• Flying SquidOPM
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      42 months ago

      I really liked it as a movie, but there was this underlying “we were the real victims in WWII” message I was getting from it too, which bothered me.

      • Jo Miran
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        There was underlying “people are the real victims of wars”. They cover it as well during some dialogue where someone is recounting how cavalier the government and military had been with human lives. How easy it was for them to throw away lives in their quest for power. I found that it made a universal political and ethical statement without ever picking a side.

        EDIT: I watched it in Japanese with subtitles. There have been complaints that the english dub version has a lot of changes that switch the meaning of a scene.

        • Annoyed_🦀 🏅
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          Yeah, it’s a critical piece toward the government at the time. I love that line by the professor about how the Imperial Japanese doesn’t value life, so now it’s the time, and how the guy that blame everything on the MC are now asking him to survive. Both Shin and Minus One is basically calling out the government of the respective era.

  • BCX
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    62 months ago

    Would just love to see that acceptance speech.

  • @[email protected]
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    52 months ago

    Godzilla: How many fucking cities do I have to obliterate to win an Oscar already!

    Leo: Damn dude.

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    32 months ago

    Andrew: Xander!

    Xander: Matthew Broderick did not kill Godzilla. He killed a giant green lizard thing that was not Godzilla.