Probably my favorite movie from the monsterverse. It took my main complaints from the earlier movies and fixed them. We got more emphasis on the monster fights. We could see the monsters unlike KotM. Kong was the shining jewel of the first easily, and his dynamic with his section of characters.
And the humans, while relatively shallow in depth, were at least likable. Aaron Taylor Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen just seemed too much focused on in the first movie, but weren’t horrible. KotM the mom and dad to Millie Bobby Brown’s character were some of the most insufferable characters I’ve ever had the displeasure of having on my screen. Millie and whoever plays Bernie in Godzilla vs Kong were both just annoying on top of some ridiculous things in a mostly serious plot.
Plenty of monster focus, decent humans, good fights, Godzilla being a force of nature. Scar King felt a bit underutilized as did Shimo but both good antagonists and made for the entertaining fights. If you’re going for a Minus One kinda vibe, you’ll probably hate it. The plot is not good, but if you turn your brain off and enjoy it for what it is, you’ll enjoy it. And in a franchise that extends back to Godzilla dancing, atomic breathing himself into flight, dropkicking things, it reminded me of that Showa (?) era of Godzilla. Godzilla isn’t being goofy by any means but just saying we’ve had some ridiculous things with big G over the years, so I wouldn’t let it deter anyone.
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