So, Godzilla vs. Kong. The first Kong vs Godzilla movie we've had since 1962. The 1962 film is fun, cheesy schlock with effects that have certainly not aged well. You have actors in rubber suits fighting around miniature models of train tracks, buildings, army bases etc. It fun all around; best part for me is that I didn't have to read subtitled thanks to the English dub. And now we reach 2021, the best time to bring these behemoths to life, and pit them against one another.
Like most people, I'm only watching Godzilla vs. Kong to see the two fight; the human characters and their storylines I just don't care about. Bryan Cranston's character was interesting, but they killed him off to make way for his way less interesting son in the 2014 movie. You have your stock 1 of 8 character arcs used for Vera Farmiga and Kyle Chandler in King of the Monsters. And now we have Godzilla vs. Kong with human characters you just don't care about.
Alongside the Godzilla and Kong fights, and the stock human characters, this movie also introduces (SPOILERS) multiverses and the flat earth theory. No joke. It turns out that Kong comes from another dimension, and we journey there with him to gain a weapon he can use to defeat Kong. Now, neither Godzilla or Kong have ever been some of my favourite characters, but keeping the mystery of their origins would be better. All we need to know if that Kong is a giant gorilla from a prehistoric land, and Godzilla is a giant reptile birthed from nuclear radiation. That's all we need to know about them. We don't need some convoluted origin for either of them. Also as well, some of the technology in this movie seems a little too advanced in this, like we're living in the 23rd century. In Independence Day: Resurgence, we can buy that Earth tech has improved greatly because of all the alien tech that got left behind, but nothing explains why this type of tech would exist in this movie;
One nitpick about giant monster movies I have is how it stays consistent with the size and weight these behemoths should have. Pacific Rim for example has great scenes where it emphasises the weight the Kaiju and Jaegers have. In the 2014 Godzilla, it mostly stays consistent with how slow Godzilla appears to us when he's moving. Godzilla and Kong at the end are fighting in normal speed like their normal size creatures. I get that if Kong and Godzilla were fighting in slow mo it'd get boring, but it'd be believable. You might as well just just have a human sized gorilla and Godzilla fight at that point. Another SPOILER for this movie: I won't reveal who the big villain who shows up at the end is, but let's say, this vs. Movie ends with Godzilla and Kong teaming up at the end to defeat it, and becoming 'friends'. It's Batman v Superman all over again.
So the human characters suck and the convoluted parallel dimension storyline wasn't needed. I'd say skip it and wait for some YouTube video to come along combining all the fight scenes together. The fight scene on the ships is the best one in my opinion. Watch the fights scenes, or the scenes of Godzilla destroying cities, and nothing else. 5 out of 10.
Like most people, I'm only watching Godzilla vs. Kong to see the two fight; the human characters and their storylines I just don't care about. Bryan Cranston's character was interesting, but they killed him off to make way for his way less interesting son in the 2014 movie. You have your stock 1 of 8 character arcs used for Vera Farmiga and Kyle Chandler in King of the Monsters. And now we have Godzilla vs. Kong with human characters you just don't care about.
Alongside the Godzilla and Kong fights, and the stock human characters, this movie also introduces (SPOILERS) multiverses and the flat earth theory. No joke. It turns out that Kong comes from another dimension, and we journey there with him to gain a weapon he can use to defeat Kong. Now, neither Godzilla or Kong have ever been some of my favourite characters, but keeping the mystery of their origins would be better. All we need to know if that Kong is a giant gorilla from a prehistoric land, and Godzilla is a giant reptile birthed from nuclear radiation. That's all we need to know about them. We don't need some convoluted origin for either of them. Also as well, some of the technology in this movie seems a little too advanced in this, like we're living in the 23rd century. In Independence Day: Resurgence, we can buy that Earth tech has improved greatly because of all the alien tech that got left behind, but nothing explains why this type of tech would exist in this movie;
One nitpick about giant monster movies I have is how it stays consistent with the size and weight these behemoths should have. Pacific Rim for example has great scenes where it emphasises the weight the Kaiju and Jaegers have. In the 2014 Godzilla, it mostly stays consistent with how slow Godzilla appears to us when he's moving. Godzilla and Kong at the end are fighting in normal speed like their normal size creatures. I get that if Kong and Godzilla were fighting in slow mo it'd get boring, but it'd be believable. You might as well just just have a human sized gorilla and Godzilla fight at that point. Another SPOILER for this movie: I won't reveal who the big villain who shows up at the end is, but let's say, this vs. Movie ends with Godzilla and Kong teaming up at the end to defeat it, and becoming 'friends'. It's Batman v Superman all over again.
So the human characters suck and the convoluted parallel dimension storyline wasn't needed. I'd say skip it and wait for some YouTube video to come along combining all the fight scenes together. The fight scene on the ships is the best one in my opinion. Watch the fights scenes, or the scenes of Godzilla destroying cities, and nothing else. 5 out of 10.
