Digging Into the Mess That Was the Monster Hunter Movie

Oh god why did I let this video get so long. Here's my review of the Monster Hunter movie I guess.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
1:48 Paul W.S. Anderson
3:51 Isekai
9:44 Gritty Survivalist Scene
14:12 Hunter
19:35 Nerscylla
21:46 Diablos
24:56 The Monster Hunters
29:52 Rathalos
37:18 Review I Guess
38:23 Boring Music
40:52 Boring Monsters
43:30 The Best Video Game Movie of All Time
45:23 A Movie About Nothing
47:14 Indigenous People
53:46 Monster Hunter World Crossover
58:19 Legends of the Guild
1:06:02 Credits

[@BoringKeith]

The biggest mistake I already know about is that they were a UN troop, not US.

[@zeevilone8002]

Hey sorry to ask but what is that book on your right? I can't find it and it looks cool.( Bar bar ous I think?) Also I just found your channel from the Beastar video. Love the content

[@BoringKeith]

Barbarous is a fantastic comic www.johnnywander.com/comic/barbarous-chapter-1

[@zeevilone8002]

@@BoringKeith thank you!!!

[@lanathebeholder9813]

In certain circles, it's a matter of debate whether that's a mistake at all.

[@redlunatic2224]

While not a mistake, i find it important to emphasise how badly portrayed the monsters are. Nerscylla doesn't even look right and Rathalos weakness is made up entirely, for example.

[@IRFine]

I physically cringed when that “our world” text popped up. Using product placement as a way to show that it’s our world is actually a good idea, and then they totally ruined it.

[@TheAdam1995]

Paul W.S. Anderson really does treat his audiences like idiots. After all, this is the same twat who preached about being faithful to the source material despite making almost nothing but unfaithful adaptations. Screw that guy!

[@decentlyaverage9483]

its like that establishing shot from day after tomorrow. big ben in it and all. then, text "london, uk" ... first line is "welcome to london" bruh

[@timbomb374]

24:30 I'd be furious too if my team mate dragged me into the middle of the desert without even collecting all the diablos loot.

[@aloedark5221]

fr its like getting carted and then the fight ends and you are to far away to loot..

[@everforward5561]

Look how they massacred my boy. They also seemed to forget that monster-hunters are ridiculous superhumans, instead of just regular humans with some training.

[@BrokensoulRider]

They're not even humans. They're at most human-like.

[@vodago]

No human can hold the greatsword. Its too big, too thick, too rough and too heavy.

[@ABlueOrb]

One could say it's a hunk of [insert material] instead of a blade.

[@raycearcher5794]

They should have just made a Lost Planet movie.

[@dracocrusher]

Canonically the air in their world is more oxygenated, which gives people way more muscle strength to work with and lets animals grow way bigger. But also, you're still swinging around a sword bigger than your body, so it still pulls the hunter along with it because there's only so much superhuman strength can make up for.

[@belisauriusfish9406]

Going in with the boring usage of monsters, they could have made the nerscylla interesting if they put it in context of it’s ecology. It’s a ambush based jungle predator that wears the skin of it’s prey for protection and poison. It could have been an interesting connection do draw about the world: it’s not just the hunters who use the parts of other monsters.

[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

Or, since they're in the desert, they could've used the Shrouded Nerscylla. Honestly, Legends of the Guild gave us a much more faithful rendition of the Nerscylla.

[@Ramsey276one]

IT DOES *WHAT?!* O_o

[@belisauriusfish9406]

@@Ramsey276one there’s a venomous monster called gypceros with rubbery skin. Gypceros is resistant to electricity, nerscylla is weak to it. So the nerscylla hunt the gypceros, eat them, then drape the skin over their abdomens and thoraxes to provide protection. As the nerscylla hangs upside down; the gypceros poison drips down, hardening into the purple crystals on it’s back. There’s also a desert dwelling species that does the same thing, but with khezu rather than gypceros.

[@Ramsey276one]

@@belisauriusfish9406 oh WOW

[@belisauriusfish9406]

@@Ramsey276one I think one of my favorite areas in monster hunter 4u was a part of the sunken hollow that nerscylla had converted into a nest, and if you look around, you’ll see a bunch of gypceros webbed up and hanging like flies. It was a really good bit of environmental storytelling, so even without knowing about the skin thing, you could intuit that “This thing eats gypceros. This thing hunts so many gypceros that it practically has a larder full of them.”

[@sidhionoakbranch4871]

In a franchise where there are monsters that sweat nitro-glycerine into inflatable scales that it then uses to carped bomb whole regions, monsters that blow bubbles to make you slip and uses the sound of them popping as a form of eco-location, and who wears their scales backwards in order to deal as much rupture damage as possible as they ram into their target, Rathalos is really as bland as you can get, both design wise and kit wise.

[@1OtherMr]

Rath is a good starting point to demonstrate an apex predator and Large category monster. Think of MHW and how there, you first fight an Anjanath, but eventually it roams into Rathian territorry and gets bodied. Rathalos works to teach some key elements of hunting in monster hunter: - Sexual dimorphism as a way to teach different movesets. Rathalos likes flying and shooting, Rathian likes smashing and fighting close quarters. He shoots, she smashes. This means you fight them differently. With Rathalos it's important to break wings so he won't fly and shoot, but this would do nothing against Rathian, because due to her moveset the most dangerous attacks involve her tail. - Territorial. There are parts of a map where Rathalos will and won't be, and knowing this helps both avoiding them when they're not the target and finding them when they are. Additionally it can help trigger turf fights, which have been in the series for a while even before mhw, they just weren't pseudo cutscenes before. - Resistances and weaknesses. they are resistant to fire, which means taking it down involves more specific types of weaponry - Consumable preparation. They are all poisonous, you should not fight one without antidotes at the ready, and sometimes this extends to hunts where they're merely present and could interfere. Of course this is all present in a lot of monsters, but the rath family is simple and straightforward, they'd probably be the best ones to demonstrate the both ecology of monster hunter and the logistics of the Guild. It's not about the monster, it's about the presentation.

[@CoolxBreese]

@@1OtherMr Since when has turf wars been apart of MH before World? Prior to that game, the AI was programmed entirely to be, "everything in the wild will drop it's natural order and tendency to kill the humanoid, even if there is a more dangerous predator staring it in the face,". The only exceptions are Jaggis, sometimes Velociprey and some dumb herbivores like Bullfango.

[@dilophoraptordouble]

@@CoolxBreese Alot of old cutscenes are monsters fighting eachother, sure they weren't weaved into combat but they still existed

[@dilophoraptordouble]

Can I ask what the Third monster you list is? My best guess is Seregeios but it doesn't ram people really, it just. grabs people and throws scales.

[@sidhionoakbranch4871]

@@dilophoraptordouble It's Seregios, ye, but he does have tackle attacks, doesn't he? I haven't fought him much, just started on GU after spending hundreds of hours in World and Rise.

