Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
1.5/4
Shock the Monkey to Life!
Filmhaus - wrote on 04/11/2021
I truly love predictable actioners, the sort that make no sense and wink at you to let you know you're allowed to check your brain in at the door.
However, this one refused to wink.
Even when the title character was being defibrillated by flying airbus, the soundtrack refused to play Peter Gabriel.
Instead, the whole time it was making unblinking eye contact and telling me I should be taking this very, very seriously. That's a dangerous suggestion, given that the visuals broadcast the film is not a comedy and the script makes no sense.
As it was, I spent the whole film trying to absorb both, which is difficult because the film puts them in competition with each other.
To point, either the script or the visuals could be missing, and you can still follow the plot, but …
Rating of
3/4
This Monster Clash is a Popcorn Smash
Chris Kavan - wrote on 04/09/2021
After a full year of mostly empty theaters and very few "big" movies, Godzilla vs. Kong has been the first true blockbuster in a long time. And why not? The film has everything you expect from a popcorn flick: giant monsters beating the crap out of each other, lots of explosions, humor, precocious children, questionable physics, questionable ethics and monsters beating the crap out of human hubris. I mean - yes - this is exactly the type of movie we need to usher people back into normalcy.
Godzilla vs. Kong is the kind of film that isn't deep, but is pure entertainment. A sequel to both Kong: Skull Island and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, we enter a brave new world were Kong is kept in a giant habitat (one he seems quite eager to escape) in order to avoid the wrath of …
