Godzilla X Kong Review
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2024
- Just got back from seeing the new Godzilla X Kong film, and whereas it succeeds in some areas, unfortunatly it does lack in others.
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Godzilla really just woke up, killed some titans, suplexed Monke, refused to elaborate, then went back to sleep.
Absolute chad.
He is a king bro. Nothing more.
@@nicolestimothy9921nah he a God
@@stevenmark4407 I see what you did there lol
Dude works a 9 to 5
It's so ridiculous how godzilla is portrayed here
@@unquestionableexistance8704 Being the King of The Monsters is hard work. All these other titans constantly don’t behave so he has to constantly beat the shit out of them (or kill them).
I love how Monsterverse villains went from "alien dragon who's a living extinction event" and "kaiju terminator with a titan brain" to "some evil elderly monkey".
Look how far we've come.
i mean, if you see the other Eras...
At least scar king got some personality
Skar king got that DOG in him
I give Skar this much for being a puny little asshole he was ready to fight whoever. It kinda makes sense that it would be a close fight with Godzilla since he had Shimo
Man that title for the movie makes it sound like a fanfic
Don't give them any ideas
Oh come on.. how the hell do those artists make these things attractive
That fanfic already existed a long time ago
@@alternativeuniverse6257 "can i copy your homework?"
The entire film felt like a strange fan fiction. I love the MonsterVerse and I love Godzilla but this film just didn’t do it for me
Okay, I've heard this "anti frostbite serum" in Kong's arm twice now and I think people are misremembering. I just went back and watched that scene to confirm and the guy says "Those injections should heal the frostbite up nicely."
It was never specifically anti frostbite, it was just a general healing property juice/morphine stuff, which I think is believable in this universe since, well, look at all the human tech these people have in all these monsterverse movies. BUT!! I suppose it was still a rather dumb convenience it was built with that serum.
I think people are calling it that because it was a serum that just so happened to heal his frostbite which is reasonable but kinda weird considering shimu's ice breath is so powerful that it caused the ice age so you'd think a normal serum wouldn't be enough
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0I care
@@tomasramirez2914i don’t care
@@ashuraomega1000 It's not a magical form of ice (beyond being shot by a giant kaiju), mind you. Kong just had frostbite.
@@cordyceps182And?
Just finished watching it. I genuinely liked it. Especially how expressive they made skar king.
Kong and Skar King were definitely the highlight of this movie. Sad to see that Godzilla in this movie seems like he was just made to feed the stupid stereotype that he’s just some big dumb lizard who runs into buildings and roars every second. It genuinely would have been such a better movie if it was a solo Kong film, since Kong was the only redeeming quality of this film.
@@CobbleBompstermy biggest complaint about the monster verse is Godzilla is basically a plot device instead of an actual character, only kotm and the dominion comic give him any character
I liked skar kings smug swagger, wish we got more of him
Same
Skar King being so expressive is very cheesy and if he hadn‘t laughed I would have been totally fine with it ..
i loved this movie, i like how it leans more into the silly side of godzilla but i wish godzilla was in it more otherwise it wouldve been better as a kong solo film
The director of Godzilla x Kong said in a recent interview that if this one does good then they might make another one but that it will be more focused on Godzilla and his backstory kinda like what they did for Kong in this one
@@Sportzkingit’s seems like the movie is doing well. Hopefully we get that solo film
500+ million in the box office I can't see it not getting a sequel
1:00 Shin Godzilla: “Am I a joke to you?”
Shin is overrated honestly
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0lil bro gotta make everyone knows how much he doesn’t care
@@JPOG7TV I respect that, but that song meant to be godzillas words is just amazing, he literally just wants to die because he’s a walking cancer cell.
@@JPOG7TVjust cause it's good doesn't mean it's overrated I didn't even watch the film but that's a L take
@@mitsuri3096you have not dealt with shin fans
I just hope this stops the "Is Shimo male or female" arguments. She's female, the movie says so.
Wasn't aware that this was an argument. Thought people already knew this since the creators even say her and she etc.
@@trustworthyh3ro267Shimo is female
So why was she looking at godzilla like that? What Mothra gonna do about it?
Why are arguing about this monster gender anyway? What's the point
@@corniel657 females can create offspring, kind of very important when talking about giant monsters
This movie is the definition of dumb fun. Feels exactly like the kind of movie that’d come out in the 80s
We done with the 80s
@@user-bt9yh8jn1q speak for yourself
@@user-bt9yh8jn1qSpeak for yourself.
but this movie could have been a masterclass. How many years it took to see Godzilla with freaking K.Kong, the first movie was good but this was really a mixed bag
@@sssgaming612Nice minority opinion there.
Thank you for not comparing GXK and Minus one.
why not??
@@dukesmith785a lot of reviewers have been doing that and just dogshitting on GxK making it sound worse but it doesn’t matter (they are two completely different studios too)
I am also appreciate that because every time I see you reviewers trying to compare this movie to minus one always annoys the hell out of me
@@dukesmith785 It's becoming outright derivative and obnoxious.
@@j7jhj506So what? Apples and Ceramite are two completely different things, made of different materials, and harvested in different ways. The thing is, I am smart enough to know that I want an armor made of Ceramite instead of an armor made of apple.
As a long time Godzilla and Kong fan, this movie was just a fun time for me. It could have been better, but had some concepts that were interesting to me.
I really look forward to your review on Minus One.
I personally enjoyed it but can understand your turnoffs with it.
