Godzilla: King of the Monsters

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TVJerryJun 11, 2019

The popular Japanese beast is back, a few years after the last one ended. This time, several other "titans" have been awakened, which means for 2 dull hours we get giant monsters fighting each other, while the humans run around defyingThe popular Japanese beast is back, a few years after the last one ended. This time, several other "titans" have been awakened, which means for 2 dull hours we get giant monsters fighting each other, while the humans run around defying physics and logic. Unlike the classics, there's no monster rampaging thru cities, sending residents fleeing and destroying buildings, so we don't really care about the story or the people. The movie has a lot of big set pieces, but the action is noisy, repetitious, unspectacular and never exciting.… Expand

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TheQuietGamerAug 31, 2019

Yoooooo, people who hated Godzilla 2014 actually out here acting like this a better movie. LOLROFLMBO!

B-b-b-but muh monster fights! Please, Godzilla still feels like a side-character in his own movie and every time one of these titan fightsYoooooo, people who hated Godzilla 2014 actually out here acting like this a better movie. LOLROFLMBO!

B-b-b-but muh monster fights! Please, Godzilla still feels like a side-character in his own movie and every time one of these titan fights starts to get interesting the camera cuts away to check back up on whatever the wishy-washy turds at Monarch are doing. Michael Dougherty can't make glorious destruction like Gareth Edwards can and the brief glimpses you do get of the action you came to see are obscured and clouded by environmental effects to the point where you might as well not be looking at anything.

All this stuff you all complained about in the 2014 film is still here yet you're excepting this time around because Godzilla has a few classic names to throwdown with? Nothing has actually improved. So sorry, but I'm gonna have to call you guys out on your crap with this one.

If anything, this a huge step back from what we got before. The writing is just terrible. Only marginally less stupid than Pacific Rim: Uprising, which still holds the title of dumbest Kaiju movie, King of the Monsters doesn't even make use of it's one potentially good idea of people trying to use the titans to reverse humanity's effects on the environment. Instead it's just watching a bunch of idiots constantly flip-flop on whether or not they want to kill Godzilla and company, while Kyle Chandler struggles to decide on whispering or yelling all of his lines. Like seriously guy, just talk normal. That's perfectly acceptable.

Between this and the "talent" hired to make the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong, it looks like the MonsterVerse is trying to take advantage of what appears to be the DCEU's recent comeback and snag the crown of worst cinematic universe right off its head. A shame, because before this it was in the running with The Conjuring Universe to be the MCU's second. Now it looks like we may need to behead this false king. His castle has begun to crumble.… Expand

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RtheomJun 2, 2019

The 2014 movie was a terrible Godzilla movie and a mediocre action movie. This is a terrible a Godzilla movie and a terrible action movie. Once again, America continues to prove that it just cannot do a proper Godzilla film. We get maybe 7The 2014 movie was a terrible Godzilla movie and a mediocre action movie. This is a terrible a Godzilla movie and a terrible action movie. Once again, America continues to prove that it just cannot do a proper Godzilla film. We get maybe 7 minutes of monster screen time instead of the 5 minutes in the last movie. Hardly an improvement. The characters are all completely ridiculous or pointless and there is nothing interesting going on between the half-second monster fights.

The one good thing about this is that it means we're going to get a freakin' sweet Godzilla movie from TOHO in the next year or so. :)… Expand

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JoeCoolJul 31, 2019

The plot was probably written by an untalented 8-year old. The characteraction don't make any sort of sense. The monster fight scenes are the only thing worth watching, and even those have a sixties-feel at times, at times they're just off.The plot was probably written by an untalented 8-year old. The characteraction don't make any sort of sense. The monster fight scenes are the only thing worth watching, and even those have a sixties-feel at times, at times they're just off. The story is the real disaster and Emma is the real queen of monsters. Dunno where they found over 400 people to claim they liked watching this mess.… Expand

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sepehrSep 20, 2019

when two monsters run toward each other for a breathtaking battle, director cut the scene to humans and this happens in all battle scenes. i don't care about Madison and Emma please show Godzilla more. its his film not Madison's

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eagleeyevikingDec 30, 2019

"Godzilla: King of the Monsters" proves that being bigger doesn't make a film better. Some shots are picturesque and the film chugs along at a brisk pace. However, the callous approach taken with regards to its action, snarky dialogue,"Godzilla: King of the Monsters" proves that being bigger doesn't make a film better. Some shots are picturesque and the film chugs along at a brisk pace. However, the callous approach taken with regards to its action, snarky dialogue, senseless plot, and lack of memorable characters render "King of Monsters" the first disappointing entry of Legendary and Warner Bros' MonsterVerse.… Expand

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MattBrady99Dec 30, 2019

"Long live... the king."

'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' didn't work for me. Sorry guys. I'm gonna be the odd one to say this, but I thought this was incredibly boring. I re-watched the 2014 version back in May in preparation for this"Long live... the king."

'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' didn't work for me. Sorry guys. I'm gonna be the odd one to say this, but I thought this was incredibly boring.

I re-watched the 2014 version back in May in preparation for this movie and after five years since I've seen it, it still holds up. The scale felt so grand and the overall experience is so epic. It's a shame the same can't be said for 'King of the Monsters'.

People have complied about the characters in the 2014 version, but nothing compares to these planks of wood. Holy sh*t they are so one note. I honestly couldn't care for the whole family dilemma. At least we had Bryan Cranston that brought an emotional hook in Gareth Edwards movie. Heck, the characters in the original weren't too bad.

The comedy between other characters is painfully unfunny and out of place. The writing is really bad and doesn't help any character development. Logical sense for these characters are non-existing.

The visual effects, sound work, and action scenes were all the main highlights of course. I love the concepts of each monster and how visual effect wizardry brought it to life. During the fights or whenever the monsters are about to clash was a lot of fun.

Everything else....not so much.

Overall rating: Satisfying for some Godzilla fans, but doesn't live up to its predecessor.… Expand

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dafragstaJun 16, 2019

I really don't know who to believe anymore when there is disparity in scores between fans and critics. This time the critics were right.

I don't have a very high bar for action movies like this, so it's not like I'm cork sniffing over here.I really don't know who to believe anymore when there is disparity in scores between fans and critics. This time the critics were right.

I don't have a very high bar for action movies like this, so it's not like I'm cork sniffing over here. Armageddon was a better movie than this pile of patchwork narrative and inconsistency of thought. I felt like I was watching a fever dream of a movie because of how janky and disconnected the narrative was. Trying to understand what this movie is trying to do is like trying to stick your hand into water without getting wet.

There is nothing in the characters in this movie that makes me like or give a single **** about any of them. The destruction is so vast and unearned that I don't care if the whole planet burns. There is no interesting dynamic in how the monsters work. There is no one scene that I can think of that is so well defined either in recognizable scale or earned tension that I can even remember. It's like trying to attempt recollection of an extremely weird dream 3 hours after you had it. Time, distance, and size mean absolutely nothing in this movie. The monsters are big, but you get a feeling that their size is so variable that it it can be whatever they want it to be from one scene to the next that I'm surprised 12" Godzilla doesn't pop out of a toilet bowl and burn someone's ****

The destruction is so vast that entire cities are laid to waste, yet main characters are implausibly spared even though they're right in the middle of the mess. I'm not even sure what Mothra's role in this movie was. This was the most expensive Mad-Libs movie I've ever seen because the only good thing about it was the CGI.

