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Godzilla: King of the Monsters is yet another big blockbuster flop of the year 2019, even with everyone's favorite Millie Bobbie Brown at the front. And that's actually sad to hear, because this movie is the perfect example of how to properly make these massive Hollywood monster creature movies. In today's family friendly PG episode of UA-cam's favorite show Film Perfection, let's see how Godzilla 2 handles its ancient titan monsters and ties them into its human characters, in a way that results in one unified experience.
Now I just need a movie about that Leviathan titan monster, Titanus Leviathan or whatever.
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Co-writer/director Michael Dougherty’s monster film is a sequel to the 2014 Hollywood reboot of the Godzilla franchise. When several ancient titans simultaneously emerge and begin to battle each other for supremacy, humanity desperately turns to Godzilla King of the Monsters watch full movie online free Godzilla 2 King of the Monsters honest trailer cinemasins everything wrong with Godzilla King of the Monsters blu-ray clip 4k hd as their one and only hope. The film’s international cast includes Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Sally Hawkins, Ken Watanabe, and Ziyi Zhang.
Following the global success of “Godzilla” and “Kong: Skull Island” comes the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ cinematic MonsterVerse, an epic action adventure that pits Godzilla against some of the most popular monsters in pop culture history. The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species-thought to be mere myths-rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance.
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wtf u mean flop?
What tv show will you work on and what country?
Godzilla 2014: Critics loved it... but the audience was pretty meh
Godzilla 2019: Critics hated but the audience loved it
Critics can be be unreasonable sometimes
100% of the time
Balance
Audiences actually liked G14.
As an audience myself, I did not like 2014. It had a couple cool scenes with Godzilla, but not enough to keep me interested the whole time. It fell for the classic "too much humans, not enough monsters" pitfall that gets a lot of monster movies.
It’s good to see a positive video on King of the Monsters. I feel like this movie was unfairly blasted by critics
how so? My complains are the humans involved not the monsters which in my opinion are fantastic, but the human element followed a stock family with rushed motivations, like really rushed motivations.
@@SoullessAIMusic good joke felix
@@SoullessAIMusic which is just an opinion though, the film never felt rushed to me, but that's just my opinion
@@joshuacelani1857 sick come back like how there was zero thought at all
@@nermervillarreal2691 4 months ago yes after so many break downs of this film by many cinema critics its more objective thn opinion at this point.
This movie wasn’t a flop. The studios themselves said they weren’t expecting much more and they are happy with how much it made.
raphi ____ I think people call anything that makes less than a billion a flop these days. Its sad cause KOTM did underperform but still made a profit.
@@UnfoundFilms I'm uncertain whether Godzilla: King of the Monsters broke even. Marketing makes up a significant hidden cost that isn't counted as part of the production budget, and theatres get a sizeable cut from ticket sales. The general (very rough) rule of thumb the gross required for a blockbuster to break even is 2.5x production budget, which for KOTM's $170 million budget calculates to $425 million, as compared to the actual gross of $386 million.
Jack Vac yeah I dont know the final numbers but I know China had an extended theatrical run which definitely helped out.
@@jackvac1918 don't forget how much the film is/will make from merchandise alone, there are allot of hard core Godzilla merch collectors out there, and Godzilla figures aren't cheap!
@@atomicvinylreviews3420 I can personally attest to that XD
Godzilla 2014 - "Let them fight."
Godzilla KotM - "We join the fight."
2014: “Let them fight”
2019: Can we actually fight now?
GvK 2021 - "YOOO LOOK AT THEY FIGHT"
I don't get why alot of people didn't liked this movie . I loved every second of this .
Same I had a good time.
Same here
Me too the only problem was the humans but even then I didn't mind them, it's just a shame people looked at it for an actual plot, which is understandable but this is a godzilla movie, what did you expect
Christopher Hosein ok imagine Godzilla is the input and the human is the output so us audiences can understand the goddamn movie the human element is the way we can understand to the monster
@@Red_Spidey that's not the problem, the humans have no depth, no development, but like I said, I didn't care, I still enjoyed the movie
I dont think any other film this year treats it’s source material with the love and respect Michael Dougherty gave this film. He deserves all the props for introducing a new generation to these monsters. No amount of criticism can take that away.
Didn't actually have any idea that this Godzilla movie is this good! Now I gotta watch it!
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Killian Miller not familiar with the source material. I thought the movie was a mixed bag but I could definitely feel the passion which made me care a lot more.
@@musikalora trust me critics have been to harsh on this movie don't get me wrong it has its flaws but it's better than the 2014 godzilla movie in every single aspect and the director actually put
effort and care for this movie
@@musikalora you should become a fan i will save a place for you in the hype train for godzilla vs kong
Actually, King Ghidorah is an invasive alien species, out for his own self interest to terraform Earth to his liking. Not that Alan cares, mind you.
Stephen Whitford I think he acknowledges that when he says even Jonah switches to his mentality. He also includes the clip where Vera explains that he is destroying the world.
"out for his own interest to terraform earth" sounds like us humans tbh
Chris S were dorats lol
@@-.-4827 How is that human? We are not aliens. Maybe your point stands when we terraform Mars.
