I made a realization. This film is about a big ape named Kong. It was released on March 10th. March 10th is Mario day. This isn't just a King Kong film. It's secretly a Donkey Kong film.
I saw the spider scene and loved it, I turned to my friend and said hey it's cannibal Holocaust, I felt they could turn up the gore more, I was mad that they didn't let Samuel L. Jackson finish his motherfucker, I would love a Hard R cut of this film.
Is Jurassic Park 1 really that graphic? I remember the severed arm, and the lawyer being eaten on the toilet, but nothing as bad as a dinosaur regurgitating a skull or being disemboweled through the throat.
I did take it from him. I know, it's stupid. (and so is this film, which I just saw only yesterday, I mean it's effing horrible..) I was going to respond to this earlie but couldn't, on my phone, and later forgot.
This movie was beast. The lines and acting could've used a bit more fine tuning, but this film was still beast. My fav part is where Kong was accidentally turned into a Kaiju version of Scorpion. Those of you who saw this film know what I am talking about. And the Skullwalkers are based on some monsters from the original King Kong.
I think that Godzilla 2014 was trying to be something more, but couldn't quite reach. From the sounds of it this fully embraces the creature feature side of things.
My only problem with the human cast was Hiddleston's character being kind of wasted. He seems like a guy with an interesting backstory, but they never really went anywhere with it or even teased it beyond the story of his dad in WW2 which was just a transition into a Sam Jackson scene.
I went in not expecting much and there are things I could nitpick about but dammit, this movie was one hell of a fun ride! Some very good acting, great visuals and Jackson makes a fantastic captain Ahab. John C. Reilly stole the show for me. I saw a preview screening so I was wondering: do all the showings have the teaser for the next movie at the end of the credits?
The 2014 Godzilla was a 6/10 film that had the potential to be a 9/10 film but fell short due to baffling creative decisions like killing off Cranston and not showing the monster fights properly
I would give the 2014 movie a 7 - 7.5. It was good but I can't ignore the issues. Biggest issues are the human development and the cut aways. Cranston dying so early is just fanboys crying because they saw him in Breaking Bad.
Cranston was the most interesting character in the film and he's hardly in it. The rest of the film we have to follow stoic Aaron Taylor Johnson as the most boring, generic soldier trying to get home to his family I've ever seen on film. Ken Watanabe could have been interesting, but he gets hardly anything to do aside from look worried.
Completely agree with you guys, except that Cranston dying so early wasn't fanboys crying because of Breaking Bad. It was because he was the most interesting character in the movie, and the trailers for the film falsely advertised him as the actual star of the film and barely showed Aaron Taylor Johnson. Granted, I understand why the trailers did that, because Johnson wasn't very good in the film, but there's legit reasons people didn't like Cranston being killed.
@Stoned Gremlin Productions: It feels like Im the only one who was impressed by Cranston getting killed. Yes he was a great character, very charismatic and interesting, which is why its such a big impact when he dies. Its a message. That in this world of giant monsters, no one has plot armor. Just because your the most interesting character, doesnt mean you cant die. Anyone can be trampled below these huge beasts. When Cranston died, you felt his death. It had meaning BECAUSE he was interesting. He wasnt some pointless red shirt that you couldnt give two shits about if he died. You cared about him. His death gave the movie gravitas. I also feel Johnson is underrated in the film. He plays a soldier. You know, a warrior who when he is in battle is programmed to desensitize himself to his environment, so he can get his job done. Unlike his father, hes practical, and holds him emotions in check, allowing him to accomplish things his father could not. Hes uncharismatic because he is a soldier, they are supposed to be. Hes just an average guy. Which to me, grounds the movie even more in reality. (As real as a movie about giant monsters can be anyway)
Wait hold on. This movie takes place during the actual Vietnam War?! I thought it was just a stylized aesthetic to invoke Vietnam! Now that I think about it I haven't actually sat down to watch an entire trailer...
Mantis42 I wasn't even sure that those actually were ants. I thought since we never saw them they actually were birds and John C Reilly was just fucking with them
So either the MPAA ratings board thought about how depicting violence with blood and gore is more suitable for children due to the fact that it doesn't desensitise them, or WB bribed them to give it a PG-13. Or they gave zero fucks as usual.
You know what I'd like to see since everything's getting remade rebooted whatever, a throwback to the Old Ray Harryhausen monster/fantasy movies like the Beast from 20,000 fantoms or the Sinbad movies...Whatever happen to good old fashion fun campy movies like those? Because movies like Kong come around and show they're still awesome
VietKong is one of those things that should have existed earlier but I'm glad it exists now since it sounds amazing. I also love Brian's reactions to those Hunchback endings although I wish Brad had mentioned that the end of The Secret of the Hunchback Phelous video had that scene scored with the theme to Pumaman. Also being a nitpicker here, it was Hugo not Dumas.
Saw Chris Stuckmann's review like three days ago and was a little sad about the movie not being good, but yesterday I saw it and I had a fucking blast. It felt like a great departure from other creature features. Like I needed to buy some toys. I'm so glad to see you guys enjoyed it too.
