#Godzilla vs Kong Filme 2021

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Neon lights and sci-fi facilities of Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

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Godzilla vs. Kong (2021): Titans Clash, Worlds Collide, and the Battle for Supremacy

Introduction:

In 2021, the iconic “Ghostbusters” franchise returned to the big screen with “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” directed by Jason Reitman. Serving as a direct sequel to the original “Ghostbusters” films from the 1980s, “Afterlife” follows a new generation of Ghostbusters as they uncover the secrets of their family’s past and battle supernatural forces threatening their small town. With its blend of nostalgia, humor, and heart, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” pays homage to the beloved classic while introducing fresh characters and expanding the lore of the franchise. In this extensive analysis, we will embark on a journey through the spectral realm of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” dissecting its thematic depth, narrative intricacies, and its impact on the legacy of the Ghostbusters across its expansive 10,000-word odyssey.

[adamwatchesmovies]

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

I might’ve been a little starved for blockbusters the first time I saw Godzilla vs. Kong and rated it. In my defense, it was during the pandemic and the other movies I was able to see during lockdown were mostly disappointments. Reviewing the film again, I recognize that the human’s plot is undercooked while everything with the monsters is spectacular. Well, at least the movie knows where its priorities stand and considering what its audience wants to see…

When Godzilla suddenly attacks Apex Cybernetics’ Pensacola facility, conspiracy theorist Bernie Hayes (Brian Tyree Henry) becomes convinced they somehow provoked the titan. Madison Russell (Millie Bobby Brown) - an avid fan of his podcast - shares his suspicions. They rope her friend Josh (Julian Dennison) into investigating and confirm their fears aren't entirely unfounded. After the attack, Apex insists mankind needs to develop a weapon against Godzilla and asks Monarch to give them access to Kong. They believe the titan ape can lead them inside the vast caverns below our world to a power source formidable enough to take down the king of the monsters.

Though Godzilla’s name appears first in the title, this film is about Kong much more than the radioactive dinosaur. It’s a good choice, as the ape is resourceful, an underdog in this fight and intelligent enough to communicate with Monarch via sign language. Godzilla might’ve protected the Earth/humanity in the previous movies, but was it really a heroic character, or was the nuclear reptile just killing its rivals? Kong, on the other hand, has actual human friends. Even though the Iwis we met during Kong: Skull Island have been wiped out (seems like a missed opportunity), Kong still has a link to them in the form of Jia (Kaylee Hottle), a deaf-mute Iwi survivor adopted by Dr. Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall). Nonetheless, his situation gives him a very relatable quest: he wants to know if there is a new family for him out there.

One-half of the human's story fares fairly well. With the help of Apex Cybernetics, Dr. Ilene Andrews, along with Jia and hollow-earth scientist Nathan Lind (Alexander Skarsgård) follow Kong into this hidden world beneath our feet that houses all sorts of monsters and an ancient rivalry between Kong and Godzilla (seems wacky, but it does lead to some fun developments). These characters are following Kong on his journey so when the 8th wonder of the world is put in danger, they are too. The other humans, however, feel like they only appear to deliver exposition or to give us some familiar faces. You could easily re-jig this story to remove them.

But of course, you didn't come to this film for the human element. Yes, kaiju films are better when the "tiny" protagonists are compelling, but if there's one aspect of this movie director Adam Wingard had to get right, it was the Godzilla and Kong stuff. I'm happy to say you won't be disappointed. The Titan battles are varied, clearly shot, tense and action-packed. You get three rounds between Kong and Godzilla, with a clear winner at the end that will leave fans of either camp satisfied. I know a lot of purists will say a Godzilla film isn't the same without rubber suits, but this picture does so much with modern special effects. Varied locations, varied angles, moves no human could do, etc. That last brawl in the neon-lit Hong Kong will make you say "wow!".

There have been a lot of Godzilla films since the character appeared. Some have been dramatic, others comedic or somewhere in the middle with an emphasis on dumb fun. None have featured action scenes as good as the ones in Godzilla vs. Kong. Even if you only have a passing interest in the characters, the highlights are strong, strong enough to make you forgive the parts that could've been strengthened. It's not even a guilty pleasure; it's gargantuan fun. (On Blu-ray, March 27, 2024)

[firebirdmaximus]

My Best and Worst Films of 2021

So yeah it probably seems a bit weird that I'm posting my best/worst films of 2021 list in 2025, well there's a reason for that.

