Godzilla vs. Kong - Movie Review 

The thing that surprised me the most was how agile they made Godzilla in comparison to previous iterations, I was like "oh he movin movin"😂

Least it's a movie that knows what it is and sticks to it.

I'm surprised that the humans in this universe are still alive.

I loved that, without dialogue, they essentially had a scene of Godzilla telling Kong to submit and Kong answering he rather die.

At some point you feel bad for Kong. He was forced to fight and he is just like a huge human. He doesn’t have durable skin like Godzilla, he doesn’t have any superpower attack. I’m glad that he was finally at home where he could roam free.

I like how they made Kong feel like an oversized member of the good human team. You truly will feel sympathetic to him especially since he's basically a kidnapped animal. Godzilla otherwise is like a living breathing natural disaster as he should be correctly portrayed.

“The second half is nonstop Kong and Godzilla stuff” I am pleased, I am pumped, I am ready

Millie Bobby Brown's character literally didn't do shit this whole movie, except for talking and walking around to places. Edit: Actually, she did find the secret door or whatever, so that's something.

The low gravity scene would’ve been the PERFECT time for Godzilla to use his Atomic Breath to push him in the air and fly

I’m glad you enjoyed it! This film seems like it knows exactly what it wants to be and achieves it perfectly! I can’t wait to see it!

We expected Chris to rate it lower, but we're glad he rated it higher than expected.

Honestly I died when the dude called the little girl a coward 💀

I'd like to thank the directors and everyone involved in the Monsterverse project for not letting the franchise fall into the same hole Pacific Rim fell into.

Holy shit, this movie exists. I vividly remember not believing any of these Godzilla movies would come out, like, five years ago when they were announced.

I really liked this film. I was rooting for Godzilla to kick King Kong's ass. But the movie made me feel for King Kong, for the first time ever. I felt sorry for what I was rooting for before the movie.

“Quick we need two American teens” “I can give you a Brit and a kiwi”

The “Monsterverse” need to continue in my opinion

When Godzilla gave kong that " Now you know and understand I am the Alpha Titan and KOTM" nod...that was epic.

SPOILERS: I liked how we spent 45 minutes with Millie Bobby Brown running around on the ground completely seperate from the other characters only to turn off MechaGodzilla’s power for like 2 seconds by pouring a drink on a computer

This movie had the perfect amount of action and I felt like it was the perfect length. Kong felt like the main character in this movie

I love how Chris can appreciate a movie in a non-pretentious way despite being extrenely knowledgeable about film as an art form. He knows that not every movie aims to be some deep thought provoking experience for the viewer but can also appreciate a movie that IS a thought provoking watch.

“Take all of my money now”... pretty much everyone after hearing about this film

How you get a Stuckman solid "B" rating... Deliver what you promised and get out of the way (I love that and Chris)

The way Kong and the little girl communicated made me go, "Oooooh. That makes perfect sense." Way better than them having, like, a bullshit psychic connection or something.

That "sadistic" grin for Godzilla was just perfect

“its a movie where godzilla and kong fight” “shut up and take my money”

“If you go into Godzilla vs Kong ready to analyze the in-depth meaning and the hidden metaphors of the shots and visual implications of everyone’s state of mind, you’ll probably not like the movie”😂😂😂

I honestly like that the Monsterverse is becoming as ridiculous and cheesy as the old Godzilla films from the Showa era. It’s like a really high budget version of those films and I could not be happier. And, of course, I can always come crawling back to Shin Godzilla for something as bleak and terrifying as the original Godzilla film.

Saying "it's like an early 2000s movie" instantly sold me on this movie.

Godzilla charging Kong's axe to kill Mecha Godzilla was absolutely badass

Spoiler alert: The film ends with Kong waking up. He's actually just an ordinary, normal-sized gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo, and everything that happened was all just a dream.

Really enjoyed the film. The little girl is by far the best human in these movies. The fights were EPIC AF

Godzilla vs Kong is what the monsterverse should be. Climatic, coherent, well shot battles that don’t cut away from the action combined with some decent human characters, incredible cinematography, and great music. If the monsterverse continues, I hope that these elements are expanded upon greatly, and I hope they make room for more classic monsters like Biollante and Gigan.

If I don’t hear one character say “let them fight” I’m going to demand a refund.

The fights of this movie are the greatest fights in the entire Godzilla saga, and one of the coolest, most epic moments in cinema history. Pure rush of adrenaline.

