I haven't seen the movie (though I grew up on B&W Godzilla movies) but this is why "Minus One." I don't know if the movie itself does anything to explain it, though.Godzilla minus one was really good. Easily the best of any of these. The story focuses on the dissatisfaction of the populace with the Japanese govt after ww2 which was interesting to me. Awesome special effects. Two things bother me
Why “minus one”? Must be a translation thing. Nothing in the movie hints at it
Why in the holy hell does the franchise always show Godzilla standing in the middle of the ocean? Going by scale it depicts him standing in about 40-50ft of water. The climax of the movie was to lure zilla to some deep trench like 1500 meters deep. They get him there and ….he’s standing up of course. Til he sinks. Then he comes back. And stands up.
Godzilla Minus One's Title Explained: Why The Godzilla Movie Is Called That
Godzilla’s newest entry has an intriguing title.
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