Review - "GODZILLA VS KONG" (2021)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
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"GODZILLA VS KONG" has a title, premise and dual-lead cast designed to make anyone interested say: "All I need to see is the monkey punch the dinosaur and I'll get my money's worth" ...and a movie studio apparently ready to say "We're prepared to hold you to that statement!;" delivering BIG on cleverly-choreographed and epically-staged monster brawls but coming up short (or, rather, feeling suspiciously truncutated) on continuing the high standards for storytelling, emotional resonance and genuine "awe" to the spectacle set by "KING OF THE MONSTERS." That doesn't stop it from being a TON of fun... just from being much more than that.
#GodzillaVsKong #Godzilla #Kong
Your description of a "MovieBob Commentary Track" where you just say "Monkey" is literally my April Fools prank. Glad to know I have no integrity lmao
I'm so happy to see a mostly positive reaction to this movie by most people. I thought for sure cynicism would keep people away, but I feel like we needed a big, silly, fun spectacle like this, since we really didn't have one for an entire year and not really since Endgame.
This movie did for 2021 what Animal Crossing and Doom Eternal did last year
♪Why can't we all love each-other?♪
♪Monkey and his Dragon brother.♪
♪MONKEY versus DRAAAAGON♪
♪MONKEY versus DRAAAAAGOOONNN!♪
must! upvote! Again!
What song is this? Is this even an actual song?
@@weedongding Monkey VS Robot!!
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I was hoping Bob would break out the dinosaur toys again, but I'll take a callback to the Mario Brothers movie instead. :D
I like the idea that each film in the film franchise can be different. That there isn't some mold that each film has to be poured into but they can be different while still under the umbrella of hey remember how much you loved watching huge monsters fight when you were a kid.
@@darthkai8242 I would put this between 2014 Godzilla and KOTM, with KOTM being the best in the franchise _by far_
But we are allowed to have different opinions on these things.
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... I'm still using this review to argue that it's a critically acclaimed movie to justify being a grown man who just wants to watcha dragon and monkey have a big fight.
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I think KotTM is still a better film, but that's only because of the little details. Godzilla's classic roar, the use of classic music, and even smaller things like crediting Godzilla as himself. That being said, I still think the Monsterverse is the only Cinematic Universe that's working so far outside of Marvel.
Overall I liked GvK better, but I do agree about the music. No offense to JunkieXL, their work was fine, but I really thought Bear McCreary knocked it out of the park with his GKotM score and that he should have stuck around as the franchise composer. He was PERFECT.
@@jasonblalock4429 definitely. I know why they'd want to move away from classic music, as it just adds costs to buy it from Toho, but damn Mothra's theme, Godzillas theme, and the Blue Oyster Cult song were amazing. I do respect Junkie XL, but like his work on the Sonic movie all the music he composed was forgettable in a series with memorable music
@@RiainRamblez Junkie XL did a pretty great job in my opinion. However I think its less an issue that he didnt make a good score, because he did, but more its a good score coming off the heels of a FANTASTIC score in KOTM.
I was honestly pretty disappointed seeing that Bear McCreary wasn't reprising his role for the OST but I was hyped when I saw Junkie XL in the opening credits...and while the score did have some highlights, it wasnt near the levels of hype that KOTM had.
On the whole I enjoyed each movie more for different reasons. GvK had waaaaayyy better fights, mostly being due to them actually playing out rather than cutting to the humans every 5 seconds, and KOTM i enjoyed for...almost everything else. I mean the quality of both stories are about the same but KOTM seemed like it was attempting to be interesting.
@@SCF721 yeah y'know what that's fair. KoTM definitely felt a little more interesting just cuz of how much new stuff it was bringing to the table in the Monsterverse. That being said, I really can't bring myself to hate any of the Monsterverse movies. I think Godzilla (2014) is probably the weakest and even then that's only cuz the following movies are just so good
@@RiainRamblez Plus KOTM gave a lot more context as to why the monsters are the way the are, like how Godzilla and Ghidorah are apexes and how the titans are restoring the planet. In GvK the reasoning feels paper thin.
Also Godzilla 2014 is the one movie where I think we couldve had good human characters, but they wasted Bryan Cranston. He was so great in the little time that he had and after he's dead the movie takes a dip in quality because now the lack of monsters is even more annoying seeing as the human stuff is forgettable and boring.
