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- 2019
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 12 m
- 2019
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 12 m
Summary The heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species—thought to be mere myths—rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving h...
Directed By: Michael Dougherty
- 2019
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 12 m
- 2019
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 12 m
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
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7.1
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Summary The heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species—thought to be mere myths—rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving h...
Directed By: Michael Dougherty
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 47 Critic Reviews
48
30% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
51% Mixed
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
19% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 47 Critic Reviews
48
30% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
51% Mixed
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
19% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Yes, Godzilla: King of the Monsters is ultimately a Saturday matinee writ large, but that’s nothing to sneeze fire at; countless big, expensive action movies fail at making their way into a viewer’s pleasure center, but this one knows exactly how to be, in the truest sense of the word, sensational.
Juxtaposing human-sized drama against classic Toho iconography and one jaw-dropping silhouette after another, King of the Monsters is often more magnificently overwhelming than not.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 1,030 User Ratings
7.1
66% Positive
684 Ratings
684 Ratings
22% Mixed
222 Ratings
222 Ratings
12% Negative
124 Ratings
124 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 1,030 User Ratings
7.1
66% Positive
684 Ratings
684 Ratings
22% Mixed
222 Ratings
222 Ratings
12% Negative
124 Ratings
124 Ratings
This movie just gets hate for no reason, and I don't understand why it seriously does. It's one of the best monster/dinosaur movies you could ever see. This movie was sick. It was one of those outstanding ones—one of the best ever. When I first watched it when it came out in 2019, I loved it, and still to this day I do. Clearly, y'all aren't real fans.
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You come to a Godzilla movie for the epic fights, and on that front, Dougherty delivers.
Godzilla: King of Monsters is a film that seems to paint with sound — sometimes Pop Art, but more often large canvas Jackson Pollock splatter.
The whole movie is indistinguishable rubble.
Even with all its pyrotechnics, and even with arguably the finest and deepest team of actors ever to appear in any of the three dozen movies about the big guy, King of the Monsters careens about all over the place in search of an identity, never really finding its footing as a campy treat, an exciting popcorn adventure or a monster movie with humans we actually care about.
Globe-trotting but not adventurous, action-packed but not remotely exciting, utterly overstuffed and completely paper-thin. Nuke it from orbit.
Five years after the world learned of the existence of the "Titans", Monarch scientist Dr. Emma Russell witnesses witness the birth of a larva called Mothra. Soon after however they come under attack by a group of eco-terrorists determined to use the Titans for their own ends. There is no shortage of spectacular fights involving all sorts of giant monsters, but the poor script and uninteresting human characters result in a movie that is largely style over substance.
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters was the first Monsterverse movie I learnt about. My friend is a huge fan of kaiju movies and he showed me the trailer of this movie when it first came out. I was struck in awe. I couldn't believe something so legendary looking was actually going to be made while I live. The poster and promotional materials were also looking so much filled with fantasy. I watched the 2014 Godzilla to watch this. If you've seen my review of that movie, you will know how much I loved it except for the human part. But when I watched this movie, I was very dissatisfied.
The problem that plagues Godzilla: King of the Monsters is the humans. First of all they are talking so much. The whole time all we see is talking, talking and even more talking. First Madison and her mother are talking, then the army is talking, then the eco terrorists are talking. And finally when Godzilla and Kong Ghidorah finally start fighting, then seen cuts to the humans running. Look, I have no problem with humans being shown in Godzilla movies. But it should be like the 2014 movie, where humans are only shown when the monsters are walking and not during the fights.
The human plot of this movie is very pathetic. The eco terrorists had a point and I completely agreed with them, but as it was shown how they are supposed to be the bad guys was not very surprising. I have never understood movies which villify eco-terrorists. Like, why don't they ever explain why they are supposed to be bad? Take a moment, think about valid points and just speak them out. It doesn't have to be "you're the bad guy boo-hoo!". This only makes us feel like the bad guys won.
The CGI, however, is where this movie is an absolute win. I will give it full marks for that. I just love all the fight scenes from it. When Rodan seemed to have killed Mothra I was feeling very bad for her, but seeing how she made a comeback was very surprising. The part where Rodan and King Ghidorah fight the planes was also very cool. I really wanted to show that scene to someone else (sadly I'm the only person who is interested in Monsterverse and those who are interested already watched the movie before me).
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is a movie that completely tested my patience. It was fun, I'm gonna remember all the monster scenes, but I don't think I'm ever gonna have the courage to watch this ever again. Some things are best left in memory, and that's what I'd say about this movie. It's a good thing Godzilla vs Kong removed the bad parts and made what we wanted to see. That's how this franchise is supposed to be, not like this one.
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The number of positive user reviews for this movie leave me very saddened for the future of the human race. I only give it a 3 for the visuals, which were neat. The story was utter trash. The characters were idiotic. So much of the humor felt awfully misplaced and even 4th wall breaking at times. Just a bad flick. Standard Hollywood trash these days: humans are the real monsters, we must end a huge portion of the population to save the Earth, etc etc. And the Chinese influence in this film (and many others) is getting ridiculous. They gave almost every bit of expositional dialogue to the Chinese girl because 1. she can't speak English that well and exposition doesn't leave much room for ad libbing 2. she can't act at all and 3. Chinese investors and the Chinese government told them she had to have a certain amount of dialogue and screen time, as they often do.
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Production Company
Warner Bros.,
Legendary Entertainment,
Toho,
Huahua Media,
Wanda Qingdao Studios,
Warner Bros. Pictures Mexico
Release Date May 31, 2019
Duration 2 h 12 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Let them fight!
Website
http://www.monarchsciences.com/
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 4 Nominations
Golden Trailer Awards
• 2 Nominations
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
