The obvious objective of Godzilla vs. Kong is to entertainingly wow us with two titans of cinema clashing. With crash zooms onto the combatants as they square up to each other, and full use of their various abilities, it absolutely does that. Amongst a neon-drenched Hong Kong battleground and various destroyers and aircraft carriers, there’s a lot of exciting action. In a series already known for it’s visuals – from the HALO jump, to a backlit Kong, to the Godzilla charging Ghidorah, “GvK” holds its own.
But, and I hate to be obvious, the humans. They’re such a missed opportunity. At this point in the Monsterverse Titans are a known entity. Godzilla may be viewed as a hero to many, but he has still trampled an awful lot of locations and people. So it’s not unreasonable that humanity would consider their options and come up with an answer. The film should spend time considering humanities place and how we too are an apex predator to challenge the titans. How some people wish to build on the balance and environmental changes they bring, whilst others will challenge them through fear.
Instead the human storylines feel bitty, disjointed from previous films, and unfocused. And where did Apex Cybernetics come from? Where is Charles Dance? Possibly important characters side-lines. This series plants so many seeds that it feels weird not to follow up on them.
Perhaps I’m expecting too much. GvK is brilliant fun when it’s letting it’s titans duke it out. They feel like real creatures with personality, and they knock the crap out of each other! It’s not a hard watch. I just wish more thought had been put into what the humans were doing.
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