Random Movie Review - Godzilla VS Kong (the one that the west made)

In the last decade, we had a battle of heroes in the form of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and Captain America: Civil War which both felt quite similar in how both sides were sort of manipulated by the main villain. How both ended saw the Avengers disband temporarily and the death of the Man of Steel which prompted Bruce Wayne to begin forming the Justice League. But many of us know that out of the two films, Marvel's was the best one. So good in fact that it was purposely made to be resistant  CinemaSins and Honest Trailers. Plus, it felt like a journey that had been building up to that moment, whereas the DC film just didn't work because it came so soon after one Superman film set in the DC Extended Universe. Sure, we all wanted to see Superman and Batman battle it out, but most of us would've wanted it to feel like a journey building up to it. Speaking of which, that's how it happened with this film. Two Godzilla films and one King Kong film, both set in the same universe, and this film is the culmination of all those films with no clear indication as to how things will go moving forward. I really enjoyed Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island, but didn't really think much of Godzilla: King of the Monsters because of how complicated it was, but I did enjoy the visuals and the battle sequences. It's either going to be the battle of the year or decade if no other VS film comes out throughout the 2020s. And it's definitely one that would no doubt be one best seen on the big screen rather than a small screen. So let's take a look and see how the west fared over a film that has already been made before, but not with the King Kong that the west are familiar with:

Five years have passed since Godzilla (reprised via mo-cap by T.J. Storm) last resurfaced, and Monarch have placed an old but still kicking Kong (this time played via mo-cap by Eric Petey) inside a dome on Skull Island to monitor him. But when Godzilla returns and causes mass damage for no reason, a desperate team of humans take and then follow Kong into the Hollow Earth to find a means to defeat the king of monsters. Meanwhile, Madison (reprised by Millie "Eleven" Bobby Brown) alongside her friend Josh (played by the guy who made plus-sized villains cool, Julian Dennisoh) seek out a vlogger called Bernie (played by Brian Tyree Henry) who seems to have some information on something that may be the reason for Godzilla's unexplained rampage.

I have always thought that when you make a VS film, it should always feel like a journey leading up to it. The films I have mentioned already have done it differently if you're thinking more of the narrative side of it. But if you were to just take into account the amount of films and how popular both things area, then in that respect, it feels like a journey. No matter, at least this film felt like it was always going to lead up to it and that was always the plan for the MonsterVerse. To have it lead into a film featuring Godzilla and Kong together, but leaving room for the possibility of further in-universe adventures with them and other monsters old and new. It's visually stunning, we can actually see the fighting this time (before it was in almost complete darkness) and we get a clear winner too. However, as with most VS films (not all, just most), it has a predictability factor if you've seen the sorts of VS scenarios where a team up may be involved. But other than that, another great giant monster film that would've no doubt been great to see at the cinema despite what's happening in the world currently. 9/10