It was more like Transformers and Avengers. Kong was too smart and they made Godzilla overly strong. Plus the story sucked especially the Millie brown part.
"There can't be two Alpha Titans."
First things first: Yes, the humans for the most part are the worst part of the movie. The story is pretty simplistic and whenever the camera would pan to Millie Bobby Brown and her crew I would think "who cares!". That being said, monster scenes and fight sequences were really a true sight to see, and the action was crisp. Kaiju were done right.
Downloading a power source...................... WTF
Streamed via HBO Max
Story-wise, it's the weakest compared to other MonsterVerse films. This film is more focused about Kong if you're wondering. I couldn't stand that Millie girl, to be fair I wish the human parts would be removed because I only want to see Godzilla & Kong fighting. But it's entertaining to watch.
Fight scenes were awesome, the plot..... absolutely was not.
Why the shit would you get someone known for incredibly dull horror movies to helm what's meant to be "The Avengers" of the monsterverse?
This film is in dire need of a director. It looks like it was pieced together in the edit because so much of it is just shots of actors looking confused at a camera. As in, they just don't seem present in the scene in a logical way.
Millie Bobby Brown can clearly act, but she doesn't seem to know what character she's playing. I sure as hell don't either after watching this.
Rebecca Hall looks like she's just stood up at a table read.
Eiza Gonzalez clearly just got told "kinda do a Michelle Rodriguez impression IDK" at some point and that's all that comes across.
Kyle Chandler is in about two scenes and frankly why did they bother? His presence makes little contextual sense, and he also doesn't seem to even know what continent his whacky high jinks daughter is on at any one time, which gives that whole plot an element of farce.
Godzilla doesn't even seem to be the same creature from the last movie, not in terms of their physical presence or actions. Something is just 'off' about his face and head that makes him seem weirdly artificial.
Kong was well done overall and his arc was the only thing that even tried to make sense in the film and saved it from getting worse than a 5/10.
To what purpose for the storyline was the part with Millie Bobby Brown in this movie? Completely pointless.
Boring, remake, waste of money
Really really fantastic! Enjoyed the experience so much, excellent CGI, a really good story too to carry the action forward! Must watch on the big screen!
Nothing in this movie even tries to make sense.
Had not enough alcohol in my body for that movie...
People gave me a hard time for watching every movie in the Sharknado franchise.
That has NOTHING on this movie and just how bad it is.
At least Sharknado knew it was bad and worked off that. This movie feels as though it thinks its actually serious and a good movie.
JFC. I can’t even.
I believe I will probably be in the minority here - Very first impression. Might change with some time.
I watched the three previous movies leading up to this one. I liked the two Godzilla movies but did not like Kong: Skull island (mainly because of the writing) - I did very much like both the characters of Godzilla and Kong.
Now for this movie. Hmm well I liked some things about it... but there are many things that I unfortunately did not.
Firstly for the plot... maybe you shouldn’t expect anything from the plot of a movie like this but still a huge weakness, extremely predictable from the middle of the 1st act up until the end. It feels like a missed opportunity. And the whole Hollow Earth subplot...
Secondly, for the human characters. As a whole very mediocre. The trio following Kong I thought, were at least somewhat well executed, especially the little girl. You can get invested in the “mother/daughter” relationship and the girl’s bond to Kong, it works. On the other hand, the trio following Apex really fell short for me. Story wise, character wise and even in some scenes, acting wise. A lot of flaws... I’ve seen all 3 of the actors in other things I liked so I’m assuming it’s not their fault.
Now for our two big friends - Kong works, and he’s about the only thing in this movie that is actually developed to any meaningful extent. Godzilla on the other hand feels like a somewhat different character than in the other movies. He seemed ancient, wise and protecting before.
Now for the fight between mom and dad... this is just my opinion and maybe I’m biased because I just don’t like seeing two characters I really like fighting each other... This film falls into some of the same pitfalls that BVS did for me. “What is the point?” - When I watched some of the fight scenes in the trailer I thought it looked awesome and was looking foirward to the fight but in the film it just fell flat for me. In my opinion, the ultimate fight before the team up came too late in the movie. By the time it comes we know that Godzilla hasn’t just “gone bad” (which was expected) and that he has a good reason for wanting to destroy what Apex is building. So by that point we’re just basically watching the two “good guys” beating the shit out of each other. It takes away from the "Epicness" of the fight because at this point I don't want to see them fight anymore and I'm just thinking "Team up already" - The team up is good and I enjoyed it but it's completely expected from the beginning of the second act, and by the time it actually comes, it feels too late. If you want to have that huge fight in HK, have it in the middle of the movie and then have the last act being them coming together to defeat the mecha. The way it is now makes that fight feel uninteresting because there is no point to it. They’re just hurting each other for no reason. Because of this, I actually preferred the first fight when they’re in the sea.
It’s a great spectacle of course with great special effects but without a good reason or a plot, what are the stakes or the reason to get invested?
As a whole I do like this universe and I do hope they continue making more movies, hopefully a little more character driven next time.
Like eating the right amount of your favorite candy, Godzilla vs Kong is a visual sugar rush that will keep you buzzing for hours.
Where Godzilla (2014) dragged in places and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) was all adrenalin with nothing to grasp, Godzilla vs Kong is a perfect popcorn and Coke movie with the sweet action and the savory visuals. The right length, some gorgeous cinematography, flawless CGI, a perfect balance between action and story, Godzilla vs Kong is the best movie in the monsterverse and caps off the franchise gloriously.