SpriteRyu The sad thing is that the gay character is the villain's cowardly henchman who's only there for comic relief, so it's not like he's going to be portrayed in a positive light (unless the writers make him have a change of heart near the end).
I don't necessarily disagree with that, but honestly even in the original he comes off as closeted gay for Gaston. It's not a positive depiction of being gay but, ehh so? What I find worse is people being offended that they said he was gay, it can fit given with what the character was originally and really doesn't offend me. He's not in a positive light, bit he's not exactly a good person given what he did in the original. Depending how they do it, it could be offensive. I doubt Disney would dig deep into trying something like that.
The only change they make for Lefeau's character is making him turn good in the end. Like most of the dumb things in that movie, it's from the Broadway musical.
Monarch - a company which was studying Godzilla in Godzilla 2014 - was also present in this movie + some interesting end credits. So, I think there will be King Kong vs Godzilla in the future.
Thanks for the heads up on the violence. I'm not against it, but it's nice to know going in because I wouldn't have been prepared for that in a PG-13. Though now it's kinda disturbing to hear about all of that while I'm looking at the shelf full of Kong: Skull Island toys.
I thought the movie looked like some stupid shit, but it was ridiculously awesome. Well played, Kong. As Brian says, no long simmer to get to the action in this one. Seriously though, Kong was remarkably light footed when he needed to be.
The ". ..For your Health"- Dr. Steve Brule reference of the back of John C. Reilly's jacket shows how seriously this movie takes itself. Very entertaining and enjoyable, full of nods and references.
I'm looking forward to Godzilla vs Kong. Kong: You were never a God, you were never even a monster Godzilla: You're letting them kill Mothra Kong: Why did you say that name
King Kong 1976 is honestly one of my first introductions to the world of Kong so I can definitely relate on that. Jessica Lange is my first celeb crush. Also Is from my home state of Minnesota.
DID YOU EVEN WATCH HIS? he only brings it up once because they did something similar to him (2 big old schooled series with crappy characters but big cool battles especially at the end). If u liked it and think the characters are amazing then cool. Heck he gave it C-...last time i checked its not the worst score, he just didn't love it but whatever you are your own person! u like your own things! YAY!!!
but if you listened to this midnight screening you'll see Brian and Brad say pretty the opposite i.e. fun characters and a lot of action. I mean they pretty much spend most of the time talking about how it's not like the 2014 Godzilla (which is basically the prototype for Rogue One).
Ironically, Jar Jar Abrams' Disney Wars was infinitely worse with the same problems he claimed Rogue One had, and Godzilla (2014) was the same, having nothing characters and a wholly mediocre story, yet he criticized the brilliant Pacific Rim, where the 3 leads (Beckett, Mori, and Pentecost) ALL had remarkably well-paced and written arcs, believable layers and depth, and the story was shockingly well done in terms of dialogue for the kind of movie that it was. I also saw Andy Signore attack Rogue One for being Member Berries, and I'm like, ARE YOU F**KING KIDDING ME??! YOU, who actually called anyone who didn't like Jar Jar Abrams' soulless corporate product, with about as much originality as Michael Bay's shit (like, his ACTUAL shit!), an ASSHOLE, have the nerve to call Rogue One, which dared to go in the complete opposite direction of Member Berries by not cynically ripping off the iconic original, and telling us a story we hadn't seen told before in a Star Wars movie! I think that both Andy Signore, Chris Stuckmann, and most of fandom often project their inner grievances about movies that were in denial about how bad they really suck, onto good or even great movies, but with either similar subject matter or set in the same universe. Now watch Chris Stuckmann bash Alien Covenant for having unmemorable characters and being convoluted when Prometheus delivered the exact same shit, only probably worse than Covenant will!
Godzilla (2014) also had a good first act, it was mostly the second act that didn't hold up. Kinda blew my movie budget for Logan (watching it both dubbed and subbed), but if they still play Kong next month, maybe.
On TBS Sat. Morning Super Scary Saturday hosted by Grandpa Munster is where I saw most classic SciFi Fantasy, Monster and/or Horror movies when I was a kid. The Thing, Them, Rodan, Godzilla King of the Monsters, Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster, Godzilla vs Monster Zero, Godzilla's Revenge, Godzilla vs The Sea Monster, King Kong vs Godzilla, Son of Godzilla, War of the Gargantuas, Ben, Food of the Gods, Empire of the Ants, Curse of the Werewolf, etc. Monstervision on TNT also, plus WPIX 11 aired the 76 King Kong (which I also love) plus a bunch of other Godzilla movies. I remember all of that; it was AWESOME!!!
Finally someone talks about how graphic the deaths in this movie is! Every time I saw a review before this, I just quote from the movie, "Are we seriously not talking about this!?".
The deaths are not graphic, at least not by modern Hollywood standards. Guys ares squashed, but we don't see the aftermath. Even the guy who was ripped apart by the sawfish-pterodactyls is showing in silhouette. A guy is on fire, but we don't really see him. The only gory moment is the skull being vomited up.
