This was the first movie that made me feel like a kid watching my old VHS films. I was overwhelmed when I noticed the young children get excited seeing these great movie monsters. I never watched a Godzilla film for a deep plot, just a destructive force of nature. I hope it continues. Blessings!

While discovering Hollow Earth Kong makes an even more shocking discovery -- Middle Earth and Hobbits.

If you were upset about Cranston only being in it for ten minutes, imagine how people felt about Godzilla only appearing for 8 minutes.

Monkey did indeed punch lizard… and vice versa!

So dumb! So fun! I loved it! Edit: What does it say about Hollywood in current year that I felt more empathy for a 100 ton mute silverback than any number of ‘human’ characters I’ve been subjected to over the last 10 years?

It really was just a stupid but entertaining. The Monsterverse is probably the only cinematic universe I can have fun with now compared to other cinematic universe's

KAIJU FIGHT MONSTER. BIG MONKEY FIGHT BIG LIZARD. I don't need human story for a Kaiju flick. I wanna see awesome stuff lol

Took my 9yr old and we had a damn blast with this. It’s goofy and silly but we all know what we’re here for. The Kaiju fights!!! Also surprisingly, NO FORCED MESSAGE! Which made it even more enjoyable.

Lauren this movie was great , I think it ties together very well , I was not bored , and it didn't have all this Woke Grap that so many movies are these days .

I love the Monsterverse just as much as I love the old movies from the 1950s, '60s, 70s, 80s, 90, and 2000s. I love this movie and it was a great popcorn flick, though I still believe nothing will ever top Godzilla (1954) or Godzilla Minus One (2023), this movie is still a love letter to the classics we grew up watching

I'm ok with big monkey punches big lizard. The problem with the "Monsterverse" is the writers want human drama ( but don't have the talent to actually write that) along side their Monster fights. When you look at the showa era of Godzilla, those plots were absolutely bonkers and Toho new that. It's like they're trying to be absolutely bonkers and still be taken seriously. That is a delicate balance that only the most talented of writers can create and writers these days have no idea how to do that.

Been following your content for years… never in a million years would I have guessed you’d review a kaiju/monster movie. We are living in the weirdest timeline. 😂

This movie took me back to the late 90s early 2000s when movies were stupid, but fun and watchable! It was just all around entertaining. The only thing I would change is more Godzilla.

First movie in a long-time I've seen where people clapped and cheered at the end because they genuinely enjoyed the film. It wasn't overly complex for the sake of being so. It wasn't woke. It didn't have any agenda above being entertaining. That was the purpose of the film and it did it perfectly

Team godzilla

The movie had plot, it's just very simple: **Spoilers** Monkey finds monkey. Monkey fights monkey. Monkey loses to lizard. Monkey gets upgrade. Moth gets lizard to work with monkey. Monkey & Lizard vs Monkey & Lizard for the tag team championship. Monkey returns to monkeys. Lizard returns to colosseum. Humans are just there to watch.

You really should try to review the two recent Japanese Godzilla movies. They might be more up your alley.

I've been subscribed to this channel for (I think) about a year now, and I have to admit it's been fun watching you grow as a movie critic and become more comfortable and natural in that role. Great job!

Monsterverse starts to resemble Heisei Era Godzilla movies and the normies are disappointed while long time fans are absolutely thrilled! Psychic powers, crazy technology and giant monsters fighting - Everything Godzilla fans have been wanting!

Yes, monkey punched lizard ... But lizard suplex'd monkey! A+ movie.

Godzilla lives in the ocean, is it really that big a surprise that all his battles happen in coastal cities? C’mon, Lauren. LOL.

Monkey punches lizard. Lizard blows fire on him. Of course that is what it is, why would it need to be anything else?

It fell short for me... big time. When i saw what they were doing with Tiamat i knew it wasn't going to land for me. Hype this titan up big time and from her firs appearance to death was 40 seconds... Wasted opportunity. Jokes weren't funny and the final fight was way to short and rushed. The victory didn't feel earned. Run into scar king and it's the first and only fight where they dummy him. He didn't feel like he earned the villain status the trailers made him have. Got the upper hand on kong, got pulled off and all of a sudden hid behind his titan pet and doesn't really do any fighting and doesn't land another hit after the first fight. KOTM is still my favourite, this one fell short big time.

