Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) User Reviews

Lots of fun but G movies are becoming too cheesy...sigh

[jefzilla-28534 · 6/10 · 3 April 2024]

As a hard-core Kaiju fan of many years, I love that we are being treated to all of these Godzilla movies as of late. My opinion of the first two in this series (Godzilla and Godzilla: King of the Monsters) is that they were (somewhat) reality based and not obviously made for children. My criticism of G v K (the ending in particular) and this movie is that so much of it is far-fetched and fantasy based. Much more cartoonish.

The bottom line is, they're making the monsters out to have too much human intelligence when they should actually be more animalistic. This was like watching a superhero movie and in my opinion, making the monsters out to be superheroes is a huge mistake. That's what happened when Toho did this in the 60's/70's which resulted in Godzilla movies becoming silly, low-budget kids movies, which has since been ridiculed for decades and has tarnished Godzilla's image. I understand the writers are trying to be creative and give the fans something different from all of the other monster movies out there, but this can be done without all the cheese. Please stop making the monsters so human!

I enjoyed the movie but have to admit that I am somewhat disappointed.

Please, just remove humans from this

[FireJach · 6/10 · 27 March 2024]

Monster = hurrah Humans = garbage

Another Monster-Verse installment to the collection gave me another reason to visit my cinema. Luckily, I wasn't disappointed, I got everything what I expected which might be summoned by the two equations above.

About humans: If you want to watch the movie at home, don't waste time on humans subplot. It's completely pointless. The dialogues aren't funny or smart. They serve poor exposition which is painfully exhausting to watch. You see the monsters fighting and these "characters" are explaining in between: oh, he is protecting! - Come on, who wrote this? In my opinion if Legendary Studios wants to include humans, they should at least try making them just little interesting or just remove them completely. None of them is doing anything necessary, furthermore whatever they're doing doesn't make any sense. Why the hell are they in the Hollow Earth without protection? One guy is just in a Hawaiian shirt. The amount of dangerous monsters is not alarming, I guess... Paper Boy is filming everything but the British guy in a Hawaiian shirt says something like: It's better to keep it in a secret, this ancient civilization shouldn't be exposed to our world. The girl from Godzilla Vs. Kong (she is from that world and has weird X-Men power (?)) is among modern people, so the world already knows the underground world. What does he want to hide? There is more of this stupidity.

About the monsters: Kong is the lead. His journey is simple, he feels lonely, he wants to have a family of his kind. From the trailers you know, there is more giant apes, so I am happy to see them because I am Team Kong :) I'd want to appreciate the "dialogues" between Kong and this little ginger fella. They don't use words as we do but believe me, these two are more interesting than the humans. You will enjoy it.

Godzilla and the rest are just monsters. Sadly Godzilla isn't intimidating in this movie, his only goal is to gain the pink level of nuclear power and then use it to fight the bad monkey. However, the fight scenes are awesome - this is why we are watching this type of movies, so if you're a fan of giant monsters, I recommend Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire... and don't expect to see raise of "the new empire" in this movie. It's a kinda awkward title generated by ChatGPT.

Project Powerhouse

[Slarkshark · 7/10 · 30 March 2024]

Lots of Titans fighting. That's why we go to something like this, right?

G X K is about the same for entertainment wise as G vs K, though I'd give the newest entry a slight edge for a couple of reasons. For one, there's a bit less silliness. There's comic relief of course, but it's not out of place or goofy. The 80's throwbacks with the tunes, synths, and vibes were great. And lastly, the Titans were back to being the bad guys instead of humans. I always find it a bore when you watch a movie about monsters fighting, but have to bare through a story of human villains and their idiotic ideologies.

A side note, it's hilarious that these Titans seem to really enjoy having their royal rumbles in the biggest cities on the planet, or while destroying some of the world's most revered structures. Like really guys, you couldn't have thrown down in the middle of the Sahara? More destruction equals more entertainment I suppose. Also, Godzilla just casually murders hundreds if not thousands just walking around from point A to point B. I digress. Go pink Zilla!