I remember seeing the original King Kong as a child, and loved it. Then as a child (very late 80's or very early 90's), I wanted to see all other King King related media. So I watched the Jeff Bridges remake, King Kong Lives, Godzilla vs King Kong, and wanted more. I was a kid, so I didn't realize how bad most of it was. I really need to watch the original again, been awhile.
Oh man had so much fun with this last night! I still really like Godzilla 2014 but this certainly had a bit more bam to it. Keep bringing the monsters Legendary!
Thanks to you, when I saw that scene with the spider, I was actually humming the theme from Cannibal Holocaust when that guy swallowed that leg. I wonder if that was an intentional homage.
How many times have Tom Hiddleston been described as "not all that interesting, but he does a fine job." That reminds me, I have to delete The Night Manager from my DVR.
40:51 - I hope that was a joke, because Hunchback of Notre Dame was written by Victor Hugo, not Alexandre Dumas. And technically, at least in the Disney version, is there any bestiality involved, since Belle is aware that the Beast was once a human prince that had been cursed & turned into a beast. And yeah, Lefou was probably always meant to be gay, just ambiguously, not overtly. But whatever.
I'm surprised Lefou being gay is a big deal at all. Did anyone remember the original? He gave an extended blowjob to Gaston in the form of a Disney-friendly song about him. ♪Nooooo Oooooone Pounds butt like Gaston, cuddles tight like Gaston!♪ lol.
Some people will find any and every little thing to complain about/be offended by these days. Like they'll go into anaphylactic shock if they don't get offended about something. lol
Fellas! I'm glad you guys didn't "snobbed" this film like the other you-tubers. Goddamn, this was an excellent monster movie! I took my dad last night to watch it and he genuinely enjoyed the film and the music too. He's really into Vietnam era jams and would headnod every time a song started playing. Anyway, keep up the great work! Oh, btw, now you gotta review "Las muñecas del King Kong" ua-cam.com/video/VCoanaE5sYg/v-deo.html, haha ;)
I waited till today(9 days after it was put on youtube) to see this video , because it took that long for me to see it. I really liked it.What made it better is because I purchased a BLU-RAY video of Hammer Studio`s 1959 The Mummy ,I was able to get a free pass to see Kong Of Skull Island.
Godzilla vs. Cthulu. Seaside towns begin being infected with some sort of waterborne parasite that turns people into fish monsters. The military comes to deal with it. Then larger and larger monsters begin flooding from the sea. The military becomes overwhelmed, creating barriers against the tide. Then the horror of horrors rises from the deep. Cthulu surfaces miles from shore and makes his way toward the west coast. Godzilla then surfaces near Alaska and travels along, every so often crushing and destroying tentacle rape cosplayer monsters until he and Cthulu throwdown. Golden.
Oh. Well, if I had watched that Godzilla movie then I'd have caught on for the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division thing going on but they credit Godzilla to his studio which is sort of like crediting Nick Fury in Iron Man 1.
when Loki is running thru the green gas with the gas-mask on slicing and dicing those dino-birds....he ends up taking the mask off (WITH THE TOXIC GAS STILL VISIBLY PRESENT) to show off his face...i face palmed h a r d...not to mention, he puts it on mid-sprint....just an observation from a military vet, not nitpicking lol
costic85 I wouldn't even call that a nit pick, its more than that because the movie has so many of those inconsistent moments that it becomes a problem.
Enjoyed the movie, but yeah it did have some odd moments like that. What was even the point of the Toxic Gas at all? It's never mentioned before or after, nobody else puts on a gas mask, it doesn't really accomplish anything. Take away the toxic gas and have Hiddleston slice up a bunch of pterodactyls with the sword but without the mask or gas and you don't really lose anything.
I really have to agree here. I watched Godzilla yesterday and saw Kong today, Godzilla is an ok film, but it suffers one flaw with viewing on home media. The screen is too fucking dark during the action scenes that you can't make anything out practically, especially the damn train bridge scene in the dark. I'm not sure if the big screen has that problem, but if you're going to do night shoots and trying to keep the Kaiju shadowed or some BS for pacing and suspense at least make your principals lighted enough that you can see the fucking thing. Kong really improved on the night scenes. It was not so dark you couldn't see what the hell was going on, and the cast of characters were royally fun to watch. I don't mind Aaron Taylor Johnson's performance, he's a bit bland, but at least he's there. My main problem is they don't emote very well with his character, his fucking dad dies and he's just standing there like a mannequin, seriously they should have re-cast that guy after they saw the dailies on the first day because he sucked as a character holding the movie/attention perspective. And even with his shitty performance I can still sit there and watch the movie, I can't see half the shit because of the weird visual style, but I can still enjoy it. God when he rushes on the monorail to help the kid he doesn't even emote that well. And nobody else in that scene even gives a fuck about the kid... really piss poor direction there, you need more emotion and concern from people even in the background during scenes like that. The girl on the beach who first sees the giant wave from the big G stepping out of the ocean emoted better than the main character. But enough about that, Kong really impressed me and I hope they carry this style forward with any future films in this universe, be it Mothra, Rodan, Godzilla 2 or Kong vs. Godzilla.
