Godzilla x Kong - The Plastic Movie Problem | Anatomy of a Failure

[@Filmento]

Get Raycons with 15% OFF and free shipping here: buyraycon.com/filmento Sorry for the delay, I lost my voice last week. Sorry also if you're a fan of this movie and it seems like I'm hating. I'm just trying to learn from it. If you like the movie, that's great.

[@rishisanyal8972]

Do Challengers, The Fall Guy, and or M3GAN for your next film perfection video!!!

[@JunniferLuzeytonz]

Hold on let me justify this filmento It's a great representation of godzilla save the earth the game and playing with toys the best way possible and i suck at justifying this filmento please watch filmspeak's take on this movie 🙏🥺 And so that anyone doesn't brutally roast me King of the monsters was absolute greatness and it's DEFINITELY better than godzilla x kong Anyways I'LL BE AWAITING YOUR REVIEW GODZILLA MINUS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Please don't compare it to gxk cuz that's unfair as hell

[@LuisSierra42]

Do minus one next, It will really tie this video together

[@hybridvenom9]

You are definitely going to be canceled from this vid

[@thegreatbocaj]

Good review.

[@TheKurdSimRacer]

I love how we went from barley seeing Godzilla on screen and feeling it's destructive nature in those brief moments to watching him executing perfect suplex on Kong

[@CPS42069]

and I loved it

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

The worst downfall in history

[@PragadeeshIlan]

​@@strikerfc-gv7pcnobody cares about your opinions.😂

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

@@PragadeeshIlan nor do we care that you don’t care

[@Magicmoviemakers1]

All he did was take names and kick ass, and that was perfect, all we needed

[@DutchDecalutzy]

What does Godzilla do part time when he's not destroying cities? He flips houses

[@LuisSierra42]

Amazing

[@maxpower3990]

And uses a baby as a weapon.

[@Fentlover1]

11/10 comment

[@sanctumsanctorum4130]

I hate liked this comment.

[@FaceBack18]

And sleeps like a cat inside the Colosseum.

[@johnsilver3772]

Ngl, kinda missed the old godzilla vibe. Where the monsters are actually treated like a natural disaster rather than a big guy strolling around

[@t.c.g.thecentregod2809]

Me too, Godzilla 2014 and kotm was peak, but this is where we’re at now, this is what the fans want, and it’s only gonna get worse from here, it’s really gonna be the new mcu just like the fans want, but they won’t wake up and just want constant big cgi fights

[@Mono_The_Archivist]

the monarch tv series.

[@TommyPrime4]

​@@t.c.g.thecentregod2809Rotten tomatoes critic spotted.

[@HalfDecentTrashCollection2001]

Everyone trying to push the "this is just like showa" and "Godzilla's always been silly" shit simultaneously ignore the fact that this is a specific series of Godzilla movies that was absolutely much more grounded than this. Even Showa itself often had messaging woven into its films, something completely absent with MV, and their visuals were lacking from a lack of money and 50s-70s technology. There is no excuse for the downgrade in visuals today with +100 million budgets. Comparing the two is a disservice to the actual showa era films.

[@HalfDecentTrashCollection2001]

@@t.c.g.thecentregod2809 KOTM was the start of that shitty MV period but at least they still had a good Godzilla design, solid music, and a handful of really nice shots.

[@ke612]

The man took an entire minute to say : "Hey if you liked this movie you are right, your personal enjoyment is the most important part in enjoying artistical products" But you still find people here be like "the movie was good what the fuck are you saying"

[@ke612]

@EncoreMotion I am not refering to the people who share their opinion, I am refering to the one who share it while being disrespectful.

[@treyrex5987]

Most of those people are hardcore fanboys that think the movie is perfection... which it isn't and this is coming from someone who loves the movie. Then the rest of them are just people who enjoyed the film, flaws and all but just don't agree with Filmento's view on some of those flaws... like me. I can still respect his view on the film, even if I don't agree with it 100%.

[@TrashCanOdor]

Fr.

[@arturocaracheo87]

Consequences for having a click bait tittle. I think is on porpuse

[@kotm2021]

@@arturocaracheo87What part of it is clickbait?

[@JacobDavid9125]

A critical analysis of GxK that doesn’t compare it to Minus One and instead to another monsterverse movie?!? Kudos to you Filmento! Genuinely good video

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

Fr I did the same thing with very similar points in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3vFloucidCoipYsi=m8f9zFWaYaHp5IW4

[@ayjay579]

There’s a whole section called “Credibility: Minus One” He doesn’t say it but he talks about the human characters a lot even though the human characters are supposed to be irrelevant in the Monsterverse.

[@margarethmichelina5146]

At least he didn't take Doktor Skipper dumb analysis: "GoDziLlA oNlY wOrK iN JApAn!" Bitch, everyone around the world love Godzilla!

[@reggielacey2235]

Its a bad video

[@jvbon646]

​@@ayjay579 Except he is actually aware that the humans are less important and he's still being fair. He's judging that aspect accordingly to the bar for this kind of movies, and he knows they can make a human story that still works inside the movie cuz he already made a video on the topic regarding KotM and how they managed to make a working human side to the movie (unlike GvK) GxK humans were by far the worst only 2nd to GvK. Only good thing is Jia, and Trapper was funny but that's just it. Edit: And I'm saying this as someone who actually enjoyed GxK. I went to watch it 7 times

[@dolanpls3330]

There have been so many GxK fans that I've talked with over the last couple of months saying how awful KOTM is in comparison to GxK, but I think its the reverse. KOTM is still my personal favorite.

[@himankgola]

KoTM had it's own flaws. But it's no way more aweful than GxK. KoTM did things which no monsterverse movie ever did, which was showing the scale and destruction these titans can do. It also opened vast doors for the franchise. Wingard just went in the reverse direction and ruined it. He better stay away from franchise. Mike and Gareth are the only directors who deserve a comeback.

[@FaceBack18]

I find ONLY one difference between the two: one has Millie Bobby Billie Jean King Brown and one doesn’t.

[@dolanpls3330]

@@FaceBack18 and one had a classic toho lineup and the other had a couple of no-name legendary originals

[@matteomastrodomenico1231]

@@himankgola But Wingard literally just opened more doors and showed more destruction.

[@himankgola]

@@matteomastrodomenico1231 did you watch wrong movies? Coz there was barely much of destruction in Wingard's movies.

[@hollowmajin5146]

this movie suffers from lack of Kongsequence

[@tarzantabi7845]

bruh he is in 90% of the whole movie

[@SageVallant]

@@tarzantabi7845 It's more like Godzilla'in't in this movie.

[@ZehRooKiE]

​@@tarzantabi7845He was making a pun with Kong and Consequence... *facepalm*

[@tarzantabi7845]

@@ZehRooKiE oops my bad

[@treyrex5987]

I like the pun! It did make me chuckle. Although, to be serious for a moment, I have to say that there is consequences in the film. I mean the whole premise of the film that starts it up is humanity screwing around in the Hollow Earth too much and awakens an ancient enemy that threatens to destroy the surface world. If that's not a big consequence, I don't know what it is.

[@Dynasty636]

Some of yall need to realize that just because you think a movie is good and you like it, doesn't mean it doesn't have actual flaws

[@bitteryetcivilized257]

I agree.

[@imnotaracistokay]

But to call it a failure seems a bit harsh tho

[@timmholl9238]

@@imnotaracistokay So you're okay with "Consume. Eat. Buy." That's not a rollercoaster of watching a movie - that's a tram crossing the street.