It's not art, but that's OK, I didn't need it to be.
the only bad thing about covid is that didn't killed me before watching this ... even if you turn your brain off this movie make no sense... The others before I expected nothing and was pleased, this one... gosh.... is a rip off of Pacific Rim and hell yeah, I'm aware of the irony of the film that ripped of itself of a bad copy of a bad copy....of a copy....
I could smell the SJW bullshit right away... "women strong! men cowards! girl power!" yeah, fuck that shit... putting that aside the rest of the movie was just average... sure, it was visually impressive but otherwise it was very predictable and also kinda dumb in some aspects...
Well It’s good to see Godzilla vs Kong with today’s graphics that were decent and not looking cheap and was the monster battle any good? Yeah it was fun and entertaining and plenty of it with some cool effects and was the plot any good? I didn’t think much of it and definitely needed improvements and some characters were cheesy but it did have a decent cast tho and yeah i get it because it’s a monster film it focuses more on the monsters but i do prefer a decent story in any film genre even if it’s gonna focus more on the monster battle because it’s got to balance and it wasn’t just monster vs monster because then i’d let it off because humans were involved too but that’s my opinion and love a good story or lest try make it half decent but i guess it’s hard to balance.
I definitely liked this film more than the two poor films before it and rate it mostly on it’s action and the 90s version will always be my favourite.
Cheesy and stupid all the way through. Not the monster parts that much but definitely the human parts. They cast Godzilla as more of a villain than he needed to be. The technology is silly and completely unrealistic in advancement after a few years from the previous ones. Maybe a few decades. The movie is less serious than the previous ones and it's to it's detriment.
I thought the deaf human girl and her connection with Kong was annoying. But i guess it did help to connect more with things.
Annoying human characters as always in these movies. This might be the worst human parts in the franchise. And annoying podcast and conspiracy shit that's been a trope in recent movies. Annoyingly stupid human characters. Annoying unrealistic Kong humanizing behavior.
What is with the stupid annoying trope of oh the male lead is dumb, oafish, cowardly clown. But the main female is strong and normal. But let's make the main male lead buffoonish and a bit of an asshole.
First major fight is on an aircraft carrier. So very limited space. And it's in an ocean. Just... no. But the fight was still kinda fun.
Size of the monsters is done better in previous movies.
Not much action really, at least for most of the film. Especially not much Godzilla vs Kong for most of the film. A few minutes in the first half of the film!/one sequence!
Stupid mecha godzilla. Although it's not much of a spoiler since it's built up from the beginning.
At least the fights were fun near the end of the film.
Cool fight sequences in the second half.
Absolutely stupid film though. The human parts were awful and most could have been cut out.
Maybe better than Gozilla 2014. I think so. But not better than King of the Monsters and definitely not Skull Island.
I think I've written this before in other reviews of Godzilla movies but I'll mention again that Godzilla films are not exactly deep and certainly not grounded in any sort of reality. Godzilla vs. Kong continues that tradition. It's silly and colorful, full of city-smashing action. If that's not what you are looking for, you should skip this movie.
It's big and it's dumb, just like almost all the entries in the 30+ Godzilla movie series. I can say this as a qualified fan of both of these monsters as I own every Godzilla and every Kong movie ever made. I've watched them all multiple times and can say with confidence that GvK falls within the template set by all previous entries.
One more chapter in Legendary Entertainment's big, loud, computer-generated monster movie blowout, finally pitting cinema's two best-known behemoths in a rematch of their 1962 rubber suit showdown. The long and short of it is, Godzilla vs. Kong is exactly what you think it is, but also not quite what the three preceding installments might have led you to hope for. Those films contained several unique, essential pieces of a great monster movie, but couldn’t quite bring them all together in the same place. This effort may have scattered them to the ends of the Earth.
While Godzilla '14 suffered from too much dusty orange, brown and grey, sacrificing spectacle for aura, that also gave it a unique air of mystery and a personal, street-level point of view. The big guy was a force of nature, neither good nor evil, often experienced as little more than a distant rumble through the clouds and clutter of so many toppled skyscrapers. Skull Island and King of the Monsters moved in pop-friendlier directions, granting a better view of the action, while also leaning on pure entertainment value and top-notch creative direction. This new model represents a continuation of that slide into crowd-pleasing razzle dazzle, delivering nearly two hours of curious neon lights, spit-flinging alpha roars, window-shattering concussions and flashy pin-up moments, but it's increasingly limited in most other respects.
We get the fight, all right, and kudos for having the resolve to actually depict a winner after two rounds, but the big visuals aren't half as epic as the full-blown elemental fury seen in KotM, nor as ferociously intense as Kong's last solo flick. Both headliners move with a surprising lack of magnitude, swinging ten-story haymakers that land like stiff jabs, not earthquakes. We see so much casual collateral damage that forty-floor buildings become a mere inconvenience, minor hazards that spray black soot as they're toppled over. They might as well be made of cardboard, just like the old days.
The nonsensical story elements fare no better. Not that this is a particular strength for previous chapters, or even for a vast majority of similar films. Godzilla vs. Kong is a bad example of storytelling amidst a genre that's renowned for bad storytelling. It's stuffed with cryptic lore, clichéd character archetypes, bone-headed decisions, mindless pseudo-science, telegraphed plot developments... a full bucket of hogwash that made me feel like a moron for paying attention. Kong's ancestral homeland is the worst such offense, a landscape so fundamentally stupid and conceptually flawed that I couldn't stop shaking my head, puzzling over its many gaping, mind-numbing inconsistencies. Godzilla is painted as villain right from the start, which takes all the fun out of picking sides and rooting for your favorite among friends.