@@Wiley97 bruh, I didn't compare being an alien, and we certainly try terraforming earth and for sure are out for ourselves
We live in a world where anything with a Disney logo makes billions regardless of quality, but an actually good blockbuster bombs. Kill me please.
Welcome to Hollywood
@@synysterwolf1289 eventually Disney might buy Hollywood as well
This basically sums up capitilsm
@@armaansewduth4261 this is exactly the opposite of capitalism - this is Corporatism, not Capitalism
A few studios control the narratives and control the media and the people who review content
It’s sad
Oxygen Destroyer = Bad things.
Do you want Destoroyahs? Because THATS how you get Destoroyahs
destoroyah is overhyped.
@@vortexthecomplex5369 im sorry i dont speak wrong.
@@just_me_ok849 Hedorah is more creative than Desotroyah. And has a better design. Just its orgin isn't as good. Other than that Desotroyah is just a worse Hedorah.
@@vortexthecomplex5369 wtf. better design destroyah is the kaiju devil hedorha is the sludge monster. the devil!? of some trash? stfu for you do not know what you're talking about
@@just_me_ok849 ok, sorry but I like hedorah more as I am a showa fanboy. but desotroyah looks generic evil demon while hedorah looks disgusting and I am just going to say, look about the orgins of his eyes. (if you are old enough) But I can respect that you like desotroyah more.
So, just FYI... Ghidora is alien. He came from outer space and does not represent any part of balance on the earth. It's why the oxygen bomb didn't work on him and also what made the Farmiga character so monstrous for releasing it. This was established in the film, if I remember correctly.
@Connor Garrett They refer to him as both in the movie. To humans he is an alien, since he came from a place other than earth. But to titans he is an invasive species since he has abilities and characteristics that make him overpowered on earth, which is not his natural environment.
What about all the other titans?
@@handsup5855 they are all originally from earth,
Yeah I’m the movie if I remember correctly there was a scene explaining how gihdora “fell from the sky”
It’s amazing that a film that takes in $200 million over its production budget, is the 17 highest domestic grossing film of the year, so far, and got good *audience* reviews is considered a flop.
Legendary actually considered it a success given how many big movies were coming out at the time
You could say it underperformed, but generally a "flop" means it didn't make back its production and marketing budget which it certainly did. People just took this mild underperformance and eventually turned it into a meme that the movie failed, a meme which they now spout uncritically.
Actually itwould only be a 'flop' when looking at the domestic 'Western' box office separately, and exclude China - and technically, even then it's not a flop.
Also, in general, looking at a piece of (whichever) art and judge its quality by money only is kind of besides the point of art in itself.
it's not considered a "flop" it just made less than early prediction, I think some random on the internet inaccurately called it a "flop", because of that, and it just caught on...
plus it's still making money on dvd sales, and knowing how expensive Godzilla figures can be, this film is going to keep making allot of money from merchandise alone for a long time to come..
People these days consider anything less than a billion dollars a flop tbh
No joke, the "Godzilla King of the Monsters is a bad movie" takes I've read/watched are some of the most incoherent ramblings I've ever endured. People like Filmento get it. 5 years from now, this movie will be re-evaluated as "good, actually," and I'll just be like "yeah, I told you that when it came out."
@HikaruBG it came with endgame right? I watched this instead of watching endgame second time and was really underwhelmed, this movie was just unlucky with release date.
@HikaruBG This movie is terrible and the plot is super flawed. The mom brings her daughter to the moth egg hatching and tells her to stay inside, knowing that she has a team about bust in shooting. The daughter only survives because she disobeyed her mother's orders...yet the mom didn't intend for her to die? Then at the end, the little girl is able to sneak around a the military base, steal their most important device that was just sitting there unguarded, and then sneak out completely undetected so the plot can advance. The mother gets a redemption moment even tho she literally tried to cause a global genocide. Half the dialogue was cringe and the other half was exposition. The only thing it had going for it was the visuals. There is more wrong with the movie but that's just what I can recall in the moment. It was a shit movie with a dumb plot that was just a poor excuse to make monsters fight.
@@EF-wy3di finally somebody has spoken the truth!
@@EF-wy3di lol you're just repeating what all the pretentious critics and dumb audiences who think their smart are saying. And sorry, I've seen far worse writing and character dialogue in other films. Quit trying to act smart by lumping this film in with absolute garbage like Transformers because it is hardly that bad.
@HikaruBG lol damn, you actually bothered reading that douches comment? Thumbs up for the effort and yeah, these so called 'critics' don't get that kaiju flicks, even the ones from Toho(most of them) are campy and none sensical by design and KOTM is just paying homage to those tropes. That's what the film had already got across with it's marketing so anyone going into this expecting a higher standard of movie is a moron.
Finally someone understands how this movie works. There's a lot going on at once but it all is connecting and goes to the same place every time. It's not a mess; it's just a lot.
Plus Mark Russell's character arc is one of my favorites I've seen in a blockbuster for a long time.
Honestly, the hole Russel family was a major improvement over the boring and detracting Brody family from the 2014 film.
@@samcooper2474 It's because it isn't avout the Brody family, only the ather and the son. The whole first act established both characters and their dynamics, the rest of the movie is about the son following what his father told him and doing everything he can to not loose his family again.
