Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) - Part 1

[Shinobi Shaw]

I enjoyed it a helluva lot, personally.

Great and fittingly epic return for King Ghidorah, imo.

The visual effects for all the monsters were great, but the fact that they established Ghidorah as the epic threat that he is made this movie worth the price of admission.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I enjoyed the movie even more 2nd time personally.

 

[Da-Scribe]

I liked it, but the human drama felt a bit overbaked to me. But it was a beautiful damn movie.

 

[-JKR-]

Its great fun, but for a second viewing I'd skip to the monster parts.

I wouldn't. The human characters and interplay were actually my favorite part of it. Even when watching it a second time. And I really enjoyed Michael Dougherty's directing.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

KOTM makes me appreciate Gareth's approach to the first one.

Gareth didn't stick the landing but his movie had personality and weight to it. Would love more of that in GvK.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I enjoyed the movie even more 2nd time personally.

Good call. Putting this on priority for another viewing.

I have only seen the movie once and it's been a long time since release so I'm curios about the re-watch. Maybe I'll like it more this time around.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I enjoyed it. The original Godzilla was the only one that was ever anything meaningful. The others are just about cool monsters fighting, and this one delivers on that front. I liked it far more than the other two western Godzilla movies.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I enjoyed it. The original Godzilla was the only one that was ever anything meaningful. The others are just about cool monsters fighting, and this one delivers on that front. I liked it far more than the other two western Godzilla movies.

I would argue Return of Godzilla also was about something more meaningful. Seems that only films featuring Godzilla alone try to be. But, this movie was good fun!!!

 

[Roose Bolton]

Shin Godzilla was also up there.

 

[CB Fan]

I’m watching it again now and I’m still loving the whole movie. I do wish they wouldn’t have cut to the humans so much during the fights but this is still a good time. Bring on GvK!

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Really hope GvK can deliver, have enjoyed every movie in this universe so far and I think Wingard has so much potential as a director.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I’m watching it again now and I’m still loving the whole movie. I do wish they wouldn’t have cut to the humans so much during the fights but this is still a good time. Bring on GvK!

Yeah but at least in this case, after cutting to the humans, they still cut back to the monsters. It wasn’t like the last movie where they cut to the humans and it’s a good 20 minutes or so before we see a monster again.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Yeah but at least in this case, after cutting to the humans, they still cut back to the monsters. It wasn’t like the last movie where they cut to the humans and it’s a good 20 minutes or so before we see a monster again.

It might have worked a bit better in the first film as well if Bryan Cranston was the main character. But once he died that was it as far as me caring about anybody. The human characters in KOTM weren't great or anything, but overall I certainly thought they were handled better than in the previous one.

These films are always going to need human characters to some degree as they need somebody to run around in fear as the monsters kill them.

Another thing I liked about this film is that it made King Ghidorah a badass force of nature again. He hasn't been this good since the 60s.

 

[-JKR-]

Yeah, there's no point in just having a monster bash. Leave that to short films and effects demos.

Leaving out the human factor would also completely betray the soul of why these characters were created. Both the original Godzilla and King Kong were about humanity.

 

[Drizzle]

Interesting how even if GvK had stuck with its original release date in March it still would have been pushed back due to the coronavirus.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I still say the answer to making the human cast work is if the writers just go all out like the Japanese movies and have space aliens as part of the action.

They’ve already established Project Monarch, so in between clashes with the monsters, get actors to play characters like the Martian princess from Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster, the humanoid monkey aliens (saiyans?) from the first Mechagodzilla movie, etc.

It would make the movies more fun anyway.

 

[Deck Rickard]

It might have worked a bit better in the first film as well if Bryan Cranston was the main character. But once he died that was it as far as me caring about anybody. The human characters in KOTM weren't great or anything, but overall I certainly thought they were handled better than in the previous one.

These films are always going to need human characters to some degree as they need somebody to run around in fear as the monsters kill them.

Another thing I liked about this film is that it made King Ghidorah a badass force of nature again. He hasn't been this good since the 60s.

Yeah, Cranston died so early that it makes you wonder why he even signed onto the movie at all. And he was definitely the best character. Instead we’re left following boring Ford Brody (who has the most on-the-nose action hero name this century) run around and try to save everyone interspersed with scenes of his boring wife and his boring military commander. Oh, and Ken Watanabe looking scared. Such a great cast of actors let down by piss-poor writing and direction. The humans in KOTM weren’t the best but I at least cared about some of them.

 

[Drizzle]

Yeah, Cranston died so early that it makes you wonder why he even signed onto the movie at all.

Cranston was probably the highest paid actor in that movie even if it was a small role.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Cranston was probably the highest paid actor in that movie even if it was a small role.

The Ol' Marlon Brando play.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Cranston was probably the highest paid actor in that movie even if it was a small role.

LOL, that is the perfect gif.

 

[Schlosser85]

The Ol' Marlon Brando play.

At least he was actually acting while he was in it, unlike Brando's paycheck roles.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Gonna watch this again tomorrow. Please be better this time!

 

[Hunter Rider]

Was that one of Gidorah's heads in the after credits scene?

 

[Sithborg]

Yes.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Wow, this was a whole lot better. Maybe it's because I'm in a great mood after watching Kong Skull Island but I really love this movie at the moment.

There is a lot of inappropriate humor in this. It's shocking how bad some of the jokes are (O'Shea Jacson Jr was terrible in this and Thomas Middleditch was not far behind) and they are all delivered at the worst possible moment undercutting tension and spoiling the action.

The use of Oxygen Destroyer was super contrived. What do they plan on doing with it??

I kinda feel there was a lot of beam spamming. It was too much.

But overall I enjoyed this a lot. Serizawa's death hit me right in the feels (I had to shed a tear or two when he says goodbye old friend in his native language).