[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

Except, in lore, the Hunters do their job to ensure the Monsters (especially invasive species like Deviljho or Bazelgeuse or any of the Elder Dragons) don't wreak havoc on the ecosystem. In fact, poaching monsters is deemed illegal and those who kill for the sake of killing or attempting to drive Monsters to extinction are tantamount to have a nice big sword rammed through their heart by a Guild Knight.

[@TomSketchit]

@@gamecavalier3230 I believe the story is that Bazelgeuse is a very arrogant monster that considers everything its territory and likes to insert itself into situations, thus why it dive bombs into fights. That might just be fanon though, but that's been the story I've most often heard characterizing it.

[@fanba85]

The reason it dive bombs fights is because when it sees you fighting an injured monster, it looks like free food for it. The MH World guidebook quotes something like this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYrLZXd3ec2Nmck (2:02)

[@anewhero1216]

@@fanba85 I also seem to recall in gameplay that if Bazelgeuse is in a locale, it will pretty much immediately start flying in your direction as soon as a large monster roars or has been fighting you for a little while nearby lol

[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

@@gamecavalier3230 Well, they travel great distances and upset whatever ecosystem they happen to get stuck in at the time, so, yeah, I consider them invasive.

[@spacemarine6212]

​@@TomSketchit Well, I'm sure that a couple bonks to the noggin oughta take the bagel boy down a peg, no?

[@hentacletentai2160]

Gore Magala is also a big deal in MH4, that's the first MH game that actually have a good story with Gore Magala as the antagonist so a lot of people have an emotional bond with it. For them to just throw it in at the end like that is kinda anticlimactic and even insulting

[@hentacletentai2160]

Paul Anderson said in an interview that he put the military in the movie because he saw the Metal Gear x Monster Hunter crossover event where Solid Snake shoots Rathalos with a rocket launcher, and he said that "it's kinda part of the mythology of the game". So yeah, he made the movie based on a crossover event, i can't even make this shit up. You guys can check out the interview on the official Sony Pictures Entertainment channel.

[@BoringKeith]

I find that unlikely. The military is likely in the film because the US military funds movies in exchange for having some control over how they're presented. It's propaganda, and not talking about it is the biggest blind spot of this video. The reason the Metal Gear explanation sounds so weak is because it was likely thought up retroactively.

[@pennysantana247]

correction, that was naked snake aka big boss

[@gsamalot]

@@BoringKeith plus it was not really a rathalos and more a monster version of metal gear Rex but I could see the connections being he a fan of those games as well

[@erkman4900]

@@BoringKeith daamn lmao your reply just made me subscribe

[@1ztype343]

Raiden fighting Hellblade Glavenos when, Paul??

[@suprtroopr1028]

It's pretty clear that hunter was just miffed he carted before having a chance to carve the diablos.

[@ZidaneKayos]

I wasn't even particularly bother by the isekai, it's not my favourite sub-genre, and it's possible to do it really well. This movie didn't. What bothered me most is the director's apparent disregard for the established monsters and their ecology. I read in one of the film updates that capcom reps had to remind Anderson about monster ecology several times, and even veto his attempt to make the Diablos seem more intimidating by making it look nastier (as though Diablos needed to be more intimidating). This implies that he didn't really care about the monsters themselves and how they work within the world, he just wanted them to be scary for his movie, which explains that whole Nerscylla flesh burster scene. I don't think he knows (or cares) that the Diablos is actually a herbavore. We spent too much time learning about the trans-dimensional portal lore that they made up for the film, and almost no time at all learning about the actual world of monster hunter. They blatantly copied the mewoster chef sequence from MHW, and then not a single other Lynian showed up anywhere in the film, when they are almost as common as humans. This last bit is just a personal nitpick of mine, but when we saw the mountain top where the portal would open and it had ruins and storms, my monster hunter brain said "that's Alatreon territory" and I was then unusually disappointed that they would be hunting a Rathalos instead. Then he had hunters going after the Rathalos with fire weapons, and that was just really stupid, but my brain had checked out by that point, so I couldn't even muster enough energy to be annoyed when the Rathalos showed up in the real world.

[@conspiracypanda1200]

That portal garbage really took up more time than it had any right to. Funny how the Isekai angle actually eats into the time the movie could've used to better establish the uniqueness of the Monster Hunter universe. And that's not even getting into nitpicks like how the land is labelled The New World when any fan could tell it was _clearly_ set in Tri (-esque) areas, plus the fact the New World Crew was a bunch of jerks when, in the source material, they and every other hunting crew are the jolliest humans(?) to ever throw themselves headfirst at enraged, fire-breathing dragons. You know what would have been way better? Just have some typical 'coming of age' story of a naive wanna-be hunter. That way more time could've been spent looking at the unique technology, actually ecologically justified monsters, exaggerated environments and surprisingly enthusiastic cultures. But nah, we gotta turn the series about bombastically balancing nature at its most bat-shit insane into a survival horror story because Resident Evil accedentally dropped its genre back when it fell face-first into the silver screen.

[@sugo8479]

I though that it was the tower from frontier and they were going to explore stuff from the ancient civilization, but no we just get big rathalos. There are so many cool monsters but no let's just make Rathalos bigger because he's the mascot.

[@anewhero1216]

Yeah I hadn't even thought about that until now, there are roughly three major peoples in Monster Hunter, those being humans, wyverians (basically elves, long ears and long lives), and lynians, bipedal cats who speak in cat puns and are as common as the other people in the setting. Where are all the wyverians and lynians? Lol

[@penarahsia7730]

I actually would love if they used the Isekai thing to explain the ecosystem and the monsters' biology. Just put a Biologist on the team, and let him/her nerded out in MH world. Could have even weaved it into the reason why they need to hunt (protecting ecosystem, or introduce a new monster variant where the biologist can help finding weakness or some shit). Just... skip the portal explaination instead. It really is not that important

[@kayleblang5081]

A Monster Hunter movie could have been interesting if A: They based it off Monster Hunter Stories which have a somewhat coherent story, and B: it wasn't made by Resident Movie Man. Edit: Also great vid Keith, great to see the passion your putting into these things!

[@dracocrusher]

So here's how you do a Monster Hunter movie: 1. Make it animated. That way, it doesn't look bad when your main character has to fight a big angry fire-breathing dinosaur 2. We get just enough context to justify the hunt and then we just go all-in on the action. Maybe Hunter's family is struggling for money or something, he goes out, we get a solid Rathalos fight, he comes back, boom, money. Simple and to the point, just like the games. Maybe we build on a bigger plot with bits of background details, like maybe he sees hints of a specific monster around and then he has to save the village from it, and maybe there's someone who hates him or something that they work together with. But the main thing is that the monster fights are the focus. 3. No isekai and maybe even no dialogue. You can get more than enough context from visual cues and that's fair enough for this type of franchise. Is the MC doing this for a good reason? Can he bash a dragon in the face with a big weapon? If yes to both then that's honestly good enough. I dunno, I feel like that should cover everything.