What was weirder than Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Movie: The Game's title, is the fact that it WASN'T terrible! Kind of short and bare-bones, a little unpolished, but not terrible.
Yeah that was really odd. The Chinook was on the bow, the Sea Stallion was on the stern, but there were maybe 5-6 Hueys tops on the main deck. Then they take off and WTF?
I just saw this in theaters. I was surprised it was PG-13 also, and I was even more surprised when a mom brought her three kids ages five and under to see it with her. the one sitting next to me shit his pants halfway through and they got up and left.
I made a realization.
This film is about a big ape named Kong.
It was released on March 10th.
March 10th is Mario day.
This isn't just a King Kong film.
It's secretly a Donkey Kong film.
Holy shit
And the skull crawlers do look like the Kremlins...
"They sound like birds. But they're f- - - ants!" Best use of the F-word in PG-13 yet!!
Bar none!
I fucking loved that line.
Finally a review that is NOT bitching about character development or the classic rock soundtrack. Love you guys. 👍
Samuel L Jackson staring with pure fucking hate at Kong with a raging inferno around him is the best scene I've seen so far this year
King Kong vs Godzilla (2020):
Godzilla: Save Mothra!
Kong: WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME???!!?!!!
Flame of Udun
Jesus, dude, regurgitating this old-ass joke already.
BECAUSE THAT'S HIS MOMMY'S NAME!!!
Flame of Udun. You win the internet! 🏆
uuuu that was a great joke mate. greetings from brazil!
X-D
Apocalypse Kong
"Ape-ocalypse Now" is second only to "Viet-Kong".
Elliot Olsson King Nam
Ape-ocalopse Now: King Kong goes bananas 2: Electric Boogaloo
Elliot Olsson First Banana: Part II
Elliot Kong: Kongtoon
I saw the spider scene and loved it, I turned to my friend and said hey it's cannibal Holocaust, I felt they could turn up the gore more, I was mad that they didn't let Samuel L. Jackson finish his motherfucker, I would love a Hard R cut of this film.
So many great, well-made movies this year.
You alright, Hollywood?
Maybe everybody saw how lopsided the quality of the movies in the past year and a half have been and decided to step up their game.
Don't worry. Power Rangers is coming soon, so we know it's not all great
Sailor Italy. You know it's the end of the world if Power Rangers turns out to be great. 😄
Well, Beauty and the Beast was really mediocre and Power Rangers looks like garbage
And the emoji movie is a thing, so...
Now The Dude and Walter have both been in Kong movies!
So this is PG13 the same way Jurassic Park 1 was. I'm in.
Is Jurassic Park 1 really that graphic? I remember the severed arm, and the lawyer being eaten on the toilet, but nothing as bad as a dinosaur regurgitating a skull or being disemboweled through the throat.
Maybe not but it definitely feels visceral as hell.
Exactly. Carnage doesn't need to be totally explicit for it to feel like it is.
Unlike Jurassic World which is a watered down "PG" PG-13.
I don't know. The pterodactyl scene with the woman and the water was kind of intense.
I liked hearing Samuel L Jackson say his Jurassic Park line in this movie "hold on to your butts."
Nice to hear that PG-13 doesn't mean PG in this case
3:54, I really thought he was going to say "two days before retirement.... "
Talking about some guerrilla warfare, am I right..? Gorilla warfare!! (taps your shoudler) Eh..? Eh..?!
Justin Duck Boooooo
Stealing jokes from Angry Video Game Nerd now are we?
*sucker punch* Don't. Try to be funny. Just. Don't.
you guys are makimg me go BANNANAS
I did take it from him. I know, it's stupid. (and so is this film, which I just saw only yesterday, I mean it's effing horrible..) I was going to respond to this earlie but couldn't, on my phone, and later forgot.
This movie was beast. The lines and acting could've used a bit more fine tuning, but this film was still beast. My fav part is where Kong was accidentally turned into a Kaiju version of Scorpion. Those of you who saw this film know what I am talking about. And the Skullwalkers are based on some monsters from the original King Kong.
I think that Godzilla 2014 was trying to be something more, but couldn't quite reach. From the sounds of it this fully embraces the creature feature side of things.
This was a fantastic monster movie. I don't get all the hate the human cast. It was stronger than the human cast in Godzilla.
My only problem with the human cast was Hiddleston's character being kind of wasted. He seems like a guy with an interesting backstory, but they never really went anywhere with it or even teased it beyond the story of his dad in WW2 which was just a transition into a Sam Jackson scene.
This movie would have never happened if they had gone to Candy Apple Island!
"run, be free little gentleman!"
new favorite quote
I went in not expecting much and there are things I could nitpick about but dammit, this movie was one hell of a fun ride! Some very good acting, great visuals and Jackson makes a fantastic captain Ahab. John C. Reilly stole the show for me. I saw a preview screening so I was wondering: do all the showings have the teaser for the next movie at the end of the credits?
Yes they do. But I'm such an impatient bastard I didn't wait until after the credits...
