Tag Archives: Shin Godzilla

On whitewashing and the death of movie stars

Posted on February 22, 2017 by reelentropy

The Great Wall came out in American theaters last weekend, beating industry expectations with a $21.7 million take. It’s a good result of a movie that was primarily met with claims of whitewashing and racism for starring Cambridge-born Matt Damon … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #china, #henry cavill, #matt damon, #scarlett johansson, #superman, Chinese box office, death of movie stars, erasure, Ghost in the Shell, Hong Kong, Japan, national anxiety, Shin Godzilla, The Great Wall, Transformers 4, uniquely Japanese story, whitewashing | 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

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On whitewashing and the death of movie stars

Stop what you’re doing and go see Shin Godzilla

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