[@CoolxBreese]

@@dracocrusher Your #2 and #3 is how I imagined an MH movie would work before this abomination. Little dialogue with lots of visual storytelling and a simple, straightforward plot. The focus is on the action. Not trying to win an Oscar, just an excuse to cool fight scenes that don't break one's suspension of disbelief.

[@1ztype343]

They could've gone for the old "defend our homes" which wouldn't be hard at all. Why they would try and make their own thing it was doomed to fail from the start

[@charlieflight6124]

Nah, resident evil man has good enough directing skills, but the problem is that he doesn't know what or how the hell these games do that makes them appealing to audiences. But Hollywood amirite?

[@Traesto]

@@1ztype343 isn't that the animated movie with lunastra?

[@leecoffill8425]

honestly the language thing should have been scrapped. It's not like realism was all that much of a goal to begin with, and it could have freed up a lot of time to deal with the actual monsters. Besides, Geralt fell through one of those portals, and the characters all understood each other just fine.

[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

I'd like to point out, the Diablos in this movie is a female subspecies called a Black Diablos (I say "subspecies" loosely as Black Diablos are just female Diablos whose skin has turned black since they're in heat). Also, Diablos are supposed to be herbivores who eat cacti but are extremely aggressive (think hippo-level aggressive) and territorial. They DO NOT travel in groups nor will they attack anyone unless they get too close to their territory and only chase them until they are out of their domain. Finally, that ship they're attacking is meant to withstand attacks BY ELDER DRAGONS.

[@windrider2190]

Just shows you how much research they really did on the monsters. Hell, they turned Nerscylla into your bog standard horror movie spider, like something out of The Mist. Normal Nerscylla has horror levels to it, but it’s not that overblown.

[@tomasfong40]

yeah, i remember hunting dahren morran in 4u. shit was sick as fuck

[@Yawyna124]

He did mention the female diablos part.

[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

@@windrider2190 Yeah, she's basically Shelob but with the ability to cut you in half.

[@lightmusicguitar]

I stopped watching after Milla's character gave Tony Jaa the chocolate bar. The humans of MH are intelligent and civilized. It made zero sense that Tony Jaa's character reacted that way to a stupid Hershey bar. Besides, have you seen what they eat in Monster Hunter?!

[@windrider2190]

Literally full on buffets of food, cooked up before a hunt to give the hunters a large boost of energy. And he’s weirded out by a piece of candy… bruh…

[@zephyr8072]

Very elaborate food too. This is to say nothing of the fact that they have a well established and cultured civilisation that's on the verge of an industrial age. They just live in a world where they have to constantly battle against monsters. Which if anything means they're less thuggish than we are because they don't spend all their time warring against and exploiting other humans. But the director probably just saw five minutes of MHW gameplay and came to the conclusion that they're primitive tribals or something.

[@mrlaz9011]

@@zephyr8072 I imagine the reason they aren't as warmongering as we is because they always have much more deadly monsters to serve as a common foe.

[@zephyr8072]

@@mrlaz9011 Sure but regardless of the reason for being less savage than us they are in fact less savage than us, so treating them as primitive and uncultured is really, really dumb. At least wow them with something that'd amaze someone from the 19th century like a phone or something.

[@internetdragon7624]

Honestly a big turn off in general was a comment I repeated constantly while watching, which was "this movie is racist to a race that doesn't exist." The treatment of the native hunters felt so grossly insulting considering the absolutely thriving and vibrant culture shown to us across the generations

[@TheDarknessin2light]

Lets be honest humans in the monster hunter verse when compared to humans of earth are supposed to be stronger and tougher. The Guns should have had varying affect since gunpowder is a thing in the monster hunter universe.

[@MechanicWolf85]

I was waiting to see if they would use the mini gun from the car to craft a heavy bowgun What a miss opportunity that was

[@Ladywizard]

Riders seem to seem not be as strong as their hunter counterparts but even they without their monsties would probably kick standard Earth humans

[@VisonsofFalseTruths]

Not only are NORMAL humans in that universe tougher and stronger than us, probably due to just living in that world to begin with, HUNTERS are explicitly even stronger than that on a genetic level. They're the descendant of GENETICALLY MODIFIED SUPER HUMANS. They're an entire RACE of Steve Rogers, if Steve went back for a second dose. And some of them aren't even human, they super-strong half-dragon people. That's why they can use those gigantic weapons to begin with. So the fact that Artemis beat one in a fight is mind boggling. The amount of "research" that went into this movie probably started and stopped with a Google search of iconic monsters, weapons and characters. It's just like the Halo show. Complete train wreck with not a single fuck given about anything deeper than surface level. The people who made the SONIC movie cared more about the source material.

[@shastataylor3008]

Exactly, they could have literally given artemis a HBG and she would have been fine. She clearly knows how to use a gun.

[@windrider2190]

@@VisonsofFalseTruths seriously though. She stabbed him with a knife and expected that to work. These hunters go through hell on a daily basis getting gored, mauled, eaten alive, burnt to a crisp, frozen alive, electrocuted, and many other things, by monsters that can easily wreck an ecosystem or, in some cases, end the world if they wanted to. This movie did nothing good for the franchise.

[@timbomb374]

A real world human couldn't even friggin' lift a real monster hunter weapon. Her punches shouldn't do shit to the monster hunter humans who can tank hits from creatures 10 times their size and walk it off.

[@anewhero1216]

In the game, not only do hunters get smacked around and blasted by all manner of giant creatures only to stand back up and keep going, they can straight up jump off a cliff as high as a small mountain and just walk it off like they fell no further than from like a second story window lol

[@spacemegalodon5049]

Also hunters are so strong that any hits Artemis took from them should have broken her bones.

[@1ztype343]

One hit from field team leader should've sent her flying like when Tony punched the shit out that terrorist in his armor.

[@PixelHeroViish]

While that's true, we're also talking about the game series where Nakarkos' laser only makes you faint insteaf of burning your very molecules 🤣 I'm shocked they did this movie so badly though, really shows how untalented the director is

[@snowye9316]

I think in Marvel VS Capcom the Hunter is listed in the same strength tier as the Hulk

[@squishykotetsu]

I always felt like the fact that Monster Hunter games have next to no story would make them perfect for a movie adaptation: See, a story heavy game adapted to movie will necessarily see it's plot and characters severely cut and simplified in order to fit the target format. Monster Hunter gives you a world, a setting, essentially a playground! Take the free world building and the lighthearted fun mood (I recommend watching the video "Monster Hunter, A Culture Of Danger" for a neat analysis of that vibe) and tell whatever story you want! But instead, like you said, they made a bog standard pseudo-gritty movie about nothing. How lazy can writing get. I don't use this phrase lightly with any piece of art, but even I could have written this better. Edit: Yeah, it sounds like that animated movie you mentioned at the end, which I've somehow never heard about, sort of does what I've always envisioned. Like, what if monster hunter cut scene, but movie with plot? I'll go watch that now, thanks for the recommendation (and the fantastic rant :D)

[@Castigar48]

im so glad they dont focus on the story. that way we can get back to fighting monsters. God bless the man that modded cutscene skip into world

[@neronecrosade]

They all have a story, people just ignore the story.

