It occurs to me that Godzilla is like The Incredible Hulk minus Bruce Banner. You have this giant creature that goes around smashing things without remorse. If you like to see cities leveled, this is your character. Motivations and origins may change, but the underlying narrative seems to be the same.
When I first saw coming attractions for Godzilla: King of the Monsters, I was all set to see it. I mean, who doesn’t love seeing a major city left uninhabitable? Then, I took a look at the IMDb page and realized that it was a sequel. I was worried that I might need to see Godzilla to understand this incarnation. It turns out I was worried for no reason. Very little of this movie’s continuity relies on the previous movie.
In fact, had I not just told you, you could have watched this movie without knowing that any other movies came before this one. You might have had some inclination that something was off, but not felt motivated to check. (I have the DVD for Kong: Skull Island, which also exists in-universe.) In fact, the two movies have exactly four actors in common. That should tell you something.
In this outing, Godzilla is going up against several other monsters. An organization called Monarch is all set to awaken all of these ancient creatures, including Mothra. Why? Well, this is the Earth’s way of taking care of itself. We’ve become an infestation and Godzilla is the cure. Working for Monarch is Dr. Emma Russell, who has a device that can control the monsters.
Then, there are those, such as Mark Russell, who say kill all the monsters. He never trusted them, and he never will. He could never forgive them for the death of his boy. (Wait…Maybe that was Kirk from Star Trek VI talking about Klingons.) At any rate, they are a threat. And yes, he was married to Emma. They even have a daughter, Madison.
So, yeah. It turns out that maybe Godzilla is a good thing. Like in the first movie, he can keep the other monsters in line. The main difference is that we now have 17 different monsters running around. (It was Monarch’s plan to release one at a time, but things got out of hand.)
One thing I like about having AMC’s A-List is that the premium movies are included in the plan. So, whatever else, I got to see this movie in 3D. I would tell you to do so if you can upgrade at no additional cost, since it would seem to be a vehicle for the effects. Other than that, it wasn’t a particularly memorable movie.
When I first saw coming attractions for Godzilla: King of the Monsters, I was all set to see it. I mean, who doesn’t love seeing a major city left uninhabitable? Then, I took a look at the IMDb page and realized that it was a sequel. I was worried that I might need to see Godzilla to understand this incarnation. It turns out I was worried for no reason. Very little of this movie’s continuity relies on the previous movie.
In fact, had I not just told you, you could have watched this movie without knowing that any other movies came before this one. You might have had some inclination that something was off, but not felt motivated to check. (I have the DVD for Kong: Skull Island, which also exists in-universe.) In fact, the two movies have exactly four actors in common. That should tell you something.
In this outing, Godzilla is going up against several other monsters. An organization called Monarch is all set to awaken all of these ancient creatures, including Mothra. Why? Well, this is the Earth’s way of taking care of itself. We’ve become an infestation and Godzilla is the cure. Working for Monarch is Dr. Emma Russell, who has a device that can control the monsters.
Then, there are those, such as Mark Russell, who say kill all the monsters. He never trusted them, and he never will. He could never forgive them for the death of his boy. (Wait…Maybe that was Kirk from Star Trek VI talking about Klingons.) At any rate, they are a threat. And yes, he was married to Emma. They even have a daughter, Madison.
So, yeah. It turns out that maybe Godzilla is a good thing. Like in the first movie, he can keep the other monsters in line. The main difference is that we now have 17 different monsters running around. (It was Monarch’s plan to release one at a time, but things got out of hand.)
One thing I like about having AMC’s A-List is that the premium movies are included in the plan. So, whatever else, I got to see this movie in 3D. I would tell you to do so if you can upgrade at no additional cost, since it would seem to be a vehicle for the effects. Other than that, it wasn’t a particularly memorable movie.
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