@@samcooper2474 i don't even remember them lol.
100% man.
I love how "flop" has come to essentially mean it didn't make enough money to fund a medium size country for a year.
That's not true. Flop is measured against production budget. If you make a film like Dark Fate with a $400 million break even point it has to bring in a shit load just to break even. So despite making $260 million worldwide, it still lost $130 million so it's a flop.
Now I don't think KOTM falls into the flop category, but I think it's very fair to say it was a box office disappointment. Especially compared to the take of Godzilla 2014.
@@faz6877 the producers said they were okay with the money it made as it fell just a bit short of expectations.
Also they know they've solidified a core public and that sequels set on this universe are a safe bet (Godzilla vs Kong is coming), so all is well when it ends well.
@@justastudent1423 i didnt likebig monke vs big lizrd too many useless things which could have been spent more wisely
@@grandmacat406 like who? What useless things? I liked the movie imo it has everything I expected about a Godzilla Vs Kong movie
@@MrSoso1050 the human plot could've been much better tbh
Godzilla: King of the Monsters was the best giant monster movie I've ever seen. For years, I felt that the 2014 Godzilla was entertaining but underwhelming. For months, I was wondering why the 2019 film seemed so much better than the first one, and now, thanks to your video, I finally understand why.
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I agree except I didn't find Godzilla 2014 entertaining except for the opening
Godzilla 2014 had a different style. They're both good in their own ways.
Have you seen Godzilla Resurgence
I absolutely loved this movie. Hearing the Godzilla theme with him surrounded by fighter jets fighting with him rushing towards Ghidora gave me goosebumps and still does to this day.
dude, the shots were they begin to fight are spectacular. And when godzilla starts charging atomic breath from from tail... so many awesome moments.
Especially the first entry of godzilla against gidorah on the radar.
I just realized I get so excited when I see a video from Filmento.
Riiiiight?! Hes amazing!
@@MrPropagator Totally.
I know right ? I also realized that his vids are just no brainer for me, click as soon as I see one and always loving what's there. This is definitely a channel that could suddenly pop off into milions of subs in a matter of months, people just need to find it out :)
It was a slow burn, but the more of his vids I watch, the more I like him.
Amen bro
Thank you so much for this video. People see Godzilla and think "oh it's just a dumb monster movie. I think I'll pass," but line up in flocks to see the next super hero blockbuster. Godzilla movies have always had the underlying themes of humanity and nature that made me fall in love with the franchise, and this film is no exception. I'm glad that someone was able to express the same viewpoint I have with Godzilla: Kind of the Monsters, and I hope more people understand the true intentions Mike Dougherty had when he made this. Such a fantastic love letter to Toho and Godzilla fans. I love this movie.
Exactly, you hit the nail on the head.This film was truly an amazing film, to me ,I think that critics today are getting to accustomed to superhero films especially with MCU popcorn flicks ,to really see a film beyond the scope of just two monsters dueling it out.
This is why I'm proud to be a part of this Fanbase. We understand each other and are more passionate about what we love than other Fanbases
@@kaylamolino3223 MCU films aren't just popcorn flicks, but you do you, I guess.
@@macknight2352 , What I meant to say was that critics have to broaden there taste of films outside superhero films , I mean I like the MCU , but there films could cookie cutter at times.
@@kaylamolino3223 Okay, good point, but popcorn flicks is a bit much
It doesnt help that everyone is a critic nowadays (ive been guilty of it), but people dont seem to watch movies expecting to be entertained anymore, but instead go into them ready to nitpick and see it negatively, and see things extremely subjectively, but in a wrong way? Its weird.
I forgot about the shot of Ghidorah looking through the window... that was frikin epic, genuinely terrifying
I partly blame Cinema Sins for spreading this mindset. What started as fun shorts that showcased gags and contradictions in movies turned into half hour long nitpicking derrogatory marathons, which don't even care about being correct anymore and encourage the viewer to look at movies superficially and not even connect things that many times actually explain the "sins"
Seriously, that channel is weaponized cancer.
@@justastudent1423 agreed, that and critics like rotten tomatoes. Last Jedi is great according to some pretentious critics, but the second Godzilla film is rubbish because critics dont like fantasy and giant monsters, because they're elitist and pretentious.
@@flightlesslord2688 however, rotten tomatoes aren't critics, they just do an Aggregate score of critics from other sites
I've been watching reviewers who said they loved the movie and it was so badass and awesome act like if kaiju literally have 2-minute screen time, when they were the focus of the movie and their screentime was lasting and completely AWESOME. The characters are just a little dumb, but they didn't even bother me, I even liked many of them, I know a Kaiju fan who is a favorite scene from the movie was human. Now, the fact that characters don't have the best participation doesn't mean the movie is trash because of it, after all, IT'S A MONSTER MOVIE. Some people are just becoming the sheep of lame critic sources, ruining completely the experience for people who actually loved the film, but the worse is, they once loved it as much or best.
@@justastudent1423 dude, audiences and so called 'movie fans' have taken up the pretentious critical mindset for far longer than channels like cinemasins have existed, hell longer than UA-cam even. I blame sites like IMDb.