The 2014 Godzilla was a 6/10 film that had the potential to be a 9/10 film but fell short due to baffling creative decisions like killing off Cranston and not showing the monster fights properly
I would give the 2014 movie a 7 - 7.5. It was good but I can't ignore the issues. Biggest issues are the human development and the cut aways. Cranston dying so early is just fanboys crying because they saw him in Breaking Bad.
Cranston was the most interesting character in the film and he's hardly in it. The rest of the film we have to follow stoic Aaron Taylor Johnson as the most boring, generic soldier trying to get home to his family I've ever seen on film. Ken Watanabe could have been interesting, but he gets hardly anything to do aside from look worried.
Completely agree with you guys, except that Cranston dying so early wasn't fanboys crying because of Breaking Bad. It was because he was the most interesting character in the movie, and the trailers for the film falsely advertised him as the actual star of the film and barely showed Aaron Taylor Johnson. Granted, I understand why the trailers did that, because Johnson wasn't very good in the film, but there's legit reasons people didn't like Cranston being killed.
Stoned Gremlin Productions THANK YOU
@Stoned Gremlin Productions: It feels like Im the only one who was impressed by Cranston getting killed. Yes he was a great character, very charismatic and interesting, which is why its such a big impact when he dies. Its a message. That in this world of giant monsters, no one has plot armor. Just because your the most interesting character, doesnt mean you cant die. Anyone can be trampled below these huge beasts. When Cranston died, you felt his death. It had meaning BECAUSE he was interesting. He wasnt some pointless red shirt that you couldnt give two shits about if he died. You cared about him. His death gave the movie gravitas.
I also feel Johnson is underrated in the film. He plays a soldier. You know, a warrior who when he is in battle is programmed to desensitize himself to his environment, so he can get his job done. Unlike his father, hes practical, and holds him emotions in check, allowing him to accomplish things his father could not. Hes uncharismatic because he is a soldier, they are supposed to be. Hes just an average guy. Which to me, grounds the movie even more in reality. (As real as a movie about giant monsters can be anyway)
Wait hold on. This movie takes place during the actual Vietnam War?! I thought it was just a stylized aesthetic to invoke Vietnam! Now that I think about it I haven't actually sat down to watch an entire trailer...
It makes me happy to see Brad giggle like this!
The cinematography in 2014' Godzilla is breathtaking
Yeah, but the monster fight definitely needed more light, it was hard to see at times.
+Rhuarcaran Yeah, but I didn't have any problem with that when I saw it in theatre so I don't know.
sorry but i cannnot forgive this movie for teasing giant ants that sound like birds and not delivering
Mantis42 I wasn't even sure that those actually were ants. I thought since we never saw them they actually were birds and John C Reilly was just fucking with them
I suspect it was a cut scene
It's a reference to Them! The 1954 giant ant movie
there's no way John C Reilly would've known about that movie, immersion ruined
I think that was an ad lib, but i want this to get a call back later.
Been to Vietnam. Can confirm that all music is banned besides Fortunate Son and All Along the Watchtower
B-b-but what about Sympathy for the Devil?
Robert Wieder white rabbit
So either the MPAA ratings board thought about how depicting violence with blood and gore is more suitable for children due to the fact that it doesn't desensitise them, or WB bribed them to give it a PG-13. Or they gave zero fucks as usual.
You know what I'd like to see since everything's getting remade rebooted whatever, a throwback to the Old Ray Harryhausen monster/fantasy movies like the Beast from 20,000 fantoms or the Sinbad movies...Whatever happen to good old fashion fun campy movies like those? Because movies like Kong come around and show they're still awesome
Tadicuslegion78 a cgi sinbad would be awesome unless Michael Bay got his stink on it.have the guy who did 5th element direct it,
cartmanrlsusall Alex proyas would be a better choice
While we're at it, can we get a remastered War of the Monsters game, just to really push the giant monster thing full throttle?
I prefer it over the PJ King Kong. And that end credits scene was awesome
Yeah, 2019 can't come any faster!
I liked the 2005 Kong. It was just too long. But the monsters in that movie were awesome.
Midnight Screenings brings joy to my life
Henry L As well as wastes my life
There were a surprising number of young children at the theater I watched Kong in.
VietKong is one of those things that should have existed earlier but I'm glad it exists now since it sounds amazing.
I also love Brian's reactions to those Hunchback endings although I wish Brad had mentioned that the end of The Secret of the Hunchback Phelous video had that scene scored with the theme to Pumaman. Also being a nitpicker here, it was Hugo not Dumas.
Guillermo Del Toro for Kong vs Godzilla?
Saw Chris Stuckmann's review like three days ago and was a little sad about the movie not being good, but yesterday I saw it and I had a fucking blast. It felt like a great departure from other creature features. Like I needed to buy some toys. I'm so glad to see you guys enjoyed it too.
Beastality is A-ok.
Making a character gay, that's too much.
There's the Internet for you.
SpriteRyu Beastiality is never ok. Beast was always human, he was turned into a freak but later on became human.
SpriteRyu The sad thing is that the gay character is the villain's cowardly henchman who's only there for comic relief, so it's not like he's going to be portrayed in a positive light (unless the writers make him have a change of heart near the end).
