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The title of the Japanese monster movie Shin Godzilla, an idiosyncratic take on the kaiju monster, can be interpreted in a few different ways: New Godzilla, True Godzilla or God Godzilla. God Godzilla seems most fitting since Gojira, originally a combination of the Japanese words for gorilla and whale, is translated by the film s characters as God Incarnate. Shin Godzilla is a reboot, marking the first time that the Japanese military or the world at large have ever encountered Godzilla. In this version, the American government is responsible for dumping nuclear waste that an extinct lizard then feeds off of. But Shin Godzilla, the first Japanese Godzilla film since the deliriously kitschy 2004 battle royale Godzilla: Final Wars, treats the monster as both a god and an act of God: He s here, and he must be dealt with regardless of who made Him.