Brainbug

Hey i would agree with you. I also think that the invention of the Internet and all other technologies that came and come with it will one day doom us all. After all, we are (mostly) hairless monkeys that are a bit more intelligent than our chimpanzee cousins. We are essentially group animals that thrive in social environments where you can speak with, interact with and ultimately of course F** others of our species for the overall health of the whole species. In the Internet world where more and more people consider their online life more essential than their real world-life, thats all slowly crumbling. The Internet is one of the biggest social experiments in the history of the human race and were all a part of it, not knowing how its gonna unfold in 5, 10, 20 years time. But i for one am not that optimistic that the positives outweigh the negatives.

On that note, its also a trope of ghost/haunted house horror movies that usually little girls get posessed and do the spooky things/kill people. Ive read somewhere that one explanation for this trope is that little girls represent basically the most innocent form of human beings as a whole and twisting that perception into something murderous like little killer girls leads to people finding the murders more disturbing than when it would have been done by a grown woman or man for example. I dunno how much sense this makes honestly, but ive always found this theory interesting.

At this point, im sadly convinced (for a long time actually) that the GA doesnt want originality. They want familiar franchise fare fabricated for feel-good consumption where you dont need to think very hard or be challenged by anything. And i dont blame them, movie tickets are more expensive than ever and i would be personally a total hypocrite to complain about the GA when ive seen GxK 5 times by now and will probably see the new Jurassic World movie 20 times next year ... Wait ... maybe im the problem ...

I agree and i hope the modern characters dont get so much focus in Season 2.

The Fast and Furious comparison fits imo and one thing thats also playing a role here i think is the fact that the MonsterVerse/Godzilla actually has quite a big fanbase nowadays. 10 years ago there were like 187 Godzilla fans worldwide (the 2014 movie was extremely hyped among the whole GA, it wasnt pushed by a massive fanbase), but now in 2024 Godzilla is more mainstream than ever and the fanbase gut much bigger, so logically that would mean frontloading for the movies.

The second trailer actually has more views on YouTube than the first. Thats a rarity among big blockbuster trailers and says a lot i think.

9/10, goofy movie.

I especially liked the adventure-themed middle portion of the movie and yeah, it reminded me a lot of Skull Island. This movie just knows exactly what it is and wastes not a second pretending its something different.

I FINALLY got to see GxK and i unsurprisingly loved it! This is the movie where the MonsterVerse finally abandons all ties it its realistic roots (yes, GvK was somehow a bit more "grounded" than this one) and goes full Showa-ish fantasy bullshit that is really fun in my opinion. They fully comitted to this route and i can very much respect that. What really suprised me was Kong and how good he functions as a protagonist. Godzilla is a glorified grumpy buddy but it works, especially towards the end. The fights are phenomenal in their stupidity. The humans were tolerable, Dan Stevens was the clear highlight. Overall, id say this is the same level as GvK for me but for a bit different reasons. Cant wait to watch it again and cant wait to watch it after drinking a bit of good old german beer. 9/10, masterpiece.

April ist the true test to see if audiences are willing to come out in big numbers again not only for the blockbusters, but also the smaller-budget fare. So far, not a great start.

I cant wait to not watch the live-action prequel to a live-action remake about my favourite animated movie.

The cinema gods have listened to my prayers, a showtime of GxK finally is available on the weekend thats not in heinous 3D. The weekend is saved for me.

Yes, its gotten better in the last few years, but many action-heavy movies still are mostly shown in 3D (atleast in my area here). I actually think its one big reason why german moviegoing is steadily declining, beeing basically forced to watch movies in 3D if you doesnt want that is not ... good.

My day was just a bit ruined since ive learned that all the cinemas around me will only show GxK in 3D. Man i HATE 3D so much