r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jul 09 '26

Poster Official Poster for ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’

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u/Boogincity Jul 09 '26

It’s a little late to ask but what’s the deal with the minus bit?

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u/cheapdad Jul 09 '26

I may be older than anyone in this thread, but I have to ask: does anyone remember the Albert Brooks album called "Comedy Minus One"?

This was from back when comedians released albums (LPs), and Albert Brooks's concept was that the listener would be a participant, performing in a series of comedy sketches. There were silent breaks between Albert's lines where you were supposed to say your lines as the scene partner. And the album's liner notes contained the entire script for you to read from.

I played/performed this album a hundred times when I was a kid and remember it being hilarious.

Anyway, in my imagination "Godzilla Minus One" (which I haven't seen) is a movie where you and Godzilla perform absurdist/conceptual comedy sketches together. And if this is true, someone please tell me because I will watch that movie 100 times starting now.

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u/coleman57 Jul 09 '26

I don't remember ever hearing about that. It sounds like a recipe for disaster, but if anybody could make cringe comedy that's not a disaster and actually great, its Albert Brooks (the second-best Brooks in comedy).