Independence Day is a good bad movie. I actually felt something when Randy Quaid sacrificed himself and flew up into the butthole of the spaceship. This was a hot mess of nonsense that had no pacing or coherence. You know when you try to wing it when you cook meal out of whatever's in the fridge and nothing complements anything else and comes out nothing like the way you expected it? That's what this movie felt like. If people liked this horrible crap and hated Batman vs Superman, I put their honesty of movie appreciation squarely in question. I can forgive that crap before I forgive this steaming pile of radioactive rambling nonsense. That was a terrible movie, but at least I didn't feel like I knew where it was going.

Seriously, to the reviewer who wrote "This isn't a Shakespeare play. This isn't Driving Miss Daisy. It's GODZILLA." and then gave it a f&*king 10... A TEN... I hate you and you need to stop sharing your opinions on movies. Some people are contrarians for the sake of being contrarians and I could accept that point of view if they gave it a 7 or 8, but to give this movie a 10, you are kind of a terrible person and screaming out loud for your opinion to never be trusted again. It's such an absurd disconnect between quality _on any level_ and reality that I just can't find any way to understand what kind of brain parasite must be controlling those people, let alone believe that's an honest opinion, outside of maybe doubling down on their decision to see this movie as a validation of their taste.… Expand

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l3anyanMay 31, 2019

I write this as a generation X kid that grew up watching Godzilla and Toho films on Saturdays. To this day, for some odd reason, Godzilla holds a special place in my heart; whether it's him himself or purely nostalgic I don't know. So withI write this as a generation X kid that grew up watching Godzilla and Toho films on Saturdays. To this day, for some odd reason, Godzilla holds a special place in my heart; whether it's him himself or purely nostalgic I don't know. So with high expectations I caught this movie on the typical night before release - coming in on a full-on roller coaster ride of hype and doubts. For those that aren't into reading reviews longer than one paragraph: Did I like the movie? No. I left my seat deflated and disappointed. I hoped for a film for those of us that grew up with Toho, those of us that aren't ten-years-old and don't care for the unnatural pacing and characters of films like Star Wars and Marvel, where it's one unbelievably happenstance thing after the next.

Let me say a few things I did like, and I admit, there is not many. I do like that you can now hear some of that iconic Godzilla roar in this mixed in with the new. There are some truly beautiful scenes of Godzilla and Mothra early on - which almost make the price of admission worth it alone. I do like Watanabe's last scene in the film, though to avoid spoilers, cannot go into that. Overall, I do like the monster designs.

Now we come to the part of this review that pains me to write...

All this talk of the monsters being the focal point of the film is absurd. The true stars here are Watanabe, Chandler, Farmiga, and Eleven from Stranger Things playing Eleven from Stranger Things. In all sincerity, Godzilla and the others are the supporting cast. What this left me with was a plot that was chock full of humans in the worst way; and I mean a very large human cast, where they by and large offer nothing but a skin deep plot to steer the movie forward. With their prominence in this film the only thing they contribute is characters that would fit into any Transformers movie. Simply put, all characters, with the exception of Watanabe's, are no good. We also get the very banal characters from the 2014 film, such as the admiral and Watanbe's genric aide, played by Sally Hawkins - and then some. Filling in for the famous twin Mothra fairies is a woman that adds drivel via her research on what looks like Wikipedia or another online encyclopedia. We also can't forget to mention the Hokey politicians and Monarch soldiers that are there for tired quips that lack wit. The villains in this film rival those of Star Wars' New Order; their story is so little told it could fit into a TV advert - they don't really matter. Charles Dance's character also doesn't matter. So what are we left with? A cast, the true stars of this film, jerking back and forth in character (Chandler), and the rest levying 'witty' comments, having an explanation for everything to handhold the audience, and reacting on a dime to everything at every turn... Literally, they look right just in time and something happens. Then they look left and, again, just in time, something happens. And so on...

The hand-holding of the characters and writing is so bad that, for instance, a video conference call between Farmiga and Chandler is accompanied by a short film. I guess the characters in this world create video presentations prior to calling one another. In reality, if your dialog is so weak and can't deliver or stand on its own, and requires the use of visual aids, it just doesn't work.

We have been primed going in to believe that they are the true stars of this film. Regardless how well they are designed, they are, as stated above, a supporting cast. For some of you the truth of this will come later once the dust and hype settles, and for others, it will take someone compiling a video of all Godzilla footage out of the two plus hours run time, and uploading it to YouTube - and it will be a small fraction of that two hours (oh, but not that human cast - they are in there for the duration). At every possible moment this large human cast is in the way. Whether it is during fight scenes or not, we are constantly being pulled away and led by the hand to see foot and claw from their perspective. I understand the desire to illustrate scale, but surely this doesn't mean we need to be constantly bludgeoned over the head to be reminded of it. Even when it comes to the final showdown between Godzilla and Ghidorah, the creators felt the need to busy the audience with characters doing dumb things that don't matter - or worse yet, are plot devices of the most worst kind.

The final battle also concludes in the worst possible way. It's offending how cheap and contrived it is... The ending and the buildup to it also flies in the face of the King of Monsters - the guardian of the natural world - Godzilla. It's the ultimate cheap shot. This is followed by showing additional titans - most having never been seen on any Toho film. There is no Gigan, no Baragon, no Megalon - none of them. And why weren't they there at the end to bend a knee?!? It would have left things off on the highest possible note.… Expand

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BerikJun 3, 2019

If you are a 5 year old, you will think this movie is amazing. If you managed to age past 5 years however... Coming from Kong: Skull Island (Which i really liked and gave an 8/10), Godzilla: King of the Monsters goes back to Godzilla 2014,If you are a 5 year old, you will think this movie is amazing. If you managed to age past 5 years however... Coming from Kong: Skull Island (Which i really liked and gave an 8/10), Godzilla: King of the Monsters goes back to Godzilla 2014, but decides to double down on stupidity in favor of a few more monsters. Don't be fooled, we really only got 4 monsters as the other ones have a combined screen time of less then 2 minutes. And 90% of this movie are scenes about the dumb-ass humans who all graduated from the 80's action movie intelligence school.

Right from the start, the movie takes an incredibly slow and dumb approach to unveiling the monsters. Emma, who deserves to burn in the deepest and darkest pit of hell, is a psychopathic, mass murdering terrible mother with a god complex. Not only does she detonate bombs while her own husband and daughter are right in front of them, she even dares to pretend that she can shrug it off when it 'surprisingly' doesn't go according to plan. SHE is the Queen of the Monsters! She is responsible for every single human death after pushing the button!

