Ghidorah does in fact have diff personalities for each head but it wasn't played up enough. That being said, they still gave a ton of personality to each kaiju!
Kristofer Ramirez just wait see mecha ghidorah in next godzilla movie, imagine how frustrated ghidorah main head controlling both of his brother head that become cyborg and keep malfunction error, lol
Speaking of the oxygen destroyer, its part of the giant irony i mentioned on your non spoiler. Dr Serizawa in the original killed G with the o2 destroyer. This time Dr Serizawa gives his life to help G. That meant a lot for me. Such irony.
I'd use it to introduce Angurius and have Megaguirus as the villain. Her starter form the Meganulons were what the original Rodan ate in his 1956 movie.
the "Godzilla going thermonuclear" is a direct link to legendary burning Godzilla which isn't a forced out of nowhere concept but a classic for Godzilla fans as hes been displayed having that power decades ago already in appearances such as Godzilla vs Destroyah. just thought ide let you know 😊
Radu Stoltz when he turned thermonuclear I remembered the Godzilla in which his heart was like a nuclear bomb and if it went off it would kill him and the whole city.
Imo (As a Godzilla/kaiju fan) this movie was exactly what it needed to be and exceeded me expectations and I loved it. I absolutely cannot wait for Godzilla vs Kong next year!
i dont think people really trust rotten tomatoes anymore....i certainly dont. godzilla kotm was awesome....yet it wasnt perfect. but this is just my opinion
On my way home from it. I loved it. If you’re not into kaiju films you’ll likely not enjoy it much. It was what you expect from a kaiju movie, loud and action. Wow did not know it’s being hated
I went with 3 other people, all 3 were not kaiju film fans and I am a huge one. They all loved the movie, I kept looking over and they had their mouths wide open. I think this movie is perfect for both sets of viewers, audiences are loving this movie. It's just the smug critics slagging it off....it's not supposed to be the Godfather, its Godzilla!
I would caution against describing someone as "evil" when they're clearly just misguided. And Godzilla has some GREAT close-combat moves. Head-slam into the ground. Tail-swipe to knock his opponent's legs out. Grappling, stomping when the foe's down, biting off heads.
Just saw the movie a few hours ago and thought it was GREAT. I'd consider myself a slightly more than casual fan of big monster and robot type of entertainment (grew up watching Voltron, Transformers, Macross, MMPR, and a handful of the early Godzilla movies etc.), but finding out how much more fan service was in this movie than what I caught makes me wish I knew a lot more about the Godzilla lore, because I could have enjoyed it that much more. Also, I loved the original theme inspired music in this movie.
The fight had to be in the evening because of all of the gravity beams and atomic breath. Their powers are very luminous, it looks better in the dark. Kong is kind of a street fighter he doesn't have powers
I certainly hope for a good human story with these, and I felt like it delivered...but my favorite part was how readable the monster story/characters were. Mothra protecting Godzilla made Libby and I cry
You made a mistake in your video, Rodan did not kill Mothra, Ghidorah did. In fact until Rodan appeared again after that fight I thought that Mothra had stabbed him to death with that stinger of hers.
@@hawkvision229 I think they'll create Destroyah out of it. They found the head of Gidorah from a oxygen destroyer affected area. And Destroyah origin is connected to that bomb.
When they bowed to Godzilla, I wanted to do the same. That last moment when they bowed and he let out his roar to the sky was the best Godzilla moment of all time. I want so bad to get that moment framed and placed in my man cave. It should be preserved forever.
It was on par with the T Rex roaring over the island at the end of Jurassic world after he fought the indominous rex. (The T Rex is the same one from the original Jurassic park movie so it was really good fan service)
@@ghostwolf1435 I liked the movie! I liked the 2014 even more!the size and scope of the destruction were shown better on 2014 and now the monster fights were a bit better but it was Pacific Rim Uprising style!super fast monsters not so good villain girls who just turned good in the end!Mothra did very good in this movie and was the scene stealer!!!!
Just walked out of the IMAX showing. The human story isn't great, but it was never supposed to be great. Also, the human story is NOT nearly as bad as a lot of these critics say. As for the monsters....I'll say this.... not enough....I wanted more monster screen time, and more and more..I felt that for all the screen time they had, we needed more...MORE. This movie was loud, awe inspiring, SPECTACULAR. GO GO GODZILLA. Seeing it again tomorrow haha
My only complaint is yeah i wish the battle in antartica and mexico with godzills and ghidorah could have been more. Atleast like 3mins each before the finale battle
I saw it this morning and I thought it was awesome! A little slow getting started or needed more monster tidbit stuff there but awesome and kind of beautiful too. There was an image of Godzilla and Kong facing off in the credits, like a wall drawing
can't help but a little disappointed though, I mean, I wish there was 2 eggs, one for the goddess of the Earth, one for her... if you know what I mean.
Farmiga did a Thanos with her environmental 'earth must be destroyed to be reborn' monologue. Goodness knows what the villain's motive for the Captain Planet movie will be.
