Total MKs film buff Jason Day his return to the cinema and checks out Godzilla vs Kong...
Even though the plot is utter tosh, movies like this ‘do what they say on the tin’.
I didn’t go to Vue expecting a 5/5 star classic with excellent plotting, dialogue and believable, serious performances. I wanted a big, colourful, loud, special effects strewn production that entertains rather than enthralls.
That’s what I wanted…and that’s what I got.
Is this movie actually a comedy? There’s a redeeming laugh factor to it and some good one-liners for the cast (most of them going to the brilliant Brian Tyree Henry). If you take what looks like unintentional hilarity (like Skarsgard’s jaw-dropping as he, his spaceship and Kong freefall and stare at each other; the robot called ‘Mega-Godzilla’) as deliberately scripted and staged comedy, this is more enjoyable than a straight-up fantasy flick.
In Skarsgard’s defence, most of the actors pull the same face at some point in the movie.
This movie also won’t win awards for for abiding by any known laws of physics or logic (Kong ‘surfing’ on a battleship, anyone?!) but, who cares?
In days like these, I’m just happy to see any film at an actual cinema and like many others, am glad of the opportunity to be out somewhere different to where restrictions have allowed us up until now.
Long may Kong, Godzilla and the multiplex reign!
Cast & credits
Director: Adam Wingard. 1hr 53 mins/113 mins. Legendary Entertainment/Warner Bros. (12a).
Producers: Alex Garcia, Jon Jashni, Mary Parent, Brian Rogers, Thomas Tull.
Writers: Eric Pearson, Max Borenstein.
Camera: Ben Seresin.
Music: Junkie XL.
Sets: Tom Hammock, Owen Paterson.
Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Eric Pearson, Max Borenstein, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Julian Dennison, Lance Reddick, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir, Kaylee Hottle.
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