A brainless, but (mostly) entertaining monster mash.

[vinayaksrivastava-20682 · 6/10 · 29 March 2024]

Releasing merely weeks after the critically and commercially acclaimed "Godzilla Minus One" won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects is a boon as well as bane for "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" - while more people are familiar with the behemoth radioactive lizard, there is an undeniable urge to draw comparisons between the two movies. Adam Wingard's second Monsterverse film following 2021's "Godzilla vs Kong" delivers satisfying Titan action, but overall, the film feels like a step back, largely owing to dull and tedious human drama.

Personally, I found "Godzilla vs Kong" to be the best Monsterverse film. It embraced the absurdity and silliness of its premise and made the most of it to deliver one hell of a show, placing the Titans front and centre, while jettisoning any unnecessary human drama. "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" starts off much slower, with the actual plot taking nearly 20 minutes to kick in. Combined with an uptick in uninteresting human drama, this slows down the movie with certain portions feeling boring.

Much like its predecessor, "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" struggles trying to the connect the stories of the two leading titans. Kong is the heart and soul of the movie, with Godzilla largely feeling like an accomplice or sidekick. The first half of the movie is almost entirely about Kong's exploration of Hollow Earth, the subterranean ecosystem where the Titans live. While learning about the mystical world was engaging and intriguing, it lead to a delayed introduction of the villain, leading to the third act feeling slightly rushed and less rewarding compared to the enthralling finale of "Godzilla vs Kong".

The action sequences themselves are a whole lot of fun, with a face off in hollow earth with gravity slightly messed-up being one of my favourites of the entire franchise. The finale in Rio delivers plentiful excitement and fun too.

"Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" is best suited for fans of the Showa era. For Kong fans(like myself), there is a lot to like about the movie, owing to the humanisation of the great ape. The action scenes are fun, colourful and campy, similar to it's predecessor, but an increased focus on human characters and a slower pace make this a slightly underwhelming entry to the Monsterverse.

A bit of a Disappointment

[shakirshums · 28 March 2024]

It serves up a berserk dreamscape with plenty of payoff to please the MonsterVerse faithful. Shame about the human stuff, though. Director Adam Wingard has a lot of fun with textures, colors, and camera work, and he's adept at giving fans the over-the-top monster action that they demand via an imposing new villain. Unfortunately, there's no time to spend on making things make sense or even matter all that much, and what few emotional punches are thrown lack the necessary wind up to connect, save for some very well done moments between Kong and his Hollow Earth kin.

Overall didnt live up and the plot was mediocre at best.

Big Budget B-Movie

[lenikut · 7/10 · 30 March 2024]

When me and my friends went to see the movie, i really enjoyed it but friends went over the moon for it. They gave it a solid 10/10, so for the audience that doesn't want anything serious - this is hella perfect.

The story wasn't anything new that we haven't seen before but it serves the movie good. My biggest problem with it, was the human characters. Just like "Godzilla vs Kong", the characters are flat and i would rather watch monsters fight than them.

The direction by Adam Wingard is pretty good. The action in particulat is really well done and you can really see what's going on.

The actors were OK for the most part but for the script they are given, they are fine.

Giant praise to the VFX. Everything looked amazaing and you can see that the money went in the place, not like "Captain Marvel 2" for example, which had a 300 million dollar budget and for the money, it looked awful.

The music is good too. I wouldn't buy a soundtrack but it served the story.

Overall if you just want to have fun for 2 hours, this movie is perfect.