It's insulting to think that people defend this as a monster movie, when the writers of the movie themselves put so much screen time into the human characters. It should be renamed; Emma: Queen of Idiocy and Monsters. There are many moments in the movie that are so pointless and forgetable that i wonder why this movie is even around two hours long. There's a whole scene about a marine getting injured in the leg (which no one will even remember) that serves no purpose. The whole idea that an alien is somehow perfectly capable to communicate with Earth monsters doesn't even make sense in a monster movie. The jokes in this movie were so lame and boring that it irritated me. The daughter serves no purpose other than dragging the ORCA, and i really hope child services will remove her from her deranged and lunatic father. The only intelligent character in this whole movie is played by Charles Dance, who basically says: 'You opened pandora's box, yet are surprised when the results are not what you expected?' He actually makes sense there. Every single other character in this movie has the IQ of a Tiger with down syndrome (Google it, they exist). Are there good points? Yes there are:
+ Charles Dance was interesting and convincing
+ The moment Godzilla enters Boston was very impressive
+ The monster battles themselves are very awesome
+ Donald Trump wasn't President

I was bored, and very disappointed in this lazy childish mess of a movie. Just because it's a monster movie doesn't mean you can't have well written characters, sensible plot points and good jokes. Just look at the MCU. I think Godzilla fans deserve better, and i definitely did considering i paid for this fan fiction. It is a bad movie. I give it a 4/10.… Expand

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BulgarianCriticJun 24, 2019

There were barely any titans fighting and when they were they just kept cutting to the characters and their :OOOOO faces and **** monsters great soundtrack bland story and human characters

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bakersJun 13, 2019

What a boring train wreck of a film, why do they continue to make these CGI films?
There is no substance to this film, it is so predictable and the plot is forced contrived nonsense.
I would say that the acting was terrible except that theWhat a boring train wreck of a film, why do they continue to make these CGI films?
There is no substance to this film, it is so predictable and the plot is forced contrived nonsense.

I would say that the acting was terrible except that the actors really did not have a script, it feels like they made the big CGI action sequences first then tried to stitch them together with an improvised, clichéd, plot hole filled, nonsensical, incomprehensible plot.

The actors are all stereo types that we have seen so many times before, lazy writing from a lazy production team who have no imagination or care for the craft of film making.

I advise you to wait till this nonsense comes out on video and fast forward to the monster fights, seriously there is no point watching anything that happens between the fight scenes, indeed, the crap acting and contrived dialogue will make you sick.

Something else that is abundantly clear, they have seriously gone overboard with the fake reviews, I do not think I have seen so many fake bot / studio reviews.
It is shameful that they do this, it is a real pity they did not put as much work into creating a decent script the good - monster fights the bad – EVERYTHING ELSE!… Expand

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thatdannerJun 16, 2019

I must admit that I was quite disappointed in this movie. It was not nearly what it promised. Barely any of the monsters were actually shown and the story was practically non-existent. The former movie (Godzilla 2014) did a far more fantasticI must admit that I was quite disappointed in this movie. It was not nearly what it promised. Barely any of the monsters were actually shown and the story was practically non-existent. The former movie (Godzilla 2014) did a far more fantastic job of what this movie failed at. There was barely any action in the entire movie as a whole and the dialogue was cheesy and boring. A couple of vibrant characters made the movie good (props to Bradley Whitford), but overall the movie was bland and boring with actors who looked like they'd never been on a movie before. Sad moments felt funny and comedic moments were just cringe-worthy. For a movie with such high production value, it was certainly lackluster. The CGI, even, was laughably bad; even compared to the 2014 Godzilla. I'm hoping for a more exciting take on Godzilla with the next movie. Still very unfortunate how this one turned out, but the movie leaves me with just enough hope that it hasn't been entirely ruined.… Expand

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MasadaOct 22, 2019

Rewatched it on my big screen at home. What a joke of a movie, it wasn't even that enjoyable just for its cgi work which is questionable at best in what are supposed to be the most exiting parts of the movie. Every time Serizawa says 'Gojira'Rewatched it on my big screen at home. What a joke of a movie, it wasn't even that enjoyable just for its cgi work which is questionable at best in what are supposed to be the most exiting parts of the movie. Every time Serizawa says 'Gojira' is absolutely cringey. Not that most of the dialogue isn't any better. There's no depth, there's no passion for what Godzilla is for the movie screen. It doesn't blow me away like it should. Which is a shame.… Expand

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MysticshockMay 30, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good cgi, although it was dark, cloudy, and raining most of the time. Underwhelming fight scenes, especially when they keep cutting back to the humans. Mothra and Rodan barely used, especially Mothra. Unecessary human drama.… Expand

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Leo_MinhottiJun 8, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Os monstros aparecem, e quando eles chegam na tela, conseguem divertir a todos. Assustador? Claro que não. Mas ainda conseguem ser maravilhas técnicas. É uma pena que a mecânica do enredo não teve a imaginação que a equipe costuma transmitir. E os **** não têm figuras de comunicação. Quanta sorte um monstro pode ter!

A cientista Emma Russell (Vera Farmiga) tinha uma invenção chamada Orca (?). Ela faz sons que se comunicam com os monstros e controlam o seu comportamento. Mas Emma não tem a mesma sorte com a sua filha adolescente Madison (a atriz maravilhosa Millie Bobby Brown, de 'Stranger Things'), que acha de uma forma muito correta que a sua mãe ficou louca.

Madison ficou triste por ter perdido seu irmão na batalha que havia terminado no último filme da franquia. Mas Mark (Kyle Chandler), seu pai divorciado, está para baixo afogando as suas mágoas na bebida, mas agora retorna para restaurar o sentido do universo. A guerra se resume nas pessoas que acreditam que os humanos devem viver em paz com os monstros e os opositores que querem destruir as criaturas da face da terra. Por diversão e lucro, é claro. O filme consegue fazer você imaginar a Antártida chegar até Boston -- a destruição do Fenway Park por Ghidorah é um ótimo exemplo contendo efeitos especiais -- mas raramente chega a lugar algum. Você se importa? Provavelmente não. Quando os **** aparecem e começam a lutar, você cede vendo o filme apenas para se divertir e não levar a sério.… Expand

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arvind100Jun 15, 2019

Godzzzzilla: King of the Monsters (ya, right!)

Well.. I didn't expect this from the MonsterVerse. They made two good movies - The 2014 Godzilla movie featuring a new and refurbished Godzilla and the 2017 rendition of King Kong set in theGodzzzzilla: King of the Monsters (ya, right!)

Well.. I didn't expect this from the MonsterVerse. They made two good movies - The 2014 Godzilla movie featuring a new and refurbished Godzilla and the 2017 rendition of King Kong set in the past on Skull Island. Both had an amazing star cast headlined by an even more amazing Titan.