This movie was awesome. can't understand the reviews from critics why they can't appreciate the movie what it is made for and just giving bad ratings based on exposition scenes disregarding the fight sequences
I see so many people getting angry at anyone who didn't enjoy the movie. I'm happy people enjoyed it, and not going to argue over someone's opinion. But I see so many people praising the movie because it had exactly what they wanted - monster on monster action (which is great). That's awesome for those people who only need that one element to enjoy a movie. But there are a lot of people who enjoy character development and plot, rather than action sequences. I'm not going to tell anyone else what their criteria should be for a movie, but don't understand why people have to disregard any element that isn't action and be forced to love the movie. And just because it had effective action must disregard any other problems they may have with the movie. Personally I need a combination of effective story telling and action. I want a balance of the two. I don't understand why people have to throw their appreciation for plot and character development out the window just because it's a Godzilla movie. I love gory movies. But I'm not going to bash someone who doesn't appreciate over the top blood and violence. And when you say give a bad rating based on exposition scenes and disregard the fight sequences, by that logic we should be calling the critics out for hating the Transformers movies as well.
Great review! But I’m pretty sure Ghidorah vaporized Mothra not Rodan... Also I’m surprised you didn’t talk about that awesome KO Godzilla had with Ghidorah!
No more than a workaholic like herself would have gone home, she basically colluded in the murder of dozens of her colleagues for no reason discernable in the film - ie there's no benefit to her in killing the Monarch people instead of tranqing them, just like there was no reason to wake Ghidorah before the response team could evacuate the Antarctica site.
A lot of critics don’t seem to have realized Roger Ebert’s Great insight: it’s not what a movie is about, it’s how it’s about it. A giant monster movie can be great, if it’s made with skill and talent and passion, and it very much sounds like that’s the case with GKoM.
You never heard of Burning Godzilla? This is the sexiest Godzilla ever. Also Ghidorah was fairly less OP then other versions of him in the past. Also all the heads did have their own personality and intelligence. Glad you enjoyed the movie though. I appreciate you liking it.
I like this movie more than Endgame. The underwater intimidation light show scene was something special. The visuals, score and sound design in this movie were something else, man.
If you think Vera Farmiga is good in this then watch her and Freddie Highmore in "Bates Motel" where she plays overprotective mother of Norman Bates. She is spectacular in Bates Motel!
Oh! SNACK! That pilot ejection scene was hilarious! Loved the movie. A lot of OG storylines came together on this one. I can’t wait for Adam Wingard’s Kong vs Godzilla!
Ghidora killed Mothra not Rodan,their fight ends in a stalemate. In the credits one of the newspaper articles says "a titan egg is found"dont worry Grace, The next Queen is on its way!
I felt there a moment in 3rd act that got me choked up abit, not sure is it the same 1 with you Grace. But the way Vera Farmiga act when she was sacrificing herself to save her family and how event hough she is so frightening really make me feel for her. Props to Vera...
One thing you didn't seem to mention was Godzilla employing strategy against Ghidorah; first two encounters; he targets the lazy head first. Later, he tries to, and successfully, drags Ghidorah under water to have an advantage. The final attack between Godzilla and Ghidorah, isn't new; it is called the 'Red Spiral Ray,' (the American version); a 'recent' ability Godzilla got in 1993, and is usually his finisher. The special thing about Mothra, from her own movie franchise (or her son's...) is she is the only monster who could defeat Ghidorah unassisted, and she did it five times at this point; this movie is the only time Godzilla beat Ghidorah without help.
@@brandonmartinez7491 I'll stand corrected; it just looked like Red Spiral Energy, and since it was an American adaptation. I made the leap in logic that *THAT* was the studio's intention.
@@les4767 Okay...well in 5/6 Godzilla vs Ghidorah confrontations, (not counting the one where Ghidorah was good), Ghidorah was confused/de-powered during the final fight by typical human intervention; that didn't happen as Ghidorah was aware + at full power in the end
I like how they didn't change ghidorahs origin. He's an alien that doesn't belong in titans ecosystem. That means gigan and other space kaiju could show up in future movies.
It was Ghidorah that killed Mothra, not Rodan. And I think I saw another Mothra egg during the end credits. Things were going by too fast for me to catch everything.
I saw it just yesterday in IMAX, it was glorious. I adored the emotion they portrayed, the animators did very well giving them personality, Ghidora was sadistic and evillll, Mothra was very queenly and just gorgeous, Rodan was a lil beeyotch, and Godzilla was indeed, very kingly and human
The attack that godzilla used to finished off ghidorah is called NUCLEAR PULSE. Its one of godzilla's signiture attack actually. He's been using that attack alot for decades. But that nuclear pulse he used in this movie is way more powerful than any of the Japanese version.
Also I LOVED that small moment between Kyle Chandler's character & Tsang where they were discussing how different the West and East view dragons, and how slaying dragons is a very western ideal, whereas in the east dragons are revered as sage, divine wise creatures that offer redemption. Super super cool moment. I liked that there were genuinely complex and compelling ideas peppered throughout the movie, wish they could have been developed more, that said I'm not at all mad this was a wall to wall monster fight. That's what they sold us and that's what we got.
It was kind of belied by the fact that Ghidora is unmistakably evil in the film - unless the dragon mythos was referring to Gojira or some other titan instead.