I made one exception during this entire COVID situation; which was, that I was NOT seeing this for the first time outside a theater.
Loved it. Worth it. Glad it was my first cinema film.
Can...can I vote to like...have a two part review where one part is just “this is me in the car I just saw this movie here’s my energy” and part two is “here is what I felt after some time and analysis”
I'm opposite of Bob on this one. I *liked* that GvK was stripped down, streamlined, and less bloated-feeing than GKotM. And you could actually SEE the action this time, instead of hiding everything behind gratuitous particle effects. I get that Bob digs the mythology and that's cool, but I wanted nothing but Lizurd vs Monke awesomeness and it delivered in spades. It's my new favorite Monsterverse movie. (Previously KSI.)
I agree. I like King of Monsters, but it felt a little *too* much. Like, by the end, I have a hard time believing that anyone would be happy, what with the exceedingly extreme global disaster that occurs.
@@sailordaigurren8225 yeah but also the Titans also helped parts grow where nothing was supposed to grow, and all the climate destruction was done by Ghidorah
@@JamailvanWestering I mean, Rhodan wiped out at least one city as did several other awakening titans. It's sort of like how Godzilla destroyed one of Hawaii's islands in the first one, but everyone just sort of ignored it.
@@sailordaigurren8225 except they didn’t, it’s why the government wanted Monarch to find a way to destroy the Titans it’s why they had that Senate meeting remember
I'm getting some serious Pacific Rim vibes from those city shots
HK got wrekked.
Same studio
Pacific Rim fucking wishes
Between Pacific Rim and GvK, Hong Kong is rapidly catching up with Tokyo's record of "most destroyed Asian city".
@@Jesse__H I really enjoyed this movie, but Pacific Rim is the better film by a country mile.
I really dug it, but there are some REALLY clear examples that much was left on the editing floor. The director said a 5 hour cut exists and I believe it. Not that I think this needs a 5 hour cut. The human characters just aren't interesting enough to warrant that much expansion and getting to the title card fights sooner rather than later is the better way to go.
Still, it's clear that motivations were cut, as well as I assume expository scenes like how they got Kong on the transport ship, and I'll bet there's world-building scenes cut as well featuring or mentioning other titans. That and the expository scenes could have been added back in, but for the sake of the running time, I understand why.
Like Bob, I didn't enjoy this QUITE as much as Godzilla King of the Monsters, but I still cheered like a pro-wrestling fan when the monkey punched the lizard.
From what I've read here and there the human scenes they did keep, some where stupid and didn't need to be in while others didn't need to be as long. 🤷🏾♂️
Dude, Ren Serizawa is a big wet nothing character in this. His shit has definetly been cut. BUT, I'm really not complaining, as I couldn't give less of a shit about the humans in this. All the human characters I cared about are already dead.
"1 hour ago" at 3 30 in the morning. Something tells me he liked it
The only Godzilla vs. Kong review I've been waiting for
The only one that really MATTERS. Though I did see it first day and thoroughly enjoyed myself, I've been on pins waiting to see Bob's take.
Same, but kinda underwhelming considering how good the movie was tbh
Yeah, Bob is the only movie reviewer whose opinion I actually care about because his mindset mostly lines up with my own (although there are a few divergences here and there). In short, if Bob says it's awesome, I know I'll more likely than not find it awesome too.
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My condolences 😋
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Always love to see two brothers nerd out so much the only word they have is "Monkey".
It's like when my brother and I saw Top Gun Maverick. We kept smiling and saluting each other during the action scenes. So good.
I liked seeing the monsters fight for more than 10 seconds at a time before bouncing the camera back to the humans.
Lol I’m still mad I couldn’t actually see the Rodan vs Ghidorah fight
Exactly how I feel.
This. King of the Monsters was boring.
Here's hoping for a Director's Cut, because I suspect that this movie has it's own run time in deleted scenes.
#ReleaseTheMonkeCut
The director did say it would be a five hour cut.
The Director's Cut is probably more like Godzilla 2014: 1/6 monsters on screen and 5/6 humans being idiots while the plot gives them every loophole to do a thing. The problem is we don't get Watanabe or Joe Brody to make the human cast of G vs Kong infinitely better.