9:34 technically, Ghidora wanted to destroy earth, using the other Titans as his servants of destruction. So the villains of both sides may have the same exact objective, but are really far off, with Jonah only wanted the Titans to restore earth, hence Eco Terrorist, Ghidora wanted to destroy earth because he's an alien
Jonah doesnt really see eye-to-eye with Emma, that restoration idea was Emma's, Jonah seem just accepted that the world SHOULD belong to Titans even if that means humans have to be removed from the picture.
I think most people totally missed the perspective you have on this film. Most review's main criticism I saw of the film were of the human portions of the film.
I am sorry but the human part is boring af, my friend fell asleep during the second act when they focus only on humans
@@jdelmo7001 well did you watch the video
I can understand this view and may be a flaw in the film, but I think there are a couple reasons why this is a part of the movie. For one, this is a call-back to the original Toho films. The human elements of those films are light at best. This is consistent throughout those early films. Another reason may be what Filmento touched on. The parallel of the goals between the humans and monsters. It seems at times like the same thing is being done because the paths being walked are the same to show a connection between the monsters and humans. creates a subtle redundancy that while not perceived at face value is noticeable in reflection and dissection.
Might be something that is not advisable in hindsight, but hindsight is 20/20.
"Godzilla barely appears in the 2014 movie!!!"
"There's not enough human drama in King of the Monsters!!!"
There is zero pleasing them.
No one can fall asleep to this film its too fucKing loud stop lying
One of the things I love so much about this movie is how they depict the kaiju as actual deities, like the first gods. And you can tell that all of the titans (particularly the main 4) are very intelligent and have distinct personalities, each leaning towards malevolence or benevolence. Makes the movie that much more beautiful, along with the spectacular visuals and sound design/score. Love it!!!!!
Fun Fact: Today is the anniversary of the Americanized version of Godzilla 1985
And it's got a 20% on Rotten Tomatoes..
Damian Shirayuki Red 1998
@@vd6070 honestly, nobody cares about Rotten Tomatoes scores (or at least nobody should). Films are about how they make the individual feel, not about how objectively good it's considered.
You misspelled unpopular opinion
i love that movie
Theres just the correct amount of human drama and monster fight in this movie. And like you always said, every movie should have an objective and character arcs. Both were here on both side humans and the monsters.
Why this movie resulted a flop is beyond me...
Many of the dialogues and humour weren't good but my this movie was fantastic for all the reasons you mention.
This is a movie with so much moral, mythical, ethical and ecological depth that is rarely seen in today's blockbusters.
Because in CurrentYear everything that isn't an overwhelming success is considered a failure. A game gets revies scores in the 80's? Shit game. A movie didn't make a million times it's budget (or whatever the profits for Marvel movies are)? Flo. A corporation didn't make ALL THE MONEY this year? Below expectaions. Nothing is good, average or just fine anymore, it's either perfect or shit. Thanks, internet, for making everyone an extremist.
@@abadenoughdude300 That is actually very true and says a lot about society nowadays.
@@abadenoughdude300 nah dude. I think the home BO is the basis. It was since the time movies were popular I believe.
Vera Fermiga is Thanos and the monsters are her infinity stones
Femthanos and the Infinity Titans
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EXACTLY
This is why I hate marvel stop comparing everything to fucking marvel
@@DRKNT640 Calm down just let people make references jeez
And the Orca is the infinity gauntlet
Great to see this movie getting some love!
It’s such a great movie
Critics: “No! For once in your life don’t like!”
Fans: “Big monster!”
Audince love it
Jacob Nelson I disagree, this movie sucked in my opinion and was a huge disappointment for me. I think this review or critique is giving it way too much credit.
@@7sidedfilms438 Would you care to elaborate?
I heard so much shit about how bad the characters are and, to be honest, for a Godzilla movie, they're not awful. Nothing amazing, they're there to give exposition and move the plot, but...that's kinda the point. The old, Showa Era Godzilla movies sometimes have Godzilla just at the end of the movie, and the rest is some boring human side story, and nobody complains about those? Like Destroy All Monsters promotes itself as a "big monster fight" with all the Godzilla monsters that were introduced at the time, when really it was just a fight at the very end of the movie with something like 5 monsters that actually did something, the rest was a boring human vs alien plot. Same with Ghidorah the Tree Headed Monster and Godzilla vs Gigan (this one is even worse because when you finally get to the battle, 3/4 of said battle is stock footage from previous movies). As far as Godzilla movies goes, King of the Monster is a very solid entry in the franchise
Yeah I find most of them fine in all honesty and I think they were all better than the one in 2014
I got into a reddit argument with this guy, he said him and his kid walked out because "nothing was happening".... What the fuck, how short of an attention span do you and your kid have?
@@sladesez1602 Must've thought the movie ONLY had monsters.
@@kama933 I just hope they didn't forget their sippy cups
One thing to remember though is Toho Godzilla movies as loved as they may be are still B movies. Part of the reason they use so much stock footage is to reduce costs. Even with King of the Monsters being a flop by US movies standards it is still the second highest grossing Godzilla movie of all time. In fact all three US Godzilla movies far exceed anything Toho has produced. A thought that is kind of amazing really. Were Godzilla a US franchise it would have died off with the first movie long forgotten.
