hi I'm going to be using this thread to talk about movies I've seen in 2025 and my thoughts on them

Godzilla Minus One

I think I've probably only seen like 1 godzilla movie in my entire life, but I think the sick-ass cover art for this movie made me want to watch it. It's very good, and I think I agree with a lot of reviews I've seen saying that if you took Godzilla out of the movie, it would still be pretty good. I also just learned there's a difference between Hollywood Godzilla movies and Japanese ones. I think I want to back and watch one the Hollywood ones and compare.

This film definitely does a good job at creating a universe with very believable characters. It takes places right after WWII in a defeated Japan, where everyone's morale is really low and the cities are desolated. It takes place over the course of about 5 years or so, so you start to see Japan's economy get better and people regaining some wealth. And then Godzilla comes in and fucks shit up and you're rooting for the Japanese people to kick Godzilla's ass because fuck i'm emotionally invested in these characters.

Oooh Godzilla! I absolutely love Godzilla movies, super glad that Minus One was able to introduce you and get you interested! It's a great entry-point to the series, giving you a good mix of both the human story and the big G itself.

If I could suggest a good next movie to watch in the series (provided you have any interest in the others) I would suggest either Shin Godzilla or the original 1954 Gojira. Both are fantastic and keep the serious, down-to-earth tone. '54 in particular is an utterly grim movie, especially with the scenes following Godzilla's rampage.

@warlock I was actually thinking of watching the '54 one, mainly because I was disappointed in the lack of the iconic Godzilla roar, and watched a compilation of all the roars and did not realize the iconic started in the original

Apocalypto

This movie was a hard watch at first. It's about indigenous Mayan people just hanging out being best friends until trouble strikes their forest!! And then from there, the movie is a bloodbath, lots of killing, lots of gore. I was making a face the entire time watching it. If you've watched the Passion of the Christ, it's got a similar vibe.

Then during the third act, the film turns into an action movie where the main character is running around the jungle getting rid of the bad guys. It's still pretty brutal, but almost gets more lighthearted in a weird way.

It's kinda hard to explain why this movie is so awesome. the writing and camera-work does a great job of world-building and gets you instantly attached to the initial tribe they introduce you to, and you're really rooting for the main character, Jaguar Paw.

The end of the movie ends with this crazy twist (which is not much of a twist but moreso just what happens in actual real life), but the reason to watch this movie is for the atmosphere and characters, rather than the ending. Plus, I read that the events are really 100% accurate, so take it with a grain of salt.

Anyway great film, i recommend it.

Becoming Led Zeppelin

I don't even like Led Zeppelin that much, but I went to theatre to see this in IMAX because I like documentaries and I was curious why they'd screen a doc in IMAX. Like what does that even add to that kind of movie.

Turns out I was dumb as hell because that movie showed so many recorded live sets of Led Zeppelin playing and the performance washed over the entire theatre it was fucking cool.

The thing that was not cool was that people kept clapping like the band was actually there to hear their applause. stop clapping! you're ruining my immersion!!

I did realize one thing though is that I actually really, really like the instrumentals of Led Zeppelin, but what I don't like is the lead singer's (Robert Plant) voice. I think they would be amazing if they had a different style singer

Good movie. I recommend