2017 · animation · action · sci-fi
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
Directed by Hiroyuki Seshita, Kobun Shizuno1h 29m2017
A desperate group of refugees attempts to recolonize Earth 20,000 years after Godzilla took over. But one young man wants revenge above all else.
Our read: Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal animation · action · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured animation / action, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- inventive
- cold
- twisty
- epic-stakes
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“You want moody anime kaiju myth-making with a patient, cosmic-scale payoff.”
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