Listen, I'm not trying to be hard-to-please here. I don't need any sort of spiritual or philosophical revelation in the midst of my giant ape vs. lizard skirmishes, but I also expect a little bit more respect than this. I'll suspend my disbelief as long as you don't insult my intelligence. And, despite the visceral thrills of those fleeting headline bouts, this fails the litmus test.
so Godzilla vs kong is probably the best titan movie ever made it is mind boggling it has everything which the previous Godzilla movies lacked.
Titans are given more screentime in this movie which is a major plus and humans nobody really cares about them.
Continuation of the transformation of "kaiju" films into children's films. There is a display that is colorful, but that is more interested in making noise than in elaborating with some logic a story that, of course, concludes that the man is actually the real monster. In the absence of story, the references to Jules Verne serve as disguise. Being the best of the worst does not mean not being bad.
They swung for the fences with the concept, but absolutely went foul trying to make a screenplay out of it. The sound design is quite good. That's the best I can say about the film. If you're going to pay to see it in theaters at least go to a Dolby Cinema. Get your money's worth. You're not there for a good plot, characters, or visuals.
Also, I can count the number of good jokes on one hand... it was 1.
I know I'm going to be in the minority when I say this, but let the Monsterverse end here. I don't mean that in the way that, I hate these movies. Exact opposite, King Of The Monsters is my second favorite film of 2019. But given the history of cinematic universes (MCU), the Toho Godzilla series, and the current situation of the Monsterverse, I would rather see this little series end as a trilogy of sorts, discounting Kong Skull Island, and let it stay a self contained epic that completes all it's arcs over the three Godzilla films it currently has. I wouldn't want them to (((drudge))) this out, change it up to be more mass appealing, and lose the spark the series currently has. Legendary currently has the option to keep making Godzilla films as long as they want so long as they renew the license, Toho would let them. But given the financial returns, I don't think that'll happen. They're going to release this early in China, get some money back on their investment, and release it for the fans that still like this stuff. Neutering it down is the last thing I'd want and I'd rather it end now. I know you all would disagree, but end it on this "high note."
EDIT: Fuck, this didn't age well at all.
The human characters are basically useless. None of them really matter at any point. Well, one could argue that the latino Elon Musk bad guy has an influence on the plot, maybe the mute girl a tiny bit.. All the others are entirely irrelevant.
Were there already here in the previous movies ? Are there any returning character and/or actors ? I don't have a clue. It seems we're kinda supposed to know them, but I got no recollection whatsoever, except Kyle Chandler's, that is barely seen for 3 minutes in the whole movie here despite having a position that seems like he should have been involved.
His daughter, played by Brown could have been an interesting character, but again, doing her own things just to place her where needed to be a passive witness. Skarsgard's character is insufferable. Brown's friend is even worse. I can only imagine he's been put there to make a hacker meta joke with his only action in the movie being "What if I can guess the password ?". Was it worth it ? No.
The actual Godzilla vs Kong part was not that great, probably as it was designed to satisfy fans of both and so the winner's victory is a bit disappointing. However the both of them vs Mechagodzilla (apparently possessed by Ghidorah) was pretty fun.
As for the whole Hollow Earth part, wow. The constant pseudo scientific bullshit is exhausting. Inverting gravity ? Really ?
And the shock getting there is so violent that it instantly flattened the previous expedition. Well, let's go ith entirely untested new aircraft, and let's bring in an 8 year old on board. Wtf.
What happens inside is worse. Apparently there are advanced technological remains there that recognize Kong's bloodline and even give him a specially designed weapon. On one hand, lol, why not. But on the other where the hell does that come from ? It's totally out of line with everything they tried to build into a franchise.
So on the franchise building part, there's a not too bad try, to try to build something, to merge the universes and create a common background. BUT.
1) Without interesting and recognizable human characters in the middle, the link is very tenuous.
2) They used so many in a too fast way in the previous Godzilla movie.
3) Trying to put an origin place and another world is not bad, but this Hollow Earth thing is so bullshit.
4) The whole "There are Titans fighting each other for supremacy" is a nice try too. But this is a primal fight between a few apex organisms. This is fundamentally incompatible with a civilization, and so with the evolution of any kind of technology like what is shown there.
And since the whole concept is very similar to Chinese Gu poison pot, this means there should be at least a super Alpha Titan in Hollow Earth (and probably a few very strong left). So why would a (probably very degenerate Kong compared to its ancestors) be a King there ? Even more like a prophetic one that it looks the whole world was waiting for ? Even more when we see that he is not even the strongest Titan on regular Earth. Spoiler: there will surely be a strong threat revealed in a next movie.
There was real franchise potential, but it seems crazy to me how we're already 15 years after Iron Man, and after so many trying to surf on and copy Marvel franchise building, not a single one managed even a weak half-assed job at it. They're really all shit.
Note: After catching up on what happened in the others:
1) Humans had a bit more important role. But no real recurring characters.
2) The "Titans are healing the Earth" thing has been abandoned.
3) The other Titans were not all killed but bowed to Godzilla at the end, where are they now ?
=> So yeah, I stand with the comments on franchise building.
-Hey Kong
-Yes Godzilla?
-Should we show the humans that after a decade these building are not titans-proof
-Sure thing
and after we show that Pacific rim Terminator who's the real Titan boss
That the Chinese let Hong Kong turn to pile of ruin? Impossible. ;)
Someone wanted to make Alien vs Predator vs Terminator but they couldn't afford those properties so they made this. If your girl made you watch Marriage Story this CGI slugfest is an appropriate response
The energy Godzilla had when he finally defeats Kong was awesome. I wish he had that energy in the fight against Mecha Godzilla. And Mecha Godzilla was too fast IMO for a robot body, they should have gave him more firepower than speed.
