Godzilla, from the 80s On

About a year ago, I ran through the largest bulk of the Japanese Godzilla franchise: the Showa Era films. I promised myself I’d return to finish watching the rest, so I have now watched all of the Heisei, Millennium, and Reiwa Era Godzilla films.

And I have thoughts.

I mostly have thoughts about the nature of franchise filmmaking. Like most long-running franchises, the Godzilla franchise is a producer driven effort, individual films carrying marks of writers and directors but the overa...