This movie should be called Monkey X Kong, which is more appropriate

[harryxianjy · 6/10 · 31 March 2024]

The movie features very few scenes with Godzilla, only a few fragmented shots, including the final battle. Godzilla's total screen time is probably less than 7 minutes. The movie is filled with monkeys throughout, making it more like an independent Kong film because it barely depicts Godzilla, with Kong having far more screen time than Godzilla. I feel like Godzilla's role was forcefully added and feels disconnected from the rest of the movie. Also, the portrayal of SHIMO is superficial, failing to showcase its power, while Skar King is portrayed as a clown; it can't even defeat King Kong one-on-one, lacking a strong antagonist that leads to a rushed conclusion of the final battle. Finally, I have a big question: why do the director and writers like monkeys so much?

waste of time and space

[wongetje-23768 · 4/10 · 30 March 2024]

Without spoiling the movie: this was absolutely a waste of money.

Yes Kong and Godzilla are in there and some other titans but epic battle? No!

It gravitates towards avatar-esque mystical mumbo-jumbo. Tries to copy from many other movies, like music scenes from Guardians of the Galaxy; Jugnle danger from Jumanji; indigenous people mythology from Avatar; epic battle like Planet of the apes;

Special effects did not wow me any second, maybe that's a good thing because everything else we see nowadays is just completely AI generated.

If your kids want to go see it by all means, but otherwise it's a big let down.

Who won? Legendary studios, & far from a minus one.

[hotrobinproductions · 6/10 · 27 March 2024]

@somegeekguy

-Wow, I'm just as surprised as you are reading this right now, believe me. My expectations were kind of meh, me personally, Godzilla Vs Kong (GVK) was OKAY, nothing special, maybe about a 6/10

So who won this time in Godzilla X Kong & what is this New Empire?... well legendary studios of course!

After a victorious achievement for Toho... we all know what we've come for here at legendary studios, & the results are definitely not a minus one...

because this time we up the ante, and the people have spoken, we want this, legendary in this film is simply unlocking the massive cheese vault oozing into my optic stems, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is a hyper adrenaline rush energizer, it felt like my brain waves digested a high voltage energy drink kicking every inch of my brain cells.

Dan Stevens is a solid comic relief along with Brian Tyree Henry. The jokes land a bit better this time around. The aura & creative decisions in this film have almost an 80's vintage vibrant feel, the music & color palette compliment each other perfectly along with cinematography.

My issues? Well... why does the movie have Monarch being okay with bringing anybody down to hollow earth? Reliance on slight jumpy exposition, small things that could have been explored a little more to leave more an impact. It's not perfect for those, however I will argue this film was a lot closer to striking close to being perfect than you would think a film of this caliber could do.

This is what happens when Cinematography, awareness, consistency & finding the footing on following Kaijus, gets the best of a cinematic experience, it's just as much a kaiju story as it is a human story & It's a Love Letter to the showa era & fans should be proud.

I've never been more invested in the actual story of the kaijus until this movie, expositions & humans don't ruin it either this time. It's not anything special, but what is special are what we are here for, & that's the Kaijus.

New Empire, by far, has the longest showtime for Kaiju action that I've ever seen in a monster flick. Beautifully shot cinematic camera scenes, there is one specific upside down shot unfolding to the right side up, just amazing camerawork

The gradual building blocks embedded in the story left exciting awe in entertainment & care of handling Kaiju moments. The humans are just enhancers for the monsters. Compared to GVK, they have a better direction here without getting lost.

It's a ride, took the issues of GVK & corrected it more, there's plenty of action if not more than you'd think... there's plenty of surprises, emotional character moments with humans/monsters, & although a not so perfect expositions still a solid fun plot/story following the elements at play... Godzilla X Kong was a lot better than I thought it was going to be & that's worth something.

7.5 / 10.

Ummm..what?

[mihaistaninxs · 4/10 · 30 March 2024]

What's with all these 9 and 10 stars reviewers?????? It's now they paying people to give movies high praise???

I went to cinema and i feel so uncomfortable the whole almost 2 hours time.

The comedic thing put on the movie make this looks so cringe and corny!

