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M'kay, I'm back. Now I wouldn't say I feel underwhelmed, buuuuut I'm gonna blame myself for getting way too hyped up and expecting something grandiose about the Titans. But at the same time, I feel like the movie was just 20 minutes too short? It's just shy of two hours, but I think it could've benefited a tiny bit by another scene or two of something. Maybe spend a little bit more time in Hollow Earth, or with Mark Russell as he keeps an eye on Godzilla. Or I dunno, perhaps we could've gotten a montage of what the other Titans have been up to since we know they're out there doing their own thing. Honestly am not sure why we didn't get more mentions of them.
My thoughts have gone all over the place, so spoilers I guess.
Anyhoo, three-outta-five stars, I guess. It's the weakest of the series tbh and I still reaaaaally like KOTM over it, but those monster brawls were worth it. I'll rewatch it for those in the future.
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Just chalk that up to an open mystery for the fans to play around with. Honestly am gonna be peeved if the prequel comics actually explain a few things that were hinted at in the movie, my copies were delayed on Amazon for a week, and had they come in on time (like yesterday/earlier this afternoon), I could've read them and psyched myself up more for the film.
My thoughts have gone all over the place, so spoilers I guess.
I came for the monster fights, though, and I gotta say it was super cool. Easy to follow, choreography was fantastic, watching Godzilla move like a crocodile was awesome (the fight with Ghidorah had to have rejuvenated him, probably feels 1,000 years younger lol), Kong using Hong Kong to his advantage was super like him to do, the first wrangle in the water was real tense, and Hollow Earth itself is neat and I love the Kong temple there. I believe it was mentioned there might've been Hollow Earth people in the past, but they're long gone now. Actually, I don't know why people don't like Hollow Earth, it's been built up for years at this point, so the pay off was worth it, though yeah, I agree that it could be an entire movie on its own. There's a lot of things about it that haven't been answered which I think was done on purpose.
But for sure I loved seeing Kong again now that he's older. Although interestingly enough, I think we've forgotten that compared to the other Titans, he's young. Like he may still be a teenager in Titan years because all he wanted was to go home. Him going into the Hollow Earth because he believed/hoped there was family down there was sad. The little girl, Jai I think her name is, being that little connection and acting as a link was a good idea. I almost choked up when Kong signed back to show he fully understood everything. The humans try to browbeat it to the audience as much as themselves "These creatures can't think for themselves, it's all instinct" but it's nice for these movies to show that is not the case, it never was.
I'm still trying to decide if the lack of a "clear winner" was a good idea or not (although yeah I agree with @StarkRavingMad, Godzilla definitely won since Kong was practically out just before MechaGodzilla burst out), but I'm leaning it towards being not a big deal. Godzilla was never after Kong, Kong was just in the way. Humans made him be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and he wanted nothing to do with it. The humans convinced themselves the two were going to duke it out for title of king based off of ancient drawings, but nah, I don't think Kong really cared, especially if Skull Island has been wiped out thanks to Ghidorah's storm making things worse. Godzilla this entire movie was just being a grumpy old guy who wanted Kong out of the way so he could go after the real target, which was MechaGodzilla--or more likely the remnants of Ghidorah. That's why he was super pissed, and I don't blame him for busting through two human cities when he normally was steering clear from them.
Though weirdly enough, he could sense the radiation spiking in the Hollow Earth right where the Kong temple was? Like did he know there was a disturbance/enemy down there? Uhhhh okay.
Thinking about it, most of the movie feels like they're leaving it up to the fans to decide where to take the world to next, and to interpret what's going on in the Hollow Earth and with Apex/any organization that has it out for the Titans. Like for reals, where did Jonah and his group go? They're still out there, I don't think they work for Apex. They sold the Ghidorah head to Apex, but why? What're they planning? Was MechaGodzilla truly made to replace Godzilla, or was it to kill Titans? There's like multiple answers given in the film, and any of them are plausible.
I was still super into what went on, though (even the side-plot with Maddie and gang, guess we needed an audience surrogate to get a tour into another organization not Monarch. Thinking back on it, however, I don't think it was all that necessary), and the carnage was what I came for. I actually cheered and clapped when Kong crushed the one H.E.A.V. the CEO's daughter was riding in as she screamed "NO-NO-NO". Like got'cha, bitch! Loved it. But not as much as Godzilla and Kong going apeshit on each other in Hong Kong 'cause they're just a couple of cranky Titans who just want to go home and sleep. I pretty much believe Godzilla was telling Kong "Know your goddamn place, peasant" when he pinned him down and roared in his face, and Kong submitted, but still with a bit of rebellious spirit to him.
The personalities with these two are *chef's kiss*, I love seeing them in motion. Just give me a cut of the film of these two on-screen doing whatever and I'll watch it forever.
MechaGodzilla's design has definitely grown on me. It's just too bad we didn't see more, especially once it went rogue which was poggers (but instead of being possessed by the spirit of the original Godzilla, it was Ghidorah trying to come back, I suppose). My brother said he was expecting the other two heads to start sprouting from the neck, but this isn't like the trilogy films, kid, he's not made out of nanomachines this time around.