There are a lot of Easter eggs the true fans will catch easily like when dr serizagua says in Japanese see you later my friend. That phrase was used on the original Godzilla vs Ghidora if I remember well was said by one of the survivors of the soldiers that were saved by the godzillasaurious on the island.
I went to the Hollywood red carpet premier, and I've been a fan of Godzilla since I was a kid. Such a great movie. My only gripe is that Ghidorah didn't have the signature roar.
Remember in Mothra 3 there was a part of him that survived in the prehistoric past that allowed him to be in the present having regenerated. And, the prehistoric Mothra larvas cocooned Rainbow Mothra that allowed him to mature into the big Mothra with armor. Cool stuff.
For the first time ever, when I sat down to watch this movie I felt myself just itching to get to the big monster fights, and I'm usually not that guy lol, but for this I was. I will say by the 2nd act, after the awakening of Gidora I was totally invested in the human story. Really enjoyed this one!
it was shocking to see you loving a kaiju movie grace absolute shock! & more my non kaiju friends also loved it! bytheway ghidorah looks overpower because he is from space!!!
First off, glad to hear you enjoyed the movie! Secondly, regarding the nuclear explosions used to kill Ghidorah, that is actually a legit power that was introduced in the 90's era of Godzilla films. It has shown up a few times in the Japanese films since, but it's actually one of Godzilla's powers that few people outside the hardcore fans know of, so its totally understandable that it seemed a bit out of nowhere at the end! The finale was essentially an homage to Godzilla vs Destoroyah (1995) which had a burning form of Godzilla that was dying and on the verge of going nuclear because he absorbed too much radiation. The burning Godzilla we got in this film was essentially the same thing, minus Godzilla dying from it though.
As a godzilla fan who owns all the movies i loved this film. This time around they respected the history of godzilla and the other monsters. The score was straight from the Japanese movies and that was a huge deal for me. They even had some of the original roars for godzilla and mothra. Definitely better than 2014s movie too. Only complaint was they dont involve japan at all where he originated.
I saw it over the weekend and absolutely loved it. That Rodan introduction was AMAZING. Each kaiju was so badass. Fire Godzilla was absolutely was pure joy. I'm going to see it again for sure. Love your breakdown Grace. 😊😉
I've seen KOTM twice already and absolutely loved it. There are some things that I wish were in there, but no real complaints. Godzilla movies don't need super deep messages, they just need to be big, fun monster mashes and that's exactly what this movie delivers.
This is the movie that really hooked me into the Godzilla fandom. Went back and watched some of the older films and this did preserve the feel very well. The character humor, balance between human/monster story, and timing were all well preserved.
Damn... Grace looking like a movie snack. :p Love your reviews and this one especially with you not being big on kaiju movies. I'm a huge Godzilla fan since forever when I was a kid in the 80s and I agree with everything good and bad you had to say about this new film. It's not perfect, but it's enjoyable and a lot of fun.
Vera Farmiga is, like, my favorite actress ever since Bates Motel. She is SO GOOD in Bates Motel, like unbelievably so, and I swear she does not get the credit she deserves for her character acting. The fact that her character, as you said, only lost her way and that she wasn't a take-over-the-world villain was so satisfying for me because I knew Vera had more to offer. Also, this movie was insane in the absolute best way.
The guy: You took everything from me!
Godzilla: I don't even know who you are
I can't stop laughing 😂💀
the guy:u will.
LolZ
Hahahaha!!! Good one yo!!
The entire thing was like Batman hating Superman in BvS because he destroyed stuff in the pursuit of stopping Zod in Man of Steel.
Ghidorah does in fact have diff personalities for each head but it wasn't played up enough. That being said, they still gave a ton of personality to each kaiju!
The only personality ghidorah had was he bully the left head, Lol
@@user-dv6nh3mu3y He really didn't like that left head! :D
@@lady8jane and apparently godzilla hated that left head too. He seems to go for the left one always
@@user-dv6nh3mu3y The left head was a dope he had to be kept in line.
Kristofer Ramirez just wait see mecha ghidorah in next godzilla movie, imagine how frustrated ghidorah main head controlling both of his brother head that become cyborg and keep malfunction error, lol
Speaking of the oxygen destroyer, its part of the giant irony i mentioned on your non spoiler. Dr Serizawa in the original killed G with the o2 destroyer. This time Dr Serizawa gives his life to help G. That meant a lot for me. Such irony.
You are not the only one who noticed that. I saw it as a nice homage but with a twist
Wow..........I feel stupid for not catching that
@Skater/ Kid yup. sounds bout right
I am a hardcore Godzilla fan and I loved it. It was true to source material and I am a fan of his look too. Haters need to chill
Just needed more months
@@lanedayes7956 it's a Godzilla movie moron! Hello! Giant monsters with a twist of reality. You clearly need to watch more movies bro.
It’s a B- movie for me
It’s a good movie but had quite a few flaws
@@lanedayes7956 u went it the theater to watch a Godzilla movie and u saying it nonsensical hahaah GTFO of here
Bad Deadpool mistakes are bound to happen when the movie is really mainstream people will ignore them(cough endgame cough)
Every time Mothra is on screen is just 😍
I concur. When it first opened her wings, it filled up the whole screen. Beautiful it was
She was amazing in this move, all hail the Queen of Monsters
that part when Mothra took Ghidorah's lightning to the face, died and combined with Godzilla? GODDAMN!
