Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) User Reviews

Lots of fun but G movies are becoming too cheesy...sigh

[jefzilla-28534 · 6/10 · 3 April 2024]

As a hard-core Kaiju fan of many years, I love that we are being treated to all of these Godzilla movies as of late. My opinion of the first two in this series (Godzilla and Godzilla: King of the Monsters) is that they were (somewhat) reality based and not obviously made for children. My criticism of G v K (the ending in particular) and this movie is that so much of it is far-fetched and fantasy based. Much more cartoonish.

The bottom line is, they're making the monsters out to have too much human intelligence when they should actually be more animalistic. This was like watching a superhero movie and in my opinion, making the monsters out to be superheroes is a huge mistake. That's what happened when Toho did this in the 60's/70's which resulted in Godzilla movies becoming silly, low-budget kids movies, which has since been ridiculed for decades and has tarnished Godzilla's image. I understand the writers are trying to be creative and give the fans something different from all of the other monster movies out there, but this can be done without all the cheese. Please stop making the monsters so human!

I enjoyed the movie but have to admit that I am somewhat disappointed.

Project Powerhouse

[Slarkshark · 7/10 · 30 March 2024]

Lots of Titans fighting. That's why we go to something like this, right?

G X K is about the same for entertainment wise as G vs K, though I'd give the newest entry a slight edge for a couple of reasons. For one, there's a bit less silliness. There's comic relief of course, but it's not out of place or goofy. The 80's throwbacks with the tunes, synths, and vibes were great. And lastly, the Titans were back to being the bad guys instead of humans. I always find it a bore when you watch a movie about monsters fighting, but have to bare through a story of human villains and their idiotic ideologies.

A side note, it's hilarious that these Titans seem to really enjoy having their royal rumbles in the biggest cities on the planet, or while destroying some of the world's most revered structures. Like really guys, you couldn't have thrown down in the middle of the Sahara? More destruction equals more entertainment I suppose. Also, Godzilla just casually murders hundreds if not thousands just walking around from point A to point B. I digress. Go pink Zilla!

Please, just remove humans from this

[FireJach · 6/10 · 27 March 2024]

Monster = hurrah Humans = garbage

Another Monster-Verse installment to the collection gave me another reason to visit my cinema. Luckily, I wasn't disappointed, I got everything what I expected which might be summoned by the two equations above.

About humans: If you want to watch the movie at home, don't waste time on humans subplot. It's completely pointless. The dialogues aren't funny or smart. They serve poor exposition which is painfully exhausting to watch. You see the monsters fighting and these "characters" are explaining in between: oh, he is protecting! - Come on, who wrote this? In my opinion if Legendary Studios wants to include humans, they should at least try making them just little interesting or just remove them completely. None of them is doing anything necessary, furthermore whatever they're doing doesn't make any sense. Why the hell are they in the Hollow Earth without protection? One guy is just in a Hawaiian shirt. The amount of dangerous monsters is not alarming, I guess... Paper Boy is filming everything but the British guy in a Hawaiian shirt says something like: It's better to keep it in a secret, this ancient civilization shouldn't be exposed to our world. The girl from Godzilla Vs. Kong (she is from that world and has weird X-Men power (?)) is among modern people, so the world already knows the underground world. What does he want to hide? There is more of this stupidity.

About the monsters: Kong is the lead. His journey is simple, he feels lonely, he wants to have a family of his kind. From the trailers you know, there is more giant apes, so I am happy to see them because I am Team Kong :) I'd want to appreciate the "dialogues" between Kong and this little ginger fella. They don't use words as we do but believe me, these two are more interesting than the humans. You will enjoy it.

Godzilla and the rest are just monsters. Sadly Godzilla isn't intimidating in this movie, his only goal is to gain the pink level of nuclear power and then use it to fight the bad monkey. However, the fight scenes are awesome - this is why we are watching this type of movies, so if you're a fan of giant monsters, I recommend Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire... and don't expect to see raise of "the new empire" in this movie. It's a kinda awkward title generated by ChatGPT.

A brainless, but (mostly) entertaining monster mash.

