Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - Movie Review [ES - EN]
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Con todo este nuevo revuelo causado por el sorpresivo estreno de "Godzilla Minus One" en Netflix, se me ocurrió que era hora no solo de ver esa última producción japonesa, sino ver otros dos filmes protagonizados por el gran rey de los Kaiju; decidí empezar está tríada de reseñas con el film que es el último de esta franquicia americana llamada "Monsterverse" el cual no solo está liderada por Godzilla, sino está acompañado por el gran Kong (sin ser todavía Rey), siendo esta la segunda película que reúne a estos titanes.
With all this new hype caused by the surprise release of "Godzilla Minus One" on Netflix, it occurred to me that it was time not only to see this latest Japanese production, but to see two other films starring the great king of the Kaiju; I decided to start this triad of reviews with the film that is the latest in this American franchise called "Monsterverse" which is not only led by Godzilla, but is accompanied by the great Kong (not yet King), this being the second film that brings together these titans.
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"Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire", quinto film de la franquicia del Monsterverse, estrenado en el pasado mes de marzo y que contra todo pronóstico se convirtió en un éxito en taquilla, siendo el segundo film de la franquicia que recauda buena cantidad de dinero. "GxK" relata los sucesos que ocurren tres años después del enfrentamiento de ambos Titanes contra Mechagodzilla, lo cual hace que Kong se dirija a la llamada "Hollow Earth" y Godzilla se proclame como el defensor del mundo superficial; justamente Kong en su nuevo y basto reino, se mantiene netamente solitario, pero existe una gran revelación y es que dentro de ese mundo hueco existe otro reino en donde Kong podrá conseguir lo que tanto quiere, pero también encontrará a un poderoso enemigo que busca el control de todo el mundo, eso hará que enemigos se vuelvan aliados y así contrarrestar a esta nueva amenaza.
"Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire", the fifth film in the Monsterverse franchise, released last March and which against all odds became a box office success, being the second film in the franchise to gross a good amount of money. "GxK" recounts the events that occur three years after the confrontation of both Titans against Mechagodzilla, which causes Kong to head to the so-called "Hollow Earth" and Godzilla to proclaim himself as the defender of the surface world; Just Kong in his new and vast kingdom, remains purely solitary, but there is a great revelation and is that within that hollow world there is another kingdom where Kong can get what he wants so much, but also find a powerful enemy seeking control of the whole world, that will make enemies become allies and thus counteract this new threat.
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No hay duda que en esta franquicia, así como suceden en otras, muchas personas quieren ver lo que en realidad se tratan cada historia, cosas que se ha ido perdiendo y que pocas mantienen, por ejemplo en "Fast & Furious" cada vez es menos lo referente a la carrera de autos, eso también sucede en "Transformers" en donde los personajes humanos tienen más escenas y protagonismo que los aliens con aspecto robótico y justamente ese mismo problema se presenta en esta franquicia de monstruos en dónde los humanos tenían mas relevancia que las gigantescas criaturas, algo que notoriamente cambia en este film en dónde se repite la relevancia a Kong el cual es el personaje que tiene más desarrollo y obviando en gran parte a Godzilla que tiene mayor representación en el acto final del film.
Nuevamente, Kong es el protagonista de esta historia y en gran parte está relatada desde su punto de vista y de quienes están más unidos a él, me refiero entre aliados y quienes consideraba un enemigo; está historia sigue al gran gorila terminar de formar un hogar en dónde se sigue sintiendo solo y en dónde acontecimientos que están alejados de ser algo creado por casualidades, al final provee no solo parte de la historia de la especie de Kong, sino la guerra contra su gran rival, en eso es creo que el relato es correcto porque se toma las vivencias de Kong en un nuevo mundo, junto con la breve participación acertada de los personajes humanos; creo que en eso se hizo un buen trabajo porque hay hasta una buena conexión entre personajes humanos y los Kaiju, algo que no veía desde el primer film de la franquicia.
There is no doubt that in this franchise, as in others, many people want to see what each story is really about, things that have been lost and that few keep, for example in "Fast & Furious" is less and less about the car race, That also happens in "Transformers" where the human characters have more scenes and prominence than the aliens with robotic appearance and just that same problem is presented in this franchise of monsters where humans had more relevance than the giant creatures, something that notoriously changes in this film where the relevance is repeated to Kong which is the character that has more development and largely obviating Godzilla who has greater representation in the final act of the film.
Again, Kong is the protagonist of this story and is largely told from his point of view and those who are closest to him, I mean between allies and those who considered an enemy; this story follows the great gorilla finish forming a home where he still feels alone and where events that are far from being something created by chance, in the end provides not only part of the history of the species of Kong, but the war against his great rival, in that is I think the story is correct because it takes the experiences of Kong in a new world, along with the brief participation of human characters; I think that in that was done a good job because there is even a good connection between human characters and the Kaiju, something I did not see since the first film of the franchise.