What? They want to transform the Monsterverse into a joke like Marvel? And the humans in this movie are all cringe, whyyyyy? Why they allow to transform every movie into a bad cringe/corny comedy? I don't want to see cringe/corny, i want to se some seriously dark movie about big monsters.

4 stars just for some very decent special effects and that's all! THE 2014 VERSION "GODZILLA"(2014) WAS the best! As well as the Kong: Skull Island! Now they transform Kong and Godzilla into some bad comediants! Don't listen to these 10 stars reviewers!

A worthy entry in the MonsterVerse

[GregTheStopSign95 · 8/10 · 29 March 2024]

I don't know what I expected going in to see this at the cinema, but it wasn't this. I guess I expected more focus on the humans (again) and less on the Titans (again)...but this? This was not that. Yeah they had humans, but they were mostly more of a footnote in the story, which could have been almost completely told without the humans, but they did add a little flavour to the mix. Especially Dan Stevens. But then I AM kinda biased towards him as I've loved his work in everything I've seen him in so far.

All that aside, Kong was great - and MASSIVE - and Godzilla was pretty damn impressive, too - and just as massive as Kong - but more than that, we got a look at a few other Titans as well, and they were ALL pretty impressively brought to life here. My ONLY gripe about Kong himself is that, in the early going the filmmakers tried to humanise him just that little but too much, and it kinda fell flat to me. Once things actually got moving and shaking, though, it all got a lot better.

Godzilla sells out to be more commercially viable

[dhk-51057 · 6/10 · 29 March 2024]

This movie has a real problem - It tries to cater to a wider audience by adding more 'Marvel type' action and storytelling rather than focus on doing what it could do really well and appeal to a more niche audience.

The "doing what it could do well" part I am referring to is the BIGNESS of the Kaiju's / monsters. Not just their actions but their presence and size.. a bit of slowness in how they walk and move, to feel that "thud" when they take a step and the sheer overwhelming presence that they represent - Like in Pacific Rim or in Godzilla King of the Monsters. You FEEL the bigness and the size.

A splash in the ocean can causes huge tide-waves due to the size.

A resounding BOOM that is felt when two Kaiju's collide.

Where is that?

There is no respect paid to the bigness.

It's just they took some superhero action sequences and applied them to giants and made them move like they were the same size as humans.

There is no FEEL or BIGNESS - It's simply a 6 out of 10 movie because it caters "enough" to enough people because it goes for what's popular and throws a lot of it while giving away the depth and the "feel" of a big monster movie that is what godzilla is meant to be.

A Hollow Earth For A Hollow Film

[imaxxing · 4/10 · 2 April 2024]

Godzilla x Kong is undeniably vacuous and as hollow as the imaginary world it portrays. It's essentially a very forgettable monster mashup that aims for the heights of the epic and terrifying; but instead serves an OTT nonstop chest-beating slugfest, smothered in tawdry CGI. It's overpowered monster WWE seemingly presented as something the filmmakers *believe* or estimate an audience will like; as if it were the product of a soulless spreadsheet.

These tired titans of bygone cinema have been pulled back into the limelight as the viewer suffers a nowhere-plot aimed at the lowest common denominator. The Kaiju terror is here, but in a very watered-down state.

No dialogue because it's just senseless roaring beasts? Don't need to pay anyone to write a good script. Excessive closeups of the beasts all the time? Well that handily means they didn't need to animate higher-budget complex scenes from a more interesting POV. Sensory overload to distract the viewer from the complete lack of actual substance? Check. The corner-cutting is so apparent the more you look; the buck is passed onto the consumers who continue to accept this poor standard of filmmaking time and time again.

4/10.

The Best Addition to the Monsterverse so far

[rozanskijanek · 7/10 · 27 March 2024]

Let's be honest. I went in expecting this movie to be dumb, but pretty entertaining. Just an average blockbuster. Fortunately, this time it was so entertaining that you can ignore the dumb parts.