Visuals are fantastic but the storyline makes ABSOLUTELY no sense
'Godzilla VS. Kong' delivers exactly what it says on the tin.
Everything on a technical standpoint is fantastic. The visual effects, bright warm colors, and the stand off between these monster legends is spectacular.
Everything else, on the other hand, leaves much to be desired.
The only good thing about this movie was that little girl. I hope she gets better movies.
So, this is the first movie I watched in Cinema since, well early 2020? Or even late 2019. But who counts in the time of Covid?
I generally enjoy the Monsterverse movies for what they are, mindless spectacle, wrapped in some nice CGI, with big monsters punching each other. It’s fun. It’s not supposed to be anything more. So, I don’t go into these movies and expect a great story or characters with actual depth. That being said, I found Kong: Skull Island and Godzilla: King of Monsters vastly more entertaining than this one.
I mean it delivered when it actually showed Godzilla and Kong fighting. Even with the obvious cop out we all suspected thanks to the not so subtle trailer.
The human characters were unnecessary as always, but hey at least Alexander Skarsgard was nice to look at.
What really bothered me this time around was the amount of time spent with the human characters (gladly an issue all these films have) and this time we have two different set of "teams" one for Kong and one for Godzilla. Team Kong was fine, even though I can’t stand the trope of overly precious child characters, but oh my God was Millie Bobby Brown‘s Madison annoying in this one. Her ragtag group of Godzilla loving conspiracy theorists was not only unnecessary and only existed for exposition, they also take title for most annoying human supporting characters any of these movies have ever seen.
Well, at least they mentioned Roswell. So, Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla next?
It didn't waste a minute! 5 minutes into start and the first explosion starts. Very entertaining, i wish i have watch this in cinema, the effects were amazing, very goof fight scenes, nobody should care about the script, this is not for an Oscar or performances. Its pure action and popcorn movie. Which delivers successfully.
An exhausting and meaningless popcorn teen movie that hits right in the notch of the times.
Completely uninteresting plot that moves along schematized standard paths. Has been seen at least 1000 times, bobs along and you don't really want to see it anymore.
The characters are all standardized and completely irrelevant. I fever with absolutely no one, Godzilla is insignificant for the film, Kong irrelevant to unsympathetic in places.
Yes, Godzilla vs Kong is visually stunning. Super SFX and great compositions. But for me, that alone doesn't justify a two hour film. It needs more.
It's best to fall asleep after 10 minutes (then you've already seen some beautiful images) and wake up again shortly before the end. Then you have grasped the essence of the film and missed nothing at all.
The audio and video on this movie is truly outstanding. There were a bunch of plot holes and things they glossed over, but the Atmos mix and LFE was seriously amazing and it was still a really fun monster movie for me.
Teaching King Kong sign language when he is unlikely to know the meaning of human words is just one silly plot point in this increasingly silly movie. Other than the decent special effects there is little of note here. The monster action - what there is of it - is entertaining to a point but the story is dumb and the human interplay is uninteresting.
Again a simple story line. Finest thing is downloading a power source and it made within seconds :rofl:
but I love that universe :v:
Just came out of the cinema after watching the movie. I loved it, definitely worth seeing. Doesn’t matter if you simply enjoy action movies or you are a huge Godzilla fan - the movie will cater to your needs.
First and best Godzilla movie i ever watched the other ones i never finished....
8/10 only the adult woman actor was so bad annoying (Kong wisperer)
okay so i went to this movie not expecting much but boy was i wrong this was a all out blast so much fun at the movies highly recomended
It's like Batman vs Superman, only with titan-monsters. And story same as B vs S, just much weaker
This movie features the most ludicrous and absurd scientific concepts and the most pointless and annoying human characters in recent memory. That makes it the Godzilla movie that's the most faithful to the spirit of the Japanese originals, and I say that as a huge kaiju nerd.
Lots of satisfying fights makes this one an easy recommendation for Godzilla fans, though I have to admit I still highly prefer the rubber suit and the original Godzilla attack music. Something about the over-expressive Godzilla face and the small, beady eyes makes this one kind of disappointing to watch, though I love the way he moves.
TEAM MONKE
APES TOGETHER STRONG
it's hard for me to get into big monster movies it's not my cup of tea this movie is better than some of the other ones mostly just because of the Blockbuster ensemble concept of King Kong going up against Godzilla
I mean it's not going to win any awards In storytelling or acting but it's a great Blockbuster action movie with tons of destruction and a giant monkey and giant lizard fighting a giant robot lizard
yea who needs story anyway
CGI is god-tier, but if you are here for the plot you should probably stay away.
Just like Skull Island, this movie suffer greatly for the "human part" of the story. Boring, obnoxious, with plenty of bad written characters.
Worst of all, the characters portrayed by Millie Bobby Brown and Brian Tyree Henry.
The monster part is good, not as good as the ones from Skull Island but still good. A bit too dark in too many parts, but enjoyable.
Please, make a movie with just monsters!!
The perfect excuse to show Godzilla and Kong smashing their butts. Don't get me wrong, that was exactly what we wanted to see and what was delivered to us.
The visuals were fascinating, I usually complain a lot about how obvious the CGI is noticeable, but this time it seemed very well done.
