Shin Godzilla (2016) - Full Reaction

Hi Cassie, I know you love Godzilla and all the different iterations of the monster. Here's one you might not have heard of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R-rbzcEM8A

I still think Godzilla (1954) is the best. And I will always take King Kong over Godzilla.

Interesting to have it from the perspective of the governmental response. There were some accuracies in how things work in responding to a disaster, they showed strategic, tactical, and operational levels of the response. Although there may be inefficiencies, and it seemed like they were in meetings a lot, they were the strategic decision makers, there are many other people at lower levels in the response hurriedly getting to work, e.g. there was a scene with folks in coloured vests they were working in an emergency operations centre. There probably was some heightened tension added into those meetings for dramatic effect. But to fair, although similar diasters can occur (e.g. hurricanes) no two disasters are the same, even if they are the same type, but learning tactics over time can help with futures disasters. But having a dinosaur type creature crawl out of the ocean is a bit uncharted, so some tension and lack of immediate action would be inevitable. Hard to have a playbook prepared for that.

Looking forward to 2014 Godzilla, its directed by Gareth Edwards who did Rogue One, he also has a really underrated sci-fi film called THE CREATOR from 2023 that I hope we get a reaction to one day 😊

Well, I finally finished watching this...... I liked it! I guess I was fortunate enough for my sake that my version of the movie I rented of YT was dubbed, so I didn't have to worry about reading the subtitles! However, one small difference with my version as well, it was in Black and White, I guess that was their way to pay homage to the original lol! I don't have much to say other than I enjoyed it, Godzilla was bad-A as usual, his design isn't exactly my style, but I can overlook that, his new abilities with his atomic breath was unique, now he can concentrate it into a beam or shoot it out of his back scales or out the tip of his tail, hmm! All and all, 10 out of 10! FOR PETE SAKE CASSIE, NOT EVERY HAPPY ENDING HAS TO HAVE A KISS!!! LOL🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 One final note though and friendly reminder when you eventually start the Monsterverse, after you react to Godzilla (2014), Kong: Skull Island is the next film to watch before continuing onto Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and then finally Godzilla vs Kong (2021) and then of course the final installment Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (2024)! I hope you'll wear the 70th Anniversary T-shirt I got you for the third movie, sorry I keep repeating myself lol🙏 Great reaction Cassie, glad you had fun and enjoyed this movie, it definitely gets rid of that bad after taste left behind by Godzilla (98) lol! Love and support, you and Carly are the best, take care, see ya next time, and God bless y'all and the family🥰😇🙏🤗😉✌🌹 P.S. In 20 days I'll be 38 🥳🎊🎉😁

And btw, Freddy vs Jason served as a 8th installment of Nightmare on elm street and 11TH sequel to Friday the 13 franchise. sheesh, DO YOUR HOMEWORK!

Since we're a month away for october halloween, MY ONLY fave month of the year, to the person who put Freddy vs Jason on the PAF month, that was really stupid move. She has yet to watch all Nightmare on Elm street sequels and Friday the 13th that almost consist of 10 movies.. That's like watching Scary Movie comedy without understanding the horror parody refernces it was poking fun. Really stupid decision there, dude.

If a Kaiju ever randomly attacked Utah : Rando: " RUUUUN! IT'S GODZILLAAAAA!!!" Cassie : "It LOOKS like Godzilla, but due to international copyright laws, it's NOT!" Rando : "STILL, WE SHOULD RUN LIKE IT IS GODZILLAAAAA!!" Cassie : "..Though it isn't." Both : "AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!" *Run*

When are we getting to the Godzilla most people are familiar with? The ones from the 1960's and 70's.

Glad you liked it, Cassie. Does this mean that you are looking forward to "Godzilla Minus Zero"? Let's get those Black & White movie polls up now, please.

For those who struggle (unable) to read subtitles for fast-paced dialogue, the 2025 English dub (HBO Max) receives praise.

