I hate this shit so much. We went through this same bad faith argument with the last Godzilla movie: critics give it shit for focusing on boring human characters with bad dialogue and morons who can only read headlines think the critics are mad that it focuses too much on Godzilla somehow. It’s especially nauseating since Godzilla and King Kong were originally ABOUT things. Godzilla was about the consequences of nuclear war, King Kong was about the evils of colonialism, but now they are just IP that smash into each other in boring military propaganda movies.
Idk, it’s often the same critics who praise the MCU movies, which are also poorly written military propaganda. So it’s not like them disliking monke vs lizard is some anti-imperalist stance.
the main problem with MCU movies though is that they’re just dull, nothing ever happens in them
King Kong was about the evils of colonialism
The most recent King Kong was still about this. Monke absolutely massacreing American marines just after they got their asses beat by the VC.
King Kong was about the evils of colonialism
I’ve never heard this interpretation of King Kong, can you elaborate?
Kong represents the slave trade, and is exploited by the white people and revolts. He’s the hero of the film and the people who kidnap and abuse him are the bad guys.
It’s not super coherent, but it’s definitely at least marginally anti-colonial.
Yeah, every time a blockbuster gets shitty reviews there are people who try to conjure this stereotype of a snooty film critic who just doesn’t understand fun. Then you look up “Superhero sequel number 42069” on Rotten Tomatoes and it has like 98%. What gives? Where are my pretentious film snobs?
This monkey movie seems well-reviewed thought.
Kind of reminds me about the discourse around Pacific Rim. People were criticizing the bland romance plot that dominated the screen (and got immediately dumped in the sequel, to add) but there was a narrative about anyone who didn’t like PR was just a pretentious snob who can’t enjoy a movie about robots and monsters.
