Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

[KManX89]

That moment when you get back with a nice shopping haul with your tax return/stimulus check dollars, grab a bite to eat and get ready to watch Godzilla vs. Kong on HBO Max the day after getting your 2nd Covid vaccine, only to be "greeted" with this:







To call my situation an unlucky turn of events would be a Godzilla-sized understatement.

[starsteam]

Originally Posted by GC Riot

Can someone please explain to me what the point of Millie Bobby Brown's sidestory was about? What point did it serve?

[Show spoiler]Because the way I see it, her inclusion amounted to absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things, more than giving us exposition about how Mecha Godzilla worked, but I mean... did they really need her and her two bumbling sidekicks for that? That entire arc dragged the movie down so freaking much.

Monster battles were somewhat cool, but it was so predictable how it was gonna go from the get-go that it was hard to care at all.
That 2/5 I gave it, yeah, that felt really generous...

Her side of the story was to explore what was provoking Godzilla to attack and discover APEX's agenda. Without it there wouldn't be a Godzilla side to the movie.

[starsteam]

My ranking

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla vs Kong
Kong: Skull Island
Godzilla

While I do find Godzilla vs Kong to be superior with its characters (uninteresting but entertaining) and the story was thin as opposed to KOTM's bloated story, I still like KOTM better for it's larger focus on Godzilla and use of other Toho monsters.
And as superb the battles in GvK were, they never rose to fangasm levels that Godzilla's nuclear pulse did in KOTM.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by KManX89

That moment when you get back with a nice shopping haul with your tax return/stimulus check dollars, grab a bite to eat and get ready to watch Godzilla vs. Kong on HBO Max the day after getting your 2nd Covid vaccine, only to be "greeted" with this:







To call my situation an unlucky turn of events would be a Godzilla-sized understatement.

Considering all the wonderful things that happened to you the past couple days, I hope your reaction/post is "tongue in cheek".

[The Fish]

Originally Posted by GC Riot

Can someone please explain to me what the point of Millie Bobby Brown's sidestory was about? What point did it serve?

[Show spoiler]Because the way I see it, her inclusion amounted to absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things, more than giving us exposition about how Mecha Godzilla worked, but I mean... did they really need her and her two bumbling sidekicks for that? That entire arc dragged the movie down so freaking much.

Monster battles were somewhat cool, but it was so predictable how it was gonna go from the get-go that it was hard to care at all.
That 2/5 I gave it, yeah, that felt really generous...

Because CGI is more difficult and expensive then men in rubber suits. We need things to cut away from the action from to pad out runtime and save money.

Joking aside After 4 films I thought the budget saving cut arounds are getting really obvious, their not even trying to disguise them anymore.

[starsteam]

Does anyone else feel like the "clear winner" thing really wasn't that clear? I mean, yeah, technically

[Show spoiler]Godzilla

won, but then it was

[Show spoiler]Kong

who came out on top by being the one that absolutely destroys

[Show spoiler]Mechagodzilla

after it almost killed

[Show spoiler]Godzilla

.

I'm sure there's plenty of variables you can apply here, but this still feels like a

[Show spoiler]tie

to me. One did beat the other, but the other came out stronger at the end. If there was a fourth round then things could have gone differently.

[gundamcero]

Originally Posted by starsteam

Does anyone else feel like the "clear winner" thing really wasn't that clear? I mean, yeah, technically

[Show spoiler]Godzilla

won, but then it was

[Show spoiler]Kong

who came out on top by being the one that absolutely destroys

[Show spoiler]Mechagodzilla

after it almost killed

[Show spoiler]Godzilla

.

I'm sure there's plenty of variables you can apply here, but this still feels like a

[Show spoiler]tie

to me. One did beat the other, but the other came out stronger at the end. If there was a fourth round then things could have gone differently.

Was pretty clear to me.

[Show spoiler]Kong was literally dying after his fight with Godzilla. The only time Kong had the advantage was when he had the axe. Which only worked on Mechagodzilla cause Godzilla supercharged it.

[vertigop1ayer]

Originally Posted by starsteam

Does anyone else feel like the "clear winner" thing really wasn't that clear? I mean, yeah, technically

[Show spoiler]Godzilla

won, but then it was

[Show spoiler]Kong

who came out on top by being the one that absolutely destroys

[Show spoiler]Mechagodzilla

after it almost killed

[Show spoiler]Godzilla

.

I'm sure there's plenty of variables you can apply here, but this still feels like a

[Show spoiler]tie

to me. One did beat the other, but the other came out stronger at the end. If there was a fourth round then things could have gone differently.

Fairly clear to me, but maybe I am being biased because the winner was the one I wanted.

[cheez avenger]

Same visual effects supervisors for this were also the supervisors for ZSJL.