[vinayaksrivastava-20682 · 6/10 · 29 March 2024]

Releasing merely weeks after the critically and commercially acclaimed "Godzilla Minus One" won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects is a boon as well as bane for "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" - while more people are familiar with the behemoth radioactive lizard, there is an undeniable urge to draw comparisons between the two movies. Adam Wingard's second Monsterverse film following 2021's "Godzilla vs Kong" delivers satisfying Titan action, but overall, the film feels like a step back, largely owing to dull and tedious human drama.

Personally, I found "Godzilla vs Kong" to be the best Monsterverse film. It embraced the absurdity and silliness of its premise and made the most of it to deliver one hell of a show, placing the Titans front and centre, while jettisoning any unnecessary human drama. "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" starts off much slower, with the actual plot taking nearly 20 minutes to kick in. Combined with an uptick in uninteresting human drama, this slows down the movie with certain portions feeling boring.

Much like its predecessor, "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" struggles trying to the connect the stories of the two leading titans. Kong is the heart and soul of the movie, with Godzilla largely feeling like an accomplice or sidekick. The first half of the movie is almost entirely about Kong's exploration of Hollow Earth, the subterranean ecosystem where the Titans live. While learning about the mystical world was engaging and intriguing, it lead to a delayed introduction of the villain, leading to the third act feeling slightly rushed and less rewarding compared to the enthralling finale of "Godzilla vs Kong".

The action sequences themselves are a whole lot of fun, with a face off in hollow earth with gravity slightly messed-up being one of my favourites of the entire franchise. The finale in Rio delivers plentiful excitement and fun too.

"Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" is best suited for fans of the Showa era. For Kong fans(like myself), there is a lot to like about the movie, owing to the humanisation of the great ape. The action scenes are fun, colourful and campy, similar to it's predecessor, but an increased focus on human characters and a slower pace make this a slightly underwhelming entry to the Monsterverse.

Big Budget B-Movie

[lenikut · 7/10 · 30 March 2024]

When me and my friends went to see the movie, i really enjoyed it but friends went over the moon for it. They gave it a solid 10/10, so for the audience that doesn't want anything serious - this is hella perfect.

The story wasn't anything new that we haven't seen before but it serves the movie good. My biggest problem with it, was the human characters. Just like "Godzilla vs Kong", the characters are flat and i would rather watch monsters fight than them.

The direction by Adam Wingard is pretty good. The action in particulat is really well done and you can really see what's going on.

The actors were OK for the most part but for the script they are given, they are fine.

Giant praise to the VFX. Everything looked amazaing and you can see that the money went in the place, not like "Captain Marvel 2" for example, which had a 300 million dollar budget and for the money, it looked awful.

The music is good too. I wouldn't buy a soundtrack but it served the story.

Overall if you just want to have fun for 2 hours, this movie is perfect.

Who won? Legendary studios, & far from a minus one.

[hotrobinproductions · 7/10 · 27 March 2024]

@somegeekguy

-Wow, I'm just as surprised as you are reading this right now, believe me. My expectations were kind of meh, me personally, Godzilla Vs Kong (GVK) was OKAY, nothing special, maybe about a 6/10

So who won this time in Godzilla X Kong & what is this New Empire?... well legendary studios of course!

After a victorious achievement for Toho... we all know what we've come for here at legendary studios, & the results are definitely not a minus one...

because this time we up the ante, and the people have spoken, we want this, legendary in this film is simply unlocking the massive cheese vault oozing into my optic stems, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is a hyper adrenaline rush energizer, it felt like my brain waves digested a high voltage energy drink kicking every inch of my brain cells.

Dan Stevens is a solid comic relief along with Brian Tyree Henry. The jokes land a bit better this time around. The aura & creative decisions in this film have almost an 80's vintage vibrant feel, the music & color palette compliment each other perfectly along with cinematography.

My issues? Well... why does the movie have Monarch being okay with bringing anybody down to hollow earth? Reliance on slight jumpy exposition, small things that could have been explored a little more to leave more an impact. It's not perfect for those, however I will argue this film was a lot closer to striking close to being perfect than you would think a film of this caliber could do.