I haven't watched the movie but I kinda get the feeling that only the Godzilla fans will enjoy this movie or for the fun of monsters fighting monsters
A good example would be like the showa movies some fans hate it some love it just different opinions from each other
@@alternativeuniverse6257I don’t care
@@youngpope3093 who cares?
@@youngpope3093 you cared enough to reply there buddy
@@youngpope3093
Wtf? They weren't even replying to you. The fuck is your problem, dude?
Showa era reborn
Nah. KotM and GvK were Showa era of the monsterverse. This is the Fast and the Furious era.
@TheKain202 then u don't know Showa then lol.
@@bighorn6964 You know Showa era wasn't exclusively Godzilla vs Megalon, yes? KotM was your standard Showa era flick modernized. Essentially Monster Zero/DaM without aliens, while GvK was standard Showa vs movie.
Godzilla x Kong takes nothing from Showa except some blink and you miss it winks to the fanbase, while taking absolutely everything from the modern Hollywood playbook that gave you such cinematic masterpieces like Bayformers and four hundred Fast and the Furious sequels with all the slo-mo, quips and dumb humour.
People who have the gall to compare this thing to Showa era movies are either overdosing on copium, haven't watched a Showa era movie since they were kids, or BOTH.
It makes me feel second hand embarrassment for being a decades long part of this fandom, in times like this it feels like it has a collective battered wife syndrome.
@@TheKain202You're acting like the later Showa era movies weren't using Kaiju or Tokusatsu media tropes, it's just the same phenomenon as Hollywood movies having the same styles.
Just compare both Showa era Godzilla and non-Godzilla pieces of media to each other, you'll see how both "borrow" elements from one another.
@@emperorelijah715 Yes, but that was because the Tokusatsu genre in the 60s and 70s were very intertwined, for example for Ultraman 4 monster suits were provided by Toho to Tsuburaya, today, GxK isnt burrowing from its genre because that is simply the formula, it is falling into overused cliches in the wider Movie sphere
SPOILER WARNING
Highlight of this movie was Godzilla doing an RKO on Kong
It was amazing to see
Bro my jaw dropped I was in f***** Awe lmaooo
That and (SPOILER)
Kong using Suko as a weapon was hilarious and entertaining to watch.
It a Suplex than a RKO
Godzilla send Kong to Suplec city
@@ADHD_God5489so that what the little ape name
SPOILERS
It seems the novelization adds a lot of cool details, like the fact that Shimo was the one who froze Ghidorah, and that the reason Godzilla sleeps in Rome is because the architecture reminds him of his home that was nuked, and that the power glove technology comes from Mecha Godzilla. The power glove part of the movie felt like it was originally planned to be a longer scene where they have to go and get it but due to time constraints it was shortened.
I enjoyed seeing Kong use traps + new tools and seeing Godzilla slimmer was neat too as it makes sense - he is not sleeping all the time anymore, in the monsterverse he has to swim, run and fight around the globe all the time to keep the other titans in check. Likewise Kong has scars from his battles. Makes it feel more like there is progression in the monsterverse and that the movies have an impact.
Not to mention Kong probably had some of the funniest scenes in the monsterverse so far, using Suko to beat the living shit out of the attacking apes, KO'ing the ape shouting at him and laughing at Scar King losing a tooth ahaha.
The B.E.A.S.T Glove using technology from Mecha G is the perfect explanation as to why it was so effective against Godzilla ngl
@@VhamonDaGoata worst nightmare that unleash his beast mode and never repeat his mistakes again.
It was more silly that movie, but it showed signs since the last movie to take cues of the source material of Godzilla, which is much better known with the goofy and over the top giant monster battles with some wrestling. Still fun, but I have a minor disappointment in the final battle, it wasn’t so exciting. Having a battle with the odds even between good guys and bad guys isn’t as exciting as a big battle with the good guys having the odds against them. That’s why the battles of the previous film, namely all Godzilla vs Kong, and those two vs Mechagodzilla
I really liked it. Definitely a massive tone shift from Minus One, but that’s ok 👍. These films should not be compared
Why shouldn't they? And don't say because they're different genres, because they're not. They're both kaiju movies, one just has a darker tone than the other. That's the only difference.
@@addison_v_ertisement1678no they literally shouldn’t be compared to each other because they are entirely different movies with only one thing in common
@@chestermicgunyeah ones abhorrent and one isn’t, take a guess 💀
@@tooriginal9724 yes while minus one is a better movie Godzilla x Kong isn’t a bad movie just not as good. You went comparing to minus one which probably ruined the movie for you I went in knowing it’s going to be nothing like minus one so I shouldn’t compare them
@@tooriginal9724 oh in that case I agree but Godzilla x Kong isn’t a bad movie either
Steve reviews: cold war
Steve reviews: Fermi paradox
Steve reviews: gulf wars 1-6
Steve reviews: American civil war
Steve reviews: Russo-japanese war
Russo Japanese war would be sick actually
@54032Zepol ever seen Golden Kamuy?
Russo Japanese war had such a crazy ending, completely subverted expectations.
@@Wavecheckfoo Hinna hinna
Kong’s got a Giant Fallout 4 Power Fist.
Lol
Legendary pictures using humans: just put modern jokes.
Legendary pictures using kong: monkeee is main purpose.
Meanwhile Godzilla: am I a joke or what?!?
I went for monster fights, I got monster fights. ❤ Godzilla: Minus One beats this out of course, but I was still grinning ear to ear the entire time.