"That thing I'm not spoiling" bruh the toys did long ago
The Yon-Rog funkopop all over again.
I didn't get spoiled on it and the trailers didn't I think, so still worth keeping the mystery, I think I said "oh fuck yes" out loud when it happened.
Gamora showdown would be kinda hilarious, honestly.
2019 Bob: It was awesome, you should see it.
2021 Bob: *MONKE.*
Is that WALL-E's religious brother? :p
Ape, not monkey!
You know, I haven't been into any of the monsterverse movies all that much. But people I really care about have really enjoyed it, and I do wish to support these movies just so they can have more monsterverse movies.
To be fair, we do have a lot of shipping containers here in the West.
Personally, I hope any further Monsterverse movies are more like this than KOTM. When it comes to giant monster flicks, I prefer the human element to be as preposterous as it is perfunctory, rather than overstaying its welcome in order to "make a point."
Agreed just cut the conspiracy bullshit I'm just tired of it whether from US Trumpers or the British hard left.
I really appreciated how this movie handled the "wouldn't Godzilla just atomic breath Kong to death immediately?" plot hole.
When I realized what the "axe" was made of I squealed in glee.
Hell, I liked how Kong immediately went for the "keep this fucker's mouth CLOSED" tactic.
This movie for me was like Batman V Superman (in more ways than you'd expect) without the self importance and clear emphasis on the title fight.
My god, the title fight(s) were worth the cinema experience.
You mean similar in the 2 opposing forces are put to fight one another due to both their own grudge as well as outside influences, all while a third party is scheming, creating a new opposing force that the prior 2 must face together, defeat, and come to peace with one another...
One major difference is that in Godzilla vs Kong, the title fight was worth it, unlike BvS where it not only wasn't even the best fight scene but easily the weakest action scene in the film.
When Godzilla was on top of Kong I yelled "Martha!", So yeah I know what you mean
Great episode MovieBob!
One thing about personalities changing? That can happen when a major life-changing event occurs.
Or when directors and script writers change.
Or just getting past certain parts of being a teenager.
2:14 - "Lot of movie here, and not 2014 Godzilla lot of movie; Lot of movie with big monsters"
Me: "So, like King of the Monsters? Okay, say no more, I'm sold."
I immediately said when I saw the trailer that if it's even *half* as good as King of the Monsters and mostly in the same vein I'd see it. Now I just need to get my hands on that sweet, sweet Covid Vaccine before it's out of theaters... Though if push comes to shove I'll get HBO Max and watch it that way.
There is no way in the world that the person that choreographed the ocean fight hasn't seen Evangelion
I'm glad it's on hbo max. I still don't feel confident with theaters yet. But I'd love to see it on the big screen
Agreed. My wife has M.S. and is very worried about me seeing it in the theater. But I have been watching it on my lg 4K tv and the audio video quality is great. Have yet to watch it with my sound bar on but I'm pretty good with HBO max.
And in some countries which share names with Terry Gilliam movies the pandemic is actually getting WORSE than ever, so theaters are still a big no-no.
Splurging on a projector and blue tooth headphones guarantees i won't have to deal with people kicking the back of my chair, nor with the obnoxious self- indulgence of people on their phones at various times through a film i'm dying to see.
My trick to avoid it was to be lucky enough to have a prt-time job that let see movies at a megaplex at 1pm on a monday afternoon. That was sweet. Post-covid, i might venture back from time to time.
Trust me, i totally get the appeal of the theatre, i do. But i also don't miss it.
Whatever home theatre y'all are stitching together, i salute you.
How does the kaijuverse move forward? Just more movies starring these two teaming up against a parade of space aliens and mecha-things? Could Mothra carry her own movie? (Would that be considered female-led?) How would you feel if they brought in Gamera? Any other monsters that could carry a trilogy on their own?
I say they let it go. 4 up, 4 down, all good or great, let it go. Think Lethal Weapon. Go out on a high point.