Obviously, the plot was not a big deal, it was very irrelevant, but as I read there, who was looking for a super exciting plot of human characters? nobody, hahaha. And they did not show how the beginnings of the monsters neither because that is what the previous films are for. Seriously, what were you expecting more than a giant lizard and an angry monkey fighting? LOL
And the award for the « mother of the year » goes to... Dr. Ilene Andrews for bringing her daughter everywhere where it was extremely dangerous. Clap clap clap ! Congratulation for this stupid plot and globally for this movie written by kids wanting to play with monsters and big surreal tech toys. I loved the Gozilla movie but this one is beyond crap.
incredible movie, solid action scenes, doesn't outstay it's welcome, insane cgi, the human side stuff is nothing to write home about but it pads out the film in between fight scenes.
if you're watching this for a masterpiece in story telling, you're not watching for the right reasons.
What a bad movie! On,y the fights were cool
Pretty much "no plot, just vibes" and I loved every second of it (human scenes excluded)
The Long Awaited Battle Of The Kaiju's - Kong & Godzilla Go Toe-To-Toe With A Talented Cast As A Side Note To The Insane Action Taking Place - Continuing From The Last Kong Movie From Skull Island & The Previous Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah In The 2019 Movie Godzilla King Of The Monsters
Not To Ruin The Movie For Any One - The People Are There To Point Out Science, DNA, And Geophysics Behind The Kaijus While Adding To It The Myth & Legends Of Their Stories - Don't Expect It To Be A Great Story But The Movie Does Honor The Nobility Of The Creatures On The Screen As It Caters To The Appetites Of The Fans & The Audience - This Movie Is What I Wanted It To Be A Battle Of The Monsters & It Completely Delivered On That
I'm Looking Forward To More From The MonsterVerse Movies
One hell of an awesome monster ride!! 8/10
Monster fight scenes were a delight.
The story kinda meh. Madison's crew was just painfully cringe to watch with their acting and lame jokes.
On the other hand I liked Jia's and Kong's interaction and we got more lore which is always good.
Overall it is a damn fine movie, a much watch for monsterverse fans.
#TeamMonke
What an absolute pile of trash
Better than expected - has exactly what it says on the box: big monster vs big monster.
Honestly found this more enjoyable than either Pacific Rim
I'm going to say something controversial, but I grew up with Godzilla (1998) and I effing loved it, it was stupid but simple, Godzilla was bad and humans had to save the earth.
This new whole series of Godzilla is just making stuff complicated for the sake of it. Is Godzilla good or bad? We never know, because he just exist and do it's own stuff meanwhile Humans are doing stupid shit and always making stuff worst. Well, ok, that one is a good point, humans are stupid and greedy for power, always more power and this is the part of the movie that is the most realistic :P
And just as you think this movie is about Godzilla versus Kong who will win and the endless debate on the web, SURPRISE! MECHAGODZILLA IS THERE! and just like with Batman v Superman, the two foes goes to fight the new enemy together and win...
And I thought Nolan’s movies have bad sound mixing.
Movie was ok. Not up to the hype. Typical 'hero fights fights hero then they fight together against a common enemy' type plot.
It was good enought to be entertained and not feel bored.
Movie would be a lot better without Madison story. Wish they stopped casting Millie.
A good watch for the Godzilla/Kong fans, but not better than Godzilla: King of Monsters.
Had high expectations before going, and that let me down. Don't get me wrong, it's a good movie for a one-time watch (for fans), with great fight scenes and stunning visuals/CGI. But, the story part is very very weak. There was no point in having Millie Brown or Kyle Chandler in this movie. Or the 2 people she surrounds herself with. Eiza Gonzalez is just simply "there". The trope is similar to Batman vs Superman. Then again, that was expected, since you can't make a winner out of these 2, without alienating the fanbase.
EDIT: It has now been revealed the original film/script was radically different, longer, and explained many of my issues presented in this review. Studios, stop butchering your films to be more palatable to audiences.
This is what happens when the people who say, "Godzilla movies don't need to have good human stories," get their way. Easily one of the weakest Godzilla films ever made and the worst of this series. You're not a fan of this franchise if you say Godzilla movies don't need story. Every one so far has had an interesting enough script to justify it's monster bits, even the worst Showa or Heisei outings do more. It's not even really sure what it wants to be. Kong is propped up as the hero and clearly the protagonist of this story with Gojira making cameos as he hunts the organization Apex, but then Kong just loses anyways. What purpose is there for even setting up these monsters as sympathetic when all writing and soul is tossed out the minute they start brawling in Hong Kong. It actually forgets humans exist for a good four minutes as these two punching bags throttle around neon buildings. Craft is gone, it turns into The Avengers, with barely any collateral damage. "Oh but, you can follow the journey through the monsters! You don't need humans to have that nuance." Oh really? Godzilla doesn't like Kong being off his island, he puts him in his place, story done. Talk about deep. No moments to breath or for a character to properly react. This is hot off the heels of King of the Monsters, a film that continues the themes of Skull Island and Gareth Edward's Godzilla. Dougherty's outing before this deeply explored the themes of what it means to live with these monsters on Earth. How do you continue living when a relative of yours has been taken at the hands of one of them, do you shut yourself off or do you try to change the world? Emma became essentially so riddled with guilt she released the devil on Earth. How are these monsters really not so different from us, considering they were birthed out of our own arrogant, persistent lust for control over this world. It's too much to get in to, but that film dealt a great deal with overcoming grief, putting your faith in God, coexistence, and forgiveness. Mark's scene where he looks in to Godzilla's eyes and finally restores his faith is one of my favorite moments from this series. There is nothing in Godzilla vs. Kong that could be remotely construed as a plot. Charles Dance's role has been replaced for some reason, we have a wacky podcast conspiracy guy that serves as just a walking prop for the viewer to see world explanations, Kyle Chandler as Mark