It's a good movie if you only want to see monsters fighting, but the script is certainly not the best ever created😂😂.

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This movie had me hootin' and hollerin' and pumping my fist in the air. And while Monkey may have punched lizard, lizard took monkey to suplex city 🤣🤣🤣

Normally I agree with Lauren, but isn't the point giant monsters fighting eachother?

Lauren, your audio when interviewing papa Chen was terrible! Just FYI in case you hadn't rewatched this before posting. Thanks for the review!

This and Minus One are the perfect representations for both types of monster movies.

I really liked it, but it suffered from a short runtime. It needed the explanation on several points in this movie. Anyone want to explain that pain control crystal Scar had? I wonder if the Studio didn't think it would do well and just wanted it to be shorter? On second viewing a lot more fell in place but still this could have really been elevated with 10 more minutes of some sort of explaining anything!

I hate how cheesy this Monsterverse has become..... I don't see 2014 and GxK existing in the same universe at all. The tone absolutely needs to get fixed otherwise they'll lose the audience. The director & writers of Monarch Legacy of Monsters need to get hired for future films.

Well thank you, Lauren. I never knew that Godzilla was a boy, but I DO know that Kong is not a monkey. ;-)

Words of wisdom. The movie is made for you to have fun. That’s it. Nothing else and that’s what Godzilla is the best.

Great review! Very funny too😂.

this is the movie the world needed

Can you start a channel where you summarize convoluted movie plots? That was really enjoyable.

I did love this movie I can’t wait for the next movie you always put out great content I’m Matthew James Lempicke I’m a huge fan of yours

Solid 2/5 my fiancé and I both fell asleep in the theatre watching this hahaha. You need to watch/review Godzilla minus one if you haven’t already!! Now that’s a good monster film!

I had so much fun with it. I'm looking forward to the future. 😊

Your poppa is awesome. Love seeing him. Lauren, I actually enjoy you reviewing movies. But yes let's go outside of MCU sometimes. I'm impressed you remembered to human characters' names. But honestly, this is a popcorn flick. They know it. The weak point of these movies has always been humans (except Kong Skull Island...............which ironically had Brie Larson in it. But I mean all the other human characters. But you right. It is possible. Let's look at Godzilla Minus One. That there is a film with human characters I LOVED!!! I wanna see them all come back. I mean Kōichi is probably one of the first human characters in a Kaiju movie I love almost as much as the Kaiju. Even his girlfriend Noriko. I love that they took in an adorable little girl to take care of with that story.

I can suspend belief but i do have a problem with the deeper you go into earth the more pressure leaving humans incapable of surviving.

Lauren, the point of a talking cat is to have fun and not ask questions. 😂

Lauren , please watch Godzilla minus one. That is a fantastic movie ! As a life long Godzilla fan, to me G x K was turn your bran off fun. I liked it however my great nieces and nephews LOVED IT ! If the movie was geared for kids, they hit a home run.

Godzilla × Kong: Don't ask questions; just consume product and get excited for next product.

Godzilla VS Kong was the last film, this was just extra content. Now it becomes the KongVerse.

The underground apes invading the surface reminds me of the conspiracy of hollow Earth with mole people or lizard people

What we need is a “Shaniquazilla vs. Karen Kraken”

Review Over the Edge from 1979. Movies were very different back then.

The 2nd Coming of the Showa Era. With all it's popcorn goodness.

Monsterverse has been one disappointment after another... I don't think I'll be giving them anymore of my hard earned money...

I lost it at the title lol

None of us wanted an intricate story and oscar winning acting from the humans - we wanted to see Kong and Godzilla SLAYING. This film totally delivered. I dont care, id watch 100 more of these as long as they bring them out.

Big G fan here.There were a couple of closed fist 🤜 FACE BLAPS in this film,& I loved it 😅😂 The human stuff is always gonna be below average at best.Thanx for your review,always love your input and commentary,keep it up.😊

Okay, but when did Mario jump over the barrel?

You know why people don’t talk about the Monsterverse? It’s because, as a cinematic universe, it is inconsistent. Where it took 3 years for the MCU to start off with 5 installments, it took the Monsterverse 10 years to finish its first 5 installments. Plus, I love Godzilla-but I’m not crazy about modern Kong.