[starsteam]

The winner was the one I wanted too. And it does establish that in a fair fight between the two of them,

[Show spoiler]Godzilla

would win. But with the way the film ends with

[Show spoiler]Kong

beating the thing that almost kills

[Show spoiler]Godzilla

it does put another spin on things that keeps it from feeling definitive for me. Round three also could have gone differently if

[Show spoiler]Kong still had a charged axe

.

But still, too many variables at play,

[Show spoiler]long live the king of the monsters

.

[JayTL]

[Show spoiler]Zilla beats Kong beats MechaZilla

..I'm okay how it ended up.

Can we talk about how Godzilla literally

[Show spoiler]blew a ****ing hole in the Earth?? Like down to the ****ing core?!

[JGCramp]

I think the 2014 Godzilla was pretty good and I thoroughly enjoyed K:SI, but these last two films struck me as little more than Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich apocalyptic movies (to me that’s not a compliment). I totally understand why some people will love this film but it didn’t do it for me. I can totally shut off my brain and enjoy that spectacle for what it is, but the plot was so ridiculous and the characters pretty shallow (I don’t even know what several even added to the narrative); and I was particularly meh on the Kong storyline. I don’t know but that something that makes Godzilla and King Kong movies great seems totally absent to me.

I don’t think this is really a spoiler so...I did wonder how Kyle Chandler’s character not only go to Hong Kong so quickly at the end of the movie but also found himself in the exact same location as Millie Bobby Brown’s character. I also don’t really recall hearing Godzilla’s true classic roar. Maybe I missed it since I sort of checked out after a while. I gave it a generous 2/5.

[kylor]

Originally Posted by JayTL

[Show spoiler]Zilla beats Kong beats MechaZilla

..I'm okay how it ended up.

Can we talk about how Godzilla literally

[Show spoiler]blew a ****ing hole in the Earth?? Like down to the ****ing core?!

It was awesome. I really

[Show spoiler]liked how OP they made Mechagodzilla as well. He was literally holding his own against both Kong AND Godzilla combined. It was the Axe that ultimately tipped the power scale, but a cool way to show Godzilla and Kong teaming up when Godzilla charges Kong's axe. Mechagodzilla is actually my favorite character of the film besides Godzilla lol. Glad I backed the correct team.

[kemcha]

Originally Posted by GC Riot

Can someone please explain to me what the point of Millie Bobby Brown's sidestory was about? What point did it serve? .

Honestly, I have no idea. She served no real purpose to the story, as far as I could see. Basically, all I could see she was there for was to say "dad, something is triggering Godzilla". When they were setting up for this movie, I thought that MechaG had some of Ghidora's DNA embedded into its exoskeleton as a means of attracting the Kaiju. But, when they revealed the final activation of MechG, I was like "HOLY SHIT". I was blown away and totally not expecting that.

[supersix4]

Gave it 3 stars the boat action sequence and the end were outstanding and a few of the moments between the girl and Kong but otherwise I found myself pausing it getting distracted by my phone just not really an engaging movie start to finish like skull island or king of monsters.


Glad I had it on Hbomax

[JayTL]

Originally Posted by JGCramp

I don’t think this is really a spoiler so...I did wonder how Kyle Chandler’s character not only go to Hong Kong so quickly at the end of the movie but also found himself in the exact same location as Millie Bobby Brown’s character. I also don’t really recall hearing Godzilla’s true classic roar. Maybe I missed it since I sort of checked out after a while. I gave it a generous 2/5.

They were tracking Godzilla, they saw he turned towards Hong Kong, and watched the whole thing happen...maybe you missed a scene but that was pretty spelt out.

The family being in the same place has been annoying the entire Legendary Godzilla saga, so I didn't mind that either

[JGCramp]

Originally Posted by JayTL

They were tracking Godzilla, they saw he turned towards Hong Kong, and watched the whole thing happen...maybe you missed a scene but that was pretty spelt out.

The family being in the same place has been annoying the entire Legendary Godzilla saga, so I didn't mind that either

Yep, I did miss that scene. Must have happened when I went into the kitchen and didn’t pause it. Thanks.

[CyberpunkCentral]

Going to watch it tomorrow. Feel like shit today.

[JayTL]

I feel like I liked it more than most on this site, but can we talk about my NITPICK: Spoiler tagged just in case.

[Show spoiler]how is it that Godzilla only uses Atomic breath in the other 2 movies as a finishing move in case of emergency...but pretty much ONLY tried using it here.
I feel like every fight scene had more atomic breath than the other 2 movies combined

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by JayTL

I feel like I liked it more than most on this site, but can we talk about my NITPICK: Spoiler tagged just in case.

[Show spoiler]how is it that Godzilla only uses Atomic breath in the other 2 movies as a finishing move in case of emergency...but pretty much ONLY tried using it here.
I feel like every fight scene had more atomic breath than the other 2 movies combined

Bad writing?