A strong cast struggle to survive amid the special effects and implausible twists in the latest version of the giant gorilla classic
A robust ripping yarn, this latest take on the story of King Kong borrows heavily from the monster movies that came before. And that’s as it should be – part of the fun of a film like this is spotting the plot points that have been ripped from other pictures, even if those pictures include schlock like Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus.
Like, well, pretty much every monster movie from the original King Kong, via Godzilla, onwards, the real antagonist here is not the one with feet the size of a Volvo estate that crush members of the supporting cast. It is man’s territorial nature and the hubris to believe that violence is the answer (John Goodman and Samuel L Jackson, respectively, are the representatives of the...
A robust ripping yarn, this latest take on the story of King Kong borrows heavily from the monster movies that came before. And that’s as it should be – part of the fun of a film like this is spotting the plot points that have been ripped from other pictures, even if those pictures include schlock like Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus.
Like, well, pretty much every monster movie from the original King Kong, via Godzilla, onwards, the real antagonist here is not the one with feet the size of a Volvo estate that crush members of the supporting cast. It is man’s territorial nature and the hubris to believe that violence is the answer (John Goodman and Samuel L Jackson, respectively, are the representatives of the...
- 3/12/2017
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
David Crow Feb 13, 2017
The movie, TV show, cartoon and comic references of The Lego Batman Movie...
This article contains major The Lego Batman Movie spoilers.
Holy plastic building blocks, Batman! Almost everything really was awesome about The Lego Batman Movie. After years of dark nights and grim glares at other superheroes, the newest adventure of the Caped Crusader, as voiced by Will Arnett’s perfectly overdone gravel, was a breath of fresh air. Not afraid to let Batman’s sidekicks have fun - even if our cantankerous main guy still prefers to wear only black and sing about “darkness” - The Lego Batman Movie is poised to entertain Bat-fans of all Bat-ages.
Still one of its best gags is its shameless (and relentless) use of references, cutaways, and in-jokes to overstuff its narrative with more meta-humor than the most unwieldy episode of Community. As a consequence, it’s easy to...
The movie, TV show, cartoon and comic references of The Lego Batman Movie...
This article contains major The Lego Batman Movie spoilers.
Holy plastic building blocks, Batman! Almost everything really was awesome about The Lego Batman Movie. After years of dark nights and grim glares at other superheroes, the newest adventure of the Caped Crusader, as voiced by Will Arnett’s perfectly overdone gravel, was a breath of fresh air. Not afraid to let Batman’s sidekicks have fun - even if our cantankerous main guy still prefers to wear only black and sing about “darkness” - The Lego Batman Movie is poised to entertain Bat-fans of all Bat-ages.
Still one of its best gags is its shameless (and relentless) use of references, cutaways, and in-jokes to overstuff its narrative with more meta-humor than the most unwieldy episode of Community. As a consequence, it’s easy to...
- 2/10/2017
- Den of Geek
King Kong vs Godzilla is to follow Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Batman v Superman into multiplexes. Why are studios suddenly taking their cues from the makers of Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus and Sharknado 3?
Warning: Contains spoilers for Godzilla and Jurassic Park
If you ever wondered what happened to the good old-fashioned monster movie, in which humans are little more than playthings for warring mega-beasties, the truth is that it never really went away. Last year’s Godzilla featured a preposterous plotline in which a virtually winking giant lizard defends humanity from marauding kaiju, while this year’s biggest blockbuster action spectacle, Jurassic World, culminates with a scene in which the ferocious T-Rex from Steven Spielberg’s earlier Jurassic Park movies pops out of retirement to face down the new episode’s genetically modified Indominus Rex – then inexplicably curls back up in its paddock to wait for...
Warning: Contains spoilers for Godzilla and Jurassic Park
If you ever wondered what happened to the good old-fashioned monster movie, in which humans are little more than playthings for warring mega-beasties, the truth is that it never really went away. Last year’s Godzilla featured a preposterous plotline in which a virtually winking giant lizard defends humanity from marauding kaiju, while this year’s biggest blockbuster action spectacle, Jurassic World, culminates with a scene in which the ferocious T-Rex from Steven Spielberg’s earlier Jurassic Park movies pops out of retirement to face down the new episode’s genetically modified Indominus Rex – then inexplicably curls back up in its paddock to wait for...
- 10/16/2015
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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