Well, I went to a Theater for the first time in, what, a year? Dang.
The secret- go on a Wednesday afternoon. You'll have plenty of space for Social Distancing.
The Good
* The Film delivers big action on all fronts, with Godzilla blasting and Kong smashing!
* The human element is underplayed here, giving more focus to the titular
* The Plot manages to have some nice surprises that *aren't* SPOILED in the Trailers and the execution is solid.
* The Film focuses on the creatures and, as such, shows us little people in comparison to them any time that both are on-screen.
The Bad
* The balance of the two Plots- one focusing on Kong and one on Godzilla/Apex- is sometimes uneven. It's never really bad, but not quite right.
* For the 'leading man,' Godzilla vanishes for a bit in the middle of the Film.
* A few human characters- like Lance Reddick's and Kyle Chandler's- get bugger all to do. Oh well.
As a whole, the Film delivered a good Plot, big Action and a focus where it should be.
If you're a fan of these kinds of Films, see it how you choose to.
If you're a fan of these kinds of Films, see it how you choose to.
For me, my home TV was just not the right medium and I found a safe venue.
I definitely beg to differ. While it seemed that the human plot was reduced, every line of dialog was overly crammed full of detailed explanations. So, it felt like they knew it was good to reduce the human presence, but just couldn't stop themselves anyway.
ReplyDeleteThen the monster action was... well, it was crap. All CGI. Too much, in fact, that it felt like I was just watching a cartoon or video game. Godzilla had no presence, and Kong was trying to be too cute and connect too much with a human response (the little girl, very tiny to Kong, was somehow able to teach Kong sign language? There's dumb and then there's DUMB.)
Ridiculous tech (holodeck dome building keeps Kong imprisoned? Stupid innerspace ships! giant corporate buildings housing telepathic skulls!) just kept dragging this thing deeper into stupid that I kept reaching for the OFF button on the remote.
I've seen Letterboxd and IMDB reviews and shocked how many people saying the battles were "amazing" and that they would prefer 2 hours of just monster battles! Amazing where our culture has devolved too.
In the end, these Godzilla films feel like desperate attempts to be part of the MCU. It's like DC films; you know, that sort of desperation to succeed on Marvel's terms, not their own.
Meanwhile, I just promised myself to never watch another Hollywood CGI crapfest ever again. I will now retire to my DVD collection of ToHo and Hammer films. Fuck this shit.
Tell me how you really felt. :-)
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