King of the Monsters promised a plethora of well known monsters from the world of Godzilla. And it does give us that. King Ghidorah, Mothra, Rodan and another 12 to 14 more. The graphics are amazing especially on the big screen. Though Kong is mentioned, he does not make an appearance but they do setup up the Godzilla v Kong sequel quite cryptically. Where does the movie falter? Well, at everything else apart from the graphics. The worst part is the dialogues. Who wrote them? A 10 year old could have written something better. Better yet, you could have just cut the dialogues and given us only the monsters fighting for 2 whole hours. That would have been far more bearable despite being cliched to the core. Kyle Chandler has never been so cringe worthy. And to think he was part of Manchester By The Sea.

There is a point where the every actor on screen becomes unbearable. Vera Farmiga's (who is the go to person for any Warner Bros. Movie) intentions seem irritating, Millie Bobby Brown is better off in Stranger Things, Charles Dance was not required here, Thomas Middleditch is again another cringe-worthy addition and Ken Watanabe does what any honourable man would do when they are cast in such monstrosities. I actually feel sad for Godzilla. Poor guy has to save the human race from the mistakes they intentionally make (this includes the movie).

Unlike the original (2014), there is a lot more of the Titan screentime . Zilla gets considerable screen time. But it does not carry the impact of Gareth Edwards's 2014 version. There is a lot of history (pre-historic) regarding these Titans to be discovered. And I guess a movie on that would not hurt. King of the Monsters is like a B-movie with good visual effects.… Expand

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cheetahsiriMay 9, 2020

Godzilla king of the monsters.the movie is full of imperfections.that made out to be great fun in the midst of all annoying, silly,unreasonable characters.

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DolphinReviewsJul 20, 2022

This is a mind numbing enjoyable movie that improves upon the original by a lot.

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ArkonBladeJun 21, 2019

I'm a huge Godzilla fan since I was 3 years old. I've seen every movie they have made. I was so looking forward to this. Well I'll start with whats good. The monsters look good, They look more modern but still have their old feel. GodzillaI'm a huge Godzilla fan since I was 3 years old. I've seen every movie they have made. I was so looking forward to this. Well I'll start with whats good. The monsters look good, They look more modern but still have their old feel. Godzilla looks like Godzilla, Mothra like Mothra , King Ghedora like he is suppose to look. So I was happy with that. What very little monster fighting this movie had was ok. Every thing else sucks. The 2014 Godzilla movie was ok mainly due to Bryan Cranston who is a great actor and gave you some one to care about unfortunitly they killed him half through that movie and man was that a mistake. This movie really could have used him. I didn't care one bit for one person in this movie. Infact I hated them all outside of the one Japanese guy who was in the 2014 Godzilla movie who barely did any thing in this one. I was just so damn bored with this movie. the Human element was so god awful that I wanted to just get up and walk out of this pile of trash. The action was minimal. It did the same stupid thing Godzilla 2014 did. show you 10-20 seconds of action then go back to the boring human characters. I pay to see a Godzilla movie to see a bunch of giant monsters go at each other and I got less then the bare minimum. This was my number one want to see movie this year and I feel so let down. They got it so right with Kong Skull island. I felt so satisfied with that movie or some thing like the first Pacific Rim gave you plenty of Robot vs Monster action and if you were expecting any thing close to that ,you will be massively let down. Before this movie I couldn't wait for Godzilla vs King Kong but now I'm really doubtful on it.… Expand

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imthenoobAug 13, 2019

The monster side of things is fine. It's entertaining, Great to see all these classic monsters in CG. The human side of things is a freaking drag. The story isn't interesting in the slightest and I often wanted to skip it in order to get backThe monster side of things is fine. It's entertaining, Great to see all these classic monsters in CG. The human side of things is a freaking drag. The story isn't interesting in the slightest and I often wanted to skip it in order to get back to the monsters. And it's way too long with its over 2-hour runtime. I felt that they tried to introduce too much without properly fleshing out the story and the characters.… Expand

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segadsOct 9, 2019

What a weak plot, can't say more what a Weak plot, is just dumb to beginning to end,

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KraksMar 20, 2021

The number of positive user reviews for this movie leave me very saddened for the future of the human race. I only give it a 3 for the visuals, which were neat. The story was utter trash. The characters were idiotic. So much of the humorThe number of positive user reviews for this movie leave me very saddened for the future of the human race. I only give it a 3 for the visuals, which were neat. The story was utter trash. The characters were idiotic. So much of the humor felt awfully misplaced and even 4th wall breaking at times. Just a bad flick. Standard Hollywood trash these days: humans are the real monsters, we must end a huge portion of the population to save the Earth, etc etc. And the Chinese influence in this film (and many others) is getting ridiculous. They gave almost every bit of expositional dialogue to the Chinese girl because 1. she can't speak English that well and exposition doesn't leave much room for ad libbing 2. she can't act at all and 3. Chinese investors and the Chinese government told them she had to have a certain amount of dialogue and screen time, as they often do.… Expand

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moviestalkerJun 5, 2019

The story was beyond stupid. It's like the script was written 15 minutes before they started filming. Monster battles could have been longer imho.

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mscsniperxJun 2, 2019

The CGI was mostly obscured by rain. The biggest problem with the movie was the Human chrachters were so horribly written, it was beyond cringe. I am not at all a snob and very forgiving, but some of things the characters do were so mindThe CGI was mostly obscured by rain. The biggest problem with the movie was the Human chrachters were so horribly written, it was beyond cringe. I am not at all a snob and very forgiving, but some of things the characters do were so mind blowingly unbelievable and stupid (specially in motivation).. it took me write out of the movie. The monsters were far far more believable then the character's motivations, dialog, and actions.… Expand

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RatedRexJun 2, 2019

Too dark. Too cloudy. Too rainy. Horrible plot. Bad writing. Bad direction. Bad acting. Not much Rodan or Mothra. Not enough Godzilla. Not enough Ghidorah. Not enough monster fights. Way too much human stuff. Special effectsToo dark. Too cloudy. Too rainy. Horrible plot. Bad writing. Bad direction. Bad acting. Not much Rodan or Mothra. Not enough Godzilla. Not enough Ghidorah. Not enough monster fights. Way too much human stuff. Special effects weren't that impressive, especially Ghidorah, who looked cheaply designed. Worst of all, the movie was boring. The best things about the movie was the music and the atomic Godzilla at the end. What an enormously missed opportunity. If Godzilla vs Kong is no better than this, the franchise will be doomed.… Expand

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tima26tlJun 2, 2019

One of two movies in my life that I couldn't watch till the end in the cinema...

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Popcorn55Jun 8, 2019

OK so imagine that your immature buddy in 7th grade wrote a screenplay over the weekend for A/V class, based on a 1997-era video game. And they made that into a big-budget movie, word for word, with effects that look exactly like 1997OK so imagine that your immature buddy in 7th grade wrote a screenplay over the weekend for A/V class, based on a 1997-era video game. And they made that into a big-budget movie, word for word, with effects that look exactly like 1997 video-game graphics. That's Godzilla. It's just the most idiotic infantile thing you ever saw. Every lame, tired cliche from previous disaster movies is included like a recipe:

* Great big video-game monstas that move real slow and walk real loud;
* Constant "SHOOM... SHOOOM... SHOOOOOM!" sound effects;
* The gay-glasses-guy who wisecracks annoyingly but un-funnily all through the film;
* The child who gets separated from parents and is constant danger;
* Lame, blue-toned video-game CGI;
* Separated family members screaming "NOOOO!" as they get separated;
* The music and monsta-fight-noise stop politely when characters need to have an emotional talk during the crisis;
* Explosions and massive flying objects moving WAY too fast, but somehow missing everybody;
* Blubbering family reunion at the end.