[@carontorliak2760]

​@@imnotaracistokay its just his opinion. Also if you watch the video you will understand why this was part of the "Anatomy of a Failure." Series. He didnt specifically say this whole movie is a failure, but it fails on many basic aspects of good movies. In all honesty, are people really going to watch these movies in 10 years? Probably not because other than vfx technology which will be outdated by then, the story and characters are not noteworthy enough. Which btw that is fine but i think in most people's opinion a good or great movie stands the test of time.

[@qinlongfei]

And people often forget just because something is objectively bad, doesn't mean you can't subjectively enjoy, or feel shame about enjoy something. No, they need to get defensive and claim it's the best thing ever and everyone who doesn't like it are just idiots or haters who don't get it. One thing I never felt shame for is I genuinely find Batman & Robin to be the most enjoyable batman movie. Especially in the current era where all the whinny bat fanatics keep insisting batsy has to be angry and gritty and dark all the time because that makes them feel smarter about enjoying batsy when the story is about a millionaire dressed up as a flying rat punching thugs to get his boner.

[@artery_arnick.s5617]

You know, when I clicked this video, I thought I'd hate it, but it's actually accurate. The fear, drama and suspense is gone. That's why everyone plays PS5 video games over movies.

[@Xenodromeda]

@@artery_arnick.s5617 >PS5 games >Movies There's a difference?

[@NewDealChief]

The PS5 has no games.

[@Xenodromeda]

@@NewDealChief lmao

[@DEVINN-n4g]

@@NewDealChief it really doesn't :/ xbox and ps4 does tho

[@austinhernandez2716]

You mean ps3

[@Nacimo]

This is so true 15:37 Because tiamat in the novel actually had abilities of it's and it almost killed Godzilla But the movie just made her just a sea monster to show that Godzilla is OP

[@tarzantabi7845]

true, that was one of my biggest negatives with the film, they nerfed her so hard for no reason

[@godzillakingofthemonsters5812]

Someone else read Dominion? Nice

[@MinecraftWorld1954]

Finally, someone else who's read Godzilla Dominion

[@blocksbuilds2]

godzilla absorbed radiation from scylla and a nuclear plant tho

[@Nacimo]

@@blocksbuilds2 yes but the majority of people won't think of tiamat as powerful kaiju but rather just easy kaiju to kill like Scylla Maybe at least they could mention or show tiamat's strength then people won't think of her just like how filmento thought of her Drown ripper but pink "the name of kaiju kong fought"

[@Juchelak]

Best big monsters move is first Pacific RIm. That movie made me believe thats how world would look like if there were big monsters.

[@ThatBalkanGuy.]

We will never get another movie like it

[@AurelionSass]

Indeed. It's a damn shame they never made a sequel to it. Would've been awesome.

[@jonatan915]

@@AurelionSassDamn shame

[@Dameyification]

A sequel would of been nice. Too bad they never made one 🤷‍♂️

[@mapowey]

@@Dameyificationlol

[@dylerturden8018]

Literally the first thing I thought coming out of the theatre was 'I loved that but my god Filmento is gonna tear this to shreds'

[@anaalicia5029]

Not to be too familiar, but I really think companies need people like you to keep them from mistakes.

[@user-x7dc2pq7n]

At this point I think the executive’s egos are too high to ask for help

[@oskar6661]

Well, you inadvertently hit the nail on the head. It's not that companies are accidentally not hiring qualified actual story-tellers, filmmakers, actors, and writers...they're going out of their way not to hire them. This is why you have huge multi-million dollar franchises being handed to 20-something activists with not actual bonafides or experience in the field of successful film-making. The companies are now more interested in securing investors (while losing hundreds of millions of dollars...) instead of producing quality films.

[@anaalicia5029]

@@oskar6661 inadvertently? Hmm

[@solarsoda2006]

No this guy is just an idiot, the movie was awesome

[@theinternetsightseer2935]

Gxk having the biggest box office and highest audience rating of all Monsterverse movies is a mistake? Ok bucko. That's some grade A minority copium you got there.

[@Jo.A.]

I think we're in a time where we forgot the old age rule - you are given ONE lie to tell a story i.e. you can make the premise *anything* no matter how unbelievable, the audience will forgive it. But the reverse of this is that its just ONE lie; everything that flows from that must have internal logic. Most fictions these days completely forego this. They dont try and fail like some older fiction did, they just dont try at all bc who cares

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

Yeah they know there audience is completely brain dead and there profiting off of it so why stop 🤷

[@tarzantabi7845]

@@strikerfc-gv7pc its not that audience are braindead, its that most people watching these kinds of movies have plenty of problems in real life (like schoolwork, stressful relationships, and of course taxes) so they watch them just to relax and escape all that stress and all those real life issues temporarily. 90% of the audience these days dont care about themes, story or character, they just want to be entertained, and as entertainment GXK works perfectly . if you hate it, good for you

[@reinhartnata47]

​@@strikerfc-gv7pc if there are that many brain dead audiences, then movies like morbius and madame webb won't fail

[@boring_incarnate]

Well, no wonder many forego this, it sounds confusing as hell.

[@andrasbiro3007]

@@tarzantabi7845 "90% of the audience these days don't care about themes, story or character, they just want to be entertained" That's a long way to say "braindead". Mindless fun is still mindless. And that's a big problem, not just for movie quality, but in general. Lack of standards and critical thinking makes you an easy target for scams and propaganda. Which then cause problems that make your life harder and more stressful.

[@julienmciver6454]

Lol Kong using a baby to smack bad guys was hilarious

[@enikthealtrusian-7754]

I liked how one of the other Apes was running away and then Kong picked up a Rock and threw It at him, Hitting him Squarely on the Head with Absolute Perfect Aim. It was Hilarious 😂

[@kickerwhitelion7626]

Monsterverse basically went from Showa era style Godzilla movies to Heisei era style Godzilla movies within a single series of movies. And given the recent release of minus one we have 2 movies representing each style. Edit: I got the eras backwards it should be Heisei to Showa.

[@SlayerOfTheDamned]

I think you mean vice versa but I get what you mean.

[@rithvikmuthyalapati9754]

*Heisei to Showa

[@KaijuKing42]

No, you got it right the first time. The Heisei films were practically designed to sell toys. Nearly every monster had an "evolved" or super form at some point or another. King Ghidorah became Mecha-King-Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla became Super Mechagodzilla, Rodan became Fire Rodan, Godzilla became Burning Godzilla, Moguera, Spacegodzilla and Destoroyah all had alternate forms they could transform into. Godzilla X Kong is more in line with the 90s Heisei films than it is with the 70s Showa films.

[@AceAl3x]

I think it's fun. 🤷‍♂️

[@solidSnake4580]

The monsterverse copied and paste off of Showa era which was a mistake and a bad idea. Gotta like how it tries too hard to be like older movies instead of being Legendary Godzilla.

[@SillyDragon41]

A lot of people in this comment section don't seem to understand Anatomy of a Failure it's not about the movie being necessarily bad, it's just that the movie failed at something. Edit: Wear a hazmat suit if you're going to the replies. And to those of you being disrespectful because your feelings got hurt over opinions about a movie: Shut up.

[@tarzantabi7845]

I know, but the title does sound a bit harsh

[@PheeblePhilosopher]

Naw it's about the movie being bad. But people can't accept that something they enjoyed is low quality.