This is what happens when Cinematography, awareness, consistency & finding the footing on following Kaijus, gets the best of a cinematic experience, it's just as much a kaiju story as it is a human story & It's a Love Letter to the showa era & fans should be proud.

I've never been more invested in the actual story of the kaijus until this movie, expositions & humans don't ruin it either this time. It's not anything special, but what is special are what we are here for, & that's the Kaijus.

New Empire, by far, has the longest showtime for Kaiju action that I've ever seen in a monster flick. Beautifully shot cinematic camera scenes, there is one specific upside down shot unfolding to the right side up, just amazing camerawork

The gradual building blocks embedded in the story left exciting awe in entertainment & care of handling Kaiju moments. The humans are just enhancers for the monsters. Compared to GVK, they have a better direction here without getting lost.

It's a ride, took the issues of GVK & corrected it more, there's plenty of action if not more than you'd think... there's plenty of surprises, emotional character moments with humans/monsters, & although a not so perfect expositions still a solid fun plot/story following the elements at play... Godzilla X Kong was a lot better than I thought it was going to be & that's worth something.

7.5 / 10.

The Best Addition to the Monsterverse so far

[rozanskijanek · 7/10 · 27 March 2024]

Let's be honest. I went in expecting this movie to be dumb, but pretty entertaining. Just an average blockbuster. Fortunately, this time it was so entertaining that you can ignore the dumb parts.

And of course, it's not an ambitious movie, there's a lot of cliche, oversimplification etc., but I still expected worse. Most of the time humans are not acting like idiots, their crazy ideas are pretty convincing within this world and the whole cast does a great job keeping us entertained. Relations between our human characters work pretty well.

There's a lot of worldbuilding here, successfull one in my opinion. Ancient civilization, prophecies, stories written on walls, some scores to even. The Hollow Earth looks great, you can see how this whole ecosystems works with its own rules.

And finally, Titans. CGI is really good, fight scenes don't disappoint and, the most important thing, monsters act like they should act. There's startegy, there's a lot of preparing, but also there's hierarchy, decisions made out of fear and fights for territory. Writers managed to make the Titans seem humane while also staying within their animal nature. The outcome of that is convincing, at least for me.

Some people might have a problem with the fact that most of this movie is basically assembilng the team for the final battle, but I think this time Monsterverse used a cliche in pretty much the best way possible.

In the end, Godzilla x Kong is a satisfying and engaging blockbuster as well as great addition to the franchise. I wonder, how are they gonna beat that in the next one...

Monsters can tell a story w/o human dialogue

[aleman-23298 · 9/10 · 30 March 2024]

Godzilla and Kong: A New Empire is exactly what you are going to get. A movie about Kaiju finding their way in the world with the established notion of coexisting with humans on this planet! Here, hollow earth is vastly explored with great visuals and Kong delivers an exceptional performance! The fight sequences are to the point and give great depth to the brutality of the situation on earth. As a kaiju fan I could not ask for anything more than to see monsters go at it and save the planet. Such as any other monster movie people go see. Godzilla is true to form and is his usual reign of terror to other kaiju. The human provide the skeleton of the story but the monsters carry it! I had so much fun with this movie! No need to go with the expectation of cinematic dialogue and epic depth.

Just sit back, relax and watch monsters do their thing!

Godsilly

[Jeremy_Urquhart · 7/10 · 28 March 2024]

Absolute nonsense, and anyone who didn't like Godzilla vs. Kong will probably hate this. I enjoyed myself the same way I'd enjoy eating two bags of potato chips in one sitting. I'm feeling a bit empty and confused at why I did such a thing now it's over, but it was tasty junk at the time.

I feel like Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has the least dialogue out of any giant monster movie of the last decade or so, maybe longer. It keeps the human characters at a minimum, which is a double-edged sword. They're not as frequently annoying, but when you have a small cast of humans, the sense of danger dissipates, because no one is the kind of character that could die at any point before the very end (and even then). But all the scenes with the giant apes, with no dialogue? Good stuff. The humans are there to just explain stuff that doesn't really need to be explained. I almost wish this had been a silent movie.