Maybe I'm missing something. What about this movie was nonsensical, confusing, and hard to follow? That it has a few fantasy type elements? It's a pretty straight forward action flick and better than the MCU/DCEU have been in a solid decade.

My favorite [modern] Godzilla movie is the 1998 one (although it's not really Godzilla), for the 90s nostalgia if anything but authentically, King Kong (Peter Jackson) is the best out of the others and the time period fits, unlike Kong Skull Island

Loved this one!

It was super fun. Basically this is what I always wanted from the Legendary Monsterverse. I have never cared about whatever plot the humans are doing. I'm cool with all the psychic stuff. I think it absolutely fits (see the 90s Gamera films for how that works very, very well to integrate the humans with the Kaiju) and this is the first Legendary Kaiju film that had enough monster action for me.

Growing up as a kid in the 70's, Godzilla was my favorite actor. This movie took me back to that era. You needs a plot when you have a giant mutant radioactive dinosaur teams ups with a gigantic ape to fight other giant monsters.

Don’t see how y’all aren’t grasping the plot. I thought it was explained to the point a child could grasp it. Like tell me what you didn’t understand and I’ll explain it to you.

This is the least expensive of the monsterverse movies. It's a call back to the mid 60s films

The war of Godzilla and apes goes back almost 2 million years.

I think jumping the shark works a lot better than trying to be realistic and gritty like 2014. As much as I admire what Gareth Edwards was trying to accomplish I think he ultimately fails. Let Toho handle the darker and serious films while Legendary makes the dumb fun movies. Both serve their purpose and theirs room for both.

We wanted more monsters fighting and wrecking $hit, and Wingard delivered...

This film is 100% a throwback to the Showa Era of Godzilla. Big, showy, fun and completely insane

I honestly believe that the more grounded a franchise is, the more realistic and sense it has to make. The mcu is more grounded because there is a lot of grounded movies even if there are a lot of cosmic movies in that Franchise. So therefor their movies made a lot more sense. But for the monsterverse, it doesn’t have to be that deep. It’s a monster movie, monsters are fantasy 100% so they don’t have to be as rational. Its job is to be more fun than anything. I think they are doing great. And the score show that people love them.

purpose of the movie is to showcase the Kaiju fights for me Wingard gaves us that

Now that Skar King is gone, can we now say that Kong is now King Kong?

SO Kong got a powerfish from fallout? Interesting. I'd suggest either the greased lightning or the two steps goodbye from new vegas.

It was a fine popcorn flick for a series that already jumped the shark. Pink Barbiezilla isn't really intimidating in the way a giant monster lizard should be, and scale was a major issue in the film. Having kaiju vs kaiju doesn't work when it's only kaiju because the point of reference makes most of the scenes just look like regfular sized animals rather than kaiju. Also, whoever decided to use pastel colors for the poster with Barbiezilla should probably be moved off of monster movie projects. Oh, and the end scene where the mother is going to be noble by letting her kid go live with strangers in a kaiju filled cave after her last tribe became kaiju chow wasn't really as touching as I think they were going for. In short, just go see Godzilla: Minus One.

“Monkey punch Lizard” sums it up. Visually , mind numbing, entertainment is your thing that’s it in spades and super enjoy yourself. Sorry but as someone who’s almost Gojira’s age ( Toho) and a fan since I first watched the Showa movies incessantly on Saturday afternoons… a bit disappointed. I think quite a few of us were hoping on a bit more backstory on Godzilla. Instead we got a less intelligent, animalistic version of him. Supposedly the writers wanted to emulate the Showa era. Whose plotlines were admittedly weird so they got that right. But Godzilla was still shown as intelligent and had a wacky sense of humor in Showa films. Even in a suit the actor portraying Godzilla showed a wide range of emotions in body language . Here Kong instead got all the gags. His expressions were priceless and they did a great job there. I guess as far as it goes I like fries and shakes but I’d like a some meat with my meal.