Since for my 2020 list I had managed to cover both theatrical and streaming releases, I had planed on doing the same from then on. Unfortunately due to a combination of procrastination and me finally managing to get a job after donkey's years of searching, I've fallen a bit behind on streaming. But it was starting to get a bit ridiculous so I've decided to say fuck it and post rough versions of my 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 lists with only the theatrical releases so far, and I'll just add the streaming ones on in italic as I try and catch up over the year.

Hopefully I'll have the lists done by the end of the year. Hopefully.

So anyway 2021... well the cinemas have finally reopened after the lockdown ended, and the local cinema (The Light) that had been announced since before me and my grandparents moved to the area has finally opened and will be my regular cinema from now on (with some exceptions like if a film I want to see isn't showing there). Plus several months in they introduced MyLight Premier membership allowing anyone who signs up for £15.99 free access for any films showing, a discount on food and invites to members only screenings and previews, I naturally signed up like a shot.

Anyway I saw 57 new theatrical releases in 2021 (which ones - along with any streaming releases - can be found on my Letterboxd page: ‎(letterboxd.com/firebirdmaximus/list/2021-releases).

And once again a note to non-UK viewers, as with previous years, since I’m English and live in England and subsequently watch films at cinemas in England, this list will be going by UK release dates so If you see a film on the list that you swore was from 2020 it was probably not released here until 2021, contrarywise If your surprised that a particular movie from this year is not on the list it might not have been released here til 2022.

If you see a streaming film here on my list and it's not in italics, that means it probably got a limited theatrical release somewhere in my area and that's how I saw it.

Best Films: * Encanto * Gunpowder Milkshake * Last Night in Soho * The Matrix Resurrections

Runner Up Best Films: * Ron's Gone Wrong * Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings * Tick, Tick...Boom! * Zack Snyder's Justice League (*)

Honorary Mentions: * Archive (**) * Annette * Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar (*) * Boxing Day * Dear Evan Hansen * Dune * Eternals * Free Guy * Ghostbusters: Afterlife * Godzilla vs Kong * Here Today * Herself * Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard * Jungle Cruise * Luca (***) * Minari * Raya and the Last Dragon * Space Jam: A New Legacy * Spider-Man: No Way Home * Tom & Jerry

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The Meh: * A Boy Called Christmas * Clifford the Big Red Dog * Nomadland * Paw Patrol: The Movie * Reminiscence * Snake Eyes: G. I. Joe Origins * Stillwater * The Boss Baby: Family Business * The Green Knight ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Worst Films: * A Christmas No* 1 (*) * Dragon Rider (also a terrible film adaptation of a book I like; Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke) (*) * School's Out Forever (*)

Runner Up Worst Films: * Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds * Red Notice * The French Dispatch

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(*) Debuted on Sky Cinema on TV

(**) I can't remember whether it was on Sky Cinema or Amazon Prime

(***) It went straight to streaming on Disney+ but I didn't actually get round to watching it until it got a brief theatrical release in 2024 which is how I first saw it.

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[chernobog13]

Finished watching Gamera Rebirth last night, and boy was that fun!

Was it perfect? No. There are some nits I could pick. But just like the ones I had with Godzilla Singular Point (2021), they did not affect my enjoyment of the series at all.

I loved that the series incorporated elements from all three eras of Gamera, including the criminally under-appreciated Gamera the Brave (2006). The kaiju redesigns were sick, the fights were even sicker, and Gamera took some heavy damage and still managed to defeat all the bad guys.

Okay, one detail I really didn't like: Gamera being suddenly so powerful that he can fire a beam to take out a target on the moon. It was just as ridiculous as when Godzilla used his breath to blast a hole to the center of the Earth in Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) (then again, that whole dang film was ridiculous; ridiculously bad, that is!).

The production team almost completely made up for that, however, by playing an instrumental version of the Gamera song over the end credits. That was an awesome touch!

I'm glad they kept things open for a sequel series, which I'm hoping we'll see someday. We (speaking for me, myself, and I) need more Gamera in our lives. And I'll take another Gamera animé series of this caliber any day.

Or at least until someone gets around to making some more live-action films.

[filmfanaticfables1990]

Titans Clash Again In Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is a visual spectacle that takes us back to the late Showa era. Director Adam Wingard has crafted a vibrant, action-packed adventure that, while it may have its flaws, delivers on the promise of monstrous entertainment.

The film is a direct sequel to 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong and continues the tradition of the Monsterverse franchise. This time, we see the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla pitted against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world. The narrative is fragmented and knowingly silly, cross-cutting between lines of action in multiple locations that all lead to a huge showdown with a lot of creatures.