[@squishykotetsu]

@@neronecrosade I mean I haven't played all of them, but I'd say what's happening there is just about negligible. There are cutscenes, yes, but I'd argue that it's more world building than an actual noteworthy plot in the classic sense.

[@Castigar48]

@@squishykotetsu as it should be in a mh game.

[@squishykotetsu]

@@Castigar48 exactly

[@halfpintrr]

I can’t wait to watch the rest of this, but I believe your read on MH: Rise was a bit uncharitable. The games in general are actually about environmental stewardship. This has been stated again and again. For example, the Khezu you take down has been poisoning the environment and affecting food for everyone else. Humans aren’t the apex predator, in fact the Elder Dragons, like humans alter the environment to suit them, leaving things barren for everything else. Other than that, good on ya ad I can’t wait to see the rest of this

[@marcusaaronliaogo9158]

True

[@anewhero1216]

They even show you that fact environmentally - when you hunt a Kushala Daora, the environment is stormy and it's overcast. When you fight a Chameleos, there's a light fog in the area. More dangerous and larger ones, such as Nakarkos and Xeno'jiva, have specific arenas that are affected by the presence of the monster. Nakarkos is in a massive pit full of the bones of other monsters for crying out loud lol

[@wufflemuffin9197]

Another thing is that you don't necessarily massacre monsters it's more on, canonically you kill them once, and then the other times you kill them is just gameplay and not cannon

[@lewa3910]

I prefer the CGI movie 'Legends of the Guild' with Dante Basco voicing the Ace Hunter, the story's just as messy, but it feels more like it would happen in the games, plus much better characterisation (not great, but good enough for fans like me I think)

[@linkboynine9814]

Legends of the Guild wasn't great, but it did set up the Ace Hunter's squad's beginnings from the Ace Cadet's viewpoint well. I'd be lying if I said having some extra bonus background on the Aces from Monster Hunter IV wasn't fun.

[@Nikkiflausch]

Oh no, Keith found an entirely new topic of profession and aspect of life he's enthusiastic about and can sink hours and hours into, somebody stop him!!!!

[@cosmocha45]

Nerscylla has to be one of my favorite monsters, and this movie was just an attack on my pride and soul

[@Awoosa]

I hate every minute of this movie until that scene where Rathalos lays waste on the military comes up and I started cheering lmao.

[@Lutyrannus]

Legends of the Guild was going to be a series, yes. It's also a prequel to Monster Hunter 4. Ultimately you can tell that it was forced to rush itself, lol.

[@MrPixel-ge6wx]

What upsets me the most is what monesters they chose for this movie. Because there is one monster that is a perfect fit. And no, not bazelgeus. A monster, gigantic in size. Devouring all that is in its path. Humans and monster alike fear in respons to its name alone. The natural disaster taken flesch. The never ending hunger. Deviljoh. But for real, Deviljoh is the perfect monster for that kinda basic monster hollywood movie. Because the games treat him like those brain less movie monsters. He always needs to eat, otherwise he dies. So he destroys ever ecosystem he visits, wich is a gigantic problem. He is the perfect monster for a stereotypical monster movie. But they used diablos, the monster that eats the plants and the poster child rahtalos. Oh and fun fact. Werwolf within is based on werwolf. And old game. Not videogame, not board game, not card game(there is a card game version) Just a game like tag or something. Just people in a circel, acting and trying to gasligth each other over murders. Pretty fun.

[@dilophoraptordouble]

I mean. the use of Diablos honestly was the only part I REALLY like of the...film. Rathalos is overly powerful and just. dumb. And nerscylla has none of it's brains.

[@Darca1n]

Danger pickle absolutely would've been a good monster pick. It's already practically a constantly rampaging ecological disaster, easy setup for a plot right there, assembling a team of local hunters in a hurry to try to deal with a Deviljho popping up too close to town for the guild to send hunters from elsewhere in time to intercept it before it's already on the town itself.

[@elirchi9214]

I feel sad now on what this movie COULD'VE been. First the remake of Beauty and the Beast and now this

[@timbomb374]

I wish we could have a monster hunter movie where the characters study and appreciate the monsters and the ecology of the world. Fighting monsters is fun but learning about them is a big part of the game's appeal. Show me the culture of the humans who have to live in this world, I don't give two shits about some real world humans being isekai-ed into it.

[@windrider2190]

For real though, that’s one of the things that drew me into monster hunter. The fact that they actually try to explain how the things that the creatures can do in a natural sense. Like, Brachydios for instances. It simply causes explosions, right? Nope, it actually forms a symbiotic relationship with the slimy moss that grows on its body. The moss heats up and combusts, and is reactive to Brachydios saliva. Basically, the moss gets a free ride to spread and propagate, and Brachydios gets an extra kick to its already brutal attacks when hunting or in a fight. Or another symbiotic relationship involving Zinogre and the lightning bugs. Large wolf-like lightning drake? Nope, it simply uses the electricity generated from the lightning bugs that nest within its fur. The only things they really can’t explain are the elder dragons, but that’s the whole selling point of that category of monster. Seemingly mystical and almighty creatures that can change and ruin an ecosystem if left unchecked.

[@johncronk8867]

@@windrider2190 the Zinogre-Fulgurbugs one is one that really gets me in particular. Fulgurbugs’ main predator are Gargwa, whose beaks act as an insulator against the shock. Zinogre are some of the main predators of Gargwa, so some Fulgurbugs decided to stick around them. While that might have been uncomfortable for Zinogre’s ancestors, the Fulgurbugs likely zapped away all the other parasites and pests on them, and helped with fights against equally matched opponents. Eventually, they became the Zinogre we have today. Stygian Zinogre likely comes from a population of Ancestor Zinogre that had a similar thing happen with Dracophages. …You know, that’s an interesting thing to think about; What if there are other Zinogre that bonded with different elemental life? An Ice-wielding Zinogre in the desert, whose symbiotic partners eat Chillshrooms; A Water-wielding Zinogre in a volcano(or could swap with the Ice one), coated in Watermoss; A Fire-wielding Zinogre dwelling in the cold north, commanding what look like living embers to create steam from the snow so it can blindside its prey.

[@daiymohermitaurenjoyer9160]

Fun fact: Gore Magala isn't a elder dragon, it's fully grown version is a elder dragon, but Gore Magala is a ??? Type monster

[@dilophoraptordouble]

That's like saying a caterpillar isn't a butterfly when it becomes a butterfly, elder dragon is like. being a mammal or something. you can't not be it, they simply didn't know it was an elder at first cause no one really knew about Magala at all

[@williansnobre]

Technically it is a younger phase of an Elder Dragon. The Guild classifies it as ??? because they kinda suck at classifying the monsters.

