Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 6, 2024 13:52:06 GMT
B+
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- Its tone & palette is in the same ballpark as Kong: Skull Island, & nearly just as action packed - just not as awe dropping, & yet part of that is we've already seen these monsters & humans in action.
- This saga has shown that the fewer human characters, the better - save Skull Island's MCU crew & John Goodman. GxK has its tiny circle of humans, & the lead one speaks sign language. The action guy seems straight out of Thor Ragnarok, including needle drops, & the podcast guy is comic relief without overdoing it.
- Tamest of the 5, PG-13, I did see a slew of kids with parents - & that's just as well, popcorn movies for 25-45yr olds starring animated monsters isn't the Hollywood way.
- Kong never had a sequel prior his vs. Godzilla movie, & this pretty much gives him one. This is a Kong centric movie.
- Mothra was handled very nicely & ties in this saga with giving us no monster on the bench.
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- This Monarch saga of Kong & Godzilla, has revealed all its monster mysteries - & for that, the awe & magnitude of these legendary cinematic monsters has become routine - Godzilla is
I was here for this sequel, I don't think I'll be back again because they've checked all their boxes. Other than the Hollow Earth & the human Iwi tribe within, nothing's left to conquer. They could go to space, jumping centuries perhaps, yet that'd be a new saga - & even then, we had the space monster in the 3rd movie.
Of this era, this Legendary Monarch Monster saga or whatever it's called has bested the likes of its peers Jurrasic World, Transformers. That's a solid credential imo.
SPOILERS
+
- Its tone & palette is in the same ballpark as Kong: Skull Island, & nearly just as action packed - just not as awe dropping, & yet part of that is we've already seen these monsters & humans in action.
- This saga has shown that the fewer human characters, the better - save Skull Island's MCU crew & John Goodman. GxK has its tiny circle of humans, & the lead one speaks sign language. The action guy seems straight out of Thor Ragnarok, including needle drops, & the podcast guy is comic relief without overdoing it.
- Tamest of the 5, PG-13, I did see a slew of kids with parents - & that's just as well, popcorn movies for 25-45yr olds starring animated monsters isn't the Hollywood way.
- Kong never had a sequel prior his vs. Godzilla movie, & this pretty much gives him one. This is a Kong centric movie.
- Mothra was handled very nicely & ties in this saga with giving us no monster on the bench.
-
- This Monarch saga of Kong & Godzilla, has revealed all its monster mysteries - & for that, the awe & magnitude of these legendary cinematic monsters has become routine - Godzilla is
literally just using Rome's Colisseum as nesting bed, & it's done as a mild gag, not an omg wtf.
I was here for this sequel, I don't think I'll be back again because they've checked all their boxes. Other than the Hollow Earth & the human Iwi tribe within, nothing's left to conquer. They could go to space, jumping centuries perhaps, yet that'd be a new saga - & even then, we had the space monster in the 3rd movie.
Of this era, this Legendary Monarch Monster saga or whatever it's called has bested the likes of its peers Jurrasic World, Transformers. That's a solid credential imo.