There's some good schlock here. I laughed a lot. There's a lot of action, maybe too much. It ends very suddenly, the two titular monsters take a while to meet up, and though I liked the main villain, he takes too long to be introduced. The narrative here is a mess, and it only gets by through having so many different creatures, fights, and ridiculous sci-fi concepts.

Still, it's not the kind of kaiju movie where people will complain that "there weren't enough monsters." I feel like Godzilla x Kong provides plenty of dumb entertainment, ridiculous spectacle, and action to the point where watching it was never dull for a minute. I had fun, but looking back on it now, it does feel like the cinematic equivalent of (a lot of) empty calories.

When you want the human cast to die

[ste-plaza · 4/10 · 5 April 2024]

More than the enemy monsters. They really added nothing to the film. Except annoyance dumb rehashed mcu jokes, not even remotely amusing. Not even in the same league as the masterpiece like Godzilla minus 1. This will be my last one of these types of Godzilla movies they toss out tripe like this on a regular basis like EA churns out GaaS games that ultimately get shut down within a year. Why because they are poop. The Cranston one was good, then the Farminga one wasn't bad, though the milly brown family aspect made it cringe. Soon as we got to the ones with ms hall and skarsgard they went down the pan and in the gutter. All flashy bright colors felt like we were watching iron man. Such a shame because Godzilla Kong and the creatures really tried to carry the human cast. But every scene these collection of humans were in we wanted them to meet a grizzly end. Such a farcry from Godzilla Minus 1 directed by Takashi Yamazaki.

A worthy entry in the MonsterVerse

[GregTheStopSign95 · 8/10 · 29 March 2024]

I don't know what I expected going in to see this at the cinema, but it wasn't this. I guess I expected more focus on the humans (again) and less on the Titans (again)...but this? This was not that. Yeah they had humans, but they were mostly more of a footnote in the story, which could have been almost completely told without the humans, but they did add a little flavour to the mix. Especially Dan Stevens. But then I AM kinda biased towards him as I've loved his work in everything I've seen him in so far.

All that aside, Kong was great - and MASSIVE - and Godzilla was pretty damn impressive, too - and just as massive as Kong - but more than that, we got a look at a few other Titans as well, and they were ALL pretty impressively brought to life here. My ONLY gripe about Kong himself is that, in the early going the filmmakers tried to humanise him just that little but too much, and it kinda fell flat to me. Once things actually got moving and shaking, though, it all got a lot better.

Godzilla sells out to be more commercially viable

[dhk-51057 · 6/10 · 29 March 2024]

This movie has a real problem - It tries to cater to a wider audience by adding more 'Marvel type' action and storytelling rather than focus on doing what it could do really well and appeal to a more niche audience.

The "doing what it could do well" part I am referring to is the BIGNESS of the Kaiju's / monsters. Not just their actions but their presence and size.. a bit of slowness in how they walk and move, to feel that "thud" when they take a step and the sheer overwhelming presence that they represent - Like in Pacific Rim or in Godzilla King of the Monsters. You FEEL the bigness and the size.

A splash in the ocean can causes huge tide-waves due to the size.

A resounding BOOM that is felt when two Kaiju's collide.

Where is that?

There is no respect paid to the bigness.

It's just they took some superhero action sequences and applied them to giants and made them move like they were the same size as humans.

There is no FEEL or BIGNESS - It's simply a 6 out of 10 movie because it caters "enough" to enough people because it goes for what's popular and throws a lot of it while giving away the depth and the "feel" of a big monster movie that is what godzilla is meant to be.

waste of time and space

[wongetje-23768 · 4/10 · 30 March 2024]

Without spoiling the movie: this was absolutely a waste of money.

Yes Kong and Godzilla are in there and some other titans but epic battle? No!

It gravitates towards avatar-esque mystical mumbo-jumbo. Tries to copy from many other movies, like music scenes from Guardians of the Galaxy; Jugnle danger from Jumanji; indigenous people mythology from Avatar; epic battle like Planet of the apes;

Special effects did not wow me any second, maybe that's a good thing because everything else we see nowadays is just completely AI generated.

