Really enjoyed this one. The visuals look great, music was perfect including the sound effects. The story is good, and you will root for the characters (that even change and progress as the story goes). Godzilla is scary and menacing. I can't think of anything I did not like. Can't wait for a streaming release to see it again.

LOVED this movie and so did the entire motley crew of young, old, male, female etc I watched it with. I particularly loved the Godzilla creature and the Japanese retro style. It’s absolutely amazing that they pulled it off for less than $15M. Hollywood would need $250M to make the exact same movie. The human story was also pretty compelling but I often wished they would have cut it short and gotten back to dear ol’ “Gozzilla” - love how they pronounce his name in Japanese. My only real problem with the film was the main character whose wussieness was pushed to far IMO. I’m all for being in tune with your emotions and not keeping them bottled up but this guy is a sobbing whimpering self pittying mess during the whole movie. Instead of “manning up” and accepting his failures he compounds them and has the balls to try to get other people to feel sorry for him. Had he been a touch more honorable and less pathetic I would have rated this movie a 9. So instead it only get’s an 8. I know they’ll be crushed but so be it.

A movie that creates fear thru the removal of hope. The instillment of despair.

And the spoon-feeding of hope again.

Amazing direction, brilliant sound design, bold acting

There were moments were I genuinely was scared of Godzilla, hopeless. And moments were I just wanted to hug the main character who was going through so much.

Never would I have thought a Godzilla movie would be so emotional and deep. Def a must see movie for the year

It's absolutely staggering that this movie was made for less than $15 million. Eat your heart out, Hollywood.

Also, I would 100% watch this if Godzilla wasn't in it. He was cool and all, but everything from the post-war drama to the character writing was so interesting.

Much better than any of the recent Godzilla movies that I have seen. Great destruction scenes, interesting plot, good sfx. Some of the blatant foreshadowing was unnecessary and predictable but it was a great choice for a theater viewing.

It was alright, they didn't really do anything different from the Godzilla movies everyone disliked so I don't know why this one was reviewed so highly.

This one of the very best Godzilla movies ever made. There's a really good human story and every moment that Godzilla is on-screen is great. The post-WWII setting absolutely adds to the desperation of the main characters and the dread of having to once again survive an attacking force, this time in the form of a beast that isn't protecting the Earth or any such nonsense. Godzilla is a force of nature (or science) that doesn't care about anything or anyone.

The only drawbacks of this movie are an irritatingly manipulative moment (tugboats) and a couple of unbelievably coincidental reunions.

Wow, just wow. Tohoku truly surpassed my expectations and Godzilla is the real deal. You feel for the Japanese people in this movie and they lack trust in their government. When this monster shows up at their shores it falls on the bravery of Japanese citizens to defeat the beast.

For a movie with a 15 or 30 million dollar budget it feels like a 150 Million Dollar budget, especially when Godzilla stares directly at you through the screen. What a thrill and amazing movie.