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The first Godzilla<\/a> movie came out in 1954 and gave birth to a franchise that has 38 movies. All 38 of those movies have been rated anywhere between not rated\/G to PG-13 by the MPAA standards. But November 6th of this year will bring us the first ever R rated Godzilla film when Godzilla Minus Zero<\/a> comes out. It’s the direct sequel to 2023’s Godzilla Minus One<\/a> which is one of the highest rated Godzilla movies. The MPAA just released the rating and it says that the reason is for violent content and bloody images.<\/p>\n\n\n

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If first learned about this from Polygon’s Elijah Gonzalez, you can read his article here<\/a>, and I hadn’t known that no other Godzilla had a R rating before. The original 1954 Godzilla film was not rated. It wasn’t until 1965’s Invasion of Astro Monster<\/a> that a Godzilla film first got an actual rating. Despite the action and kaiju battles, Invasion of Astro Monster got a G rating but the next film, 1966’s Ebirah, Horror of the Deep<\/a>, got a PG rating and that became the ceiling for Godzilla film ratings until America stepped in with 1998’s Godzilla<\/a>, which got a PG-13 rating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Godzilla Minus Zero had it’s world premier screening at the New York Film Festival and director Takashi Yamazaki spoke with Variety about the R rating. In this<\/a> article by Variety’s Antonio Ferme and Zack Sharf, Yamazaki mentioned that normally a studio and director would want as many people to see the film as possible. An R rating would limit that possible audience. I remember as a kid, I could easily convince my parents or my Grandpa to take me to a PG-13 film, but an R rating would take some convincing. So even though an R rating could possibly limit the audience for the new Godzilla film, Yamazaki found that there were some scenes that he just couldn’t cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“there were certain scenes that, for me as a director, were so essential to the film. Censoring it or cutting it was just not an option for me.\u201d Yamazaki told Variety<\/p>\n\n\n

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This single quote does a lot to tell me that I can keep my hopes up for this film. As the quote from Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry goes: \u201cPerfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.\u201d It’s the fact that there are a few key scenes that caused the R rating but Yamazaki knew taking those scenes out was not an option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yamazaki goes on to say that he believes there isn’t that much of a negative connotation with R rated films anymore. The article even mentions how a few R rated films have crossed the billion dollar mark like Deadpool & Wolverine and this year’s Odyssey. <\/p>\n\n\n

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In my opinion, this film may be rated R but if you think any youngins in your life can handle the action and fantastical violence, then I don’t see why they can’t watch this film. It’s not like a Saw<\/a> film where it’s over-the-top grotesque or overtly sexual like 1998’s Wild Things<\/a>. I don’t believe this is going to be the sort of R movie that you need to seriously consider leaving anyone 17 or under behind. Just be smart about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Godzilla Minus Zero is such a highly anticipated film that I don’t think the R rating will have any negative effect on the film’s box office. If I saw parents take their kids to see Terrifier 3 in theaters, then there should be no problem with everyone’s favorite kaiju. Godzilla Minus One was my favorite Godzilla film and I hope this sequel is even better. <\/p>\n\n\n

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