There are some good things in this film. Bradley Whitford is in this film although I didn’t recognise him (still think of him from his West Wing days) and he does provide some comedy moments. Then there are some cool shots with the monsters but I cant remember the names of monsters and what they were doing but there were some good shots. Millie Bobby Brown is also quite good as Madison who despite having a mother who does things for stupid reasons and a father who would rather take pictures of wolfs eating than spending time with his daughter. Whilst she has to do her own share of stupid things, I thought she was one of the better characters in the film. Plus I like Stranger Things so she would have to be terrible for me to put her in the negative column.
The main problem with the film is where Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island there is a lot of build up and it feels like time is being spent building things up whereas this film does feel like its very generic in terms of blockbusters. Characters aren’t given time to develop and just say their bit and move on and it just doesn’t work for me. Charles Dance is wasted here. When I saw him I just wanted to him to be like he was in Game of Thrones yet here its like he’s not even trying. I don’t think its his fault entirely but the story needs a baddie and cant quite decide who the baddie is.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is ultimately a missed opportunity with too many monsters and too many characters. It’s a shame really because as Marvel have shown, it is possible to have loads of characters providing you know what to do with them. This is more like Age of Ultron than Avengers Assemble.