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Una de los motivos que me impulsó al ver la película fue el mayor tiempo en escena por parte de los Kaiju y que la decisión era dar más protagonismo a Kong, me pareció acertado, aunque al final la gran estrella es el destructor de Japón en muchas ocasiones, pero así como anteriormente dije, Kong ha tomado el liderazgo de la franquicia y es el personaje mejor desarrollado y en esta oportunidad seguir la unión con el personaje de "Jia" interpretado por Kaylee Hottle quien tiene un rol importante y lo que más me gusta por parte de los personajes humanos; recordemos que ella representa a una tribu que adora a Kong y justamente en el segundo film, se supo que el mismo Godzilla tenía quien lo adoraba como un Dios y eso se repite en este film lo cual me sigue pensando qué bueno sería ver un film basado en una historia muy antigua en dónde estás criaturas caminen en la tierra y relaten la causa de su desaparición, ojalá algún día.
One of the reasons that prompted me to see the film was the greater time on stage by the Kaiju and that the decision was to give more prominence to Kong, I thought it was right, although in the end the big star is the destroyer of Japan on many occasions, but as I said before, Kong has taken the lead of the franchise and is the best developed character and this time follow the union with the character of "Jia" played by Kaylee Hottle who has an important role and what I like most on the part of the human characters; remember that she represents a tribe that worships Kong and just in the second film, it was known that the same Godzilla had who worshiped him as a God and that is repeated in this film which keeps me thinking how good it would be to see a film based on a very old story where these creatures walk on earth and tell the cause of his disappearance, hopefully someday.
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A pesar de que Godzilla x Kong ofrece algo no visto en films anteriores de esta franquicia con respecto al tiempo en escena de los monstruos, creo que hay cosas que siguen fallando y es todavía en el desarrollo de los personajes humanos, que tienen poco tiempo, pero sigue siendo lo peor, ya que tanto las actuaciones y ños diálogos son malos, en especial el trabajo de Brian Tyree Henry coo "Bernie", el peor personaje de la franquicia, no es cómico y no aporta nada, ahora como dije, lo mejor y lo que me ha gustado es los monstruos, varias de las batallas son buenas, entretenidas y divertidas, creo que es lo que todos quieren ver y el film lo ofrece; con esto digo que el film cumple con su propósito, pero no lo encontré tan bueno como las anteriores entregas, creo que el diseño de los titanes no son tan buenos y es que el CGI tampoco es el mejor y es por eso que esta quinta película es regular, un 50/50, otro caso de "Pudo ser mejor".
Although Godzilla x Kong offers something not seen in previous films of this franchise with respect to the time in scene of the monsters, I think there are things that are still failing and it is still in the development of the human characters, who have little time, but it is still the worst, since both the performances and the dialogues are bad, especially the work of Brian Tyree Henry as "Bernie", the worst character of the franchise, he is not funny and does not contribute anything, now as I said, the best and what I liked is the monsters, several of the battles are good, entertaining and fun, I think that's what everyone wants to see and the film offers it; with this I say that the film fulfills its purpose, but I did not find it as good as the previous installments, I think the design of the titans are not as good and the CGI is not the best either and that is why this fifth film is regular, a 50/50, another case of "It could be better".
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These films are a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. I can't help but love Kaiju films and the action in them tends to be pretty fun. I think their scale is a bit too ambitious though, it takes too long to produce and I can see audiences quickly growing bored waiting and moving on.
I think the same, I think the problem is the repetitive and bad characters that accompany the story, that's why I think this time they give more time to the Kaijus and little to the humans, the problem is that the time to the other characters is empty, unconvincing without contributing anything, they take away from characters that should be important just to make a bad joke.
The scenes of the battles are good, especially the final act that doesn't care anything about destroying what is around.
Next week I will review two other films based on Godzilla.
Oh yeah I completely forgot about the characters and casting. Definitely haven't been a big fan of those.
It really just is about the action and the sound design.
The action and sound is very good, although I would have liked a better use of CGI.
I did not watch it yet. But soon I will if there is an HD release.
Debo confesar que no he visto ninguna de las películas de Kong ni de Godzilla porque no me llaman la atención, aunque ciertamente siempre me están coqueteando para terminar de verlas.
Tal vez comience como hiciste en este post por verlas anteriores antes de llegar a la actual actualmente en cartelera.
Del Monsterverse he visto todas las películas, las que se han estrenado desde el 2014 hasta este año; me falta por ver es la serie que se llama "Monarch".
Estás son simples películas en donde dos de las criaturas más poderosas del cine primero tienen películas en solitario y después decidieron reunirlos, todas en mi opinión entretenidas y puedo decir que el Godzilla (2014) y Kong:Skull Island (2017), son las mejores.
Eso por si las quiere ver.
esta película es buena todo lo recreado está genial jeje. Buen post!
this movie is good everything recreated is great hehe. Good post!
Si, hay buenos diseños en especial en el mundo hueco, muchas gracias por su comentario.
I haven't seen this movie but I've been looking forward to it, ever since Skull Island came out I've liked Kong because we stopped seeing him as a villain. That's how I perceived it.
That's right, in this franchise Kong is the good guy and the last two movies are about him, about the journey he must take as a hero to finally be known as King Kong which I think is the plan.
Godzilla is not evil, although he doesn't care about humanity or what's around him, he is the Alpha and he must always enforce his law, that's how that character is written.
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