When I go in a movie like this, I know that it would be a huge surprise to face Shakespeare'esque dialogues. This movie is made for one sake: Stunning the audience by tremendolous escalating mass destruction - and maybe a little story which is not too weired.
Well the story is really the weak point, like foreseen. It's running linear with no big surprises, but by ignoring a few middle big logical fails, the movie is entertaining very well. Especially the artwork of the big images can be very delightful. I enjoyed many of the big scenes, which are designed pretty good. The only thing which gives me the brakes for giving the optics 10/10 is the totally loss of realism in some scenes. E.g.: when King Kong bites something very squishy, his face should be in a mess right after, but looks very clean. On the other hand, there are scenes when big buildings are hit and break down and fall, a minute after they are not replaced with new one's to crush, like in many other movies of that kind. The place is in a mess after, which is a big plus for the realism, compared to e.g. 'Pacific Rim' or the 'Transformers'-movies.
I really did like it. By considering the story, I would give it 5/10, but with adding all the visual mega crushing-fun, I'd place it at 9/10. It is sure not the re-invention of monster-stuff, but it's solid monster-fun with even some new ideas and a solid villain. So I had a little more fun than I expected and in the end I give it a 7/10. I'd recommend it for everyone who likes big monster rumbles. For guys like me it's big fun.
Well the story is really the weak point, like foreseen. It's running linear with no big surprises, but by ignoring a few middle big logical fails, the movie is entertaining very well. Especially the artwork of the big images can be very delightful. I enjoyed many of the big scenes, which are designed pretty good. The only thing which gives me the brakes for giving the optics 10/10 is the totally loss of realism in some scenes. E.g.: when King Kong bites something very squishy, his face should be in a mess right after, but looks very clean. On the other hand, there are scenes when big buildings are hit and break down and fall, a minute after they are not replaced with new one's to crush, like in many other movies of that kind. The place is in a mess after, which is a big plus for the realism, compared to e.g. 'Pacific Rim' or the 'Transformers'-movies.
I really did like it. By considering the story, I would give it 5/10, but with adding all the visual mega crushing-fun, I'd place it at 9/10. It is sure not the re-invention of monster-stuff, but it's solid monster-fun with even some new ideas and a solid villain. So I had a little more fun than I expected and in the end I give it a 7/10. I'd recommend it for everyone who likes big monster rumbles. For guys like me it's big fun.