And of course, it's not an ambitious movie, there's a lot of cliche, oversimplification etc., but I still expected worse. Most of the time humans are not acting like idiots, their crazy ideas are pretty convincing within this world and the whole cast does a great job keeping us entertained. Relations between our human characters work pretty well.

There's a lot of worldbuilding here, successfull one in my opinion. Ancient civilization, prophecies, stories written on walls, some scores to even. The Hollow Earth looks great, you can see how this whole ecosystems works with its own rules.

And finally, Titans. CGI is really good, fight scenes don't disappoint and, the most important thing, monsters act like they should act. There's startegy, there's a lot of preparing, but also there's hierarchy, decisions made out of fear and fights for territory. Writers managed to make the Titans seem humane while also staying within their animal nature. The outcome of that is convincing, at least for me.

Some people might have a problem with the fact that most of this movie is basically assembilng the team for the final battle, but I think this time Monsterverse used a cliche in pretty much the best way possible.

In the end, Godzilla x Kong is a satisfying and engaging blockbuster as well as great addition to the franchise. I wonder, how are they gonna beat that in the next one...

Godsilly

[Jeremy_Urquhart · 7/10 · 28 March 2024]

Absolute nonsense, and anyone who didn't like Godzilla vs. Kong will probably hate this. I enjoyed myself the same way I'd enjoy eating two bags of potato chips in one sitting. I'm feeling a bit empty and confused at why I did such a thing now it's over, but it was tasty junk at the time.

I feel like Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has the least dialogue out of any giant monster movie of the last decade or so, maybe longer. It keeps the human characters at a minimum, which is a double-edged sword. They're not as frequently annoying, but when you have a small cast of humans, the sense of danger dissipates, because no one is the kind of character that could die at any point before the very end (and even then). But all the scenes with the giant apes, with no dialogue? Good stuff. The humans are there to just explain stuff that doesn't really need to be explained. I almost wish this had been a silent movie.

There's some good schlock here. I laughed a lot. There's a lot of action, maybe too much. It ends very suddenly, the two titular monsters take a while to meet up, and though I liked the main villain, he takes too long to be introduced. The narrative here is a mess, and it only gets by through having so many different creatures, fights, and ridiculous sci-fi concepts.

Still, it's not the kind of kaiju movie where people will complain that "there weren't enough monsters." I feel like Godzilla x Kong provides plenty of dumb entertainment, ridiculous spectacle, and action to the point where watching it was never dull for a minute. I had fun, but looking back on it now, it does feel like the cinematic equivalent of (a lot of) empty calories.

Fun and trash

[davidwalker-94471 · 6/10 · 14 May 2024]

Look, nobody is watching these movies because they want water tight plots and engaging human stories. We're here because we want to see giant things smashing stuff up.

Movies like this are like a Big Mac. It's not real food but it has its place.

It is a whole load of silly, loud, goofy fun.

The opening of this movie sees Kong luring a pack of giant hollow earth hyena things into a complex mechanical trap. He then takes a shower after covering himself in the blood of one of those giant hyena things having torn it in half whilst letting out a trademark intimidating roar.

The first human moment sees Jia (the small girl from versus) having some psychic visions.

It is that ridiculous.

There was a "surprise" death that was possibly the most telegraphed in history and a scene where a monarch monitoring station, in hollow earth, has been destroyed. (Remember that hollow earth is huge, mostly uncharted and full of giant monsters) and the question is asked "What could have done this?" Giant mechanical arm ex machina. Loads of explanation for stuff we didn't ought to have figured out. Magic mind control. Magic gravity control.

There's a kind of anti gravity fight which is pretty decent and scenes of our favourite titans on Rio beach, Giza and even having a nap in Rome's Colloseum.

Honestly it's ridiculous. Ridiculous and very enjoyable.

