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However, I really enjoyed the transition between the depiction of Godzilla's various rampages and the fallout from said attacks. It really gave the viewer a sense of consequence. “His catalog of frightening images – burning cities, overcrowded hospitals, irradiated children – would have been all too familiar to viewers for whom memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were still less than a decade old, while his script deliberately asked questions incendiaries on the post-war balance of power and the development of nuclear energy”. The trampling of buildings and nuclear explosions weren't just there to be flashy and action-packed, there were serious consequences to Godzilla's actions, as we could see when looking up close at the numerous patients inside a hospital. We see children with serious injuries and the pain on their parents' faces as they realize they may not make it out alive. It's a level of depth and emotion that I personally wish was shown in a large-scale monster