Godzilla vs. Kong

[oldmanwinters]

Well said, Powder!

[Andrew NDB]

Saw it. I expected to hate it like the last couple but it wasn't that bad. They reduced all of the silly, wacky and unbelievable human subplots into pretty much just one plot line which worked well enough. The best parts of the movie are when it's just Kong walking around and figuring out stuff.

I imagine Millie Bobby Brown passed on this movie. Oh well. Though having someone around who can sort of talk to Godzilla actually would've come in handy in the third act.

[CyberCubed]

I watched this about a week ago on the illegal streaming websites since it was up in HD, and I really liked the movie. But funnily enough it felt more like a Planet of the Apes movie than a King Kong or Godzilla movie. Once Kong was with those other apes in Hollow Earth, I felt like I was watching a completely different film franchise. It was basically just Planet of the Apes at that point.

Godzilla was cool and I don't mind that it took a backseat in this movie. From what I remember I didn't like the previous movie much, so this was an improvement.

Also how many people died in Brazil at the end of the movie? They were crashing through all those buildings at that point and it's obvious not all the people evacuated. These giant monster movies never go into detail the catastrophic death toll that has to take place in all these cities. I mean it's crazy, if something like this happened in real life the entire world would be devastated. But the movie just goes on like it's just some destroyed buildings or something.

[Andrew NDB]

Or Godzilla ripping through those bridges and you see all the little cars flying around. This is the first time I think we've seen Godzilla knowingly massacring people.

I wonder what they'll do next? We've kind of "seen it all" at this point.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Or Godzilla ripping through those bridges and you see all the little cars flying around. This is the first time I think we've seen Godzilla knowingly massacring people.

Do you “knowingly massacre” bugs every time you walk on grass?

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I wonder what they'll do next? We've kind of "seen it all" at this point.

Would you even want another one?

[IMJ]

I love this monster-universe. It's a series of fun movies with great FX and they dabble into story juuusssst enough that it's smarter than you would have thought going into it. But even with "less plot" they have endless movie potential. Once you establish Godzilla as "the good guy" all you need is a new monster for him to stop.

I think the biggest weakness from these has been the rotating cast of human characters across each flick. If I was Aaron Taylor Johnson I'd have clawed to the franchise as best I could.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by IMJ

I think the biggest weakness from these has been the rotating cast of human characters across each flick.

I think they always manage to keep the actors and actresses who actually still want to keep doing these. And now I doubt Taylor Johnson would even do one if they offered him a bunch of money. Though it'd sure be neat to somehow include him in the Monarch series.

Originally Posted by neatoman

Would you even want another one?

Not really. I'd be happy with more "smaller" stories told from the Monarch TV show. Though with The New Empire kind of giving Kong a fairly happy ending if it ends up being one, maybe it's Godzilla's turn now? Son of Godzilla and all that.

Originally Posted by Cowabung-Gal

Do you “knowingly massacre” bugs every time you walk on grass?

But in the earlier movies he would take steps to actively avoid it, like by the bridge in 2014 and so on. Sure, there's stuff like him getting knocked into buildings probably full of people, but he can't do anything about that. In THIS movie he obviously sees the people driving on the bridge and just plows through them.