I understand why people dislike it though.
"More" monotone? This has the potential for dragonball Z style levels of monotoneness, ultimately leading to a new hair color sprouting out of pure monotone godhood.
Godzilla but his Godhood atomic Color is now LGBT
I could not disagree more
Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidora: Giant Monsters All Out Attack has some compelling human characters and great kaiju action. You should watch if you haven’t.
Izzat the one with evil spirit godzilla and ghidora is a good guy
@@banquetoftheleviathan1404 yes
Ideas for future videos:
Steve Reviews: Amphibia
Every BANNED and CENSORED moment in the digimon franchise
Steve Reviews: The Owl House
Yo-Kai Watch: What went wrong?
Steve Reviews: Digimon Ghost Game
Steve Reviews: The BANNED Pikachu short
Steve Reviews: Over the Garden Wall
It would be great if he also reviews Dragon Hunters from 2008
He should check out Steven universe too
Also, Godzilla Minus One
Yes amphibia, owl house, and over the garden wall are some of my favorite shows
It would be cool if he did do Owl House since it does have some dark moments.
I love how Kong KO-ing that one ape for shouting at him became the biggest meme 🤣
But Steve, you gotta admit that the kaiju action in this film is slightly, if not more better than the previous film.
I still want him to review Wolf Children! I feel like he’d love it!
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0 I appreciate your honesty
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0Why the fuck are you still doing this? You annoying bot
@@izzywolfloverignore him he seems to be spamming the same thing on every comment. Idk why
@@King-CosmoAlpha1 some people just hate to hate
Just came back from it and yea, it was pretty good but both this and the previous kong and godzilla movie have the same problem of focusing a bit too much on king kong and barely any on godzilla until the end with the full fight
The director of Godzilla x Kong said in a recent interview that if this one does good then they might make another one but that it will be more focused on Godzilla and his backstory kinda like what they did for Kong in this one
@@SportzkingOkay, so what?
@@Sportzkingthat doesn't matter to GVK and GXK
That ass beating on Godzilla from Kong was a grade A boxing session.
That movie was great ,It’s been too long since I’ve seen a good old fashioned monster ass whuppin
The human characters in Shin Godzilla were pretty decent too
be fr lil bro...2 of them were okay, the rest was ass
@@megamegaO Shin Godzilla was one movie, lil bro
@@george_denbrough shin was total ass, wym? The whole point of the movie was how stupid their government was to take action....the movie is boring moving at a snails pace....I watched it twice and it literally hurt sitting through it a second time, the only reason I saw it was because of Godzilla, but the humans in that movie were boring af
@@megamegaO Ok, but your opinion doesn't supercede everybody else's. Judging by how you type you're a zoomer that wouldn't understand the movie to begin with, let alone this conversation
@@george_denbrough judging by your reply, you seem to be easily pressed into emotional commenting. A lot of people liked shin, but not because of the humans, I'll let you know that for sure. The plot itself was boring, it's a good movie seeing it ONCE, anything after that is a giant bore-fest. Sorry I don't have a smooth brain like you to understand such masterpiece and such a culturally questioning movie as, yourself with your bulbous cranium, that always needs to compare serious movies with purposely dumb and fun monster movies. I'm sorry you can't have a good time with a popcorn flick that KNOWS what it is. Unfortunately people will bitch about everything in the Godzilla fandom.
Humans in Godzilla movie = bad movie
Minimal humans in Godzilla movie = bad movie
Like seriously? Make up y'alls mind please.
I just love how Godzilla can be dark and silly
I love how shimo was transitioned in this film
From an aggressive,ice breathing war machine
To a friendly cow
This is a King Kong Movie and everyone else is just in It.
I wasn't expecting this to be great, but I actually enjoyed it. It was a pleasant surprise. It was a big, loud, dumb, flashy, and fun. The monster stuff was all great. The human stuff was kept minimal, and of the 50 or so Godzilla/Kong films in existence, the humans in this film are the least bad they have ever been (though I still haven't had a chance to see minus-one where they are supposed to be pretty great). This film has done with the human baggage in a Kaiju monster film what Rockstar has done with driving, walking, and gunplay in GTA. It's still sub-par, but it is the best it has ever been (even though they have had literal decades to "get good").
The humans in the Heisei era and the original 1954 Godzilla movie are also very good characters and memorable, Minus One upped the standards but Heisei is not far behind
Underrated comment, finally a good review on this movie, every other review is just “big monster bad more serious! ☹️”
I love the conspiracy guy as an actor, like his acting in bullet train was amazing. I just feel like this was not his movie
Happy to see you reviewing more Godzilla movies
Regardless of your opinion on the movie the fandom's response to the reviews from the critics is a classic case of toxic positivity. It's really cringe seeing people demonize critics over simply having a different opinion than them while also managing to have the audacity to call them "toxic" and that their opinions "don't matter" when those very criticisms can be thrown back at them for attacking people online for not liking something they themselves like, they can't even see the irony of their own situation. It's sad seeing the internet slowly devolve into a toxic echo chamber filled to the brim with nothing but the same thoughts and opinions and the fact that so many people online (specifically RUclipsrs) are encouraging stuff like this worries me to no end.
