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by Alyssa Charpentier
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength,” remarked Francis de Sales. This seemingly contradictory adage finds a home not only in the 16th century but also in female movie characters from the Japanese Godzilla series. The Godzilla saga, which celebrates its 70th birthday this year, features numerous inspiring women. Refer to “Gojira,” the 1954 original, for a glimpse at its first, Emiko Yamane (Momoko Kochi). Emiko's tender heart shines in her caregiving for the film's wounded and her convictions that compel scientist Daisuke Serizawa to use his apocalyptic Oxygen Destroyer device against Godzilla. Noriko Oishi (Minami Hamabe) is the franchise's most recent figure of female endurance in “Godzilla Minus One” (2023): she courageously rears a small child—not even her own—following postwar Japan's devastation while living with an emotionally tortured, disgraced young Kamikaze who doesn't intend to marry her (a precarious...
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength,” remarked Francis de Sales. This seemingly contradictory adage finds a home not only in the 16th century but also in female movie characters from the Japanese Godzilla series. The Godzilla saga, which celebrates its 70th birthday this year, features numerous inspiring women. Refer to “Gojira,” the 1954 original, for a glimpse at its first, Emiko Yamane (Momoko Kochi). Emiko's tender heart shines in her caregiving for the film's wounded and her convictions that compel scientist Daisuke Serizawa to use his apocalyptic Oxygen Destroyer device against Godzilla. Noriko Oishi (Minami Hamabe) is the franchise's most recent figure of female endurance in “Godzilla Minus One” (2023): she courageously rears a small child—not even her own—following postwar Japan's devastation while living with an emotionally tortured, disgraced young Kamikaze who doesn't intend to marry her (a precarious...
- 5/22/2024
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
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It all began with the sound of thundering footsteps and a now-iconic roar before giving way to Akira Ifukube’s equally iconic music. Japanese cinema and monster movies worldwide would never be the same again. In the beginning, Godzilla represented the ultimate in fear and destruction. A creature so colossal, he could lay waste to entire cities just by lumbering through them and swinging his mighty tail before setting them ablaze with a burst of his atomic breath. Over the years he evolved from national terror to national treasure, becoming a protector and kind of mascot to the nation of Japan. He was transplanted and championed all over the world. Eventually he became a joke and a marketing tool used to sell everything from Fiats, to Snickers bars, to Nike shoes in a one-on-one pickup game with Charles Barkley. Within the past year, Godzilla has come full circle with the...
- 1/24/2024
- by Brian Keiper
- bloody-disgusting.com
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When looking at the landscape of Japanese cinema, it is hard to imagine it without the likes of Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Yasujiro Ozu, which, much due to their re-discovery and evaluation by European critics and film festivals, have gained a reputation of being part of the quintessential cinematic canon. However, when the boutique label Criterion announced their release of an edition of the first “Godzilla”-features, the event was met with both excitement from cinephiles, but also criticism, since many though there were many other titles more deserving of a treatment such as this. Among many other features, what this discussion highlighted was the narrow scope of many filmfans and so-called connoisseurs of the medium, but also the fact that Ishiro Honda, despite being highly regarded among his peers, most notable Kurosawa himself, never truly received the kind of acceptance his colleagues did. If there is any feature...
- 7/4/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
**Massive spoilers for every Godzilla movie, with the exception of the 2014 reboot, and Mothra follow**
August 6th and 9th, 1945 forever changed the course of history. When the first nuclear bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, World War II ended, but a new fear was born that dominated the thoughts of all men, women, and children for decades to come. The Cold War, atomic bomb testing, a cartoon turtle telling children to “duck and cover”, and this new technology that had the actual potential to literally end the world changed the perception of what was scary. Art reflects life, so cinema began to capitalize on these fears. Gone were the days of creepy castles, cobwebs, bats, vampires, werewolves, and the other iconic images that ruled genre cinema in film’s earliest decades. Science fiction was larger than ever and giant ants, giant octopi, terror from beyond the stars, and...
August 6th and 9th, 1945 forever changed the course of history. When the first nuclear bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, World War II ended, but a new fear was born that dominated the thoughts of all men, women, and children for decades to come. The Cold War, atomic bomb testing, a cartoon turtle telling children to “duck and cover”, and this new technology that had the actual potential to literally end the world changed the perception of what was scary. Art reflects life, so cinema began to capitalize on these fears. Gone were the days of creepy castles, cobwebs, bats, vampires, werewolves, and the other iconic images that ruled genre cinema in film’s earliest decades. Science fiction was larger than ever and giant ants, giant octopi, terror from beyond the stars, and...