All 5 mins of her screen time.
@@imichilton4983 she never really dies, her main ability is immortality
Critics have always hated Godzilla... The hate being thrown at it doesn't bother me.
My wife hated the movie. My and kid and I though LOVED IT.
I loved this movie. It felt like a true Godzilla film.
Not true. They didn't hate the one in 2014.
And this one would not exist if it wasn't for the success of that one.
@@nobodynoone3428 They didnt like it either, 74% isnt glowing.
The special effects for this was AMAZING! I’m not the biggest Kaiju fan myself but this made me want to see more from this cinematic universe.
That puts a smile on my face man, Welcome to the Monsterverse!!
Welcome indeed. Kong Skull Island is super cool and Godzilla (2014) though problematic, is very good.
I loved d movie.. I don't even know what Kaiju means lol
Hunter Barnhart Kong Skull island has way more problems than 2014 Godzilla...
Unpopular opinion. Of all the 3 movies in the monsterverse, i like Godzilla(2014) the most
After the Mexico scene I really want a Rodan movie
James Ali I agree
I'd use it to introduce Angurius and have Megaguirus as the villain. Her starter form the Meganulons were what the original Rodan ate in his 1956 movie.
He deserves one after this movie, like an origin film.
U should check out the original rodan then. Its a great movie
For some reason, this version of Rodan reminds me of Starscream.
the "Godzilla going thermonuclear" is a direct link to legendary burning Godzilla which isn't a forced out of nowhere concept but a classic for Godzilla fans as hes been displayed having that power decades ago already in appearances such as Godzilla vs Destroyah. just thought ide let you know 😊
Radu Stoltz when he turned thermonuclear I remembered the Godzilla in which his heart was like a nuclear bomb and if it went off it would kill him and the whole city.
Imo (As a Godzilla/kaiju fan) this movie was exactly what it needed to be and exceeded me expectations and I loved it.
I absolutely cannot wait for Godzilla vs Kong next year!
I couldn't agree more my friend!!!
Low expectations I assume...
i dont think people really trust rotten tomatoes anymore....i certainly dont. godzilla kotm was awesome....yet it wasnt perfect. but this is just my opinion
I’ll agree with u saying this film isn’t perfect, no movie is ever perfect.
I trust Rotten Tomatoes.
RT is trash
If Rotten Tomatoes gave Captain Marvel a 78% Score, Logic is not their best trait.
americans probably trust rotten tomatoes
On my way home from it. I loved it. If you’re not into kaiju films you’ll likely not enjoy it much. It was what you expect from a kaiju movie, loud and action.
Wow did not know it’s being hated
I went with 3 other people, all 3 were not kaiju film fans and I am a huge one. They all loved the movie, I kept looking over and they had their mouths wide open. I think this movie is perfect for both sets of viewers, audiences are loving this movie. It's just the smug critics slagging it off....it's not supposed to be the Godfather, its Godzilla!
saw Godzilla KOTM few hours ago! Just... WOW!
did you see the end credit scene? it was amazing
WOW It was Amazing!
yes I loved how the movie didnt pull any punches
Yes I agree
"Maybe Godzilla has some demands, like what's in his rider? Only red M&Ms!" I spit up my drink when you said that. Don't ever change Grace.
I would caution against describing someone as "evil" when they're clearly just misguided.
And Godzilla has some GREAT close-combat moves. Head-slam into the ground. Tail-swipe to knock his opponent's legs out. Grappling, stomping when the foe's down, biting off heads.
If he wasn't so fat he could have done a drop-kick.
Late to the party but yeah, he does. Someone else described this Godzilla as much more of a "brawler" and I'd agree with that. I love it!
Just saw the movie a few hours ago and thought it was GREAT. I'd consider myself a slightly more than casual fan of big monster and robot type of entertainment (grew up watching Voltron, Transformers, Macross, MMPR, and a handful of the early Godzilla movies etc.), but finding out how much more fan service was in this movie than what I caught makes me wish I knew a lot more about the Godzilla lore, because I could have enjoyed it that much more. Also, I loved the original theme inspired music in this movie.
As soon as I saw the underwater city, my first thought was, I think Godzilla lives in the lost City of Atlantis.
Me too, and it does make the sinking of atlantis to the sea a lot more sense. Titans fought and it was collateral damage.
Or the underwater civilization of Mu, which is home to manda in the 1963 movie atragon....
Reminds me of gammera of giant turtle being born from Atlantis
And it was in the Gulf of Mexico where some mythology says Atlantis is located
I was expecting to see a Gamera tease with that reveal.
In the newspaper headlines at the end, they state that a new Mothra egg had been laid so she is definitely coming back.
Mothra is always reborn.
"They destroyed Godzilla's home."
Whaddya talking about? His apartment got an expansion. 👅
I Saw it, it was awsome. The ending was powerful when all the monsters bowed before Godzilla .
I think Godzilla lives in atlantis, it could be a that Atlantis sank because titans fought and it was collateral damage.