Honestly I can enjoy the film even if it’s dumb fun. With the Godzilla franchise the jumping the shark has happened so many times throughout the history that for most of us we’re just like, “it’s just a matter of time.” You are right on how fast and furious have done this but I think the thing that works for the Monsterverse is that the monsters becoming a bit like superheroes doesn’t seem as dumb as regular humans all of a sudden becoming superhuman with no explanation. Honestly I think the enjoying the dumb fun aspect of Godzilla movies is easier for those who grew up with the original Godzilla suit actor movies because we understood the limitations at those times just caused us to embrace the insanity. While for others it might be a tougher sell, those that are just joining the entire series through the Monsterverse as an entry point in a way will be surprised to learn this still hasn’t reached true insanity

I really enjoyed this movie. I don't think they made any mistakes in the direction, and I hope they make 10 more like this film.

Are you kidding???…Going to buy this film!!!

I had fun with this movie. Unapologetic nonsensical fun. It's nice having movies like this that you can just shut off your brain and enjoy the action. Works out nice especially since Japan has been covering the darker grounded films, like Godzilla: Minus One. We have so much variety with the Godzilla franchise.

I haven't seen this movie but I still think the 50's Godzilla with Raymond Burr and the 30's King Kong with Faye Ray are still the the best!

Why do I feel like I just ate a whole bag full of edibles?

Awful movie. I was greatly disappointed as a long-time Godzilla fan.

I’m a simple man. I enjoyed it.

This was a King Kong movie. Godzilla was just playing as Goku and powering up to join the fight late. It was absolutely ridiculous and good fun for one watch.

He saw over 30 Godzilla movies, and it was fine, but this one was too confusing 😭😂

Im still laughing at when Papa Chen said the girl from ghostbusters was unpleasant to look at

I'm stickin with Toho Godzilla and Universal Studios Kong and never the twain shall meet.

the movie made sense. It was _nonesense_, but it had it's own logic. The films have all been 'out there' with the exception of the first one that tried to be a bit more realistic. Once they jumped from the 'realism' of Godzilla 2014 to suddenly there's flying spaceships and hollow earth and Mechagodzillas and all that sci-fi stuff, it was another series entirely. It's almost like they're doing their version of the Showa Era of Godzilla films which were a little wacky and out there, but a lot of fun. I can't get enough, they're very fun movies.

Don’t let it not being woke get in the way of being “good”. I’m seeing that a lot in the comments & hearing it which is ridiculous. Dune 2 was my Empire strikes back and a lot of others AND it wasn’t woke at all just pure beautiful cinema. GxK was live and thunder of the Thor franchise.

I going to try to see it.

If you have an issue with the storytelling, Godzilla Minus One is right there

Big Lizard stomps monkey. That said- the plot won't win any awards but I really enjoyed the kaiju action- the fights. Some think Godzilla's part in the film was more of a "cameo"- & I completely disagree. In fact In the first 20-25 minutes, I saw Godzilla more than I did Kong. While the story is more Kong centered- Godzilla was sprinkled throughout the film nicely & when he did appear- it was always epic- He was like the Heavy- the ENFORCER of the film, if you will. It wasn't as serious as some other entries but it was a "fun" film.

I love your dad dude

The tittle. "Monkey PUNCHES Lizard". 😂

Can’t even lie, the trailers for this movie looked atrocious. Not even in a “dumb but fun way”, just in a “wow this looks genuinely bad” way

It does if you watched the movies and learned a bit, then you’ll get it! But remember going into these movies, there make believe fan fun monster movies! It’s fun and entertaining!

I enjoyed the movie. And I expected it to be what it was, just a lot of fighting, one-liners, and one dimensional characters. But unfortunately, minus one is still fresh in my mind, and comparing the two movies, one was the Shawshank redemption, and the other one was Porky’s. But I enjoyed them both, and that’s all that mattered.

Part of the fun of all monster movies is their ridiculous plots. It's a throwback to the original series of movies where they just got crazier and crazier

Oh my I thought monster verse started with The Mummy. Bravo Baba it's all about the action

Ngl if I see monsters on screen I’m happy. I really couldn’t care less about the story or its logic. This is where I wanted the monster-verse to be years ago so in my opinion it’s only getting better.

I love it. Giant monsters, hollow earth, all the ridiculousness.... I'm here for it. The CGI was a little wonky would be my only complaint.

You forgot to mention one movie in the monsterverse; Dracula Untold

This movie was made more for kids and teens but somehow still related to older fans and itvwas awesome. My kids loved it and everyone in the theater did too.