When these same critics give marvel films a positive review for doing the same shit of course I’m gonna demonize them
They’re all a bunch of Disney shills
To an extent, critics’ opinions don’t matter. They go into these kind of movies for all the wrong reasons, which is valid since it’s their jobs, and Wingard clearly is not trying to cater to them. It’s for the fans. If the average critic is going into this movie, expecting a thought provoking, cinematic masterpiece rather than a dumb fun monster movie like the fans are, then why would their opinions matter?
@@htfs493actually they do. Audiences still see scores as validation. For every goji fan that gets mad at critics, there’s a normal person who isn’t sure about spending money on a movie they may not like. Honestly this film is only for Godzilla fans really.
@@htfs493 Even if they're placing their expectations i dont disagree with them giving this film a low score cause i went into it expecting a big dumb monster movie with not mich else and STILL came out of it disapointed.
@@radzilla1357and people are allowed to disagree with critic opinions,same way you’re allowed to agree with them…
2014:pair of two mutos, the decreases who wanted to drain power from city and to destroy it, as they are basically godzilla killers
2017:two legged dudes who adore human taste and will do anything to get that snack
2019:an three headed alien celestial dragon who is litteraly extinction itself and wanting to rule over the world
2021:an mechanical menace being controlled by ghidorah, Kevin who was stupidest of trio itself swearing revange on gojira
2024: *big monke*
Happy good friday steve! ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
First impression: it was a dumb but fun monster film. If you watch most of the Showa films, you'd know what I'm talking about.
Don't treat it like a Godzilla movie. It's a Kong movie featuring Godzilla
What movie did the monster verse start with what does the title start with
@@DutchvanderlinndeLiterally doesn't matter. Godzilla isn't a main character in the movie. He's a plot device, a "Press button to kick ass" machine. He doesn't get character development, he barely gets any screentime, and we have no idea what his actual motivations are. His whole thing is just being a big angry nuke lizard, and that isn't enough to call this a godzilla movie.
I Loved the Film, you can tell its embraced Dumb Fun and its Brilliant. The Fights are arguably the best Part
I agree with everything you said except you saying it’s brilliant
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Yeah but you can have dumb fun while being well written. Like Pacific Rim.
Arguably? The fights were BY FAR the best part, everything was really good but not in even close, giant monster fights is the whole purpose of the MonsterVerse
0:50 thank God you’re finally reviewing this
Will you ever make video on shin godzilla?
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0are you a bot?
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0in don't care to woke bot 😂😂😂
Honestly the movie was Meh, I didn’t love it, nor did I hate it, it was just okay, in my opinion its not as good as Godzilla vs Kong, but it’s definitely better than Monarch and the Skull Island cartoon, in truth I’d probably put it on par with King of the Monsters, if you’re looking for mindless Monster action you will get your moneys worth. Shimo was cool, Skar King sucked.
Can you review The King of Tibetan Antelope it’s an old Chinese animation that’s similar to Bambi it has some messed up scenes and it’s on RUclips I can’t find any that are in English
Is it possible that you can talk about the old Godzilla films
I did enjoyed it more than GvK but i still can't call this a good movie. Entertaining, but still not good. For those wanting to see monster action, you'll get it, and for most people thats more than enough.
Yeah, godzilla movie standards are about as low as the Mario ones.
That’s what Most people for
@@jeggsonvohees2201I don't know, there are actually quite a good chunk of fantastic Godzilla movies.
@@SportzkingThat doesn't matter.
I think my problem with this one was I watched King of the Monsters again right before i saw it and its really just not fair to compare the two since KOTM has actual name brand acting involved plus the monsters.
When do you plan on reviewing Belladonna Of Sadness?
Goji needed more time, but the amount of respek put on his name in a mere 9 minutes of screentime was astounding.
I expected it to be like this. I just enjoyed all the Monsters beating the crap out of each other.
A shame you weren't too fond of it too much but what can you do. I'ma go watch it since i know I'm going in for a good blockbuster.
If they do make another, i hope they do explain the casualties since the monsterverse is both serious and goofy which can make different films.
I don’t care
I do care
Not sure wats up with the dismissive replies here. It's called a comment for a reason.
More m0r0ns comment on this channel pin of shame this people are not fan of showa era 🙄🙄🙄🙄
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0idon't care to m0r0ns go wstch you star woke ; the rise of skibi gyat rizz 😂😂😂
0:12 when they released the title, it brought me back to godzilla x/against mechagodzilla
Are you review Wander over Yonder?
Oh, I just LOVE Godzilla x Kong The New Empire film and it was amazing as hell, man! Oh and get better real soon, Steve.
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0 About what? 🤔
great opinion, I honestly felt it was terrible and I don't know why some reviewers compare it to dune as both being good films when godzilla x kong wasn't even good or okay for me, I wish I liked it, but minus one is still for me the best Godzilla film ever.
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0 who?
@@theraptor1299ignore the guy, all he seems to do is spam i dont care on every single comment. He even replied to me with it in another gxk video😂
I agree, the movie was very fun.
Could have been better but I liked it.
This film is honestly my least favorite out of the Monsterverse. I was cautiously optimistic going in. I've seen plenty of positive reviews everywhere, with people consistently ranking it a 7/10 or higher. I left the theater utterly disappointed.
For starters, let's get the bad out of the way; the Humans were boring. Like, sinfully boring. Bernie in particular was bad, and I despise the character with a passion rivaled only by Stanton from KotM. He really should not have returned for this film. People praise the fight scenes, but I wasn't impressed by them. There was no weight to the monsters, and they didn't entertain me in the slightest. And before someone tries to bring it up, I do enjoy a good monster battle. The fighting in GMK is one of the reasons why it's in my top 5.
