[Billbofet]

I have tickets to see Minus Color this coming Tuesday. Really looking forward to seeing it again!

 

[SF Kosmo]

Godzilla Minus One has officially ended its North American theatrical run, more because of the need to put 60 days between it and the new MonsterVerse movie than because it wasn't selling tickets.

Total American gross exceeded 56 million, a feat no other subtitled movie has achieved in the same time frame, and it finishes as the third highest grossing foreign language film of all time, inches behind Life is Beautiful (and still miles behind Crouching Tiger). Pretty incredible for a movie that was tracking toward a 9-10 million total run just weeks before its release.

I saw it a.third time yesterday, this time in black and white and in a 4DX theater. The 4DX stuff was.gimmick but well done, but the black and white cut really added to the period feel of the film as well as the horror atmosphere, and I think I liked it better. The movie is such a an incredible crowd pleaser, the screams of "Oh shit" and "Damn" during the big moments, and cheering and applause, every time I have seen it. My wife and daughter have seen it with me each time and we were all so glad we went each time.

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

How long until America gets the dubbed digital release?

 

[SF Kosmo]

How long until America gets the dubbed digital release?

Toho is not usually in a big rush when it comes to home media. Shin took almost a year.

I think there are probably gonna be some bidding wars for the streaming rights to this one. It's gonna be huge when it hits one of the big services. Based on existing Toho partnerships I think Netflix.

 

[Pigenator]

I really wanted to see it but unfortunately it didn't screen here in Israel. If I really need to wait a year for them to release it digitally that'll suck, hopefully some streaming service picks it up idk

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

I will be surprised if it takes a whole year. I think they will want to capitalize on the worldwide popularity of this movie, not to mention the Apple TV series and the upcoming GodzillaxKong movie.

I suspect it comes in the spring. But I truly have no idea. Which is why I asked.

 

[IDKFA]

I will be surprised if it takes a whole year. I think they will want to capitalize on the worldwide popularity of this movie, not to mention the Apple TV series and the upcoming GodzillaxKong movie.

I suspect it comes in the spring. But I truly have no idea. Which is why I asked.

Agreed. This is the most internationally successful Godzilla film Toho have made and people are begging for a physical release.

I give it 6 months tops.

 

[SF Kosmo]

This is Toho's first movie that they self-distributed in the US. I would avoid being too crazy optimistic about them being on top of shit.

Obviously there are different realities for this compared to Shin, a much MUCH bigger showing in North America, an roughly simultaneous worldwide launch, and the lack of involvement of a local distributor. We'll have to see how it plays out. But I don't think we'll see it as quickly as we're used to with domestic releases these days.

 

[jason10mm]

This is Toho's first movie that they self-distributed in the US. I would avoid being too crazy optimistic about them being on top of shit.

Obviously there are different realities for this compared to Shin, a much MUCH bigger showing in North America, an roughly simultaneous worldwide launch, and the lack of involvement of a local distributor. We'll have to see how it plays out. But I don't think we'll see it as quickly as we're used to with domestic releases these days.

Given the shambles the DVD industry is in, seems like it should be pretty easy to find someone who can throw this onto a disc and get it out there. Feels like this would be a simple Target, Walmart, or most likely, Amazon exclusive they could roll out in just a few weeks.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Woah, Big G just won an Oscar for the first time in franchise history.

Yeah VFX isn't that prestigious of a category, but it is one dominated by big money (ILM worked on all four of the other nominees), so for a Japanese tokusatsu movie with a $12 million budget and a VFX staff of 35 people to beat out Hollywood movies with hundreds of millions of dollars behind them is pretty extraordinary.

I had heard that Toho only actually submitted Godzilla for one category, which I thought was a shame because they probably could have picked up a beat picture nomination (even if they couldn't have won a statue). In retrospect it seems like they made a smart decision to make a focused campaign on an award they could actually win.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Just watched this last night. How in the world did they make this for $15M? Sure, the effects looked off in some parts, but they do in Marvel movies sometimes, too, where the budget can be 18x that.

I don't think they deserved the VFX Oscar based only on what's on the screen, but knowing how much it costs, they definitely made the best use of their yen.

 

[AJUMP23]

Not rotten

 

[Draugoth]

Just watched this last night. How in the world did they make this for $15M?

Time & Skill.
Marvel VFX artysts are overworked, underpaid and badly treated

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Time & Skill.
Marvel VFX artysts are overworked, underpaid and badly treated

Most big budget Hollywood VFX is outsourced to China and the quality is very slipshod

Even a decade ago, you wouldn't see the shoddy VFX that is routinely seen in $300 million budget movies today

 

[SF Kosmo]

Time & Skill.
Marvel VFX artysts are overworked, underpaid and badly treated

Vertical integration is also a big part of it. The director runs the VFX house and knows how to film for what they can do efficiently and doesn't need to iterate or re-do work in the same way because he's in charge of both.

 

[Porcile]

Salaries in VFX in Japan/Asia are pretty bad too. So small team + low salary + work like crazy. Probably halved the VFX budget or more. Up to you whether you think it's a good or bad thing.

 

[RaduN]

Saw it this weekend.

I must be the only one on the plantet that thought it was a piece of shit. I mean, bad&boring, bad effects, bad script, bad everything.
That crap made by Hollywood a few years back (the first one from the new series) was actually better than this.

 

[IDKFA]

Still waiting for a date for the 4K release in the UK. It was already released in Japan last week.

 

[Dr.D00p]

Was I supposed to be pissing myself laughing during the Tokyo rampage?

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

Saw the movie, best atomic breath ever. Actually like a nuke going off . Very nice. Movie was 8/10 max for me, again not as good as hyped (just like dune 2).

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Saw it this weekend.

I must be the only one on the plantet that thought it was a piece of shit. I mean, bad&boring, bad effects, bad script, bad everything.
That crap made by Hollywood a few years back (the first one from the new series) was actually better than this.

 

[Porcile]

Saw it this weekend.

I must be the only one on the plantet that thought it was a piece of shit. I mean, bad&boring, bad effects, bad script, bad everything.
That crap made by Hollywood a few years back (the first one from the new series) was actually better than this.

I thought it was pretty bad too and said as much in this very thread. Planning to give the black and white version a shot with subtitles this weekend. Watched it Japanese only at the cinema last time. But it does feel like we're in a praise Japan for anything and everything it makes and does phase right now.