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Rating: 7 stars

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Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Directed by Adam Wingard

Action | Science Fiction | Adventure

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Overview

In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.

Rated PG-13 | Length 114 minutes

Actors

Alexander Skarsgård | Rebecca Hall | Kaylee Hottle | Brian Tyree Henry | Millie Bobby Brown | Julian Dennison | Demián Bichir | Eiza González | Shun Oguri | Kyle Chandler | Lance Reddick | Hakeem Kae-Kazim | Ronny Chieng | John Pirruccello | Chris Chalk | Conlan Casal | Brad McMurray | Benjamin Rigby | Nick Turello | Daniel Nelson | Priscilla Doueihy | Kei Kudo | Bradd Buckley | John Walton | Daniel Tuiara | David Castillo | Kofi Yiadom | Jim Palmer | Drew Walton | Tara Wraith | Jason Virgil | Grisel Toledo | Jason Szabo | Jason Speer | Sen Shao | Scott M. Schewe | Charles Sans | Tasneem Roc | Jon Quested | Joel Pierce | Sofia Nolan | Shawn McBride | Victoria Liu | Sonny Le | Santi Lawson | Garreth Hadfield | Sam Arnold

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Giving a soft 7/10 for now mostly for the emotional beats and some kaiju battles. What I enjoyed most, however, was the Dolby Atmos and rumble seats. When the Dolby intro started a young girl a few seats down my row said “WHY IS IT SO LOUD.” hahahaha

This is yet another Monsterverse flick where I walked out with mixed feelings. But more favorable than KOTM for sure. I’d put this movie 3rd behind G2014 and Skull Island. That said, if I had the ability to view this at home right now I’d probably watch it again tonight or tomorrow. The main issue for me is disregarding story elements from previous films (like dismissing all the previous kaiju introduced in KOTM at the outset) and only choosing a few to keep (the ghidorah head). Then establishing APEX as this big thing as the foil for the heroes. Maybe on a rewatch it will all sit better. Just weird how they advanced the story from each film, particularly from KOTM. Also sad to learn that Jessica Henwick was cut from movie but understandable given the runtime. Guessing Lance Reddick had a larger role at some point but was trimmed.

Not that it was difficult given the premise tease, but it’s amusing that it was so easy to predict how this was gonna down by the end. Overall a fun movie with plenty of stupid filling the gaps between kaiju battles. I am happy that the movie seems to be doing well given its availability on HBO Max. My theater was the most packed one I’ve attended since the pandemic, which was esp. surprising for a early matinee on a weekday.

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