Godzilla: King of the Monsters (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) [4K UHD]

"Godzilla: King of the Monsters" is a May 13, 2019 American science fiction monster film produced by Legendary Pictures, based on the screenplay cowritten by Michael Dougherty and Zach Shields from an original story cowritten by Max Borenstein, Michael Dougherty, and Zach Shields, with visual effects by Guillaume Rocheron; the third film in the 'MonsterVerse' franchise; occasioning the May 31, 2019 contemporaneous publication of the 'Official Movie Novelization', "Godzilla: King of the Monsters", written by Gregory Keyes; featuring the Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidorah monsters created and owned by Tōhō Co., Ltd. Filmed in locations as diverse as Atlanta, Georgia at Blackhall Studios; Mexico City, Mexico at the Zócalo and its surrounding streets; Boston, Massachusetts on multiple sets recreating Antarctica and a back lot baseball field representing Fenway Park, as well as sound stages for the stadium's broadcasting booth and corridor sets; Tunnel Hill, Georgia; and was partially filmed at Wàndá Group's "Oriental Movie Metropolis" in Qīngdǎo, China, the largest and most advanced media production complex in the world, spanning 408 acres, the facilities include 40 world-class studio stages, 25 workshops and two permanent underwater stages, including the largest exterior tank and blue screen in Asia.The 'MonsterVerse' is an American multimedia franchise, created in 2014 and owned by Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, presenting an original and unique 'shared universe,' incorporating various exclusive canons, across continuities, into a singular storyworld within the same continuities' universe; having correlated characters, settings, and plot points. This franchise is in my opinion a brilliantly conceived literary device and framework, initiating an original cinematic universe, to introduce entirely unique mythopoeia (mythmaking) narratives to both old and new creatures and characters that present reinvented myths in an overarching metanarrative to establish prototypical canon, chronology, and continuum, expanding beyond the realm of film into publishing, television, gaming, toys, apparel, parklands, and more.Thus, the MonsterVerse published original 'novelizations' in connection with each of its films. A novelization is greater than an original novel. Where an adaptation from novel to screen compresses the narrative, the reverse is true in novelization, which elaborates the narrative and introduces more details, backstory, creative elements, prequels, interquels, and sequels. This extends the universe beyond the cinematic to include original tie-in novels and graphic novels "presented in comic-strip format and published as a book," which typically present new stories for existing characters already developed within the franchise but can create entirely new characters and complex mythologies, part of the "official" storyline continuity, considered canonical, and typically released in tandem with the film or soon thereafter as a promotion or resource.This sequel to the 2014 "Godzilla" film begins five years later with those who favor exterminating "Godzilla" and all the other Titans. However, Monarch’s scientists believe "Godzilla" and other Titans are benevolent and stand against killing them. Intervening is a group of eco-terrorist paramilitary, led by former British Army Colonel Alan Jonah, who attack the Monarch base and steal an ORCA, a bioacoustics sonic replication device designed to communicate with Titans, invented by the Monarch paleobiologists Drs. Mark and Emma Russell. In response, the Monarch military agents pursue the terrorists to Outpost 32 in Antarctica, the place where the colossal, 521 ft tall, 141,056 ton, three-headed extraterrestrial terror, "King Ghidorah," codenamed "Monster Zero," is held in a state of suspended animation. But Monarch’s agents arrive too late to stop the terrorist group from awakening and releasing "Monster Zero."Starring: Kyle Chandler as Dr. Mark Russell, Emma's ex-husband, Madison's father, an animal behavior and communication specialist who formerly worked for Monarch, and co-inventor of the "ORCA"; Vera Farmiga as Dr. Emma Russell, Mark's ex-wife, Madison's mother, a renegade Monarch paleobiologist with a history of environmental activism in league with eco-terrorist Alan Jonah, coinventor of the ORCA, who believes that humans and Titans can coexist, does not see Godzilla as evil, but as a potential savior in an age of catastrophic climate change; Millie Bobby Brown as Madison Russell, Emma and Mark's 12-year-old daughter; Bradley Whitford as Dr. Rick Stanton, a crypto sonographer working for Monarch; Sally Hawkins as Dr. Vivienne Graham, a paleozoologist working for Monarch as the right hand to Dr. Serizawa; Charles Dance as Alan Jonah, former British Army SAS Colonel and MI-6 agent who defected after becoming disillusioned by humanity during his time in the service, obsessed with "leveling the global playing field" and restoring the natural order, the mercenary leader of an anarchist eco-terrorist group funded through the trafficking of Titan DNA; Thomas Middleditch as Sam Coleman, Monarch's Director of Technology, leader on the development of the Monarch Sciences network, and communications liaison with the U.S. government; Aisha Hinds as Colonel Diane Foster, a decorated Green Beret and the leader of the G-Team, the special military branch established by Monarch specializing in battles involving Titans; O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Jackson Barnes, a Green Beret chief warrant officer who is a member of the G-Team; David Strathairn as Admiral William Stenz, Admiral in the 7th Fleet of the United States Navy, commander of the U.S. Navy task force, previously in charge of tracking down the MUTOs; Ken Watanabe as Dr. Ishirō Serizawa, the agency's de facto leader, son of Eiji Serizawa, Monarch's founding father; and, Zhang Ziyi as Dr. Ilene Chen and twin sister Dr. Ling Chen, a mythologist working for Monarch.The actors characterizations are engaging and present an interesting and enlivening story that is overwhelmed by the raging monster battle sequences. The monsters and their aggressions are so spectacular and memorable that the human performances are lost in the spectacle.