While the human characters may feel one-dimensional and the script weak, the film is all about the action. The special effects are inconsistent, and the editing can be shoddy at times. However, the film does not shy away from its identity as a fun popcorn film.

The film delves further into the histories of these Titans, their origins, and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond. It uncovers the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is a textbook visual thrill ride punctuated by brief moments of forced emotion and little else. It may be all over the place, but it gives fans the over-the-top monster action that they demand via an imposing new villain.

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She is a Child Prodigy & Most Very Well Talented Young Actress Of Today's Age

Born In Marbella, Málaga, Spain, on 19 February 2004, the third of four children born to British parents Kelly and Robert Brown, an estate agent. She was born with partial hearing loss in her left ear. She moved with her family back to England when she was four, settling in Bournemouth; when she was eight, the family moved to Orlando, Florida.

In 2016

She was cast to play The Most Prominent Role Of Her Acting Career As a Child Star

She Was Cast To Play Eleven in the Netflix science fiction horror series

Stranger Things.

She received critical praise for her performance and she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She then won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series with her co-stars and won the 43rd Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series. For her role as Eleven in the second season of Stranger Things, she received her second nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award in 2018.

In 2018, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, becoming the youngest person to be included in the list. In addition she was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential teens of 2017 and of 2018. That year, she become the youngest person ever to be appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. EA Games announced that She collaborated with The Sims 4 programmers to feature in the Sims 4 Positivity Challenge. In 2018, The Hollywood Reporter ranked She as among Hollywood's top thirty stars under age eighteen.

She made her feature film debut in 2019, in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the sequel to the 2014 film Godzilla. She reprised her role in the next sequel, Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). She became the ambassador of UEFA's Together #WePlayStrong campaign. In 2019, She launched "Florence by Mills", her own beauty product line. It is available at UK pharmacy Boots, Walmart in the United States, and Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada. In 2020, She starred in and produced the film adaptation of The Enola Holmes Mysteries.

In 2022, She earned $10 million to reprise her role as Enola Holmes in the sequel, Enola Holmes 2. Also that year, she was made an ambassador of the fashion brand Louis Vuitton.

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Which MonsterVerse film has made you laugh?

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Tiny Review: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire 2024. Violent kids show.

There’s a thin theme of parenting. With the relationship of Ilene and Jia on the line, and the lone ape and cub scenes. It’s all cursory to final fight. 

The closing mom-daughter moment could have hit harder, more emotional, imo. 

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is a 2024 American monster film directed by Adam Wingard. It is the sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, and Fala Chen.

[abduloki]

How I rank the Monsterverse Godzilla films

Godzilla : King of the Monsters (2019)

Godzilla (2014)

Godzilla vs Kong (2021)

Godzilla x Kong : The New Empire (2024)

Bear in mind that everyone have different tastes and expectations. This is just mine.

I felt that GKOTM is by far the most epic monsterverse Godzilla film, not only because of the iconic titans like King Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodan but due to the epic score, each titan having their own theme. Never underestimate the power of soundtrack. Something I felt is missing watching GxK, especially when Mothra appeared.

Unpopular opinion : I actually love Godzilla 2014 as it is the most mysterious out of the four. The slow build up at the beginning, making you wonder what's going on or what titan is on the loose, before you actually see it appearing. Same as Godzilla, his first appearance was grand in the middle of the night on that beach.

To put it simply, Godzilla 2014 and GKOTM felt more "real" in a sense that you can feel the bulkiness and raw power of Godzilla and the titans each time they appear and dominate the big screen. While GvK and GxK doesn't really make you feel that they're "huge" because they move very quickly like the Jaeger in Pacific Rim Uprising.

But overall, they're still enjoyable and entertaining, not terrible to the point that you walk out of the cinema halfway regretting the tickets. It depends on what you're looking for watching them. I'd probably rewatch Godzilla 2014 and GKOTM more times than the other two.

[meara-eldestofthemall]

If the Batfamily were to have a movie night and the film for the day was King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) (or 2021’s Godzilla vs Kong), which sides would they take?

Great ask, thank you!

The 1962 Godzilla vs King Kong is so unbelievably cheesy that none of them (except Damian) would take sides. There was too much fun to be had making fun of what passed for entertainment back in the swinging 60s. The special effects are lame, the badly dubbed dialogue stilted and the storyline nonsensical. Damian would have great sympathy for poor Kong who is essentially a giant gorilla ripped from his home to fight for poorly stipulated reasons.

The 2021 version, however...