I like all Godzilla films for the creature effects, destruction, and battles, the other parts are always slow for me. The 1954 OG film will always be my favorite, but this one had some cool creature effects.

Ha, how funny, I'm about to got to bed last night as I get the notification that this is posted lol! Since I have some time before work, I suppose I can watch part of it for now and save the rest for when I get home, not to worry, I'll remember where I left off! I've thought about seeing this movie for a long time, but haven't really given myself the chance, mainly like with all foreign movies, I just can't with subtitles! But, if I'm able to follow well with Godzilla Minus One, I think I can with this as well! Looking forward to checking this reaction out! Love and support🥰😇🙏🤗😉✌🌹

My 4th Godzilla movie. All 4 first watched in the last couple years for the channel. I liked Shin Godzilla. Appreciated the bureaucracy and international stuff. I liked the discussion of what is Godzilla. A god incarnate. Constant adaptation. I became acclimated to the look. The attacks on Godzilla late in the movie (resulting in freezing) good to watch. Apparently, Godzilla dormant (suspended, frozen), not dead? We took a 1-hr train ride from Tokyo through Yokohama to Kamakura where Godzilla first made landfall (from Tokyo Bay). We went to Kamakura to see the Great Buddha and check out street food (and other stuff). The Tom Cruise character in The Last Samurai arrived in Japan by ship, landing in Yokohama through Tokyo Bay (Edo Bay).

(Godzilla knocks his shin on a building) "Ow!" (roll credits)

I like you had a similar look on my face when we first saw the first form of Godzilla 😂. I did like it though for the most part, was interesting seeing the perspective of the government and their reaction to what has happened. I wonder if there is a film in the superhero universe having to deal with all the collateral damage.

hah ha! I look forward to this one 😊 with the googly eyes 🤪

Haven’t seen this one yet. Looking forward to checking it out!

I was gonna say, a lot of the japanese Godzilla films have a lot of board meetings of people discussing how to deal with Godzilla. It’s become a well known trope of the franchise.

Spoiler Alert: The whole subplot about Godzilla's shin has been omitted from the final cut.

Cassie, don’t get your hopes up too high for the Monsterverse movies. I like them (except for the last one), but they can’t compare to Godzilla (1954), Godzilla Minus One or Shin Godzilla. Those are all actual movies; thoughtful and well directed and well acted. The Monsterverse movies are just lite popcorn fun. It’s like watching a toddler bash his monster toys together, pretending they’re fighting. Not to be taken seriously, at all. Just try to enjoy the spectacle of it.

Nice reaction Cassie. Glad you appreciated the storyline. The political part of the story was intended as a satire and condemnation of the Japanese governments mishandling of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (spoilers below) Godzilla's big eyes in the form that first came ashore were because it was a originally a deep sea creature with large eyes similar to a giant squid. it evolved away from them when they were no longer needed. The "Godzilla men" on the end of the tail were a last ditch effort to evolve away from the freezing. The original writer / director, Hideaki Anno, planned a sequel but that fell through due to creative differences. It's rumored a sequel is currently in the works.

Btw Kong Skull Island is a sequel AFTER Godzilla 2014, it's all connected to Godzilla King of the monsters 2019 sequel and Godzilla vs Kong. Just a heads up warning

Oh darn, and I have to go to work now... Well, seems like this will be today's evening entertainment then ;-) After Godzilla '98, this will be a whole different experience. What I like most about this one is the same thing I liked about Godzilla Minus One: they focus the story much more on the people and not so much on the monster itself. ...and the monster looks like Godzilla is supposed to look ;-)

yep, this version creeped me out more than the old japanese suit guy versions esp. monsterverse 2014 zilla.. Almost like a Predator hybrid

Gotta love a sock puppet thing! I’m in!

Great week Cassie all in all. Out of all them I definitely liked this one the best. Such a different Godzilla movie. Which made it good.