Godzilla
Movie • 1998 • Action
ReportWhen a freighter is viciously attacked in the Pacific Ocean, a team of experts -- including biologist Niko Tatopoulos and scientists Elsie Chapman and Mendel Craven -- concludes that an oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan, destroying everything within its reach. The team chases the monster to Madison Square Garden, where a brutal battle ensues.
This movie contains 27 potentially triggering events.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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peanut
Godzilla and his children step on many people individually and also cause buildings/wreckage to crush others.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone stalked?
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The baby Godzilla's do some stalking of our main characters
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LightJest
Not on screen but there are jokes about a wife being violent to her husband.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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peanut
Lots of cigarette smoking.
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Lots and lots of fish die and are seen wiggling about throughout the movie
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Is there a dead animal?
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pikachucetthesecond
Both Godzilla and his children are killed in the movie
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Is an animal sad?
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peanut
Godzilla sees the bodies of its dead children and moans, poking them as if to wake them.
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Does a dragon die?
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No dragons appear in this movie, however a giant Dinosaur-like Mutated Iguana and many of it’s offspring are killed. However one offspring survives.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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LightJest
Yes! A crocodile is shown swimming underwater right at the very start of the film in the nuclear testing footage.
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Are there bugs?
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Matthew Broderick is a worm scientist and handles lots of worms
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There is no assault but there is sexual harassment. A woman’s boss implies that if she sleeps with him, he will let her advance in her career. Era typical workplace sexism is shown multiple times.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Godzilla burns a bunch of military vehicles which are shown to have people in them. We don't see the people die but it's implied.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Not just a head but entire people get squashed with some frequency
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Godzilla has a live wire stuck up into one of it's gums while trying to chew on our main characters in a taxi
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Is someone tortured?
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peanut
There is a scene where a man prompts another man to talk. He won’t, so the first man pulls out a lighter and shows it to the man, with the flame lit. I thought they implied they would torture/burn the man if he didn’t talk. The man talks.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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LightJest
A man falls out of a lorry that Godzilla picks up
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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No but several supporting characters do
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Is the r-slur used?
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Once, when Animal goes to chase down footage of Godzilla.
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Does a parent die?
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Godzilla is a parent here, so yes.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Matthew Broderick's character gets kidnapped by the French Secret Service, but he decides to work with them and it isn't particularly traumatic.
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Does someone cheat?
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There is an unsuccessful attempt when Audrey's married boss tries to hit on her.
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Is someone eaten?
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Four people are eaten by baby godzillas who mistake them for fish.
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Does someone spit?
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Godzilla's saliva hits Matthew Broderick when it roars at him
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Are there 9/11 depictions?
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SiRenfield
This movie was in 1998 but still has kaiju standard destruction of a major city and…this EXTREMELY awkward line “this is the worst thing to happen to New York since the 1993 World Trade Center bombings”
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Is there copaganda?
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Surprisingly low cop presence in the film. The military is portrayed very positively.
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Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Madison Square Garden is also destroyed.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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The Japanese survivor of Godzilla attack is seen in a hospital bed.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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sae
No, but Animal's wife uses the r slur against him (he is not canonically autistic)
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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sae
There is a scene of a fisherman visibly panicking as he fears for his life. General scenes of fear are shown throughout, but this is probably the most explicit.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Scenes in tunnels, crowded areas, and a scene in a taxi in Godzilla's mouth
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Shots of Godzilla swimming, shots of submarines and missiles.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Several of the scenes have flashing lights which give off a strobe effect
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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peanut
Eggs of baby Godzillas are shown. They then hatch.
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Is there childbirth?
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sae
No, but baby Godzillas do hatch out of eggs and references to Godzilla being pregnant are made several times. A pregnancy test is also bought and used.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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ActuallyAshlee
Usage of R****d
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A person isn't, but Godzilla should technically be a female if she reproduces parthenogenically, which is what the film says is happening. Since they keep referring to Godzilla as "he", even after they figure this out, Godzilla is technically getting mis-sexed.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Mayor is characterized as being fat and eating too many sweets
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Is there aphobia?
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peanut
In the context of animal asexual reproduction. Godzilla reproduces asexually, to which a character says “What’s the fun in that?” Played for laughs. Other characters express confusion about the concept.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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The French are shown as idiots
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Is there hate speech?
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A woman calls her husband a wop in anger
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Is religion discussed?
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peanut
An offhand reference to the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus without having sex, just as Godzilla lays eggs by reproducing asexually.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Both the male and female leads are sexually harassed by their bosses. Being the nineties where it is a woman objectifying a man it is played for laughs. While it is framed as wrong when a man harasses a woman there is still not a very strong reaction to it, kind of normalising the behaviour.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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Many displaced people sleeping on the street are given shelter in a person's house.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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sae
For the humans, the ending is happy and hopeful (though a bit ambiguous). For Godzilla and his family, however, the ending is very sad.
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Does a plane crash?
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Not a commercial plane but three military helicopters get smashed by Godzilla
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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peanut
There are several scenes around water that could suggest people drowned but they could have also died from the impact of Godzilla hitting them.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
Lots of fish guts and flesh of unknown origin is pulled off of a boat
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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peanut
There’s no exact category to warn for this, but the United States is portrayed extremely favorably in this movie. The original Godzilla originated from American bombing tests, but it looks bad for America’s image to have harmed people with nuclear weapons, so blame is shifted to the French in this movie.
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Is there gun violence?
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Anonymous
The military shoots loads of guns at Godzilla constantly
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