Hi Bob, I never comment on anything but Ive been following your content for 10yrs and the 1'30 of you vibing with your brother is the most natural and enjoyable stuff Ive ever seen from you. I often find your stuff overwritten (its your style though, I get it) but Ill definitely check out your other channel if its like this
At the end of _King of the Monsters,_ where the "Eco-terrorists" (A concept that only exists in Hollywood movies, yet is always treated as a perfectly normal thing, as if we should already _know_ they exist - even though they don't, in real life) take possession of the severed Ghidora head, I was inexplicably _certain_ that this would _somehow_ lead to Mecha-Ghidora in a future movie. No idea why. That was just what instantly popped into my head. "Oh yeah! Mecha-Ghidora coming up soon!"
I was happy to be proven both wrong and _right_ at the same time, in the best possible way.
Leave it to Teh WB to screw stuff up. Re; making the human aspects pretty much ciphers by cutting room flooring their screen time.
Ah well... still wanna see the Monkey and G-man go 3 outta 5 falls.
P.S; I know the spoilers (damn you internet) but thank you for not adding to the douchery of OTHER youtubers, Bob. *thumbs up*
Keep up the goodwork and thanks for posting, sir.
Sounds like King of the Monsters again- plot is a bit of a mess, human characters are all over the shop and mainly a distraction, but the giant monster slugfest is so awesome that it doesn't matter. It's been out here for a while already but I was waiting for Bob's review first, so now I'll go watch it ASAP.
Yeah but unlike KOTM you barely get any scenes where there’s not some kind of Titan on screen. Which is a nice change.
yeah the Suzuhara connection was definitely supposed to be a thing right? They should’ve just cut the name completely then if they weren’t gonna do anything with it
Leave it to WBros. to hatchet-job 'context' out of any movie done in the last 15 years.
I'm surprised Bob liked King of the Monsters more. I get it's Ghidorah and I too like the classic music and everything, but there was so much slog to get through to get to the good stuff. Godzilla vs King Kong had much less bs that was more like an actual movie content for the most part and had 3 good 1v1 rounds before the final teamup which was also good.
I also preferred King of the Monsters. The 'slog' was grounding, characters, and the existence of a world in coherence. It wasn't monsters fighting monsters, but it existed to let you see the monsters fight monsters and feel like this is more real, more true. If you don't like characters or things that try to be serious when they should be nonsense, GvK is clearly better, because there is more fight. If you care about grounding, GvK is much worse because instead of trying extremely hard and getting pretty close like KotM, it just gives up and has Zany Fun Characters like every cheap children's cartoon.
It is not impressive to me to make a show whose premise is hard to take seriously and then to just not bother taking it seriously. That's not an accomplishment. Taking a show whose premise is nearly impossible to take seriously, and demanding that the characters, the actors, and the production team take it completely seriously is more impressive to me, because that is extremely hard.
@@UnreasonableOpinions I can agree except Shin Godzilla exists for that very reason. King of the Monsters and 2014 kind of suck at the grounding realism to take seriously when it's content was bad in that aspect to be honest.
@@XC11301991 Shin Godzilla makes a different play for that effect - more like what Skull Island was doing. It makes itself more grounded, but it takes less risks in starting ungrounded. King of the Monsters it less grounded but at a vastly more difficult challenge space.
At the least being able to have this discussion shows that monster movies are back in a big way, and after decades of drought there's enough full-budget major films that you can pick the style you like.
Both films are Transformers level garbage.
King of the Monster had a more Grandiose presentation. There was more "picture frame of awesome" than in KvG, where I feel the best tableau was when both Titans were on the aircraft carrier
Yeah, kinda mixed feelings about this Kong vs Godzilla movie. It was a good watch all the way through, but the small negatives kept pulling me out. They criminally underused Millie Bobby Brown, her whole side-plot could be cut out without loosing anything of significance. She was the heart of King of the Monsters, it's real damn unfortunate. She and her Dad should have been the Godzilla whisperers, but I guess if the movie has Kong whisperers already that's the quota. The corporation "bad guys" are just cliché comically evil villains. All with the Evil Secret Lair, Evil Henchmen and so forth. King of Monsters had contrived eco-terrorists, but they were way more real than these clowns. And that character Bob mention was truly done dirty. The fight in Hong Kong was cool, but yeah the OG Pacific Rim still done it better. Also, my fav monster won 2:1, so I'm satisfied. Oh, and just another little detail I found particularly tasteless: they wiped out the natives of Skull Island off-screen for no other reason than to put the Kong whisperer deaf girl (she was great, btw) into the care of that scientist lady. Anyways, it was a good movie, but King of Monsters is still the best of the bunch.