9:33 Ghidorah doesn’t have the same goal as Jonah, he is an alien with the only goal of plunging earth into a desolate and lifeless wasteland which is how ghidorah wants to picture earth
Jonah doesn’t know that tho
@@sullivandmitry1416 he didn’t care either way, Emma warned him.
This movie is criminally underrated
This video was perfect. Thank you for making this and acknowledging the underrated aspects of this sadly underrated movie
I don't know why more people don't bring up the points he made in this video, I too noticed them even on my first viewing...
@@atomicvinylreviews3420 people assume that those deeper themes don't exist at all.
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This is the Avengers: Infinity War of monster movies. Perfect.
Thanos: I am....Inevitable
Ghidorah: I.....AM.....DEATH!!!!
@@SaurianStudios1207 Godzilla: And I... Am... The King Of The Monsters. *Snaps*
I’d say Godzilla Vs. Destroyah is more of that just by virtue of tone. Infinity War was pretty dark and about our heroes failing, and so was GvD, I’d say this was more like the first Avengers.
@@SaurianStudios1207 Ghidorah: You should've gone for the head.
Godzilla: which head?
One difrence ...I HATE infinity war and I LOVE godzilla king of the monsters.
Such an underrated gem!! A shame to see a legit effort to make Godzilla fun and well-written not do well at the B.O.!
I love the fact that you can so well articulate almost exactly why certain movies left me with a certain feeling I wasn’t able to put into words. Awesome work dude.
Quite shocked me most of the cinema youtubers don't liking this movie as much as I thought they will. It's crazy fun and I loved it.
And this is why you don't have to listen others opinions to form you own, kids.
Those are just the "professional" youtubers. Most of the smaller youtubers enjoyed it.
It frustrates me to no end how people miss the obvious themes of the films. If you decide to not pay attention to the story then you cannot complain about the lack of a story. smfh. I don't have a degree in writing and don't do this for a living but even I could tell what the movie was about and I think it did a great job communicating that. Critics went in with bad attitudes and have no fucking idea what they are talking about it is shocking.
@@jacobodom8401 they got the fucking themes. It ain't that deep fam. But the human sections were horrendous. Badly written acted and filmed. And everytime you start getting excited and invested in the movie, like in the MIDDLE of a monster fight, they cut to the humans bickering over some bullshit.
Yes, I just want to watch giant monsters slap eachother for half an hour. Is that too much to ask?
I don't mind having a human element to the movie, but I didn't pay my ticket to see them. And they're too prominent for this kind of movie, especially given the "quality" of writing for those scenes.
@@philllllllll But you know, it's not a horrible writing at all. It's a decent writing in fact. It's not that bad as you think, which make me salty seeing people just being toxic about the Movie and not just seeing what the Movie want you to see.
@@AndrewThePoet It's horrible writing.
Godzilla KOTM is not a flop it's just didn't get as high as it predecessor. It can still keep growing though with Blu-ray and DVD sells.
Dallen12378, yup. And i am going to be the one to buy this movie on dvd because i still have an unfinished collection to be finished and complete of course.
It is a Financial Flop.
@@abhisheksuratkar Actually, analysts deem it not an outright flop, but it is a disappointing box office turnout.
@@GunlessSnake Yeah People expected more since the previous 2 movies but It's not a flop. A Flop is the movie "The Missing Link" where the box office was below the budget.
@@Knightrogue24. Same
Thank you for giving KotM attention Filmento, it's a shame that it didn't get the exposure it deserved~
Sometimes i feel like people who arent godzilla fans dont exactly see the sheer passion behind this film that makes it so great to alot of fans, like if your a fan you can probably tell that its made by people who love godzilla that wanted to create the godzilla movie that dreams were made of, and general audiences seem to miss this
general audience, especially kids parrot whatever their favorite youtuber thinks of something.
@@InternetPolice007 i forgot i made this comment, i kinda redact it now, i still think the movie had a ton of passion behind it but some aspects are extremely questionable, and one scene in particular borders on spitting in the face of godzilla
I absolutely LOVE this movie. It’s in my top 5 Godzilla movies. Hell, top 3
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4:19 "He's an uncaring, ruthless beast..." Yup, sounds like Tywin to me
I cannot express how much joy it brings me to know that you thought this movie was decent.
'He's an uncaring ruthless beast who brings chaos and ruin everywhere he goes.'
Is this still talking about Ghidorah or about me on Tinder?
As a Godzilla fan this is one of my 3 favorite Godzilla movies of all time, alongside Godzilla vs Destoroyah and Godzilla Final Wars
I love this movie, because I went into this movie expecting big monsters to fight with enough narrative to hold it together, and that's what I got and more.
It is channels like Filmento that make you realize those whiny prokaryotes on Rotten Tomatoes deserve no respect whatsoever for their bs.
Well, they are hardly the same thing. Filmento is a film analysis channel, making him a film critic. RT is a comedy channel doing jokes about movies and pop culture.
You won this m8
RT is Rotten Tomatoes?
"Whiny prokaryotes" awesome ahahaha
Critics aren't allowed to have a different opinion than you?
Finally, a good review and critique on GODZILLA King of The Monsters that makes sense.
They did her character development well Emma, going into that movie I didn’t think I was going to cry but at the end there were a little tears because I actually felt for the character that was good character development
“An oxygen destroyer” so basically creating a new monster. Destroyah, probably one of Godzilla’s greatest nemesis’.
