Tag Archives: #godzilla

‘Godzilla Minus One,’ plus international acclaim

Posted on February 17, 2024 by reelentropy

In 1954, less than 10 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Toho and writer/director Ishirō Honda reconceptualized the attacks as a monster that emerged from the sea, its skin cracked and charred as if by nuclear blast, … Continue reading →

Posted in Beta Decay, Entropy | Tagged #godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla Minus One, Jaws, kaiju, Takashi Yamazaki, toho | Leave a comment

‘Godzilla’ sequel no king among monster movies

Posted on June 3, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 Godzilla: King of the Monsters tries to be almost everything to almost everyone. Unfortunately, the one thing it isn’t trying to be is a giant monster movie for people who just wanted to watch a giant monster movie. Godzilla: King of … Continue reading →

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‘Power Rangers’ doesn’t cut it, go see it anyway

Posted on March 24, 2017 by reelentropy

4/10 Calling it “Saban’s Power Rangers” doesn’t really do this film justice. For everything wrong with it, the title is what’s going to prevent most people from taking it seriously. It’s so overambitious and dramatic, I really think they should … Continue reading →

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Applying Chaos Theory: Rogue One’s got jokes

Posted on December 8, 2016 by reelentropy

Oh, wow. Suddenly, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, this PG-13 movie about a desperate suicide mission, something much darker than the Star Wars franchise has ever approached, is looking pretty cute. By my count, that’s four snappy one-liners in just 1:35, almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory | Tagged #darth vader, #david ayer, #Disney, #Fantastic Four, #godzilla, #josh trank, #jurassic world, #star wars, #suicide squad, #warcraft, A Star Wars Story, Colin Trevorrow, DCEU, Donnie Yen, duncan jones, Felicity Jones, gareth edwards, Han Solo, James Earl Jones, Kate Mara's wig, MatPat, Monsters, Moon, rogue one, Safety Not Guaranteed | 1 Comment

Stop what you’re doing and go see Shin Godzilla

Posted on October 16, 2016 by reelentropy

Shin Godzilla is a monumental achievement in filmmaking. It’s a gleefully atypical disaster film. It’s an inspiring vision of the human spirit. More than anything else, though, it’s Japanese. Manmade and natural disasters On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by a magnitude … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #godzilla, 3/11 Triple disaster, Fukushima, Get in the damn robot Shinji, Hideaki Anno, Hiroshima, Independence Day, Japan, Japanese Special Defense Forces, Nakasaki, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nuclear attack on Japan, Shin Godzilla, Shinji Higuchi, The Fukushima 50, Tokyo, World War II | 2 Comments