Recently I went to watch Godzilla: King of the Monsters and here is what I thought about it. This contains spoilers for Godzilla: King of the Monsters by the way.

At first, we got to see the other side of what happened during the 2014 Godzilla fight. This killed the main character (Mark Russell)’s son, which leads to Mark growing to hate Godzilla. The aftermath of what happened in 2014 resulted in his son’s death. The son’s death is also what drive this particular family to make some questionable decisions during the film.

Mark is a very likeable character as throughout we see how he slowly understands Godzilla from hating it to helping it, but his wife is a different story. In this story the wife is just a villain and her dying did not make me feel that she redeemed herself.

I think what is better about this Godzilla film is the relationship between the Godzilla and the humans. Yah the government still wants to kill Godzilla but at least the movie is not fully focused on destroying Godzilla.

The big plot twist of Godzilla: King of the Monsters is that this big monsters are actually suppose to save the Earth, no matter what it takes (so eradicating humans is also an option) . So when a three headed dragon started fighting Godzilla, the humans realise that this three headed dragon (King Ghidorah) is not from Earth but from a different planet and they have been fighting for quite a while. So this kind of explains why they are fighting, which is definitely an improvement of story compared to the previous Godzilla film. And this movie is on a much bigger scale than the last one.

This movie introduced us to the major monsters right from the start, but it still feels that it was wasted potential. Other minor monsters also appeared but they were soon forgotten before returning for the ending. They definitely could have done more with the 17 monsters they have on Earth. Maybe a TV series showcasing the world with these monsters appearing?

So Godzilla and King Ghidorah are both Apex Monsters, so whoever comes out on top gains full control of the other monsters. I mean to me this just sounds like a cheap plot device so the minor monsters won’t be a problem after Godzilla defeated King Ghidorah.

Another problem is how Godzilla keeps on “dying” and coming back. We get that he is unstoppable but King Ghidorah is pretty much overpowered. It’s like how powerful Megatron was during Age Of Extinction. They just have to find a new weakness in him last minute.

The monsters fighting is definitely the highlight of the film, with how beautiful each monster looks. The most interesting is definitely King Ghidorah, because somehow they made each individual head have their own personality.

How the camera pans to the humans during a monster fight is annoying, because let’s be honest ,we came here to see the fight.

They also reference Kong Skull Island quite a number of times throughout the film. So King Kong Vs Godzilla is definitely happening.

Mothra is also very stunning. So when it died, it was really emotional for me.

I don’t follow the Japanese TV show of Godzilla or anything so I don’t know much. But I love how it’s a wider scale of monsters, how the CGI is flawless and how they try to promote that the humans are destroying the world (like Aquaman)

Ratings:8/10