Since it seems to have been written by a 7th grader, it really doesn't quite make sense and after a while, it's impossible to follow the narrative (if any), with all the scene and character changes -- like how they all suddenly end up in Boston when they were just in Mexico or the Gulf of Mexico?

Anyhow, if you're a very immature 7th grader, you might like this, but otherwise, for Godzilla's sake stay away!… Expand

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GrantD243Oct 4, 2019

I didn't get a chance to see this one in the theater, and I can't say I regret it that much. Some of the visuals in this film are great, but most of those moments were also in the trailers. Take out those few moments of great visuals, andI didn't get a chance to see this one in the theater, and I can't say I regret it that much. Some of the visuals in this film are great, but most of those moments were also in the trailers. Take out those few moments of great visuals, and there isn't much here. The first hour and a half are downright boring, and the climax (which is, shocker, a fight between Titans) left me less satisfied than the first film did. Cheesy dialogue, a boring story that goes on too long, and a disappointing final fight cement Godzilla: King of Monsters as one of my least favorite films of the year.… Expand

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CowboySimulatorJun 13, 2019

This movie was filled with some fantastic effects! Unfortunately that doesn't help when the human characters are about as interesting as sack of potatoes. Now that would be fine if we didn't spend so much time with these dull potatoes, of ifThis movie was filled with some fantastic effects! Unfortunately that doesn't help when the human characters are about as interesting as sack of potatoes. Now that would be fine if we didn't spend so much time with these dull potatoes, of if they were actual 3 dimensional characters!… Expand

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ahmedaiman1999Jun 23, 2020

God-awful: King of the Monstrosity

The cast deserves better than this. Because it's the dynamic between Kyle Chandler, Ken Watanabe and Ziyi Zhang is what made the scenes they share more tolerable despite some atrocious dialogue andGod-awful: King of the Monstrosity

The cast deserves better than this. Because it's the dynamic between Kyle Chandler, Ken Watanabe and Ziyi Zhang is what made the scenes they share more tolerable despite some atrocious dialogue and unbearably cringe-worthy one-liners. And because Millie Bobby Brown could have single-handedly made the formulaic dramatic arc work if it wasn't for the fact the film went for the action from the get-go and for almost the entire first 40 minutes, which is basically consists of a set of crammed together segments of non-stop action and explosions which are all devoid of the slightest tension.

After showing many monsters on screen, for a reason or no reason, to give those who hated Godzilla what they wanted, the plot began to unravel. But the rest of the movie isn't actually any better. As the more the story proceeds, the clearer it appears how superficial and uninspired it is. I liked both Gareth Edwards's Godzilla and Jordan Vogt-Roberts's Kong: Skull Island, so it's not like I can't stand a mindless creature feature, but this is just extremely poorly made. Even the CGI that most people were praising I found quite disappointing. King Ghidorah, in particular, looks so cartoonish. I mean, Disney's Hercules's Hydra looks more realistic!

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Mauro_LanariAug 16, 2019

(Mauro Lanari)
In "Aliens vs. Predator" there was still behind Giger's hand and therefore the dark side of anthropology, in "Independence Day" [1996] there was a simple and linear blockbuster signed Emmerich on the unification of the humanity(Mauro Lanari)
In "Aliens vs. Predator" there was still behind Giger's hand and therefore the dark side of anthropology, in "Independence Day" [1996] there was a simple and linear blockbuster signed Emmerich on the unification of the humanity for a common effort against a planetary enemy, here there is an eco-environmentalist story that becomes an eco-terrorist one that becomes a yawning clash of monsters, pardon: between kaijū (in short: a fantasy family movie). The presence of "11" is irrelevant.… Expand

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DanDelaneyMay 31, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This film lacked spent so much time hyping up the fights between the Godzilla and Ghidorah and after what feels like an eternity having to wade through poor dialogue between underdeveloped characters pushing attempting to push forward a weak plot you finally see the two fight for possibly three minutes. This is then followed by nearly another hour of setting development (the world is being destroyed by the Titans) until we finally see some real monster on monster action. The CGI was not particularly exceptional, for instance, close-ups on Ghidorah's heads looked awful in comparison to the CGI of the dragons in Game of Thrones, yet Godzilla looked to be rendered in remarkably higher quality. The ending fight was rather enjoyable, Thermonuclear Godzilla was a spectacle and satisfying finale to the Ghidora and Godzilla brawl. All in all the film would have been better suited if they had removed many of the horrendous one-liner cuts to and from both the main characters and supporting characters especially in the middle of action sequences. In reality, Thomas Middleditch's character felt far more developed and as if he belonged in this story than the characters of Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, and Millie Bobby Brown. A tremendous disappointment!… Expand

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ARP2169May 31, 2019

Oh my Godzilla is it bad. The worst sin of the movie isn't that Millie Brown breathing heavily ISN'T acting, or that the plot was so dumb it hurt, or even the internal logic of the film doesn't work, it is that the film is boring. HollywoodOh my Godzilla is it bad. The worst sin of the movie isn't that Millie Brown breathing heavily ISN'T acting, or that the plot was so dumb it hurt, or even the internal logic of the film doesn't work, it is that the film is boring. Hollywood has made two giant monsters boring. I was actually getting upset how with how boring thus film is. It is literally a waste of two hours of my life.… Expand

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akrik1024Jun 3, 2019

Great effect
The music is also very good
But the story is very unsmooth
The design of the battle is not good.

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Marko35Jun 6, 2019

A pale, disgusting movie with a bad plot and as in every new fantasy movie too much CGI and too little real storytelling.

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goukarumaJun 7, 2019

I swear they are trying to troll me. They took the worst parts of the first movie and made more of that.

>fights where you can barely see anything - always night and rain,cut to planes or humans running >they are trying to be serious butI swear they are trying to troll me. They took the worst parts of the first movie and made more of that.

>fights where you can barely see anything - always night and rain,cut to planes or humans running
>they are trying to be serious but don't have a consitent tone
>unlikeable charaters - the mom is a psycho, child a brat
>there are like 30 more characters and none of them matters
>everyone acts stupid and unreasonable - there is a threehundred feet monster let's touch it
>dumbed-down - Let two more characters explain the same thing again.
>Remember Mutos? We call them Titans now because the audience will be confused with new words >the lamest Hollywood tropes - and now for drama reasons someone has to sacrifice himself
>something, something monsters balance nature eco bullsh*t.