When you want the human cast to die

[ste-plaza · 4/10 · 5 April 2024]

More than the enemy monsters. They really added nothing to the film. Except annoyance dumb rehashed mcu jokes, not even remotely amusing. Not even in the same league as the masterpiece like Godzilla minus 1. This will be my last one of these types of Godzilla movies they toss out tripe like this on a regular basis like EA churns out GaaS games that ultimately get shut down within a year. Why because they are poop. The Cranston one was good, then the Farminga one wasn't bad, though the milly brown family aspect made it cringe. Soon as we got to the ones with ms hall and skarsgard they went down the pan and in the gutter. All flashy bright colors felt like we were watching iron man. Such a shame because Godzilla Kong and the creatures really tried to carry the human cast. But every scene these collection of humans were in we wanted them to meet a grizzly end. Such a farcry from Godzilla Minus 1 directed by Takashi Yamazaki.

What a ride Strongest part in Monsterverse!

[sasarepac · 8/10 · 27 March 2024]

I would not talk about this part of the Monsterverse, except that I remained fascinated by this sequel and the origin of the Hollow Earth. Kong is the character in this part exactly as he should be, a true leader who is ready to go to the end to save everyone he cares about. Is stopped, in the course of the film an inexplicable connection with Godzilla as well as with Mothra is born, which connects these two Alpha Titans in a unique way.

Scar King is one of the strongest antagonists out of all the parts. Although the movie comes together, you haven't seen half of it, a merciless and terrible tyrant who stops at nothing for his throne! I won't say anything about Shimuo, one of the greatest A titans! This movie deserves everything recommendations and hopefully more parts in the future!

The MV Enters Its Late Showa Era

[FinalSmash1689 · 6/10 · 29 March 2024]

PROS: -This movie is a Saturday Morning Cartoon brought to life.

-This is a 70's Showa Era Film with modern effects.

-The Monsters are 100% the leads.

-The Monster Brawls are absolutely nuts!

-Godzilla vs. Kong Round 2 was fun.

-The Entire 3rd Act is exactly what 5 year old would've loved.

CONS: -We are so far removed from the tone of 2014.

-The pacing is all over the place.

-The script was written with cocaine and mushrooms.

-Every character is underdeveloped as is the plot.

-There's no scale to any of the monster brawls.

Like every iteration of Godzilla, it starts serious then slowly becomes a kid's franchise. Well, the Monsterverse is now officially a kid's franchise for better or worse. I say knowing full well that if I watched this as a kid it would've been the greatest movie ever. However, watching it as a 35 year old man, I can't ignore the flaws. This movie feels like a fever dream. There are some big crazy ideas here, but the movie doesn't hover over any of it. They throw so much at you so quickly that you have no time to absorb anything before the movie is moving on. The same goes for the characters, who exist to deliver exposition and that's it (a low-key waste of Rebecca Hall's talent). The Monsters are the opposite, they are the leads of the movie. This movie feels like Kong 3: The Hollow Earth War. There are long stretches where there's no dialogue and the story is being told through the expressions of the Monsters, and truthfully, it works. The Monster fights are meant to be seen on the big screen. Especially a battle that takes place in zero gravity. Seeing Godzilla and Kong properly team up is something my inner child needed to see. My theater cheered with joy as they charged into battle together. This is the kind of movie that the young fans will absolutely love and there's nothing wrong with that. I grew up on the Showa Era movies and that's exactly what this is. This is the kind of monster movie that creates the next generation of fans. With that in mind, this movie does its job. 6/10.

What is happening

[moleman6059 · 5/10 · 7 April 2024]

Huuuge Godzilla fan since early 80s...my 15 year old also loves these movies ...this looks like the budget version of the last one ...like it's so bad we were laughing out loud in theater ...like it's bad ...real bad compared to any of the other monster verse movies ...but it's ....entertaining with some cool stuff It....they could of left out all human dialogue and it would of been at least a star better ...they both expect you so have watched and memorized all the other movies and somehow at the same time act like they other movies almost didn't exist ...i have a feeling this might be the end of the monster verse and maybe they have something else in mind ..because this was not cooked all the way.....on any level.