Or some form of it
Atlantis reminds me of Cetopia (GZ vs Megalon) future story idea
@Bobo Boy they're near the Bermuda triangle in the Atlantic ocean.
He should live at Chernobyl
Atlantis is Gamera's crib tho
Couldn’t agree more with your review, absolutely loved Godzilla!
Saw this today, fanboyed so hard!
There's a newspaper headline in the credits which says that Monarch found a giant egg. Maybe Mothra?
It is. Mothra's ability is Immortality.
She spawns herself each time she died.
Mothra replicates herself after dying, she is mostly a support unit, and her DNA Carries all her memories
@@cmmiestcat Perhaps, or like the Chinese lady's family is always twins, maybe Mothra has a twin as well.
@@RyanLongArt Urm.... No.. ecause the official Fandom already stated that Mothra is Immortal. Lol
Yes its Mothra's egg. She always lays an egg before she dies
Mothra can get reborn. That’s probably why Godzilla wasn’t so sad. Lol
Yeah she always comes back so I’m not super sad about her death
Mothra is like the Terminator. She'll be back.
Didn't she leave 2 eggs in the Japanese movie?
@@Slade951 - I don't think so. Twins in one egg, sure.
They still cut away from fight scenes like the 2014 movie but not as much. The fight scenes need to be like in Kong!
The cut away but resume back
The fight had to be in the evening because of all of the gravity beams and atomic breath. Their powers are very luminous, it looks better in the dark. Kong is kind of a street fighter he doesn't have powers
OMG this drove me NUTS.
Kristofer Ramirez wait til after he gets struck by lightning!! You're going to see some powerful shit!!!
sixty777 They definitely cut away more in this movie compared to the 2014 Godzilla. At least it felt like it...
The Red Godzilla is a reference to Godzilla vs Destroyah where Godzilla goes critical absorbing too much radiation that it is having a meltdown.
I certainly hope for a good human story with these, and I felt like it delivered...but my favorite part was how readable the monster story/characters were. Mothra protecting Godzilla made Libby and I cry
Hunter Barnhart I cried too
You made a mistake in your video, Rodan did not kill Mothra, Ghidorah did.
In fact until Rodan appeared again after that fight I thought that Mothra had stabbed him to death with that stinger of hers.
@the luckless lime I noticed he came back with a hole in it's chest lol
Mecha Ghidorah is coming! YES!
Mothra always comes back cause she's a badass
mattbo_0 I don’t think it’s gonna be a mech but a human experiment of him. Charles dance was stealing DNA from the titans
@@hawkvision229 I think they'll create Destroyah out of it. They found the head of Gidorah from a oxygen destroyer affected area. And Destroyah origin is connected to that bomb.
@@hawkvision229 so a chimera?
@@septimus07 That's the first thing that i thought too. Kong and Godzilla may have to team up on Destroyah.
Destroyah tho
When they bowed to Godzilla, I wanted to do the same. That last moment when they bowed and he let out his roar to the sky was the best Godzilla moment of all time. I want so bad to get that moment framed and placed in my man cave. It should be preserved forever.
It was on par with the T Rex roaring over the island at the end of Jurassic world after he fought the indominous rex. (The T Rex is the same one from the original Jurassic park movie so it was really good fan service)
I thought that it was a very classy touch to do an IN MEMORIAM for the original Godzilla actor Haruo Nakajima during the end credits.
I loved this movie from start to finish it was amazing
Same.
Same
indeed
@@ghostwolf1435 I liked the movie! I liked the 2014 even more!the size and scope of the destruction were shown better on 2014 and now the monster fights were a bit better but it was Pacific Rim Uprising style!super fast monsters not so good villain girls who just turned good in the end!Mothra did very good in this movie and was the scene stealer!!!!
No one:
Grace: I think this would be great as a streaming series
A worldbuilding show would good, maybe a little history of the Titans/kaiju.
I think its a great idea.
A skull island show!!!
Dougherty actually thinks the Monsterverse lends itself to a TV series
Just walked out of the IMAX showing. The human story isn't great, but it was never supposed to be great. Also, the human story is NOT nearly as bad as a lot of these critics say. As for the monsters....I'll say this.... not enough....I wanted more monster screen time, and more and more..I felt that for all the screen time they had, we needed more...MORE.
This movie was loud, awe inspiring, SPECTACULAR. GO GO GODZILLA.
Seeing it again tomorrow haha
Have you seen Godzilla: Final Wars?
@@CavTanker88 Cheese fest but damn it I love that one
@@chickknightgreenleaf820 Same! I re-watched it just to prepare for this. NOW THAT is a monster battle!
My only complaint is yeah i wish the battle in antartica and mexico with godzills and ghidorah could have been more. Atleast like 3mins each before the finale battle
The critics are dicks. The story was absolutely fine and it was competently acted.
I saw it this morning and I thought it was awesome! A little slow getting started or needed more monster tidbit stuff there but awesome and kind of beautiful too. There was an image of Godzilla and Kong facing off in the credits, like a wall drawing
Loved it. Love how they kept the twins for the mothra lore.
Ani Maxx yes and mothra was great
Kong Skull Island describes what its like to live in a kaiju infested world - bad would be an understatement.