I can't remember the last time I was so mad at a movie. The movies is to dumb for adults and too serious for children.… Expand

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SoapNuggetApr 26, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Big, dumb, loud, boring and forgettable. Godzilla King of the Monsters is absolute garbage, it's plot is entirely stupid the characters are unlikable and the stupid twist that the mom actually is a good person was forced and stupid. The only 2 characters you actually care about from the 1st are killed off in the most disappointing way possible. Somehow Millie Bobby Brown is unlikely, how? I don't know. The entire film is just 2 cg monsters fighting each other for 2½ hours which sounds cool but by the 2nd fight it becomes boring and time consuming, and the fact that this movie only exists to set up Godzilla vs Kong is dumb and makes you wanna skip this movie, please do not waste your time on this film, not a good sequel to a fantastic 1st film… Expand

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martinexAug 21, 2019

Easily one of the dumbest premises for a movie you'll ever see. When Vera Farmiga gave her ecological justification for awakening the "legendary" monsters, I should have walked out right then. What a waste of a fairly decent cast and whatEasily one of the dumbest premises for a movie you'll ever see. When Vera Farmiga gave her ecological justification for awakening the "legendary" monsters, I should have walked out right then. What a waste of a fairly decent cast and what undoubtedly amounted to millions of dollars in CG and special effects. These people must be stopped. It's become embarassing.… Expand

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Lambo442May 31, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yeah ok, good special effects but very slow and boring. Such terrible dialogue too and unrealistic character motivations. Who would take their young daughter into a secret government facility and put her in harms way like that? You wouldn't even be allowed to do it. Mum, can I come to work with you today, at the secret, clandestine facility? Sure honey. Oh by the way, mummy has an act of genocide to carry out today, so be a good girl and don't judge her, ok?… Expand

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valrondMar 6, 2020

It's hard to make a movie about huge monster boring, but here is how:
Barely show the monsters, specially fighting, and when you do, do it at night when you can barely see anything.
Have a cast of unlikable human beings that are a drag to theIt's hard to make a movie about huge monster boring, but here is how:
Barely show the monsters, specially fighting, and when you do, do it at night when you can barely see anything.
Have a cast of unlikable human beings that are a drag to the story and you con't care about them at all, and then let them interrupt the few good moments the movie has.
Add some SJW BS like women, specially the main character bossing every men around (just watch, I don't know, Dr Who, or Picard, or STD, and you see tha same), add some climate change propaganda (the Monsters are here because we are killing the world. They could have done it right like in Pacific Rim) and there you have it, a ton of money for a boring POS movie about Kaiju.
Just watch Pacifim Rim (the original one by Guillermo del Toro), it's 10x more entertaining that this POS.… Expand

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MovieGuy811Apr 30, 2021

This is easily the worst on the new WB monster movies. The characters are all really incompetent and unlikable. Even the monster action is kind of boring and very hard to see. Awful **** movie.

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Stranger_ThingsMar 2, 2020

I wanted it to be good every sentence was so damn cliché, and the futuristic setting was just unnecessary. The 2014 version was so much better.

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amheretojudgeJun 3, 2019

What Edwards carved out in the previous chapter, is thrown out and they are starting again, this was a big mistake.

Godzilla: King Of The Monsters Dougherty is neither answering nor raising the questions. Oddly enough, the director, MichaelWhat Edwards carved out in the previous chapter, is thrown out and they are starting again, this was a big mistake.

Godzilla: King Of The Monsters

Dougherty is neither answering nor raising the questions. Oddly enough, the director, Michael Dougherty is also responsible for this chalky screenplay that he co-wrote with Zack Shields. But why would they work hard, if clashing towering mythological creatures painted by a bucket full of mashed cgi, could make its audience drool and fill the pocket of the banner with tons and tons of gold- maybe this was too much. At least the makers won't be able to judge someone by that, after what they have pulled off in this latest installment of a long going franchise. But I sincerely, want to go through this. What is it, that makes us giddy up for more of this monster debacle?

Is it the inner child in us, that sees the world with such one dimensional view? Or is it that stereotypical punching bag feeling? Exerting rage for a cathartic release, that we have been piling up for the whole week and are about to take it all out on a popcorn bag. It is not the SMASH SMASH SMASH, as much as it looks like. It is not. For, unlike MCU, they are not focusing a lot on the choreography of the battle, it is still dull. But I'd hardly blame the so called true king of the monsters.

It is the humans I find it difficult to bear on screen. We are told over and over again, to go through the same rigmarole of "Run! Run! Run!". The pitched in emotions are shallow, ergo, the entire track of unnecessarily long cast gets thrown off in the garbage. So, there must be something they have got it right? Yes, there is, claiming it to be mythology- which it is not of that subtext at all- the fanboys are going to have a time of their lives, as all their suffering-- if they consider it to be-- over the ages is about to come alive in the form of Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, roaring with his heart out in a gargantuan IMax screen.… Expand

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Morty_McFlayNov 6, 2019

What an absolute travesty of a film. I understand that plot, character, and dialogue aren’t the focus here; it’s all about the monsters and all the badass things they do. I walked into the theater more than willing to excuse those problems inWhat an absolute travesty of a film. I understand that plot, character, and dialogue aren’t the focus here; it’s all about the monsters and all the badass things they do. I walked into the theater more than willing to excuse those problems in the name of dumb fun. But, shockingly, the action is helmed just as poorly. Never quite clearly visible, almost gets monotonous after awhile. And without good action, all you have left is the TERRIBLE writing and plot. Look at Pacific Rim for an example of how to do dumb fun movies well. It’s characters are simple but likable, the plot isn’t overly complicated, and the action is some of the most beautiful and epic action ever put to the big screen. This movie is a complete waste of time.… Expand

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PopperoJul 22, 2019

Messy screenplay. Story holes and very little coherence. A bovine exercise of cgi.

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hnestlyontheslyOct 7, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s hard to sift through this film for anything redeeming, but–gun to my head–I guess I could say that it’s a lot like The Meg in terms of Chinese production money, dialogue, tonal confusion, and the multiplicity of sacrificial suicide runs. Godzilla: King of the Monsters was the first film I saw with my dad since coming back home. We saw it opening night with a bunch of people who also craved the emotional abuse of throttled expectations. King of the Monsters has a lot of things wrong with it, but if we think of it as a sibling to The Meg, it will organize some of our criticism. On the point of Chinese production money, this is Wanda Qingdao’s first major film, but by all appearances its attempts to mass market this movie in China had all the same effects as every other Chinese production house: no sex, not even the acknowledgement of the existence of sexuality beyond the existence of children, no drugs, no smoking, no gore, not even papercuts, and the obligatory first scene shot in China. It gives the movie a washed out, thin feel, like someone left it in the dryer for too long and the lint trap is full of all the realism and emotional stakes instead of lint.

The dialogue, like The Meg, is consistently snarky, almost weirdly so, as if all the characters are jockeying to be low-key funny, even in situations that don’t call for humor. Kyle Chandler’s character is the chief violator of this, asking cattily if everyone has forgotten he joined the team to find his daughter, rephrasing the potential genocide of Boston as such, “Let’s just say, in another five minutes it’s gonna get real bad for anyone who’s a Red Sox fan.” The general effect is one of tonal confusion. Godzilla is the wrong combination of breezy self-aware cheese and dour seriousness.