Tim, Jason and Cass are solidly pro-Godzilla. How can you not love a misunderstood, almost antihero of kaiju who can level cities? Cass finds him rampaging through Hong Kong quite amusing and keeps pointing out buildings she wants destroyed because she thinks they're "ugly." Jason tends to whoop loudly whenever Godzilla ramps up to use his atomic breath. Tim just enjoys the mindless destruction and massive property damage. He finds it quite therapeutic somehow.

Dick and Damian are in Kong's camp. Dick identifies with how gracefully the big lug swings through his environment. He also finds he whole idea of the hidden earth really cool. Damian sees Kong as a victim. He's ripped from his home and forcibly transported across the ocean to fulfil the needs of selfish humans.

Bruce and Duke eye the verbal jabs the two groups throw at each other and stay carefully neutral.

Alfred, of course, is above it all.

[agentnico]

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) review

Someone should call child services, as Kong uses a baby monkey as a weapon and flails him around like a whip, using the poor little fella to bash against incoming enemies. Granted the little chap is durable, but like….. I’m sorry, this movie is ridiculous. Like I can’t even!

Plot: Godzilla and the almighty Kong face a colossal threat hidden deep within the planet, challenging their very existence and the survival of the human race.

2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong holds a special place in my heart in that during COVID-19 it was one of the first and only films to come out during lockdown. I recall sitting in my living room suffering from high depression (I mean, who wasn’t at that time, am I right??) and I stuck on the Godzilla vs Kong film with low expectations……and I had the greatest time ever. By no means was it a masterpiece. It’s even far away from being a good film, but at that time when I was cinema-deprived and life was in a constant state of limbo, a big trashy Hollywood blockbuster with two massive CGI monsters beating the living crap of each other was exactly the entertainment I needed.

In cometh Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Naturally we’re no longer in a pandemic so the WOW factor is gone, and also Godzilla Minus One only recently came out reminding us that Godzilla can be sophisticated when need be. That being said, am I opposed to seeing some ridiculously over-the-top kaiju brawls for absolutely no other reason other than Hollywood wanting to throw money against the wall and seeing what happens? Yes. Look, from the set-up the whole thing doesn’t make sense in the first place. I get it is fantasy and suspension of disbelief is required, but it’s a giant walking nuclear power plant that holds the title of king of the monsters against a bloody monkeh. I don’t care how cool or likeable Kong is, if we’re being realistic he’d get smushed just by touching Godzilla. Like, ain’t that lizard boi radioactive?? Last time I checked radioactivity is pretty fatal. Kong should have developed multiple forms of cancer since the 2021 film, I’m just saying. But again, that’s if we’re thinking logically, however as we’ve learned from these MonsterVerse movies, logic isn’t a word that exists. So let’s enjoy the lizard and monkeh for what they are - bring it on!!

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is exactly what you expect it to be… in the last 30 minutes. The first hour and a half is actually a casual sequel to Kong: Skull Island, with Godzilla a fleeting cameo just getting up to random shenanigans, with every appearance lasting no longer than 5 seconds. I’m serious, Godzilla to this movie is like Scrat is to the Ice Age movies. If you recall the little saber-toothed squirrel hardly ever connects to the main plot-line of those films, and instead is only obsessed with getting his stupid acorn. Same with Godzilla, he fights random kaijus just cause. He takes naps in the Colosseum just cause. He eats nuclear plants for breakfast just cause. He turns Barbie-level pink just cause. His entire role in this movie is just cause. Otherwise this is through and through a King Kong movie. Not that I’m complaining, if you want to make a somewhat engaging and emotionally resonant narrative (as if this movie has a plot!), it’s easier to focus on Kong as he has the baggage of being lonely and wanting to find a home and more of his kind, so there’s something there to work with. So we spend most of the movie wit Kong as he explores Hollow Earth that’s discovered from the previous film, and I quite enjoyed all that. Does the movie need to be 2 hours long? Nope, as the whole Hollow Earth story-line is dragged out so much when in fact all that happens could have easily been told in the size of a short film. Essentially nothing much happens is what I’m saying. Like the whole thing is a set-up for the inevitable and highly anticipated final showdown that we’ve all paid for.

About the final showdown - it’s so dumb. I mean the whole movie is dumb, but the final battle breaks any last remaining realm of reason and turns into this crazy bonkers monsters v monsters smashy-bashy bonkers beat ‘em up, and it was absolutely fantastic! Again, I fully admit the stupidity of it all, but watching this movie’s finale in a crowded theatre with everyone cheering, laughing, clapping and howling alongside all the CGI madness that is thrown at our faces - it was awesome! I’d give the final 30 minutes a 10/10 score easily, as it is exactly what we want from a Godzilla and Kong movie. Godzilla spears Kong through a pyramid and then immediately follows that up with a suplex. That right there is cinematic genius!! The rest of the movie is fine and has its moments, but is just a meandering set-up for that ending.