As of 2025 this still is the best monsterverse movie by farm It xane with two blurays: regular and 4k. Also, latinamerican spanish audio for my family.

Great Movie one of my sons favorite he watches it over and over

Good movie

Excellent! For fans that enjoy such movies.

A+++

Im going to start with the things that genuinely do make this worth watching.The last 40 minutes or so are amazing. I wont give any spoilers.The monster designs are absolutely fantastic, the fights that involve monsters and human war machines are by far my favorite part of the movie. Every monster was done justice by the people on the design team.The fan service is 100% on point. There are small call backs all throughout the film make it feel like the writers care about the franchise. None of them felt forced and it really did add a lot to the hype/ nostalgia.And now unfortunately the bad... this section is going to be a lot longer than I would like it to be. I would like to start by saying I have been watching Godzilla movies since I was born. I absolutely love the franchise, I have gone to every american released film in theaters at least once. There are only 2 of the films missing from my DVD/ Bluray library. I really does pain me to call out the bad parts of this movie, because they are REALLY BAD. (almost Godzillas Revenge levels of bad)This will have VERY small spoilers relevant only to the setting of a single scene, and a plot point that is revealed within the first 10 minutes of the movie. It should not ruin the movie for you... you have been warned.starting from the least offensive and moving up to the worst thing...<Very small point here, wouldn't ruin anything on its own>Not Atlantis that is accessible via underwater water worm holes. Why is this here? Just make the setting the bottom of the ocean, its unnecessary to bring a ancient advanced civilization into the series.<Moderately small point... its really dumb. The reason Im mentioning it here is because it is so unnecessary... 4 more bit part actors could have fixed this>The commander lady is an idiot. She cant just give orders, she needs to lead from the front, even when its super dangerous and dumb to do so. And it isnt in just one dumb way she is risking her life. Ground team deploying into a firefight? Shes on the ground. Someone needs an air evac? Shell pilot the aircraft into a very hot LZ.<This is something that really concerns me about the franchise...>It feels like they are trying to turn it into avengers. Look at the boxes cover art... that isnt the super x above Godzilla like I was hoping, its a flying aircraft carrier. Monarch is trying super hard to be shield. They are separate from the military, but have funding that would put the us armed forces to shame. Also humor and stuff... we already have avengers, I would like a pure Godzilla movie.<Okay, this is a more minor things again, but it bothers me>The flying aircraft carrier is keeping up with fighter jets... ya cool, ill buy that. Then its launch bays open up and it starts dropping osprey prop planes... The physics would end with a very dead flight team but okay.<This part really does bother me>Humor. Just why. I watched the 2014 Godzilla before this to get hyped up and in the mood. The tone is totally different. They shoe horn in so much humor, and almost none of the jokes land... and the few that do dont even work because of all the bad ones around them. "That monster is nice to that monster, that means they want sex, and thats gross" is a poorly paraphrased version of a joke they actually make in the movie. That white haired scientist is the worst character in the movie because he to entirely bad comic relief. Why hasn't there been a straight movie made since 2017? You dont need jokes to have a good movie.<Second biggest problem with the movie right here...>The main character. Hes not a likable person. He feels like an antihero... but his isnt. Hes depressing. He is very poorly developed. They try to show him being heroic to make him likable, but he breaks something big and expensive to save someone who is somewhere they shouldn't be... them needing saving from their position makes them total idiots (Happens in a hanger bay, you'll know what I mean) There where 2 characters I liked in this movie. Dr. Serizawa, who actually received some development in the first american film, and the scientist who likes Mothera, and has a twin sister... and every generation of her family has twin girls.... (Like I said, it has great fan service)<And the very worst part>The mcguffin of this movie detracts from all of the monsters being cool. It takes all of the monsters agency away, AND is used in ways that doesnt make sense using the in world logic. It comse out in the first 10 minutes or so, so no big spoiler here, its a magic laptop that makes sounds that can control kaiju. You have a monster thats angry? Play this mp3 file at it and it will calm right down! Connect the laptop to a big speaker and you can controll every monster on the entire planet with the sound, without blowing your eardrums some how... There are so many ways they could have unleashed the monsters. Why would they settle on "If you play a sound they do what you want"? When I tell my dog to sit he sits, I thought Rodan had more self determination than my crotch sniffing poodle.This movie is a mixed bag for me. This movie has the highest highs... but it comes with the lowest lows. If the average movie gets 3 stars, I would give this 2.5. Give it a chance and let the studio know they should keep building on the franchise, but they need to do better.