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Essay / Godzilla Movie Analysis - 759
However, I really enjoyed the back and forth between the depiction of Godzilla's various rampages and the fallout from said attacks. It really gave the viewer a sense of consequence. “Its list of frightening images – burning cities, overloaded hospitals, irradiated children – would have been all too familiar to moviegoers for whom memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were less than a decade old, while his script asked deliberately incendiary questions about balance. of post-war power and the development of nuclear energy. The stomping of buildings and nuclear explosions weren't just there to be flashy and action-packed, Godzilla's actions had serious consequences, as we saw when we looked at some near the many patients in a hospital. We see seriously injured children and the pain on parents' faces as they realize they may not make it out alive. It's a level of depth and emotion that I would personally like to see displayed in a larger scale monster.