Pepto Bismal X Primal Thanos VS. Donkey Kong with a chain X Sub-Zero

[Gabe-JB · 10/10 · 27 March 2024]

Wow, just wow. Now the thing is, the reason I am saying wow, is for a few big reasons that can probably relate to a lot of regular humans like me because I am most definitely human and not Godzilla trying to promote his own film. The reasons being; CGI, Big monster go rahh, and epic battle scenes. Anything else is boring and I frankly could care less about in this film because it affects nothing and all I care about are the things that THE FILM IS ACTUALLY ABOUT (humans).

First, I wanna start off by saying that comparing this film's CGI to Godzilla Minus One (greatest Godzilla film that actually made me care about humans), budget wise, is like an insult. GMO had a budget near abouuuut 20 million or so, while GXK had 10x the budget. GMO managed to achieve winning an Oscar with 100x less visual art employees and having the best and probably the most realistic large scale CGI I've seen ever. BUT, the CGI even with such a smaller film beating it, is still excellent as always and doesn't look like some PS5 game that was reprogrammed to run on a Nintendo Switch, unlike other films. It has definitely been one of the consecutive aspects of the MonsterVerse.

Monsters; I'm a sucker for Godzilla, not so much Kong, but this version of him definitely catches my eye. Godzilla and Shimo were what really brought this film together, and the funny thing is, before I saw Godzilla with pink atomic breath, it was my most disliked color, but on him, it's my preferred look for him. I also already loved cold related things so a big beast like Shimo definitely made me see this film.

Battle Scenes. Now I know, I know, not all Godzilla films can entirely be epic fight scenes, I'M JUST SAYING, I wish they were longer. They are definitely what everyone, including me, came to see, and I am beyond glad with the outcome of the film, that I totally didn't see coming (that's sarcasm), and I actually would love to see more of the franchise, whatever it may be. Also to anyone who disliked the movement speed of Godzilla, watch literally any dated Godzilla film.

In summary, I love Godzilla, Dune Part Two and GMO still beat it by an inconceivable number, but if you like big monsters or just Godzilla in General, watch this, maybe watch it again, or just watch the fight scene clips.

Felt like a Guardians movie....

[valenzuelamichael · 7/10 · 31 March 2024]

This is not your typical Monsterverse movie. My wife and I both agreed it was like watching a Guardians of the Galaxy movie. It was entertaining and the soundtrack will be pretty good. Anytime you put KISS into a soundtrack it will be good. I thought the monsters looked pretty good. The steroid Kong was pretty funny with his Thanos gauntlet. Kind of excited to see baby Kong going forward. Plus Godzilla's bed looks like my cat's bed. Funny to see him sleep where he does twice. Hopefully they can go back to a more Godzilla minus one type movie. If I had any advise to future viewers, see it during matinee times. Definitely not worth the full price.

The plot stinks worse than Kong poo.

[BA_Harrison · 3/10 · 30 March 2024]

When asked what his plan is, a character in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire says 'throw everything at the wall and see what sticks'. Director Adam Wingard has adopted this approach when making this film, but on this occasion very little that is being randomly tossed about actually sticks. The smackdowns between the film's creatures are loud, frantic and reasonably fun, but the plot is a sloppy turd of Titan proportions -- a stinky, contrived, overblown mess brought to life in a maelstrom of not very convincing CGI.

The script is absolutely terrible, and the majority of the film had me either scratching my head in confusion or laughing at its preposterousness. Kong being equipped with a metal fist is an undeniably cool idea, but the fact that the protagonists just happen to have such a device on hand in Hollow Earth is just crazy (especially one with built in anti-frostbite serum!). A vet who knows how to extract a Kong tooth also knows how to fly a Hollow Earth hover ship -- clearly a man of many talents. God only knows what the Iwi tribe were up to with their glowing pyramids. What was the deal with that glowing spike that nasty ape used to control the ice lizard? And why did everyone suddenly start floating around in Hollow Earth? (there might have been explanations for some of these points, but they became lost in all of the chaos).

