+5
lol. I can't be friends with any of you anymore.
I usually hate these types of movies. Skull Island was OK for me. The Previous Godzilla flicks were passable maybe taking themselves too seriously with the human drama. The Core and other "center-of-the-earth type adventure movies irritate me on some weird principle. On a very brief reflection, I think that may be the same reason I hate Jurassic Park flicks. They are all just so ridiculous, yet appear to stay grounded in some reality in which the absurd is quite rational. Perhaps the closest movie in this genre that didn't completely irritate me was Skyline. Oh that was a bad movie, for sure, but the ending made up for some of that---enough to give the sequel a chance. The next movie up was Pacific Rim. I think that was a transitional movie for me, coming to terms with my expectations vs film maker intent. The follow-up to Pacific Rim did an even better job of landing square in deliberate camp-drama. At least for me.
When Godzilla v Kong landed, I really had no idea what to expect. Usually I want dark, brooding destruction (take Netflix's recent short series run of Pacific Rim: The Black, for instance); but this time I just let go and tried to roll with it.
I have to tell you that I enjoyed this movie far more than I expected and exponentially more than any similar movie before it. I think the conspiracy nut radio host did a great job of reminding me that this is not reality-based science fiction, but a silly caricature of a world in which 'zilla walks freely to blasts holes literally to the center of the earth. Silly, great stuff that asked on beat one, "dude. I'm not taking myself seriously---at all---here. Don't YOU do it either, k?" I obliged and I am grateful for the reminder and agreement, as this movie was a hybrid of all the misspent potential from these style movies that came before it, all rolled into one cheesy quesadilla, flavored by only the better points of those flicks (monkey ape* v laser lizard annihilating cityscapes CGI gluttony?!) while keeping the must-eat, good-for-you veggies that is human drama to an absolute minimum.
Yeah, I'm buying the collector's SteelBox UHD blu-ray/dvd/laserdisc with digital download and 3-disc behind the scenes bonus features, complete with the CD soundtrack of the 2-hour, all original audio recordings of wildlife used to create Godzilla's, "rrrreeeeeAAAAAH ree-AAAAH" taunts, bobble head dash mount Kong, AND flashlight 'zilla keychain for when you need to laser blast your way through the dark of your porch boxed set.
I'm OK to watch that alone, if I must.
*edited for fear of wrath.
Last edited by ynwtf; 04-06-21 at 08:48 PM.