I don't necessarily disagree with that, but honestly even in the original he comes off as closeted gay for Gaston. It's not a positive depiction of being gay but, ehh so? What I find worse is people being offended that they said he was gay, it can fit given with what the character was originally and really doesn't offend me.
He's not in a positive light, bit he's not exactly a good person given what he did in the original. Depending how they do it, it could be offensive. I doubt Disney would dig deep into trying something like that.
The only change they make for Lefeau's character is making him turn good in the end. Like most of the dumb things in that movie, it's from the Broadway musical.
Monarch - a company which was studying Godzilla in Godzilla 2014 - was also present in this movie + some interesting end credits. So, I think there will be King Kong vs Godzilla in the future.
Thanks for the heads up on the violence. I'm not against it, but it's nice to know going in because I wouldn't have been prepared for that in a PG-13.
Though now it's kinda disturbing to hear about all of that while I'm looking at the shelf full of Kong: Skull Island toys.
I thought the movie looked like some stupid shit, but it was ridiculously awesome. Well played, Kong. As Brian says, no long simmer to get to the action in this one.
Seriously though, Kong was remarkably light footed when he needed to be.
Brad on the left or Brad on the right? Which does everyone prefer? I'm a bit of a lefter myself.
*King Kong meets Godzilla*
Kong: So, we some kind of monster squad.
I'M NOT SORRY MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!
Godzilla's got NARDS
The ". ..For your Health"- Dr. Steve Brule reference of the back of John C. Reilly's jacket shows how seriously this movie takes itself. Very entertaining and enjoyable, full of nods and references.
I'm looking forward to Godzilla vs Kong.
Kong: You were never a God, you were never even a monster
Godzilla: You're letting them kill Mothra
Kong: Why did you say that name
30:51 It was "Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie"
Most important detail in this review? Brad doesn't kill his house spiders. Good going, Brad. Spiders fight the good fight, no need to merc 'em.
King Kong 1976 is honestly one of my first introductions to the world of Kong so I can definitely relate on that. Jessica Lange is my first celeb crush. Also Is from my home state of Minnesota.
I don't know if it was intentional, but this film reminded me a little bit of the 1976 King Kong.
Then Brian fell out the car window, but before hitting the ground, he sprouted wings and flew away.
Did Chris Stuckman even watch this? Seriously In his review, all he does is use it to rant about Rogue One.
DID YOU EVEN WATCH HIS? he only brings it up once because they did something similar to him (2 big old schooled series with crappy characters but big cool battles especially at the end). If u liked it and think the characters are amazing then cool. Heck he gave it C-...last time i checked its not the worst score, he just didn't love it but whatever you are your own person! u like your own things! YAY!!!
but if you listened to this midnight screening you'll see Brian and Brad say pretty the opposite i.e. fun characters and a lot of action. I mean they pretty much spend most of the time talking about how it's not like the 2014 Godzilla (which is basically the prototype for Rogue One).
Ironically, Jar Jar Abrams' Disney Wars was infinitely worse with the same problems he claimed Rogue One had, and Godzilla (2014) was the same, having nothing characters and a wholly mediocre story, yet he criticized the brilliant Pacific Rim, where the 3 leads (Beckett, Mori, and Pentecost) ALL had remarkably well-paced and written arcs, believable layers and depth, and the story was shockingly well done in terms of dialogue for the kind of movie that it was. I also saw Andy Signore attack Rogue One for being Member Berries, and I'm like, ARE YOU F**KING KIDDING ME??! YOU, who actually called anyone who didn't like Jar Jar Abrams' soulless corporate product, with about as much originality as Michael Bay's shit (like, his ACTUAL shit!), an ASSHOLE, have the nerve to call Rogue One, which dared to go in the complete opposite direction of Member Berries by not cynically ripping off the iconic original, and telling us a story we hadn't seen told before in a Star Wars movie!
I think that both Andy Signore, Chris Stuckmann, and most of fandom often project their inner grievances about movies that were in denial about how bad they really suck, onto good or even great movies, but with either similar subject matter or set in the same universe. Now watch Chris Stuckmann bash Alien Covenant for having unmemorable characters and being convoluted when Prometheus delivered the exact same shit, only probably worse than Covenant will!
I honestly haven't see Star Wars TFA but Pacific Rim was indeed awesome and underrated.
Robert Lehto fly you fool
Godzilla (2014) also had a good first act, it was mostly the second act that didn't hold up.
Kinda blew my movie budget for Logan (watching it both dubbed and subbed), but if they still play Kong next month, maybe.
On TBS Sat. Morning Super Scary Saturday hosted by Grandpa Munster is where I saw most classic SciFi Fantasy, Monster and/or Horror movies when I was a kid. The Thing, Them, Rodan, Godzilla King of the Monsters, Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster, Godzilla vs Monster Zero, Godzilla's Revenge, Godzilla vs The Sea Monster, King Kong vs Godzilla, Son of Godzilla, War of the Gargantuas, Ben, Food of the Gods, Empire of the Ants, Curse of the Werewolf, etc. Monstervision on TNT also, plus WPIX 11 aired the 76 King Kong (which I also love) plus a bunch of other Godzilla movies. I remember all of that; it was AWESOME!!!
