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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4360931, member: 1414"] So I'm going to list a trilogy (actually 4 movies) here. [I]Godzilla[/I] (2014), [I]Godzilla: King of the Monsters[/I] (2019), [I]Godzilla vs Kong[/I] (2021). As part of that story [I]Kong: Skull Island[/I] (2017) also applies. Backstory, my wife loves the old Japanese Godzilla movies and has seen them all several times. The 2014 Godzilla is really well filmed, atmospheric, terrific soundtrack and use of mist/fog that reminds me of Jaws. You don't see Godzilla all that much, and it's just a good story. Strong cast with Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor Johnson and Bryan Cranston. Then came Kong: Skull Island, which could have been really good but for the decision to be stupid with Samuel L. Jackson's character going nuts. Still silly fun. Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson save it a bit. Godzilla - King of the Monsters picks up the story and introduces new characters, including played by Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiglia and Millie Bobbie Brown (fresh off Stranger Things). People are the bad guys here (especially Charles Vance, as always) and we get to see the classic Godzilla as the hero of mankind storyline. Pretty good. Godzilla vs Kong, redeems the Kong movie. The Millie Bobbie-Brown character takes a key role, as do Rebecca Hall and Alexander Skarsgård. Brian Tyree Henry adds comic relief as a conspiracy theorist who's mostly right. Eliza Gonzales is just...wow. Evil corporate types are the bad guys, Godzilla and Kong square off in a couple "there can be only one" alpha battles, with no winner (edge: Godzilla). Ultimately, the hollow earth theory comes into play and the two titans must team up to defeat Mechagodzilla. Surprisingly good, 2nd best of this series. All three are solid movies in the fun, Saturday matinee movie style. Skull Island is weaker, but I've come to enjoy it anyway. These are not to be confused with the 1998 catastrophe [I]Godzilla[/I] with Matthew Broderick. That was utter trash. [/QUOTE]

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