Skar King and Shimo didn't feel threatening at all, and are really a step down from the threats of the previous films. Heck, they felt more like a bully and his dog, and the climatic fight was subpar. In fact, Godzilla's new form doesn't make sense in the film either. I truly believe that Kong by himself could have handled this threat, and Godzilla didn't need to power up. Throughout the film, whenever Skar King appeared, I kept thinking "I miss Ghidorah", because at least he was intimidating, and a credible threat.
I continue to dislike the Hollow Earth. They might as well have made it a different dimension and had the portals lead to that, would have made just as much sense as whatever they're doing.
Adam Wingard said that this film was a callback/inspired by the Showa Era (Ignoring the nuances from the Showa era to begin with, and the fact they were more than just campy monster brawls), but I didn't feel that at all while watching the film. Felt more like Planet of the Apes instead.
Now the good; I genuinely enjoyed Kong's journey yet again. The film made me feel for him, and some of the best moments, and the most funny, came from him. I also liked the fact that the film had little to no profanity at all, which was a genuinely pleasant surprise.
Anyone else got a GOW: Ragnarok vibe when Kong and the baby monkey were together?
Human characters are quite the weak spot for the Monsterverse.
The only one that I cared for was Dr Serizawa. The rest i don't really care
@@dryteishere289 Exactly.
@@bomberboom9768 and maybe Ford's Dad in Godzilla (2014)
first giant monster movie, huh?
What an amazing surprise 🔥🔥🔥
Can’t wait for the Godzilla Minus One review. I was hoping you were gonna come around for that one.
I hate when people say that the beast glove has “anti frostbite” juice. One, because the characters literally never say it does, and two, it is obviously a healing agent that can just heal his wounds, no matter what they are.
Hum I wanted this movie might be good🤔
It IS good, worth the movie ticket.
I’m just glad we are getting kaiju movies
Yeah, don't be happy with quality, be happy that a product exists at all.
Good to finally watch your videos again. By the way, are you interested in reviewing the 2014 and 1998 Godzilla? Get well soon.
P.S. A simple thing that would somewhat help the movie would be if Godzilla tagged along with Kong to the other world, and unintentionally cause chaos when the other apes accuse him of being a threat.
Tbf, one of the very first scenes is a radio broadcast talking about the gauntlet project.
Could you review king Kong 2005?
I'm just saying
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0unhinged commenting pattern coming from you buddy, maybe touch some grass?
So it seems that I would be better off waiting for a Action scene Montage to come out on RUclips.
Let's be honest: the only human characters who were well played and had something to say were Brody (played by Bryan Cranston) and Doctor Serizawa (Ken Watanabe, not surprisingly the only character who returned from the 1954 film), the rest are either forgettable (think of Brody's son and his wife in 2014's Godzilla), or annoying.
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- Monster vs monster fight
- The World had become place for create evil inventions
- gentle giant monster
*Final Space
- Underrated Adult Animation
- Created by RUclipsr Olan Roger
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* The Willoughbys
- Plots literally involve children trying get orphans to try get rid their neglect & Self-center parents
- Base from storybook
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*Kung Fu panda 2
- Sequel movies with dark themes (This was first movie before Puss in Boot 2)
- Well-written Villain that had committed Genocide
* Paranorman
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- Take another level of See dead people tropes
* The 3 Wise Men (2003)
- Real Holiday [second Christmas]
- They are three men that bring for gift for baby Jesus Christ gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
- In Spanish translation is called “King Wizards”
Too many monke for my taste. I was hoping for more Godzilla action.
The "X" is apparently supposed to be not said at all. It's more like a comma. Godzilla, Kong.
True, although Against would could have worked better because too many people keep calling it since it was first mentioned ' Godzilla EX Kong' instead of 'Godzilla * Kong'!
I call it Godzilla times Kong. I think it makes more sense.
@@siobhonc Oh don't get me wrong, I aint arguing it's good or make sense. I'm just saying what the director said in interviews.
I like to call it "Godzilla loves Kong".
@@dipperdandy yeah I know 😂 I heard the director said the x isn't supposed to be pronounced and I thought it was pretty dumb 😅
Godzilla loves Kong is great.
Some friends have asked me about this movie since I saw it as soon as I could basically. And my main response is "Its a fun and enjoyable time, but it's definitely the American (monsterverse) Godzilla."
Love when godzilla fans try to complain about the monster verse when the classic godzilla films could be waaaaay more shlocky and stupid. Godzilla has always been capable of two very different things, veey serious and dark story, and schlocky big monsters fighting. And honestly as a godzilla fan now is the golden age because weve received the single best movie of the first type and the monster verse is filling in the secons type.
I honestly prefer the Heisei Godzilla movies over the Monsterverse movies.
Same here! As a Godzilla fan for almost 30 years, the Heisei Era is still my personal favorite series of Godzilla movies. I wish the MonsterVerse took more cues from the Heisei Era with its tone, style, word-building, and progression, rather than the campy, awkward, cartoonish tone from the later Showa movies.
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0 Get a life, troll.
Then why are you still watching the monsterverse, you know what to expect
@@nerdsman567 Finally, some people with good taste and common sense. You might also prefer the UltraMan Movies: from Tiga Final Odyssey to the Ultra Galaxy Fight trilogy. They handle all of those aspects better than Power Rangers and their nonsensical multiverse.