[@windrider2190]

Honestly why didn’t they just outright classify it as an elder dragon to begin with? Even before it fully matures into Shagaru, Gore still has an ecosystem altering and destroying property with its frenzy spreading scales.

[@mr.cobalt1668]

@@windrider2190 Mostly for in-game reasons; Elder Dragon-type monsters cannot be captured, but Gore had to be, so it was given a different type.

[@daiymohermitaurenjoyer9160]

Also maybe just to keep mystery about it

[@silver3595]

God, while I adore Gore Magala with my whole heart they did my boy dirty. It has FAR to much in-universe lore with the whole blight phenomenon to just be tossed at the end of the movie like that. Honestly Deviljho would have been a great pick even though it looks a little basic. Or like. Nergigante was RIGHT there, it has a big part in MH:World and gives higher stakes than Rathalos while looking cool as hell.

[@TeaserTravlein]

Deviljo is the right amount of something’s not right look to it.

[@williansnobre]

Paul W.S. Anderson is like a teenager when he makes movies, for better and for worse. He does what he thinks is cool, but his idea of what is cool is way too imature most of the times with sudden spikes in dark themes to try to be more mature and failing. He seems to be sincere in it, but he's way too confident in his idea of what is cool.

[@HQofrandom]

you'd think by now, with every critique of his movies being the piss poor writing, he'd hire some good writers. it baffles me

[@crimsonwizahd2358]

@@HQofrandom Ego. His ego will NEVER allow him to admit to either himself or the world that he's not some god tier screenwriter.

[@BenGeldenhuys]

Saddest part is, I have friends that worked concept art, storyboards and props on this film. A lot of this movie was shot in South Africa and not too far from where I stay. I cri.

[@omegazero5884]

if they wanted to do an isekai thing it'd be super interesting to have the military personel be the SUPER serious making every bullet count, playing super safe. While the Hunters are doing Hunter things, You see a Hunting Horn rocking the fuck out in the middle of a fight as their getting chastised by the military or a Insect Glave weilder cackling like an idiot while jumping around the monster. Having what the average person would imagine being the world of monster hunter and that world view being challenged by the actual fucking nutjobs that run and live in the world of monster hunter.(Looking at all of you) Now that would be in the spirit of the franchise.... damn shame we got whatever the fuck this was.

[@anewhero1216]

It'd almost be like a reverse of the anime GATE - instead of a modern military going into a fantasy world and destroying everything with their modern weaponry, it's a modern military going into a video game world and realizing that all the people that live there are insane adrenaline junkies who hunt giant monsters with swords bigger than the hunters are tall, and are so used to it that sometimes their "weapon" is just like, a swordfish and a shield, a pair of dango skewers, or a gun in the shape of a felyne's face lol

[@Ramsey276one]

"With you jumping all over the place HOW THE HELL DO YOU *NOT GET SHOT!!"* Insect Glaive:... I am not a beginner. "You are *INSANE!"* Hunting Horn: They keep saying that... "But not more than YOU!" XD

[@mrlaz9011]

A marksman keeps his distance trying to get a precise shot, while the dual blade wielder comes naruto running towards the monster, proceeding to beyblade it to death. "Don't you ever get dizzy from this?" "That's just another Tuesday for me"

[@1ztype343]

Or seeing a GS/Hammer user stand around, not budge an inch while a monster charges them, and the bats it like a baseball bat, whatever charging them instantly regretting doing so with a part break. A true monster hunter moment.

[@Ramsey276one]

@@1ztype343 Army fellow who witnessed THAT: O_o … you need counseling. XD

[@MechanicWolf85]

Monster hunter the movie: a world full of dangerous creatures where humans fight for survival of the fittest in a kill or be kill ecosystem. Monster hunter the game: "yo, I just saw a big dragon fly around this part" "Wow" (picks up over size sword) "wanna go fight it?" (Picks up over size gun) "hell yeah, we could also capture it for studies" "also wheres our cat?"

[@kadensyco5618]

"also, where's our cat?" this made me chuckle. i appreciate this comment

[@anewhero1216]

Every quest description is something along the lines of "Hey so I was wandering around in (somewhere that is known to have a shitton of massive dangerous monsters) and I dropped my parasol when (large monster) showed up and spooked me something good! Wanna go kick its ass for me while I go get a new parasol?" Lol

[@tomasfong40]

​@@anewhero1216 The side quest in a nutshell. Then you have the Handler from World that runs straight into a devil pickle and laughs it off

[@1ztype343]

Monster hunter the world. Where you play as John World, or the joker, and his normal cat.

[@johncronk8867]

@@anewhero1216 I’m pretty sure the side quests are non canon.

[@sharplosion1]

You only having played World and Rise sort of worsens your 'Monster usage' critique. While I agree that it would've made more sense to use 5th gen Monsters given it's usage of World characters, at that point it should've been titled 'Monster Hunter World: The Movie.' And even then, you don't really bring up anything about the monsters that are in the movie that make them unique regardless, besides the factoid that Black Diablos are females in heat, and how the movie makes use of none of it. Nerscylla not only looks basically nothing like they do in-game, it's not even a desert monster. Unless it's Shrouded Nerscylla, in which case it's still wrong. Nothing about how it skins other monsters to wear as protection, or it's gigantic pincers. They chose to MAKE it into a generic giant spider. Diablos isn't shown eating cactus to show it's actually a herbivore, and this movie's Rathalos is a dumb super Rathalos that gets killed in a way that's never been a thing before. And Gore Magala is an absolutely TERRIBLE cliff-hanger monster because it's entire thing is that it causes wide-spread rabies-like infections on monsters. It alone can be the plot of a movie, and yet it's used as lip-service.

[@SotheX]

Honestly, 'Monster Hunter World: The Movie' would have been an upgrade. Imagine in the hands of a better director, they made a film with an original character finding themselves on the outskirts of Astera, having to find out the ways how to hunt, and get short little showcase montages of all the fauna. Focus their efforts on a main threat of course, with one or two on some MHW notables, like Bazel. Assuming a film like that would go well, and not do clear sequel baiting, you could even do other films, with a new cast in different settings, such as Kamura, Minegarde, Loc-Lac, Dundorma, Val Habar, Port Tanzia or even Soaratorium. This could be how you diversify the cast of monsters even, so it's not over or under saturated with bad picks. Also, cut the guy some slack. A lot of new players joined the community since World was released. I'd prefer us veterans not be elitist asses with lore dumping. Get enough of that in MR lobbies.

[@mr.cobalt1668]

Sad bart about Rathalos is his weakness to Flash Bombs could have easily been exploited with the irl flashbangs.