Ahhh yes....... the devil himself
HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY THIS: D-E-S-T-O-R-O-Y-A-H IS OVERHYPED. He DID NOT kill Godzilla. He is not too powerful and only killed Junior. And also this is my opinion, but I also hate the Shitsei Godzilla movies except Vs. Biollante.
@@vortexthecomplex5369 no destroyah is very much not over hyped,
lets touch on some of your points.
1. yeah he didnt kill him, so what? he was still dicking on godzilla that whole fight.
2. he's been confrermed to be stronger than king Ghidorha, who is above star level so...
3. thats not what the magority of the fan base think's, they regard the hesise series to the be THE defintive series.
@@just_me_ok849 fuck please i know that it has been a hard day some guy is spamming porn lets talk about this later m'kay?
@@vortexthecomplex5369 he was kicking burning godzillas ass the whole time and only really lost becuse of human intervention he Is by no means overhyped and burning godzilla Is far stronger then godzilla in its normal form
Great video, you nailed it. I'm glad more filmmakers are recognizing the genius of this film. The filmmakers really put the effort into making this the best movie across all aspects and it shows. One of the main reasons why the Monsterverse has been very consistent because they have artists that are big fans as well as fully understand the property they are making a movie on. And that will 90% of the time will always become a win.
Thanks, i don't find many youtubers that arent godzilla fans who talk about this movie being great🙂🙂🙂
This movie became more than just another action film when the family drama started to take affect and thanks to you I enjoy this movie even more
Finally, a good video talking about what I felt and thought when I saw it. It's not perfect; not only did the finale sort of favor the Monsters, but throughout the movie the writing on the human story could have been trimmed in some places for character relationships to be strengthened in their place. However, I found the human story pretty compelling, with most of the characters likeable and understandable. The movie was far better than the critical and financial flak it received, both as a Godzilla movie and as a large-scale monster flick as a whole.
This film is one of my top 5 Godzilla movies and I don't understand how it made less money than the other two new films.
bad timing. It should've come after marvel's collapse, i.e, endgame.
Godzilla KOM was fucking amazing.
Can't say it anywhere else
The true villains of the movie were the audience that didn't show up and made it a commercial flop, because now we won't get another film like this one.
That's a good thing though. This movie was unbelievably horrendous aside from the balance of humans with monsters narratively.
@@John-ji3cd Jokes on you, Toho (the Japanese studios that makes the Godzilla movies) said that they're satisfied with this and the other Monsterverse movies and will gladly see it grow after Godzilla vs Kong, lol
Brian Yet superheroes get a pass for their horrible cheesiness and concept?
@@John-ji3cd if you didn't like it then why are you even here
@@joshuacelani1857 oh my God shut the fuck up why did you think that was a good reply? I'm here because I'm a fan of filmento and I'm allowed to critique both him and the film. If you don't like my comment why are you here?
This version of Godzilla finally got it! a excellent mix of both a great human story, as well as the Monster side, as well as the great special effects and photography , I've a fan of the Godzilla, series of films while not all good ,but it had a style that you just can't take your eyes off of it, ,just can't wait for King Kong vs Godzilla!!!!
A great analysis! I thought these kinds of things too, albeit less eloquently than expressed in this video.
It's as Dougherty described: a monster opera. It's an epic in the classical sense about Titans and Humans, both monsters, showing parallels and having to deal with one another in a brave new world.
I feel sad because of what's happening with the Amazonas and remembering the end of Godzilla with the newspaper saying that Behemoth saved it...
Reality is often dissapointing
Hasn't he made a new Market of shit trading?
if you are talking about the burning the reason you dont hear much about it anymore is because it was controlled burning and not really as hyperbolic as the gimme views and click news made it out to be. If you are wandering why they would burn a forest on purpose you might wanna look into that via google its quite fascinating.
@@SoullessAIMusic doesnt matter if its controlled or not, its still detrimental to environment.
@@SoullessAIMusic Fascinating? They burn just to create farm fields, and then plant destructive plants like Soja (Soy) that sucks all the minerals from the soil, leaving it dry.
14:24 Man, Godzilla's tail-whip scene always gets me.
Thank You! Someone who finally sees King Of The Monsters in the correct way!
Actually, it's more of a perspective of thematic consistency, but yeah.
This is the reason why I love this movie more than any other in this verse. This movie had heart and stakes that felt real and high. Look at GvK, it was just visual fest with no heart. Human side in GvK felt soo bad and left out. This is the real King of Monsterverse! Period!!
i genuinely didnt have any adverts for this film, i only know of it because i wanted to learn more about the new monsterverse
first time in forever im not disappointed by the hypetrain i was riding.
i found myself thinking "this is how you make a fucking modern kaiju movie!" many times while watching it.
the design of both creatures and sound is perfect.
rodan destroying the jets with a barrel roll threw me back to when i was 5 years old playing with toys on the rug.
really great fun to watch.
too bad for the loads of illuminati crap its filled with.
the price we pay for entertainment
duallist _ Illuminati? Where was that in the film? I think you’re looking too deep in a film about giant monsters punching each other
@@justinchalifoux4424 I think he meant Monarch. They are like the Avengers of the Godzilla universe. They are basically the illuminati.