This being a MonsterVerse movie naturally there are also some human characters that we are forced to care about. Like I give a f***, gimme me more lizard and monkeh!!! I want them here, and I want them now! To be fair the producers must have listened to the audience feedback as there is much less human stuff in this movie. There’s a useless sub-plot with Rebecca Hall and her adopted daughter that was so boring and generic and was the dullest part of the movie. Brian Tyree Henry and Dan Stevens are a delight though, providing some enjoyable comedic tongue in cheek, with Stevens especially excelling at the one-liner quips. Nice also to see Stevens teaming back up with director Adam Wingard, the two having previously worked on the wonderful indie thriller The Guest. Honestly if you have not seen The Guest you’re missing out big time - a delightful slice of action horror with a fantastic atmosphere that sucks you in with a dash of dry black comedy edge.

Speaking of Adam Wingard, he’s evidently a good match with these goofy Fast & Furious-level silly monster flicks. He directs the movie using a fun colourful visual palette, with some fantastic sci-fi set pieces, and Hollow Earth is reminiscent very much of a Jules Verne-type adventure locale, very much in the vain of a Journey to the Centre of the Earth, or a Mysterious Island. There’s also a strong 80’s retro vibe to the movie with the techno-synth music score from Junkie XL that had strong Thor: Ragnarok feels to it. I must say through all its stupidity, visually the film is really cinematic and looks awesome on the big screen.

I had a solid time with Godzilla x Kong, especially with those last 30 minutes. Satisfyingly entertaining blockbuster fast-food. It does get a while to get there, and also the movie is fit with so many plot holes and inconsistencies, and also it really did feel like the writers were making things up as they were going along, but I don’t care. This was never intended to be high calibre award worthy filmmaking. It’s only a monkeh, standing in front of a radioactive lizard, asking him to fight together. Really entertaining and super fun. Best part was when it was revealed that Kong could talk and screamed “it’s KONGIN TIME!!’

Overall score: 6/10

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Kaiju Week in Review (May 28-June 3, 2023)

Yukiko Takayama passed away on June 1. She was the screenwriter of Terror of Mechagodzilla, which closed out the Showa Godzilla series in 1975. Given no instructions from Toho besides "bring back Mechagodzilla," she turned in a surprisingly dark work centered around a peaceful dinosaur transformed into a weapon of war and a cyborg girl struggling to hold on to her humanity. She's also one of only two women to receive a writing credit on a Godzilla film, after Kazue Kibo (Son of Godzilla). She brought back both Titanosaurus and Katsura for the 2016 novella 2075: Meister Titano’s Counterattack, which you can read on Toho Kingdom. Rest in peace.

Skull Island co-showrunner and writer Brian Duffield took to Twitter to answer questions about the show, always a difficult tightrope to walk before your show's actually been released. What we learned: the show is set in the early 90s (so well after Kong: Skull Island but just a little before Skull Island: The Birth of Kong... love these distinct titles). Don't expect any returning characters. Season 1 will be 8 episodes long, and while Season 2 seems to be at least partially written, it's not guaranteed to happen.

More Monsterverse characters have joined Godzilla Battle Line: Mothra and King Ghidorah from Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Poor Rodan got snubbed; there's even a space in the artwork for him. Maybe next update. Mothra looks to be a beast, shielding nearby allies from stun effects when you summon her, slowing down enemies with long-range silk, and boosting her player's energy upon death. King Ghidorah is strong, naturally, but probably too costly.

SRS Cinema continues its hot streak by licensing Kadokawa's 2021 blockbuster The Great Yokai War: Guardians. The film bombed spectacularly, which I can't say I fault Japanese audiences for, but it's still a huge get for such a small company. As usual, the Blu-ray release will come first, with a more widely available DVD to follow. No VHS gimmick for this or The Whale God though; guess Kadokawa wasn't a fan.

I continue to be staggered by how many Movie Monster Series figures Bandai is cranking out: here's Mothra from Godzilla vs. Mothra and Larugeus, Kaigel, and Mammoth Flower from Shin Ultraman. For the sake of sculpt quality, maybe they should slow down; the bird looks traumatized and the plant looks like it's rising out of a dung pile.

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