[@ibymalik4139]

Also did you see the size of the rathalos its way to big

[@BallotBoxer]

An entertaining and thorough takedown of a movie I was too disgusted to see (Paul W.S. Anderson's name on a movie is the equivalent to seeing a poison warning). People may complain about the review's length, but it is tough to say what needs to be cut. Every section is interesting.

[@BoringKeith]

I was hoping for that. In my second pass I cut at least 1000 words from the script.

[@subprogram32]

I very much agree, every part of the video feels exactly as long as it needs to be imo!

[@SkulkingSkullKid]

Agreed.

[@clintmcbride7830]

At least he's not Snyder..... Or Bay.

[@zilchbrain6470]

I wish Bay directed this. Plot would still suck, but at least then I could turn my brain off and enjoy the spectacle of monster fighting and blowing stuff up

[@newsystembad]

I physically shuddered when you got to the Lunastra bit at the end. I think her first mission in MH World gave me Vietnam flashbacks.

[@thebrokenpuppet2714]

Your delivery for these has improved a lot in a small amount of time! Great work!

[@EleanorDahlia]

idk if it's the video game's fault. if a game has next to no story, that should mean you get to write an amazingly deep story about a hunter just loosely following the game's concepts and you don't need to worry about a thousand intricacies that you can't change, such as for say a metal gear movie. that's the perfect recipe for a good movie if you don't just try to do a weird shitty cash grab

[@Kozoku]

The story may seem basic in MH in general but there is so much lore with the characters and monsters that add to it. Btw this is coming from someone who skips cutscenes in general most of the time because they take too long usually.

[@Exel3nce]

@@Kozoku skipping isnt good

[@Kozoku]

@@Exel3nce Thats what wikipedia sites are for

[@irisillychno6189]

Thanks for making me realize that... The sled she made out of the diablos was a cart. They made Tony Jaa cart during the quest. And this isn't really a World movie, it's a MH4 (including the lite sequels like 4U) movie, since Gore Magala and nerscylla were 4 monsters. The movie was in development limbo since ~2017, and had models for Ratholos and Gore Magala used in an effects reel.

[@bloodqueef4147]

There's no color in this film-- when I think of Monster Hunter I think of fantastical colorful worlds, but playing the games and then watching the movie is like going from a 90s Taco Bell to the current bland gray corporate box restaurant.

[@greycookie666]

I remember being quite excited when the movie was announced. The somewhat mindless yet quite active action of the games together with it's simple, basic plot seemed a great fit to the authors of RE. Then.. I completely forgot about it. Now I know why and it's for the better. Shame for such a trully wasted opportunity. It was supposed to be easy, but isn't that what we always think about video game movies? On another note - first seeing that scene from the start where she takes care of the ankle wound. There are these stone cones around her. I was sooo ready for them to be Bazels bombs. Imagine, just imagine of they were. What a scene you could make from that. This moment of regrouping cut short by and air raid and more danger solidifying how this "new world" is nothing to be taken easy. A girl can dream

[@conspiracypanda1200]

You just reminded me that there were no turf wars in this movie.

[@baconboi4482]

My man really called MH fights mindless, I’m about to laugh my ass off

[@TiagoTiagoT]

Is it just my impression, or more and more people are forgetting how to make good movies/TV shows, and/or getting hired before having ever learned how in the first place?

[@Kozoku]

Movies now are basically made to meet a checklist instead of what actually works or are innovative.

[@SkulkingSkullKid]

“Why are the fights edited like we’re watching Liam Neeson climb a fence?” Oh, man. I don’t care at all about Monster Hunter, much less any apparently extraneous adaptations, but I thoroughly enjoy your dissection of most all media-that’s what really attracted me to your video game play-throughs years ago (well, that, and the fact that you were one of the scant few people still playing Myst). So this was an engaging watch/listen.

[@B_Skizzle]

I’m only a few minutes in, but I’m already loving the editing and jokes so far. The set looks nice too! Edit: Great work once again, Keith. It’s clear to see that you’re getting more comfortable with this format.

[@L0LWTF1337]

The main issue with videogame movies is the popularity. Assassins Creed, Resident Evil etc are not adapted because their story or visuals would work great in a movie but because they are big IPs people will want to see in the movie. Franchises do ruin Hollywood as anything new and unique is never even considered for anything with a budget but you can get the 15th remake of Friday 13 quite easily. Just imagine Gris as an animated movie, its not hard cause the game is basically that already with token gameplay. Now that is a movie I want to watch. But nobody in hollywood knows about a small niche indie game maybe 10 people are gonna see in the theater so there's not gonna be a movie. And that is why capitalism ruins art.

[@BrokensoulRider]

It's not capitalism. It's cowardice and greed. Honestly, I hate live action movies as a whole when it comes to high action stuff like Monster Hunter or Witcher. Witcher passes because they do make it actually work very well.

[@halfpintrr]

@@BrokensoulRider Greed is capitalism unchained friend. Also Assassin’s Creed could’ve been amazing. Past lives John Wick!

[@NemesisTWarlock]

I was going to launch right into the whole "They explain why Commander knows english in the MHW crossover event and it's the most contrived stupid time loop bullshit that ever existed in a film, let alone a film game crossover" thing as soon as you asked the question, buuut then I saw you literally go over that later in the video. :)

[@CrimsonRevolutionary]

So, the funny thing is that there is a decent monster hunter movie, with character development and plot advancement, and it was animated

[@Raidon484]

Tony-Hunter: "Oh no, I've been stabbed by a dagger!" Meanwhile, a real hunter: "So, let me ask you this: you expected this to hurt me? Because... I've been stabbed in the chest today. By a Diablos. Like, I'm not saying that this is a butter knife to a tree, but it is a splinter in Godzilla's foot." Like, really know, do you see what these guys survive? What do you think a knife does to a hunter?

[@thdenwheja756]

A little note about the Legends of the Guild movie: It was originally meant to be a miniseries, with a couple more monster fights and definitely a lot more time to get to know the characters and develop them. Unfortunately, the budget got slashed sometime in production, which explains a lot about why it feels so rushed and half-baked at parts. I do still agree that it gets the point of Monster Hunter a lot better than the live action movie did.

[@alexandracorrea803]

I hope that we can see a Monster Hunter Movie where yes, people from the outside are transported here, but we get a group of 4. A blacksmith, Biologist, Carpenter, and Doctor. They find a village (possibly Loc Lac) and over time they learn how the society survives and the inner workings. The driving force wouldn't be some monster they need to kill, but instead them simply enjoying their stay while trying to get home. At the end they all fight Jhen Mohran and can go home, but they decide to stay for a little bit, allowing for a potential sequel. This could potentially be a great movie if done right. Note how the beginning characters have a profession that could influence the fight and their armor/weapon. For example, the carpenter could possibly use armor from that of a Sand Barioth since they both are things that cut objects.