If your kids want to go see it by all means, but otherwise it's a big let down.

A bit of a Disappointment

[shakirshums · 28 March 2024]

It serves up a berserk dreamscape with plenty of payoff to please the MonsterVerse faithful. Shame about the human stuff, though. Director Adam Wingard has a lot of fun with textures, colors, and camera work, and he's adept at giving fans the over-the-top monster action that they demand via an imposing new villain. Unfortunately, there's no time to spend on making things make sense or even matter all that much, and what few emotional punches are thrown lack the necessary wind up to connect, save for some very well done moments between Kong and his Hollow Earth kin.

Overall didnt live up and the plot was mediocre at best.

This movie should be called Monkey X Kong, which is more appropriate

[harryxianjy · 6/10 · 31 March 2024]

The movie features very few scenes with Godzilla, only a few fragmented shots, including the final battle. Godzilla's total screen time is probably less than 7 minutes. The movie is filled with monkeys throughout, making it more like an independent Kong film because it barely depicts Godzilla, with Kong having far more screen time than Godzilla. I feel like Godzilla's role was forcefully added and feels disconnected from the rest of the movie. Also, the portrayal of SHIMO is superficial, failing to showcase its power, while Skar King is portrayed as a clown; it can't even defeat King Kong one-on-one, lacking a strong antagonist that leads to a rushed conclusion of the final battle. Finally, I have a big question: why do the director and writers like monkeys so much?

The MV Enters Its Late Showa Era

[FinalSmash1689 · 6/10 · 29 March 2024]

PROS: -This movie is a Saturday Morning Cartoon brought to life.

-This is a 70's Showa Era Film with modern effects.

-The Monsters are 100% the leads.

-The Monster Brawls are absolutely nuts!

-Godzilla vs. Kong Round 2 was fun.

-The Entire 3rd Act is exactly what 5 year old would've loved.

CONS: -We are so far removed from the tone of 2014.

-The pacing is all over the place.

-The script was written with cocaine and mushrooms.

-Every character is underdeveloped as is the plot.

-There's no scale to any of the monster brawls.

Like every iteration of Godzilla, it starts serious then slowly becomes a kid's franchise. Well, the Monsterverse is now officially a kid's franchise for better or worse. I say knowing full well that if I watched this as a kid it would've been the greatest movie ever. However, watching it as a 35 year old man, I can't ignore the flaws. This movie feels like a fever dream. There are some big crazy ideas here, but the movie doesn't hover over any of it. They throw so much at you so quickly that you have no time to absorb anything before the movie is moving on. The same goes for the characters, who exist to deliver exposition and that's it (a low-key waste of Rebecca Hall's talent). The Monsters are the opposite, they are the leads of the movie. This movie feels like Kong 3: The Hollow Earth War. There are long stretches where there's no dialogue and the story is being told through the expressions of the Monsters, and truthfully, it works. The Monster fights are meant to be seen on the big screen. Especially a battle that takes place in zero gravity. Seeing Godzilla and Kong properly team up is something my inner child needed to see. My theater cheered with joy as they charged into battle together. This is the kind of movie that the young fans will absolutely love and there's nothing wrong with that. I grew up on the Showa Era movies and that's exactly what this is. This is the kind of monster movie that creates the next generation of fans. With that in mind, this movie does its job. 6/10.

Felt like a Guardians movie....

[valenzuelamichael · 7/10 · 31 March 2024]

This is not your typical Monsterverse movie. My wife and I both agreed it was like watching a Guardians of the Galaxy movie. It was entertaining and the soundtrack will be pretty good. Anytime you put KISS into a soundtrack it will be good. I thought the monsters looked pretty good. The steroid Kong was pretty funny with his Thanos gauntlet. Kind of excited to see baby Kong going forward. Plus Godzilla's bed looks like my cat's bed. Funny to see him sleep where he does twice. Hopefully they can go back to a more Godzilla minus one type movie. If I had any advise to future viewers, see it during matinee times. Definitely not worth the full price.