- 11/4/2014
- by Max Molinaro
- SoundOnSight
Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla reboot is the exact prescription needed to eliminate lingering side-effects of Roland Emmerich’s poorly conceived, atrociously executed 1998 disaster, which posited Godzilla as nothing but another reptilian Hollywood monster. How sad a film that was, wasting Japan’s mightiest protector by ignorantly dismissing every intriguing detail about the giant creature, forgetting he’s more savior than villain. Edwards and his team (writers Max Borenstein and Dave Callaham) understand Godzilla’s true nature, what he represents, and the battle that wages in his presence. What’s more, they honor this rare export in a beautifully artistic Kaiju Big-Battle type of way that makes Cloverfield‘s scale seem like child’s play. No Matthew Broderick, no little Godzillas, no getting tangled in the Brooklyn Bridge – just humanity’s survival hinging on gargantuan monsters and mass destruction. The way Godzilla should be.
In this Godzilla, scientists have long known of...
In this Godzilla, scientists have long known of...
- 5/11/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
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You might recall last summer how Legendary Pictures found a way to further plumb the vast depths of Guillermo Del Toro's "Pacific Rim" with a handsome, hardcover prequel graphic novel: "Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero." With cover art from celebrated artist Alex Ross and an "additive as opposed to adaptive" approach from writer Travis Beacham, the book filled in shades of information only alluded in the blockbuster film. This year, the production company has again commissioned the screenwriter of one of their big-budget extravaganzas to expand on its further-reaching details as "Godzilla: Awakening" hits shelves Wednesday ahead of the May 16 release of Gareth Edwards' "Godzilla." Much like "Tales from Year Zero," the 80-page "Awakening" stretches back to the beginnings of the plight evident in the feature. Screenwriter Max Borenstein jumped at the opportunity to work up the graphic novel with his cousin Greg as the two had...
- 5/6/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Once again, dear readers, I have to begin a column by apologizing for an unplanned absence. I’ve been very busy with work and family stuff lately, and I didn’t have the time to deliver the quality columns you’ve come to expect and deserve. But on a much happier note, this week’s much-delayed edition of Trailer Trashin’ takes another look at my most anticipated film of the year, Godzilla.
Premise: An epic rebirth of Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
My take: As I’ve previously stated in this column, I’ve been a huge Godzilla fan since I was a kid. After the debacle that was the 1998 Roland Emmerich film, I had resigned myself to believing that I’d never get to see a...
Premise: An epic rebirth of Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
My take: As I’ve previously stated in this column, I’ve been a huge Godzilla fan since I was a kid. After the debacle that was the 1998 Roland Emmerich film, I had resigned myself to believing that I’d never get to see a...
- 3/26/2014
- by Timothy Monforton
- CinemaNerdz
Synopsis: "An epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence"—Legendary Pictures. Main Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Lieutenant Ford Bryan Cranston as Joseph "Joe" Brody, Ford's stepfather. Elizabeth Olsen as Elle Brody, Ford's wife Ken Watanabe as Daisuke Serizawa Juliette Binoche as Sandra Brody, Joe's wife This line up shows that the human drama will revolve around a family that is in the midst of this crisis. Lt Ford is a soldier that is fighting against Godzilla and the other monsters, while his wife Elle Brody is a nurse helping the wounded. They also have a daughter that will be caught up in the midst of this story. Bryan Cranston’s character, Joe is a scientist that is at the center of the still unknown experiments or...
- 12/29/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
Hollywood is being good to us this December, dear readers. This past weekend brought us The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – which is a lot of fun, and I definitely recommend it – and this week sees the release of American Hustle and Saving Mr. Banks, both of which I’m quite looking forward to. And in even more good news, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ column is one I’ve been looking forward to writing for a long time, because we finally have our first look at my most anticipated movie of next year – Godzilla.
Premise: An epic rebirth of Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
My take: As I’ve written about before in this column, I have loved Japanese monster movies ever since I was a kid.
Premise: An epic rebirth of Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
My take: As I’ve written about before in this column, I have loved Japanese monster movies ever since I was a kid.
- 12/18/2013
- by Timothy Monforton
- CinemaNerdz
Odd List Ryan Lambie 4 Oct 2013 - 06:41
They're funny, they're sad, they're weird. Here are 50 famous last words from characters in the movies...
Please Note: There are potential spoilers ahead. Check the name of the film, and if you haven't seen it, don't read the entry!
As someone famous probably once said, “We’ve all gotta go sometime,” and if we’re going to die, we might as well do so with a witticism or a memorable line rather than a scream and a cry for mother. Which is the subject of this lengthy but far from definitive list: the memorable things movie characters have uttered shortly (not necessarily immediately) before they’re about to meet their maker.
Some of these last words are long, tear-jerking monologues. Others amount to little more than a word or two. But all of them, in our estimation, are worthy of mention, and one...
They're funny, they're sad, they're weird. Here are 50 famous last words from characters in the movies...
Please Note: There are potential spoilers ahead. Check the name of the film, and if you haven't seen it, don't read the entry!
