Amph "There's More Than One King" - The MonsterVerse [Godzilla x Kong: Supernova]

I am gping to see it Friday

 

Got my tickets for Friday afternoon!

 

So it's Kong and Godzilla vs. Scar King and another monster from the previews.

 

Working at a theater is tough at times like this. I mean if I'm an scheduled as an usher part of the job is walking into the theaters to make sure everything is ok with sound, screen, no one recording, ect. With GvK I saw the Hong Kong fight in our best room first showing but walked out when Mechagodzilla came out. Saved that for when I could actually watch whole thing.

So basically starting tomorrow I'm going to try and catch enough to satisfy my curiosity but not ruin the end fight.

 

The other monster is named

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Shimo.

Funny thing, my youngest actually got that big, walking, "fire" breathing Godzilla for his birthday from my sister (which, by the by, that thing is cool as hell). She also got my oldest a Kong, which was more of a typical action figure, but the box for that included the other characters on the back, so if you ever wanted a good look of Skar King or

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Shimo

, they were right there on the box weeks before.

 

It looks stupid but I’m going to see it tonight.

 

I just want to add something: it makes me feel damn good to see people who may not have high hopes for this one wishing nothing but enjoyment to those who are looking forward to GxK. In an increasingly cynical landscape, it's refreshing to see. I hope you find something to enjoy in it as well @Pro Scoundrel !

 

So - no spoilers...

Saw it last night and had a blast. That being said, as you have probably gathered, it's not trying to be MINUS ONE. It's a fun, silly, highly entertaining throw-back to the kind of giant monster movies I loved at weekend matinees, or on UHF on the weekends (how are those for dated references?). This movie exists to give us monster fights and that it does, especially in the second half. The human scenes are passable but - of course - we're not there for the human scenes.

I have seen some complaints that it is much more of a Kong movie than a Godzilla movie, and there is some justification to that, although we get plenty of great Godzilla scenes AND Godzilla is treated as an alpha-level threat so he definitely gets his props.

One pretty mild quibble is that when the monsters fight each other in the Hollow Earth, their size doesn't really come across. When Kong and ...er...certain villains...face off, you often don't get the sense of scale you would if they were duking it out in a city. But that's hardly a showstopper.

I had a great time. Go in expecting to enjoy a silly, grand, WWE-style monster smackdown, and I think you will have a great time!

PS - The theater chain where I saw it had some Godzilla x Kong promo stuff, but not much ...other chains are apparently doing much better. They had some cool Godzilla Minifigures as soda toppers but to get them you had to buy them as part of a package with a decorated popcorn bucket... for $30.... and cheap @#$#$ that I am, thats kinda ridiculous, even for a major G fan like myself. Just saying. Kinda disappointing - they had far more Ghostbusters merch.

 

In the clips I saw it seems like Rebecca Hall's only job is to describe the plot to us. Seeing it this weekend, maybe today. I do like that blonde actor from Downton Abbey sounds like he's funny in this.

 

This was so damn fun. Adam Wingard understood the assignment. The monsters are the stars (although the humans have a part to play, and Jia’s character in particular is just as important), and the action is just plain old fun.

I liked the expansion of the lore as well (specifically that

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the Iwi have a relationship not only with Kong, but Godzilla and Mothra as well

). Speaking of

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Mothra, I love that she plays the part of peace keeper between Kong and Godzilla; she even gets in on the fight at the end.

And that final fight? *chef’s kiss* Pure monster mayhem, which is the reason we go to these movies in the first place.

I’m pleased to see that this is doing well, and that audiences are seemingly enjoying it as well. I say let’s crank another one of these out and go pure, bat **** crazy with it, Destroy All Monsters/ Godzilla vs King Ghidorah/Final Wars style. Let’s get Gigan in as a big bad and go out with a bang.

 

Movie was alright, needed more Godzilla but everything needs more Godzilla. These last two movies have been very pro-Kong, Godzilla almost seems like a guest star

 

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I will see it next weekend. It will be too crowded today.

 

It was quite fun. No complaints from me.

 

So happy to see GxK doing well at the box office - hopefully word of mouth sustains it some. I have seen comments about it being a fun movie for kids of a certain age and great point -- we don't get too many of those.

Hopefully it does well enough to encourage MORE "giant monster" movies moving forward!

 

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