[@Barakon]

I want to see a monster hunter movie where a hunter actually studies the monster both when they’re alive and dead, and have them confront about 3 monsters for 10 minutes and 1 great monster for 20, with about at least 12 monsters in the movie, the rest wouldn’t attack the main character, instead they observe the monsters from a far and all the monsters have a short wiki entry written about them.

[@redkoba2671]

something i really hated is that the diablos, i creature that digs through even rock(in some areas in game) breaks its horn by just bumping it into a wall. Also being a black diablos( a female in heat) its should of been much more aggressive

[@GNiko324]

Also for some background, Legends of the Guild is a prequel to Monster Hunter 4, where Aiden/Ace Cadet (Or Excitable A Lister in Monster Hunter World) showed up for the first time with the rest of the Ace Hunters, with Julius/Ace Commander as their leader.

[@garrettvinson3376]

One of my favorite parts of World was the brief time having a serious and professionally minded handler

[@Prototype-357]

So goes without saying that this video was a much better watch than the movie itself, also I have an unpopular opinion: The sonic movie was better than this movie.

[@williancruz9657]

The somic movie wasn't bad. It was pretty okay.

[@KurosakiYukigo]

Nah that's a pretty valid opinion, the Sonic movie is at least watchable

[@Gloomdrake]

That is the most milquetoast opinion you could have about comparing these two movei

[@guybrushmonkey97]

I was planning on watching just the beginning since I don't know anything about Monster Hunter and I'm 20 minutes in now. Great work, Keith!

[@Nikolai0169]

The live action movie tried so hard to be serious and yet stumbled at every opportunity. Meanwhile Legends of the Guild embraced its simple, cheesy story for exactly what it is. Sure its not an amazing movie by itself, but in the context of video game movies its at the top of its class simply because it knows what it is and doesnt try to be something it isnt.

[@kevinpakula106]

You really improved from your first video-essay, the camera really helped alot. It was fun to watch and the script was very good.

[@Utbaut]

1. There is a Monsterhunter Movie? Huh. Wait there is Two of them? When did that happen? x) 2. Who else got the MYST reference at 14:01? Made my day xD 3. This video was far too long and i wish it had been even longer! That's the Keith factor. So enjoyable!

[@theirishviking9278]

trust me just watch the animated one its a better movie and actually pays attention to monster hunter lore

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

Wow, I had never noticed before how generic the music of the _Monster Hunter_ film is. It brings me flashbacks of scrolling through royalty free music libraries... is mindnubling

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

38:54 actually.....the MK music theme o f the films was an original theme for the movie, but was so damn awesome that ended becoming the anthem of MK, but not was from any MK game that came before the movie (Mk1, MK2 or MK3).....just want to clarify that small point here, excellent review non the less.

[@9Flatline]

Another fantastic video! Each and everyone one of these essays has been so good.

[@shastataylor3008]

Tony Jaa was the only person in the movie who could've made the insect glaive a plausible weapon but they gave him a bow... they could have even made the connection to the larger ecology of all monsters through the bug that helps Hunter in combat and the research commission trying to keep balance in the eco system... some monsters are friendly and not all of them deserve death. This would especially ring true after Artemis' encounter with the nerscylla. After that encounter I would have a fear of bugs.

[@XmegadriveX1]

There is a palpable difference in mood from this video to the adastra one. I'm glad you're out here with us. I've been loving your videos and you got a new fan.

[@haunter6682]

0:00 What the heck is this person doing speaking in Keith's voice?!?!? It's so weird to have some preconceived notion of what a person must look like after only hearing their voice for a long time, and then have it completely fall apart in seconds. And after a couple minutes it just settles down and goes away. Of course this is how Keith looks. Keith looks nice.

[@ThomasSchannel]

he's appeared before in his other channel , like the movie reviews he did with Stephanie

[@dysgregulated]

honestly I think the best video game movies have been KZbin video essays. I know that stretches the definition of 'movie', but so many of these pieces of art are so transformative while respecting the source material... so I'm going with it.

[@corribuchanan714]

Nicely done, man! I laughed out loud a lot! It was very entertaining! Looking forward to the next one!!

[@Anbynumbers]

This format is working well for you imo - looking forward to the next one!

[@Lasarus842]

I have never made a movie, I am studying to become an author. I am pretty sure I could/have already develloped a monster hunter esque monster hunting story that could potentially develop into a movie. Likely not a good one, but well better than this thing. What a pathetic take of the Monster Hunter universe. Heartless through and through.

[@cjbroskin1327]

This is just sad, we could've had a pretty good film if the writers gave a shit about what they were writing, personally i like the idea of a MH film being an Isekai, it would make a nice contrast between the more jovial and overthetop hunters to the grounded and stalwart military team rather then just all of them being cynical assholes for the majority, nice moments of the guild helping them, having a good meal with Meowscular Chef, gearing up to take on the ruins and go home, if you have them meet the guild and establish early on the ruins are their ticket home you could tie into the games progress system thematically, have Artimus try to storm the ruins on impulse and get royally thrashed by the menagerie that live there, then after some time living with the guild she and her team are able to get through and fight the elder dragon. (Because why would it just be an oversized Rathalos? i get that it's the poster boy but i feel you have elder dragon causing the portals to open it at least makes sense considering their status as mythic beings able to influence the world, have the Rathalos act as Artemis' wall instead of the Diablos, like how Ajanath is like the first real wall for players in MHW and have them show up now and again, maybe even gaining mutual respect for Artemis and helping out once the elder dragon starts invading it's territory.) Could you imagine the moment they're taking on the boss and "Proof of a Hero" starts playing, i'm half tempted to make it myself if it wasn't so futile, MH would make an excellent movie if you try to work with what you're given, something most writers nowadays take great pride in trying to subvert thinking they can just do whatever they want with a property that wasn't theirs to begin with, this film just feels worthless and i'm just sad we couldn't have gotten better.

[@TheAaron2124]

Hey Keith, this is amazing, Like seriously keep it up bro.

[@Bboy10110]

Seeing your improvement in making videos essays, from the already amazing first one on annihilation, is honestly astounding. I might like this channel a little more than the lets play channel (more my vibe). Either way, love you're content always. Keep up the amazing work!!

[@floppymcdankus2905]

The other monster hunter film that went straight to netflix was pretty good tbh

[@cvrc11]

Oh shit! I'm in a youtube video! Or at least my tweet is! Woo! I am.... truly baffled by the choice to make Monster Hunter..... edgy? I mean I know we like to do that with ALL media nowadays, but MH just feels so purely and uncomplicatedly FUN and all the characters are friendly and helpful and work together that this is just. Bizarre.

[@thatnoctutnallizard4600]

I feel like the only way they could make a "story" driven movie is to make one based of of the 4 Ultimate story with Gore Magala because it's the only real story driven monster Hunter game because gore is a constant and observable threat

[@xarezarcs4125]

I will say the best story in a mainline monster hunter game is mh4, which has a surprisingly compelling narrative told through small means. I recommend looking into it.