has been reduced to a cameo, and on that note: Why is he working at Monarch? He consistently hated Godzilla until he had a change of heart and faith by virtue of Serizawa and Mothra. Monarch didn't change to the good guy, they're still an organization on the cusp of lawsuit and government shutdown. Would GvK mind explaining that for us? How and when was Apex formed? How is it possible the creation of MechaGodzilla never leaked out? The world has been introduced to the titans. It's plainly established everyone is obsessed with these things, the internet and news won't shut up about them. The government doesn't know this is how Apex is using their power supply? In '14, it's at least explained their research on the MUTO was a government cover up for Monarch, that's why Joe in that film became a crackpot theorist who wouldn't let the nuclear incident go. But it's not 2013 anymore, the creatures are no longer a big secret. In King of the Monsters, the people unleashing Ghidorah to rival Godzilla are small band of eco-terrorists, they aren't a multi-billion dollar corporation. It makes no sense and done so much more poorly. It's rushed and done with quips. The most we ever get in terms of world building is a single shot of a map and newspapers, talking about the UN vetoing Godzilla or Apex facilities springing up across the map. We don't hear internal communication or even have a Senate scene like in this last film. The world has simultaneously been expanded greatly and shrunken to nothing, something Pacific Rim Uprising also horrifically accomplished. This series was built off the foundation of engaging with this science fiction, government monster universe through the lens of a sympathetic every-man that's been hurt by the monsters in some way, usually a familial death. Dr. Nathan Lind is given two words to establish he lost a brother in the Hollow Earth, but nothing ever comes of that information. Humans? There are storytelling devices used to get the audience from scene to scene. In the same span of runtime, from '14 to this, Bryan Cranston is grieving over his dying wife, to this has a fat guy making jokes about toasters. The most amount of interesting character development are thrown away in two very specific pieces of dialogue. The little native girl's family was killed by the storm surrounding skull island, which we saw in Kong's film, as was the whole island wiped out. I imagine there was a sequence that explored this and able to give a more tragic or perhaps resounding, uplifting message of sticking with family even when you've suffered so much loss. It would fit the overarching narrative that's stuck to this MonsterVerse so far, but it seems the cutting room floor did a number to this movie, as even stated by director Adam Wingard. It really does feel like the movie is playing damage control. Audiences didn't understand the previous films' stories, so they got fed up trying to understand them and just declared they don't want any characters in these movies. So we get walking action figures that say the words necessary to get us to our next fight. The best potential that existed in one of these dolls was Shun Oguri's character, Ren Serizawa, who is related to the Serizawa of previous films, the one who sacrificed himself to save Godzilla and prove humanity needed to accept him as their king. It was a very touching, holy piece in the last film, and Ren could work as an antagonistic son who resents his father for giving up his life to this monster he doesn't understand, and we could go through a similar arc Mark Russel did in the last film. None of this is realized, he is a dummy test pilot told to get in the goddamn chair, like it's an Evangelion reference. The most amount of enjoyment anyone could get out of this is the splodge of CGI dumped on to the screen with no visual grace or narrative substance. If that's all you want, then I pity what this means for blockbusters. Edwards crafted a fantastic character movie in 2013 and the series has been handed a blow here.
delivers exactly what you would expect from a movie called Godzilla vs Kong, 2 giant monsters kicking the crap out of each other. even when monsters were not on the screen, there was plenty to keep you engaged
the runtime, which was just under 2 hours, flew by and i was never bored. yes, the parts that featured human characters were less interesting, but who watches a giant monster movie for human characters anyway?
having said that, the human characters following Kong's arc were infinitely more compelling than those following Godzilla's, and Kong's story overall had an emotional arc that made you care about him
I don't know what I expected but this was just terrible. The story was all over the place and fights weren't even that great. How does this get a 92% on Rotten tomatoes? I would skip this one.
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The first time I watched Godzilla vs Kong, I wasn't too impressed, but I realize that was only because I was going off the hype of others and not as a Godzilla fan myself, Currently, I'm watching it now for 6th time and it gets better each time
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Gia- I loved her character every bit. When she was pleading with Kong to be careful, I fell in love with her and that scene. I am glad Kong has someone to connect with.
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Maddie- People can say what they want about her but as she watched Godzilla walk off; the concern in her eyes for big G. I love it. I hope one day Adam can find some kind of way for Godzilla to have some type of connection with her.
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Kong- When everyone was all about team Godzilla or team Kong, of course, I was team G, but Kong is pretty dope too. Hope we can see Godzilla in the hollow earth helping Kong somehow
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Godzilla- Just badass and he looked amazing in the close-ups. My favorite part was when he acknowledged Kong at the end. The scene, the walk-off, the background music, everything about that scene was so cinematic to me. I loved this movie, and the reason I'm able to watch it again and again and again is this focuses way more on the monsters as opposed to the humans. Is there any way to reach Adam Wingard?:metal_tone3:
You are telling me a bunch of kids hacked into a top secret computer and disabled a mech? This has got to be one the worst sequence of events I have ever had the misfortune to experience. Good fights though. lol Poor Hong Kong.
This movie is not a serious film, just turn your brain off when the big monke is not on the screen, why are people taking this movie seriously. Its eye candy and its damn good eye candy, some of the shots in this film are god tier im talking about the beam struggle
Was there a plot or I’ve missed it?