[@chriswood1210]

What did it fail at? It delivered exactly what the fans wanted . Godzilla and Kong busting skulls.

[@dilligad3908]

@@PheeblePhilosopherlmao you sit here saying it’s bad like it didn’t break box office records and each movie audience score been going up every movie so obviously they doing something right, this movie not even close from bad or failure. Go spread your ignorant hate elsewhere. Comparing 2 different genre of movies saying one better than other when there’s facts smacking you in the face saying otherwise

[@dilligad3908]

At the same time it says a lot when this video has 9k views and only 1k upvotes, cause it’s statements and opinions are trash asf

[@Kaiten92]

This is exactly why I love your channel. I took my mom to see this movie in Imax 3D and thought the movie was AMAZING. I still do and would enjoy watching it again but I very much agree with everything you said here. While watching the movie I just don't recognize the things you mentioned but looking back, I even agree that the monsters seem smaller due to there being less scenes of civilians looking at the battle to show their scale. The only thing I'm conflicted about is caring vs understanding the mom daughter relationship. I feel like I cared a lot about their relationship as well as understood it BUT that's possibly because I've seen their relationship over the course of a few movies. Contained in this movie itself, I can definitely see not having enough reasons to care about their relationship on an emotional level. I feel that's a common flaw of movies within a series. Thanks for the video!

[@xipheonj]

I think the real problem is one of black and white thinking. If they like the movie then it must be objectively good. It's hard to accept that the things they like might have flaws, that it needs to be either all good or all bad. There are many kinds of movies made for many different audiences, it's important to properly categorize criticisms. This was an exciting and cool movie, and if you WANT to turn your brain off and watch action figures come to life in the most epic fight scenes put the film then this is perfect. If you want a compelling plot with interesting characters then this movie is utter crap. You need to decide whether you're a screw or a nail, then either pick the movie that's a hammer or a screwdriver. Saying a hammer sucks because it's useless as a screwdriver is ridiculous. This video is great at showing us why this movie isn't a "movie" and I agree on all points. People on all sides need to realize that it's okay to like "bad" movies and it doesn't mean you're wrong for liking it. It also doesn't mean we're wrong for expecting more, for not liking it.

[@tarzantabi7845]

Truer words have never been spoken before

[@Kramswodahs]

100% facts my guy

[@Avanzer068]

I believe even in today’s audience there are people who like fun goofy action and horror movies and people who like serious dark action and horror movies.

[@goodmav]

Peak opinion

[@Miguel-r-z8v]

If every people were like you, world would be a more respectful place

[@JohnnyElRed]

An argument I heard a lot in defense of this movie, and in comparison to Godzilla: Minus One, was: "They are just different. One is the original serious allegory about real world disasters and trauma, and the other the silly cartoony fights amongst giant monsters of the 70's. But they are both Godzilla." But like you said, and as recent films like Furiosa prove, there is no reason you can't do both at the same time. You can have people fight in chace sequences with silly non-nonsensical cars, and a deep characters that constantly struggle with trauma and loss, at the same time.

[@tarzantabi7845]

I recommend Godzilla Vs Biollante it has a perfect combination between both (at least IMO)

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

@@tarzantabi7845 I haven watched it in a while and I don’t know where to

[@JohnnyElRed]

@@KingGoji-m1r3 I watched the movie. I liked it. Doesn't stop the fact that outside of Kong, no character it's capable to bring out any emotion out of it.

[@tarzantabi7845]

@@strikerfc-gv7pc its on Internet.Archive

[@tarzantabi7845]

@@strikerfc-gv7pcit’s on internet archive

[@UMIF001]

Dont hate on this one fellow Godzilla fans. Filmento know what he's talking about

[@Bigcase09]

Partially

[@theinternetsightseer2935]

Not really. GxK being the highest grossing MV film with 570 million and the highest audience rating at 92% says otherwise. This video is just contrarian minority copium.

[@Bigcase09]

@@theinternetsightseer2935 Fr bruh

[@UMIF001]

@@theinternetsightseer2935 The failure in this video is not about Box Office performance tho

[@matteomastrodomenico1231]

Eh, on some level I say he kinda doesn't. I see where he's coming from, but some of the aspects he refers as flaws were selling points for most of the audience.

[@variousdifferentthings]

Almost 450 comments within an hour of uploading, me thinks you hit a nerve 😆

[@alexandrebastos733]

Goji fans are about to strike here lol

[@Mixedplayers]

They are doing that already in the monster verse subreddit

[@alexandrebastos733]

@@Mixedplayers yea dont poke the bee hive

[@solarsoda2006]

Well maybe this dude shouldn’t talk about a fun movie and actually talk about movie that’s actually ass

[@asynan4628]

​@@alexandrebastos733*Monsterverse fandom and its consequences on Kaiju movie community... I hope Gamera Rebirth get it season 2 confirmation, that anime is better than the whole monsterverse slop(except 2014)

[@MidnightDubstep]

The reason why I like filmento is because he respects people's opinions

[@tarzantabi7845]

true, unlike most critiques who claim to be experts on the franchise while having no knowledge of it

[@FrazerEddy]

And he doesn't just bully them for having a different opinion, unlike most toxic fandoms.

[@Jenniferrr2014]

​@@FrazerEddy The Godzilla x Kong-supportive side of the Godzilla fandom (I know) might find this anyway and think otherwise, but that's how they tend to act anyways of the multiple film critic KZbin reviews I've seen of this movie, this is one that's well structured and respectful as well

[@MidnightDubstep]

@Jenniferrr2014 agreed and I have been a godzilla fan since I was 2 and there are movie critics who just shit on godzilla cuz it's a "Dumb Monster movie" im just like okay I respect your opinion

[@kongboy4585]

@@Jenniferrr2014 i remember one of them saying "if you enjoy this movie then you're stupid"

[@ytnukesme1600]

the "turn your brain off movies" usually work when you make something like Crank, where every set piece is so ridiculous and outlandish, every scene is so bombastic, logic itself doesn't apply in this universe anymore and it doesn't make sense to try and rationale it.

[@balacleaver583]

or indian action cinema too. big difference between turning your brain off to enjoy somenthing purposefully ridiculous VS turning your brain off to enjoy a glorified toy commercial.

[@pinur_paglami]

Crank was dope

[@krisz778]

My friend said "no one better ever talkshit about the bionicle movies" after watching this

[@supadude626]

We stan the three virtues

[@Esteban_Abarca]

@@supadude626 "Unity, Du"... I mean, Yes, Yes, Yes.

[@alcatraz6275]

Really felt Kong developed his Kratos arc story in this movie

[@frankwoods1531]

Logan arc

[@margarethmichelina5146]

​@TWDubCoincidentally, Suko, the young red ape is similar to Atreus who is a red hair. And Kong also grow beards like Kratos even with an axe.

[@Maretoast]

especially father-son bond

[@Shockwave_987]

Imagine if someone made a god of war mod where Kratos is Kong and Atreus is Suko.

[@Yourbestfriendashy]

i love how the ad was seamlessly added to the video i didn't even know it was an ad

[@Scented_HandSoap]

I noticed it a couple of times, I thought it was something wrong with their mic, but then i realized it was all part of the upcoming ad, which is pretty smart

[@TheKaijuKing54]

I wouldn't say this movie is emotionally void. Kong also doesn't just feel like an action figure either. He grows an emotional bond with Suko and has a compelling journey to try and free his people. Also, the reason why there’s a lack of grounded perspective in most of the monster scenes, is because said scenes are meant to be from the monsters’ point of view, not the humans. Although, I still agree with some of your other criticisms. Also, I like how you referenced Godzilla Minus One at 8:48. Speaking of which, will you ever cover that movie? It incorporates a lot of advice you've shared in the past on how to create a great monster movie.