Critics were expecting "Godzilla Vs King Kong: and the Academy award winning Human Character Development"

Every body absolutely must see this movie. Because I AM IN IT!!! Part of it was filmed here in Hawaii and there's a scene with 300 extras, including me, running away from Godzilla. Godzilla swats at a plane and it crashes in front of where we're all running and we quickly run the other way and break through a fence to escape. So, enjoy Godzilla and Kong, but be sure to look for me running in fear away from Godzilla! I might even have a close-up, as I was running straight at the camera several times! :)

I walked into the the theatre without having seen a single trailer. It was my first movie in more than a year after I went to see 1917 before CoVID. Holy sh*t! This was the most fun I've had in months. Titan fights are the stuff of dreams.

I'm 54 and I was glued to the TV when ever King Kong vs Godzilla came on. This movie is bringing the kid in me come back and I love it. Can't wait to see it.

Dude, the vhs Godzilla vs Kong fight 😂 The fact that Kong just feeds him a fucking tree! That is awesome! 😂

Chris' t-shirt collection must be worth millions at this point...

This is Adam Wingard’s redemption for Death Note, this movie was awesome 👏

Are you telling me humans aren’t heavily outweighing the monsters for screentime? Then what’s the point?

It was cool how Chris opened up and shared about how much he loved the source material during his childhood in this one.

The connection between Kong and Jia seems emotionally powerful, actually. I think critics need to relax because no one is ever going to be happy with the human plot. :(

You gotta appreciate a guy that rates movies for what they are. You rock, Chris.

So weird that Eleven looked like mini Sigourney Weaver, now she looks like Natalie Portman.

* Godzilla atomic breath hits Kong * Godzilla: *G O T C H A !*

This is basically the perfect movie to welcome people back to theaters with

GODZILLA's Grin on his face is EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the fastest I’ve ever clicked.

Point that some people miss is that Godzilla wasn’t trying to ever really fight kong, he was always looking for megagodzilla Kong just got in the way LOL and got stepped on each time!

Most of the old Japanese movies were like 70% social political human dramas.

How refreshing. A movie that doesn’t need to have “a message”.

Seeing her in tears saying "please be careful" to Kong was a gut punch

I think my favorite part was that there was a definitive winner without either having to die. Gojira knocked Kong down a couple pegs, and after Mecha knocked Goji on his scaley butt, Kong sorta redeemed himself in the eyes of Goji, ending in a sorta mutual respect between the two. The stare and Goji turning his back to Kong said “you are my equal” more than anything to me, really enjoyed this film. On a side note, I absolutely loved the string of events the fight in Hong Kong took. Started with Goji getting bodied and then he just went feral and lashed out once he had enough. Loved how ruthless and angry they portrayed him, you could just see how fed up he was with the whole ordeal lol.

Its a monster movie can’t expect a Oscar best picture movie so I’m going to enjoy the hell out of this

Been watching Chris Stuckmann for over 4-5 years now. Chris Stuckmann analyzes films so well. He does it in a way so that people who are not hard-core film watchers can understand, while people who know things relating to the shots, cinematography, camera angles, lighting, etc. can also understand. Another well done review! Now I'm 10x more pumped for Godzilla vs. Kong!

Ah, seeing a notification for a review of a blockbuster. God, how I’ve missed this.

I’d personally give it a solid B+ . In the modern equivalent this is basically cream of the crop b-movie material. And it rises above just by being insanely mind -bendingly good looking. It’s insane that visual created reality had gotten this far.

Spoiler alert: Kong finds out Godzilla has the same name as his momma and they become allies.

Awesome, considering the fact that Chris wasn't impressed with KOTM, I'm glad he enjoyed this more and gave it a solid score.

I really liked this film

There was a lot of moments where I was like "but how, and why, and when did we get that advanced" but by the end it had redeemed any unexplained plot point with some of the best fights in the monsterverse.

"the second half of the movie is nonstop godzilla and Kong stuff" YEAAAAAAH

Amazing that it took the monsterverse four movies to realize all we wanted was big monster fights with modern cg, and we didn’t care about cutting away before the impact of a punch to check in on the human characters.

Honestly speaking The graphics of the film, visuals cgi vfx was epic next level.... And that acting perfomance of that deaf and dumb girl was brilliant chemistry between her and kong is very heart touching... But story wise it's very simple and other actors has nothing to offer just watch it for the incredible visuals you will get entertained...!!!

