I’ll admit that I’ve never been a huge Godzilla fan. I tend to group kaiju movies alongside the likes of “Transformers” and “Fast & Furious” as popcorn flicks with a lot of blockbuster spectacle but very little substance. That stance changed when I saw “Godzilla: Minus One”.
This long-held opinion was promptly squashed with all the force of a sky-scraper-sized lizard flatting a metropolitan city when I saw the latest Toho “Godzilla” movie in theaters last year. To say this epic monster movie blew me away, would be a huge understatement. This blockbuster opened my eyes to the genre's strengths and had me feeling like a fool for being initially dismissive.
