Monster Mash!

Fenway Park And Beyond….

Godzilla: King of the Monsters has been out for almost two weeks now. It’s ticket sales haven’t been impressive and it has been slammed by critics, but the bottom line is this: If you watch a Godzilla movie hoping for anything other than massive monster fights, you’re watching it for the wrong reason.

KOTM is loud, has a thin plot that gives us little more than a reason for giant monsters to battle one another and a surprisingly solid cast of human characters that do little more than get knocked out of the way of the film’s real stars, the monsters. But you know what? That’s really all that it needs because this film is FUN.

After watching the film in the theater with my son, I remained seated as the credits rolled along and thought that I just saw a very good monster flick full of action and noise. Sure, the action was shot very close up and it was often hard to follow, but it was still enjoyable. I also remembered that there were a number of epic shots in the film that showcased not only the quality of the CGI, but the overall look and feel of the movie as a whole.

I walked out of the theater still believing that I saw an enjoyable (but not necessarily great) film. I hopped into my vehicle with my son and we actually sat there for a few minutes talking about our favorite parts of the movie. It was at this moment that I realized just how much I loved this film. The more we talked, the more I noticed how really cool Godzilla’s primary adversary was and just how much I wanted to see more of the character. I also discovered just how truly beautiful and epic Godzilla’s sidekick was and how amazingly silly the villain’s assistant happened to be in the film.

I also recalled just how dumb the plot was in the movie but how necessary it was to bring so many monsters onto the screen at one time. Ignore the film’s human-centered plot and focus on the monsters’ reasons for battling it out across the globe.

After arriving at our home, I laid down in bed to go to sleep. I caught myself smiling as I revisited certain moments, monsters, and characters in the film. I love this film and if you appreciate noisy monster movies with paper thin plots, you’ll love this one, too. Go see Godzilla: King of the Monsters in the theater. The ending promises bigger things to come and be sure to stay until all of the credits have rolled.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters stars Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring, The Manchurian Candidate), Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights, Super 8), Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai, Inception), Zhang Ziyi (Memoirs of a Geisha, The Cloverfield Paradox), and Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things, Intruders) as well as Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah.

As always, thank you for reading my post. See you again real soon. I plan on taking a look back on a legendary monster flick celebrating almost fifty years with a remastered limited release in a couple of days.