"Godzilla Minus One" Tops US Charts but Gets Some Lowest Reviews
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The movie "Godzilla Minus One" is number one in the United States. Many people in America are watching this Japanese movie. It is a very big hit.
But something strange is happening. On a big American review website, many people give the movie the lowest score. The lowest score is "1". This is very low.
A Japanese man named Sakuma Nobuyuki talked about the movie. He makes comments about movies and TV. He said there are things he does not understand about the low scores.
Many people love the movie. It shows Godzilla in an old style, like movies from the Showa time in Japan. One reviewer called it "an amazing Showa-style Godzilla!"
But some people online gave it very bad scores. Nobody knows the exact reason why. People are talking about this online now.
Vocabulary12 words
- review
- what you say or write about something you watched
- comments
- words you say about something
- style
- a certain way of making or doing something
- hit
- something very popular
- score
- a number that shows how good something is
- strange
- not normal; unusual
- reason
- why something happens
- online
- on the internet
- lowest
- the smallest; the worst number
- talked about
- spoke about something
- amazing
- very good; surprising
- exact
- 完全に正しい、具体的な
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1. In the United States box office 2. Many people give it the lowest score 3. False
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The movie "Godzilla Minus One" is number one in the _____. Many people in America are watching this Japanese movie. It is a very big _____.
But something _____ is happening. On a big American review website, many people give the movie the lowest _____. The lowest score is "1". This is very low.
A Japanese man named Sakuma Nobuyuki talked about the movie. He makes _____ about movies and TV. He said there are things he does not understand about the low scores.
Many people love the movie. It shows Godzilla in an old _____, like movies from the Showa time in Japan.
But some people online gave it very bad scores. Nobody knows the exact _____ why. People are talking about this _____ now.
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