[@liamphibia]

*"Boy"*

[@TheKaijuKing54]

@@liamphibia *God of War OST intensifies*

[@BOOMDIGGER]

Godzilla 2014 looks like a gem now

[@tarzantabi7845]

it always was

[@Blankclz]

yea the parts you could see, rewatched it the other day i forgot how dark some of the movie was, I could barely see anything in some moments

[@CorelUser]

​​@@BlankclzI don't know if you know this but when the day ends there is such a thing called "night" and it's dark during it

[@kiracollie7115]

Nah, it’s the start of garbage

[@Blankclz]

@@CorelUser yea in real life, it’s a movie and I’m trying to see what’s happening smartass

[@MarvNARK]

I just don't understand why people complained about Godzilla having so little screen time when 1: They know by now that this version only shows up and is active in general when there is an unbalanced. And 2: When he does show up after his fight with that Daddy Long Legs/Crab thing, he's preparing for what's about to come. He's a very punch-clock kind of guy

[@sergeyhayriyan4125]

The next Godzilla and Kong will have the writer of Shang Chi and Across the Spider-verse, so there's hope that next film will be richer in terms of storytelling.

[@tarzantabi7845]

it might, but WB is also starting to rush that film as quickly as possible, so chances are we might end up with another Justice league

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

@@tarzantabi7845 I hope not 🙏

[@tarzantabi7845]

@@strikerfc-gv7pc same

[@Lanevix]

@@tarzantabi7845WB isn’t associated with the Monsterverse, WB and legendary split in late 2021 - early 2022 over GvK being put on HBO Max when it was supposed to be theater exclusive. GxK was already in production then so WB was still involved. This is why Monarch was on Apple TV and GxK released on Prime video rather then max. Going foward legendary is working with Sony on all future Monsterverse content

[@margarethmichelina5146]

Also, Adam Wingard isn't directing another sequel of Godzilla and Kong, hopefully the new director can pull that up very good.

[@Ykcdiamondrex]

Honestly as a Godzilla fan, it brings me back to the showa era! Its feels like its supposed to be goody kaiju fun. Godzilla always had two sides, goofy and serious.

[@enikthealtrusian-7754]

It's like Godzilla vs Megalon. Godzilla appears mostly during the Finale because he's So Overpowered that the Fight would be over in minutes.

[@davidostapenko2578]

And thus it's awful.

[@enikthealtrusian-7754]

So Awful It made 500 Million Plus at the Boxoffice.

[@RetchiWoltr4x]

i love how you´re explaining the movie from the perspective of somone who´s not a hard core fan of the franchise but as someone who just watches movies cause they exist, really opens up the view of the movie from your videos, i as a fan understand why things are the way they are in the movie but someone who isn´t doesn´t know that this movie is technically a representation of the old godzilla movies from the 60s where they were all goofy and funky, the reason why the monsters feel smaller is because they move faster and that´s also because the director said that the story is told from the perspective of the monsters and not humans, which is something someone who is a fan knows but someone who isn´t doesn´t, which is why your arguments are valid, cause this is looked at from a very different perspective and it doesn´t look like it´s just a pile of garbage, your videos show that you did your research right but not in a way that justifies the movie as it is but as something that talks about something that a LOT of other movies do nowadays, the new godzilla is packed with refferences which only the fans know so those that didn´t like the movie have valid points if they can explain why the movie was bad, i see its bad parts and i agree with them, the reason why i love the movie is cause big monsters big fights, that´s my kind of a movie, that doesn´t mean it has to be something EVERYONE should like, if u don´t like it, that´s fine too also, was hoping u would make a kratos refference for Kong and Suko(small kong) cause that´s something people on the internet were doing

[@mosasaurus2211]

I’ll agree that GxK isn’t something that invokes a lot of emotions and the humans really were empty But then again, I went into this movie knowing that the monsters were what I really care about

[@tarzantabi7845]

true, also the monsters have plenty of emotion and personality in this film, most film critics seem to ignore that monsters are also characters as well

[@godzillakingofthemonsters5812]

Same with the monsters too. We get small moments with Kong, but Godzilla's reduced in intelligence and sympathy but this time for no good reason. He's not the antagonist, he's the active hero.

[@extremepower5765]

Doesn't invoke a lot of emotions? I guess people are blind.

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

@@extremepower5765 no they can see perfectly

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

Me too but I still didn’t like it sadly

[@t.c.g.thecentregod2809]

In my opinion, Godzilla 2014, kong skull island and even kotm are the best monsterverse projects out there, I may even add in the monarch series.

[@Godzilla_Star_Eater]

2014 and KOTM have lower critic scores my guy. Even the snob critics disagree

[@tarzantabi7845]

@@Godzilla_Star_Eaterwhen has critic scores defined the quality of a movie? Film is subjective and people are free to love or hate whatever they like. You should form your own opinions instead of getting carried away of what rotten tomatoes or IMDB says

[@t.c.g.thecentregod2809]

@@Godzilla_Star_Eater oh wow that’s so interesting! Anyways yeah I’m my personal opinion I just favor 2014 and kotm and skull island a lot more than what came after, but that’s just me

[@luisgonzalez-ii3gc]

One thing that bugged me was that, they didnt even put the monsters in the credits as themselves like in kotm

[@nicolestimothy9921]

That was cool tbh. Make them they are real cast in the movie set.

[@vedanthpanchoo2362]

Godzilla spends the whole movie powering up yet Kong does most of the work...

[@bagelmaster2498]

When?

[@al3xei87]

Godzilla carried Kong in the final battle what are you saying lmao

[@theskorpioogaming34]

They’re right The whole movie Godzilla is just powering up and it doesn’t pay even off in the end. While King Kong is discovering there a more big apes and a whole other side of his world. Story wise King Kong carried idc about the fights

[@pedropaulocarvalho4554]

@@al3xei87 In case, Godzilla was holding Shimo.

[@Godzilla30801]

Did you even watch the movie?

[@royjones8312]

While I completely agree with this take I’m thinking this movie wasn’t really made for me. I took my 10 year old nephew to it and after the movie ended he turned to me with the biggest smile on his face, gave me two thumbs up and said “ten out uncle, would recommend”.

[@NidoKnight]

Less humans, more fun. Those parts were it was just among alone and everything “said” was being implied was amazing.

[@damirko06]

the next we'll get is a buddy cop like tv series, where Kong & Zilli solving crimes as undercover cops in miami

[@suryavajra]

Write the script..lol

[@nicolestimothy9921]

Oh yeah, Bad Boys Vibe. Monster mayhem 😎😎

[@damirko06]

Kong: _"Hello...?"_ Zilla: _"We're your new neighbors."_ Kong: _"Don't be alarmed, we're monsters..."_

[@sanctumsanctorum4130]

When Scorsese was talking about movies being theme park rides, THIS (and Transformers) is what he was referring to.

[@arrownoir]

What’s wrong with theme park rides? Are you anti fun?

[@shinndig1293]

Exactly, Marvel movies are real cinema compared to shit like this.