Absolute blast of a movie. Although I wasn't that big on the music compared to King of Monsters, this movie is a Giant monster dream. I loved how neutral Godzilla is, fitting for his character, and I love how they didn't do some BS move like make Kong so overpowered he one shots Godzilla. It felt believable to each other's strengths and weaknesses. I actually cared for the human characters. I thought this movie finally nailed it where previous big monster fight films failed. I didn't go, "back to the human stuff" in a cynical voice. I actually wanted to see them and know what they were doing, even if one led to a predictable but satisfying conclusion. This ain't a deep movie, which is fine. There is a time and place for that. This a movie that's about lizard vs monke, and it's great. Btw, I need Kong's chill playlist. That King got great music.

when someone tells me a movie is a throwback to late 90s or early 2000s, i take that as the greatest compliment to the movie as those were the golden era of movies for me.

How he sounded throughout the review, I thought he'd give it one of the "A's" A-, A or maybe even A+.

that's cool they actually made the godzilla vs king kong memes into a movie.

***SPOILER*** As far as I understand... Apex is trying to create Mecha Godzilla to be the one TRUE apex Titan but need hollow earth stuff to do it. They hire Eric Northman to get the middle earth stuff. IT's brother recruits Kong to lead him to it, not knowing what he's really doing... Godzilla doesn't like all this Mecha Godzilla talk so he gets mad and attacks. Kong and Godzilla are both too alpha and decide this town ain't big enough for the 2 of them. During this pissing contest, the hollow earth stuff has been procured and Mecha Godzilla is on one. In fact, he's so on one that he goes rogue and smashes everything. Kong and Godzilla put their differences aside and learn that there's no I in team, working together to take down machine beast. After a head nod, both go back to Konging and Godzillaing. The end.

"scientists are trying to find a location that is of myth, and they believe that Kong can lead them to it, and Godzilla is out in the world reeking havoc and killing people"...."so folks are confused" LMFAO 😂

What? A movie titled about a clash between two individuals ACTUALLY being mostly about and showing said clash? Wow. After Batman v Superman I thought those didn’t exist anymore.

Kyle Chandler is a boss. Way underrated. Tim Miler wanted him for Cable in Deadpool 2 until he was outed

This movie was really fun to watch, didn’t need a story line, the fights itself told a story. Amazing

5:06 After seeing the movie, I totally get the hilarious close up Chris was talking about being funny as hell lol, Godzilla was literally smiling while unleashing his atomic breath.

This might be the first time that Chris Stuckmann loved a big mindless popcorn flick and JeremyJahns did not...turns out 2021 is just as weird as 2020

I really want to see a modern Hollywood take on Destroyah and Junior.

I love the review. I think we have definitely forgotten that movies can be fun and cheesy. Not everything has to be dramatic and serious. I want to watch films that take me away from my reality.

Chris doing his analyzing voice mocking other people was funny af

“It doesn’t waste any time with things that we might not care about” oh like the human part story from KotM?! Awesome.

This was by far the best one out of the recent movies. I see why kong gets more screen time in all of his movies, he feels more human.

peter jackson's king kong is a classic

It does EXACTLY what is on the poster. Big monsters smashing the shit out of each other and leveling cities, and it's an absolute delight.

“That kid thats still inside me” Congrats on the baby!

Anyone who sees a movie like this, expecting to see an Oscar nomination, deserves to be let down

This was actually the best movie going experience I ever had. If you seen this movie at home instead of the theater then you played yourself. 🤷🏽‍♂️

This is one of those film you gotta see in the theaters with some damn good sound system and a huge screen!

I live in New Zealand and was able to watch this in the movie theatre. It’s a shame a majority of the world can’t enjoy the movie that way due to Covid, because the visuals and sound design were off the charts!

I've been watching so many Stuckmann reviews over the years, that I already know how he's gonna rate each movie even before clicking on the video. I love it.

having a deaf character was a genious move to have some quiet scenes!

“There’s a close up on Godzilla that people will think it’s out of character” ...Godzilla smiles, doesn’t he?

Humans in kaiju movies : "why are we still here?"

Now if only they'd make a Godzilla vs Gamera. I've been wanting to see that since I was a little kid, wayyyyy back in the early 80s.

You Read my mind. As a 80's Kid, I always wanted to see Godzilla and Kong in extreme VFX. Don't care about the Humans around. They delivered it. ENJOYED!

The Monsterverse is about to become the new era huge Blockbusters.

Chris's ratings: Godzilla (A-) Kong Skull Island (C-) Godzilla King of the Monsters (C-) Godzilla vs Kong (B)

I'm pumped! Thanks Chris

This movie was perfectly executed. The human element was kept to the bare minimum to explain why the monsters were fighting. Bravo to the directors ! The movie gives exactly what the title promises and I loved it for that !