Bria Lou Reviews

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 stor...

This was one of my most highly anticipated movies of the last year - seriously. I have loved the last few King Kong movies I've seen and am a big fan of them. I'm less up-to-date with Godzilla, but the idea of these two worlds colliding was, for some reason, really exciting to me. After Godzilla resurfaces, experts bring King Kong out of his containment zone to subdue the monster. I liked this movie. However, you have to go into this movie expecting it to be exactly what it is - a film about two fictional monsters fighting each other. Otherwise, like me, you might have some questions. For a start, I don't think the reason for bringing King Kong out of his home was good enough. I didn't understand why Kong was the sole threat to Godzilla, or how it would be a fair fight.  But I loved the fight scenes - to be honest, if you're watching this movie, you're watching it for the fight(s), and these scenes were done really well. I liked the connection to previous films,...