The "Act 3 Baddie" was GLORIOUS. Best rendition of that concept/character yet, IMHO.
I remember from very long ago, a Big Picture episode Bob made after the first Godzilla trailer landed, and he was less then enthused, which was unfortunately a largely correct instinct. A Gozilla movie in the 2010s went from 'I never thought I'd see that wave cresting' to 'yeah, of course they're making one'. This was my 'I never thought I'd see that wave cresting', largely because of all the paper work, and this would end up with a whole lot of rights disputes and legal red tape as far as the eye can see. That is sad, but now that it's here and it's awesome, I'm glad they went through all of that.
I am so glad you guys got to go see it. I am surprised that you enjoyed the previous as much as you did. This whole series just doesn't work for me personally. I hope that it encourages people to seek out older japanese Gojira films though. I'll probably check this out eventually but it just jeverhit the right time for me. I am aware that I'm an older fan and like a certain few times that it has bit but it does bum me out a little that the american version won't quite try to speak to that cultural difference in interpretation. Either way, I am happy that we have something for young people to get into with the greatest kaju of all time.
Kinda felt more like it was building to something akin to Primal Rage than pokemon but I get what you're saying.
Catching up on reviews, and oh my gosh, Bob, how I have missed hearing you and your brother just be nerds together. 💚
SPOILER COMMENT: I just watched this movie, and I loved it a lot. (I dislike the human portions of these movies, I really liked Mechagodzilla SO SO SO MUCH)
07:59 Funny you should mention the "Shipping container location from every western action movie..."
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Falcon and The Winter Soldier goes there this week
This is WAY better than KOTM!! I really don't get your love for that movie. Kong and Godzilla have personalities in this one. The camera work in the action scenes is phenomenal!! They use their wits, Godzilla runs, judo throws, crawls on all fours!! It's Pacific Rim meets WWE! This felt like a Showa era movie and I thought it was one if not THE best.
So there is a four hour cut out there somewhere ?
Bring on the KONG CUT!
@@straytakermusic HBO Max new business model, actually giving the fans the movie that Warner executives cut to pieces in the first place.
#ReleaseTheMonkeCut
@@ktownshutdown21 movies HBO should pay $70 million to get out of Warner Vaults to recut.
The Hobbit. It’s one movie. It follows the book.
Suicide Squad. Release the original edit
Wonder Woman 1984. It must have had a plot once
Green Lantern
Seeing Kong pull a Martin Riggs "pop the shoulder back in" moment was truly awesome.
The Monsterverse movies are following the same arc as the original Godzilla films and that's A-OK. Godzilla 2014 was like Godzilla of the 1950's: full of atmosphere and focused on people and how they react to an impossible beast. KOTM had a 60's vibe: chock full of kaiju who are way more interested in each other than humanity and we're witness to the destruction they cause, again from the perspective of humanity. GvK was more like a 70's Godzilla movie: Full color titans doing battle in all their glory. Pro wrestling style attacks, combo moves, and dramatic last minute reversals. This was my favorite of the series.
I only saw King of Monsters for the first time just before watching this, and I've gotta say... I really do not understand your praise for KoM, Bob. The last twenty minutes were cool, but... Mark. Just Mark, man. What an awful character and awful performance. Hated him from his first line, and my opinion only went downhill with every cliche "secretly badass dad" scene he got. I was relieved that GvK only gave him about a minute and a half of screen time, because he was just unbearable.
The bit with you two in the car basically shoulda been the whole review lol
"Because Reasons", should be this films subtitle. On a related note I can't determine whether it's a good or a bad thing that Godzilla vs. Kong makes me want to watch King of the Monsters. I'm leaning towards bad but I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.
