Godzilla (Godzilla, King of the Monsters)

"It was easily one of the more peculiar cinematic experiences of my life (...) I found myself moved to tears — mourning for a doomed dino." 

"Fifty years of sequels (...) have not blunted the sheer cinematographic force (...) of Ishirô Honda’s Godzilla. Rarely has the open wound of widespread devastation been transposed to celluloid with greater visceral impact (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)" 

"[It] comes off as a potent and provocative metaphor (...) Honda's satire is cutting, with several characters resigned to living with the threat of constant cataclysm." 

"This 'new' 'Gojira' is a revelation (...) because for once, and only once, the focus of a 'Godzilla' film isn’t all that much on Godzilla himself (...) but on the humans who encounter him (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)" 

"It remains a striking, timely evocation of cultural dread—real horrors made unreal, perhaps in a game attempt to process them." 

"A landmark in the history of filmmaking, and must be seen (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"It was a sober allegory of a film with ambitions as large as its thrice-normal budget, designed to shock and horrify an adult audience." 

"A clear anti-nuclear fable, the original film has a serious agenda"