People brought kids to the theater I was at.They probably thought this was going to be Peter Jackson's Kong.lol
John Goodman was the Carl Denim of this Kong movie.
Finally someone talks about how graphic the deaths in this movie is! Every time I saw a review before this, I just quote from the movie, "Are we seriously not talking about this!?".
The deaths are not graphic, at least not by modern Hollywood standards. Guys ares squashed, but we don't see the aftermath. Even the guy who was ripped apart by the sawfish-pterodactyls is showing in silhouette. A guy is on fire, but we don't really see him. The only gory moment is the skull being vomited up.
I remember seeing the original King Kong as a child, and loved it. Then as a child (very late 80's or very early 90's), I wanted to see all other King King related media. So I watched the Jeff Bridges remake, King Kong Lives, Godzilla vs King Kong, and wanted more. I was a kid, so I didn't realize how bad most of it was. I really need to watch the original again, been awhile.
Oh man had so much fun with this last night! I still really like Godzilla 2014 but this certainly had a bit more bam to it. Keep bringing the monsters Legendary!
Thanks to you, when I saw that scene with the spider, I was actually humming the theme from Cannibal Holocaust when that guy swallowed that leg. I wonder if that was an intentional homage.
Just one question, who is Dumas? The hunchback of Notre Dame was written by Victor Hugo.
Alexande Dumas wrote the three musketeers and other musketeer novels
And my favourite book, The Count of Monte Cristo :)
Wow. Even the Peter Jackson King Kong had to cut away when his Kong bit a V. rex's tongue off.
How many times have Tom Hiddleston been described as "not all that interesting, but he does a fine job." That reminds me, I have to delete The Night Manager from my DVR.
"Hunchback of Notre-Dame" was written by Victor Hugo. Alexandre Dumas wrote "The Three Musketeers".
There was an issue of Godzilla: The Half-Century War that took place during the Vietnam War. (Godzilla against Angilias in the jungle!)
Victor Hugo wrote Hunchback of Notre Dame, not Alexandre Dumas. 50/50 shot lol
I genuinely love the '14 Godzilla, but I definitely get the criticisms.
40:51 - I hope that was a joke, because Hunchback of Notre Dame was written by Victor Hugo, not Alexandre Dumas.
And technically, at least in the Disney version, is there any bestiality involved, since Belle is aware that the Beast was once a human prince that had been cursed & turned into a beast. And yeah, Lefou was probably always meant to be gay, just ambiguously, not overtly. But whatever.
I'm surprised Lefou being gay is a big deal at all. Did anyone remember the original? He gave an extended blowjob to Gaston in the form of a Disney-friendly song about him. ♪Nooooo Oooooone Pounds butt like Gaston, cuddles tight like Gaston!♪ lol.
Some people will find any and every little thing to complain about/be offended by these days. Like they'll go into anaphylactic shock if they don't get offended about something. lol
Really, it's ambiguous in both the cartoon and the remake
Fellas! I'm glad you guys didn't "snobbed" this film like the other you-tubers. Goddamn, this was an excellent monster movie! I took my dad last night to watch it and he genuinely enjoyed the film and the music too. He's really into Vietnam era jams and would headnod every time a song started playing. Anyway, keep up the great work!
Oh, btw, now you gotta review "Las muñecas del King Kong" ua-cam.com/video/VCoanaE5sYg/v-deo.html, haha ;)
Brad I'm so glad you and Brian have seen the south Korean monster movie the host AKA gwoemul.It's one of my favorite monster movies.
midnight screenings are most enjoyable when you guys gush over good movies, like this and the john wick films.
I waited till today(9 days after it was put on youtube) to see this video , because it took that long for me to see it. I really liked it.What made it better is because I purchased a BLU-RAY video of Hammer Studio`s 1959 The Mummy ,I was able to get a free pass to see Kong Of Skull Island.
Godzilla vs. Cthulu. Seaside towns begin being infected with some sort of waterborne parasite that turns people into fish monsters. The military comes to deal with it. Then larger and larger monsters begin flooding from the sea. The military becomes overwhelmed, creating barriers against the tide. Then the horror of horrors rises from the deep. Cthulu surfaces miles from shore and makes his way toward the west coast. Godzilla then surfaces near Alaska and travels along, every so often crushing and destroying tentacle rape cosplayer monsters until he and Cthulu throwdown.
Golden.
The after credits stinger relied on your not reading the credits and that's beautiful.
Oh. Well, if I had watched that Godzilla movie then I'd have caught on for the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division thing going on but they credit Godzilla to his studio which is sort of like crediting Nick Fury in Iron Man 1.
when Loki is running thru the green gas with the gas-mask on slicing and dicing those dino-birds....he ends up taking the mask off (WITH THE TOXIC GAS STILL VISIBLY PRESENT) to show off his face...i face palmed h a r d...not to mention, he puts it on mid-sprint....just an observation from a military vet, not nitpicking lol
costic85 I wouldn't even call that a nit pick, its more than that because the movie has so many of those inconsistent moments that it becomes a problem.
