I think it's more along the lines of allowing each viewer to interpret the ending. I agree that Shin Godzilla shouldn't have a direct sequel. The ending is ominous and plays into the movie's main themes very well.LegendZilla wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 4:01 pmFor some people, does keeping things vague and ambiguous help to suspend disbelief?king_ghidorah wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 3:05 pm I like the open ended nature of Shin’s ending. I hope it never gets a true sequel. Same for Gamera 3.
I think western culture is uncomfortable with ambiguity in endings….and that’s a shame.
Where would a sequel even go? What Shin established doesn't seem like a sequel would work as a monster-brawl type movie. He works well with other monsters as a theme park attraction, but as an actual movie Shin feels like he'd only work well alone. If he's the only monster in the sequel, he'd just wake up and then humanity would have to put him to sleep again.
I'd love to be proven wrong, but since the movie came out it always felt to me like a sequel would feel unnecessary and dilute the original.