[@bonnigi5518]

Everything you say goes out a 10 story window with how many times this movie made me verbally gasp and jolt in excitement in the theatre, something that rarely hapoens with me in a movie

[@arturvilela2707]

You seem to be one of the few content creators that resonates with the feeling I have that this franchise only went downhill after being given to Adan Wingard to lead... (Massive KotM fan here)

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

Fr i made a video just like this a few months back with very similar points kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3vFloucidCoipYsi=m8f9zFWaYaHp5IW4

[@DarknessIsThePath]

Same, these movies are becoming cartoons and for kids only, I enjoyed only some parts of this movie but like most Transformers movies, just pointless action that looks great but has no depth, no urgency, no anything. It felt like watching a poor version of the reboot Planet of the Apes movies. I have no idea why people hate KOTM, it literally has the best monsterfights, scenes but also the atmosphere of the first movie. This on the other hand was just whatever.

[@sportjames23]

Agreed, the Monsterverse went down with Wingard's direction.

[@arturvilela2707]

Thankfully, it seems he has steped away from a next installment... So maybe this Monsterverse can still be salveged? Or is it too late?

[@mew19forever]

Totally agree. my biggest complaint is they never used all the amazing Titans introduced in KOTM. I hate to think we will never see them in the future because i have come to love Behemoth, Methuselah and Na Kika. A king needs his subjects. I wish they'd bring back the Titans!

[@justinmathaba8482]

You got me at "The monsters don't feel like Monsters" ._.)

[@jcg9998]

I'm not opposed to meaningless fight scenes, especially in kaiju films. Most fans of kaiju fans like watching monsters fight... sort of like watching a combat sport, such as boxing, mixed martial arts, etc. It's like rooting for your champion.

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

My problem with the godzilla franchise in the past was that they put none of the emotional core on Godzilla himself. a big reptile can carry emotions! ask the TMNT.

[@tarzantabi7845]

have you seen the Heisei Series? becuase Goji develops a lot as a character in those films (you can see him crying, getting angry, and even smiling)

[@margarethmichelina5146]

Well, Godzilla was supposed to be a force of nature. He represented the trauma of Japanese people who had PTSD of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing. He mostly being a giant spiky glowing lizard who like to wreck everything. He barely showing emotions and mostly looking grumpy, frowning, mad, or just totally pissed off because he represent trauma and anger of the victim of World War II. And then, started from Heisei era, he became a goofball by dancing, doing a drop kick, flying, talking and many more silly things. Yup, it's real.

[@t.c.g.thecentregod2809]

Comparing a giant monster to humanoid turtles is crazy

[@madhavilanka7787]

Heisei Godzilla has shown emotions, even sort of crying in one movie. Also the TMNT comparison makes no sense, Godzilla is a hyper intelligent reptilian but not outright anthropomorphised

[@davidostapenko2578]

Yeah but it's not like Godzilla wearing clothes, using tools and etc.

[@shubhradeep2182]

Main problem in this movie as audiance I didn't felt any threat to humanity like king gidhora or mutos

[@retrolightning2k86]

It's all about presentation. The battles in this when humans were present were like 10x more destructive than then the MUTOs were around. This movie gave a negative shit about showing the regular human damage and its impact on humans (still love it tho)

[@maxis7344]

Kong's first half is amazingly done, sadly halfway through around the Beast Glove introduction point is when it starts devolving into the "dumb fun" or "plastic-ky" area.

[@BrickIntyre]

Unfortunately "destructive, mysterious monsters to goofy gimmicks" seems to be the trend of most studio Godzilla series. "Godzilla vs. Megalon", anyone?

[@sireggnog890]

Huh, I can see that.

[@fbafoundationalbuck-broken6011]

how is godzilla and kong mysterious?

[@RIPmofo]

Bro it was the fucking 60's, you can't use the ridiculous stuff from that time as an excuse.

[@Inkdisc]

@@RIPmofo godzilla had pink spines in the millenium era for several movies, including the much praised gmk.and lets not forget how the heisei era had a guy build a hoverbike modelled after a pteranadon because he thought they were cool. goofy stuff has always been part of the franchise, some films just embrace it more than others. thats not to say there cant be goofy stuff and quality writing. going back to gmk, part of its premise was godzilla was rampaging because vengeful ghosts were driving it to destroy japan, but it still managed to be one of the best loved in the franchise from the strong character writing and consistently good storytelling

[@a_fine_edition2746]

@Inkdisc Millenium Godzilla had two movies where his spines were a dark purple. GMK absolutely did NOT have pink spines lol. If anything his design was a return to form outside of the head shape and the demonic empty eyes. His color palate was much more in line with classic designs (charcoal black and bone white). GMK also never treated its premise like it was silly. It takes itself pretty damn seriously all things considered. Hell, I’d even go as far as to say that the premise in and of itself is not silly at all. Vengeful souls merging and empowering a vicious beast to wreak havoc on a country who’s forgotten its history, but is simultaneously protected by ancient guardians of the planet. The way the premise is handled feels far less ridiculous because it’s treated with sincerity. I wouldn’t say GxK takes itself all that seriously at all.

[@AnshumanJain-q5y]

I am happy that we live in an year where Godzilla is both serious and fun.

[@meltinggod]

I randomly went to see this in theaters and actuallly fell asleep. Had to rewatch it at home and its such a mess its no wonder I passed out.

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

Fr, but I’m never rewatching that crap ever again

[@Jawsfan2009]

Wow, your brain capacity must be high🥱

[@DarknessIsThePath]

@@Jawsfan2009 Only kids think this movie is good lmao but for the rest of us with a brain, we need a lot more than monsters fighting.

[@tarzantabi7845]

Wow so deep

[@solarsoda2006]

@@DarknessIsThePathmf there is a whole hour of monsters

[@evgenkhersonets880]

I liked this movie. It's probably because of the worldbuilding. I love how the whole world just excepted the there are big monsters around now and began adapting to it.

[@stormtempterf8058]

I find it interesting we went from a movie that treated godzilla as an apocalyptic force of nature, in a real-world setting where soldiers had to HALO jump and manually set a mechanical trigger on a nuke, to the latest film, that treats them as saturday morning cartoons and pets, where we have telepathy and magical flying ships. As Filmento says, its popular and people like it, but its worth pointing out that huge shift from realism to future magic in the span of what, two films?

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

@@stormtempterf8058 the triggered 6 years olds are gonna blow up your phone for this one although I do agree at least be consistent in what your doing and don’t put out garbage, simple as that

[@treyrex5987]

@@stormtempterf8058 Technically three films. KOTM does not escape the blame here. It was a little bit more grounded than GvK and GxK but it added fuel to the fire.

[@tarzantabi7845]

@@strikerfc-gv7pc bruh. the godzilla series have been known in being everything MINUS consistent. I mean look at the original series, it started off with the depressing 1954 (that felt more like an anti war film than a monster movie) and quickly progressed into a more lighthearted and action oriented territory (by the 3rd film called "King Kong vs Godzilla" form 1962, they had abandoned the serious tone and went into goofy/campy territory) the Heisei Series (1984-1995) tried to be a BIT consistent, but they still became more lighthearted and safe after 1989.

[@dasher3532]

@@tarzantabi7845It’s funny how it started with Gojira, a harrowing borderline horror film about the dangers of the nuclear age and man's hubris to Godzilla Raids Again, a cash grab sequel that was a monster fight film that pretty much defined the following era

[@robertmason837]

This movie was better than ghostbusters frozen empire as I didn’t think the characters were making stupid decisions, and it didn’t have too many characters compared to that movie.