A decent monster flare-up

[searcherer · 6/10 · 23 April 2024]

I watched this movie in cinema today, all alone and by myself. It's an action adventure movie with, as one would expect, not much sophistication or twist on the story front. It manages to be interesting enough throughout though, and it's simplicity is never silly nor is its unfolding overly predictable. The visuals are the main strong point of the movie, with Kong's ever existing hybrid charisma also lefting things up and introducing hero dimension into the mix. I felt some of the monsters were not as exciting as I would've hoped for them to be (respect, King Ghidorah,) and neither were many of the characters involved in this adventure. One thing I'd like to point out here is that I felt watching this movie in 2D did harm to the experience, as I (strongly) felt that that kind of visuals needs to be watched in 3D in order to do it justice; I don't even know if it does play in 3D, but if it does, then go for the 3D version. A good watch overall, I give it 6.5*.

Not enough Godzilla but still a great popcorn movie

[cparousis-30615 · 9/10 · 29 March 2024]

You get what you paid for. Lots of CGI titans, going scene by scene, then culminating into a boffo end fight scene. I've read some write ups online stating "there's too much CGI.." The movie is centered around a fifty foot gorilla, a sixty foot lizard, and they are fighting other enormous titans in a world that does not exist. Great special effects, great action, and a it's paced well.

Story? Don't fool yourself. The story is as thin as half of a single hair. You came for the fictional animals fighting. Not enough Godzilla. That was a shame. Go see this if you are a fan of dumb, popcorn films. Don't expect Othello.

King of the Monsters is STILL the Best

[michaelyoung-56088 · 6/10 · 3 April 2024]

I'm gonna be honest and just say, it's meh. I still think that King of the Monsters was the best of the 4, and after they introduced mechagodzilla in GvK, everything went downhill in terms of plot. Is the movie wonderfully cinematically pleasing? Yes! The visuals are stunning and the CGI just gets better as it goes, but it's hard to enjoy all that when the plot is so god awful.

Spoilers ahead: What part of telepathic people makes any sense in a monster vs monster movie? And why can Gia teleport? Everything about the IWI tribe in this movie made no sense to the whole plot and seemed pointlessly forced.

And scar king was cool and all but he wasn't supposed to be the major threat, Shimu was supposed to be the big bad wolf and they spent a lot of time making it seem like she was a threat to global security given the fact she caused the ice age. But then she ends up just teaming with Zilla, Kong, and Mothra in the end and submits to Kong as if she's not another alpha titan who would fight for dominance.

The monsters in this movie compared to the other movies seem so weightless as if they're not hundreds of thousands of pounds, 300 foot tall killing machines. And why are they so human like? It just seems like a lot of the movie made no logical sense, and you'd expect that from a monster movie, but it's honestly just too much.

Overall I still enjoyed the movie, but it's probably one I wouldn't watch several time just for fun with how pointless the plot felt.

A Hollow Earth For A Hollow Film

[imaxxing · 4/10 · 2 April 2024]

Godzilla x Kong is undeniably vacuous and as hollow as the imaginary world it portrays. It's essentially a very forgettable monster mashup that aims for the heights of the epic and terrifying; but instead serves an OTT nonstop chest-beating slugfest, smothered in tawdry CGI. It's overpowered monster WWE seemingly presented as something the filmmakers *believe* or estimate an audience will like; as if it were the product of a soulless spreadsheet.

These tired titans of bygone cinema have been pulled back into the limelight as the viewer suffers a nowhere-plot aimed at the lowest common denominator. The Kaiju terror is here, but in a very watered-down state.

No dialogue because it's just senseless roaring beasts? Don't need to pay anyone to write a good script. Excessive closeups of the beasts all the time? Well that handily means they didn't need to animate higher-budget complex scenes from a more interesting POV. Sensory overload to distract the viewer from the complete lack of actual substance? Check. The corner-cutting is so apparent the more you look; the buck is passed onto the consumers who continue to accept this poor standard of filmmaking time and time again.

4/10.

