Review of Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) by Mattyice — 03 Jun 2019

With the first Godzilla movie, a lot of my personal criticisms revolved around the uninteresting human characters and lack of Godzilla and monster fights. Godzilla: King of the Monsters addresses the latter problem by upping the number of monsters and fights almost to an excessive extent.

The former criticism, though, is not addressed well, as the human characters somehow got worse and feel downright comical at most points in their decision-making and dialogue. While the sometimes stunning action and cinematography truly make this movie look and feel awesome, the plot and development is laughable and paper thin, bringing the movie into Transformers-lite territory.

King of the Monsters shows many moments of promise and beauty in its cinematography and kaiju designs and battles, its poor excuse for characters and a story keep this movie from being anything more than a pretty fun but also mindless summer popcorn blockbuster.