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0You say you don’t care, yet you cared enough to reply just because you wanted to get a reaction out of people. So in other words you do care because you don’t like anyone criticizing your precious Monsterverse films.
The Monsterverse past Kong: Skull Island is basically the Showa era without the heart and charm.
More like after KOTM (a.k.a. from GvK and beyond).
Although this movie is far from perfect
I gotta admit, it’s so entertaining.
Love to see you doing more and more Godzilla content. Keep it up!
I watched ur gvk review today so funny u made a new review of the godzilla franchise.
I havent watched it yet but idk about yall, i think the film is gonna be good.
Like, the action looks insane, shimo looks fire, they bought back tiamat and some scenes just look too cool.
Ps: im just happy to see new godzilla footage on the screen again.
Sadly cant watch some of thie vid due to spoilers, lol.
Love ur content!
@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0 did I ask for ur response bruh, I'm talking about the literal plot of the vid. So what are u on about? 💀
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0 where did u even come from? U reply u don't care even though this comment wasn't for you to look at, like, what, oh, wait. Ur just gonna reply u don't care again, I give up.
Don't think about it, just consume product and get excited for next product.
BRO THEY FUCKIN KILLED THE GOAT TIAMET IM CRYING
@@tomasramirez2914of yeah Scyllas dead too
Sorry you’re not feeling well…
I went and aaw it yesterday, already expecting absolute madness, but I also went into a 4DX + 3D cinema where they simulated environmental effects like wind, water and motion. It was a bit of a car wreck simulator, but, I gotta admit, it overrode any part of my brain that would think too hard about plot devices, conveniences and even exposition, which, IMO, was fine. When you have human centered scenes, exposition is a bit of a necessity to keep it centered on the plot and moving it forward. It also meant a welcomed break from getting tossed around in the seat.
This movie was perfect for that tech. I got to smell the forest, got sprinkled with water, got wind blown at me and experienced the earthquake that is kong or the big G taking a single step. And when the fight scenes came up, it had me laughing at how ridiculous everything is. A thoroughly enjoyable experience that will probably leave you rather sore, make sure to have a chiropractor on standby. 😂
I believe that it is possible to make a good monster movie without any humans in it at all. It's clear that many people love this version of Kong, myself included. He has so much character behind him and it's really a pleasure watching him go on his own personal journey. I am a huge King Kong fan in general, the original 1933 film being one of my top 3 favourite movies of all time, so I'm actually all for these films mostly revolving around Kong as he is easily the best thing in the Monsterverse (at least in my opinion). I wish they just stuck to the Kong/Hollow Earth storyline and gave Skar King more depth in terms of him being a huge threat like the trailers tried to make him out to be. They shouldn't have killed Skar King off. I love his design and he had a lot of potential.
Also, I want them to stop giving Kong more gimicky upgrades. The axe is fine, but the glove and metal tooth just make it seem like he isn't really capable of taking care of himself and giving more excuses for elitist G fans to bash on him.
There’s this one scene in Cairo where we see Kong just walking that I found really cool. Then we see Godzilla take a pool dive to the ocean and I thought that was cool. The scene in Rio when the beach water turned into ice because Shimo was coming was very cool too. It’s basically similar to another scene in the new Ghostbusters movie.
Did you notice when we see Godzilla ready to face Kong in Cairo that Godzilla was much slimmer than he was in the earlier scenes before he got the pink dorsal plates? The earlier scenes, he was still the same size and color as he was in the 2019/2021 films even though we see him jump high and come down like a raptor. It’s like he went through some Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig because he was getting ready for his running scene.
Godzilla performs a SUPLEX to Kong. 😂 That’s the level of smart writing this movie has. Godzilla seems very ungrateful. Like hey man, thanks for saving me from Mechagodzilla. Instead, he went straight for the fight. It’s Big G’s way of saying hello or thanks to Kong. I did giggle when Godzilla performs a suplex knowing he has shorter arms and smaller hands.
You can tell though that the giant apes really have no shot against the giant lizard dinosaurs with stuff coming out of their mouths. Godzilla and Shimo are just so much bigger and stronger than the two apes. Kong punches Godzilla several times with the BEAST glove and Godzilla isn’t knocked out cold at all. But the real fun was seeing Shimo grab Kong and twirl him around. All the giant apes have are weapons to use against the giant lizards which the giant lizards can easily break.
Now Grace Randolph ranked her favorite kaijus and isn’t into this Godzilla stuff. She even chose Kong over Godzilla in the 2021 movie because Kong went (and died) in NY and she’s from there. But Grace surprisingly picked Shimo as her favorite kaiju from this movie. Shimo is definitely a big girl. Her longer length and height over Godzilla was very obvious. But I guess she’s a good girl all along if she wasn’t enchanted by Skar King.
Perhaps the disappointment from Skar King was he wasn’t as badass as people thought he would be from the trailers. The ending with Suko smashing that ice blade thing gave similar vibes to Arya killing the Night King. It felt like a cheap ending. Skar King should’ve won at least one fight against Kong and maybe knock out Godzilla even once. But Godzilla easily handled that whip he had and broke it.
Skar King really had no shot once Shimo got out of her trance. Then he still had Mothra, Queen of the Monsters, to worry about. That’s 1 vs. 3 in Rio and Skar King is the smallest among that four and with a broken weapon thanks to Godzilla. There are only two things Godzilla does in these MV movies. Fighting or sleeping. I don’t even see him eat like Kong does.