Amen to that brotha!!!
Kenny Hill - that’s why it’s good to be the kings pet lol.
During the ending credits it is said a massive egg was found so maybe that's Mothra.
Definitely Mothra, there’s a Mothra egg in five of her movies, mostly the good ones.
Yes mothra is Immortal
Or a new Son of Godzilla.
can't help but a little disappointed though, I mean, I wish there was 2 eggs, one for the goddess of the Earth, one for her... if you know what I mean.
Mothra and Rodan are rumored to have their own spinoff movies.
During the credits there's a newspaper clipping "Giant Egg found"
I think they also hinted at Biollante in one of the newspaper clippings.
Big Fat Al so happy when I saw that
Grace there was a picture of Kong and Godzilla fighting during the credits right before it went off. The main credits not the black screen credits
did you see the end credit scene?
Farmiga did a Thanos with her environmental 'earth must be destroyed to be reborn' monologue.
Goodness knows what the villain's motive for the Captain Planet movie will be.
The monsters represent the 4 elements
Godzilla: Water
Ghidorah: Air
Mothra: Earth
Rodan: Fire
Godzilla : Atomic
Ghidorah : lightning
Mothra. : Nature
@@aliakbarmaliki3156 *mothra = wind*
swoosh swoosh
This movie was awesome. can't understand the reviews from critics why they can't appreciate the movie what it is made for and just giving bad ratings based on exposition scenes disregarding the fight sequences
I see so many people getting angry at anyone who didn't enjoy the movie. I'm happy people enjoyed it, and not going to argue over someone's opinion. But I see so many people praising the movie because it had exactly what they wanted - monster on monster action (which is great). That's awesome for those people who only need that one element to enjoy a movie. But there are a lot of people who enjoy character development and plot, rather than action sequences. I'm not going to tell anyone else what their criteria should be for a movie, but don't understand why people have to disregard any element that isn't action and be forced to love the movie. And just because it had effective action must disregard any other problems they may have with the movie. Personally I need a combination of effective story telling and action. I want a balance of the two. I don't understand why people have to throw their appreciation for plot and character development out the window just because it's a Godzilla movie. I love gory movies. But I'm not going to bash someone who doesn't appreciate over the top blood and violence.
And when you say give a bad rating based on exposition scenes and disregard the fight sequences, by that logic we should be calling the critics out for hating the Transformers movies as well.
@@faz6877 then why godzilla vs kong had a higher notes then 😂
Great review! But I’m pretty sure Ghidorah vaporized Mothra not Rodan...
Also I’m surprised you didn’t talk about that awesome KO Godzilla had with Ghidorah!
Less a KO than a BBQ, extra crispy....
Han Solo .. yes but I think Grace was referring to Rodan gettin involved and injuring Mothra which in turn got her killed by Ghidorah!!
I like how grace get so excited when she talk about how the monster stomp on the cities lol!
"Goodbye, my friend"
ME: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Godzilla, with the help from Mothra went Super Saiyan at the end there and I loved every second of it :)
"Burning"
More like an immortal Chowzu exploding people to death without suffering for it himself.
She told that scientist to go home but he didnt listen to her...
No more than a workaholic like herself would have gone home, she basically colluded in the murder of dozens of her colleagues for no reason discernable in the film - ie there's no benefit to her in killing the Monarch people instead of tranqing them, just like there was no reason to wake Ghidorah before the response team could evacuate the Antarctica site.
Charles Dance has been in bad movies, but HE have never been bad in them!
Of course, he's Sardo Numsie!
@@mnomadvfx Holy shit...HE WAS!....good eye, my friend.
@@les4767 Golden Child is still one of my favourite Eddie Murphy films, though most of his good films are in the 80s anyway.
@@mnomadvfx It was fun to watch, that's for sure.
@@les4767 "I said ah ah ah ah aaah want the knife....."
"Pleeeeaaassse"
majority critics just dont get it but grace did
A lot of critics don’t seem to have realized Roger Ebert’s Great insight: it’s not what a movie is about, it’s how it’s about it. A giant monster movie can be great, if it’s made with skill and talent and passion, and it very much sounds like that’s the case with GKoM.
Then don't
You never heard of Burning Godzilla?
This is the sexiest Godzilla ever.
Also Ghidorah was fairly less OP then other versions of him in the past. Also all the heads did have their own personality and intelligence.
Glad you enjoyed the movie though. I appreciate you liking it.
Saw it today and i loved it! So many winks at the og Godzilla movies!
They really should make another solo Rodan movie - he's so underrated.
Glenn Davis imo rodan had some of the best action scenes
Hey Grace, Godzilla fanboy here, the Ghidorah head seems to be a set up for Mecha Ghidorah.
I agree
I like this movie more than Endgame. The underwater intimidation light show scene was something special. The visuals, score and sound design in this movie were something else, man.
It was definitely more fun than endgame. And the environmental awareness agenda of it was something that no movies nowadays dont even dare discussing.
I did too.i love this movie a lot.
If you think Vera Farmiga is good in this then watch her and Freddie Highmore in "Bates Motel" where she plays overprotective mother of Norman Bates.
She is spectacular in Bates Motel!
