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| Godzilla vs Kong |
A few nights ago, I saw "Godzilla vs Kong" alone in my darkroom. It was far from ideal, but it made me extremely unhappy for a special pleasure that I stayed away for 13 months. There are many reasons why I miss going to the movies, but one that I didn't really consider was the special pleasure of watching a bad movie on the big screen.
I don't mean "bad" in a bad way. This is a detail rather than a decision. Directed by Adam Vanguard, "Godzilla vs. Kong" is the fourth installment in the franchise, called Monster Versi, based on the fossil DNA from the B-movie. Thus, it gathers an inspiring human cast to explain and draw attention to the fake science that is happening to see. "Does the monkey just talk?" Someone asks if he did, but it's not like there's no one here to watch. We fought the lizard and paid him.
Well, I didn't, but I could have done it if things were different. Not necessarily as part of the monthly HBO Maximum Purchase, remember you. (The film grossed 3 123 million in overseas theaters last weekend.) The Titanic Titans going to the maneuver show were to be seen in the presence of restless members of its own kind. Sighing and laughing at the ridiculous parts, laughing out loud when Samian's fist is attached to Sarin's jaw, then jokes and claps on the other side.
In the absence of such a company, it is at least possible to appreciate "Godzilla vs. Kang." It's a great movie, not a show, not very original. Using the energy-drinking locks of the series' sports broadcasts, a preliminary sequence runs, similar to previous Monster Virus episodes ("Godzilla," "Kong: Skull Island" and "Godzilla King of the Monster"). Playoff myths and legends are linked to genetics and geophysics, but bracketology is a related intellectual discipline.
And the main aesthetic feats are kaiju and monkeys. They fight on the seas and on the streets of Hong Kong and their bodies are presented in love and ridiculous detail. Kang's height fluctuates a bit, like that of a boxer who swings between weight classes. Her nails are beautiful, however, her teeth are straight and her skin is remarkably well developed.
The film, written by Eric Pearson and Max Bornstein, may lean slightly in Kang's favor. He befriends a young girl named Jaya (Kelly Huttle), whose tutor is a sensitive scientist, Eileen Andrews, played by Rebecca Hall. Nathan Lund (Alexander Skarsgard) is less sensitive, and his partnership with Walter Samson (Damien Becher) is morally compromised, exposing his technical ambitions while wearing a brocade jacket and holding Scotch glass. ۔
You know the boy. You may also be familiar with the misunderstood people who choose the version of Godzilla's story: Crazy Podcaster (Brian Tire Henry) ؛ Nervous Fool (Julian Dennison) Liberal youth (Bobby Brown) Brown was in "Godzilla: King of Demons", like Kielander, who once again plays his father, a restless bureaucrat. The film and other previous images of Monster Wars attracted a little more interest from the public, which reduced the pattern and the relationship to visual shorthand and indiscriminate writing jokes.
Poetry, as I suggested, lives with beasts. Kang, being a warm-blooded creature, is more emotional and interesting than both of them. He also learns to communicate with humans and use tools, or at least a shiny ax that he finds deep under the ground. (Even if you don't, the earth is hollow.) Godzilla is simple, but even more mysterious. A small-minded killer whose hollow face, however, almost evokes philosophical restlessness as well as natural strife.
What would you bet on? I'm not going to spoil anything. Despite the light blue death rays emanating from Godzilla's mouth, this is an old-fashioned Donnie Brook, a fight that feels more physical than digital. Kong's shoulders are broad and capable of making fists, but Godzilla has claws, a low center of gravity, and a hammer tail.
It's not pretty, and it doesn't mean much, but "Godzilla vs. Kong" turns its boundaries into virtues and makes stupidity easier. The original "Gojira" was a manifestation of human negligence, just as the old "King Kong" was a human tragedy that was a human tragedy. They were pop fiction, which made this spectacular spectacle far-fetched. But at least it respects the nobility of the goons on the screen because it satisfies the hunger of the goons on the sofa.
Godzilla vs. Kong
Rating PG13. Anarchy of great animals. Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes. In theaters and on HBO Max. Please review the guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before watching movies in theaters.
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