The original trailer to this film was a lot more honest about its trajectory and would’ve probably guided audience’s expectations a little better than billing it as a Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em of monster mashups. The heart of the film lies in its investigation of loss and grief within a family, and it’s only through this story that the vehicle of Godzilla works as any sort of relevant metaphor or commentary.

There’s a weird fixation with countdowns: 1 min til detonation, 30 sec til impact of the “oxygen destroyer” (ugh), 10 sec til Godzilla boops our window, 6 min til Godzilla explodes. It feels so strange to have someone call out how long we should feel anxious, and then to be told we have to wait 6 whole minutes before our hero may or may not explode.

I’ve got three things that may or may not spoil the film for you below, but I tend to think that there’s really not anything in this movie that’s so complex that it’s a spoiler. I’m genuinely confused about Vera Farmiga’s slideshow while she’s revealing the Evil Plan via the world’s clearest Skype call. When does she have time to put it together? Or is it just a cinematic overlay to drive home her point? Like, we the audience can see it but no one else? Can we see the images with a frame around them in the receiver room or are they always full screen? At one point she seems to make a bit of a Tokyo Ghost-type argument in favor of irradiating the world’s cities, because it ends up–in a round about way–supercharging plant growth in those regions. That’s not actually how radiation works, right? Like, Chernobyl made vegetables grow like crazy, but they weren’t edible, were they?

2. On the point about all the noble suicide runs: there sure is a lot more love in the office for Dr Serizawa (Ken Watanabe’s character) than there is for Sally Hawkins (Shape of Water). They both die, but literally no one but Ken references Sally after her death. Multiple people say the words “This is what Dr Serizawa would want,” or “Let’s do this for Serizawa,” which feels really rough. On a related note, it feels weird that Farmiga gets the easy out by dying while luring Ghidora away from the helicopter that’s got her family on it. A lot more interesting a plot would have been seeing her pay for her crimes and try to patch things up with her family after their unification and her change of heart in Boston. Instead, the story takes the Bradley Cooper route from A Star is Born.

3. Last, a point about the Mothra/Fire Demon fight, which may or may not matter at all in the scheme of things, says The Ringer: once we see the way that Godzilla’s hydrogen bomb explosion snuffs out Ghidora, I felt so relieved that Mothra had already died in (another) noble suicide, but all of a sudden we see that flaming **** bow for Godzilla at the end and I’m left wondering, How the eff does Rodan survive that blast with a “six mile radius” but Ghidora doesn’t? Does it have to do with Ghidora being an alien species? Would Mothra have been cool too or would she have been killed by the blast?

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HeliotayAug 1, 2021

Oh my God this movie was bad. I couldn't bring myself to watch half of it. The movie was just boring with no characters that i cared about. Effects were cool I guess but that is to be expected from a movie by Warner Bros. I just don't likeOh my God this movie was bad. I couldn't bring myself to watch half of it. The movie was just boring with no characters that i cared about. Effects were cool I guess but that is to be expected from a movie by Warner Bros. I just don't like this movie.… Expand

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armandothegreatNov 29, 2019

Way too much BS story with the people in the movie. Even the sci-fi elements of Godzilla are ruined by the horrible story in this movie. If there's another Godzilla movie ever - focus on the creatures. This movie had way too much boringWay too much BS story with the people in the movie. Even the sci-fi elements of Godzilla are ruined by the horrible story in this movie. If there's another Godzilla movie ever - focus on the creatures. This movie had way too much boring dialogue and not enough action to make up for it… Expand

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flametail23Jul 13, 2019

This movie is a complete dumpster fire. Terrible humour, medicore acting, battles that cut back to the humans every five seconds. The only positive I can give the movie is that we actually get to see Godzilla this time around for more thanThis movie is a complete dumpster fire. Terrible humour, medicore acting, battles that cut back to the humans every five seconds. The only positive I can give the movie is that we actually get to see Godzilla this time around for more than about 10 minutes.… Expand

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egoBorderMay 31, 2019

Wow, what a dumb movie. It's too bad, because the production value is incredibly high, but they must have gotten some intern to write the script for free. It doesn't seem like it should be this difficult to have a decent story for the humanWow, what a dumb movie. It's too bad, because the production value is incredibly high, but they must have gotten some intern to write the script for free. It doesn't seem like it should be this difficult to have a decent story for the human characters in a movie about giant monsters. But honestly all the characters here are so alien, all I can think is that the writers just didn't have any ideas at all and decided to go with something that couldn't be called offensive by anyone. This is a movie to rent for cheap and fast forward through every single moment that doesn't feature the creatures on screen. Oh and the trailer is deceptive, it has very little to do with the girl, it's more about her parents if anything… Expand

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FreakytoothJun 2, 2019

Not a monster movie. .Lots of crappy dialog. Not much Godzilla .Wanted my money back.

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LalizelJun 13, 2019

A disappointing addition to the Godzilla universe. Plot was poorly constructed and the acting, save the performance by a few individuals such as Ken Watanabe, left little to be desired. CGI was good, though dark; much of the film was filmedA disappointing addition to the Godzilla universe. Plot was poorly constructed and the acting, save the performance by a few individuals such as Ken Watanabe, left little to be desired. CGI was good, though dark; much of the film was filmed at night or in dark places, so it appears bleak in many parts. This did allow for effects like lightning and energy to appear more vibrant, though the monsters often blended into the scenery. In a film about monsters larger than life, no fight scene focused on the monsters for more than a few seconds. Fights would last a minute or so, but only centered on the actual monsters for the beginning and conclusion to the fight. Similar to Pacific Rim 2 in that the best fight was saved for the end, but different in that each fight cut away to humans running away consistently enough to pull you out of the film. Truly disappointing and would not recommend this film.… Expand

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S2P_cinephileAug 12, 2023

They literally bring the most iconic antagonists from Godzilla franchise just for crash grab and absolutely waste of their potentials.

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Nobilis1984Feb 3, 2021

Oh man, what kind of trash has been let loose on the masses here. The story is as thin as paper and a plot that is finished after 20.
Then there are actors with stupid dialogues and bad acting.
All of this is very reminiscent of the lastOh man, what kind of trash has been let loose on the masses here. The story is as thin as paper and a plot that is finished after 20.
Then there are actors with stupid dialogues and bad acting.
All of this is very reminiscent of the last Transformers films, which are the biggest rubbish for me. Much mediocre CGI with actors who only seem to have supporting roles.… Expand

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nonameformeJun 9, 2019

I expected monster fighting WWE match, or at least something with weight like the 1st Pacific Rim movie. However, I got neither. There's barely any 'Titan' on scene. The movie is also poorly edited. It jump from one camera view to anotherI expected monster fighting WWE match, or at least something with weight like the 1st Pacific Rim movie. However, I got neither. There's barely any 'Titan' on scene. The movie is also poorly edited. It jump from one camera view to another every 0.2 seconds like it's a Jason Borne movie. Also whose idea is to always shoot the film at night? Fire that person and exile him from Earth now. I can barely see anything and half of the time I wonder if there's some error to the projector. It's like paying to see black screen.