The movie is King Kong vs Full Metal Jackson. Just have a good time and check the Cinema Sins nitpicks at the door :)
already said I wasn't, check yourself....
Enjoyed the movie, but yeah it did have some odd moments like that. What was even the point of the Toxic Gas at all? It's never mentioned before or after, nobody else puts on a gas mask, it doesn't really accomplish anything. Take away the toxic gas and have Hiddleston slice up a bunch of pterodactyls with the sword but without the mask or gas and you don't really lose anything.
Did you guys stay after the credits? I feel like that would have been mentioned, if so. Almost brought a tear to my eye.
Victor Hugo wrote The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, not Dumas.
Wasn't sure about this movie, but as soon as you mention the graphic violence, I'm suddenly more intrigued :)
Kong Skull Island was fun, but 1976's King Kong is still my favorite Kong movie.
King Kong vs Godzilla vs Jaegers
I'm surprised. All other reviews I've seen for this were on the negative side either calling the movie weak or very medicore.
Mario Quade I actually loved it. I saw it last night. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The movie has an 80 on rottentomatoes, so it's probably just the Internet being the Internet again.
Hey, Brian - Hunchback was written by Victor Hugo, not Dumas. Yes, Im choosing to be that guy.
King Kong '76; "Kong can't melt steel beams!"
Did you guys see the post-credits scene that sets up the next movie in this continuity, which will Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, and Ghidorah?
Going to see King Kong later today. I'm super excited to see it now! Thanks!
I really have to agree here. I watched Godzilla yesterday and saw Kong today, Godzilla is an ok film, but it suffers one flaw with viewing on home media. The screen is too fucking dark during the action scenes that you can't make anything out practically, especially the damn train bridge scene in the dark. I'm not sure if the big screen has that problem, but if you're going to do night shoots and trying to keep the Kaiju shadowed or some BS for pacing and suspense at least make your principals lighted enough that you can see the fucking thing.
Kong really improved on the night scenes. It was not so dark you couldn't see what the hell was going on, and the cast of characters were royally fun to watch. I don't mind Aaron Taylor Johnson's performance, he's a bit bland, but at least he's there. My main problem is they don't emote very well with his character, his fucking dad dies and he's just standing there like a mannequin, seriously they should have re-cast that guy after they saw the dailies on the first day because he sucked as a character holding the movie/attention perspective. And even with his shitty performance I can still sit there and watch the movie, I can't see half the shit because of the weird visual style, but I can still enjoy it.
God when he rushes on the monorail to help the kid he doesn't even emote that well. And nobody else in that scene even gives a fuck about the kid... really piss poor direction there, you need more emotion and concern from people even in the background during scenes like that. The girl on the beach who first sees the giant wave from the big G stepping out of the ocean emoted better than the main character. But enough about that, Kong really impressed me and I hope they carry this style forward with any future films in this universe, be it Mothra, Rodan, Godzilla 2 or Kong vs. Godzilla.
I prefer the German alternate title: MUNKY CHEEZ
Does anyone hear Splatoon whenever Brad says Platoon
Thought this movie was great and a lot more watchable than Godzilla 2014.
THANK YOU. I loved this movie so much so I was surprised to see the at best lukewarm reception this got. Felt like I was taking crazy pills.
What was weirder than Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Movie: The Game's title, is the fact that it WASN'T terrible!
Kind of short and bare-bones, a little unpolished, but not terrible.
Fraid Naught peter jacksons king Jong the official video game of the movie?
The poster looks like the apocalypse now poster
Did you guys stay for the end credits scene?! It got me so hyped for what the MonsterVerse has next!
I think Kong might be in the back seat under that blanket.
Pretty ironic that one soldier died in almost the same manner as a character his actor played on Agent Carter
Noticed that the boat only could fit like 4 choppers on the boat. But 10-15 of them went to the island...
Yeah that was really odd. The Chinook was on the bow, the Sea Stallion was on the stern, but there were maybe 5-6 Hueys tops on the main deck. Then they take off and WTF?
Did you just say perfect kongbination?
As someone who works at a movie theater, I despise this movie simply because it has an after credits scene that takes forever to get to.
Great review, but ACTUAL LEE Victor Hugo wrote Hunchback of Notre Dame, not Alexandre Dumas :)
This was a ton of fun. Great audience participation movie. There were a lot of kids in the theater and I heard their gasps and laughs.
Fucking love this movie, but the sheer joy that you two have is almost as entertaining!
Am I the only one who thinks its a bit of a missed opportunity to not have Gorosaurus in this film?
I did miss all the dinosaurs
I just saw this in theaters. I was surprised it was PG-13 also, and I was even more surprised when a mom brought her three kids ages five and under to see it with her. the one sitting next to me shit his pants halfway through and they got up and left.
I'm hesitant about the upcoming Kong vs Godzilla. I'm not against the idea but I'm against the timing and a couple other things.