Godzilla: King of the Monsters

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters is the sequel to 2014’s Godzilla. This time around, Godzilla has fight King Ghidora for dominance over all monsters. Now, when the movie is about Godzilla fighting it out with other monsters, it is genuinely entertaining. The human cast is composed of solid actors. The cast includes the likes of Millie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Ken Watanabe, Bradley Whitford, and Charles Dance. But, everything else about the movie doesn’t quite work that well for me. The pacing just feels off. It isn’t really easy for me to explain why. A lot of it just doesn’t quite come together. But, the movie’s biggest problem is the characters. They are played by good actors giving good performances. The problem is: most of these characters just aren’t written very well. There isn’t really anything about any of them that honestly stands out. Their motivations don’t feel that well defined, almost as though the motivations for most of these characters is designed to fit a given scene, so they are incredibly difficult to define. If it seems as though I’m being particularly harsh, it’s because this is one of the movies I was the most excited for this year. The final product is easily in the running for my biggest disappointment of the year. It has good elements (namely the actors, effects, and action). But, the characters, writing, and pacing really let the movie down for me in the end. 

4 / 10