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Review Score

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Movie

2024

I am all for "Mindless fun" but there is a keyword in there missing from "GodzillaXKong: The New Empire," and that's the fun. This film is just a poorly CGI mess with terribly written characters, an uninteresting story, and way too much focus on Kong, who is basically the least interesting of the two monsters. I'm not sure what happened to Adam Wingard. "You're Next" and "The Guest" are two great thrillers, but everything since then hasn't just been mid, it's been terrible, and I get even less excited seeing his name attached to a film. The only segment I actually enjoyed from the film was the Egypt fight as it was well choreographed and a good showcase for both monsters, and some of the final fight, but those were probably the only two standout moments. A good key about how my whole family felt about this film. Usually, once we leave the theater, we spend the car ride home talking about the movie, and by the halfway point, we had already wrung out anything worth talking about by the time we got home. My dad also came out of the theater, and the first thing he said was that didn't need to be 3 hours, and I was like, "Oh pops, that wasn't even 2." Unfortunately, the monsterverse keeps making money, so these films are gonna keep being pumped out on the assembly line.


Filmmaking

41

Overall

45

Screenplay

50

Acting

50

Cinematography

50

Production

50

Directing

50

Concept

40

Story

30

Dialogue

30

Characters

45

Pacing

-

Musical Score

Attributes

35

Entertaining

30

Uniqueness

41

How Much I Like It

-

Twists

-

Artistry

40

Fun

50

Cliche

60

Cheesy

65

Broad Appeal

-

Cerebral

25

Emotional

35

Discussion Worthy

Genres

-

Action

-

Comedy

-

Drama

-

Suspense

-

Mystery

-

Thriller

-

Horror

-

Adventure

-

Romance

-

Science Fiction

-

Fantasy

-

Animation

Maturity

-

Family Friendly

-

Positive Message

-

Thematically Mature

-

Intense

-

Sexuality

-

Nudity

-

Violence

-

Gore

-

Crude

-

Profanity

-

Scary

-

Substance Use

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