guys, illuminati isnt just pyramids and eyeballs you know. who think pushes stuff like controlled depopulation and reptile-worshiping?
i mean the first one is in their damned georgia guidestones.
also the normalisazion of cloning ( jurassic world:FK) and the idea that being autistic is like a super power or the next step in human evolution.
as MrPlinkett said "you might not have noticed it, but your brain did..."
duallist _ lizard-worship? What does that entail? Also I’m pretty sure that if they’re pushing autism as a superpower, they’re failing pretty badly. Almost everyone I know doesn’t feel good for an autistic person and while it is true that sometimes they can do stuff better than others, it seems way to put down by all of the negative side effects that comes with it
@@2st486 dude, monarch was controlled by the goverment if you are going to create a theory, at least be consistent with the movie.
This film was so great, really dont understand the critics.
weird people. they didnt rate godzilla good but they did rate twilight good. high asf
Well, that's easy, the writing is absolute trash.
I thought it was great for what it was.
It's horrible and you're simple-minded because it has big monsters.
@@scientist368 from what I've seen, most respectable critics that gave this a low rating were upset that there wasn't enough monster. It's a godzilla film, but the monsters are only in the movie for like 15 minutes, and the fights always get caught off by the humans doing something unimportant. That's what I've heard at least, I haven't watched it yet.
I always liked the characters and the monsters in this movie. I just love this movie in general.
I saw this movie in one of those rollercoaster theaters. I have just wanted a great Kaiju fight movie, holy shit did it deliver. Also King Ghidorah filled me with fear, just something about his faces and how it animated made me feel like fuck I am going to die and I believed it. I loved this movie.
I love how when you said the film looks incredible you showed most of my favorite shots in the film. Just watched this and absolutely loved it as a Godzilla fan came back to see what you thought
It's funny, I thought the human characters (for the most part) were kinda cringey and annoying, but I appreciated how they tied into the monster narrative. My friends, upon finishing the movie, absolutely hated it because of the prominence of the human characters. I was more indifferent and they couldn't stand it. It's surprising hearing you praise that aspect of the movie in this video. To me it was just a guilty pleasure, but not stupid or condescending enough to be as bad as a Bay Transformers movie, and for that fact alone I liked it.
Every Godzilla movie since the begining focuses heavily on the humans with Godzilla interspersed.
@@jovenc4508 Casual western movie goers don't have the attention span for that. They need their legos blowing up constantly.
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To be fair, almost all the human sections in the original movies were pretty boring too.
@@jovenc4508 Yeah when you need Michael Bay tier nonsense to keep you invested in a movie, your opinion on movies becomes pointless
@@Phantomz148
Don't get me wrong, I like me some Bay-splosions at times myself, but the movie has to be set up in that regard. I hate it when they try to have characterizations in a dumb action movie as much as I hate non-stop action in a character driven story. The problem with the human sections of these movies is that they're supposed to be what explains the plot; why Godzilla is there, what their going to do about him, yadda, yadda. However, most of the time this exposition can be explained in 5-10 minutes which leads to a lot of extra runtime to be filled. Godzilla is really only there to push the plot forward.
Another thing i think they do so well is the character of the Titans. I know how each of Ghidorah's heads will react, i know how Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra will react and behave.
Right?!?! Rodan is my favorite though because at the start of the film, he acknowledges Godzilla as his king and alpha and thus attacks Ghidorah in a vicious fury. Once Godzilla was defeated, however, he acknowledges Ghidorah as such before finally going back to Godzilla when he won back his crown!
@@Orcaluv26 mine is kevin
Orcaluv26 I swear you and I are the only two people in this world who see Rodan from this angle. I kept defending him to those who making fun of him that he’s playing by the rules the whole time.
This is how all Transformers movies should be.
You nailed it, dude! Glad to see someone who appreciates the genius of this flick!
I actually liked the characters in this film, they’re not at the same level of characterization as Joe Brody, but were still good in my opinion.
agreed, and at least they got to stick around past the first act this time ! haha
Yeah, they weren't the most complex characters of all time. But I didn't think they were horrible like what everyone else says.
Yeah, everyone gives the mother sit for unleashing the Titans and killing people. But then I kept thinking to myself. Didn’t thanos do the same in Avengers and people refer to him as sympathetic. I get he’s the villain and all, but seriously what makes them different
Thank you, a chat without people slaming this movies characters saying their bad with out providing evidence i also agree that this films characters arnt the best or even great but not as bad as people make it out to be plus, there is much worse out there.
"how a movie about monsters and men became a movie about monsters and non-monsters" Filmento you God
I think the movie gets better with multiple viewings.
I can see where the critics were coming from but the fact is, Godzilla movies where he is the anti hero are just going to be different in narrative, pacing, story, characters, ect. because we have a protagonist that doesn't talk and can only mostly interact with other monster characters that don't talk. So we have to have a human story mostly apart from Godzilla. Unlike the original were it's strictly man vs. nature with Godzilla as the nature side.
So yes, when it comes to Godzilla movies, I'd say the fans have spoken and this movie delivers in droves.
