I'm a big fan of 2014's Godzilla, i liked the slow burning approach and the final act delivered a satisfaying monster battle along with of the best visual effects i've seen in a movie. One of the main criticisms of that movie, was how little of Godzilla we saw and that it focused too much on it's human characters. Five years later, Godzilla II finally hits theaters, does it deliver what the trailers promised?
Godzilla II has to be one of the most epic movies i've seen, and i mean that in a literal sense; massive monsters fighting each other in big, loud and visually impressive battle sequences. The movie has much more action than it's predecesor, but also less character depth and a convoluted plot. The main actors deliver pretty good performances, specially Kyle Chandler and Ken Watanabe, and the latter, who returns from the first movie, has more screen time and much more to do than simply standing around. The "villain", played by Charles Dance is as generic as bad guys get, the actor is great but the character is just meh. The plot is convoluted and almost overstuffed, and there's a little too much exposition, which hurts the movie a little. The first movie focused a little too much on it's characters, but the story was pretty straightforward, it's a movie about giant monsters fighting anyways, there's no need to overcomplicate things.
What does deliver, and it does it absolutely right, it's the monster action. The battles are epic in scale, loud (in a good way) and visually impressive. Those battles are worth the price of admission alone. Imagine the fights of the classic Toho movies, but with state-of-the-art visual effects and earth shattering sound design. It's truly impressive stuff, and if that's what you're looking for, epic summer popcorn entertainment, look no further, King of the Monsters delivers that.
Godzilla II has to be one of the most epic movies i've seen, and i mean that in a literal sense; massive monsters fighting each other in big, loud and visually impressive battle sequences. The movie has much more action than it's predecesor, but also less character depth and a convoluted plot. The main actors deliver pretty good performances, specially Kyle Chandler and Ken Watanabe, and the latter, who returns from the first movie, has more screen time and much more to do than simply standing around. The "villain", played by Charles Dance is as generic as bad guys get, the actor is great but the character is just meh. The plot is convoluted and almost overstuffed, and there's a little too much exposition, which hurts the movie a little. The first movie focused a little too much on it's characters, but the story was pretty straightforward, it's a movie about giant monsters fighting anyways, there's no need to overcomplicate things.
What does deliver, and it does it absolutely right, it's the monster action. The battles are epic in scale, loud (in a good way) and visually impressive. Those battles are worth the price of admission alone. Imagine the fights of the classic Toho movies, but with state-of-the-art visual effects and earth shattering sound design. It's truly impressive stuff, and if that's what you're looking for, epic summer popcorn entertainment, look no further, King of the Monsters delivers that.
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