Justice League aside, I pray that there's a directors cut with more fight scenes floating around somewhere
Just saw it in theaters yesterday, and yeah, it's fun, but you could *definitely* tell the studio had a lot of the plot hacked to bits in editing. Normally that'd feel like a good thing ("MOAR MONSTER MASH TIME!"), but the human sideplots not really feeling fleshed out caused the battle scenes to fall a little flatter than they should have. I'm still of the mind that Skull Island and King of the Monsters are the best movies in this series so far, and it's largely because there's a solid balance between the human characters actually being somewhat interesting and the sheer spectacle of the kaiju fights; this was still enjoyable, but it felt like cutting one part of the equation made the other part a little weaker than it could have been.
King of the Monsters was WAAAAAY better. This movie deeply dissapointed me. Too much cut content. I really hope this is not the blueprint going forward.
Thank you Bob for being honest, and for pointing out the big fail of the movie. Namely that this was Kong 2 with special guest appearance by Godzilla and not Godzilla & Kong.
The visuals were fun, but honestly this made me appreciate G2014 more. The monsters in G2014 move slowly and with weight and the cinematography makes them feel huge. In this film they're more weightless, they move faster and in ways that animals of that size should'nt be able to move, it feels more like a video game.
Well I think the reason why Kong was not "given the top billing" and the central monster of the story is just due to the fact that, lets face it, Godzilla is way more popular then him these days, especially when compared to the time of the original crossover movie from the 60s. It is a shame as Kong Skull Island is my favorite of this movie series so far and to be honest, I'm more of a King Kong fan then Godzilla fan so I was eager to see the Kong stuff expanded more then them actually fighting. But oh well.
Is that the case though? The box office of Peter Jackson's King Kong and Kong: Skull Island suggest Kong has the edge, in the US at least.
I will say that the one thing this movie definitely does better than KOTM is the cinematography of the monster fights. For all that I love KOTM absolutely to death the few things I can admit that it could improve upon were its tendency to always hide the monsters behind near constant atmospheric effects, like snow, fog, or rain (lots of rain); and its tendency to cut away to human-perspective shots way too often, so that we keep winding up in these borderline POV shots of the human characters where the monsters just happen to come crashing through the background in near incomprehensible blurs that don’t really allow you to see what’s going on.
In contrast, with Godzilla vs. Kong, when the monsters are on screen, the monsters are almost always the focus of the camera. When Godzilla and Kong clash, you get to see their fight in all its brutal glory. They also did away with the atmospheric effects. The sea-battle takes place in broad daylight, with both monsters clearly illuminated. The battle in Hong Kong takes place mainly at night, but with clear weather, and the neon lights illuminating the buildings make it easy to see what’s happening, and the final battle once again takes place during the daytime. So, when it comes to being able to actually see what’s going on with the monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong does come out on top in that regard.
The movie really needed to be a little longer and more fleshed out story- and character-wise, but for the stuff that actually gets you to a monster flick it was perfect.
I wouldn't mind a director's cut that restored some of the 'padding'. Don't go full ham with a four hour 'Snyder Cut' version, just add back in some of the missing connective tissue.
Awww, it was really sweet to watch you and your brother geeking out together!
Great review as always. Is there a link to that video with him and his brother. I would love to see them do more reviews together.
"Chris chipman" is the youtube channel
@@davidv4018 Cool, thanks. 👍
Seeing Bob with some grey in the beard has helped me accept finding some grey hairs of my own. Also 10 days til my second shot, looking forward to the return to theatres. Rock on, Chipmen.
I love that the last one and this one especially have leaned in to the crazy stuff from the Showa era.
Yeah. In a way, I thought that GKotM was trying just a *bit* too hard to seriously sell its ridiculous mythology, whereas I feel like this one is where they said "Fuck it, let's go pure pulp" and just started having fun. Absolutely everything about the Hollow Earth thing is utterly ridiculous from start to finish but, my god, it's one of the most beautiful and creatively-realized locations I've seen in an action movie in ages. And I'm looking forward to seeing more of it in future films.
@@jasonblalock4429 I appreciate that many people prefer that it not try to be serious and spend less time on it, but I enjoy films that take a ridiculous premise and try to make it grounded anyway. Any film can take a silly premise and not bother taking it seriously, but it is a huge challenge to take a silly premise and do everything you can to convince the audience that it needs to be taken seriously. The audience know it's a trick, but seeing someone turn something into a dove is much more impressive than just showing me a dove.