Dudes rock

[imxhill · 7/10 · 27 March 2024]

Starts off as (and sadly that hue does stay during most of the movie) another run-of-the-mill, generic hollywood tentpole blockbuster. From the weightless cgi looks to the boring dialogue and characters, the first act of Godzilla x Kong didn't do much for me. However, as the film progresses, it started to show off its bonkers ideas and charms one by one, and slowly & ultimately managed to win me over. This cinematic universe slowly drifted away from its dark, grounded, almost disaster-movie-like origins of godzilla 2014 as it went on, and after watching gxk you wouldn't believe they're even set within the same continuity. Gone are the rains, dust and night-time battles of king of the monsters or the vibrant, operatic cinematography larry fong achieved in skull island. In gxk, 90% of the battles are set in broad daylight, and the camera spins, cuts, and turns upside down (director adam wingard goes crazy in some shots) to maximize and display these battle of titans in a cartoon-like manner. You are basically being waterboarded with cgi spectacle, and that's not a bad thing! As someone who was turned off by the way godzilla ran in the first trailer, i kinda do miss the old aesthetic of the monsterverse, but i can't deny that what they achieved in gxk is helluva fun. I was basically cheering inside during the third act. They cut off all the bs (mostly) and solely focused on delivering a bonkers, digital, fantasy-like colosseum for the titans to punch and throw each other. Also notable is the role of kong as basically the protagonist of the movie. Contrary to godzilla, who gets less screentime and is treated more like a force of nature/beast he is, kong acts, feels, and emotes more like a human. There is an interesting contrast between kong's human-like and godzilla's animalistic behavior. Most of kong's scenes works as a dialogue-free fantasy action film about a lone warrior wandering this fantasy world and bonding with a child.

Hollow earth where exotic creatures dwell, ancient hidden civilization in there, huge temples built with shining crystals, hidden lore of monsters, portals, giant monkey tyrant riding an ice dragon, anti-gravity action sequence, and historic landmarks being destroyed disaster-movie-style. You can not fully be on board with the new direction, but you can't deny its charm and fun.

Also forgot to mention godzilla fighting an radioactive(?) sea dragon in the arctic. Think this maybe qualifies as a gonzo blockbuster.

What is happening

[moleman6059 · 5/10 · 7 April 2024]

Huuuge Godzilla fan since early 80s...my 15 year old also loves these movies ...this looks like the budget version of the last one ...like it's so bad we were laughing out loud in theater ...like it's bad ...real bad compared to any of the other monster verse movies ...but it's ....entertaining with some cool stuff It....they could of left out all human dialogue and it would of been at least a star better ...they both expect you so have watched and memorized all the other movies and somehow at the same time act like they other movies almost didn't exist ...i have a feeling this might be the end of the monster verse and maybe they have something else in mind ..because this was not cooked all the way.....on any level.

Monsterverse fans will rejoice

[SoumikBanerjee1996 · 7/10 · 29 March 2024]

A roaring, reverberating monster filled Fiasco. A gorgeous spectacle in the truest sense. A visual extravaganza made for the biggest screen possible.

It's no less than a treat for the theater-loving audience.

Yes, human characters leave a negligible impact. The punchlines miss their mark most of the time, but who really cares? It's a pleasure for your eyes and soul.

If you're a "Monsterverse" fan like me and wished for more Titan action, trust me, you are going to get out of the theatre with a big smile on your face, your heart will be fulfilled.

Your inner child will be satisfied.

Don't miss it.

" Blockbuster Fun - Godzilla X Kong "

[Abhinav_Sumeet_Kombra · 7/10 · 29 March 2024]

~ I did not have any expectations whatsoever before watching the film , after the trailers dropped I was kind of disappointed , but it was one hell of a ride in the theatres. Really enjoyed it. It is fun , action - packed , it has comedy , two or more gigantic monsters fighting on the big screen and it was damn fun. Kong is the main focus of the story and it does make sense because he is a character that can connect with people. The human characters are actually likable in this one especially Brian Tyree Henry as Bernie and Dan Stevens as Trapper. Rebecca Hall's character Dr. Irene Andrews is good aswell. But the main thing I loved about the film was it's epic climax. It was great. Overall the film is fun and entertaining that's all.