[@enikthealtrusian-7754]

Trapper was my favorite character. He was likeable, brave, and resourceful. I hope they bring him back in a Future Sequel.

[@robertmason837]

@@enikthealtrusian-7754 I was saying if you didn't understand, to me Frozen Empire was terrible for me due to characters making stupid decisions, and it had too many characters.

[@MinecraftWorld1954]

Honestly, I would compare this movie more to the King Kong Television shows or King Kong escapes from 1967. Those shows were 1. far more divergent from King Kong's original mythos, and 2. nowhere near as well written as something like Kong Skull Island or King Kong 2005. They were more focused on entertainment and enjoyment. And frankly, I love it. Yeah sure, it's lost a lot of what the Monsterverse had before, and that is a gripe that I do have with the movie, but taking for what it is, it works. Plus, there are genuine qualities that I think you should have mentioned. First off, I do think you were a little harsh on the human cast, especially the titan vet, Trapper. While they're not standouts like KOTM or Minus One, the movie still gave at least some effort to distinguish them and try to tie back to the monsters, namely Illene and Jia's struggle mirroring Kong and Suko's struggle. As well as that, the movie's willingness to tell a majority of its story through the kaiju's body movements, facial expressions, and whatever is onscreen is definitely something to commend, with the standout scene being Skar King's introduction. In less than 20 minutes, we learn everything we need to know about who he is, what he's gonna be like, and why we should dislike him, and it is really well done. That said, I do agree that we should take it more seriously for the next one.

[@maximosaurus042nd]

Even though I love this movie, I can’t disagree. I felt some of the points you brought up after leaving the cinema. However, I still GxK is the second best Monsterverse movie after G:KotM. I’m glad I didn’t get slightly mad this time.

[@CPS42069]

KOTM is a middleground between Adam-directed spectacle with G14 filming/writing model, I wish the fight weren't set entirely on dark environments but still not as bad as G14 like the final fight of Goji vs MUTOs god that was unwatchable

[@F7COASTERS]

Once again why would you want more humans in a monster fighting movie only minus one can pull it off because the humans are fighting Godzilla

[@Moonchip27]

The movie is like a shiny, cool, crystal ball. The only thing is it's just there, has no other purpose aside from just being there, and looking shiny.

[@jimsto7453]

Kong wearing a glove he got from a ubisoft micro transaction and mothra runnin around like “I’m an empath”

[@zackyfaisalb9007]

Next thing we know, they are all gonna fight darth vader and megatron in a war for peace in the universe of fortnight, lmao.

[@saintricardo8746]

Honestly Godzilla King of the monsters is the last Godzilla i like. It was great

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

I thought it was terrible after my second time of watching but after seeing gxk I took Kotm for granted and I’d be happy even if they brought that tone back because anything is a step up from this garbage

[@villanlover58]

Yeah that movie had the worst fights and humans

[@tarzantabi7845]

@@strikerfc-gv7pc bruh

[@sportjames23]

It was the perfect balance of kaiju action and drama, not as grounded as Godzilla 2014, but NO over the top cheesiness. It was easily the best Monsterverse movie, IMO. Ever since Wingard took over, all that shit went out the window, along with most continuity. I know Legendary is doing another sequel, but I wouldn't miss the Monsterverse if it went away with the way it is now.

[@villanlover58]

Fair point

[@Dres2000]

Even if there’s movies that I personally enjoyed like GXK, Im interested in how filmento analyzes both its strongest and weakest points of a movie. It’s really helping my writing skills as an amateur writer. Nice Video Filmento!

[@WarKlutch]

I have no idea how this movie made more at the box office and had higher scores than King of the Monsters

[@skwid1404]

GXK wasn't for anyone. It was so bland and empty, everyone from die hard Godzilla fans to the mom and her five kids went to see it with grandpa. Just because a movie does better doesn't mean its actually made better. Hollywood only cares about the money so expect more of this lmao.

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

@TWDub Fr, kotm had to go against endgame one of the biggest movies of all time The other had to go against elementals 😂

[@Spider_Venom01]

Cuz it’s better 💀 and it had the goat kong 🐐

[@Jawsfan2009]

@@skwid1404just because you think it’s bad doesn’t mean it is

[@ethanpena2030]

​@@skwid1404 oh yeah this movie is so "bland" and "empty" Even it generally had awesome actions, visually and so generally good story moments with the main character. You know um FUCKING KONG.

[@Ostnizdasht206]

It's almost like all of the budget went to CGI and blue screens and not into the writing or actors..

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

Probably bc that exactly what they did I read about it somewhere that they hired actors that take less pay even though they had more than enough money to bring Alexander skarsgard back

[@tarzantabi7845]

@@KingGoji-m1r3 true, most G-fans hating on the MV for reasons, while praising Toho films for the exact same reason is pure hypocrisy. its almost like they hate the MV just becuase its American

[@tarzantabi7845]

@@strikerfc-gv7pc the monsters are also characters my guy (in the movie they have plenty in terms of personality and growth especially Kong) every Kaiju fan will tell you that.

[@solarsoda2006]

Nobody gives an absolute FUCK this movie is for fun nobody gives a single SHIT about writing

[@sportjames23]

And the CGI was the worst in the Monsterverse series.

[@Dannywise527]

Honestly Filmento knows how to advertise effectively. I almost thought my earphones had some issues until I realise that it was an ad.

[@optimascrime5235]

Whilst I didn't hate the new movie, I think Kong scull Island does a better job balancing its tone and the monster fights

[@shinankoku2]

As I watched it I had Filmento’s voice in my ear telling me all the ways it could be better. Seriously though, is it possible that one of the reasons why movies are trending this way is because of the Chinese audience? My intuition is that making candy-like movies helps these things perform for overseas audiences.

[@mrhaast5053]

I'm glad someone pointed out how this movie copy pasted the snake monster fight twice.

[@garretjenkins8720]

The only emotional parts was Godzilla seeing mothra for the first time in years and shimo realizing she wasn’t gonna be abused anymore

[@tarzantabi7845]

Also the entirety of the kong storyline

[@aleksandarperovic8769]

Was this objectively a good movie? Some massive milestone in the history of cinematography? Probably not. But I think it fucking rocked.

[@tarzantabi7845]

same

[@MidniteMeatBus]

Lmao then you have shit taste, because I loved GVK...and this was abolute trash fron start to finish. Even the final battle fkng sucked

[@mahdizrin]

i'm an artist and i like this kind of movie because it tickles my imagination by having the stuff i can imagine come to reality and it just feels really good. also i don't know why everyone is calling it forgettable i remember it pretty clearly and it was beautiful

[@mahdizrin]

also what's with this observation with fear? I already watched skull island i don't want them to do it again

[@nicolasvillasecaali7662]

I heard someone put it in a way: "This is basically fast food, is trash, and it can do bad stuff to your insides... but is delicious" In a way, some movies are meant to do that (and probably sell toys, lets not lie to ourselves, back in time that was a goal of our fav series) and that's not a bad thing from time to time, it shows that we do want some midless fun.

[@oskar6661]

Yeah, but it's not delicious...at all. You can have fun, popcorn movies that actually have decent writing/directing/acting/etc.