After Godzilla Minus One, I suggest leaving all future films featuring the big lizard to the Japanese.

3.5/10, rounded down to 3 for Kaylee Hottle's perpetually anxious look -- doesn't the girl have any other expressions?

Skar Tissue

[southdavid · 6/10 · 5 April 2024]

I was surprised about how uninteresting I found a large parts of what should be a big, dumb, fun Kaiju movie and certainly that wasn't what I felt about "Godzilla vs. Kong". In fairness it picked up towards the end though.

A signal coming from somewhere within the Hollow Earth causes Godzilla to begin to strengthen himself for an upcoming battle. Within Hollow Earth, Kong unwitting reveals a deeper level, that was previously sealed off and within that level are other giant apes, ruled over by a tyrannical king Skar. Kong challenges Skar but is wounded in a losing effort. Desperate he heads to the surface to convince Godzilla to join him in the battle.

That all sounds pretty exciting I know, but its all belaboured by a relatively boring middle section, that we spend with the human characters, exploring the Hollow Earth. The humans themselves are actually pretty good. Dan Stevens is great in everything and he's having a lot of fun here. He has good chemistry with lifelong friend Rebecca Hall and with Bryan Tyree Henry, both of whom are reprising their roles from "Godzilla vs. Kong". Still though their voyage through Hollow Earth is lacking in peril, or excitement. (Whilst we're here, the "Monarch" TV series established that time moves much slower in Hollow Earth than it does on the outside world - a fact that this film ignores entirely.)

It does, as you might imagine, pick up for a zero gravity multi-Titan battle that takes place leading into the films climax. From that moment on I was engaged with the film and enjoyed it through to the ending.

I don't know how helpful it is to compare this with "Godzilla Minus One" as despite sharing the same character, they have very different objectives in the stories they tell. But I did feel this was inferior to the last Monsterverse film and I'm not sure where I'd take the series from here.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire review

[Maxyger756 · 6/10 · 29 March 2024]

I like Godzilla in general but I vastly prefer Toho's output over Legendary's franchise. I thought the first 4 was mediocre and this was no different quality wise from it's predecessors.

This film followed the footsteps of GvK and KOTM by trying to fix the problem of the previous installment but mess up on something else. The fight scenes in GvK were very dragged out so they tried to make it shorter, however any action sequence with Godzilla was just bland. Speaking of which, Godzilla legitimately felt like a regular old side character rather than a main character. Not to mention how he moves. I'm not kidding when I say Godzilla moves like he was crack. His movements were just so weird and unnatural. This was disappointing to me because I came here just because of Godzilla and seeing him get sidelined was just crushing.

I can tell they tried to make this a great film. Because in the first act, they put in a bunch of separate action sequences in between scenes trying to entertain the audience but as I said, they were completely 1-sided extremely short fights that really doesn't entertain us. However the writers did come up with smart choices throughout the film and set up some of the twists well but the plot was so underwhelming. 2014 was the only MV film with a decent plot and it just went downhill from there. Don't even get me started with how they ended the film. "You are my home" like what does that mean? I know what the girl is trying to say but couldn't they figure out a better line?

Speaking of which, this film has a lot of points that makes no sense from a logical perspective. Where does the hollow earth get light? How did the tribe end up down there without any advanced technology? How do they survive the high temperatures of inner parts of Earth? And the list goes on.

However they did nail at one thing. Kong's plot and his action scenes were legit very fun and entertaining albeit I felt like they didn't know how to start the opening so it was just Kong chilling. Obviously I came to theaters to see Godzilla not Kong but I don't have much to complain about Kong. The team did think of creative ideas to get the fights going and so on. Even if it wasn't the best, The human plot was a significant improvement over previous installments and the final battle was entertaining

Rating: 6.3/10.