The director lied "Godzilla got double time on scene compare to the 2014 one" and should be hold accountable. Well you can argue he didn't lie, but imagine this. There's Titan fight scene that last 60 seconds. The 1st 5 seconds is overview shot that show who will fight who and one of them throw the first punch. Then the next 45 seconds the camera switch to some dudes running around the fight, with occasionally glimpse of either titans' foot or tail that randomly enter the camera at the background. Then for the last 10 seconds the camera zoom out and show the winner and the other run away or die. Yeah in previous movie it's 30 seconds of full fight and other 30 seconds of characters doing other thing. But this time it's 60 seconds of fight that we barely see anything because the camera is from character POW and we mostly see buildings or cloud or what with a glimpse of the fight behind them. The 45 seconds that focus on character didn't even move the plot forward like the (2014) one.… Expand

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BroyaxMar 23, 2020

Je me suis dit entre deux avances rapides que quand même, ce machin pouvait bien valoir deux (deux **** points, oui, oui...) au moins pour la gamelle, pour les "effets spéciaux" et "les" monstres, car ô surprise, il y en a plusieurs...!

MaisJe me suis dit entre deux avances rapides que quand même, ce machin pouvait bien valoir deux (deux **** points, oui, oui...) au moins pour la gamelle, pour les "effets spéciaux" et "les" monstres, car ô surprise, il y en a plusieurs...!

Mais la quantité ne fait pas la qualité et ce scénar de nanar bricolé par quelques stagiaires qui ne devaient plus avoir toute leur tête (elle devait être au fond du cul, très certainement) ce scénar qui pue de fion donc, c'est juste pas possible... Surtout que par ailleurs, le film se traîne notablement (et assez lamentablement) délayé et dilué sur ses deux heures dix (!) à raconter ses conneries qui ne font -même- pas rire ! les acteurs et les actrices sont tellement mauvais qu'on dirait des clowns tristes qui viennent de marcher sur un rateau.

Quant au petit père Godzilla, on ne le voit que très peu au début, puis un petit peu plus... tout à la fin... et c'est tout ! il fait vraiment sa star et des caprices là, et c'est pas sympa du tout pour son public ! Bref, decidément en dessous de tout et au 36ème sous-sol de la nullité, ce Godzilla, ils peuvent se le mettre quelque part et s'asseoir dessus !… Expand

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drewanenomorJun 11, 2019

The movie was way too long for the plot line that it offered. Although the visuals were pretty good I honestly really could not wait until the movie was over.

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ty92Sep 2, 2019

Ok so this movie could of been great. But a couple things brought it down for me. Aisha Hinds as Colonel Diane Foster annoyed me a bit. She kind of reminded me of a certain purple haired lady in Star Wars. Hollywood loves showing femaleOk so this movie could of been great. But a couple things brought it down for me. Aisha Hinds as Colonel Diane Foster annoyed me a bit. She kind of reminded me of a certain purple haired lady in Star Wars. Hollywood loves showing female character's in charge bossing men around. It's eye rolling at this point. The biggest immersion breaker was the reason Dr. Emma Russell gave for freeing all the monsters. I didn't buy it because it was dumb.. I didn't like Kyle Chandler. And Millie Bobby Brown was fine but all she did was cry.. I liked the scene with Ken Watanabe and Godzilla. It was the only scene I liked other than all the monster fights. Charles Dance is a great actor but he wasn't great in this one. I think the character he played was boring. None of these characters you really care about. The monster fights were cool and looked incredible. The problem is they showed too much of the humans. And I just didn't care. This could of been awesome.. The story needed better writing and characters.. The characters had no depth to them. They were boring and unlikable.… Expand

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DrShepherdLIVEJul 26, 2019

This is the worst movie and the worst Godzilla I have seen in a long time.
Cant remember what is worse than this cringefest. Worst dialogs like it was written for 6 year olds, plot is utterly garbage and nothing in this movie makes any sense.This is the worst movie and the worst Godzilla I have seen in a long time.
Cant remember what is worse than this cringefest. Worst dialogs like it was written for 6 year olds, plot is utterly garbage and nothing in this movie makes any sense. No action of any character is believable or understandable. It's really like a 6 year old wrote the script just to glue together the special effects they wanted! You dont care about the action cause it's emotionless. Godzilla doesnt evolve or endure like he is in animes or other movies. You never feel with him cause he is just there and smashes stuff. There is no emotional connection to his doings or his story ever. Special Effects are meh.
We endured GoT Season 8, Aquaman, Ghostbuster 2016 and others but this movie goes straight to the top place of worst movie.
The beginning is also so unprofessional and I dont know how anyone whit a little bit of knowledge in cinematography could go with that.
Again dialogs in this movie have no substance and you never care what someone says cause it doesnt suit to any situation or support anything to make you believe anything!
Stay away from this movie and save your money.… Expand

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MoviederekJun 10, 2019

The plot is incomprehensible. The dialogue and cheesy one-liners are reprehensible. The actors must be so embarrassed to be in this film. And once again (like the original Godzilla), the lead actors seem to be the only humans that exist in aThe plot is incomprehensible. The dialogue and cheesy one-liners are reprehensible. The actors must be so embarrassed to be in this film. And once again (like the original Godzilla), the lead actors seem to be the only humans that exist in a huge metropolis and they try to find each other in the big city by simply calling out their names. It's beyond preposterous. You can't even suspend your disbelief to enjoy it. This movie makes Dark Phoenix look like Shakespeare by comparison.… Expand

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kring1245Aug 14, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie touches on the cliché subject that humans are the "disease" of our world. This idea is the whole driving force behind a woman/mom, that lost her son a few years ago, to simply murder billions of people and animals. This idea itself is ofcourse not totally undoable, for example "avengers infinity war" was able to pull it off perfectly. The problem lies within the character development of that woman. You could compare it with Albert Einstein trying to prove the earth is flat, it would just NEVER happen.

This made the movie totally unrealistic and that fact alone was enough to pull me completely out of the movie without ever getting back into it. All I could do was wonder who came up with such a sloppy excuse.… Expand

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LeoValdezJul 11, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the worst films I ever saw. The director's overwhelming relation with what sound an animal makes was just unbearable. Poorly written and directed, it's going to be hanged in the Hollywood's Hall of Shame corridor.… Expand

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XpertNinjaJan 30, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Look, I'm not gay. But I would rather be **** in the ass than watch this one more time. I would need some cash in advance and some alcohol to muster the strength to watch this another time. I never watched a movie and rooted for the antagonist. The Next time I watch this, I'll probably be busy getting skull**** by my sugar daddy, as that is a better alternative tbh. The only redeeming quality was the 30 minute graphic sex scene between Godzilla and Mothra. My gay friend defends this movie, but I don't think it's that good.… Expand

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