Wow!!!! This is just trash... I was actually looking forward to this... such a let down...
I have to admit that I expected not to like this movie. When Hollywood decides to pitch two characters, whether it’s superheroes or monsters, that are essentially good against each other it usually turns into crap. Take the absolutely abysmal Batman vs Superman for instance. Then we have Kong Skull Island which, while still being watchable, had a really lousy script.
But to my surprise I quite liked this movie. I really got worried when the movie started off with some nutcase activist that Hollywood likes to glorify. Then they had to kiss up to Communist News Network as well by giving them some product placement. Don’t use a real world news network in fiction movies please. Especially not a well known fake news and far left propaganda machine.
However, in the end it all turned out nicely. The nutcase activist was really a nutcase and really really annoying but he still turned out to be on the side of the good guys.
The story was not altogether bad and although this story of the hollow earth is really far out fantasy more than anything else, even more than the idea of Kong and Godzilla themselves, I liked it. It was quite cool actually and it allowed for some nice special effects other than just Godzilla and Kong beating each other up and wrecking a few cities in the process.
Speaking of special effects. They are really why you watch these kind of movies. Sure a half decent story and passable acting helps but the special effects are the bulk of the enjoyment. For me the movie didn’t disappoint in this area.
They were overall very good and actually quite balanced. Well balanced considering the kind of movie. You cannot have a Godzilla movie without at least a couple of city blocks getting demolished after all. Having an actual wet navy battleship showing up I do ascribe to the usual Hollywood writer stupidity of course but for the rest it was really cool. I especially liked the hollow earth scenes and the strange landscape with all the weird creatures.
Warning, spoiler ahead: The thing I really liked with the movie was that the writers didn’t go down the route of killing either Godzilla or Kong. Something I really feared and which would have reduced the movie to a rubbish rating as far as I am concerned. Instead they threw in Mechagodzilla which was quite cool albeit predictable at this point in the movie and one which united Godzilla and Kong. Also this weird, completely devoid of any (even fictional) science, link to Gidorah was quite a bit of a stretch.
Overall, watching this movie was two hours well spent as far as I am concerned.
It’s giant monsters fighting with a very weak story thrown in. Personally King of the Monsters did it better.
Comedy relief by Julian Dennison made almost every scene unbearable and felt completely unnecessary.
Visually it’s a great big screen looking film, unfortunately with even the two iconic monsters who’s films I have enjoyed since a kid, I don’t think I will be revisiting this one.
I'm embarrassed to say I watched it. I'd rather watch a episode of Corner Gas.
They finally let the monsters be the stars of their own movies. I mean, don’t we all go to see Kaiju films to see struggling families going through divorces, their kids misbehaving, and filled with all kinds of lovely human drama?
Nope, and they’ve finally learnt. Let the humies support the Kaiju and GTFO.
Nice to see they are starting to stop filming in dark blue rainy nights for entire films too. Monster fights in the daylight? YES!
This is a 10 out of ten. Deserves to sit along with my millennium era TOHO Godzilla films.
Thank you.
So I waited for this one every since they announced it. Then covid delays. Bought the fist tickets for the first show days ago. Got to the theater, got snacks, sitting there with my son and nothing on the screen. The camera broke. No more tickets for the rest of the day available. Grrrrrr. Went home, watched on HBO max. Well at least the movie was awesome.
Somehow not all that entertaining.
A film titled 'Godzilla vs. Kong' really should be a lot of fun. For me, unfortunately, it was quite the disappointment. I personally feel they should've literally have made this one whole wall-to-wall battle between the two monsters with minimal human screen time... it felt like we got the opposite of that.
The trio of characters portrayed by Alexander Skarsgård, Rebecca Hall and Kaylee Hottle are passable if a little boring, they are at least decent. The opposite is true for the three of Millie Bobby Brown, Brian Tyree Henry and Julian Dennison - their whole side of the story just didn't do anything for me, so forgettable. Either way, there are too many non-monster characters in this.
The stuff directly with Godzilla and Kong is alright. I could've done with less humanising of the latter though, I prefer the idea of them being these titanic behemoths that just aren't that interested in humans. The two aren't equals so it feels unnecessary to try and bridge that gap.
My rating feels a tiny bit harsh, but for a movie that has a less than 113 minute run time it did drag a fair deal - and the film's 'best' element, the two titular names, aren't shown enough or portrayed interestingly enough to fulfill what I wanted. Perhaps they'll do it better in the next installment?
During the marketing for this, I remember them sorting the human characters into "Team Godzilla" and "Team Kong", and while Team Kong spends the whole movie hanging out with Kong, Team Godzilla barely spends any time with Godzilla. In fact, the balance between Godzilla's screen time and Kong's is tilted WAY too far in the Big Monkey's direction. They should have called this "KONG (and also sometimes Godzilla)". Oh, and the pacing is noticeably lackluster too
6/10
Decided to watch it again before I will see the new one in the theaters.
The fighting scenes are great. The story is terrible, and don’t even start about the acting.. the whole Milli Bobbi story was unnecessary and incredibly annoying and bad.
A lot of things don’t make sense at all, like how tf are you downloading the most powerful energy source their is?! Ffs man.
This movie is a blast without doubt, you feel the excitement of an epic large-scale fight. It give you what they sold u in the trailer, the human part is quite interesting.
"Feel free to be impressed."
My favorite of the franchise so far! Godzilla vs. Kong is just pure fun from beginning to end, nothing beats having both Godzilla and Kong in one movie.
