Just days ahead of its release in cinemas and on HBO Max, first reactions to Legendary’s monster movie mashup “Godzilla vs. Kong” have gone online.
Several reviews have managed to get a sneak peek at the film and while full reviews won’t be available until Wednesday the social media reaction seems to paint a fairly consistent picture.
Namely it seems to be a decided improvement on its predecessor “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” with good fight scenes and great effects. The humans remain superfluous and distracting, but they seem to get the monster action right. Here’s a sampling of quotes:
#GodzillavsKong is a visual spectacle featuring jaw-dropping fight scenes btwn the two iconic titans. Wingard’s directing style is on full display in a colorful & breathtaking fashion that also harkens back to the 80s style kaiju. Needless to say, this film is a blast! pic.twitter.com/j31lc55iVO
— Shannon@ SXSW (@shannon_mcgrew) March 21, 2021
I absolutely hated the prior Godzilla movie. So here’s the utmost praise I can give a movie like GODZILLA V. KONG: it is a coherent movie with daytime fights and I could always see what was going on. I truly mean that as a compliment.
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) March 21, 2021
Godzilla vs. Kong: Way better than Godzilla: King of the Monsters. All of the human stuff is still bad, but the big monster action in this one should satisfy the people who are interested in a movie like this.
— Ben Pearson (@benpears) March 21, 2021
As expected – and probably as it should be – the titan fights are the best parts of #GodzillaVsKong . Adam Wingard definitely has the eye to make the most of those moments! Still don’t think they’ve nailed how to incorporate human characters, but the top-notch ensemble helps. pic.twitter.com/ttpmNJOElo
— Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) March 21, 2021
Godzilla vs. Kong has excellent action and effects. The story is crazy ambitious and at times achieves some unique sci-fi-coolness. I’d watch it again for that stuff but most of the human angles are so overstuffed, illogical and pointless, it constantly took me out of it.
— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) March 21, 2021
“Godzilla vs. Kong” arrives on HBO Max on March 31st.