Though Adam Wingard always been a hit & miss director for me but have to admit he have done a great 'fan service' with GvK. The way he constructed the fight scenes with clear showcase of the brawl and almost zero human intervention...was the best part of this installment.
Kaiju or Giant monster films struggling with relatable human characters isn't a new thing but that doesn't mean it's something impossible to manage in this genre of films. Few Toho made Godzilla films even delivered in Heisei era. Even the very first in MonsterVerse, the 2014 Godzilla movie with Bryan Cranston's Joe Brody was a fine example but they stupidly killed him off very early in that film. This whole franchise could have move forward with that character alone exploring his struggle to live in a world full of Titans that killed his family, his suspicion & rebel against Govt & pvt. Agencies like Monarch & Apex which could have been a sensible arc for this films.
But like the predecessors (mostly KOTM), GvK is also filled with too many characters, some of them were quite unnecessary including M Bobby Brown's Madison Russel, the Deadpool kid, Eiza Gonzalez as Maya Simmons & even Kyle Chandler as Mark Russel. B T Henry's pod caster character, Bernie Hayes could have been developed in a more interesting or serious way with someone like TJ Miller on that role instead.
When you're making a film like this with a "Vs" in the title and particularly keeping the fan base in mind, I think GvK in that regard was quite self-aware film, it almost delivered exactly what the Kaiju fans were expecting...where the plot or much sense in it eventually becomes secondary in the process.
As it's only the 2nd film for Kong in MonsterVerse, GvK turned out more of a Kong movie where Godzilla mostly appeared as a plot device or secondary character to some extent. But man...loved every second of those fight scenes. Glad finally able to see a MonterVerse movie (featuring Godzilla) with no blurry or dark screen.
My only major complaint is they made MechaGodzilla excessively strong against Godzilla, the way Mecha G beating the hell out of Big G was terrible to watch as Godzilla failed to make any proper strike in response...which is kind of unusual as I can hardly recall any earlier Godzilla movie where this kind of thing happened with Godzilla in a singe fight continuously. Good to see Kong become the ultimate savior of the day.
Let's hope this is not the end of MonsterVerse, they need to extend the contract with Toho with more films for this franchise.
Kaiju or Giant monster films struggling with relatable human characters isn't a new thing but that doesn't mean it's something impossible to manage in this genre of films. Few Toho made Godzilla films even delivered in Heisei era. Even the very first in MonsterVerse, the 2014 Godzilla movie with Bryan Cranston's Joe Brody was a fine example but they stupidly killed him off very early in that film. This whole franchise could have move forward with that character alone exploring his struggle to live in a world full of Titans that killed his family, his suspicion & rebel against Govt & pvt. Agencies like Monarch & Apex which could have been a sensible arc for this films.
But like the predecessors (mostly KOTM), GvK is also filled with too many characters, some of them were quite unnecessary including M Bobby Brown's Madison Russel, the Deadpool kid, Eiza Gonzalez as Maya Simmons & even Kyle Chandler as Mark Russel. B T Henry's pod caster character, Bernie Hayes could have been developed in a more interesting or serious way with someone like TJ Miller on that role instead.
When you're making a film like this with a "Vs" in the title and particularly keeping the fan base in mind, I think GvK in that regard was quite self-aware film, it almost delivered exactly what the Kaiju fans were expecting...where the plot or much sense in it eventually becomes secondary in the process.
As it's only the 2nd film for Kong in MonsterVerse, GvK turned out more of a Kong movie where Godzilla mostly appeared as a plot device or secondary character to some extent. But man...loved every second of those fight scenes. Glad finally able to see a MonterVerse movie (featuring Godzilla) with no blurry or dark screen.
My only major complaint is they made MechaGodzilla excessively strong against Godzilla, the way Mecha G beating the hell out of Big G was terrible to watch as Godzilla failed to make any proper strike in response...which is kind of unusual as I can hardly recall any earlier Godzilla movie where this kind of thing happened with Godzilla in a singe fight continuously. Good to see Kong become the ultimate savior of the day.
Let's hope this is not the end of MonsterVerse, they need to extend the contract with Toho with more films for this franchise.