So yeah, it was worth seeing it in theaters, but there definitely should've/could've been more to it. Looks like at this point, if no more films are happening, it's going to be left up to the fans to fill in the blanks themselves, and I'm okay with that. Now that we know Godzilla is still the actual king and Kong is just gonna make the Hollow Earth his home, all's right with the Monsterverse.
Seriously, it's this meme:
But for sure I loved seeing Kong again now that he's older. Although interestingly enough, I think we've forgotten that compared to the other Titans, he's young. Like he may still be a teenager in Titan years because all he wanted was to go home. Him going into the Hollow Earth because he believed/hoped there was family down there was sad. The little girl, Jai I think her name is, being that little connection and acting as a link was a good idea. I almost choked up when Kong signed back to show he fully understood everything. The humans try to browbeat it to the audience as much as themselves "These creatures can't think for themselves, it's all instinct" but it's nice for these movies to show that is not the case, it never was.
I'm still trying to decide if the lack of a "clear winner" was a good idea or not (although yeah I agree with @StarkRavingMad, Godzilla definitely won since Kong was practically out just before MechaGodzilla burst out), but I'm leaning it towards being not a big deal. Godzilla was never after Kong, Kong was just in the way. Humans made him be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and he wanted nothing to do with it. The humans convinced themselves the two were going to duke it out for title of king based off of ancient drawings, but nah, I don't think Kong really cared, especially if Skull Island has been wiped out thanks to Ghidorah's storm making things worse. Godzilla this entire movie was just being a grumpy old guy who wanted Kong out of the way so he could go after the real target, which was MechaGodzilla--or more likely the remnants of Ghidorah. That's why he was super pissed, and I don't blame him for busting through two human cities when he normally was steering clear from them.
Though weirdly enough, he could sense the radiation spiking in the Hollow Earth right where the Kong temple was? Like did he know there was a disturbance/enemy down there? Uhhhh okay.
Thinking about it, most of the movie feels like they're leaving it up to the fans to decide where to take the world to next, and to interpret what's going on in the Hollow Earth and with Apex/any organization that has it out for the Titans. Like for reals, where did Jonah and his group go? They're still out there, I don't think they work for Apex. They sold the Ghidorah head to Apex, but why? What're they planning? Was MechaGodzilla truly made to replace Godzilla, or was it to kill Titans? There's like multiple answers given in the film, and any of them are plausible.
I was still super into what went on, though (even the side-plot with Maddie and gang, guess we needed an audience surrogate to get a tour into another organization not Monarch. Thinking back on it, however, I don't think it was all that necessary), and the carnage was what I came for. I actually cheered and clapped when Kong crushed the one H.E.A.V. the CEO's daughter was riding in as she screamed "NO-NO-NO". Like got'cha, bitch! Loved it. But not as much as Godzilla and Kong going apeshit on each other in Hong Kong 'cause they're just a couple of cranky Titans who just want to go home and sleep. I pretty much believe Godzilla was telling Kong "Know your goddamn place, peasant" when he pinned him down and roared in his face, and Kong submitted, but still with a bit of rebellious spirit to him.
The personalities with these two are *chef's kiss*, I love seeing them in motion. Just give me a cut of the film of these two on-screen doing whatever and I'll watch it forever.
MechaGodzilla's design has definitely grown on me. It's just too bad we didn't see more, especially once it went rogue which was poggers (but instead of being possessed by the spirit of the original Godzilla, it was Ghidorah trying to come back, I suppose). My brother said he was expecting the other two heads to start sprouting from the neck, but this isn't like the trilogy films, kid, he's not made out of nanomachines this time around.
So yeah, it was worth seeing it in theaters, but there definitely should've/could've been more to it. Looks like at this point, if no more films are happening, it's going to be left up to the fans to fill in the blanks themselves, and I'm okay with that. Now that we know Godzilla is still the actual king and Kong is just gonna make the Hollow Earth his home, all's right with the Monsterverse.
Seriously, it's this meme:
Anyhoo, three-outta-five stars, I guess. It's the weakest of the series tbh and I still reaaaaally like KOTM over it, but those monster brawls were worth it. I'll rewatch it for those in the future.
EDIT:
For one thing, I really like the scene where Kong's just checking out the place, it helps to add on to the mystery of the Titan lore in how they were once worshiped. The charge port (literally is just a charging pad in the shape of Godzilla, it's great) I'm sure is just a way to absorb radiation directly from the earth's core, especially since it looks like the blade is a plate from Godzilla's species and it was activated when the axe was put in its slot. It also didn't look like it was completely bone, the tips of the handle were some kind of ruby or something, like decoration or as a conductor.
Just chalk that up to an open mystery for the fans to play around with. Honestly am gonna be peeved if the prequel comics actually explain a few things that were hinted at in the movie, my copies were delayed on Amazon for a week, and had they come in on time (like yesterday/earlier this afternoon), I could've read them and psyched myself up more for the film.
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