Oh yeah, Mothra is definitely coming back.
Mothra is the MVP of Godzilla (KOM)!
Oh! SNACK! That pilot ejection scene was hilarious!
Loved the movie. A lot of OG storylines came together on this one. I can’t wait for Adam Wingard’s Kong vs Godzilla!
Ghidora killed Mothra not Rodan,their fight ends in a stalemate.
In the credits one of the newspaper articles says "a titan egg is found"dont worry Grace,
The next Queen is on its way!
Mothra probably knew she was gonna die and laid eggs someplace. Damn I already want more movies.
@@bicknell67 me too!
At the speed they're going, the next one might be Battra tbh :(
I felt there a moment in 3rd act that got me choked up abit, not sure is it the same 1 with you Grace. But the way Vera Farmiga act when she was sacrificing herself to save her family and how event hough she is so frightening really make me feel for her. Props to Vera...
One thing you didn't seem to mention was Godzilla employing strategy against Ghidorah; first two encounters; he targets the lazy head first. Later, he tries to, and successfully, drags Ghidorah under water to have an advantage.
The final attack between Godzilla and Ghidorah, isn't new; it is called the 'Red Spiral Ray,' (the American version); a 'recent' ability Godzilla got in 1993, and is usually his finisher.
The special thing about Mothra, from her own movie franchise (or her son's...) is she is the only monster who could defeat Ghidorah unassisted, and she did it five times at this point; this movie is the only time Godzilla beat Ghidorah without help.
Whadaya mean, no help? Mothra died shielding Godzilla from Ghidorah's gravity beam attack and her energy dust gave him a power up. That's help.
@@brandonmartinez7491 I'll stand corrected; it just looked like Red Spiral Energy, and since it was an American adaptation. I made the leap in logic that *THAT* was the studio's intention.
@@les4767 Okay...well in 5/6 Godzilla vs Ghidorah confrontations, (not counting the one where Ghidorah was good), Ghidorah was confused/de-powered during the final fight by typical human intervention; that didn't happen as Ghidorah was aware + at full power in the end
I like how they didn't change ghidorahs origin. He's an alien that doesn't belong in titans ecosystem. That means gigan and other space kaiju could show up in future movies.
It was Ghidorah that killed Mothra, not Rodan. And I think I saw another Mothra egg during the end credits. Things were going by too fast for me to catch everything.
Yeah I’m pretty sure it was a mothra egg. Anyways she always comes back & never really dies haha
I saw it just yesterday in IMAX, it was glorious. I adored the emotion they portrayed, the animators did very well giving them personality, Ghidora was sadistic and evillll, Mothra was very queenly and just gorgeous, Rodan was a lil beeyotch, and Godzilla was indeed, very kingly and human
I like the Easter egg of the mothra Twins
Mothra: owo Godzilla senpai
The attack that godzilla used to finished off ghidorah is called NUCLEAR PULSE. Its one of godzilla's signiture attack actually. He's been using that attack alot for decades. But that nuclear pulse he used in this movie is way more powerful than any of the Japanese version.
He ate the heads too, great scene.
YASSS!!! Thank you Grace!!! I can't wait for movie math and see how everything played out in the box office $!!!
Drogon : I burned half of kingslanding.
Rodan : Hold my volcano.
"Fire" Godzilla isn't that new, he was in Godzilla vs destroyah.
Probably a reference I think
Burning Godzilla was a reference to Godzilla vs Destroyah
Also I LOVED that small moment between Kyle Chandler's character & Tsang where they were discussing how different the West and East view dragons, and how slaying dragons is a very western ideal, whereas in the east dragons are revered as sage, divine wise creatures that offer redemption. Super super cool moment. I liked that there were genuinely complex and compelling ideas peppered throughout the movie, wish they could have been developed more, that said I'm not at all mad this was a wall to wall monster fight. That's what they sold us and that's what we got.
It was kind of belied by the fact that Ghidora is unmistakably evil in the film - unless the dragon mythos was referring to Gojira or some other titan instead.
There are a lot of Easter eggs the true fans will catch easily like when dr serizagua says in Japanese see you later my friend. That phrase was used on the original Godzilla vs Ghidora if I remember well was said by one of the survivors of the soldiers that were saved by the godzillasaurious on the island.
I love how Rodan serves whoever the Alpha is, like the way he takes orders from Ghidorah to take down Mothra. And now I want a Rodan movie.
The Starscream of the Monster-verse. Still, better than the child abductor from the 90's...
@@russellarcher5181 yes....Starscream....waiting for a moment of weakness to take command.
@@Curling12341 I miss Monster Island Buddies Rodan; an early RUclips series, he HAD reasons to switch sides as much as he did here.
I went to the Hollywood red carpet premier, and I've been a fan of Godzilla since I was a kid. Such a great movie. My only gripe is that Ghidorah didn't have the signature roar.
The end credit scene is to hint at Mecha Ghidora.
Diego Reyes how
IDT they will go mech version,they certainly will go rebirth\clone though.(mechaghidora would be amazing)
Destroyah makes more sense since it will be a mixture of DNA or Space Godzilla.
