Film Preview: Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Film Poster

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(February 14, 2021) Original
(March 28, 2021) New Posters (#2-#15)
(May 30, 2021) Added Image Gallery

Release Date:

March 31, 2021

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another – the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong – with humanity caught in the balance.”

Poster Rating: B- / B / C / C+ / D / C (2) / C+ (2) / C- / C / C / C / C / C-

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Review: (#1) It reminds of many recent big budget action film designs with the balance between blues and reds, neither fitting appropriately, but somehow the rest of the design works in spite of that.

(#2) A pitched underwater battle as carnage exists on the surface. An interesting design visually, though the red-blue color balance is a bit dull. (#3) An utterly simplistic effort that tells the story without doing much work in making something visually interesting. (#4) Sea-based violence with nothing of particular interest in the design. The orange scheme is a bit overbearing. (#5) An unnecessarily rudimentary design. (#6-#7) These character posters aren’t particularly compelling. (#8-#9) Another pair of character designs and this set is only moderately interesting. (#10) Another failed IMAX design with an attempt to create a dichotomy between the two characters with fizzling visuals. (#11) A red-green balance that doesn’t work and a mismatched set of images not worthy contemplating. (#12) This strange camera effect is somewhat interesting, but the colors are not. (#13) The first design to try and suggest there are human characters involved, but nothing about them is interesting, nor is the dominant image above them. (#14) How many different ways are there to convey King Kong and Godzilla fighting? And why are the color schemes always the same. Dullsville. (#15) Dialing back everything that’s happened before in in terms of poster design. This one doesn’t even hide its rudimentary weakness.

Trailer Rating: C+

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Review: In spite of this being the last movie we need, it looks like a good deal of fun. That said, the mythos behind Godzilla looks to be entirely eradicated in favor of some prehistoric concept that doesn’t quite work.

Oscar Prospects:

Best Visual Effects. The film looks like it has some strong effects, though this will be the second pandemic-affected year that might ultimately alter how the race looks.