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

Yeah but if the fast food tastes like checkers I don’t think I want it 😂

[@nicolasvillasecaali7662]

@@strikerfc-gv7pc absolutely! the question is: you want to go movies to have fun or to be challenged with an idea? you say both?good, but remember that's not always the case for everyone, some want their burger that taste like fun 90's transformer robots that were done to sell toys, even if its not that great if you eat it every day, and would choose it over a Scallops with Caviar Sauce because they dont want to stress themselves, they just want boorger. Now granted, we can have that Burger taste like heavens and be quite healthy without being to fancy, but sadly not everyone can or want to go the extra mile

[@ethanpena2030]

​@@oskar6661no it is delicious, just because isn't the most well written movie doesn't mean it can't be good or terrible

[@Godzilla_Star_Eater]

But it isn't mindless. It made me cry, and had a really emotional story about Kong and Suko and freeing the apes. Boots even cries at the end when Kong becomes king and treats his people benevolently.

[@JunkinsTrasher]

I may be a fail as a monsterverse movie compared to the gritty earlier entries, but it's a damn fun movie on its own and a welcome change of pace to be honest

[@alexandrebastos733]

It earned the most boxoffice of all them tho

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

@@alexandrebastos733 it’s a different time for Hollywood than it was 10 years ago

[@nicolestimothy9921]

I hope it make a right turn to King Of The Monsters.

[@JamangarYT]

looking back i feel like the whole crystal thing could have tied so much together, just say that skar king controls shimo using a chipped off shard from the giant magical crystals that change gravity or smth. for what it’s worth the movie was INCREDIBLY fun but some tweaks could have made it better another thing i noticed that was that godzilla and kong’s separate brawls interestingly reflect each other. They both brutally kill but kong washes the guts off, later they kill aquatic leviathans but while godzilla absorbs its energy, kong eats the remains. It’s a cool way to deify godzilla while showing kong’s relatable side (im sure there’s a better way to articulate it but i tried lol)

[@redbearddan2000]

I like how people defend this movie as a "dump enjoyable fun" and then complain about some MCU movies and Fast & Furious which are also supposed to be "a simple fun"

[@tarzantabi7845]

I enjoy them all and I see what you mean here, but films like Multiverse of madness did let me down a bit (mostly becuase it was directed by Sam Raimi which is one of my favorite directors, and yet it felt nothing like a Raimi movie) also most people complaining about recent MCU movies, are probably just copying what their favorite youtuber is saying without actually watching them. if you ask me I have seen Thor love and thunder, Multiverse of Madness and Ant man 3, an I have mixed feelings for them, but people act like they were the worst thing ever, which compared to some of the stuff ive seen lately (I watched 3 sharknado movies for heavens sake) I can proudly state that Thor love and thunder and ant man 3 are far from terrible

[@TheRealTigerPlayz]

F&F I can understand, but lately MCU has been on the decline.

[@diemes5463]

@@tarzantabi7845 It depends on how invested you are in the franchise or how much you value your time. I'm a big godzilla fan, but it's just not worth it to watch this junk in theatres when there's better kaiju material coming out of japan.

[@Axolotlian]

Dinosaurs are just objectively cooler then fast cars and mentally ill people in spandex. 🦖

[@sentientmustache8360]

“LEAVE MY GARBAGE ALONE!”

[@milkiassamuel780]

Honestly I watched this movie with my parents and even though they aren't into these kind of CGI blockbusters they still had a great time with this movie and we all thought it was super fun and liked the entertaining plot and visuals. I F you didn't like it than that's fine but personally I liked it

[@sijodavid9965]

You should do a video on Godzilla Minus One. It not only has great shots and cool sequences but a really satisfying story. I never felt for a human character in monster movie as much as I felt for the protagonist in Godzilla Minus One.

[@zinogre6225]

“It doesn’t make you think or feel” Well that’s a lie right off the bat. Also, Kong’s journey of discovering he’s not alone and discovering his people relating back to Jia and Dr. Andrews is perfectly fine. It’s not as good as King of the Montsers, but I would argue the human side is 1000% better than in Godzilla vs Kong. Trapper was a great character as well, he was charming and funny, and the rest of the cast was perfectly fine because the other characters don’t really matter. The characters are meant to be the monsters. This is what the fans wanted. Several of your “and thens” also had things that did happen from cause and effect. The signals are what caused the ship to temporarily black out. Some of your points are fine but some of them are just… not on par with your other videos. I love watching your videos, but this one was just not it. This movie did EXACTLY what the fans wanted, we didn’t want super deep human drama, we wanted bit monsters hitting other monsters in a cool way. We wanted the big action. That’s what we came for. But I disagree this is nonsense, a lot of the stuff you pointed out toward the end had very logical explanations. The crystal was part of Shimo’s body, so Skar King was overcharging her energy with it causing her immense pain, and the apes digging was then mining for resources and looking for a way to get back to the surface, which is explained. You can use your brain in this movie, it isn’t ALL noise, but once again, the fans wanted less humans and more monsters and that’s what we got. That’s why this movie is the highest grossing of the monsterverse.

[@Thedinosaurman923]

All I’m hearing is sad Kong fanboy. The movie sucked. Get over it.

[@zinogre6225]

@@Thedinosaurman923 Kong fanboy? Godzilla and his movies are way better than Kong, but I do think that Kong is a good character and I do think there are some emotional scenes with him, especially to people who have experienced true loneliness/isolation. And there is a somewhat touching story about motherhood and found family with Dr Andrews and Jia which parallel’s Kong’s journey throughout the film. It’s not as in-depth as KotM, and I do agree that had it been more like KotM it would have been better, but that doesn’t mean it was a bad movie. This movie was one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, raking in over $600 million dollars, and the majority of audience reviews are positive. I mean come on it has a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Stop being a Scrooge and learn to have a little fun.

[@tmac731]

Why can’t a movie be fun and just entertain you for 2 hours? Personally I thought it was a well made movie with nice human characters and the Titans story with no dialogue was perfect

[@monkeydmaverick]

I’ll give it this: Your points are valid and you did prove a point that this move could have been better. And best of all, you never compared this movie to Godzilla Minus One! I was scared when I saw the chapter title “Minus One”, but thankfully you never did the cliche thing that most Godzilla critics do nowadays. Minus One is a great film, but is very different from Godzilla x Kong. However, in defence of the problems, the movie was meant to be a Titan perspective movie (not a human perspective), giving some campy action and very crazy fan-service (as well as lore). It’s also not common to only see a story that has no dialogue (at least on Kong’s arc) and actually focusing on the non-human characters in a character setting. It is something that movies like Michael Bay Transformers failed at, yet, one of the rare movies to do such a thing (that is with very little dialogue) is, well, Planet of The Apes franchise (the Caesar trilogy especially). Sure, realistically, the could have spend longer screen time and improve the story, graphics and characters, but it is no doubt a fun and financially-successful film (and generally, a good and respectful Godzilla/King Kong film with a more campy tone).

[@jackkain7141]

Would love to see you have a crack at Godzilla Minus One. As for the monsterverse, it's following the same trend as all other kaiju movies. Look at the different eras of the original Japanese Godzilla films. The Shōwa era starts with the first Godzilla, gives us Son of Godzilla, ends with Terror of Mechagodzilla. Heisei resets to a darker, grittier tone with with Return of Godzilla and Godzilla vs Biollante, before going the tamer, goofier way of Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla and Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, including people with psychic connections to the monsters. Then Millennium era did the same with Godzilla 2000 and ending with Godzilla: Final Wars involving super humans fighting aliens. The current era, Reiwa, starts with Shin Godzilla and has Godzilla: Minus one for the live action, both very grounded and dark films, but also the animated series which are nothing if not fantastical. Gamera was the same, following the same pattern over its Shōwa and Heisei eras, even if it hewed closer to family friendly from the beginning.