Yes!! I’m so excited
I got more of a Destroyah Vibe. Titan DNA and the Oxygen destroyer. but we swill see.
You could even see Godzilla hesitant to accept Rodan into his new kingdom. I don’t think he actually does. He’s just content.
With all the environmental aspects I was expecting the Smog Monster to make an appearance😂. It was a gr8 film. Gr8 review, my Gracie! 🎥 🍿
West Coast Chicano it would’ve been funny to see him too.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
lol good call. They hit the environmental thing pretty hard. Would have fit perfectly
Disappointed they did not included Mothra’s poison dusk attack which Is one of its key attack....
Agree
Mothra was beautiful and so heroic.She will be back.
The best part was when Mothra stabbed Rodan. He paused and had to think "Did....did she just stab me?!" Then the glorious stinger reveal. HA Loved it!
Yesss!!! That's exactly what it looked like he said 😂😂😂
godzilla going "super nova" is not the most far fetched thing he has done in the toho series, just saying.
WWE drop kick
Your "swipe left/swipe right" comment was HILARIOUS!! Thanks for the laugh and the great review!
Nah Grace! The end credit could hint at Mechaghidorah!
Remember in Mothra 3 there was a part of him that survived in the prehistoric past that allowed him to be in the present having regenerated. And, the prehistoric Mothra larvas cocooned Rainbow Mothra that allowed him to mature into the big Mothra with armor. Cool stuff.
Totally!
For the first time ever, when I sat down to watch this movie I felt myself just itching to get to the big monster fights, and I'm usually not that guy lol, but for this I was. I will say by the 2nd act, after the awakening of Gidora I was totally invested in the human story. Really enjoyed this one!
I have seen the movie 3 times...and I'm seeing it tomorrow again too!
thanks for supporting the frachise
And I LOVED that the soundtrack used reorchestrations of original themes from the franchise.
it was shocking to see you loving a kaiju movie grace absolute shock!
& more my non kaiju friends also loved it!
bytheway ghidorah looks overpower because he is from space!!!
First off, glad to hear you enjoyed the movie! Secondly, regarding the nuclear explosions used to kill Ghidorah, that is actually a legit power that was introduced in the 90's era of Godzilla films. It has shown up a few times in the Japanese films since, but it's actually one of Godzilla's powers that few people outside the hardcore fans know of, so its totally understandable that it seemed a bit out of nowhere at the end! The finale was essentially an homage to Godzilla vs Destoroyah (1995) which had a burning form of Godzilla that was dying and on the verge of going nuclear because he absorbed too much radiation. The burning Godzilla we got in this film was essentially the same thing, minus Godzilla dying from it though.
I came to see Godzilla claim his throne, and I was not disappointed. The X-husband, X-wife & daughter story was weak, but that's ok.
It's like they think a family story needs to be shoe horned into everything, its gotten beyond a tired trope at this point.
Son of the Allfather I actually liked that story
As a godzilla fan who owns all the movies i loved this film. This time around they respected the history of godzilla and the other monsters. The score was straight from the Japanese movies and that was a huge deal for me. They even had some of the original roars for godzilla and mothra. Definitely better than 2014s movie too. Only complaint was they dont involve japan at all where he originated.
Oh Grace you make me so happy you Blonde angel.
I saw it over the weekend and absolutely loved it. That Rodan introduction was AMAZING. Each kaiju was so badass. Fire Godzilla was absolutely was pure joy. I'm going to see it again for sure. Love your breakdown Grace. 😊😉
I saw it in a regular theater and I want to see it in IMAX now.
DO IT, I saw it in Imax and omg it's beautiful. Hearing Godzilla roar in Imax is 👌
It's a must for larger screen viewing
I've seen KOTM twice already and absolutely loved it. There are some things that I wish were in there, but no real complaints. Godzilla movies don't need super deep messages, they just need to be big, fun monster mashes and that's exactly what this movie delivers.
Thank you for the insightful review, Grace. Well thought out and you have a very fun personality. Great work as always.
Something that Grace forgot to mention is that the cast in the movie said that Ghidorah wasnt from Earth.
Godzilla opened to close to a Disney movie! the critics are guaranteed to crap on it.
I think there's something to that theory.
Agreed. Its not outright control yet, but the press is bowing to a monopoly’s power and wealth.
This is the movie that really hooked me into the Godzilla fandom. Went back and watched some of the older films and this did preserve the feel very well. The character humor, balance between human/monster story, and timing were all well preserved.
Damn... Grace looking like a movie snack. :p Love your reviews and this one especially with you not being big on kaiju movies. I'm a huge Godzilla fan since forever when I was a kid in the 80s and I agree with everything good and bad you had to say about this new film. It's not perfect, but it's enjoyable and a lot of fun.
Vera Farmiga is, like, my favorite actress ever since Bates Motel. She is SO GOOD in Bates Motel, like unbelievably so, and I swear she does not get the credit she deserves for her character acting. The fact that her character, as you said, only lost her way and that she wasn't a take-over-the-world villain was so satisfying for me because I knew Vera had more to offer. Also, this movie was insane in the absolute best way.
I liked her in Up in the Air, though by like her I also mean hate her character - she was a pretty horrible person, and Farmiga sold that very well.