Man, these kaijus really have no concern for human life aka collateral damage. Kong needs to go back to Hollow Earth and Godzilla needs to join him. MV Godzilla is supposed to protect Earth but then thousands of people will die in Rome, Cairo, and Rio by just taking walks around those cities. Like damn, dudes. F you two! Go somewhere else and fight over there. 😂
It was a fun movie at least towards the end. But the disappointment comes from maybe Skar King not being menacing enough. The fight scenes weren’t all that. Very little time for Tiamat. Godzilla being secondary again to Kong for screen time which wasn’t surprising since he’s hardly shown in his own movies. Maybe 10-15 minutes tops? And the cheap finale with Suko doing an Arya.
If we do get more MonsterVerse movies with more dumb kaijus beating the living shit out of each other, I would love to see the bond Kong has with Shimo. I didn’t expect them to join forces in the final scene. That’s the only surprising thing I saw. I thought Shimo would go on her own somewhere else. Kong and Shimo alliance was not something I expected to see at the end. Godzilla seems to be more of an asshole when it comes to team ups and making alliances unless it’s with Mothra. He’s the loner who only sleeps and fights.
The only way Kong could defeat Godzilla in a fight is to grab a supersized Stormbreaker and aim for the head. That’s it. Even punches to the face with a BEAST glove didn’t knock down Godzilla unconsciously. Not that Godzilla is UNKILLABLE. We’ve had several versions of Godzillas and he’s lost fights and has been killed before in his movies. But this MV Godzilla seems very difficult to beat.
I wish MonsterVerse teamed up with McDonald’s and make Happy Meal toys for the kaijus in this movie. Did you see the toys of Godzilla and Kong in this movie? Brian Tyree Henry’s character had one of Kong hanging and another one for Godzilla but seen from behind while recording his podcast. That’s a nice touch like seeing the Minus One crew hold a Minus One Godzilla toy while receiving their Oscars. That’s part of the allure of Godzilla: TOYS.
Kong looks like Harry in Harry and the Hendersons. Not the 1987 movie but the short-lived sitcom of Harry and the Hendersons from the early 90s. Kong looks so coddly in this movie that it makes me want to hug him if he was shrunken to a normal sized gorilla and not the 337 feet he is where his hands would just crush me if he closed them.
I would still buy a toy of Skar King even though the writers gave him a cheap death scene as if he was a red shirt in Star Trek. I mean, c’mon, Shimo loses her trance and then freezes SK after Godzilla hit SK like a baseball ⚾️ with his tail that Kong pitched/kicked to him. The fight became lopsided once Shimo was out of her spell. This was spoiled in the final trailer. Kong already had SK by the neck with his BEAST glove before Shimo froze him.
SK looks so cool from the trailers and walks like he’s Tupac but then gets the weakest ending and death scene. Where was the huge threat from SK? And his army was getting stopped by Mothra in that floating / no gravity scene. Seemed like nothing was ever at stake. He couldn’t even beat Kong after he injured his left hand. I would be down for a prequel series of Skar King on Apple TV+ and watching him kill people and other apes. They did Skar King wrong here.
I really wish I got more out of Shimo but she got relegated to being Skar King’s Rancor for most of this movie. His pet slave. She’s also like Yoshi where you can just ride on her back. A horse lizard. It’s Donkey Kong riding on the back of a White Yoshi and with Diddy Kong (Suko) on the shoulder of Donkey Kong. Nintendo!! Woo-hoo! I would still get a toy of Shimo. Maybe a smaller toy for Skar King and Shimo.
The entire scene of Jia returning to her people was a big waste of time. Godzilla x Kong is 75% of nonsense from humans and the other 25% WWE kaijus. I do wonder how big their shits are? That triceratops in Jurassic Park had one big pile of shit. Imagine the shits Godzilla and Shimo have? Like a three-story building of shit.
Here’s a question..what would I chose between Jurassic Park (1993) or whatever is the best/fav film from Godzilla or Kong? I would pick Jurassic Park. While Godzilla and Kong would slaughter every dinosaur in those movies, the original Jurassic Park is the ultimate monster movie with those monsters being dinosaurs. I was on the edge of my seat when I first saw Jurassic Park in the theater. I would pick it over Godzilla Minus One and King Kong ‘05.
I’ll watch Godzilla x Kong again but I’m fully aware it’s not art. This is not a masterpiece of cinema. It’s closer to a big pile of shit of that sick triceratops in Jurassic Park had if Godzilla, Kong, and the other kaijus weren’t so appealing to watch fight. Let them fight!!
You really didn't pay attention did you?
Cut that "Godzilla is ungrateful" crap.
If you laid attention you would know that Adam HIMSELF and the film literally state that Godzilla is cool with Kong AS LONG as he stays in the Hollow earth.
By going up to the surface world, Kong broke the rule. Thus in Godzilla's eyes, he sees it as a call for challenge.
Pretty fucking simple bro
I don’t care
This whole series is a big homage to showa era godzilla and im here for it. I never thought id want to see godzilla suplex kong but here it was and that shit was hype af.
I don't like how there's more kongs like the whole thing with king kong from the start was that kongs are a social species like other apes but the thing is that king kong is the last of its kind
Kong New Empire Movie is better then Kungfu Panda 4 tbh and thank goodness there is no force jokes and it take it seriously and The only complaint I have it feels shorter I want to longer lol and it does more show dont tell
This should've been just called "Kong: The New Empire"
Cuz Goji is literally quest character in this movie and doesn't do anything interesting than has couple of fights and that's it.
