So What’s the Story?

After the disastrous events of Godzilla in Chicago, “King of the Monsters” follows a different family and an organization known as Monarch trying to keep the monsters safe. However, when Alan Jonah releases an ancient creature, and an alpha rival to Godzilla named Ghidorah or Monster Zero. Godzilla is immediately on the job to take him and other released monsters down to prove who the true king of the monsters is.

Is It Worth Your While?

It is definitely the Godzilla movie all fans have been expecting, but some moviegoers more intrigued by a plot and story might not find themselves satisfied. Now here are my reasons. First of all, directing by Michael Dougherty, director of “Krampus” (2015) and “Trick r’ Treat” (2007) was mixed. He knows how to execute a Kaiju battle scene, that’s for sure, but when it comes to human drama, the first director of the original “Godzilla”. (75% sweet) was much better. Every scene the humans were either running around or screaming, it was like watching my younger brother and sister. It was all up to a point where I was like, cut the humans out of this movie and let the monsters fight. Now of course it wouldn’t be much better of a movie, but still way more entertaining. So for the directing, I give a C-. Next I thought the special effects were pretty much the thing that the movie was running on. The monsters looked stunning, sometimes they went a little out of control, but with the right care it worked. The cinematography that went with the effects was also well done and beautiful. So for the special effects and cinematography, I give an A-. The script and story felt like they were made by monkeys, but they weren’t all bad. The script’s line of “You’re out of your goddamn mind”, was repeated twice, both times me and my papa laughed so hard. Later in the movie we asked ourselves, are they trying to make this movie hilarious, or can they just not write a script. If the movie was funny, it would have been better. The story was interesting at times, but then just got annoying and boring. So for the script and story, I give a C-. Overall, if you are willing to just shut off your brain and get immersed into the world of Godzilla, you will have fun, if not, well good luck getting through that then.

How Was the Cast?

I thought the cast in “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”, did a poor job. First we have Kyle Chandler as Mark Russell. Kyle Chandler is an incredible actor, but in this movie he didn’t have much to work with. All he did was yell out names or shout “You’re out of your goddamn mind”! The entire time, so well you get the picture. Next we have Vera Farmiga as Dr. Emma Russel. Over the top and bland, Vera Farmiga was a very poor choice for a Kaiju movie such as this, because again both actors are great in movies and shows they would actually know what to do. Third we have Millie Bobby Brown as Madison Russel. Her role in Stranger Things is supposedly amazing, and although I have not yet seen Stranger Things, I can tell that she tried her best to do well in this movie, with disappointing results. Fourth and finally we have Ken Watanabe as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa. He was the only good actor in this entire movie. He managed to bring a little snip of emotion into the movie, and seemed to be the only one knowing what he was doing.

Aging ‘The King’

The movie includes god sized monster action, explosions, gun fire, little swearing, human drama (in their own way), but overall the film is a ridiculous and fun distraction for tweens and teens looking to see monsters destroy each other for two hours.

By: Quinn Marcus