Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Film Review

The existence of a new threat to the human race forces enemies Godzilla and King Kong to come together to defeat it.

I love these movies, so of course I saw this one as soon as I could!

I really liked this film - what you see is what you get.

If you've seen the trailer, you'll already know whether you're gonna like this film or not. There's no surprises, no hidden messages, it's literally just two creatures coming together to fight another creature and I love that!

It's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, and it's easy to see why some wouldn't like it.

For a start, there isn't really a plot. The filmmakers try to make the film sophisticated by grounding it in science and human emotion, but that never really worked for me. That's not what I was there for.

And with that, my main gripe was that I didn't see enough of the creatures we're supposed to be following - especially Godzilla! There was too much focus on furthering the stories of the human characters, when really the main characters of the film should have been the title characters.

Visually the film is beautiful. There's a lot of other world exploring that's done really well. But even the effects used to create the characters and their fight scenes was great

There are also moments when it's genuinely exciting, and while I was never on the edge of my seat, I was very invested in the outcome!

Overall, this definitely won't be to everyone's taste, but it was definitely to mine. It's a great popcorn movie and a fun way to spend a couple of hours!

6/10