It was good Friday so building was empty
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0 it a DBZ dub reference
@@Hornetog9vpI don’t care
@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0You care enough to comment
I havent seen it yet but it looks great, all I want to see is big monster action
Happy good Friday Steve. Another great video review Hope you review Code Lyoko in the future that show was my childhood 🙂
i know you said your not feeling very well but dear god you sound depressed
Honestly to hell with what those “critics” say
They act like making a movie like this is easy
Your second sentence is as if you're saying that we shoukdn't critocoze anything if it has effort put into it, which is absurd.
…What?@@vaggos2003, I’m gonna need you to speak properly because I literally couldn’t read what you just said
@@marcopikachujibanyanramos I said that you just said that we shouldn't criticize stuff that has effort put into them and then I said tgat what you just said was absurd.
Is that clear enough for you now?
@@vaggos2003 how is it absurd this movie took months to make and has a lot of complicated CGI effects they shouldn’t just criticize how would you or they like if if they made had to make a hard and complicated movie just to be criticized. It’s not absurd it’s fact you can’t expect everything to be a masterpiece
@@marcopikachujibanyanramos So you're saying that we shouldn't criticize stuff like actong, writing, directing, etc, because the CGI took a lot of effort? Are you saying that we should accept everything thay geys thriwn at us by the devs just because people worked hard on it?
Here is some newsflash for you, every single movie ever had people working hard to make it, that doesm't make any movie uncriticizable. You can both acknowledge all the hard work that went into the movie and still be critical of it. Heck, being critical is in a way respectful to the filmmakers because you acknowledge that they put work into the movie and you judge them based on that.
Now, unless you habe an actually intelligent argumrnt to make, please stop acting like Chris Stuckmann, pretty please.
The first Godzilla movie had compelling human characters. I mean the 50's one.
Make a review about the dark crystal please
I just hate how this film was shot. I legitimately cannot remember seeing a single wide shot in the entire film. It was entirely mediums and closeups and it felt extremely jarring because the camera was always just a little too close to see what was going on. Plus almost every shot had this weird depth of field effect where everything except the subject was blurry, like to a distracting degree.
@alenor210 What? Did you not see the wide shot of Godzilla, Kong, Skar king, and Shimo charging at each other in Hollow Earth? I’m sure that counts as a wide shot.
So I have a theory as to why Godzilla seems so sidelined until the third act
Original Godzilla Vs Kong was supposed to be the end of the three picture deal Legendary had with Toho, with the Godzilla rights reverting back to Toho at the end.
In line with this, Adam Wingard stated in interviews after GVK that he wanted to do a Monsterverse adaptation of Son of Kong, which was likely not to feature Godzilla. I believe Wingard also admitted to liking Kong more than Godzilla which further supported this plan.
However, a lot of the Godzilla fanbase is on the same level as Star Wars in terms of toxicity and in fighting, so a lot of the fanbase got angry and began declaring that you can’t have a Monsterverse film without Godzilla (despite it being a cinematic universe) which led to Legendary and Toho renegotiating.
I suspect during this Wingard already had a lot of story work done on GXK, so when the studio came to him and told him to add Godzilla, he kept the first and second acts largely the same, just adding in snippets of Godzilla, and only substantially reworked the third act so he could focus less on the story and more on the combo filled monster fights
Okay I'm sorry but Toho and Legendary changing plans because of a "toxic fandom" is beyond ridiculous and I'm willing to bet is not true at all. I feel like you're trying to make an excuse to demonize G-fans for no reason
The fuck you get that bullshit from?
Always blaming fans for everything🤦♂️
This is all BS and you know it lmfao. If you prefer Kong just say that but don't try to smear your hypocritical diarrhea all over Godzilla fans like this.
Show me this "toxic fanbase" you were talking about?
We had very little idea what the next MonsterVerse film was going to be about before 2023. So how could the fanbase get mad when we had little to no information?
Can’t wait for the Minus One review
Glad they are expanding the Godzilla and king kong lore.
This review is a mixed bag itself tbh . Some of the criticism are misplaced especially the whole “convenient anti frost bite serum”part, when it was just a regular healing serum. Also having more context about the human part of the movie helped compared to the first movie where originally the mute girl just happens to know how to communicate with Kong bc they were on an island together. Just wondering how many times you’ve watched the movie before writing this review
Being a regular healing serum diesn't make it any less convinient.
Also, making Jia psychic really takes the wonder of her relationship with Kong where the two of them worked together to better understand each other. Now Jia just has superpowers that just do the communicating for them.
The girl knowing how to communicate with Kong was because her people lived beside him for generations. Me and that other guy just debunked your entire comment.
@@addison_v_ertisement1678 you literally just repeated what I said in the third sentence. You did nothing
@@Agentsex Still, it doesn't debunk my argument if it being less narratively satisfying that she can just psychically communicate with him now with little effort.
@@vaggos2003 I kinda agree with the serum added to the glove but what my issue was this guy calling it a convenient ANTI HEALING serum, as if the trapper knew Kong was going to get frostbite that day, when it was just a regular serum. Also Jia doesn’t need her superpower to talk to Kong, she uses sign language to communicate. The only time she uses said power in the movie was to summon the moth
The film is not to make sense, it made with fun and heart and no brains.
It is just the idea of monsters of fighting each other and working together brings back my childhood.
Don't question the product. Just be stupid and consume product.