March 28, 2024 –

Well that was really fun movie! I maybe should have refreshed my memory since the last movie, but I remembered stuff pretty quickly. And I still think watching the Monarch show would have raised my awareness of Easter eggs and stuff a bit.

The 4 or so returning characters were nice to see. And of course everyone’s acting was great. The monsters were as glorious as ever. The effects were fantastic. I forgot to say that I saw this in Real D 3D. Though I was very surprised that this film, which was filmed for IMAX, didn’t have an IMAX release at this theater. But I assume that since it was so close to Ghostbusters last week, that that had the IMAX screens still. It was still decently 3D in normal 3D.

The plot was as it was laid out in the trailers. I always love diving into lore with fandoms and there was certainly some new lore here. Some of which I predicted before the reveals, but still was a good experience. And that is also why I need to watch the Monarch show since that is essentially all lore. Hopefully I’ll get to it before the next Monsterverse movie.

There were a couple surprise monsters that I didn’t expect, and I enjoyed their presence on-screen. The fight scenes were big and bold and all over the place, such fun! And they looked great in 3D, so I assume they looked amazing in IMAX 3D.

The ending seemed a little quick, only in that I wanted maybe one more scene with the humans to, I don’t know, talk? Not sure, but I didn’t mind that to much. But I enjoyed this. Hopefully we get news of what the next movie will be soon. And I wouldn’t say no to more shows, both animated and live action. The Netflix show for Skull Island was really good, I hope there’s another season of it at some point.

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Mid-credit scene: Nope.

End-credit scene: Nope.