I did enjoy this film a lot; even if the not-monsters things were not nearly so good as KotM the monster fights were as good as it is possible to get. And I understand why if you don't care about taking it seriously and want the monsters to fight more that this would be much more fun to you.
I think kong tried ramming the axe down godzilla's throat like the tree from the 60s version.
My thoughts; Some of the camera angles got me confused with what was happening, particularly with Kong. Godzilla got tossed around a little too much but I thought it was pretty cool how it seems like Godzilla changed his tactics against Kong when his usual style wasn't working and was crawling around. Spoiler seemed OP but that could have been due to exhaustion of the titular characters. Was that one monster on screen for a moment Anguirus?
I'd like to see another 'zilla movie in this franchise to include Megalon & Gigan. Would also like to see a proper underground fight against Godzilla. It seems like the kind of place no one would want to fight Godzilla but we never really see what happens if an opponent is also aquaticly advantaged. Giant squid/crab (Cthulu? lol) as a B-tier warm-up fight would be pretty cool.
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As the movie settled into its setting for the final fight, my daughter had one question:
"Why isn't this in Tokyo?"
They're saving that for the inevitable Godzilla finale vs. Gigan
China dollars?
Because the Chinese government wanted Hong Kong punished...
Sme reason it not in new York at the Empire State Building?
"We would have set it in Taiwan, but there's no such place"
We need more of the Chipman Brothers together doing “in the car immediately after the Movie” Reviews !!!!
Bob always says he doesn’t get the appeal of ‘CinemaSins’ yet in moments like the one in the Car he fits right in with CinemaSins Jeremy !!!
Eh, Jeremy has lost so much of my respect after Infinity War and in hindsight, that was just the final straw. I get it's a parody, I REALLY do, but Birdman's EWW CinemaSins series really points out how the mighty have fallen. I'd say Bob fights in more with CinemaSnob's style that way and it does feel pretty good to see those insta-reviews.
But then they'd just steal from Brad Jones' "Midnight Screenings Review" show.
@@grandpagohan1 It doesn't even work like a parody. You don't get to be a parody when the thing you are parodying is yourself, that's just a copout.
@@grandpagohan1 I just watch Birdman. It’s better for my mood.
@@grandpagohan1 Totally agreed on CinemaSins, though I bowed out on him a lot longer ago than Infinity War. It bothered me how often he'd sin something that either wasn't a sin or was clearly explained in part of the movie. Also, his obsession with calling everything a deux ex machine grated on me. I just can't stand him anymore.
On the flip side, I still really enjoy Cinema WINS and enjoy his genuine analysis at the end of every video.
This is the best of Monsterverse so far for me, and I was so happy that even though my boy lost, at the end of the movie he got that huge W at the end.
I feel Kong losing helped make him more awesome. Godzilla almost killed him, but when Jia asks Kong to help Godzilla, Kong still does it for her sake. Plus he's the one who kills Mecha Godzilla.
If you go back for a second viewing, is that the hidden meaning of Return To Monke?
If it makes you feel any better, Koko couldn't speak sign language. She was just...ahem...aping signs that her trainer made most of the time or begging for food/play/etc.
I don't know why that would make you feel better, but now you know a disappointing fact about the Love Gorilla.
I came to see Kong vs Godzilla and I got Kong vs Godzilla. It was so awesome. Watched on HBO Max on the 31st and saw it in theater on April 1st and I enjoyed just as much. I always feel that the Monarch characters so these moviess down. If only I could bring ten year me forward in time to see it woukd have been the only way I could of enjoyed more.
Tim brayton and moviebob are the only two film critics that review all the godzilla films.
Bob is trying so hard to be professional. Love ya. Can't wait to catch this.
It's nice to see Bob happy.
Almost none of the last movie made sense plot-wise and all the action was obscured only to cut to the lame humans again. I’ve loved the entire Godzilla franchise my whole life, but I thought this movie was more fun tbh. I just don’t get the hype about KOTM. :/
I like this one better than king of the monsters because it spends less time with the bad human charters.
I can't see my family this Easter because my country is in level 5 lockdown and nobody can buy anything other than food, medicine, and children's clothes, and as such the cinemas are all closed.
But I get some Bob today, so that somewhat makes up for it.
