One of my favorite movie genres is the kaiju film genre, which kaiju means “strange creature” or “giant monster”, that tends to have a giant monster destroying major cities and fighting the military and even other giant monsters. One of the most popular and the first kaiju films was Godzilla. Godzilla one the most iconic character in pop culture has been starred over thirty films including some American film adaptations. The most two recent films were legendary’s Godzilla (2014) and Shin Godzilla, which shin means “New,” “True,” or “God” Both films were a reboot to the first film from 1954. While both films have Godzilla that share some similarities with one and another, they both have many differences in terms of plot, how the character is portrayed, and their meaning to the audience.
The overall plot for legendary’s Godzilla is researchers found an ancient spore, which they began to preserve until nearly 15 years later it hatches. Now with two terrestrial organisms threatening the existence of humanity. Godzilla rises up from the ocean to stop these two
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Legendary’s Godzilla is portrayed as a hero who saves the world from other monsters, while of course he causes destruction around him. He also seen as a potential threat to man-kind. While shin Godzilla is just like any monster which is a threat to humanity leaving destruction everywhere and killing the lives of other people. It is the people’s job to find a way to fight back and defeat him.
Shin Godzilla tends to have a strong meaning to the film. Shin Godzilla was inspired from the 2011 triple disaster which was Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The original Godzilla was an allegory for the effects of the hydrogen bomb, which bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the consequences that such weapons might have on earth. This film reminded the Japanese the horror they have witness and