PROS:
-This movie is a Saturday Morning Cartoon brought to life.
-This is a 70's Showa Era Film with modern effects.
-The Monsters are 100% the leads.
-The Monster Brawls are absolutely nuts!
-Godzilla vs. Kong Round 2 was fun.
-The Entire 3rd Act is exactly what 5 year old would've loved.
CONS: -We are so far removed from the tone of 2014.
-The pacing is all over the place.
-The script was written with cocaine and mushrooms.
-Every character is underdeveloped as is the plot.
-There's no scale to any of the monster brawls.
Like every iteration of Godzilla, it starts serious then slowly becomes a kid's franchise. Well, the Monsterverse is now officially a kid's franchise for better or worse. I say knowing full well that if I watched this as a kid it would've been the greatest movie ever. However, watching it as a 35 year old man, I can't ignore the flaws. This movie feels like a fever dream. There are some big crazy ideas here, but the movie doesn't hover over any of it. They throw so much at you so quickly that you have no time to absorb anything before the movie is moving on. The same goes for the characters, who exist to deliver exposition and that's it (a low-key waste of Rebecca Hall's talent). The Monsters are the opposite, they are the leads of the movie. This movie feels like Kong 3: The Hollow Earth War. There are long stretches where there's no dialogue and the story is being told through the expressions of the Monsters, and truthfully, it works. The Monster fights are meant to be seen on the big screen. Especially a battle that takes place in zero gravity. Seeing Godzilla and Kong properly team up is something my inner child needed to see. My theater cheered with joy as they charged into battle together. This is the kind of movie that the young fans will absolutely love and there's nothing wrong with that. I grew up on the Showa Era movies and that's exactly what this is. This is the kind of monster movie that creates the next generation of fans. With that in mind, this movie does its job. 6/10.
-This is a 70's Showa Era Film with modern effects.
-The Monsters are 100% the leads.
-The Monster Brawls are absolutely nuts!
-Godzilla vs. Kong Round 2 was fun.
-The Entire 3rd Act is exactly what 5 year old would've loved.
CONS: -We are so far removed from the tone of 2014.
-The pacing is all over the place.
-The script was written with cocaine and mushrooms.
-Every character is underdeveloped as is the plot.
-There's no scale to any of the monster brawls.
Like every iteration of Godzilla, it starts serious then slowly becomes a kid's franchise. Well, the Monsterverse is now officially a kid's franchise for better or worse. I say knowing full well that if I watched this as a kid it would've been the greatest movie ever. However, watching it as a 35 year old man, I can't ignore the flaws. This movie feels like a fever dream. There are some big crazy ideas here, but the movie doesn't hover over any of it. They throw so much at you so quickly that you have no time to absorb anything before the movie is moving on. The same goes for the characters, who exist to deliver exposition and that's it (a low-key waste of Rebecca Hall's talent). The Monsters are the opposite, they are the leads of the movie. This movie feels like Kong 3: The Hollow Earth War. There are long stretches where there's no dialogue and the story is being told through the expressions of the Monsters, and truthfully, it works. The Monster fights are meant to be seen on the big screen. Especially a battle that takes place in zero gravity. Seeing Godzilla and Kong properly team up is something my inner child needed to see. My theater cheered with joy as they charged into battle together. This is the kind of movie that the young fans will absolutely love and there's nothing wrong with that. I grew up on the Showa Era movies and that's exactly what this is. This is the kind of monster movie that creates the next generation of fans. With that in mind, this movie does its job. 6/10.