Hmm. A big tech company is trying to exploit Godzilla and that leads to a twist, eh? Are you trying to tell us that Zilla is in this movie?
This was actually my first movie back in theatres as well, and I agree. I enjoyed it, but it didn't quite stand up to KoTM.
Monkey negotiations next plan for water displacement.
Who’s the character your talking about
I get my second jab of vaccine next week and then I'm seeing this movie for the second time and in theaters 🦖🦍
Bob losing his shit over godzilla king of the monsters has revived my inner child
All 4 of the Monsterverse movies have been fun, in different ways, with their shifting tones. But why is it Godzilla 2014 is the only one (of these 4, possible of any Godzilla movie but I haven’t seen any of the old ones since I was a kid) to get the sense of scale correct. And the only one to get the...reverence correct. And the only one to nail the “Godzilla shows up in the real world” conceit right. G vs K goes too campy, IMHO.
Edit: One final nitpick: Godzilla moves way too fast i. this movie.
That's pretty much the path of the original films. Take it super seriously in the first one then turn into goofy monster brawls. It's how it goes.
It's good! I quite enjoyed it, but it's nowhere near as good as King of the Monsters. Which, far as I'm concerned, is a goddamn modern Kaiju masterpiece. Still, super fun!
The conspiracy guy (who thinks Flouride makes you tame) being right was very unsettling.
Loved the movie. Stripping it down doesn't solve the human/Transformers problem, but definitely errors in the right direction.
It does feel like you could splice Rampage and Pacific Rim without losing any plot or character. Giving Kong a weapon helps visually even up the odds. The fact the axe is made from a Godzilla fin is a story in itself.
Yeah, this is exactly the kind of movie the Chipman Bros. would love, and it's great that they got to enjoy it in theaters!
I'm in basically the same boat. I enjoyed this film, but not as much as I enjoyed King of the Monsters. Yes, KotM had problems like spending too much time trying to get us to empathize with the mother and the monster fights being at night or during storms, but that stuff didn't bug me all that much. GvK's problems, for me anyway, were that its first act drags on and doesn't pick up until the fight on the aircraft carriers. It's great from that point forward...except for all the scenes with the conspiracy theory guy and the 2 kids. I found all three of them extremely annoying and really harmed my enjoyment of the film. Maybe it's cause I spend too much time having to hear conspiracy theories both at my job and on social media and I wanted an escape from that shit, but I would have loved it if they found some other way to reveal the evil tech company is an evil tech company.
I got my second vaccine shot scheduled and once I get it I'm going to see this in theaters because screw HBO Max. That said I would LOVE to see more Monsterverse movies. Heck I wouldn't even be angry if at one point they had to give Godzilla back and they just made their own original monsters to star in them or otherwise made Kong the main monster. But there's still so much from the Godzilla series I'd love to see all the same.
What monsters should be in the next one?
So, are we going to get a Big Picture where Bob explains why he says (at least twice) that this isn't the chronological sequel to GKotM?? I mean, there are two comics in between, but their canonicity will always be suspect, so...
This review is a meta critic on how movie critics over think the big monke movie.
This is WB's Fast Forward nonsense. It's about 3 movies in 1, and about 2-3 movies too early for this fight. Gotta-go-fast,gonna-lose-the-license-gotta-go-fast.
Oh, and they literally killed half of what made Skull Island good OFF CAMERA with CGI and one line of dialogue.
It's like they're NOT learning from what they did wrong with in the DCEU.
I liked this a LOT more than KotM.
I agree they should keep going with these movies. They could do so much with it all.
It was weird seeing Bob happy!
Put me on team Godzilla King of the Monsters: Everything on that film was perfect and extremely rewatchable(Saw it 6 times in theaters.).
GvK was an awesome movie but it needed to be longer to fully fleshed out the plot(Especially some of the human characters).
Wait, they're doing Thunder cats? Like another show or movie?
Like...movie. Honest to god movie.
yeah I was already going to watch it I just wanted to hear Bob's review since I know he is a fellow kaiju fan
the problem with the film is that Godzilla doesnt get hurt no matter what hit him... gun bullets missiles punches etc...i don't even know why kong intervened at the end as godzilla cannot die. it was so silly