Godzilla vs. Kong Review

One of the things you have to remember when you watch this movie is that it is not at all about the plot. It’s about watching 2 giant monsters fight each other. And to be honest, that’s all we really want. I think that the creators of the Monsterverse series have realized that and have adjusted their formula. While the first few movies gave time to develop and flesh out their human characters, GVK just reused past characters (namely Madison, who was arguably the main character of King of Monsters) so that they didn’t have to go through that whole song and dance again. The reason why I state the above is because if you try to watch this movie from the lens of the plot you will not enjoy it. Most of the movie does not make logical sense, but it’s a movie about a giant monkey and a radioactive lizard fighting each other, it doesn’t have to make sense. Basically what this means is that you can pretty much just tune out anytime there are human characters on screen. Now to get into the details. For CGI fighting, this is great. Throughout the movie the CGI and special effects are fantastic, and I’m glad that they decided to focus on that. The only problem that I have with it is that Kong’s size is all over the place throughout the movie, as in some parts he is small enough to fit on a boat, then later taller than buildings. The fights were cool and exciting, as long as you don’t think about it for more than 15 seconds. I mean, just try to comprehend how many people died in the final battle. When are we going to get Sokovia Accords for monsters? Literally every building was destroyed. Also, the fights are nowhere close to even matched. Godzilla and Kong fight twice throughout the movie, and Godzilla wins fairly easily both times. The first time it makes sense. They’re fighting on boats and water is Godzilla’s thing. It’s like an alligator fighting a gorilla in the water. The alligator is obviously going to win. But then when they fight a second time they fight ON LAND and King Kong suddenly has Stormbreaker, and he STILL LOSES! The fights were nowhere close to evenly matched. The human portion of the movie is fairly bland and unimportant. You could watch this movie in English, and you would not have to speak English to enjoy this movie. They add 2 new characters to help Madison in this movie, Josh (her possible love interest) and the leader of QAnon. When I talked about this movie with my dad, he said he thought it was strange that they would make a movie now where QAnon is technically the hero of the story. These people pretty much don’t do anything for the plot except take up time. All they do is get caught by the bad guys then fail to “hack” into Mechagodzilla. Speaking of Mechagodzilla, the road they take to him getting this name makes no sense. When the villain (who is so bland and generic that I cannot remember his name) is revealing his evil plan to Madison and the group, he shows them Mechagodzilla, then proceeds to make up that name on the spot. Who uses the word “mecha” anymore? I get that his name is Mechagodzilla in the old movies, but they maybe could have explained how he got that name rather than the guy just making it up. What if he had said, like, Robozilla, or something like that. Also, I think that it’s fair to say that Mechagodzilla may have the durability of a building, as he’s pretty much made of the same materials. Actually, he’s pretty much indestructible until the plot calls for him not to be. Overall, if you are in the right mindset, this movie is pretty good.