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I left Minus Color deeply disturbed. I'd already seen Minus One in both imax and not, but monochromatic, those eyes, in the boat chase, those are eyes that these people or their parents, they have looked into, and they are compelled, with miniscule budget, to warn the world those eyes may come back. I get waves of dread now writing about it.

First atomic breath, yeah the theatre cheered, but look after, #Godzilla burned his own mouth, he was THAT pissed off.

And with a bit of reflection, maybe Godzilla X Kong isn’t such a bad representation of the Godzilla series as a whole.

It isn’t a perfect film, far from it. Just like it isn’t a perfect series. There are only a handful of truly great films, whilst most are only mildly enjoyable with amazing bits occurring sporadically.

But Godzilla is a great character because he’s adaptable and enduring across all these stories. He can be pushed too far (hello, Godzilla 1998) so it no longer works. But he can also be shockingly relevant to our times when used correctly.

And that’s why I’ve watched 40 weeks of men-in-suits knocking over miniature buildings.

That’s it for me and the big lizard for a while. Thanks for reading along if you did.

(Rest assured, when a trailer appears for a new film, I *will* go bananas.)

Alright, so I hoped to see this film in a new light, but unfortunately it didn’t really happen.

Definitely loved some parts, but too all over the place for me really to care. I think Kong’s story resonates, but Godzilla’s involvement feels like an afterthought.

Not a franchise-killer (especially when it made so much sense much money), but a refocussing next film would help.

Cinema.

I just saw some sneaky CGI animator murder a camel*.

(* a CGI camel)

So silly…

BTW… this film made $571.9 million dollars, and is the highest grossing Godzilla film ever.