[@fell9654]

I liked this movie, but it's not about turning your brain off. This movie forcefully turns your brain off for you

[@daviddesa9163]

OH WOW, I burst laughing when AD time came. I genuinely thought the audio problem was your mic.

[@Msmithjonesraven]

I think the general opinion towards this movie is that 'it was fun' and sometimes people just want that, most of the people who went to watch gxk knew what they are going in for, I didn't expect any kind of story telling or good written characters, I was just there to see pink godzilla and kong jumping some monke. But yeah I can see your arguments.

[@申月営無営月無営有申]

Godzilla x Kong is like Pacific Rim Uprising 😂

[@solarsoda2006]

@@申月営無営月無営有申no the fuck it isn’t, GXK is actually good

[@Msmithjonesraven]

@@申月営無営月無営有申 there is no such thing as pacific rim uprising.

[@hilmi8636]

Its honestly a fun movie while building a lore. While yeah its not as deep as Minus One its juts a fun monster movie

[@goj1_lag00n]

Except all the lore was cut aside from King Receding Hairline's bare-bones story.

[@DeadlyShikamaru]

1:27 ngl that was me 😂

[@Qlipphoth]

This movie is like a delicious hamburger from your favorite fast food restaurant: is not gonna be a gourmet experience but you are not there for that, you want a hamburger because you enjoy it despite of what people says.Task Failed Successfully

[@Godzilla_Star_Eater]

Then why are there thousands of hours worth of video essays about the lore and themes?

[@Qlipphoth]

@@Godzilla_Star_Eater About Minus one maybe. Ok, listen I'm a Godzilla fan too and I feel like we are entering in showa era levels of nonsense, and it's perfectly fine that it has this campy tone, but we may step back a little and explore some other aspects of the world they live in without feeling too overwhelming

[@cadenmorse1024]

I actually think it depends on what you call "enjoyment" and people's definition differ considerably. Hell, my favorite fast restaurant prepares drastically different tasting burgers even from locations to locations...lol

[@fell9654]

I know you don't care for this movie, but what on Earth did Spider-Man Car do to you?

[@marcusdow5356]

Having the metal arm was such a 2024 Kong thing to do.

[@sandiegomathewp.7456]

Even though he injured his right arm due to frostbite blast by Shimo until Skar King pulls out the crystal at the end of his whip that controls the pain on Shimo to command what Skar King to say the order

[@ulquiorraschiffer1956]

Nah man, this movie was awesome! I just wish there was more Godzilla in the movie. Other than I loved every minute of it!

[@LeonardoKlotz]

They should keep the tradition of having a different director for each movie

[@ArthurFrancisco-tp6hb]

No

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

@@ArthurFrancisco-tp6hb shut it kid 😂

[@tarzantabi7845]

@@strikerfc-gv7pc hush

[@solarsoda2006]

Adam wingard would’ve stayed if he didn’t have a project to work on

[@davidostapenko2578]

No. They should bring back Gareth Edwards.

[@TheEpic_Jimmy]

Omfg I can't believe you actually got me with the earbuds glitch sounds bruh I was here thinking I needed new ones

[@BrontoSmilodon1]

was the middle earth comment a joke or did you really think that's what hollow earth is called?

[@frankwoods1531]

There's a hollow earth below the hollow earth so its fair to call it middle earth

[@ADistantWail]

Good critique. I'm a massive Godzilla fan, yet I felt nothing with this film. The spectacle and scale kaiju bring to the screen just wasn't there. Fans keep bringing up how you can't criticize it for being dumb fun when that's supposedly what the Showa movies were, except, they were much more than that. Most Showa movies had something meaningful to say, even when targeted to kids, which is important because they elevate the presence of kaiju, their destruction, their battles, and their impact. Just because GxK has more monster screentime doesn't mean it's better when it's at the cost of the rest of the movie's qualities. People don't realize that those extra things (yes, even the humans) are important to making monsters, well, monsters. Compared to the previous Monsterverse films, including GvK, this was a let down. Not to say this movie doesn't have its merits and that you can't have a blast with it. I just want to emphasize that Godzilla is not Transformers, or Fast and the Furious, or Marvel, or Rampage, or Pacific Rim Uprising. Even it at his cheesiest, there is a clear difference in what he brings to both sides of the spectrum, and it is not unreasonable to expect more substance from a hundred-plus million dollar movie, especially with a character as influential as Godzilla. Of course, we might not have had Suko nunchucks if that was the case so take my word for what you will.

[@Godzilla_Star_Eater]

This isn't dumb fun. Adam Wingard's top 5 favourite Godzilla films, 4 are Showa ear. He understands them perfectly. People say you need to turn your brain off, but actually you need to turn it on. I can't believe you don't understand the meanings of this film. It's like a timeless mythological epic.

[@DarknessIsThePath]

@@Godzilla_Star_Eater And what is the "meaning of this film"?

[@himankgola]

​@DarknessIsThePath probably "Giant Monke and Lizard fight another Giant Monke and Lizard", lol. The fact that there are people to cover it's flaws is just embarrassment.

[@goj1_lag00n]

​@@Godzilla_Star_Eater you can't have timeless mythological epic when you treat your monsters like toys you need to sell.

[@matteomastrodomenico1231]

Yeah, no, let's not pretend most Showa movies weren't even more "turn-off your brain" than this one.

[@mzansin5]

I usually agree with most of your commentary but not this time around. This movie was fantastic

[@peng2621]

need a godzilla x kong where they're getting down and dirty

[@LuisSierra42]

Godzilla XXX Kong

[@ogfortify7674]

💀

[@reedpotato]

Isn't there somewhere?

[@WhatDillionYT]

This is what we need

[@miguelcoelho7365]

Oh heahhh

[@Fentlover1]

Here we go again

[@hybridvenom9]

This is going to be seriously the FNAF ruin drama again, if you know you know

[@Jenniferrr2014]

?

[@strikerfc-gv7pc]

Here we go again the butthurt fans can’t take criticism for a movie they like

[@Hieimaro]

​@@strikerfc-gv7pc Minus One also has flaws that make it kinda mid. The effects were astronomically worse than GxK

[@MinecraftWorld1954]

@@Hieimaro Yes, but it was also made under a significantly different context to GxK

[@JasonBeckettProductions]

You should bring back your “alternative cinema” series! Loved the breakdown of BvS and how a simple change would’ve made it a great film. Would love to see that with some other Anatomy of a Failure films!

[@muhrukhlisyahidris4059]

yes... they definitely forget that monsters is scary..especially godzilla a world ending monster.

[@matteomastrodomenico1231]

But he never was in this continuity. It was always a force of good

[@NightRyder19]

"Oh look at little filmento, gonna cry ?"- Bully Wingard

[@CPS42069]

yeah I had lot of fun after watching it

[@davidostapenko2578]

"You don't seem to understand: GxK SUCKS". - Omni-man.

[@limonthree8952]

I just felt like the cgi for Godzilla 2014 for pacific rim and Godzilla x kong was pacific rim uprising… effects made so much difference