I was looking forward to seeing this. I didn't have unreasonable expectations. I was just looking forward to a fun flick Wednesday morning, and happily avoiding work to sit, watch, and enjoy this.
Sadly I have to tell you there is NOTHING about this that's a 10, or a 9, or even an 8, beyond maybe some technical things (Sound, maybe? I don't know, I wasn't watching it for the sound quality.).
So if it's not an 8, why didn't I give it a 7...?
I actually stopped the action twice, it was so boring.
So why not a 6?
Because the fight sequences were dull, just action. The monsters fought like men in rubber suits. Awkward and without any depth of character. I found myself thinking that even with CGI, filmmakers need to have choreography. Then I realized that of course the fights were choreographed. One little bit actually looked like a rubber suit scene, and it was neat for that second, but that's not what this was about. And a moment's homage, or the several various homages throughout the film, do NOT make a great movie.
It was the lack of any decent plot point that brought it down from a 5 to a 4.
In fact, plot points were completely wasted.
SPOILERS: MID WAY through the movie Godzilla and Kong fight, and Kong LOSES! So that's that, and you're only mid way through! But they set up for a second fight, but ...right before the second fight Godzilla does something so amazing that you realize Godzilla HAS to win. So the second fight is pointless going into it. And what did Godzilla do that was so amazing? He blasts a hole all the way through to the center of the Earth, to attack King Kong. And when Kong dives into the hole to emerge on the surface of the Earth, is Godzilla waiting for his mortal enemy...? NO! Godzilla is standing off to the side, looking at a building, ...maybe relieving himself? (IDK).
There is a long list of plot points that SHOULD have been addressed in script form, but obviously weren't: Kong is being carefully guarded, but no one has noticed he's having sign language conversations with a little girl. Early on a daughter explains to her father EXACTLY what's happening, but the adult doesn't listen to his child, and apparently although he's the expert in charge he is also so stupid as to not have thought of the simple explanation himself.
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