I totally agree.
no worries we support you even if you upload only 1 video per 2 months
*Huh, I never really looked at it that way when it came to the humans. Thank you for this video!* 😀👍
Is really nice to see more positive videos about KOTM. KOTM was a really good Godzilla movie and the only good American Godzilla movie that respects the original movies and is faithful to them. Sure it has flaws, but are basically the same flaws of the majority of Godzilla movies. The plot was really good after all, the characters even if not the best have a little characterization and personality that make them a little interesting and enjoyable, the soundtrack was fantastic and I loved that they brought back some of the original themes from the old movies (like the Godzilla theme and Mothra's song), the fights were amazing and really well made.The director Michael Dougherty is a true fan of Godzilla, and this is showed for how much respect he showed to the original Kaiju of TOHO (Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan and Ghidorah) who were so faithful to the originals but at the same time so unique, to the original movies and to the series, and fir the many easter eggs and callbacks he put in the movie. Not only the majority of western fans liked it, but even the Japanese fans and TOHO itself liked KOTM showing how this movie was made right.
Little error here 6:30: his name is Ishiro Serizawa not Saito
Agreed, this film deserves so much love ! I also agree that it's the only good American Godzilla movie, for as much praise as the 2014 film gets, I can't bring myself to like it, they ruined that film when they killed off the one good character so early on... after that most of the film felt boring and clunky...
I also though he made an error mispronouncing Ishiro there, but apparently from looking at other comments, it turns out that was a reference to Ken's character in Inception... which totally flew over my head too haha
I couldn't help but to picture Charles Dance wearing Lannister armor and being Tywinn when he said: "Man does not control the laws of nature, and neither do you".
I love this movie...after watching this vid i love it even more...thanks filmento you're always my favourite 🙌
I loved this film and the first for different reasons. Thank you for these film analyses, I finally subscribed to your channel.
Finally someone Understands what Godzilla is really about ❤
After all other reviews i saw were flop
When KONG vs GODZILLA is gonna released in 2020 we gonna make it a blockbuster of the year
like ENDGAME
That would be cool, but I don't see it.
Nelson Smith it could happen but it depends on how the marketing is gonna be done
Both movies have been kind of mediocre and kong was good. I will see it but it isn’t an endgame level event
MovieBlocks Productions A.K. just because these movies weren’t masterpieces doesn’t change that godzilla vs kong is a big movie event. Godzilla and King Kong both have more history and have been around longer than all of the avengers. Endgame only works cause it had 22 movies that came before it. Godzilla vs Kong only has 3 movies that came before it thus it had less to build of from.
raphi ____ captain America: 1941
Godzilla: 1954
I feel like Godzilla King of the Monster could have made more if it was released before or after Endgame. I believe it was a success since when it was released Endgame was the biggest movie to come out and all other films released during the first two months of endgame didn't do that well but king of the Monsters did pretty well
It's so ironic, too. They moved KOTM to where it was to avoid competition with Captain Marvel, but ended up getting shotgunned by Endgame and Aladdin before it, and then Lion King and Spider-Man afterwards.
@@jurassickaiju14 Well with all of this extreme competition it still managed to do "okay" at the box office. Let's hope Godzilla Vs Kong will be way more successful
I love that this movie showed that the dichotomy of good and evil, and how even the smallest can be monsters and the largest can be benevolent.
Even channels like these know more about Godzilla than the cynical critics.
I thought you didn't like this film tf?
@@blank6127This comment was made before he changed his mind I guess. Lol
Finally someone else who doesn't think this movie is garbage
I will not DIE a monster!- Mothra
I guess
This movie was the best of the 3 and was pretty much almost everything agodzilla fan could want. Little human story and monsters fighting and killing
I think it still had too much human story (or maybe I just didn't like this particular plot) but it definitely delivered in terms of monster action.
personal promise, i will BUY 10 bluerays of the next movie in the franchise if at SOME point the movie they have a scene where soldiers are shooting bullets at the monsters, and one of the characters screams at them "that isn't DOING anything! RUN STUPID!"
Me too. Additional 10 copies if another one of them realizes how stupid it is trying to outrun something 200 times taller than you and just accepts their fate
Godzilla: King Of The Monsters is my personal favorite movie of all time, as it’s everything I could ask for in a movie, as well as being a movie that carries very personal sentiment to me. I will never forget what this movie represents to me, and how I felt when I walked out of the theater for the first time. I love this movie, and it saddens me heavily on how much it was hated when it first dropped.
This is my favorite movie of all time. I love EVERYTHING about it.
Lol at 6:31 he called dr serizawa saito....saito is Ken Watanabes character from inception...lol
Must’ve been a little joke
This channel is like Every Frame a Painting version 2.
Sorry but that... not even close
God, I miss that channel so fucking much.
@@tcof9690 This. Not knocking filmento his contents great but EFAP inspired a wave of film essay channels and few if none has been able to be on the exact level as Tony's content and I think those creators inspired by him would admit that themselves
The film looked so good on my grandma’s tv it became flashing pixels
You and Pop Culture Detective are my favorite channels on the topic of films :)
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God I love this movie, so many beautiful shots an scenes and that musical magician bear McCreary redoing blue oyster cult with the main man serj tankian
I loved this movie. It totally caught me by surprise.