Minus One and Zero made me realize that I don't care about monster screen time. As long as the human characters are interesting and I care about them, I have no worries about if a monster is on screen long enough.

Nov 10, 2026 · 5:39 PM UTC

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I’m an old school Godzilla fan. I pay to see giant monsters fight, idgaf about the humans. To each their own
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At least you're respectful about it
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Most godzilla movies he's on the screen very little. Original 1954 was only 8 mins. Godzilla Minus One was 12 mins. Even the more action packed Monsterverse movies top out at 11 mins
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Exactly! The amount of screen time doesn't matter when there is a story to be told. If the story is good and it's told through characters you actually are interested in, why does screen time matter?
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The MonsterVerse (at least the films) has the same kind of thing. Sure, they’re not nearly as well written, but fuck, I love Bernie and Trapper so much!
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For me, the only MV movie I find myself caring about the characters is 2014. I did a little bit with KOTM, but that was by extension from 2014 due to Serizawa. I cried when he died.
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That's partially the reason why I'm not a fan of Shin Godzilla, because none of the humans are interesting enough for me to give a care.
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I'm not gonna lie, I need to re-watch that movie because I haven't seen it as a teenager and didn't think too hard about themes or messages in movies at the time. I can't remember much about the characters
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Like I’m here for the monsters but if the human characters aren’t interesting or at least entertaining it’s just a bad experience and makes the movie feel like it’s dragging
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Pretty much
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that's kind of always been a "flaw" with most of the franchise. Good human plots are few and far between but the ones that nail it really do nail it. It just helps Godzilla is an interesting enough creation to carry these films despite only being in usually <20%
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I agree
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You should check in shin Godzilla if you haven't
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I need to re-watch it, it's been a long time
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Then you don’t like monster movies ???
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Uh, yes I do. I've been a Godzilla fan since I was a child
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Then what the fuck is the point of the movie and calling it Godzilla, if he's barely on the fucking screen!?
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No need to be an asshole, that's just my opinion. These films are more than just monsters being cool, ya know
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In minus one and zero I actively dont want the monsters on screen because that probably means unimaginable horrors are about to happen to characters i care about.
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my only quarrel w minus one n zero is the lack of godzilla but it's genuinely not an issue bc of how amazing the films are . it honestly makes it more sinister the fact we barely see him monsterverse does not hold up enough for me to actually gaf abt the humans
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I think it also helps that the Minusverse handles the use of the kajui perfectly. I love how Godzilla in Minus Zero haunted the narrative for so long that his return felt almost propheciesed. Alongside Ghidorah making every scene he was in intreasting really went a long way
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Exactly. Reading the official novel version of the Godzilla minus zero written by Takashi Yamazaki, he describes the human background deeply, especially the biologist Murakami who saw Hiroshima atomic bomb. The novel version is more hell and longer than the movie scene.
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If I want big monsters fighting I'll watch the US movies. If I want good story, compelling characters and commentary and the destructive nature of war with some monster fights I'll watch TOHO
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Yeah i was thinking the very same thing, It's the reason why I don't like the anime movie trilogy I wasn't really interested in the characters
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godzilla showing up for the last like 10 minutes of minus zero just to do the coolest shit ever and turn ghidora to ash was fucking awesome. also ghidora finally actually used gravity with his gravity beams lol
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I think its also about HOW those scenes feel in relation to the monster. In Minus One I noticed how, even when Godzilla wasn't on screen for a while, it still felt his PRESENCE was there. Haunting. In KOTM you could slot those human scenes into any generic action movie maguffin
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In the 2014 (with trailers showing only G and keeping MUTOS secret), G is not the main monster and nearly NOBODY gives a damn about him (Ken Watanabe is only here the remind audience G is in the movie to, eventually).
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I care about both as a lifelong Godzilla fan.
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I did wish that Godzilla had more screen time in the movie. But, the other things in the movie still kept me hooked through the whole time. I also wish the Godzilla vs King Ghidorah fight lasted longer like an extra 5 minutes would've been good, but oh well, I still over it.
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Godzilla movies are more about the metaphors!
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A small amount of pure awesomeness to puncheon otherwise already good movie is the perfect recipe.
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