The journey to Hollow Earth is exciting, i'd say it's the most exciting adventure we've had yet in the franchise, although Skull Island is also solid. The action sequences are great and epic in scale. The special effects look just as good as the previous movies. While I like the setting for the final fight in Hong Kong, I think the LED lighting doesn't look very good mixed in with the special effects, gives it a plastic look.
Kong is more humanized than Godzilla and gets to shine more which isn't fair but then again Godzilla got two solo movies and Kong only one. Not much of a story. The human characters are bland as usual but I do like Brian Tyree Henry's character, he's at least funny and entertaining. MechaGodzilla adds spice to the fight but his inclusion does a disservice to the title and premise of this movie.
The amount of talent it takes to build a movie like this is unimaginable. The cgi in almost every single scene was beautiful. The destruction and design was amazing. This is why I love Godzilla and Kong, and to finally put them together, ahhh, a dream come true. I do wish for a Monsterverse movie in the pov of the monsters, but this got fairly close. The story was nor good or bad, but it kept me satisfied. The dialogue is always cheesy, and the acting and casting was mediocre. The score and sound design was amazing. I still can't comprehend how it's possible to make this big ol blockbuster.
I'm a sucker for these kinds of movies. I didn't really care what the story was about. All I came for was to see Godzilla and Kong battle it out and I was not disappointed.
A quick Hello between the two Human teams would have been nice .
With 'Godzilla vs. Kong', the Monsterverse has finally arrived in the realm of complete nonsense. But given the premise, this is a perfectly valid approach. The film relies much more on humor than its predecessors, but it's still not funny. At least for me, the jokes just didn't work. The characters fall somewhere between bland and obnoxious. Millie Bobby Brown once again plays an annoying teenager, and Brian Tyree Henry takes on the role of a wacky conspiracy theorist. There are also numerous scientists and corrupt business people, none of whom leave a lasting impression. And I don't even want to get into the plot surrounding the "Hollow Earth" theory.
But at the end of the day, you're probably only watching the movie to see Kong and Godzilla tussle with each other and eventually get along. And that's exactly what you get here, with a lot of spectacle. If the monster action was accompanied by reasonably entertaining human characters, then these films could be good. But as it is, "Godzilla vs. Kong" is nothing more than dumb popcorn cinema. But at least the movie is still reasonably entertaining and, in my opinion, better than 'King of the Monsters'.
I was waiting for "Colonel" Graham Chapman to stomp in and announce "This picture is silly, and I'm stopping it now."
At least the mad scientist said "humanity" and not "humankind".
The "Millie Bobby Brown timeline" is easily the worst of these movies.
having watched the first 2 godzilla movies over the corse of 2 days, now moves on to this one.. and this one is the one i want to write a review of sorts on.. the first one.. was good, made me cry in places and have those feels you get from epic battles .. as did this one, honestly the emotion in kong was great . tore at you at the right times. and between the battles you dont know who to root for.. was the story good? honestly its not a deep plot. but in this day and age it doesnt need to be.. to be a entertaining film, if you want "reality" and Real world issues in your movies, go watch the news. if you want escape into sitiuations fantastical then thats what movies are for. so for this i fill its role. pace was good, action was good, my only real gripe was madison felt like token from the second movie, didnt drive the story or do anything that couldnt have been fullfilled by a new character same with her father. and the main "villian" didnt seem belivable in the role but too overacted .. but other than that i enjoyed them as respite from modern day BS that is surrounding us.
Monster-verse films are a specific taste. They are good shut off your brain content (similar to Transformers or Fast films). There’s no real knock here, but it still won’t do anything to convert new fans.
Rating: 2.5/5 - 7/10 - Worth Watching
Not bad... But Hollyweird still cannot make a Godzilla movie.
not the first time i got attached to a kong and sobbed about it :')
If you know what to expect from this movie, then you will have a fun time watching it. Two popular monsters fighting it out is just what I need to watch sometimes.
I’ve got about 38 minutes left to go. Can’t imagine how they plan to fill that time! I think the fact I’m trying this now tells you how interesting this is. I’m just waiting for Black Panther to arrive as it seems like there’s a lot of vibranium lying around.
Other than lots of loud noises and smashy smashy, there’s isn’t a lot to praise.
The other movies in the series were better.
I haven't watched the previous Kong / Godzilla movie collection, I collected this film to put my new 4k setup to the test after hearing about its demo-worthy status.
I had low expectations for this film but came away really impressed, while this started off slow with character and story development this quickly ramps up.
The visuals and audio are next level and filled with epic monster battles that made this a truly perfect popcorn film.
I'll now need to check out the films prior to this.
8/10 - Great film, one that I'll happily watch again
I give it a 7 just because the fights were cool, all human story was wasted and almost pointless
Godzilla vs Kong should be an epic showdown. Instead what we get is a CGI snooze fest with bland characters. I made it through, but barely.
the scenes where the mother is talking to her mute daughter are not done well. We have no idea what they are saying, unless one understands sign language. Watched it on Go where there are no subtitles, by the way.
4k UHD Blu-ray was recommended as disc with reference Dolby Atmos track. I confirm. It is. But. I’m was very nervous after a hour of watching because sound was so huge and loud that I’d like to renamed this title as Much louder disc on market. Ordinary human can’t recognize each aspect of surround array and fled it into one big bunch hardly recognizable sounds. Picture is mainly in dark so any mind blowing from screen doesn’t expect.
Reminded me of the early monster flicks with men in rubber suits; and not in a good way.
Hollow Earth is just fucking stupid too.
it was better to have watched Pele's movie
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It is better that I thought. Full of action with cgi but they tried to make a story from such a barren plot.