As someone famous probably once said, “We’ve all gotta go sometime,” and if we’re going to die, we might as well do so with a witticism or a memorable line rather than a scream and a cry for mother. Which is the subject of this lengthy but far from definitive list: the memorable things movie characters have uttered shortly (not necessarily immediately) before they’re about to meet their maker.
Some of these last words are long, tear-jerking monologues. Others amount to little more than a word or two. But all of them, in our estimation, are worthy of mention, and one...
- 10/2/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
So if you've been paying attention to the viral website in promotion of Legendary Pictures' new take on Godzilla, you noticed each image contains letters in the color red. We finally know what it spells, and it should be very familiar to any G-Fan worth his or her salt.
Never mind Rodan, King Ghodiorah, Mecha-Godzilla, Mothra, Destroyah, or even King Kong. Godzilla's most dangerous foe was also the smallest in stature named Daisuke Serizawa-hakase (played in the original Gojira (1954) by famed actor Akihiko Hirata. If you recall, Serizawa created a weapon called "The Oxygen Destroyer," and when Big-g came into contact with it, he was reduced to mere bones. So now that we know the viral images spell out Serizawa, what exactly does that mean, if anything, for Godzilla's appearance at Comic-Con? Stay tuned!
The Godzilla San Diego Comic-Con panel happens on Saturday, July 20th.
Never mind Rodan, King Ghodiorah, Mecha-Godzilla, Mothra, Destroyah, or even King Kong. Godzilla's most dangerous foe was also the smallest in stature named Daisuke Serizawa-hakase (played in the original Gojira (1954) by famed actor Akihiko Hirata. If you recall, Serizawa created a weapon called "The Oxygen Destroyer," and when Big-g came into contact with it, he was reduced to mere bones. So now that we know the viral images spell out Serizawa, what exactly does that mean, if anything, for Godzilla's appearance at Comic-Con? Stay tuned!
The Godzilla San Diego Comic-Con panel happens on Saturday, July 20th.
- 7/15/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The website GodzillaEncounter.com has been updated with new clues that now enable Comic-Con International San Diego badge holders to reserve tickets for an epically-scaled viral encounter. To reserve yours, simply click the image after the break and use the secret code "Serizawa".
The ticketing URL, www.godzillaencounter.ticketleap.com was hidden in today's viral update while the code itself is made up of the red highlighted letters that have appeared in the last few page updates. Serizawa is the last name of scientist Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, played by Akihiko Hirata in Ishirô Honda's 1954 original film.
Directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Bryan Cranston and Sally Hawkins, Godzilla hits the big screen May 16, 2014.
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The ticketing URL, www.godzillaencounter.ticketleap.com was hidden in today's viral update while the code itself is made up of the red highlighted letters that have appeared in the last few page updates. Serizawa is the last name of scientist Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, played by Akihiko Hirata in Ishirô Honda's 1954 original film.
Directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Bryan Cranston and Sally Hawkins, Godzilla hits the big screen May 16, 2014.
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- 7/15/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Director Gareth Edwards released a cryptic message on the Legendary YouTube channel about something big happening at the San Diego Comic Con this week with his latest film Godzilla. He also teased a Tumblr website where some information has been slowing dribbling in. Here are some of the pictures released from the web site so far.
All seem to be news stories about geological mysteries which seem to be building up to Godzilla’s grand entrance, But I Cannot look away from the red letter in the titles. S-e-r-i… Serious? Series? What does it Mean???
Featurette: Godzilla – Pre-sdcc Message from Gareth Edwards
***Updated***
A new picture was posted on the website today. Check it out!
The letters now spell out S-e-r-i-z-a-w-a which is a great bit of Godzilla trivia. It’s the name of scientist Daisuke Serizawa who appeared in the 1954 Godzilla and was an Easter Egg egg in the subsequent incarnations.
All seem to be news stories about geological mysteries which seem to be building up to Godzilla’s grand entrance, But I Cannot look away from the red letter in the titles. S-e-r-i… Serious? Series? What does it Mean???
Featurette: Godzilla – Pre-sdcc Message from Gareth Edwards
***Updated***
A new picture was posted on the website today. Check it out!
The letters now spell out S-e-r-i-z-a-w-a which is a great bit of Godzilla trivia. It’s the name of scientist Daisuke Serizawa who appeared in the 1954 Godzilla and was an Easter Egg egg in the subsequent incarnations.
- 7/15/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
The website GodzillaEncounter.com has been updated with new clues that now enable Comic-Con International San Diego badge holders to reserve tickets for an epically-scaled viral encounter. To reserve yours, simply click the image at the bottom of this page and use the secret code "Serizawa". Directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Bryan Cranston and Sally Hawkins, Godzilla hits the big screen May 16, 2014. The ticketing URL, www.godzillaencounter.ticketleap.com/ was hidden in today's viral update while the code itself is made up of the red highlighted letters that have appeared in the last few page updates. Serizawa is the last name of scientist Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, played by...
- 7/15/2013
- Comingsoon.net
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