[@tylerlefrancois6043]

Honestly really entertaining. Haven't watched the movie/s nor the games but was still enjoyable. Hope you keep it up

[@Raidon484]

Whenever I see this movie I think about what could've been. Imagine all the beautiful monsters and interactions that could've been! Imagine Bazel's roar suddenly being heard. I'd even imagine a carped bomb joke. Nargacuga stalking them within a forest, or using the Diablos to introduce something more threatening by, f.e. having Diablos being visibly scared by the sight of a sudden Deviljho... Haaa, what could've been

[@GingerJester]

Heyy seems like you're getting more confident in making these, the biggest criticism I had with your other videos on this channel was your tone, and you're definitely getting better with that! Awesome video dude!

[@rhysandphal]

"accidently got a little racist" may be a bit generous. from the way they mock hunter both for not understanding artimis and for not understanding that artimis understands him (making him the one that's an idiot both times.) and the way hunter is infantized and his grief it made irrelevant and mocked, to the way they had to completely rewrite every character's personality, making them more antagonisted specifically to justify artimis distrusting them and to make a "oh no, i'm at the mercy of scary people who dont look like me" scene. not to mention ron pearlman in yellowface. there isn't a single section of the movie with more than just artimis on screen that isn't, bare minimum, absolutely dripping in micro aggressions. the only way any of this was an accident is if this is so deep seeded in the minds of (some of) the creators that this seems perfectly normal to them. made all the worse by how effortlessly the MHW tie in avoids all of it.

[@mikedimples]

I'm addicted to movie commentary videos, and you bring something fresh. Can't put my finger on what. Hope whatever magic you're working isn't too demanding on your time and you can continue to output videos of similar quality. Bell-subbed

[@auterbug]

I watched this movie on a plane without any headphones. It was wild and hilarious to watch without any sound.

[@dracocrusher]

Oh my god, are they really doing the whole caveman thing of 'Hunter doesn't know a modern thing so he's obsessed with it"? Ohh noooo... Hey, imagine you've never had a burger before and someone handed you one. You wouldn't be like "OOOOHHH, GIMME MORE! OOOH! OHH!", you'd be like "Wow, this is pretty good."

[@TeaserTravlein]

And MH technology is advanced in its own ways.

[@mrlaz9011]

The hunters already chow down on whole 5 star buffets before every hunt, their cuisine is already stellar.

[@dracocrusher]

@@mrlaz9011 The idea that someone can eat a full meat/veggie/fish bowl with lobster cooked to perfection by a giant cat on a precision grill and then freak out over chocolate is just insane. If anything, they should have had him pull the opposite reaction and be like "Wha? Ew." and spit it out. Then you have the woman be like "What do you eat, then?" and they do the goofy perfect steak game, lol. Would it make sense? Probably not completely, but it'd be pretty hilarious and lead into an iconic game reference easily. You could even have a scene where they try to understand eachother's languages over food just to get the Hunter to say "So Tasty". That'd unironically a fun way to ground the characters and provide some grounding humor, if nothing else.

[@castrolias]

You did a great job with this video. Good critique and editing. Only knew of your let's plays but will stick around for this content too.

[@jack-exzolt9858]

A MonHun movie with no World Building is like LOTR without Middle Earth.

[@laurenmcgehean]

I have neither seen this movie nor watched any of these games, and I was still enthralled the entire video. I know of course after watching your content for years how intelligent, well-spoken, and genuine you are, so I am not surprised, just happily entertained. Definitely looking forward to more on this channel. I still need to watch Annihilation so I can watch your essay on it; watching this has definitely increased my need to do so haha. P.s., would love to see a video from you on your favorite movies, series, and books--your background had me so curious!

[@michaelstrange523]

I couldn’t help but notice that House of Leaves is right next to Ship of Theseus (“S”) on your bookshelf and it made me very happy. Great video!

[@gyozapunk]

Great video! Also, Junji Ito collection, House of Leaves, Berserk, AND Blame! in the the background? Great taste!

[@BlueHumanDevil]

Even though I don't know anything about Monster Hunter, I found it a very enjoyable video essay! Solid editing and writing throughout. As for suggestions, perhaps more body language during video segments of yourself? I find that hand gestures etc help to get thoughts across better and help to keep the viewer's attention.

[@victory8928]

41:10 I was kinda looking for new monsters at the time, cause I wanted to craft the talons and needed a specific monster’s part. So I looked for him and found him in the desert, got what I came for, but yeah it is so lovely a critter

[@Ganmorg]

It’s funny that in the middle of all this shit there was Legends of the Guild, which for all its many many flaws was clearly made by people with a great deal of love and respect for the series. Aiden and the other Ace Hunters are actually NPCs dating back to MH4, ones who people like me have a lot of nostalgia for since that’s the game with the most memorable story. I believe the movie actually started production pre MHW, and the framing device was actually added later to tie it into the more recent game. It’s very true to the spirit of the franchise, but that also means it has the one note writing the series usually has, which honestly is okay sometimes

[@hermitcard4494]

You don't always have to kill monsters. Sometimes you capture them... So the research guys can tear them apart alive.

[@castoputa]

I need more! Quoting Nin in another video and here we are with a monster Hunter gaming appreciation, can’t wait to see what you get up to!

[@daleop8rdkecko67]

My dream would be a monster hunter documentation legit just watching those creature do stuff

[@justinsmithy2286]

Another fantastic video.

[@oskarammon7343]

I feel like the first 15 minutes is soooo close to going into an unhinged Ramble, but shit you kept it together Keith!

[@Jonathan_Wall]

This was awesome, Keith! I'd like to see you do another review of something you liked, like the Annihilation review. It'd be neat to see you switch off between crapping on something bad and praising something good lol. Keep it up!

[@Tahllia]

To be fair to the isekai plot, I'm realizing that there have been a few isekai plots in the games, Witcher crossover, Final Fantasy XIV, and now soldiers from our Earth. There may be more that I'm missing, however. Also, I can make a LOT of mental gymnastics manuvers to bridge the gap between the apparent plot holes, but you shouldn't HAVE to go down rabbit holes to justify shit like this.

[@danielhorvat1128]

great video! awesome graphic novel collection!

[@NathanTruby]

One thing about how they kept repeating how Rath was weak before it breathed fire, THATS LITERALLY GLAVENUS'S THING. That's like part of his fight, it's even mentioned in game after you fight him for the first time. He goes into a low stance and fire spurts out of his mouth, his throat glowing brightly. If you damage his head enough during that time, it causes an explosion and he gets knocked down. BUT NO, LETS GIVE THAT TO THE MONSTER WHO DOESNT HAVE THAT PROBLEM. Smh man

[@Evnyofdeath]

I still feel a pain in my chest when people call him the Excitable A Lister. He'll always be the Ace Cadet to me.